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Sony confirms work underway on PlayStation 4

The PlayStation 3 is nearly halfway through its much-touted '10-year life cycle,' and it looks like Sony is feeling the console's age. In a conference call to investors today, Sony executive VP Masaru Kato confirmed that the ... continue

On the way out?: Wii endures worst ever monthly sales in U.S.

In precisely *checks calendar* 25 days, we'll be getting our first look at Nintendo's next console, the absurdly codenamed Project Café. Considering the latest sales of the Wii, the unveiling is timely. April saw the little white ... continue

Nintendo revealing Wii 2 in June

It looks like we'll be getting a peek at Nintendo's follow-up to the Wii in a matter of weeks! After a hectic Easter weekend of rumors - including talk of a tablet-shaped controller with a touchscreen and the ... continue

[RUMOR] Next PlayStation and Xbox coming in 2014

Mysterious industry sources have told Kotaku that the next Xbox and PlayStation consoles are still three years away. According to the insiders, Microsoft and Sony are aiming to milk this generation for all its worth, and "telegraphing ... continue

Sony: Nintendo DS is a ‘babysitting tool’, Xbox 360 and Wii ‘running out of steam’

Every now and then, some suit comes along from Sony, Microsoft, or Nintendo to take a snide shot at the competition. Today, it's Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton, who's decided to bag on everything in ... continue

PS3 global userbase overtakes Xbox 360

This has been building up for some time, but one independent report is now claiming the PlayStation 3 global install base has exceeded that of the Xbox 360. Woop-de-do, etc. The data comes from research firm Strategy Analytics, ... continue

Is Nintendo’s party over?: Research says Xbox 360 will outsell Wii this year

Only one of the big three console manufacturers can reasonably claim victory over the last five years, and that's Nintendo. After the GameCube was squashed by the PS2 and even edged out of second place by the Xbox, ... continue

Kinect bundles outsold PlayStation Move bundles 5-to-1 in December

Industry analyst Michael Pachter has revealed a stat that will likely make Sony wince: during December, Microsoft Kinect bundles outsold PlayStation Move bundles by a ratio of 5:1. And that's not all. Pachter also says motion control games ... continue

Who’s winning so far?: PlayStation Move vs Microsoft Kinect

Sony and Microsoft just released sales figures for PlayStation Move and Kinect within 24 hours of one another, giving us the chance to compare, sort of scientifically, how each of the new devices is faring. Sony has revealed ... continue

Ex-Sony man: Microsoft/Sony will combine to build one console within 10 years

A former president of Sony Computer Entertainment has predicted that a future with a single videogame platform is "between 10 and 15 years away." Furthermore, David Reeves estimated that companies such as Microsoft and Sony may join ... continue

Kinect hits one million units sold in North America

Microsoft wants to sell five million Kinects by year's end. This morning, the company revealed it was getting there fast. A little over ten days after Kinect launched, a million of the things have been sold in ... continue

PlayStation 3 closing in on Xbox 360 in console race

Sony's PlayStation 3 console is now a mere 3 million units behind Microsoft's Xbox 360 in the pathetically named Console War™. According to newly released data from each platform holder, PS3 has sold 41.6 million units worldwide, ... continue

Kinect will ‘blow away’ iPad sales, promises Microsoft

Microsoft bigwig Kudo Tsunoda has estimated that the company's Kinect controller for the Xbox 360 will "blow away" sales of the iPad. In related news, look for teapots to decimate sales of tangerines and dog collars this ... continue

New Xbox 360 outsold PS3 Slim in opening months

The last 12 months have seen Sony and Microsoft repackage the PS3 and Xbox 360 respectively in sleeker, sexier casing. First it was Sony with the PlayStation 3 Slim, released in September 2009, and then it was ... continue

Dubious: Apple thinks iPod touch is “#1 portable game player”

Apple CEO Steve Jobs has called the iPhone and iPod touch platforms "the number one portable game players" on the market, boasting that "the iPod touch outsells Nintendo and Sony's portable game players combined." Whether you believe this ... continue

[VIDEO] Sony takes potshot at iPhone in new PSP ad

The iPhone and iPad have helped Apple make a splash in the gaming market, so it's interesting to see how the big established names in the games industry react. Nintendo has simply dismissed the Apple devices as "not ... continue

Basically, nobody’s interested in Natal or PlayStation Move

Thanks to the Wii's clever motion-sensing controller, Nintendo leads the current generation of consoles by a stretch. Microsoft and Sony want to taste some of that success. They want to taste it badly. Enter Microsoft's Project Natal ... continue

Crysis 2 “performs better” on PS3 than Xbox 360

The first Crysis was so heralded for its visuals that I can scarcely recall what the damn game was about. It could have been a cow-milking sim for all I remember, but HEY DOODS AMAZING GRAPHICZ. Hence, ... continue

Nintendo: iPad and iPhone not “viable” gaming platforms

With Apple's vaunted iPad now on the streets, Nintendo of America president/Nintendo fans' poster-boy Reggie Fils-Aime has come out with all guns blazing, dismissing the iPad and iPhone as not "viable" gaming devices. While I'm sure Nintendo is ... continue

[VIDEO] First PlayStation Move ad slags off Wii, Microsoft’s Natal

Sony announced its "PlayStation Move" motion-sensing controller last week, and has now delivered a sassy advert mocking its rivals, the Wii remote and Microsoft's Project Natal for the Xbox 360. The corporate shit-slinging is already underway! This commercial ... continue

Nintendo: We’d be “embarrassed” if we were Sony or Microsoft

Sony and Microsoft will both release motion-sensing controllers this year, for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 respectively. Let's face it: by bringing motion-sensing games to their consoles, S & M are copying Nintendo's Wii, or at ... continue

Analyst: Microsoft’s Natal to outsell Sony’s Arc 5 to 1

He's already predicted that the Xbox 360's motion-sensing 'Natal' controller will outsell the PlayStation 3 equivalent, the 'Arc'. Now, Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter has produced numbers - and his vision of the future will not please ... continue