Archive for the 'Gaming Console' Category

Sony has announced its latest technology which is said to be the PSP’s successor called Sony NGP which stands for Next Generation Portable, though it’s not the gaming console’s final name. As you can see this gaming gadget has a large display to be specific, a 5-inch OLED screen. It has also two micro-analog sticks,  front and rear camera, and a touchpad on the rear as well. Hideo Kojima claimed that you can “enjoy the same quality as PlayStation 3″ while playing your favorite games with this handheld. He also cited an example where in you can continue a game played on your PS3 at home in this gadget if you need to go somewhere and then play it again at the PS3 when you got home. There’s still no information regarding the NGP’s price but it is expected to hit the market at the end of 2011. Here are the detailed specs of NGP, straight from Sony’s website.

Good news to all Nintendo fanatics, because Nintendo has announced its latest technology, the new Nintendo 3DS. I guess from the title itself you already have an idea on what’s new with this latest handheld gaming console. Many gamers criticized DS because of having poor graphics, in which I totally wouldn’t agree, because I love Pokemon, Zelda, and Super Mario games, and for me the gaming style is totally different and entertaining and of course the graphics is cool. The company has created an update to make DS more exciting with its new enhanced graphics that will surely love by all Nintendo fans. Nintendo has also confirmed that it will not only unveil further details about its recently announced Nintendo 3DS handheld gaming console at E3 in June, but attendees will be invited to play on it too.  Read more... (297 words, 1 image, estimated 1:11 mins reading time)

Good news for all gameboy micro fanatics , Nintendo has released a new techie console, The Pocket Retro Game Emulator a console that really looks like Nintendo’s GameBoy Micro. The Pocket Emulator has a sleek design and is really compact. The device has a 2.8-inch 320×240 LCD screen. The device comes with 4GB of storage, a mini-SD slot and the ability to play audio and movie files and view JPEGs and e-books. A FM radio is built-in as well. Four control buttons line the right side and there’s two shoulder buttons. You can transfer ROMs over USB from your computer. The Pocket Retro Game Emulator is available now for $99.99.  Read more... (342 words, 1 image, estimated 1:22 mins reading time)

Sony’s PlayStation Portable becomes the most popular gaming console to all the gamer enthusiast starting last year until now. The only gaming handheld device to make a real dent in Nintendo’s market share, selling 50 million units in total worldwide as of this February.  Read more... (188 words, 1 image, estimated 45 secs reading time)

While searching for a battery kit in the web for a PSP, I came across the genuine Sony PSP extended 2200mAh battery for $30 which comes with both extended black/silver battery covers due to the bigger size. This battery/kit was discontinued by Sony in August 2008. Play-Asia.com sells the imported Japanese version for $60 USD but with much more variety of colors in battery covers. Future Shop and Best Buy now only sell the standard slim 1200mAh for $40. Personally, the extra juice is worth the bulging, although any hard cases will likely no longer fit while soft ones should be fine. The 2200mAh claims game play of 8-11 hours vs 1200mAh claims 5-6 hours. There were about 6-8 left hanging on the rack literally collecting dust. Most were clearly unopened but 1-2 looked like the box was chewed up by someone’s dog. I had been hunting around a few months ago but gave up, so I’m glad I stumbled across it.