By Jabari Johnson, BlackWeb20.com

Microsoft and Sony have recently slashed the prices of their gaming systems and now Nintendo has done the same with its popular Wii console. Nintendo is lowering the price of the Wii by $50 to $199.99. “Wii has reached more video game players than any game system before because it attracts everyone—both men and women, and people of all ages,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. Read the rest of this entry »

By Sherri L. Smith, BlackWeb20.com

Since the release of the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972, the console has been king in the world of video games. As the technological capabilities of what CPUs and game developers could do increased, a cold war of game consoles began. Many consoles were rendered obsolete or failed to bring in the dollars (Atari 2600, TurboGrafx-16, and Sega Dreamcast we hardly knew ye) were issued a one way ticket to the landfill. Only three companies and their respective console survived the clamor. Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft have been locked in a nine year battle for console supremacy. Read the rest of this entry »