See nintendo made it's mind at e3 2006, they were about to make a revolution.

Their goal was to deliver a cheap to produce hardware (boosted gamecube, http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/miyamoto-says-the-wii-is-basically-a-gamecube-205275.php ), with a revolutionary controller.

One of the strategy to push units, without pointing the appealing price point, was exclusive games, not the famous xbox-limited-exclusive-kind-of. Because of their hardware and mostly their controller, developers would have something new to work with, new gameplays, unachievable on other platforms.

But, it was meant to be accessible to everybody, casual...

So developers have put their "best" workforce to push those revolutionary games

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9066&Itemid=2

It seems that only nintendo knows how to do good games on their own platform.

Developers are not putting real efforts on the wii, they seems to seak easy money, thin development risks with the machine.

Look at ubisoft's average scores for last year :

http://kotaku.com/356373/so-which-publishers-games-get-the-best-scores

Ubisoft is probably the major who supports the most the wii, and they score 65%... they're even way behind ea which gave a small support to the wii last year, remember boogie?... yeah it didn't score high

So, should nintendo only stick to software making or it's ok that way, after all it's a business right ?

Is the wii a fast food like console ?

We'll see, after all it's only been a year, maybe it's not that alarming...

Yep that's right, bizzare creation said that the dvd format is limitating pgr4.

They say that we won't be able to see night to day or vice-versa transition because it would have required twice the texture storage... ( strange that is ) anyway full story here :

http://www.destructoid.com/size-does-matter-project-gotham-racing-4-is-too-big-for-dvd-37131.phtml

"Lack of Blu-ray and guaranteed hard drive creating limitations for the next-gen crime opus, acknowledges Rockstar."

But, Rockstar also mentions that the both console in the end have their lack and pleasure... ( to be fair I guess )

The ps3's only pain so far could be known as the hard way to use the full potiental of all the cores that the console has. Which is a big issue, but very rewarding also for future games of the devolepper, once cleared.

The issues with the xbox are inevitable... let's hope there's no other issues on top of that.

Story here:

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=163233

Microsoft has announced a reduction in losses for its entertainment and devices division, but also a fall in revenues - which the company is attributing to lower Xbox 360 sales.

Full story here:

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=24602

French Console Sales for the first quarter of 2007 were good for nintendo and sony... but not for microsoft.

http://xbox-mag.net/ventes-de-consoles-en-france---nintendo-domine--microsoft-peine__13097.html

 1. DS: 260.000

 2. Wii: 144.000

 3. PS2: 92.000

 4. PSP: 90.000

 5. PS3: 81.000

 6. Xbox 360: 43.000

Kutaragi already planning PS4

http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199202196

A financial blogger accuses the software giant of forcing unwanted Xbox 360s into the retail channel to make its numbers; skepticism ensues.

 the story here:

http://kotaku.com/gaming/microsoft/microsofts-channel-stuffing-comes-unstuck-251281.php

http://www.informationarbitrage.com/2007/04/microsoft_phili.html

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 its interesting to note that gs has deleted their own rumor control news of this .

The xbox cannot really be compared to the dreamcast as a machine since it would honor the xbox itself. But in terms of design "stolen" in a sense, and the fact that it is getting dead soon just like its predecesor.

ZDNet's Ryan Naraine goes on to point out that a number of people are complaining about the thefts on the official Xbox Live forums and saying that Microsoft reps are doing nothing to help out.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/xbox-live-hacked-accounts-stolen-245887.php

BLU-RAY ASCENDING

PS3 PUSH GIVES EDGE IN VIDEO FORMAT WAR

"It's never been a question of if Blu-ray will pass HD DVD, but a matter of when."

all the story here :

http://www.nypost.com/seven/03082007/entertainment/blu_ray_ascending_entertainment_lou_lumenick.htm?page=1