IGN: Analyst Picks Sony To Win Console Wars
Posted January 25, 2007 
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IGN.com reports, market research group Research and Markets predicts Sony to win the the new-gen console war. In their report “The Transforming Global Video Games Market: The Emergence of Next Generation Gaming” the firm predicts the PS3 to emerge on top in the console war based on current trends of growth in the industry:
“The group expects the PS3 to have an installed user base of around 75 million globally by the year 2010. While the study notes that both Sony and Nintendo offer unique products, Research and Markets still felt that Sony’s superior technology would give them the edge over the competition.
Although the group designated Sony as the future market leader this gen, they gave very little in the way of reasoning to back up this claim. The primary focus of the study was analyzing the impact of next-generation consoles on the online games sector, rather than determining the factors which might lead to dominance in the next-generation console market.”
The Def Jam series will take the jump to Xbox 360 and PS3 in March with Def Jam Icon and to this point still has the appearance of being another major improvement in the hip-hop fighting franchise.
to avoid and use to their advantage throughout a battle. The idea is that timing one’s attacks to the music in the game should reap great reward in the ability to damage opponents.
The analog sticks are essentially used as a virtual turntable wherein players use scratches to alter the background music and to move forward and back into a song to gain an advantage. On top of that, the better one fights, the louder their particular song (each player picks a song to represent their fighter before the fight) gets louder and boosts their attacks. It pays to be familiar with the songs played, however if you’re not there is the option to import your own music into the game.
As for Icon’s single-player story, players will attempt play an aspiring hip-hop mogul attempting to become build his musical empire and become an icon. Along the way the path of fighting, players will discover new artists, manage their careers and release their hit songs.
Of course, one of the biggest selling points of the Def Jam series is the roster of hip-hop artists and Icon will bring the star power. Confirmed so-far are hip-hop’s top-selling artist of 2006 T.I., Big Boi of Outkast fame, Ludacris, The Game, and Paul Wall.
Across the the bigger pond out west, Square Enix has shared more information about the upcoming release of Final Fantasy XIII with two of Japan’s major game publications.
Jon Robinson reported today on IGN’s Sports channel the roster list for each team in on EA Big’s NBA Street Homecourt. It’s also pretty worthwhile to think about some of the glaring omissions Robinson makes note of on the roster list as well as the strengths and weaknesses for each player.. Here’s the list as reported by IGN:
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