hardware

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PlayStation Hardware Continues Pie Dominance In Japan

1:20PM Michael McWhertor | Avid readers of The Japanese Hardware Chart weekly updates won’t be surprised—especially after reading about the PlayStation family’s software dominance—that Sony hardware is selling better than the competition in Japan. No change this week. More »
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Sony To Upgrade PS3 Consoles To 3D

2:00AM Mike Fahey | In a presentation detailing Sony’s plans to become profitable by the end of 2010, Sony revealed plans to upgrade PlayStation 3 consoles with full 3D support. More »
Rumours

Rumour: New DS Is Better Than The Zune

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | Having heard from “credible sources from within the mobile graphics industry”, Digital Foundry have done a little digging and come up with probable hardware guesstimates for Nintendo’s alleged next generation of handheld hardware. More »
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PlayStation 3 Is Japan’s Bestselling Platform

9:40AM Michael McWhertor | Once again, Sony controls the majority of this week’s Japanese hardware chart, thanks to the company’s four platforms representing. Oh, and the fact that the PlayStation 3 is outselling everything else in Japan. More »
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Wii Price Drop Puts Nintendo Back On Top In US

11:00AM Michael McWhertor | Nintendo’s late September price cut on the Wii in the US had a big impact on October’s sales, making the Wii the bestselling console in the country last month, after being outsold by the PlayStation 3 the previous month. More »
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Play Games With Your Brain Next Month

5:00AM Brian Crecente | I’ve been slightly intrigued with game controller Emotiv since I had a chance to go brains on with it a few years back in San Francisco. More »
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PSPgo Gives PlayStation A Big Slice Of Japanese Hardware Pie

6:30AM Michael McWhertor | The Japanese release of Sony’s PSPgo may have been low-key in terms of numbers, but we’re only getting a look at one day of sales of the platform. It was enough to give Sony the upper hardware hand this week. More »
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How’d The PSPgo Launch Go In Japan?

6:30AM Michael McWhertor | According to Enterbrain, the folks who publish Famitsu magazine, the newest PlayStation Portable sold 28,275 units on its first day on the Japanese market. More »
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DS Lite, Xbox 360 Only Positives In This Week’s Japanese Hardware Chart

11:40AM Michael McWhertor | Hardware buying was down ever so slightly in Japan this week, with Media Create’s sales figures showing the Wii bearing the brunt of that slowdown. Two consoles were up, however — the Nintendo DS Lite and Xbox 360. More »