
A recent survey of what professions Japanese parents would like to see their children undertake seems to suggest that the nation’s parents overwhelmingly have it in mind to raise a generation of civil servants…
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Microsoft is facing a possible class action lawsuit from Xbox 360 users aggrieved at being banned for piracy, alleging that the company intentionally timed its bans to coincide with the release of popular games, and deliberately took advantage of the fact it was not refunding unused subscription time.
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Sony has announced that the PS3 will be getting full support for stereoscopic 3D glasses in a free firmware update.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Nov 17, 2009 13:37 JST
- Tags: Marketing, Microsoft, Nintendo, PS3, Rankings, Sony, Technology, Wii, Xbox 360

Aging hardware and a severe lack of quality titles have led to the Wii’s eighth consecutive month of shrinking sales, with US sales now down 37% on a year earlier, even as certain competing consoles enjoy record sales.
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It appears 2ch has been speculating as to the erotic potential of Microsoft’s upcoming “Project Natal” Wii killer, showing with the aid of Photoshop what it could be like if the system, which uses a complex sensor bank to track the motion of the user’s body, was used to play eroge…
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Japan’s manga industry faces great peril, with a significant drop in overall sales and a precipitous drop in sales for manga magazines suggesting that change may be required sooner rather than later if the industry is to arrest its decline.
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Microsoft’s ongoing crackdown on pirates and modded Xbox 360s is said to have resulted in 600,000 Xbox Live accounts being banned from North America alone, with more to follow…
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Microsoft’s recent mass banning of users of modded consoles from Xbox Live apparently did not go far enough – banned users are now learning that they can no longer use their console’s HDD for any meaningful purpose, with installation to the drive no longer possible on a blacklisted console…
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Microsoft has irrevocably banned unprecedented numbers of modded Xbox 360’s from its Xbox Live service, stressing that piracy will no longer be tolerated, and happily pointing out that such units have voided their essential warranties.
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Sony’s latest update to the PSP, the UMD-less PSP Go, has done even worse in Japan than it did overseas, shifting a risible 28,275 units on its release day.
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The makers of Bijin Tokei, a clock widget/app that features comely Japanese girls (“bijin”) holding up a clock for every minute of the day have announced that they will now be focusing on Bisei Tokei, which will feature seiyuu instead.
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Nintendo has attracted no small disappointment with its revised DS console, with the new “handheld” having been given 25% larger screen than the DSi at the expense of a 33% increase in weight and a substantially more bulky design.
Worse yet, the screen is the same resolution as the previous model, only larger…
You can see a scale comparison of just how bloated the new unit is below, with the old unit superimposed on the new:
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