Console Watcher

Rockstar has never stopped releasing good games. And with their fourth title for Grand Theft Auto, one of the bestselling game franchises of all time, we know they are serious about producing quality games. The fourth installment of the popular series by ...

The high definition disc format wars could be over after reports revealed that the main backer of HD DVD, Toshiba, is preparing to fall on its sword. Toshiba's move came after WalMart anouncing that they are moving to Blu Ray exclusive. The move would mean consumers won't have to worry about choosing a format that could eventually become obsolete. But the reduced competition could eliminate incentives for the rival Blu-ray camp to keep prices low.

It's official. WalMart has made it public that it would stop selling the HD DVD discs and machines in June when supplies are depleted. The decisions was probably triggered by actions taken by other parties wuch as Best Buy, the largest electronics retailer, to promote Blu-ray as its preferred format ...

The HD DVD camp is slashing player prices in a last-ditch effort to revive the ailing format. HD DVD has been eclipsed by its competitor Blu-ray in movie and player sales since the formats launched in Australia. Today, Microsoft cut the price of its HD DVD player add-on for the Xbox 360 by half to $129.95. On January 22, Toshiba, the main backer of HD DVD, cut the prices of three of its players by as much as 50 per cent.

Huge mainstream demand for video games over Christmas and a bumper year for Nintendo caused total games industry sales in 2007 to swell by almost 50 per cent over the previous year. Holiday sales were dominated by the Nintendo DS handheld and the Nintendo Wii sold more units than the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 (PS3), but retailers say 2007 was unique in that all of the games systems on the market performed extremely well. Market watcher GfK today announced total games industry sales hit $1.3 billion in 2007, an increase of 43.6 per cent over 2006.

Good news Xbox Fans! The Xbox 360 enjoyed the biggest UK market share last year. The Xbox 360 took home an 18.6 per cent market share in 2007, closely followed by the Nintendo DS on 18.2 per cent. The PlayStation 3 could only manage a market share of 9.1 per cent, with ...

Waner Bros has announced that it will be Blu-Ray exclusive effective June 1, 2008. So much for the denial of not going to make the jump to blu-ray exclusive back in December. The competing formats create confusion that is keeping either format from mass acceptance. ...