Nintendo Wii outsells PS3 by 6 to 1 in Japan

According to Reuters, "Nintendo sold 270,974 units of the Wii in the four weeks ended June 24, compared with 41,628 units for the PS3," which means it is outselling the PS3 by more than 6 to 1.

Is the net killing the video porn industry?

As with audio CDs, so with porn on DVD. AVN (Adult Video News) says the industry's online revenue is substantial but is not growing quickly enough to make up for the drop in video income, according to The New York Times.

eBay buys StumbleUpon; Google buys Panoramio

eBay has bought StumbleUpon, a site for sharing web sites, for around $75 million. The press release says it's grown 150% over the past year and "delivers approximately five million new recommendations a day to its large, highly engaged user base". What eBay doesn't explain is why. With previous purchases such as PayPal, Skype and Shopping.com, there did seem to be a rationale, but this one escapes me.

Wii shall overcome, sings George Harrison

Wired has finally published a full transcript of Game|Life's interview with Nintendo's George Harrison, senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications and second-in-command at Nintendo of America.

160 staff may get chopped at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Some of the lovely people responsible for getting us our PlayStation 3 games consoles and other products look like losing their jobs. "Sony Computer Entertainment Europe boss David Reeves has issued an internal letter warning that up to 160 staff could be made redundant, citing a need to reduce the company's cost base," reports GamesIndustry.biz.

PlayStation 3 gets its first price-cut

Less than a week after its splendiferous UK launch (free £2,500 TVs!), one supplier has already dropped the price of the PlayStation 3. According to GamesIndustry.biz, "Aria.co.uk has slashed the price of the console to under £400 -- more than £25 below the recommended retail price."

PlayStation 3 disaster — Sony to outsource Cell

Sony is trying to salvage its chip division by outsourcing production of the Cell processor, used in the PlayStation 3. According to a Reuters report: "Sony Executive Deputy President Yutaka Nakagawa told reporters that investment in chips would come down significantly from the 460 billion yen ($3.8 billion) allocated over the three business years since April 2004."

Madden tops but ‘Gears of War breaks out for Xbox’

Madden NFL 07 for the Sony PlayStation 2 was the best-selling US game last year, shifting more than 1.8 million copies -- but it also sold an impressive 826,000+ on the Xbox 360, according to a Top 10 table published by USA Today.