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• Console gamers paying for promotional materials, PC users make faces
  Saturday 5 August 2006 – 06:40
  The console makers are on to a winner with these so called "micro transactions", providing relatively cheap add on content for games via digital download. Microsoft's Xbox Live Marketplace is the first example we've seen get released into the wild, with people buying credit (and that's a critical part of the equation) to spend on items ranging from wallpapers to customize their consoles; to add on maps and extra items for games.
• Blizzard looking to hire a console programmer
  Friday 7 July 2006 – 10:24
  Could World of Warcraft or Starcraft: Ghost be coming to a game console near you? Blizzard, the makers of WoW and Starcraft, is looking for an experienced console programmer. The job ad, titled Next-Gen Senior Engine Programmer, is currently on Blizzard's website.
• Greenpeace encourage console manufacturers to go green
  Wednesday 12 December 2007 – 08:10 in Gaming
  As part of Greenpeace’s campaign to make tech products that little bit nicer on the environment, the group has asked gamers to encourage console manufacturers to produce greener consoles.
• Hudson announces first Turbografx-16 CD games for Wii Virtual Console
  Tuesday 2 October 2007 – 09:59 in Gaming
  Los Angeles (CA) - Last month, Hudson announced it would bring Turbografx-16 CD titles to the Wii’s Virtual Console digital download store, and the first one to come out will be Gate of Thunder. The 1992 side-scroller shooter was one of the few real suc ...
• Wii Virtual Console gets five for Christmas
  Friday 22 December 2006 – 05:45
  Any kid lucky enough to have parents who were willing to camp out for several hours at a Best Buy or Toys R Us, and wakes up with a Wii on Christmas morning, will have a few new gifts to unwrap, at a cost of $5 - $8 each, on the Wii Shop Channel, as Nintendo today announced the Christmas line-up for the Virtual Console.
• Nintendo Wii remains the top selling console in February
  Friday 16 March 2007 – 05:27
  The Nintendo Wii has continued to outsell its rivals the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 during the usually quite lean month of February according to data released by the NPD group
• Most played console in June was...PS2?
  Friday 27 July 2007 – 10:19 in Gaming
  New York (NY) - Step aside next-gen gaming systems, because the king of the last generation is still here to play, accounting for 42% of all game use last month. According to a new Nielsen report, the Xbox 360, Wii, and Playstation 3 scored a combined sh
• Civilization prepares for next-gen console debut
  Monday 2 July 2007 – 01:30
  The 17-year-old cult PC hit is preparing to run the gamut of new consoles, but leaves the Wii out of its lineup
• Opinion: Why the Xbox 360 is the winner of the current console war
  Wednesday 29 November 2006 – 09:12
  The Xbox 360 is the winner of the current console war. A bit of a premature statement considering as how the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii have only been on the market long enough to have their first technical teething problems? I think not, and here's why.
• Analyst says Apple console possible
  Thursday 7 December 2006 – 04:36
  That Apple will forge a path into the videogame console hardware scene is a "distinct possibility", said Prudential analyst Jesse Tortora.
• PlayStation2: Game console - or military device?
  Monday 17 April 2000 – 09:55
  Japan has imposed export controls on Sony's PlayStation2 because the machine is so sophisticated that it could be used for military purposes.
• Roundup: The three different strategies of the console makers
  Wednesday 10 May 2006 – 05:48
  Preceding the official Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) tradeshow, the big three console makers used their keynote strategies to create appetite for their next-generation consoles by trying to differentiate themselves from each other and painting a near-term business strategy onto the wall.
• Nintendo announces Wii Virtual Console pricing
  Monday 12 June 2006 – 10:56
  Nintendo's own president, Saturo Iwata, has announced that pricing for downloadable games in the Wii's Virtual Console will range from 500 to 1,000 Yen, about $4.50 to $8.99 in USD.
• Sony to launch PSX as console, gadget hybrid
  Monday 15 December 2003 – 09:14
  Sony Corp.'s PSX, touted as a crossover between a video game console and consumer electronics gadget, is trying to be too many things at once and falls far short of expectations, analysts say.
• Police raid game console modders
  Thursday 2 August 2007 – 10:29 in Business
  Washington DC – Agents from the United States Immigration and Customs (ICE) agency have raided 32 game console modders across several states. The modders sold boards and CDs that allowed gamers to play counterfeit and custom games on popular consoles lik