Video Games
SSBB’s singleplayer storyline penned by writer behind FFVII
‘”At that point, I decided to ask Kazushige Nojima-san to help us since he had composed the scenarios for titles like Final Fantasy VII,” Sakurai tells Iwata. In typical Iwata fashion, he replies, “Wow, asking the person who crafted scenarios for Final Fantasy to write one for Smash Bros. is a pretty big deal.”‘
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Microsoft’s Net Rises 79% On Strong Vista, Office Sales
Microsoft Corp. posted a 79% jump in quarterly net income from a year ago, when results were lowered by deferred sales of Windows Vista and Office. Quarterly revenue jumped 30% amid a surge in sales for the Windows operating system and holiday sales of the Xbox 360 videogame console.
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The SNES is the greatest console of all time
While the decision was a difficult one, it seemed almost too simple I declare the SNES the greatest console of all time.
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Best Buy stops selling the 80GB PS3
Well that was fast — just a day after we’d heard that Best Buy was dropping the 80GB PS3 SKU, it’s gone from the retailer’s web site. We aren’t sure what this means for the broader US market — several other stores are still selling the 80GB model — but for now, it looks like […]
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The Xbox Finally Turns A Profit
In the last six years, there’s been one constant when discussing Microsoft’s foray into the strange and seductive world of video game console manufacturing: they had yet to turn a profit on any of it. No more, with today’s announcement of Microsoft’s second quarter earnings which showed a relatively impressive six-month income of $524 million.
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Top 25 SNES Games
I decided to make it a little longer so I could fit a few more of my favorites in. And, although I like the N64, Playstation, PS2, etc., I definitely won’t be making a top list for those systems (not only because they’re not retro, but they just aren’t as special to me as the […]
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Xbox 360 Breaks 5 Times, But Microsoft Refuses To Replace It
Guy’s XBox 360 has been out of commission for three months in the last year, but Microsoft still won’t replace it.
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White PS3 Approved for Stateside use
I’m not sure how important this actually is–but whatever
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