Gamefly - Rent Video Games without Late Fees

Can never go wrong with renting video games with no late fees. Just queue up your games and they'll send you the next one in line. Keep it as long as your account is active.

Rumor: New Sony Playstation 3 SKUs up on the drawinboard

It seems that Sony is having another SKU in the near future. Rumor has it that Sony will be having anywhere from 120GB to 160GB HDD Playstation 3 SKU up for ideas. This will include the new Dual Shock 3 controller that is rumble enabled. About the backwards compatibility which the 80GB PS3 lacked, we don't know anything about that. The price wills till be $499 so it will be replacing the current 80GB model. Byebye 80GB!

The source of this rumor is an Ars Technica "mole". Right now it's just a rumor where Sony Europe and Sony America has only to say "we don't comment on rumors". But isn't that the same thing that Kaz Harai and all the other Sony officials have said about the rumble enabled controllers?? ...assassin's creed going to the 360??? ...the price cut??? ...and they all came true. But don't take my word for it.

Madden 08 Tournament at Play'N'Trade

PLay N Trade (9530 S. Eastern, Las Vegas) is hosting a Madden 08 PS2 Tournament that will be played on Groundhog Day (February 2, 2008). It will be a fundraiser for the Southern NV PKD Foundation.

There is a $50 Masters tournament for the hardcore players (Madden Challenge-caliber) and a $25 Open Tournament for those who enjoy the game. All entry fees are tax-deductible.

Please spread the word...send an e-mail to playforpkd@cox.net for more info.

Sony's new SKU: PS3 40GB with NO Backward Compatibility

Sony still surprises consumers how much they think stuipd consumers are. Sony is coming out with a 40GB SKU PS3. What's the catch you say? It will not be backwards compatible.

Not only was the 80GB PS3 backwards compatibility suffered from alot of different games but now with the 40GB it is totally gone. Sony gives the excuse of "with the upcoming games, you wouldn't care about the olders games". What a bunch of BULL!!!

First time they release the PS3 they say how important and now valuable backwards compatibility is and now they say it isn't. Sony is up to their old tricks again and maybe later say another apology and hope consumers will forgive and forget like what they are trying to pull off with the rumble enabled Dual-Shock 3.

ROCKBAND to cost $170

It is now official that Rockband will cost a reasonable price of $169.99 though it's still expensive for a simple video game but that's just it. It's not just a simple video game. It puts you in the band of a rockstar. It sure is better then the previous $200 dollar price tag amazon was taking orders for.

The XBox 360 and the PS3 will cost $169.99 and the PS2 will cost $159.99. All bundles will come with the Guitar, Drums, Mic and the game itself. You could also still buy them seperately. The guitar will cost $60 for the wired and $80 for the wireless, the drums will cost $80, the mic will cost $30 and the actual game cost $60 dollars for the XBox 360 and PS3 while the PS2 will cost $50.

So if you buy them seperately it will cost you $250. Subtract $60 if your thinking of not buying the guitar because you have already the X-plorer Guitar (eventhough the Rock Band guitar has extra fret buttons closer to the base) then your at $190 and it will still cheaper to buy the bundle.

The XBox 360 and PS3 version will come out on November 23 and the PS2 version will shortly follow up on Dec 10. Just in time for the holidays. I'm sure this one will also sell out. Get your pre-orders!

PGR4 Realizm showcase

I was blown away when i saw this commercial. Project Gotham Racing 4 shows off their graphics and making real life not so distant from the capabilities of the XBox 360. This commercial of PGR4 starts out with real streets and real people and later going to real-time game footage. It's really hard to see where it ends and starts. See for yourself and see if you can figure out where it ends and starts.

Microsoft Mission Accomplish: Halo 3 World Record $170 million in 24 hours

Microsoft predicted that Halo 3 will beat all entertainment sales in its first 24 hours of release beating Spiderman 3 and the Harry Potter movies. $170 million in its first day of release including all preorders and release day purchases beats Spiderman 3's $120 million record. Even though movie tickets cost $10 and compared to the $129, $69, $59 prices of Halo 3 it still shows value of sales in the 24 hour period. Wow! I guess this is how Microsoft will get their money back from losing alot of that production cost of the consoles and still losing for every unit sold until now. Go Master Chief!!!

Microsoft's XBox 360 to be Powered Up!

From Joystiq comes the new holiday line up for Microsoft's XBox 360 and will be powered up!! An atempt to convert more Sony fanboys to join into the 360 pool (those who still has the PS2 and waiting to happen to the PS3), Microsoft is bundling alot of extras to all the SKUs currently in selves coming October. I made a little chart for you to check see for yourself.

XBox 360 Elite	HDMI port 120GB HDD Wireless Controller HDTV Component Cable HDMI Cable Games included Forza Motorsports 2 Marvel Ultimate Alliance Release Date: October 23, 2007
XBox 360 Pro	HDMI port 20GB HDD Wireless Controller HDTV Component Cable Games included Forza Motorsports 2 Marvel Ultimate Alliance Release Date: October 09, 2007
XBox 360 Arcade	HDMI port 256MB Memory Card Wireless Controller AV Cable Games included: Boom-Boom Rocket Pac-man Uno Feeding Frenzy Luxor 2 Release date: End of October

As you could see that the before Core package, now going to be dubbed Arcade like they have in UK, will have the most power ups. From a wired to a wireless controller and from without a HDMI to with a HDMI port. Also to be dubbed Arcade because it will come with 5 Live Arcade games pack in the 256MB Memory Card that its going to come with.

So this might not be a price drop because all will still cost the same $449.99, $349.99, and $279.99 but having all the extras maybe costing about $50 to $100 more then without it.

Is Microsoft being Sony to the punch again knowing that rumors going around that Sony might have another price drop? I think so.

Nintendo Japan is #2 in Mega Giant Companies

Nintendo being the strong video game company that it has been for the years it has been in the market with its ups and downs are now the #2 company in Japan.

Nintendo has 8.34 Trillion yen in its pocket and only being 2nd to japan's mega company Toyota. Nintendo recently beat Canon which has 8.12 Trillion. Don't expect Nintendo to overtake the reigning champion anytime soon because Toyota has 24 trillion in its bank. That's 3 times more so unless nintendo has 3 times more game, consoles, accessories, marketing that's equally as successful as the currrent Wii and DS then it won't happen.

Sony New SKU Rumor Gets More Evidence

The rumor has been out for a while now and though they didn't announce it at the Tokyo Game Show, we have new evidence that it will happen. The picture above is the new FCC approval of a new model Playstation 3. Sony likes to renumber every new hard drive that they put in. So though it's not confirmed, this is a light to the upcoming price drop that everyone has been talking about. Let's hope it happens. But when it does happen, will this help out in the sales of the console?