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... in the home and handheld gaming market respectively, the majority of games available for Wii have been made in-house. Shunning the market for decidedly family-unfriendly games like halo 3, it remains to be seen whether its simple appeal is sustainable in the upcoming year; but for now, the Wii is definitely in the lead.

As for who's in second place, the jury's currently out. Analysts were divided over what to expect this Christmas. DFC Intelligence, a video game and entertainment industry research firm, predicted in September that the Xbox 360 was likely to finish third this Christmas, with the gap widening over the course of the year, unless it managed to strengthen its weak position in the all-important Japanese market. On the other hand, research group BrandIntel expected the PS3 to fare worse this festive period, citing its high price and comparative lack of games as the main reasons.

With the two consoles appealing to more hardcore-gamers than the Nintendo Wii, Microsoft announced last week that it had sold 4.3 million Xbox 360 machines worldwide in the last quarter of 2007, while Sony announced this we...more

Playstation 3

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When the Playstation 2 was released 7 years ago, the average number of games sold per unit sold was 5. Fastforward to the PSP; it released and has only sold about 2 games per PSP sold. This is mainly because of the multimedia aspect of the game. People are buying it to watch movies just as much as they are to play the games.

This doesn't sound so bad, but it can cause problems for Sony. A lot of Sony's income from video game cons...more

Xbox 360 - 3 Red Light Repair

...ted location and keep the vents in the rear of the console free from dirt or blockage. When the game over heats, this causes the soldering on the mother board to come loose and thus causing the 3 red lights and system failure.

The nyko intercooler was released as an accessory to help resolve the issue of over heating. This is an accessory for the Xbox 360, which attaches to the system, pumping more air into the console and thus keeping it cool. However, s...more

The Video and Computer Gaming Sector is Growing

...e writers who have submitted articles on video and computer games, so it seems that the flow of content will have a bit of catching up to do. What will the gaming industry sub-sector do in the future? Well, it will certainly continue to grow, how much is anyone's guess, as it has far surpassed all the previous predictions, so we are now in uncharted territory and boldly going where no human has gone before.<...more