Killzone PS3’s budget is more than $21 million. WTF!?
November 28th - One Response


Killzone PS3 to cost way too much

Whosa whatsa!? It was recently revealed that Killzone PS3’s production is aiming to be the most expensive in Dutch history, topping the 16 million EUR ($21 million USD) mark of the Dutch WWII movie Black Book. A large part of the costs are attributed to localizing the game into 20 different languages. Yes, 20 different languages. As the bubble continues to inflate, fanboys around the world quiver in anticipation.

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Chicago gamers create utopia while waiting in line for PS3
November 20th - One Response


Best Buy

The Method Reporter, a collective blog based in Chicago run by Medill graduate journalism students, has an impressive story of a Chicago-land man who helped keep things orderly while waiting in line for his PS3 at a local Best Buy. By arriving early and taking charge, 24 year old Angel Colon, a train conductor and engineer, setup a mini-utopia in his line, creating a running list of all those in line, a break schedule for everyone on the list and even ran security keeping unwanted line hoppers at bay. Angel even coordinated with Best Buy management for the various issues that popped up throughout the weekend ordeal. Order was kept, everyone had fun and respect for one another and best of all, Angel and his family got out of it with a few new friends and a few PS3s to boot.

Good on you Angel, if only more stories like this were out there.

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Nintendo spending $200 million to fight Sony
November 13th - No Responses


Fight

DING DING DING. In what will probably be their most expensive marketing campaign ever, Nintendo has stated that they will spend more than $200 million USD in order to market the Wii console. With Nintendo’s success with the DS handheld and their profit on every piece of hardware sold, Nintendo has built a nice little war chest in order to compete against the new PS3 from Sony and Microsoft’s Xbox 360. 80% of the marketing spend will go towards adult markets, also marking a shift in strategy for Nintendo, which is trying to broaden it’s appeal among adults as the gaming market ages and younger consumer tastes continue their shift towards the mature market. Nintendo is projected to shift over 1.2 million units of the Wii this holiday season, with projections of only around 500,000 units for Sony, thanks partially to the manufacturing difficulties of Blu-Ray components. It’s also not helping Sony that their new console is over priced and their image among many gamers is severely damaged after months of public relations mis-steps.

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Playstation 3 Sixaxis commercial
November 9th - No Responses


Sony Sixaxis

Alright, see, we’re getting there Sony. Finally a commercial that does a pretty ok job of being oddly interesting AND trying to get us a little excited about an actual feature that we’d get from the incredibly high price of the PS3. One of the latest in the ongoing, ‘weirdness in an empty room’ series of Sony PS3 commercial, this one focuses a bit more on the Sixaxis controller and does an ok job of it.

Watch the commercial after the jump..

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