It was pretty much a foregone 
conclusion that the Kindle would be a hot seller in the fourth quarter. The combination of the holiday season and a new, lower priced device made it a certain hit.
But no one was expecting it to be this hot.
Category Archives: Variety – The Cut Scene
Are things about to get more reasonable at Hulu Plus?
When Hulu announced plans to finally 
make its streaming service available beyond the PC, people cheered – until they heard the details. Subscribers to Hulu Plus would have to pay a $9.95 monthly fee and still watch the embedded ads in programs? That was a bit much to swallow.
Hulu may finally be about to acknowledge those complaints.
Spector: ‘Epic Mickey’ changes didn’t come from Disney
Warren Spector has lots of reasons to be happy. 
He was a featured presented at this year’s Nintendo press conference and his latest title “Epic Mickey” was one of the standout games of the just completed E3.
And, for the most part, Spector is a pretty happy guy – but he has a bone to pick with the rumor mill.
Hands on with the Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo may have a huge 
hit on its hands.
The Nintendo 3DS – the company’s Hail Mary pass to turn heads away from the Apple juggernaut is a rare thing that seems able to live up to the hype – coming through on its promise to provide stereoscopic 3D without glasses and producing images that pop as much as they do on the majority of 3D TVs on the market.
Microsoft dates Kinect – and launches a new console
The rumor mill might have ruined Microsoft’s 
announcement of a slim Xbox 360– but the company still had a surprise up its sleeve.
The revamped console, which comes equipped with a 250 GB hard drive and built-in 802.11n wireless connectivity, will begin shipping to retail this week – much sooner than anyone was expecting. That will put the system on retail shelves by early next week at latest. It will cost $299 – the same price as the current top end Xbox 360.
Goodbye Natal, hello Kinect
And just like that, Microsoft’s Project Natal 
has a new name: Kinect
The company unveiled the retail name of its gesture-recognition controller Sunday at an over-the-top event that featured everything from a performance by Cirque du Soliel to an audience full of people wearing choir robes with lit up LED shoulderpads.
Welcome to the 3D gaming world
We knew it was coming – and today 
Sony has made it official. The PlayStation 3 now supports stereoscopic 3D games.
PS3 owners who happen to have a 3D set can download a total of four games and demos that showcase what the system can do. (A firmware update making the console 3D ready was quietly pushed to owners two months ago.) The downloads will be free for people who buy one of Sony’s Bravia 3D sets, which go on sale later this month.
How big is Red Dead Redemption?
The jokes were pretty easy when “Red 
Dead Redemption” was announced… “Grand Theft Horse” cynics called it. “Yet Another Doomed Western” was another popular phrase.
Today, we can wipe those snarky asides away and call it something else: A bonafied hit. Take Two Interactive Software reports that it has shipped 5 million copies of the game so far – and it’s so bullish on the title that it’s raising its fiscal forecast for the year.
Do ‘Modern Warfare 2’ execs have an E3 surprise coming?
Jason West and Vince Zampella, whose 
abrupt dismissal from Activision earlier this year shocked the gaming world, are teasing an announcement next week – in the heart of E3 – that has both insiders and gamers buzzing.
“Big time announcement at E3 next week. stay tuned, kiddies!” the pair said in a Facebook posting.
SOE, LucasArts team to launch ‘Clone Wars’ virtual world
The Cartoon Network has seen a lot of success with its animated series “The Clone Wars”. Now Sony Online Entertainment (“EverQuest,” “Free Realms”) and LucasArts are teaming up to bring the pivotal tale of the Star Wars Universe to the virtual world.
The two companies will create a free-to-play, persistent world, dubbed “Star Wars: Clone War Adventures,” that’s scheduled to launch this fall. The game will be targeted at a younger audience and will launch online and in retail stores this fall. It will be a PC exclusive game.
