Analysing the Wii U: What Nintendo needs to do

To compete with the 360 and the PS3 on their own turf, Nintendo are going to have to do something special with the way online multiplayer works. Friend codes, for instance, are right out.


Nintendo is offering a system that's on a par with the 360 and PS3. Nintendo hasn't competed this seriously in a long, long time. When it comes to the big-budget franchises the Wii got a couple of shoddy spin-off titles, while the Gamecube tended towards low-quality ports. Upcoming WiiU has ability to play four-player split-screen versions of modern FPS games without actually splitting the screen.Nintendo cannot afford to price themselves out of the market. The backlash to the PS3's “Five-hundred-and-ninety-nine US dollars” price point is legendary, but Sony survived, and managed to sell their system by the truckload.

While we still don't have a great deal of information on what the Wii U is really capable of (little on the processor, or the graphics chip, or even the resolution of the touch-screen on the controller) we know it's HD-capable, and we know it's at least the equivalent of the 360 and the PS3. How do we know this? The same way we know that it's going to be catering a lot more to the hardcore userbase: the announced games.

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Source: Incgamers

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WiiU To Be Priced $600?

A very credible source has given an estimation of the value of the Nintendo WiiU, Ninento's new console.

Australia is well known to have things overpriced, but is this an indication of how much we should expect to pay for the WiiU? To put it in perspective, the 160GB PS3 costs $498 and the 250GB Xbox 360 S costs $448. 

What do you think? What would be the best price for WiiU? 

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Source: Gamersheep

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PlayStation Store Update: June 7th - E3, Day 1

Grace Chen delivers the low-down on special E3-focused PlayStation Store update. Update includes Downloadable games,demos, Addon-game content, Bundle, Game videos, PlayStation 3 themes. Downloadable games and PSP minis are now available on PSP Store. 


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Source: PlayStation Blog

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Sony to Sell PlayStation Vita at a Loss

'Company expects to reach hardware profitability within three years'


Sony will be incurring a loss on Vita sales. In an interview with Reuters, Sony consumer products head Kaz Hirai said that the company expects to begin making a profit on the hardware within three years. Sony also revealed at E3 press conference that PSP has shipped 70 million units. 
Sony PS Vita and 3DS are surprisingly at same price, there'll be a tough challenge for both (Sony and Nintendo) to chase each other in international and local markets.

Reuters also reports that Sony Computer Entertaiment America president Jack Tretton said that while Vita will be released in Japan within the year, the release could come later in some other territories.

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Source: andreasang

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Naughty Dog Talks PlayStation 4

Christophe Balestra wants a 'social experience'


Nowgamer's author Nick Johns asked Christophe Balestra what he'd like to see from PlayStation 4. Balestra said: "I expect it to be more of a social experience, it'll machine that will let you connect to all things, it will be like this centre of the house, so you can watch TV, listen to music, see pictures... I don't know."


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Source: Nowgamer

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E3 2011: Nintendo showcases five new 3DS titles

El33tonline: Nintendo’s E3 press conference has just wrapped up and it was sure fill to the brim with announcements, trailers and more.
The publisher focused on their newly revealedWii U console along with the Nintendo 3DS, for which they gave us a preview into five upcoming titles.

The upcoming titles includes Mario Cart 3d which will be coming in North America this holiday, the second title was StarFox 3D which will be released before this year is over, third one was Kid Icarus: Uprising, which will be released later this yearand lastly Luigi’s Mansion 2.

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Source: El33tonline

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Sony’s E3 2011 Conference: Where was…?

Last night Sony showcased all of what we’re supposed to look forward to in the coming months for the PlayStation brand, and they truly had a solid conference. However, while there were some great items showcased, such as Uncharted 3, the PS Vita, and more, I felt like as the conference started to wrap up last night, some things were missing, or left out...

·        Where was David Jaffe to talk about how cool Twisted Metal is looking?

·        Where was anyone from Rockstar to talk about either Agent?

·        There has been much There has been much rumor-mill chat about Grand Theft Auto V breaking at E3, where was that? How long will Rockstar make us wait until the next version of their magnum opus?

·        Team ICO had a brief mention with the Ico & Shadow of The Colossus remasters, but where was The Last Guardian?

·        Where was the exclusive blockbuster that people were all supposed to stand up and say OH MY GOD SONY WINS!?

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