Consoles

Publisher 'frustrated and upset', bemoans business loss due to ongoing PSN woes

"As an executive responsible for running a business, the resulting outage obviously costing us hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars in revenue that were planned for within our budget. These are funds we rely on to bring new games to market for our fans." That’s the stark admission …

Nintendo of America has announced the appointment of Scott Moffit as its new executive VP of sales and marketing. That’s the former job of current NoA president Reggia Fils-Aime. It was vacated last October following the departure of Cammie Dunaway. Moffit joins from Henkei Consumer Goods where he served as …

American market analyst Michael pachter has said that the 3DS has had a smaller impact on the US market than he expected. However, he adds that the arrival of a killer title – which he believes could prove to be Kid Icarus – should be enough to reverse its fortunes. …

Sony hopes to bring the network back online 'by May 31st'

Want to share your 3DS avatar with the rest of the industry? Send us the QR code for it today, and you could be featured in an upcoming issue of MCV. Following the collection of games industry Miis featured in the most recent issue, we’re inviting all and sundry to …

So the answer to my question last week about how the market copes in the gap before ‘Wii 2′ was answered pretty swiftly. Answered with a price cut that has the potential to significantly lengthen the life of this generation’s star machine. It’s Wii’s first price-drop after nearly five years …

Our source insists new 'box with improved Kinect features is prototyped and in the wild

Publisher rebuffs our report that it's making content for next-generation games hardware

Update: But a separate source claims an E3 reveal for the new system is 'highly unlikely'