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Tuesday 27 March 2007
Nintendo attempts to block Wii modchips in newest console revision
Nintendo has altered the circuit layout of its Wii games console in order to block the increasing use of modification chips (modchips). However, new-generation modchips capable of...
Monday 26 March 2007
Wistron likely to discontinue production of Xbox 360, says paper
Wistron is likely to gradually discontinue the production of Xbox 360 games consoles for Microsoft in 2008, partly due to declining profits on production of the consoles and partly...
Monday 26 March 2007
Taiwan market: Wii likely to be available in 2Q
The launch of Nintendo's Wii video game consoles in the Taiwan market is expected to come in the second quarter since the Japan-based vendor has obtained approval for the operation...
Monday 26 March 2007
PS3 unable to surpass Xbox 360 until mid-2008, may peak in 2009, say Taiwan game firms
Viewing that the sales performance of the PlayStation 3 (PS3) has been far short of Sony's original expectations since its launch in November 2006, the PS3 will be unable to surpass...
Friday 23 March 2007
Sony president to visit Taiwan
Katsumi Ihara, Sony's executive deputy president, will visit Taiwan to attend the 2007 Sony Fair @ Taiwan, which begins on April 10, according to the company.
Thursday 22 March 2007
Soft-World to launch Burning Crusade in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao
Soft-World International, a leading developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, will launch Burning Crusade, the first expansion pack of the World of Warcraft online game, in Taiwan,...
Friday 16 March 2007
Microsoft's Games for Windows-Live to impact Sony's PlayStation Home: Taiwan game operators
Microsoft will launch Games for Windows-Live, a cross PC-console gaming and community platform, on May 8 which is expected to bolster the lead of its Xbox Live service and bring significant...
Friday 16 March 2007
PS3 driving Genesys sales
With Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) set to hit shelves in Europe and Australia at the end March, Genesys Logic, who has revealed itself to be the sole supplier of card reader and USB...
Tuesday 13 March 2007
China market: Mod a Wii for less than US$30
Although the Nintendo Wii has not officially launched in China yet, the game console have been unofficially imported into the country and demand for modifications of the console using...
Tuesday 13 March 2007
Asia Vital cooler-module sales driven by game consoles, says paper
Taiwan cooler-module maker Asia Vital Components (AVC) saw its consolidated revenues for February grow 52.9% on year to NT$985 million (US$29.8 million), buoyed by orders from the...
Tuesday 6 March 2007
Nvidia and AMD DirectX 10-capable GPUs to arrive in 2Q
With Nvidia's Vista driver finally available, the graphics chip maker is expected to roll out its mainsteam and low-end DirectX 10-capable chips, the G80 and G84, in the second quarter...
Tuesday 6 March 2007
Foxconn Group market capital slashed over NT$232 billion in six days
Market values of the stocks of four member companies of the Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) Group were slashed as much as NT$232.74 billion (US$7.07 billion) in the six sessions...
Monday 5 March 2007
Microsoft announces 512MB memory unit for Xbox 360, ups Xbox LIVE Arcade size limit
Microsoft announced plans to launch a 512MB memory unit for the Xbox 360 game console and an increase in the official size limit of Xbox LIVE Arcade games from 50MB to 150MB. The...
Friday 2 March 2007
Wii to outship and outsell Xbox 360 and PS3, says IDC
None of the three new game consoles – Nintendo's Wii, Sony's PlayStation 3, and Microsoft's Xbox 360 – will dominate the market in the next five years like the PS2 dominated...
Thursday 1 March 2007
Sony ships a million PS3 per month on increasing supply of pick-up heads, says paper
Sony is currently shipping its PS3 game consoles at a rate of about one million units per month due to an increasing supply of pick-up heads (PUHs) from Sharp for its Blu-ray drive,...