Gadgets and Video Games

We can’t be gaming all the time, despite our best efforts, and from time to time we’ll actually take advantage of the movie-playing abilities on our gaming systems. JBO features our top picks for XBL, PSN, Netflix’s Watch Instantly, and Blu-ray each week. Recommendation of the Week: Sunshine (Blu-ray: $29.99): We all know about Danny Boyle and Slumdog Millionaire; winning a few Oscars will do that to your movie, particularly if it’s great. However, his sci-fi masterpiece Sunshine is severely underrated and underwatched.

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JBO: Joystiq Box Office, June 29 – July 3

Do not adjust your eyes, you are seeing multiple Chun-Lis. After transforming LA’s Chinatown Mountain Bar into M. Bison’s favorite watering hole, Mike Ross was awarded $2,000 for placing first in best-of-16 Street Fighter IV tournament.

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Shadaloo Lounge celebrates ‘Legend of Chun-Li’ DVD release, awards $2000

Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter is no stranger to the gaming scene. In fact, it’s his job to guesstimate, speculate, and estiguess on all things gaming, and in his latest report (via IndustryGamers ), he paints the future for all three console manufacturers. First up is Nintendo, a company that Pachter believes will remain in the top spot throughout this console generation. Due to the Wii’s “low price point, innovative control mechanism, and compatibility with standard definition televisions.” Pachter thinks that Nintendo will rest easy atop the gaming mountain. And he thinks the Wii HD is a big part of it, as Pachter firmly believes Nintendo will introduce a HD-compatible Wii at some point, even as early as next year.

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Pachter: WiiHD still coming, Xbox in third by 2015

We were sent a tip regarding a new PS3 bundle that Blockbuster was supposedly selling, so we headed on down to our local chain to snoop around. What we found was the above image showing off a PS3 bundle consisting of a 40gb console , Transformers: The Game , Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray, PS3 remote, HDMI cable, and a 12-week rental card (which allows you to rent one movie each week), all for $359.99. What makes this such an odd story, however, is that this bundle isn’t offered at every Blockbuster store. We called another nearby chain and quizzed an employee on his store’s bundle

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Blockbuster selling high-end PS3 bundles

We were sent a tip regarding a new PS3 bundle that Blockbuster was supposedly selling, so we headed on down to our local chain to snoop around. What we found was the above image showing off a PS3 bundle consisting of a 40gb console , Transformers: The Game , Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray, PS3 remote, HDMI cable, and a 12-week rental card (which allows you to rent one movie each week), all for $359.99. What makes this such an odd story, however, is that this bundle isn’t offered at every Blockbuster store. We called another nearby chain and quizzed an employee on his store’s bundle.

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Blockbuster selling high-end PS3 bundles

We can’t be gaming all the time, despite our best efforts, and from time to time we’ll actually take advantage of the movie-playing abilities on our gaming systems. JBO features our top picks for XBL, PSN, Netflix’s Watch Instantly, and Blu-ray each week. Recommendation of the Week: The Girlfriend Experience (XBL to rent: 480 MS points for HD, 320 for SD): Steven Soderbergh returns to his indie film roots with this character study that was shot on one of the new RedOne HD cameras for only $1.3 million dollars. Real-life porn star Sasha Grey stars as Christine; an escort who offers the full “Girlfriend Experience” for a high price

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JBO: Joystiq Box Office, June 22 – 26

Last December, the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) called for the development of technology to prevent stolen disc-based software from being used without being “activated” at retail, as detailed in a report by Video Business . Edge Online now reports the EMA has released results of a study it commissioned that show retail, game publisher and movie studio revenue could increase by as much as $6 billion if “benefit-denial” technology could be applied to games, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.

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Study: gift card style disc activation could boost game, movie sales by $6 billion

Yo, popses! Old men! Dads! How did your specialest of special days go? Got lots of sweet gifts? Perhaps an assortment of patriotic ties? A cavalcade of Blu-ray sci-fi flicks (or sports biographies, depending on the degree of your own outdoorsiness)?

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Japanese hardware sales, June 8 – June 14: Father figure edition

We can’t be gaming all the time, despite our best efforts, and from time to time we’ll actually take advantage of the movie-playing abilities on our gaming systems. JBO features our top picks for XBL, PSN, Netflix’s Watch Instantly, and Blu-ray each week. Recommendation of the Week: Donkey Punch (PSN: $5.99 HD and $3.99 SD to rent, $19.99 HD and $14.99 SD to own): Despite the title, Donkey Punch isn’t a zany college comedy. It’s a taut thriller that takes place in the confines of a luxury yacht at sea, and the titular term plays a big part in making everything unravel.

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JBO: Joystiq Box Office, June 15 – 19

In-Stat , a market analysis group, published a report this week which takes a look at how online video-to-television streaming is putting pressure on traditional cable providers and will eventually restructure “today’s video distribution ecosystem.” As noted by In-Stat, gaming consoles are at the forefront of this new direction, leading in web-based video streaming and beating other devices like digital media adapters, set top boxes ( Apple TV ), Blu-ray players, web-connected HDTVs and even PC media-centers. Indeed, current gen consoles hold many advantages over the competition, seeing as they’re relatively inexpensive and serve multiple purposes. The Xbox 360 has supported Netflix streaming since late last year, and both PS3 and Wii feature internet browsers (additionally, the PS3 allows for YouTube uploads on some software). In-Stat claims 29% of US console owners between the ages of 25 and 34 currently use their consoles to stream video to their televisions. In-Stat expects consoles to stay as the top device for at least the next five years

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Gaming consoles lead in web-to-TV streaming