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Xbox 360 'only console to show growth this year' according to Microsoft
Dubbing itself "the industry's sole bright spot in 2009," Microsoft has spun some depressing console sale decline numbers from NPD into a self-congratulating piece on the Xbox 360's singular success this year. Through the first seven months of 2009 the console has shown 17 percent growth, despite July's losses for the Big Three's respective slabs of home hardware. Microsoft also points out that the 360 has been the number one platform for third-party sales through the entire year. Of course, this is nothing Sony can't rectify with a bit of dirt cheap PS3 Slim magic, right? Right? Nintendo meanwhile probably can't hear Microsoft's bragging through the thick, cash-lined vaults it's built for itself off the back of ceaseless peripheral sales.
Nintendo confirms presence at the new E3
The E3 Media...whatever...is undergoing drastic changes in the coming year to reduce the utter chaos of years past. You can read the whole story here (in our wonderful mother-blog, Joystiq). Rabid game journalists immediately contacted the big three...Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft...to see if they would still be attending next year's event. Put those fears to rest, fanboys. Nintendo is the first of the bunch to come forward and confirm direct involvement and participation at next year's Min-E3 (get it?). We may not get a raucous blowout at the Kodak Theater, but we're sure Iwata-san and the gang won't disappoint.
