Redesigned Xbox 360 Control Pad
September 1, 2010 – 10:09 am | No Comment

We’ve just made the Xbox 360 Wireless controller even better with a brand new version that includes a transforming D-pad.  The engineers have come up with an ingenious solution with a d-pad that can go from a plus …

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The Nielsen Company Issues U.S. Top Lists for 2008
January 2, 2009 – 3:35 am | No Comment
The Nielsen Company Issues U.S. Top Lists for 2008

The Nielsen Company released a year-end look at the most popular trends among Americans during 2008. PlayStation 2, World of Warcraft and Tetris top the lists this year. The following are the published …

Nielsen data reports US game console usage
June 5, 2008 – 12:33 pm | No Comment
Nielsen data reports US game console usage

Check out the recent Nielsen data of US video game console usage for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii.

University of Texas at Dallas study finds video-game market isn’t reaching girls
October 14, 2007 – 4:17 am | One Comment
University of Texas at Dallas study finds video-game market isn’t reaching girls

Girls want to play video games.
But boys aren’t interested in making the games that girls want to play.
Those are the basic findings of a new study by researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas.
The …

Google Trends: DS vs PSP
August 17, 2007 – 12:15 am | No Comment
Google Trends: DS vs PSP

Inspired by the previous post, I wondered how the DS vs PSP would compare when using Google Trends. Looks like there is more PSP search inquires, while DS leads in news references.

Google Trends: no 360 love in Japan
August 16, 2007 – 10:55 pm | No Comment
Google Trends: no 360 love in Japan

Bashar over at BlogAllAlong found this interesting data when he compared PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii, the following is the results.

Here is the regional breakdown:

Now for a detailed look at how the graph looks for …

NPD: 62% of U.S. Gamers Play Online
May 7, 2007 – 11:09 pm | No Comment
NPD: 62% of U.S. Gamers Play Online

New research from The NPD Group shows that 62 percent of the gamer population is playing games online nowadays. Most are playing online on the PC, but among consoles Xbox 360 had the highest use. …

For game addicts, bad games are more addictive
March 11, 2007 – 1:38 am | No Comment
For game addicts, bad games are more addictive

Prof. Dmitri Williams, one of the leading academics in the gaming space, who was an expert witness at the U.S. Senate on the constitutionality of game banning laws, held a roundtable on game addiction at …