You know, marketing synergy really sticks in my craw. I completely understand the need and desire to take a product and sell it to the widest audience possible. That’s the way money is made, and it makes sense for advertisers and companies to make as much money as they can. Still, I really have to work hard to suppress feelings of resentment when products are created with a clear intention to capitalize upon multiple marketsA
November 2006
Happy Thanksgiving
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I’ll be out of town for Thanksgiving so everyone enjoy your holiday week. Get in some good gaming for me.
Homebrew Wii Component Cable
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If you just can’t wait for Nintendo to release the official component cables for the Wii and you are handy with solder and electronics, you may want to head on over to the nfg forums. They have a thread on how to make your own component cables for the Wii until the official cables are out. They “reverse engineered” a set of cables bought at the NOA service center near one of the readers homes.
Links: [url=http://nfggames.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2363&st=0&#]nfg Forums[/url], [url=http://nfggames.com/wiki/doku.php?id=av:wii_multi_av_pinout]Wiki page with pinout diagram[/url]
[url=http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2006/11/22/video-marketplace-now-live.aspx]Major Nelson[/url] sends word that the Live Video Marketplace is now online. Pricing has also been released for the video content:
HD TV Shows: 240 MS Points ($3)
SD TV Shows: 160 MS Points ($2)
New Release HD Movie: 480 MS Points ($6)
New Release SD Movie: 320 MS Points ($4)
Classic HD Movie: 360 MS Points ($4.50)
Classic SD Movie: 240 MS Points ($3)
If you download the HD version of a show or movie you can also download the SD version free of charge. Remember that tv shows are download to own and movies are download to rent and do expire.
Links: [url=http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/2006/1106-moviestv.htm]MS Press Release[/url], [url=http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/marketplace/moviestv/default.htm]Movie Marketplace Homepage[/url]
Gears of War hits 1 million
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Gears of War is apparently selling like hotcakes with over 1 millions copies worldwide under it’s belt. It also dethroned Halo 2 as the most played game on Live. This is great news for 360 owners. It seems like we’ve been waiting for that killer app for a year now and it’s arrived in the form of Gears of War.
