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Archive for November, 2006

Top Video Game Systems

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

Bestselling video game systems from Amazon:

  1. Nintendo DS Lite - Polar White
    Nintendo DS Electric Blue
    Nintendo DS Lite Coral Pink
    Nintendo DS Lite Onyx Black
  2. Xbox 360 Console Includes 20GB Hard Drive
  3. Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) Core
  4. Xbox 360 Core System
  5. Sony Playstation 2 Console Slim PS2
  6. Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) Entertainment Pack

What about Nintendo Wii?

Gears of War: Fastest Selling Game Ever

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

Fastest Selling 360 Game Ever is Gears of War. Are you playing it yet?

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The New iPod Shuffle

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

shuffle2.jpgThe little music player that made it a feature to not know what song would play next is back in its new avatar. Shorter, wider and thinner, the the kid iPod sibling is growing up. The new iPod Shuffle is here.

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PS3 loses up to $306 per unit, Xbox 360 profits $76 per sale

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

Sony is taking a considerable loss on each PlayStation 3 sold. Costs for the 20GB model exceed the suggested retail price of $499 by a total of $306.85, Analysis estimates for the 60GB version, costs exceed the $599 price by $241.35. In contrast, the HDD-equipped Xbox 360 has a manufacturing and materials total of $323.30 while you’re paying $399.

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Google Feedback: Was this link useful?

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

While searching on Google this evening, I saw something I’ve never seen before. The question “Was this link useful?” The question showed up on the search results page after I click on one of the results and then hit the “back” button on my browser.

Was This Link Useful

This has shown up for AdWords links before, however this time its showing up in organic search results.

Is Google incorporating this feedback into their search results algorithms? Is this a new tactic to weed out spam? I’m sure we will hear more about this in the coming weeks.

Amazon traffic is up because of.. The Wii and PS3!

Friday, November 17th, 2006

“Online searches for the video game console [PS3], increased 171 percent for the week ending November 11, 2006 compared to two weeks earlier on October 28, the research firm reported.” Amazon loves the PS3 and the Wii, mainly because they are giving the website more traffic.
read more | Search PS3 | Search Wii

PS3 Gets Smashed!

Friday, November 17th, 2006

True to their word SmashMyPs3.com has smashed a brand spanking new PS3 on the launch of the new console. I call it art, others may call it blasphemous.

read more | digg story | YouTube Link

Escaped Rapist Found in Best Buy PS3 Camp Out Line

Friday, November 17th, 2006

The PS3 stories get crazier and crazier. Now it seems that a suspected rapist apparently escaped just to go get in line and wait for the PS3. No joke.

read more | digg story

PS3 Line Insanity; Pregnant Woman Tries Not To Give Birth While Waiting

Friday, November 17th, 2006

Stories from the dark side of console gaming!

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Zune Software Plays Nicely With iTunes

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

Microsoft’s Zune is shipping… Obey the hype!
Gizmodo Writes…

After a relatively painless installation we set to work on the Zune software. We weren’t exactly sure what Microsoft meant when they said that Zune Marketplace would import music automatically from iTunes, however we were guessing that meant they’d grab only the non-DRMed music, like MP3s you downloaded off the net. Well, we were right.

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