7 Ways the Xbox 360 Beats the PS3

Here is a great article from gamepro.com showing 7 ways how the xbox 360 beats the PS3 (man, I am so happy that I got a 360!). Those include:

7. Custom Soundtracks

6. Xbox 360 Plays Nice with iPod

5. Windows Media Center Compatibility

4. Headsets Included

3. Xbox Live

2. PC-Friendly Game Ports

1. Bungie

For the full article, head on to http://www.gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/features/115808.shtml

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PS3 sells one million in PAL region

Just to show you that the PS3 is back in business

A few moments ago, Gamespot.com has just confirmed that just about a few weeks back, the PS3 has sold more than a million weeks in the UK, Europe and Australasia. "This makes the console faster-selling than either of Sony's previous living room machines, the original PlayStation or the PS2."

Gamespot also quoted that Resistance: Fall of Man was the top seller so far, having shifted some 600,000 units, and MotorStorm is revving in second place with a total of approximately 500,000 sales.

The PS3 broke UK console records by selling 165,000 units in the first two days it was on sale in the UK, the second best debut only to the handheld PlayStation Portable. It was also announced in April that the console had reached the 800,000 milestone, with CEO Howard Stringer commenting, "We came into the [European market] with more games, and perhaps we lived up to the expectations in Europe in a way that perhaps we didn't in Japan."

Now I am not (note was) a Sony fan. I just bought a 360 after my PS2. But it goes to show that all you speculators (inlcuding me) underestimated Sony. But who knows? It might be all different in this fierce battle.

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Yahoo offers unlimited mail storage space

I think in order to beat strong competition from Google and Microsoft, Yahoo is offering free unlimited storage! It's not the first for a web mail service, rediff mail also offers the same.

But what's in it to us? I mean I have been using a Yahoo Mail Plus account with 2GB storage for over 3 years, and still its only 20-30% full. Incase you are wondering, no I don't delete any email other than spam. And yes I do receive a lot of email. A lot.

Still, you can use it as an online storage space for all your photos, mp3s, etc. but I will leave you to that. Right now, more is good and unlimited is better.

To read more about this, visit Yahoo's official posting at http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html

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Burning Question: Has the PS3 already lost in the next-gen console wars?

The answer might be more surprising than you think.

If you read the gaming blogs during the PS3 launch, Sony was dead on arrival. It certainly wasn't the smoothest of launches, with console shortages, already lofty pricetags inflated due to eBay auctions, no online strategy to rival Xbox Live, and a dearth of compelling games for the nascent machine.

The PS3 - out even before it started?

But did the PS3 really limp out of the gate that badly? Putting its initial sales up against its direct competitor, the Xbox 360, the numbers tell a different tale. According to NPD Group data, the PS3 sold approximately 902,000 consoles during its first three months in the US. The Xbox 360 sold 50,000 fewer consoles during its first three month in the US, coming in at roughly 854,000. Comparing the PS3 with its highly successful predecessors, it outsold both the PSone and PS2 during the same time frame. So why the doom and gloom surrounding Sony?

It seems the PS3 outsold the X360 and even its predecessors, the PSone and PS2 during the same time frame.

"The media are plain stupid," says Michael Pachter, analyst with Wedbush Morgan Securities. "People are being overly critical on how well it's doing mostly because their expectation for what the sales should have been were too high."

Billy Pidgeon, an analyst with IDC, agrees that Sony received an overabundance of criticism. One of the other problems facing Sony was the overwhelming success of it current heavyweight, the PS2. "The fact of the matter us that the PS2 is still entrenched," says Pidgeon. "That is Sony's biggest problem for the PS3. What is the incentive to buy PS3 when you can still get great titles like God of War II for PS2?"

"I expect the Wii and Xbox 360 to stay in the lead in North America for the next two years," says Pidgeon. Where that flips is in 2010, 2011, where the Ps3 has a huge install base and surpasses [Nintendo and Microsoft] while they are prepping their next boxes."

"I think [the PS3] ends up in first," says Patcher. "But all three consoles will all have 30 percent or greater market share, and all of them will win."

Readers, what is your reaction to this? Let us know by leaving a comment.

Photo courtesy of http://theconsolewars.blogspot.com

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Command & Conquer 3 has taken over my life!

I find myself slipping away from my studies just to write this. Why couldn't I do it in my free time you ask? Well, I was too busy playing Command & Conquer 3! C&C3 is the higly anticipated sequel to the C&C3 : Tiberian Sun released way back in 2000. The earth has been infested by an alien-like radioactive substance called Tiberium. The world's two superpowers, the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) and NOD are battling it out to take control of this stuff. GDI sees Tiberium as a threat and wants to eradicate it while NOD embraces the power of the "green crystal" and is bent upon spreading it all over the globe.


C&C 3 greatly improves upon the already excellent gameplay of C&C: Tiberian Sun with over-the-top visuals, an electrifying soundtrack that keeps your adrenalin pumping and over an hour of high definition videos in between the missions to keep you pushing for more. But its strategy and that means, well, you might think its boring. But boring is hardly on your mind when you go through the game. There are thrills and surprises right through the beginning of the game.

The missions are well-varied and balanced; its challenging but not impossible.Fans of the series will notice some familiar units such as the all favourite GDI's Elite Mammoth tank, NOD's flame units and structures such as the Ion Cannon and Nod's Obelisk of Light to all new units such as Pitbulls, Predators, Scorpions and Battle Bases. The interdace has been greatly improved; everything is right where it should be and is easier to micromanage. C&C 3 is not your typical build a base and wipe off your opponents type of strategy game. To accomplish a mission, you have to be tactical; rush all your units to full-scal frontal assault and you'll get nowhere of smelling victory.

There are a couple of twists in the storline; right when you think its going to end, it start all over again. Plus there is a new third faction ( I won't spoil it for you) and an unlockable campaign. As I've said before, the missions are diverse. Your objectives will range from infiltrating the enemy base with an elite commanto to sabotage their defenses to bombarding the hell out of them with your firehawk and stealth bombers.

If you're a fan of the Command & Conquer series (an Tiberian Sun in particular) then I need not say more. I guess you're probably blowing NOD staright back to those yellow zones with your Mammoths just as I speak. And there's good news for you, and I can sum it up in two words; Kane's Back. For those whore are not familiar with the series (which I doubt), I urge you to atleast try this game; if you're a strategy fan then you'll surely not be dissapointed if not wowed. As for me, I'm getting back to a quick round of C&C before I resume my studies.

- PEACE THROUGH POWER! (KANE)

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THE ALL NEW GAMERS WORLD BANGLADESH BLOG

Well folks, I've been neglecting you a lot in the past few months, and I want to apologize.

Well, don't blame me! I've been really, really, really busy playing video games and studying for my exams. Well none of those are over, but I want to continue my blog due to the strong support (and requests) that I have been receiving.

So to make it up to you, here is an all-new and redesigned blog! I'm still tinkering with this and that, so expect to see some changes in the following days. Also, don't fret if something doesn't work or doesn't look right. It will still take some time to nail down the final design and iron out the problems.

What do you think about our new blog? Leave a comment.

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Too Many Games, Too Little Time

I'm on a gaming overload. Can't just find enough time to play all these games due to my exams starting (again).

They never seem to end, do they? I mean about exams. Its just so boring. I have to study and miss out playing all these great games that I recently bought. Some were also lying around for sometime. Hopefully I will get time to pick up and play them all.

1. Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles (X360)
2. Project Gotham Racing 3 (X360)
3. Kameo : Elements Of Power (X360)
4. Tomb Raider : Legends (X360)
5. Blazing Angels : Squadron of World War II (X360)
6. Gears of War (X360)
7. Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 (PC)
8. Fear : Extraction Point (PC)
9. Prince of Persia : The Two Thrones (PC)
10. Age of Empires III: The War Chiefs (PC)
11. Titan Quest : Immortal Throne (PC)
12. Command & Conquer 3 (PC)
13. Titan Quest (PC)
14. Neverwinter Nights 2 (PC)
15. GTA: San Andreas (PC)

15 Games in total!

Well maybe I'll get time in the coming summer vacation. Yeah baby! Here I come.

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