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Sony Gets Catty About the Competition in PlayStation Move Ad [Sony]
Mar 18th
Sony: Bright Light, Wii Similarities Won’t Deep-Six PlayStation Move
Mar 17th
Sony’s new PlayStation Move controller made headlines last week as it added Wii-like controls to the PlayStation 3. But a key difference in the tech, one lauded by Sony, could hurt the device. So could a lack of innovative software.
Kotaku brought both of these topics up with Scott Rohde, vice president of worldwide studios at Sony’s big PlayStation Move event last week. Rohde had been the main presenter of Move games at the event, launching demos of everything from sports-compilation title Sports Champions to a Move-enhanced SOCOM 4.
After the demos, he talked tech, mentioning his favorite aspect of the Read more ...
Nintendo: we’re "not good" at core games
Mar 17th
Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has admitted that Nintendo is “not good” at creating “core” games, and needs to actively court third-parties to make more mature titles like BioShock 2 for the platform.
“The fact of the matter is we know we create great content for younger consumers, we know we’ve got great content for more casual players, and we want fantastic content for that more active player who loves Metroid or Zelda but maybe also wants something like a BioShock 2 to play as well,” he told Industry Gamers at GDC.
“And we also recognize that we don’t create that type of content ourselves. We’re not good at it and it’s not a key focus area. We want that content on our platform, so we have Read more ...
Court rules in favour of Nintendo, MS over controller patent breach
Mar 17th
A Washington court of appeal has ruled in favour of Nintendo and Microsoft following accusations the companies breached a patent relating to controller power conversions.
Patent holder Fenner Investments first sued the two console makers three years ago, reports Gamasutra, claiming that their devices used a design they had patented.
The patent in question is for a ‘Low-Voltage Joystick Port Interface’ described as an analogue stick which outputs to a digital signal – which is found in the majority of controllers for home consoles.
Nintendo was granted a favourable ruling in March last year, but Fenner appealed the decision and the case was referred back to the court.
That court ruled this week however that there was “no genuine Read more ...
BrawlStats beta3
Mar 16th
BrawlStats beta3 released by Marcmax
BrawlStats is a Wii application that will have to be ran after a Super Smash Bros. Brawl session. It will store automatically on your SD your results and then you will be able to navigate freely through a clean GUI that will show you a lot of information that Brawl doesn’t store (or doesn’t show). It can be like a database of your Brawl matches.
beta3 (2010.03.15)
fixed an important bug when you reach 10 sessions
