Forum: Consoles & Handhelds

Is the console almost obsolete? The videogame console cycle of life has typically been about 5 or 6 years. Every 6 years, there’s a significant enough leap in technology that the console manufacturers all come out with new models that can hold more data, process it faster, give better graphics...

First of all it seems like the XBOX 360 is getting a complete overhaul for the interface, it looks more professional the new one and it has an avatar system similar to the Wii. Final Fantasy XIII is going to hit the 360, so not being PS3 exclusive anymore.. Play from hard drive. Copy your...

NEW YORK (AP) _ People flocked to buy video games in October despite a drop in consumer confidence to a historic low, spending $1.31 billion in U.S. retail stores on hardware, software and accessories. That's a gain of 18 percent from the same month a year ago, according to data from market...

Nintendo held a major press conference in Tokyo last night, with the aim being secifically to show their longtime fans, "Hey, we think about you, too." They announced quite a bit, but the big time number one announcement is that of the new Nintendo DSi. The "i" in this case is likely a shortened...

Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer has been adapted successfully for a number of gaming platforms, including XBox and PS2. Now the vampire slayer is coming to Nintendo DS, courtesy of 505 Games. The game is said to have third-person action and first-person shooting functions.

A Naruto PS3 Project video has been added and it's looking exactly like the anime, the XBOX 360 game also looks incredible but this one looks better, I hope it's as good then there's a reason to buy the PS3..

""Sega is handling the development of the game based on this summer’s Incredible Hulk movie. They’ve released some new information to get gamers and comic book fans excited. Sega has big shoes to fill, as the last Hulk game Ultimate Destruction was one of the best superhero games ever. Sega...

So what are your thoughts on the system thus far, they have released a 40GB version where they removed the PS2 support but they have added many other nice new features like XviD playback, and you can just pick up a PS2 cheap if you want to play PS2 games. Playstation Home has yet to be released...

So im sitting here at work pondering on if i should buy a 360 or not...anyone know how much they go for in sweden atm? if its worth going with the arcade version and buying a drive later on? As it stands now im looking at the Xbox360 HDMI Premium but i dont have a TV that can do HD so that sounds...

I cancelled my order of the XBOX 360 and got myself Mario Kart DS and the Nintendo Online Wifi connector instead .. good thing too .. so many things seriously wrong with the XBOX 360 .. 3% of the XBOX 360 consoles are faulty - Overheating GPU's (3% out of 700 000 units is after all 21 000...

So Sony had their pressconference .. This is what they called innovation .. sure it's innovation alright, just they didn't do it someone else did .. XBOX Live Ripoff system for their own console Tilt sensitive joypad (Nintendo have had this in certain GBA games for quite some time, the...

Today on the 4th of December Microsoft has announced a Dashboard update for the 360's, of course if you are running a modded one you should avoid updating because it might brick your system as it's usually a hidden "feature". MORE DOWNLOAD OPTIONS: Xbox Originals - With this new service,...

So, I recently caved in and bought a DS with New Super Mario and Mario Kart DS. Both games are great fun, but i feel the need for a rpg and wondered if any of you could recommend a good one? Been considering getting one of the Final Fantasy titels from the GBA but dont know which one would be...

I put a preorder on the Nintendo Wii on one of Sweden's biggest online stores Webhallen.com .. seems I'm getting my Wii in January .. Most online retailers abroad are overcharging for the Wii just because they can. Play-Asia now going strong without the competition from Lik-Sang got the price tag...

Here's the sales charts for Japan during the PS3 launch week.. 1. Nintendo DS Lite - 148,174 2. Sony Playstation 3 - 81,639 (81,639) <-- 2nd place on launch day .. 3. Sony Playstation Portable - 19,123 (1,492,596) 4. Sony Playstation 2 - 16,157 5. Microsoft XBOX 360 - 3,864 6. Nintendo GBA...

Sony has just gotten the High Court of London to rule imports of the Sony PSP illegal, similar acts might follow with the PS3 and other Playstation branded properties. So not only will Europeans have to pay about $150-200 more for the PS3 than the US and Japan and wait 4 more months for the...

Nintendo revealed the launch price of a little bit of everything last night.. Japanese Launch Date is December 2nd, 2006. The Nintendo DS launched before in the US, maybe the Wii will too? System Price: Wii - 25000 Yen (about 213 USD, 168 Euro, 114 or about 1550 SEK, which is less than half...

Comic fans can see their favorite Marvel characters in action when Activision, Inc. showcases the highly anticipated Marvel™: Ultimate Alliance, Spider-Man 3™: The Game and Spider-Man™: Battle for New York games in the Activision/Marvel booth #4315 at the International Comic-Con Convention in San...

There's a new Nintendo DS coming in March in Japan .. http://www.animetime.net/forumfiles/ds/dslite.jpg The new unit measures up to 133 mm wide by 73.9 mm tall by 21.5 thick. The original DS measures up to 148.7 x 84.7 x 28.99 mm. DS Lite is also lighter it weighs 218g, compared to the 275...

This is a lil poll on what next-gen home systems you will buy .. Personally I'm going for the Nintendo Wii first and then later on for either the Xbox 360 or the PS3 depending on 2 things .. price and games .. the PS3 is just too expensive, the Xbox 360 doesnt have enough good games .. only like...

Well that confirms that, the Wii name is final. Sony said that the rumble function interfered with the motion sensing .. well look here Nintendo has it .. Sony didnt wanna say that they got their asses sued over the rumble.. http://www.animetime.net/forumfiles/games/wii/wiicontroller.png Yep...

The Nintendo Revolution's new name has been confirmed it's "Nintendo Wii" as "we", for more info check my wiki it has the appropriate links (at the right side)

I'm moving them onto my wiki, nicer formatting there, + hotlinking for titles, the latest charts are there + moving the older ones there slowly, the wiki is in closed mode so only I can update the pages. Link to the Wiki page

Hmm I almost missed last weeks toplist .. Hardware: Nintendo DS Lite - 154,731 Nintendo DS - 49,825 Sony PSP - 30,565 Sony PS2 - 28,896 Nintendo GBA SP - 5,211 Nintendo Gameboy Micro - 3,103

This week there were more Nintendo DS Lites sold in Japan than all other systems combined, including the regular Nintendo DS that sold very well as well. Hardware: Nintendo DS Lite - 149,371 Nintendo DS - 59,903 Sony PSP - 36,943 Sony PS2 - 33,301 Nintendo Gameboy Advance SP - 6,732...

Japanese sales charts during week 12 of 2006: Hardware: Nintendo DS Lite: 119,986 Nintendo DS: 39,307 Sony PS2: 34,169 Sony PSP: 31,077 Nintendo GBA SP: 5,627 Nintendo Gameboy Micro: 4,883

These specs still hasnt been confirmed by Nintendo, however they seem pretty real. The "Broadway" CPU: 729MHz The "Hollywood" GPU: 243MHz (Wth 3MBs of texture memory) RAM: 88MBs, which breaks down to 24MBs of main 1T-SRAM and 64MBs of "external" 1T-SRAM, which one developer notes "can be...

I just checked play-asia and they have a fighting game called One Piece Grand Battle on sale (you dont need to know Japanese for a fighting game).. http://image4.play-asia.com/350/PA.21587.007.jpg From TV Animation: One Piece Grand Battle: Combat Rush ($29.90 + global shipping at $3.10) One...

This was a week where I thought the PS2 would overtake the Nintendo DS because of the release of Final Fantasy XII, heck even I bought a Japanese PS2 during this release week.. Here's the Top-10 hardware sales charts in Japan Nintendo DS Lite: 104,452 (This is about 4,000 units short of...

I got my hands on Final Fantasy XII yesterday, and really the last Final Fantasy game I played was FFVI :) .. I noticed I was a bit behind on the story.. anyway the game I got was the Japanese copy of Final Fantasy XII for the PS2 (there's no other currently) and a Final Fantasy XII branded PSTwo...

Nintendo Revolution will play games from SEGA Genesis (aka Mega Drive) and TurboGrafx (aka PC-Engine) as well as games from Hudson.. 2 of the games announced during the GDC for the Nintendo DS are: The Legend of Zelda Using Zelda Wind Waker-style graphics.....

This is something that has been troubling me alot lately. Do you guys know a way to get game saves from a xbox to a xbox 360? Please help!!!

The Nintendo DS got back on top after the PSP holding the lead while the DS was sold out .. The Xbox 360 dropped below the GameCube sales and the regular Xbox sold less than 100 units, Microsoft is most likely messing up the marketing over there, the way things are advertised in Japan is way...

There's a new Worms Game coming out for the Nintendo DS.. Worms Open Warfare, and it's using the classic Worms look (the one I prefer anyway): Boxart: http://www.animetime.net/forumfiles/games/nds/wormsds1.jpg Screenshots (Both screens merged into 1 shot)...

Hardware sales list for 20051226-20060101 in Japan, this proves that Japs really are all about the games and not so called "graphic whores" that people seem to be both here and in the US. Nintendo DS - 390,181 (Sold Out) Sony PSP - 110,741 Sony PS2 - 78,646 Nintendo Gameboy Advance SP -...

Microsoft had the brand new XBOX 360, but apparently they didn't have Mario Kart and Animal Crossing :) This is the Hardware Toplist for Japan during this period: 2005-12-05 -> 2005-12-11 Nintendo DS 299,328 Sony Computer Entertainment PSP 86,403 Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation 2...

There are some rumors floating around most major gaming sites that SEGA will relaunch the SEGA Dreamcast in Japan, I wonder how that would go, if they took up software development for it again. The Dreamcast is a really nice system it uses 1GB GD-ROM discs and has graphics that are something...

Do anyone still own these in a relatively good condition? I have 12 boxed games with manuals.. Super Mario Bros 1 Small box PAL (2 of these) Super Mario Bros 1 Large box PAL (2 of these too) Super Mario Bros 1 UK Large box PAL Super Mario Bros 2 Small box PAL (Just got my hands on this one,...

Namco Hometek announced that its sequel video game Pac-Man World 3 has begun shipping for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube and PC. The game will also be available for the Nintendo DS and PSP in December. The game picks up the adventures of the 25-year-old video-game icon, combining...

Being able to still enjoy Playstation classics.. would that be nostalgy or a mental malfunction ? I mean, c'mon, Crash Bandicoot - Final Fantasy - Spyro - Tekken.. it had so many great games, and those are still fun today, unless one has become spoiled by the graphical quality level of standard...

If this is true, that makes their GPU faster than the Xbox 360's, and possibly the PS3's too. Nintendo has always managed to do more with less, the regular Xbox is 700-733MHz while the Gamecube is just 400MHz and the games look about the same (minor differences, some games look better on the Xbox...

The Nintendo Revolution controller has been revealed .. http://www.animetime.net/forumfiles/games/revolution/revcon001.jpg http://www.animetime.net/forumfiles/games/revolution/revcon002.jpg http://www.animetime.net/forumfiles/games/revolution/revcon003.jpg...

I just saw Naruto for the PS2 (NTSC-Japan Version) is now $29.90 + $3.10 shipping .. that's like half the original price .. Cheap Naruto for PS2 on Play-Asia http://www.animetime.net/forumfiles/games/ps2/narutops24.jpghttp://www.animetime.net/forumfiles/games/ps2/narutops21.jpg...

Sony has released their PSP in Europe, and I think it prolly has its best run here, I'm not surprised however, the least informed people regarding video games are the Europeans, and they'll also buy anything that looks good on the outside, sure I live in Europe but im a Video Games freak so I keep...