Week in Review: Jan. 7, 2008
BY The Editors // Week in Review // January 7, 2008
Our commentary on events from the first week of January 2008.
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MAD CATZ ANNOUNCES LINE OF PERIPHERALS FOR ROCK BAND
If they were really hip, they'd market a collector's replica of Rick Nielsen's five-necked guitar.
XBOX LIVE MANAGER PROMISES FREE ARCADE GAME FOR SERVICE INSTABILITY
But with reports of continuing problems, Microsoft treads into rebate territory.
MICROSOFT TALLIES 17.7 MILLION XBOX 360S SOLD TO PLANET
The corporate pessimist will see this as only one console for every 350 people.
WARNER BROS. GOES BLU-RAY
Sony and PlayStation 3, point.
NINTENDO CONTRA NINTENDO: REGGIE FILS-AIME CORRECTED, NO DS DLC VIA WII
It would have been nice. Better luck next generation?
AP: LSU FOOTBALL PLAYERS USE MODIFIED EA TITLES FOR GAME PREP
Who said jocks can't use computer models? Bad news: no animations for touchdown dances.
ALBANY TIMES UNION: LIBRARY SHELVES GAMES, HAS GH3 TOURNEY
Multimedia is multimedia is multimedia.
SONY PSP TO GAIN SKYPE FEATURE
The portable does not yet walk the dog.
MICROSOFT DENIES RUMORS OF XBOX 360 WITH INTERNAL HD-DVD
Well, gosh, it should have been Blu-ray, at any rate.
UK TABLOID THE PEOPLE: ELIZABETH II LOVES WII, "NATURAL" AT BOWLING
O'er her Wiimote extend, for motion-sensing's end, 12-digit-coded friend, God Save the Queen!
