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Man alive: Valve owns 70 percent of the digital distribution business

There really is something to be said about being the first to the dance. I’m pretty sure we can all agree that Steam was the first big digital distribution service for video games, and I also think we can all agree that it was something of a success. ...

From NICHOLAS DELEON, Crunch Gear,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sony,  Best Buy

The Barnes & Noble nook is officially sold out

To throw some cold water on this volcanic story, Barnes & Noble says people won’t have to wait too long to get their nook if they order now. The expected ship date here on out is January 4, 2010, only a few days after Christmas day. So while the nook ...

From NICHOLAS DELEON, Crunch Gear,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Law firm asks, ‘Were you banned from Xbox Live? We want to help.’

It’s safe to say that we hear at CrunchGear think you should be able to do whatever you want with hardware that you buy. Let’s take console modding. You wanna flash the drive on your 360 for whatever reason? Fine, go ahead. But don’t think that you can ...

From NICHOLAS DELEON, Crunch Gear,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

Someone working on Google Chrome OS must be a big Metal Gear fan!

So yeah, apparently someone on the development team is a big Metal Gear fan. (Yoji Shinkawa is a character designer at Konami, and Big Boss hopefully needs no explanation.) Google instantly wins, like, 10 Awesome Points for the references. And that’s ...

From NICHOLAS DELEON, Crunch Gear,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Konami,  Facebook Inc.

CrunchGear Gift Guide 2009: Wireless E-book Readers

We’re only about five weeks away from Christmas, so now’s as good a time as any to talk about (drum roll, please) e-books. Amazon kick-started the e-book market (with apologies to earlier e-book readers) with the introduction of the Kindle in the fall ...

From NICHOLAS DELEON, TechCrunch,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sony,  Barnes & Noble, Inc.,  New York Public Library,  Microsoft Corporation,  Best Buy

Gift Guide 2009: Wireless E-book Readers

We’re only about five weeks away from Christmas, so now’s as good a time as any to talk about (drum roll, please) e-books. Amazon kick-started the e-book market (with apologies to earlier e-book readers) with the introduction of the Kindle in the fall ...

From NICHOLAS DELEON, Crunch Gear,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sony,  Barnes & Noble, Inc.,  New York Public Library,  Microsoft Corporation,  Best Buy

California approves new TV energy regulation: Energy consumption to be cut in half by 2012

The new regulations will require television manufacturers to cut the amount of power that TVs use by one-third by 2011, and by just less than half by 2013. That’s right: in just around three years all TVs sold in California will have to be 49 percent ...

From NICHOLAS DELEON, Crunch Gear,  19 Nov 2009

Rallying around the idea of a North American Nintendo Wii on-demand video service

We expect Nintendo to continue experimenting with content delivery and eventually to launch a service in the U.S., establishing a family- oriented media hub in the living room, and providing a more competitive option to Xbox Live and PlayStation ...

From NICHOLAS DELEON, Crunch Gear,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nintendo,  Microsoft Corporation,  Sony,  Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc

Is Sony trying to get Firefox ported to the PS3?

It’s no secret that the PS3 Web browser isn’t the best one out there, and porting Firefox would give Sony another bullet point to put on a press release: “Runs Firefox (Does your Xbox 360? Thought not.)” I’m not sure how often people use their PS3 Web ...

From NICHOLAS DELEON, Crunch Gear,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sony

Do video game publishers misrepresent their games in order to get lower ratings?

Of course, this is the opinion of one man, and not to be taken as the gospel truth. But what he said makes sense, at least on the surface: As a developer who has worked with a lot of different publishers, we’re aware of many that have tried to cheat ...

From NICHOLAS DELEON, Crunch Gear,  18 Nov 2009

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