Looks like the DRM that was tacked onto the most recent Dave Matthews CD crashes Windows machines. And the music industry can’t figure out why we’d rather download music than buy CDs.

There has been much speculation on whether the Xbox will be backward compatible. Reuters says “yes”:

Microsoft Corp. said on Monday its new Xbox 360 will run video games developed for the earlier generation of its gaming machine, an enticement to get fans who have already spent hundreds of dollars on older Xbox games to purchase new hardware.

Shacknews says “somewhat”:

Xbox 360 will have limited backward compatability. Only the most popular Xbox games will be supported, through an emulator.

Sony unveiled their PS3 at E3. AnandTech has the deets.

USA Today is by no means the pinnacle of video game reporting, but they did break it first:

Nintendo, whose GameCube sales have lagged, hopes to gain ground, particularly among the fast-growing older-gaming market. Revolution is about the size of a stack of three DVD cases and has no visible knobs, buttons or ports for joysticks. The system will use only wireless controllers, and it sits flat or stands vertically.

There were rumors for a while that the GameCube was going to be Nintendo’s last non-portable console. It is well agreed upon that you buy a Nintendo console for two reasons. Either you’re a kid, or you want to play their exclusive first-party titles like Mario, Zelda, Metroid. The conventional wisdom says if you make good games, but are losing money on the console, get out of the console business and publish your games for other platforms. Sega rightly did it, but Nintendo tenaciously resists. They see a future where they are once again the leading platform. Hey, Nintendo… good luck with that.

Here’s quick gameplay montage of the Xbox 360’s E3 2005 lineup of showcase titles including:

• Quake 4
• Ghost Recon 3
• Top Spin 2
• Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion (sequel to Morrowwind)
• Call of Duty 2
• Perfect Dark Zero
• A bunch of sports games
• A bunch of racing games

E3 is this week. For those that don’t know, the E3 Expo is the most important convention in the world of electronic entertainment. This is like Christmas for all news video gamey. So if you see a higher proportion of video game posts this week, and you will, that’s why.

IGN has a preview and trailer of Call of Duty 2. I don’t know if it’s coming out for multiple platforms, but it’s filed under the PC section, yet the trailer indicates that it’s for XBox 360. Anyway, it looks great. I finished the first Call of Duty for the PC a few months ago. It’s the best WWII FPS I’ve played.

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