Power consumption is also one of the key points that people always discuss lately. With “Go Green” being the buzzword at the moment, critics expect that Sony have to decide joining the Go Green revolution and promote a totally Green product in form of PS4, which will consume extremely low power level.

Something that Sony will have to make sure in PS4 would be substantial relief in terms of power sucking capability in their next generation gaming console. Everyone know the fact that PS3 is a big power sucker.

In fact, you might be shocked to know that if you just leave your PS3 switched on in idle state for a year, it would cost you $157! What a waste of energy, isn’t it?

On the other hand, it will be tough to handle heavy upgrades in an eco-friendly design, especially with no optical media in storage drive (assuming PS4 will be working online and games can be downloaded,  not being saved on Blu-Ray disks, DVD, or hard drive).

Therefore, it is only a sweet speculation, which looks pretty hard to be a reality. Nevertheless Sony will need to badly make sure that PS4 does not follow up in the line up for the most costly electronic appliances to run, even in idle mode or stand-by mode.

Microsoft’s X-Box 360 is also not too good as it would cost you $125 per year in idle, but Nintendo’s Wii is completely the opposite. It is estimated that Nintendo Wii will not cost you $15 each year, if in idle mode.

As result, the next generation Playstation and X-Box gaming consoles will certainly need to pay attention to power consumption, if they want to stay competitive with the next generation Wii.

Furthermore, if Sony does not do something about the power sucking character of PS3 and double the performance output in PS4, it would be certainly scary to imagine how much power PS4 will suck. You can also discuss this issue in Playstation 4 Forum.

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Black Nintendo Wii, are you one of those who really want to give hands on it? Knowing that it is a limited edition and currently just situated across Japanese borderline. Apparently Nintendo confirmed the black console will be available for Europe. Dated on November 6th, Eurogamers will be able to have the pack of black Wii, with matching Wii Remote, Nunchuk and MotionPlus peripherals along with copies of Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort.

Following with the new black bundle launch, is its November 20th general availability across Europe. But until now, there are no words on the price of the new bundle. Interestingly, we heard that the company will also be including a black version of the Classic Controller Pro that will be separately sold.

Although the Black Nintendo is confirmed for Europe heading back to U.S. is a different situation where Nintendo USA is still in secrecy if there will be a limited black version of Wii. Instead last July the company issued a statement “no plans to have other colors of Wii in the US”, which seems we can wait or not –cross-fingers.

Wii Steering Wheel II has just been announced and if you want to feel what really completes a race car driving game on Wii, you better grab one of these latest add-ons for your Wiimote.

The new Wii Steering Wheel add-on will support new Wiimote + Motion Plus. It will cost you just $10, and it’s up to you to decide whether you just want to hold your Wiimote sideways and out this plastic holder.

Do you think this plastic holder is worth it for your $10?

I just remembered the days when I used to play my Game Boy, where all my childhood spare time goes like nothing when my thoughts are in this monochrome gaming device. No doubt how the Game Boy has lived since Nintendo released this handheld gaming device where at that time will cost you 12,500 yen (Japan debut 1989). Nintendo Game Boy comes with games like the Super Mario Land, Baseball, Alleyway and Yakuman, apparently the available games have grew into hundreds marking its successful release.

Nintendo hit the US market at $89.99 selling million units during the Christmas season. Additionally, Game Boy made popular by its pack-in game Tetris, the original Nintendo have sold 118.69 million units worldwide not including its new version the Game Boy Advance.

Nintendo have gone far in the gaming industry, producing the world known Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DSi, and other gaming innovations. But Nintendo Game Boy who have started it all, have established its glorious place in the gaming industry even today.

The vision for the Nintendo Wii was in the works as early as 2000. However, the public didn’t get a taste of the concept until mid 2004. The goal of Nintendo with this product was to revolutionize the home gaming console industry. Many consumers were very excited about the ideas but some worried that they wouldn’t be able to materialize.

Those doubts were soon cast aside though when Nintendo revealed their concept for the wireless controller at a show in Japan in 2005. In late 2006 The Nintendo Wii was in high demand. In fact, stores couldn’t get enough of them to fill the demands for the holidays. Many people were paying thousands of dollars for them on eBay and other online auction sites. There were also plenty of charity fundraisers selling high volumes of tickets due to the prize being a Nintendo Wii.

The road to such success was one that took many twists and turns though. In 2001 Nintendo released the GameCube. It was quite successful but the researchers for the company felt that so much more could be accomplished due to the technology we have available. As the same time the Nintendo DS was being finalized. Many of the concepts of these two early works though are a crucial part of the overall design of the Nintendo Wii.

It took the visions of both developers, programmers, and engineers to get the Nintendo Wii that we love today to take shape. They had a variety of concepts they needed to implement. First, they needed to make it affordable or people weren’t going to buy it no matter how good it was. Nintendo make it known from the start they wanted the Wii to be family oriented. Therefore it had to be offered at a price that the average family could afford to buy it.

Next they wanted to go beyond the basics of playing video games. They wanted to give players a chance to be a part of the game. This was different from simply enjoying playing the game. Being able to use the right tools and accessories would make a huge difference in this area. A great deal of effort was put into offering very realistic movements and graphics to allow this to happen.

Last but not least they wanted the games to be fun and interactive. They wanted parents to be willing to buy this type of gaming console without worrying that their kids would become inactive in other aspects by playing it all the time. They wanted to make sure people of all ages were going to be able to have a great time using it as well.

The name of the Wii was changed many times before it was released. One of the top names that was considered was Revolution. However, the executives of the Wii had a worldwide vision for this home gaming console. Therefore, they wanted a name that would be simple to pronounce in any given language.

Since the goal of the company was to offer something that everyone could enjoy, using the word WE in it was something that many people loved. The spelling of it was changed though to give it a more distinct element that would be connected to the Nintendo brand in the minds of consumers from all over the world. This is a marketing strategy that certainly was worked out well for Nintendo.

No one can question the success of the Nintendo Wii though. It has won many different awards in the few years it has been on the market. Since September of 2007 it has been the top selling home gaming console. Even though other companies are trying to copy the standards that Nintendo has set they haven’t been able to generate the same consumer following.

The Nintendo Wii was just released in both China and South Korea in 2008. There are plans to launch it in Morocco and the Philippines later this year or in early 2009. This is due to customer demands from those regions. Many people there already have them but they have been paying a premium price for them on the black market.