Gaming & Games Consoles (Xbox, Playstation, PSP, Wii …) News

Shipments of Internet-Enabled Consumer Electronics Pass the 60 Million Unit Mark in 2007
Jan 29, 2008 – MultiMedia Intelligence reports that shipments of Internet-Protocol (IP)-enabled consumer electronics reached 64 Million units in 2007. This represented nearly 73% growth. However, the market continues to be dominated by internet-enabled video game consoles.
News categories: MultiMedia Intelligence, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

RealNetworks Showcases Its "Entertainment As A Service" Strategy at CES 2008
Jan 7, 2008 – This week at the Consumer Electronics Show, digital entertainment services company RealNetworks® Inc. is showcasing music, video and games offerings across a full range of CE products for the digital living room and on the go.
News categories: RealNetworks, CES2025, DVR, Gaming, Media Player, Mobile, Set Top Box, Streaming, Tablet

BT and Microsoft Announce Partnership to Deliver Powerful, First-of-its-Kind Entertainment Experience to Consumers Through Xbox 360
Jan 6, 2008 – Microsoft and telecommunications leader BT announced they are bringing together the next-generation TV service BT Vision with Microsoft's Xbox 360 games and entertainment system.
News categories: Xbox, Microsoft, BT Vision, Robbie Bach, Bill Gates, Enrique Rodriguez, Dan Marks, Broadband, CES2025, Digital TV, Gaming, IPTV, Middleware, UK

Nintendo DS TV tuner massive hit in Japan
Nov 23, 2007 – Nintendo's 1-seg DS TV tuner device originally went on pre-order back on 8th November, 2007, but the peripheral has been so popular since its wide-scale launch on 20th November that it has already sold out.
News categories: Nintendo, Digital TV, Gaming, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile

More CE Devices Enter the Digital TV Market
Nov 13, 2007 – Hybrid devices such as IP-enabled game consoles and DVD players/recorders with integrated digital TV receivers are beginning to make their mark on the DTV industry.
News categories: IMS Research, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVD, Gaming, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Watermarking

Korea - PS3 to Debut as IPTV Set-Top Box
Oct 9, 2007 – KT, Korea's dominant telecom operator, and Sony Computer Entertainment Korea (SCEK) will launch an Internet-based TV service in November that runs on the PlayStation 3 game console.
News categories: Sony Computer Entertainment, Korea Telecom (KT), Digital TV, Gaming, IPTV, Korea

Portable entertainment market growth slowing through 2009, Digitimes Research says
Oct 2, 2007 – Although the portable entertainment consumer electronics market will top 500 million units in 2008, growth momentum will wane through 2009, as the mainstream market is maturing fast, according to Digitimes Research.
News categories: Camcorder, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, Market Research, Mobile, Tablet

Broadcom Shatters Three Mobile Multimedia Records: HD Video, 12 Megapixel Camera and 3D Gaming Coming Soon to Your Cell Phone
Oct 2, 2007 – Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced sampling of the industry's first low power multimedia processor that enables a high definition (HD) video camcorder and playback in cell phones and portable media players.
News categories: Broadcom, Camcorder, Digital TV, Gaming, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor

Toshiba to Demonstrate Prototype of New SpursEngine™ Processor at CEATEC JAPAN 2007
Sep 20, 2007 – Toshiba Corporation has announced development of the "SpursEngine™", a high-performance stream processor integrating Synergistic Processing Element (SPE) cores derived from the Cell Broadband Engine™ (Cell/B.E.™).
News categories: Toshiba, Digital TV, Gaming, Semiconductor