Nintendo 3DS, Just a ‘Babysitting Tool’ — Sony CEO

"It's a great babysitting tool, something young kids do on airplanes, but no self-respecting twenty-something is going to be sitting on an airplane with one of those." --- Sony CEO Jack Tretton
The flame wars have been fanned anew in the gaming industry, as Sony CEO – Jack Tretton – barks like crazy during an interview with Fortune Magazine. So who’s the victim? None other than Sony NGP’s nemesis, the Nintendo 3DS. Pulling out all the stops when talking about the glasses-less 3D device, he simply puts down the 3DS as a cute “babysitting tool.”
Round 1, FIGHT!
Read the rest of the article »Gaming Industry Falls Short in 2010; Xbox 360 and Kinect Skyrockets

Xbox 360 and Kinect sales skyrocketed as they inch closer to the perennial winner, the Nintendo Wii. But even as the Microsoft console goes up, the entire industry starts to falter.
NPD reported last week that the video game industry didn’t do so well in 2010 despite huge hardware and software launches plus the emergence of extra-retail sources such as digital distribution and social games. Xbox 360 and Kinect sales on the other hand have skyrocketed threatening Nintendo Wii’s dominance, but wasn’t enough to compensate for the loss of the industry for the year.
Read the rest of the article »What Makes the XBox Kinect Tick?

It is very amazing how Microsoft's XBox Kinect senses a gamer's movements. So amazing that players want to check out what's inside the device. But worry no more, because iFixit got it all covered.
The much-anticipated XBox Kinect was launched yesterday. The $150 gesture-based device is filled with cameras and sensors that detect the 3-D movement with surprising accuracy. But what makes the XBox Kinect really tick? What’s behind its every motion-sensing technology?
After iFixit torn the XBox Kinect apart, the guts of the device was revealed and the highlights were listed after the skip.
Read the rest of the article »Official List of Games on your Kinect for Xbox 360

As an answer to the fame of Nintendo Wii, Microsoft will now unveil their weapon for Nintendo destruction -- Kinect for Xbox 360. This no controller device will highly measure your happiness for gaming. Now they also unveiled the games that you will definitely fall for.
Microsoft has finally announced the official 17 games that will be available on the launch day with Kinect for Xbox 360. Kinect will finally land on earth and your stores on November 4 as an answer to Nintendo Wii’s motion controllers.
Here is the full list of Kinect Games to watch out for.
* Kinect Adventures
* Kinectimals
* Game Party
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
* Your Shape: Fitness Evolved
* Dance Central
* The Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout
* DanceMasters
* EA SPORTS Active 2
* Zumba Fitness
* Kinect Sports
* MotionSports
* DECA SPORTS FREEDOM
* Kinect Joy Ride
* ADRENALIN MISFITS
* Fighters Uncaged
* SONIC FREE RIDERS