
TVG writes: "Common consensus suggests the Xbox 360 is increasingly staking its claim as the dominant console for hardcore gamers this generation, the Wii is striking out into unknown territory with spectacular results, and the PlayStation3 is languishing in third place.
Determined to see whether this is the case, we scrutinized financial reports from the three hardware manufacturers to gain a better understanding on where we currently are in this generation, providing an insight into factors such as the importance of AAA first-party exclusives and price cuts, along with a glimpse into what the future may hold."

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
interesting read.
If Sony somehow drops PS3 price 100 bucks before the holidays I wonder if it will mean the system sells a ton? We all know Microsoft will drop price and offer the bundle with 4 games all for less than what the arcade system sells for during the year so they will sell during the holidays as usual. I know Sony will never give PS3's away like Microsoft does the box, but lifetime sales of PS3 are actually impressive cosidering the price point.