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Valve founder on how the PC isn't dying, it's just moving to a service model

The inflammatory comments from the two men spearheading the Xbox and PlayStation businesses to MCV this week demonstrate that – whatever you might have heard elsewhere – E3 really matters to this industry. Don Mattrick and Kaz Hirai’s forthright opinions on how their respective brands have fared at this year’s …

Sony has told MCV that the launch date of PS3 Home ultimately doesn’t matter” – but predicted that the full service will be available in a reasonable timeframe”. However, speaking exclusively to MCV, Sony Computer Entertainment global president Kaz Hirai reiterated that the service’s Beta was still on course for …

Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai has called into question Don Mattrick’s claim that Xbox 360 will sell more than PS3 in this generation – predicting that Microsoft’s console will struggle to match the longevity of Sony’s flagship machine. When asked what he made of Xbox boss Mattrick’s claim, Hirai …

It was your idea to bring the 80GB into PAL territories now. Why? We wanted to make sure we continued offering the value proposition to consumers in the true fashion of PlayStation. We heard a lot of responses from consumers basically saying 40GB was nice, but with a lot of …

Don Mattrick and Kaz Hirai’s forthright opinions on how their respective brands have fared at this year’s show indicate both their unswerving passion for the business and how the annual industry jamboree in LA has retained its status as the show that everybody wants to ‘win’. But it’s equally clear …

Some of the biggest developers are saying that the PC is dying as a gaming platform. But one in particular â?? Half-Life and Portal creator Valve â?? thinks that the PC is where the next generation is going to happen first, as we find outâ?¦

Don Mattrick has told MCV he is confident that Microsoft ‘won’ E3 this year – and has even accused Sony and Nintendo of slacking off over the past year. In assessing his rivals’ E3 conferences, he said: I think we got more than 12 months’ work done, and others went …

The success of the industry-backed ESRB system in the US has proved that PEGI age ratings are the best way forward for the UK. That was the message from Entertainment Software Association boss Michael Gallagher at E3 last week as he put his weight behind the industry-backed age ratings system. …

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