231w ago - An external SCEA PR rep has told Edge-Online why a chart (below) was released by Sony indicating that the PS3 was cheaper than Microsoft's XBox 360 and Nintendo's Wii console.

The rep noted that it was thought to be a good time to remind everyone of "our strong offerings".

To quote: An external SCEA PR rep From The agency Porter Novelli told us the company released the chart because they "thought it would be a good time just to remind everyone of our strong offerings," which automatically implies that they feel people have either forgotten about the PS3's inherent value or never seriously considered the PS3's value, due to the higher price tag.

It's highly likely that amidst this PS3 price-drop rumoring that Sony wanted to tell the core audience, "Hey, don't wait for a drop, it's a steal at $399, honest."

I'd argue that today PS3 is a fine value, on par with Xbox 360, particularly for gamers in 2009, when it appears that Sony's internal developers will really begin to bear fruit.

Nevertheless, I'm glad I'm not the one that has to figure out how to get that value message across to consumers.

240w ago - BingeGamer.net (linked above) has compiled a chart from various Web site and Forum users detailing how much time you can save by using a hard drive install under the New Xbox Experience. Its not complete at the moment, but does offer results for a number of XBox 360 games.

To quote: All I did here was put their collected information chart form. I will update as much as possible, drop a comment if you know how much time is saved on a particular game (where the "xxx"'s are marked).

I don't think the chart needs to be explained, you have the games, you have how much space they would take on your hard drive, and then how much time you'd be saving (not listed on the chart is how much relief you will be giving your poor disc drive).

No longer do 360 fanboys have the fodder of "oh you PS3 people have to install games blah blah" .. in the end, if you have a big enough hard drive, you know you'll be installing these games soon enough.

256w ago - VGChartz reports that their estimated worldwide hardware and software chart for week ending July 18th, 2008 is as follows:

Hardware Totals: [Last Week #]

DSL: 465,874 (-2%) [476,583]
Wii: 367,552 (+8%) [338,884]
PSP: 228,299 (+12%) [203,993]
360: 164,980 (+46%) [113,345]
PS3: 157,990 (-12%) [178,948]
PS2: 105,041 (+7%) [98,033]

Top 15 Software Worldwide:

1. Dragon Quest V (DS) 679,461 679,461 [NEW]
2. Wii Sports (Wii) 329,968 26,207,276
3. NCAA Football 09 (360) 290,627 290,627 [NEW]
4. Wii Fit (Wii) 177,528 5,807,191
5. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 173,879 6,435,346
6. Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon 2: Time / Darkness (DS) 158,526 2,817,388
7. Wii Play (Wii) 153,390 13,694,627
8. Gundam Battle Universe (PSP) 152,722 152,722 [NEW]
9. NCAA Football 09 (PS3) 124,663 124,663 [NEW]
10. Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii) 111,602 6,318,173
11. Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS) 99,760 602,040
12. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) 95,680 2,577,415
13. Nintendogs (DS) 76,133 19,038,481
14. New Super Mario Bros (DS) 73,405 15,072,890
15. Brain Training (DS) 71,851 13,619,456

Other New Releases:

16. NCAA Football 09 (PS2) 71,288 71,288 [NEW]...

278w ago - The guys at www.XCM.cc let us know they have now posted a comparison chart (below) and new video of their XCM Multi-Console Component Cable v3!

For those interested, a recap of all the features are below as well:

- Fully Compatible with Xbox 360, Wii, PS3/PS2, PSP Slim, Xbox.
- Built in switch prevents interference of other consoles
- High quality shielded cable.
- Support Component Signal (Stereo Function)
- High Quality and High Speed for Transfer Signal.
- Support Dolby Prologic.
- Support DTS 5.1 Channel System.
- Support DOLBY Digital and Surround Sound
- Support Stereo Sound
- Support Optical Signal on Xbox 360
- Compatible with Surround Receiver or Integrated Amplifier
- Support CRT, Plasma, LCD or any HDTV System
- Support D2 (480i/480P); (720i/720P) & D4 (1080 i/ 1080 P) technology.