Nintendo Wii is More Reliable than Xbox 360 and PS3

There is the biggest analysis of squaretrade.com on gaming consoles. The company analyzed on Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3 gaming consoles and submits its static report. Its analysis was on about 16000 game consoles. Time period of analysis was over 2 years.

According to the analysis, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 fails within 2 years and similarly PS3 also but Nintendo was more reliable console than both. The analysis covers average reports of gaming consoles.

This report shows about 23.7% failure graph of Xbox 360 during the 2 years time period. Similarly, PS3 failure graph was 10% during the 2 years time period. Lastly, Nintendo Wii graph touches only 2.7% failure rate during the 2 years time period. However, the report shows that Wii users use their consoles half in comparison of Xbox 360 and PS3. In spite of, Nintendo Wii remained at the top and Xbox 360 has 3rd position.

This report is very surprisingly for game consoles users. This static report has made Wii more popular consoles than others. The report reveals “Malfunction” failure rate of 2 years period of time.

In this report, there is another issue of “red ring of death”. This issue tells Xbox failure rate was about 12% over two years period. In this problem about 11.7% issue was related to other problems just like – disk reading and display issues.

Disk reading was the biggest problem for PlayStation 3. However, there was the biggest problem of power failure issue with Nintendo Wii.

All the issues about gaming consoles had been analyzed and noted by squaretrade.com. There are a big analysis reports on the issue with graph and funnels. I was very surprise to see the report because till now I was aware about Xbox 360 as the best console. But now, I knew that Nintendo Wii is the best console. You can also analysis the report by yourself here: http://www.squaretrade.com/htm/pdf/SquareTrade_Xbox360_PS3_Wii_Reliability_0809.pdf.

Sony PS3 is real and cheaper in French

Recently, we got a rumor that Sony may announce a new PlayStation at the Gamescom expo in Cologne, Germany, on 18 August, 2009. The rumor is the most fruitful for Europe. In news a French retailer announced that PS3 is really on the cheap cost of 100 euros. According to the retailer, new system may arrive in stores next month but still not confirmed.

In the interview retailer said that the new edition of PS3 is in limited stock. The rumor is on the way and evidence allows us to think that new PS3 will come till next week. It is the good news for Europe people.

On the other hand, there is another big story related to PS3. The upcoming PS3 has dropped the sells of PS3 60GB. In new version of PS3 will be 80GB. People are waiting for new and sales have been dropped for old PS3.

According to the Japanese blog they are not taking pre-orders of PS3 after 9 August, 2009. “7-Eleven will no longer be taking "pre-orders" for black, white and silver 80GB PS3 after Sunday, August 9.”

There are still more questions remain about the price of new consoles. People are thinking that for new PS3 Sony will “drop the price on the entry-level model of the console to $299 to spur demand.” What is reality is not clear still.

In the market of gaming consoles we can’t take a long rest. So, there is a new console of Sony – PlayStation 3. What about the features and full functionalities, it is not clear still? It would be only in 80GB or any other functions will bring along with it?

So, the main topic is Japan. In the Japan 60GB PS3 is not selling out because of new PS3 rumor. What about the new, it will be decided today.

Microsoft Unveiled New Controller for Xbox 360 Consoles

It is not new news in gaming consoles world but it is one of the most popular news. In the month of June, 2009 Microsoft has unveiled its new controller for Xbox 360 gaming consoles at E3 in Los Angeles.

It is fully hands-free control system gaming consoles which will make users to use face recognition and motion sensors that allow playing games.

According to the Microsoft, it is still in the early stages and has been sent to all prototypes to the main game developers.

Mr Spielberg said about it,

"The video games industry has not allowed us the opportunity to cry, because we were too busy putting our adrenalin rush into the controller, or wherever we swing our arm with a Wii controller to get a result. Because of that, there is no room for a video game to break your heart. We now have a little more room to be a little more emotional with Natal technology than we did before."

In other statement he said,

"I think the technology looks very interesting but its success depends on the content and how easy it is to use. The other aspect is cost and how they will get it out to the user base.”

BBC.co.uk writes,

“The company unveiled 10 new games for the Xbox 360, including Beatles Rock Band, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Tony Hawk Ride and Final Fantasy XIII.

And in a follow up to the news that Microsoft had signed a deal with Sky to show content via Xbox Live, Microsoft said it had entered a joint agreement with Facebook and Twitter to create what Mr Kim called "full integration" between three of the largest social networking sites on the planet.”

It was already leaked as per the bbc.co.uk. It is the new aspect in gaming consoles industry. We are seeing as an upgrade version of Xbox 360 consoles. Still it is in the hand of developer to finalize.

A motion-sensing video game controller announced by Sony

A motion-sensing video game controller announced by Sony. PlayStation consoles had complicated buttons and joysticks but now user will get a motion controller video game by Sony.

Richard Marks who is the Sony Computer Entertainment researcher provided a glimpse of the prototype controller in a press conference in Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles.

Marks said to the ET, "It's more distinct and cool feature is a glowing sphere on the end that the PlayStation 3 eye can track. We want to enable gamers. We expect very casual players.”

Now, Nintendo Wii offers controllers shaped like television remotes. It is just like car steering wheels, guns and bathroom scales.

About it Economics Times online magazine writes, “Xbox 360 consoles equipped with Natal will be able to respond to spoken commands for actions such as playing movies or connecting online with friends for video chats.

An expected completion date for Natal was not disclosed, but Microsoft on Monday released a software kit for video game makers interested in designing titles to take advantage of Natal's capabilities.”

Now, it seems in the gaming consoles industry Sony has taken one more step to attract customers. This feature will surely increase Sony market again. However, Sony is already world’s top gaming consoles seller.

No New Gaming Consoles Arriving Earlier than 2013

In an analysis, PCWord.com announced that till 2013 no new gaming consoles are arriving in market. It is the analysis of Michael Pachter of Wedbush Morgan who says that next round of consoles is not arriving earlier than 2013.

According to Pachter, “fiddlesticks, calling the notion video game software sales always peak in a console cycle's fourth year an "urban legend." The magazine also analysis that till 2010 a new console can launch in market but next generation gaming consoles is not arriving before 2013.

In the reason it has given some solid logic but last one is impressive, “...publishers will resist the introduction of any video game hardware technology that requires a refresh of software, as the publishers have as yet to capitalize on the immense investments made in being competitive in the current cycle. We therefore think it is likely that the “next” generation will begin after 2013, meaning that software sales are likely to grow by a compounded annual rate of 6 – 10% for another five years. Because R&D costs are likely to flatten out with the benefits of a learning curve, we expect earnings leverage as the publishers are able to exploit R&D investments. In brief, we think that investors have it wrong so far this cycle, and think that investment in video game publishers will bear fruit for many years. However, pessimism about software sales in April could limit share price.”

It is truth that the age is competitive for all the products and market. In the competitive age if a company launch only stylish hardware without updated software then surely, in the market it would be fail.

In other news there is a rumor of Apple’s game consoles. It is being said that in coming future Apple is going to launch a game console. If it is true then analysis is not true because it ignores Apple.

If Apple launches a new gaming console then it surely will be a new hardware with updated software for new generation. That will be different from earlier and in market it will get huge popularity.

Xbox 360 gaming consoles Prices slashed by Microsoft

It is not new news but I went through bbc.co.uk online magazine where I found some great news about gaming consoles which was prices down. It was September, 2008 when the news was published and according to the news Xbox models will drop by $50 its prices. Basic model will be cheaper than Nintendo Wii.

The price of Xbox 360 will be about half of PlayStation 3. It will be only for US then after for Japan but according to the Microsoft there is no plan to down prices in European country.

According to the Microsoft, “We wanted price of the basic model to dip below the psychologically important barrier of $200. About 75% of all console sales have been made below that price point.”

According to the above mentioned magazine, “The $199 price applies only to the Xbox 360 Arcade which has a 256MB memory unit on board rather than a hard drive. Adding a 20GB hard drive could add up to $90 to the total cost.”

In last August Microsoft had already announced that prices of Xbox 360 would fall in September in Japan. About the European country prices cut Microsoft announced, “Pricing is handled on a region-by-region basis. We do not have a price drop in this region to announce.”

Michael Pachter who is an analyst at Wedbush Morgan said, “They've got to make it up by penetrating more households and selling more software.” According to him it is the decision of Microsoft.

After the announcement it is being said in gaming consoles industry now, Nintendo and Sony will be out from the US gaming consoles market in competition of Xobx 360 consoles.

Touch-Screen Mobile Phone by Samsung with Gaming Features

There is a review of 1st 8 Megapixel camera mobile which is launched by Samsung in India. The mobile has many great features with games and gaming consoles. Whatever, we play a game on our gaming consoles are in the mobile features:

"Recently, Samsung, mobile manufacturing company announced to launch its 1st 8 megapixel touchscreen camera phone in India. The handset name is Pixen M8800. The phone has high image resolution of 3264×2448. It is auto-focus camera phone with face-recognition, Wide Dynamic Range and Advance Shake Reduction.

Its main key-features are GPS, WVGA video recording at 30fps, 3G with HSDPA support, Quad-band GSM support, microSD card slot, FM radio with RDS, TV out functionality, Bluetooth and USB v2.0, Office document viewer and microSD card slot. It has not the functionality of Wi-Fi connectivity, voice-guided GPS navigation and smart dialing.

Samsung Pixen M8800 has 3.2-inch large touch-screen which supports users to tap, sweep, and drag its widget by touching finger. Most famous widgets on the phone are weather info widget and Google Search widget.

QWERTY keyboard and onscreen handwriting to write SMS, email and other inputs comes with the M8800 touch screen mobile phone.

On the launch of Pixen M8800, Samsung Telecom Division country head, Sunil Dutt said, “Pixon is made for users who want to experience full multimedia entertainment on their mobile phone with the ease of a touch.”

Samsung Pixen M8800 has video player formats also including with DivX, Xvid and MP4. Brain Challenge, Diamond Twister and Millionaire-3 most popular games are pre-loaded with the famous phone. You can download most of the game also by online also on the phone. The phone has great browsing speed of 7.2 download speed and UMTS capability.

In India the phone price is Rs.28,750 which is below than iPhone touch-screen. Samsung has other touchscreen phone Samsung Omnia (i900) and Samsung TouchWiz (F480) which has only 5 megapixel camera.

Samsung Pixen M8800 will attract Indian users by its extra-ordinary key features. Its price is also affordable in competition of iPhone. No users has 8 megapixel cameras still so, the phone will fulfill the gap."

Data Source:India’s 1st 8 Megapixel Touchscreen Phone by Samsung