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An insider at Microsoft's former HD DVD department let it slip to tech blog Crunchgear that the console will "get Blu Ray before Christmas." The official Detpress release is to go out tomorrow at 9 a.m. PDT. Though the particulars are sketchy at the moment,...



What a turnaround of fortunes this has turn out to be. A survey of over 2,000 Australian retailers has discovered that the country's game-sellers are less than stellar about the Xbox 360. According to a recent GameRush report, PS3 and Wii are being viewed as the main...



The web has been ablaze lately regarding the adoption of an external Blu-Ray player by Microsoft for the Xbox 360. Here is a posting of what Microsoft has to say as of today:



As of yesterday, we can officially declare Sony's high definition disc format, Blu Ray, the official winner of the high def war. Toshiba, manufacturer of the HD DVD fomat, declared that they realized how handily they were being beaten by their slightly more expens...



In my last article I talked about how the format war was encroaching on the console war, well now it seems that the format war is all but over, this time Sony proves to be the victor with their format, Blu Ray.



Format wars and Console wars are neither nothing new but both play a big deal in our preferences for movies, music, and games. So with the Format war entering and becoming a part of the Console war, it begs the question; how big and should the Format war be affecting the Console war?



It's a possibility according to Albert Penello, Microsoft's group marketing manager who admitted that should the Sony born, HD format win out this generation's "Beta-war" that the staunch supporter of the HD DVD format would consider a Blu-Ray add on to the Xbox 360.



With Christmas looming ever closer, higher console sales shouldn't really come as any surprise. What may come as a surprise though, are the figures. Video Game Chat takes a closer look at how each of the Big Three are fairing for the holiday season. Sony are put under the microscope for this report.



News hit us this week that Sony has halved the price of the software development kit that designers use to make games for its PlayStation 3. If you, like the rest of the game industry thought Sony had no cards left, you were wrong! They certainly saved this one up their sleeve and a few more are a possibility considering Sony's recent nature.

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