Gamstop has good news for gamers!
Gamestop, the world’s biggest Game retailer has declared a 57.2 Million dollar 2nd Quarter profit. The retailer is predicting a sales rise of over 23% during the remaining part of this year. Its prediction in taking into account a $50 reduction in the prices of both the Xbox 360 and PS3. Chief Operations officer, Dan DeMatteo, said in a conference call “Our guidance continues to assume the hardware price cut we talked about at the very beginning of the year, assuming there is about a $50 price cut on both the [Xbox 360] and PS3 going into the holiday season.”
The statement that confirms the rumor earlier this month that stealthgamers reported.
Dematteo also mentioned that the sales rise would continue through 2009, “because most likely what will happen is the manufacturers will begin lowering the price to keep the velocity going.”
That is some great news for gamers who currently don’t have the money to buy either one of the consoles, and best of all it is coming from a very reliable source.
If Sony or Microsoft announces a price cut it will be the first this year, since throughout the year both producers have upgraded their hardware or software to boost sales, and now it looks like they have to cut the price.
Faizan Zakir, Stealthgamers.com
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Super Mario Sluggers Announced!
The release of Mario Super sluggers for the Wii has been announced by Nintendo Co. on Monday. The game will allow gamers to play baseball using the wii remote, for both bating and pitching.
The game allows participants to choose from a range of 40 characters.
Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of sales and marketing described the game “Mario Super Sluggers has enough depth for core gamers but also offers controls that are instantly accessible to everyone, Mario Super Sluggers takes the fun into extra innings with cool characters, baseball-themed challenges and different control options for novice and experienced gamers.”
At the baseball kingdom players have to defeat other characters to convince them to join your team, while playing in the single player mode.
The game is priced at $50.
To create the buzz unique tradable baseball card are available at different places on the Internet.
When certain cards are paired, it will let players unlock bonuses like screensavers and game videos.
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WiiFit gets gamers off the couch!
Nintendo is going to make playing video games an exercise! The WiiFit, priced at $90 will make you burn calories while you play!
The technology is great, although it does not support multiplayers.
A collection of games use the Balance Board, which is the size of a small door mat. It connects wirelesly to your wii console. Small shifts in you weight and balance are detected by the board. Your movements translate onto the screen, wheather it be your ability to cross a thin rope to get from one skyscrapper to the next or going down a ski slope slaloming, steering through flag gates by the help of your weight.
The mini-games that are organised in different categories balance, Yoga, Strength, Areobics. Some Games are open at the start and more open up as you play the different levels in the games.
Pikes, press-ups and leg extensions are the type of activities that would come under the strength category.
The balance board truly does give a promising revolution to the video-gaming industry that is heavily criticised for being unhealthy, and being a major cause of obesity amoung children. Nintendo has finally found the solution! The Wiifit might aswell strengthen the Wii’s already huge sales. Nintendo sold 555,000 units the past month, which is more than the combined sales of its two competitors the PS3 and Xbox 360.
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Large Sales for the 80 GB! Top 5 on Amozon!
Sony’s 80 GB SKU PS3 has reached the top 5 on Amazon, after its launch on last Monday.
The 80 GB SKU 40,205 percent in sales since its unveiling on Amazon.
Priced at $399 (the price of the previous 40GB PS3), with a built-in Blue-Ray disc drive and a new Daul-Shock 3 controller and a 80 GB hard drive made it a complete console.
The Sucess of the 80GB SKU was overshadowed by the announcement of a new 160 GB PS3, that was one of the releases at the GC in Leipzig Germany.
The 160 GB will be priced $100 more than the 80 GB SKU PS3.
The 160 GB is expected to be released in November!
If you have the extra $100 and have the ability to be Patient then the 160 GB would be worth it.
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Sony’s new hardware dominates Leipzig game Convention!
The leipzig Games convention is over, it is the biggest annual gaming event Europe. There were 203,000 attendants at this years convention, with 547 exhibits spread over 1 million square feet.
Sony’s new hardware dominated the news coming from the convention. Sony took advantage for the event and made 2 major announcements. A new Playstation 3 powered with 160 GB hard-disk, priced at $500. The new PSP-3000 stealthgamers reported before was another big story from Germany.
Sony also announced a new hot gadget, called the PlayTV. Which makes the PS3 a digital video recorder currently only compatible with Europe’s digital terrestrial TV standard, there is anticipation that a similar device for the US.
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Rumors! Anticipation for motion powered Xbox not over yet!
Earlier this year Rumors spread that an X-box 360 arcade with a motion controller is set to be announced! Gamers anticipated that it would be announced at this years E3 conference but the conference concluded with no formal announcement. Then came the Leipzig Games Convention which closed yesterday with no comment on the rumor leaving a cloud of doubt for optimistic Xbox fans.
But it’s not over yet, according to a fresh rumor Microsoft has a gift prepared for the holidays, a $199 Xbox 360 arcade, packed with a motion controller and a hand-full of motion-controlled games.
The rumor started when a famous gaming blog received a phone call from an unnamed source, “close to Microsoft’s marketing department.” and stated that the new Xbox 360 will be target family oriented entertainment and is designed to compete with the Nintendo Wii, which is by far the best selling video game Console in the market.
The source also stated that the controller is purportedly made by Rare, and it would come in the $199 Xbox 360 arcade box! It will also be available for sale for existing Xbox 360 owners.
The authenticity of the rumors will be judged in the months to come, but my point of view, Microsoft not commenting on the rumor at big events like the GC and E3, it seems unlikely.
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Sony finally confirms the PSP-3000!
Sony has confirmed that the new PSP called the PSP-3000 is set to hit store shelves by this October.
Sony announced the PSP-3000 at the Leipzig, the exact words “Offering the highest-level contrast ratio, response time, and wider color gamut possible on a portable LCD screen, the new PSP is capable of displaying movies and photos in more natural and vibrant colors on its high resolution 4.3 inch wide screen,”
“The new LCD screen adopts an anti-reflection technology, which enables users to see the screen more clearly in well-lit places, even when used outdoors.”
If you own an old TV then there is another great feature because you can connect your PSP to your progressive TV.
It will be available in the Classic Pearl black and new mystic silver and pearl white colors.
Although Sony has not officially announced a price, it is believed the PSP-3000 will be priced at $291.
This is part of stealthgamers’ exclusive coverage of the Leipzig convention!
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Game Publishers, Console makers, and Gamers gear up as Leipzig 2008 kicks off!
The Leipzig Games convention has kicked off in Germany on the 18th of August and is ongoing till the 24th of this month.
The convention is one of the most anticipated Gaming events this year, a lot of good news for gamers set to be unveiled!
Here at stealthgamers.com we will be giving you full scale coverage as the events unfold at the Convention.
A lot of games are lined up for the convention, a new PSP and PS3 are set to launched at the convention.
So don’t miss it, take advantage of our full scale coverage!
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Good News! 360 Price Cut true!
The prediction made by the Opposite Thumbs blog at the beginning of this month regarding the Xbox 360 price cut seems to be accurate. The blog predicted that both the 120 GB elite and 60 GB pro will have a $50 cut, making they prices $399 and $299 respectively. The site’s mole correctly predicted the release of the 60 GB Xbox 360.
Joystiq, a game-blog, has confirmed one of the price cuts and said theXbox 360 Elite will cost $399 on September 7th 2008!
This is a move that should make the Xbox 360 more competitive with the Sony PS3 and Nintendo Wii! The exclusive release of Metal Gear solid 4, gave the PS3 an advantage over the 360.
The PS3 has gained on the Xbox 360 and according to sales figures published last week the PS3 has outsold the Xbox 360, 224,900 to 204,800 respectively. While the market leader Nintendo sold 555,000 Consoles this past month, more than both the 360 and the PS3 combined.
The PS3’s blue ray gives it another advantage over the Xbox Stealthgamers mentioned when we covered the last months Quake con that ID software’s Rage would have better graphics on the PS3 compared to the Xbox 360.
This is good news for gamers and Microsft is making itself more competitive Sony might take counter measures to secure its place in the market.
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Pirated Computer Games could take you to Court!
Game Developers are launching an attack against people who download computer games illegally. They will be demanding compensation from thousands of families across the UK, for their illegal downloads.
In their initial stage of action they will issue a notice to 25000 people. Then take initial legal actions against 500 people who ignore their warning.
The 5 game developers on board include Atari, Codemasters, Topware Interactive, Reality Pump, and Techland.
They have appointed law firm Davenport Lyons, the first person to be ordered to compensate for damages is Isabela Barwinska, an unemployed mother of two.
She has been ordered to pay 16,000 pounds after she downloaded Dream Pinball through a file sharing website.
A partner at the law firm said “Our clients were incensed by the level of illegal downloading. In the first 14 days since Topware Interactive released Dream Pinball 3D it sold 800 legitimate copies but was illegally downloaded 12,000 times. Hopefully people will think twice if they risk being taken to court.”
From my point of view I think that this move will cause more damage than good for the Game Developers and give there consumers the wrong image. Suing your core market is not really a good idea. I also think that this whole idea is just another method of scaring people who download games illegally.
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