console wars

The Last ‘Good’ Console War, Re-imagined As A Giant Robot Battle

Embattled gamers have weathered many a console war over the past 30 years. But above the Xboxes and Gamecubes, the PlayStations and the Dreamcasts, one war stands apart:


Sony’s Registered A Bunch Of Domains For Something Called ‘Console Wars’

History is written by the victors, as the saying goes. And victory can be as simple as registering a crap load of domain names before your competitors. While domains aren’t damning evidence of planned activities, one does have to wonder what Sony Pictures would want with URLs playing on the words “console”, “war” and “movie”.


Just This Once, Let’s Revive The Greatest Console War: Genesis Or Super Nintendo?

It was a good war. A just war. It was, maybe, the last great war. I’m not talking about World War II. I’m talking about the great console war of the 1990s.


What It Will Take To Win The Next Console War

Veteran video game designer Soren Johnson doesn’t pick Great Motion Controls or Best Graphics as the most important weapon in the next generation of video game console wars. He picks the thing that Apple’s doing so well.


Why Does The iPad Need To Kill Consoles?

Rovio’s Angry Birds is huge. Cultural touchpoint. The sort of thing Jon Stewart can joke about on The Daily Show without qualification. But that doesn’t make Rovio executive Peter Vesterbacka an expert on the videogame market. iPads aren’t killing consoles.


Game Consoles Transformed Into Hot Women Should Be More Exciting Than Hyperdimension Neptunia

In the future, all wars will be fought by Japanese anime women wearing revealing battle suits. For the console wars the future in now, thanks to Hyperdimension Neptunia.


Begun The Console Press Release Wars Have…

With the GfK results for 2010 being released today, citing a 16% drop in overall sales, both Sony and Microsoft were quick off the mark, shooting out press releases within 30 minutes of one another, each bursting with hyperbole regarding the incredible year they’ve both had. But who was the winner in this console arms race? I’m not sure. I’m so confused…


The Console Wars In Sexy Comic Book Form

When one gamer’s FoxBox630 fails, he trades up to the ESexy3. When the FoxBox630 returns from the shop, it’s war. This is Ryan Kinnaird’s Next Gen Warz, a two-issue comic series due in September from Image Comics.


Microsoft: Halo 3 Outsells Uncharted, Killzone & Resistance Combined

The public relations war we sometimes call E3 has begun a few days early, it seems, with Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg taking to Twitter to fire a shot across Sony’s bow in the leadup to the big trade show.


The Origins & A Brief History Of ‘Fanboy’

The epithet “fanboy” may be one of the useful verbal barbs one can sling at the faithful follower of technology—consumer electronics, video games or otherwise—as the console wars rage on. Where did this catch all insult come from?


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