Weekly Wrap-Up #24 – Microsoft to Enter TV Market, Kids Want iPad More Than Wii U

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<p>It’s that time of week again when we take a fond look back at the top five news stories from the week&period; Welcome to the Weekly Wrap-Up&period; Below is a brief summary&comma; but for the full stories simply click on the hyperlink&period; Let us know if you agree with our top five&period; If you have suggestions for future Weekly Wrap-Ups&comma; feel free to email me at <a href&equals;"mailto&colon;jeremy&period;tyler&commat;bagogames&period;com"><strong>jeremy&period;tyler&commat;bagogames&period;com<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Enjoy&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 5<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;microsoft-unveils-logo-time-25-years&sol;microsoft-logo-2&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-23568"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23568" title&equals;"Microsoft-Logo" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;08&sol;06132113&sol;Microsoft-Logo&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;microsoft-enter-tvmarket-christmas-year&sol;">Microsoft to Enter TV-Market Before Christmas… Next Year<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Rumours have been flying around for months now of Microsoft releasing a device to turn your Xbox console into a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;microsoft-enter-tvmarket-christmas-year&sol;">TV<&sol;a> box&period; New reports suggest that this could become reality by Christmas… next year&period; The Verge reports that the set-top Xbox would be a <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;low-cost alternative… designed to provide access to core entertainment services”<&sol;em>&period; To me this sounds like an Xbox 360 <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;microsoft-enter-tvmarket-christmas-year&sol;">console<&sol;a> which can’t play games and instead just has access to its multimedia apps such as LoveFilm&comma; Sky and BBC iPlayer etc&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1> <&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 4<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wii-midnight-launch-place-nintendo-world&sol;wii-u-deluxe-black&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-29045"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29045" title&equals;"wii-u-deluxe-black" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;11&sol;06090837&sol;wii-u-deluxe-black&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;kids-wii-iphones-ipad&sol;">Kids Want Wii U More Than iPhones&comma; Less Than iPad<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Ever since Nintendo announced the Wii U the gaming community has been puzzled&period; None of us can say for certain if the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;kids-wii-iphones-ipad&sol;">console<&sol;a> will be a success or not&period; It’s great that as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;hard-core” gamers we feel that we are being catered for&comma; but it was always nice to know that the Wii was a huge success and that we knew all about it first&period; According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;kids-wii-iphones-ipad&sol;">research<&sol;a> done by Nielsen&comma; Nintendo may have struck gold again in the US&period; Kids between the ages of 6-12 rank the Nintendo Wii U as the second most desirable product to own in the next 6 months &lpar;Coming second to Apple’s iPad&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1> <&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 3<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;peter-molyneux-reveals-22-experiments&sol;peter-molyneux&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-15182"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15182" title&equals;"Peter Molyneux" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;05&sol;06201938&sol;Peter-Molyneux&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;molyneux-money-offers-trips-e3&sol;">Molyneux Needs Your Money&comma; Offers Trips to E3&excl;&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>22cans have announced their next project&semi; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Project Godus” which is requesting a total of £450&comma;000 for development costs&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;molyneux-money-offers-trips-e3&sol;">The game<&sol;a> is due to &lpar;hopefully&rpar; launch within the next year if the target is reached&period; The kickstarter &lpar;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;kickstarter&period;com&sol;projects&sol;22cans&sol;project-godus&quest;ref&equals;recently&lowbar;launched">http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;kickstarter&period;com&sol;projects&sol;22cans&sol;project-godus&quest;ref&equals;recently&lowbar;launched<&sol;a>&rpar; offers basic gifts such as access to forums and BETA codes for small donations whilst donating £5&comma;000 will buy you a ticket to E3 as well as transport&sol;accommodation <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;molyneux-money-offers-trips-e3&sol;">costs<&sol;a>&period; Project Godus will be a God-Game and will be released on PC and Mobile devices&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1> <&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1> <&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 2<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ratchet-clank-full-frontal-assault-vita-version-delayed&sol;ratchet-hub&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-30064"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30064" title&equals;"ratchet-hub" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;11&sol;06083944&sol;ratchet-hub&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ratchet-clank-full-frontal-assault-vita-version-delayed&sol;">Ratchet &amp&semi; Clank&colon; Full Frontal Assault Vita Version Delayed<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>For those gamers looking forward to the cross-buy feature that was being offered with <em>Ratchet &amp&semi; Clank&colon; Full Frontal Assault &lpar;<&sol;em>or <em>Ratchet &amp&semi; Clank&colon; QForce<&sol;em> as it’s known in Europe&rpar;&comma; they will have to wait&period; According to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;computerandvideogames&period;com&sol;379456&sol;ratchet-clank-qforce-delayed-on-vita&sol;&quest;cid&equals;OTC-RSS&amp&semi;attr&equals;CVG-General-RSS&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;dlvr&period;it&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;twitter">CVG<&sol;a>&comma; the Vita version of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ratchet-clank-full-frontal-assault-vita-version-delayed&sol;">the game<&sol;a> has been delayed&period; According to Sony&comma; the delay is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;to ensure that your experience is packed with all the action and polish you’d expect from a <em>Ratchet &amp&semi; Clank<&sol;em> game&period;” Both versions were set to launch on November 27 in the US and late November in the EU to promote Sony’s cross-buy feature&period; The <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ratchet-clank-full-frontal-assault-vita-version-delayed&sol;">PlayStation 3<&sol;a> version will still release in November&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 1<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;nintendo-america-hires-disney-vp&sol;nintendo-4&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-19755"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19755" title&equals;"Nintendo" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;06&sol;06173744&sol;Nintendo&period;gif" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;nintendo-ids-systembased&sol;">Nintendo ID’s Are System-Based<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>As the Nintendo Wii U is now in the hands of gamers across the US&comma; we are getting more and more <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;nintendo-ids-systembased&sol;">information<&sol;a> which Nintendo&comma; to be honest&comma; should had supplied us before the console even launched&period; The Nintendo ID&comma; which gamers create in order to communicate and play games with each other&comma; can only be used on the Wii U <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;nintendo-ids-systembased&sol;">console<&sol;a> which they are created on&period; Due to this&comma; all game saves&comma; settings and Miiverse posts will be deleted if your ID is to be lost&sol;deleted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1> <&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Honorable Mentions<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;uncharted-fight-fortune-revealed-playstation-vita&sol;uncharted-fight-for-fortune&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-30049"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30049" title&equals;"Uncharted fight for fortune" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;11&sol;06083959&sol;Uncharted-fight-for-fortune&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This week had a lot of big news and the news staff and I found it hard to narrow it down to the usual five stories&period; Here are some of the articles for the honorable mention section&period; <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;uncharted-fight-fortune-revealed-playstation-vita&sol;">UNCHARTED&colon; Fight for Fortune Revealed for PlayStation Vita<&sol;a>&comma; <span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; underline&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;nintendo-longer-developing-wii-titles&sol;">Nintendo No Longer Developing Wii Titles<&sol;a>&comma;<&sol;span> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;thq-sees-light-tunnel&sol;">THQ Sees Light at End of Tunnel<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;nintendo-isnt-making-loss-wii&sol;">Nintendo Isn’t Making &OpenCurlyQuote;Such a Loss’ After All on Wii U…<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;eu-gamers-choice-24-games-wii-launch&sol;">EU Gamers Get Choice of 24 Games at Wii U Launch<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you missed out on the big news items this week&comma; you can check out our weekly podcast and get an audio update of this week’s madness from our podcasting team&period; Listen to us as we talk about some things seriously and a few other things not so much&period; We guarantee this episode will make you shake your fist at times and nod your head at others&period; And finally&comma; check out<a title&equals;"The Interview with Q" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;interview-jacob-andersen-game-director-heroes-generals&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank"><strong> The Interview with Q<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&comma; hosted by Matthew Quinlan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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