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Ballmer Talks Natal, Says Blu-ray Add-On For Xbox Coming? This Thursday PlayStation 3 owners who install a firmware update will find that the ability to run other operating systems – such as Linux – will be removed. Most people won’t even notice, but hacker Geohot is already working on a fix.
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This video shows the Wii streaming Netflix faster and prettier than the PS3, but it’s not much faster, and the Wii can’t support HD. Compared to Netflix on the Xbox 360, both implementations are downright pitiful.
Last week, news leaked that the Xbox 360 would be adding support of mass storage devices for items like profiles and saved games. Today, Microsoft confirmed the update will arrive on April 6.
Oh hello! Looks like it won’t be long before someone gets their hands on a Nintendo 3DS because the device will apparently be shown off three months from now at E3 2010. [NYT via Kotaku]
Obviously you’re going to need some space to flail your arms and legs about, but 4m? Seems like quite a bit just to play video games – even if Project Natal is the most anticipated gaming add-on this year.
Rumblings of a next-gen handheld started soon after Nintendo shrunk the DS and whacked a “Lite” behind it, but two portables later (the DSi and DSi XL) and Nintendo Japan is foretelling a June announcement for the 3DS.
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If Señor Chen’s impressions of PlayStation Move weren’t enough, I beat the crap out of this gladiator dude with my bare hands (holding the glowy stickballs) and in a new demo, stretched Kratos’s face like taffy. Mmm, taffy.
Microsoft Research Asia director Hsiao-Wuen Hon states the obvious: the company is already researching the “second version down the road”. Natal, like the first Xbox, is a big investment, so it’s unlikely that Microsoft would give up at one generation without giving it at least two, or maybe even three tries. So if the first Natal doesn’t succeed, you’ve got another one to look forward to on the next-gen Xbox. Hell, it probably will just ship with the console by default. [SMH via Geek]
To serious gamers, the thought of just trashing a console – even if it’s an Xbox 360 that’s been claimed by the red ring of death – is just downright disrespectful. This coffin will let it rest in video game peace.
