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Get This Console

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Sales

If you are looking into sales alone then the Wii outsells everything. From the opiniopn of someone that has owned all of Nintendo’s past consoles this has easily been their worst submission. The question to ask is why?

The major reason why is simply because they do not give a damn about all of the past fans that made them money before the Wii, the majority of new games are aimed at idiots and Nintendo fans rarely see the light of day. Mario Kart Wii was at best disappointing as they seemed to take out everything that made Double Dash good. Mario Galaxy 2, nice one Nintendo, lets copy your previous ideas.

So as you can see the Wii is out of it.

Online and other

The PS3 is a good console there is no doubt about that and games such as uncharted 2 show just how far the console can go. The online although it is free it is very poor and you always find yourself in a game with people unable to speak English. I do not understan why they did not add language filters? Is Blu-Ray the only decent thing going for the PS3.

The Xbox 360 has the better games, the better online service and just a generally better experience overall. Although the Wii is an okay console it can get very boring very quickly. Get a 360 or PS3.

To make sure these will not have to be replaced for some serious money, get game console insurance or gadget insurance. Of course you could also get some mobile phone insurance while you are at it.

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Xbox 360 Messenger Kit

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Xbox 360 Messenger, courtesy of technabob.com

Xbox 360 Messenger, courtesy of technabob.com

There are bundles of accessories available to use for Xbox 360. May be some of these Xbox 360 accessories do not attract you. But one would like to have Xbox 360 Messenger kit for his Xbox 360. Before, Xbox 360 was launched, player, mode of entering text was through virtual keyboard or through USB keyboard to console and that was a tedious process. If you are using Xbox 360 Messenger Kit with your Xbox 360, it will really enjoy live experience in a better way. Also, the Messenger Kit is a wired product, means it’s not wireless.  Xbox 360 Messenger Kit improves the usability and functionality of the Xbox 360 system.

Xbox 360 Messenger Kit is a small keyboard. It is released in 2007, by Microsoft for messaging. In the later models of the Xbox 360 Messenger Kit, a wired headset is also included with it. Headset has some new features like volume slider and mute toggle. Keep in mind that there will be no change in operation if would like to use wireless headset instead of wired headset.

lear White Silicone Skin Protector Case for XBOX 360 Controller

lear White Silicone Skin Protector Case for XBOX 360 Controller

Xbox 360 Messenger Kit also includes a chat pad. Chat pad is a QWERTY keypad, weighing about 76 grams. You can attach chat pad quickly and easily. May be you feel that chat pad is making Xbox 360 Messenger Kit heavier, but while playing games you will really enjoy Xbox 360 Messenger Kit.  If you are using Xbox 360 Messenger Kit, then chatting with your family and friends is really easy on Xbox live. Using this you can chat, while game play. For chatting and entering text on Xbox 360, Messenger Kit is really the best way to do so. Typing on the chat would be really easy for you, if you are used to type on a smart phone that has a slide out QWERTY keyboard. As it is a complete QWERTY keyboard so you can also speed up you typing and can enjoy typing also. If you are using your thumb to type, then the buttons are great. The chat pad or the alphanumeric keyboard is excellent but there are some complaints regarding the location of the backspace button.

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Top 5 Best Selling Video Games

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

PlayStation is a video game system created by Sony that has had three other installments; PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Portable (PSP). Hundreds of different video games have been created and released on the original PlayStation system with millions of copies of each game sold across not only the United States but also across the globe. Here we will provide you with top five bestselling video games of all-time for the PlayStation console.

#5: TIE: Tomb Raider and Metal Gear Solid (7 million copies sold): Tomb Raider was originally released in 1996 and features the character known as Lara Croft, who is the Tomb Raider. The Guinness Book of World Records has recognizes Croft as the most successful human video game heroine in history. The games have been turned into two movies; “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” and “Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life.” The entire series has sold over 35 million games worldwide. Metal Gear Solid was originally released in 1998. The game is based around a character named Solid Snake, a retired soldier.

#4: Tomb Raider II (8 million copies sold): This game, as with all the others in the series, is based around the main character of Lara Croft. This game was released in 1997 and featured other characters including Winston, Marco Bartoli and Brother Chan Barkhang.

#3: Gran Turismo 2 (9.37 million copies sold): The game was released in 1999 and was a sequel to Gran Turismo, quickly becoming one of the best selling games of all-time on the PlayStation console. Since its release, it has sold over 9 million copies and has become a Sony Greatest Hits game because it is so popular. The game is a driving simulator/racing game that allows the player to compete against computer generated race drivers on custom racetracks.

#2: Final Fantasy VII (9.8 million copies sold): The game was released in 1999 and is the first in the Final Fantasy series to use 3D graphics, which features fully rendered characters on pre-rendered backgrounds. The story is centered around mercenary Cloud Strife, who joins an alliance with others to stop a megacorporation known as Shinra, which is draining the life of the planet. Strife and his allies must then battle the game’s main antagonist, Sephiroth.

#1: Gran Turismo (10.85 million copies sold): This game is above and beyond the bestselling video game to ever hit the PlayStation console. With just under 11 million copies sold Gran Turismo can be considered the most popular PlayStation video game of all-time. This game is the first in the Gran Turismo series, which is a racing series, which allows the player to race cars against computer generated racecar drivers on custom racetracks. This game was originally released in 1998 in North America. When the game was originally released it received incredible support from critics of the video game industry. The game received a 9.5 out of 10 from IGN, an 8.6 out of 10 from GameSpot, and a 5 out of 5 from PlayStation Magazine.

TJ Michaels is a console technician who writes for http://www.psr1.com, the experts for Playstation 3 Repair and Xbox 360 repair


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Assassins Creed Directors Review

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Created by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft, comes Assassin’s Creed. November 2007 marked the release of this game on both the Xbox 360 and PS3 game systems. A PC version was also released in North America on April 2, 2008.

Gameloft created Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles which is a prequel to this game. That was released for Nintendo DS on February 5, 2008.

Assassin’s Creed created a lot of hype preceding it’s release on Xbox 360 and PS3 last holiday season. Players are able to control a talented assassin named Altair who is part of a mystifying brotherhood. The brotherhood is assignment is to take out nine main targets located in Jerusalem, Damascus, and Acre. This plot has many more twists and turns and will prove to get much deeper and exciting throughout the game.

Players will first go through a long tutorial where Altair angers his brotherhood when he infringes on their guiding rules. Altair is ridded of his super-power abilities, his wealth, possessions and health pellets. He then has no choice but to execute the main story content and earn everything he lost back.

This games setting is from a third person perspective and players are able to explore and adventure around the city and environment collecting clues by conducting side missions moving an attack towards the primary targets of the brotherhood.

This game has many reviews and tons of information pertaining to the structure of this game and how to be successful. So what we will mention are a few issues we have come across during installation and play. The first being that when installation was first ran on Windows Vista 32-bit, the task failed.

The PC version had worked a bit better when compared to on the game consoles. This was mostly due to Altair’s movement ability with the mouse and WASD keys and aiming capability. The mouse is able to control the camera behind Altair causing him to move any in which direction it is aimed. Of course this would make moving around much easier compared to the control of a thumb-stick.

Altair is also able to receive quick commands using the A or D or left or right keys such as change direction in a 45 degrees angle to either side. This comes in quite handy when alluding guards and executing your escape path.

You are also able to assign tasks to whichever keys you desire. But as a default, the WASD keys will move you forward, backward, left and right. Altair’s head is controlled using the E key, which is also used to move to first person mode to execute necessary tasks. This includes things such as painting threats and to begin eavesdropping missions.

Altair’s open hand is controlled using the left shift controls. This is useful to move aside pedestrians when walking through the city streets, to drop from ledges and mount horses. His legs are controlled with the space bar, and it also allows him jump behind crowds.

Cherish Lytle is Owner of Research2You.
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