On the 1st of April, Enterbrain, publisher of Famitsu, has released its market report for fiscal 2010, composed of data for Japanese hardware sales, software sales and also the overall market. According to this report, Sony’s consoles came out on top in the last year, with the PS3 selling more than the Wii and PSP beating the DS. However the software sales for 2010 were again dominated by Nintendo.

The hardware sales in Japan for the last year are as follows: … More

Comex – that’s the name of the hacker that claims he has already “jailbroken” the iPad2. The modifications the device suffers in the “jailbreaking” process allow users to install and run applications other than the ones available on App Store/iTunes. Comex’s announcement on Twitter comes only three days after the official US release of the device: “Would’ve had it yesterday if I didn’t have to spend 1.5 days looking for a replacement exploit (which came from a most unexpected place…),” he says.

In order to support his claims, Comex posted a video which shows a white iPad2 running Cydia, which is an application used to find and download other applications for iOS. In theory a jailbroken device can run any application as long as there are no compatibility issues. … More

I wanted to tackle this subject in writing for quite a while, but I just couldn’t find the spark to trigger it. That was until Friday evening when I stumbled upon a press release about a Yoga game being launched for Wii at the end of the month. No surprise here, I’m used to seeing all sort of BS being released for Wii and called video games. But the text emphasized on how you can relax your body, calm your mind and achieve physical and inner balance right in your living room. For me that last part triggered an episode of nervous laughter, muscles spasms and the urge to smash something. First, because I was already in my living room, calm, relaxed and balanced until that piece of news came and ruined it for me. Second, because I consider that all forms of physical exercises should have nothing to do with electronics such a TVs and plastic white boxes that dare to call themselves gaming consoles … More