According to a story on Ars Technica, it is rumored that Microsoft will bring down the price of its Xbox 360 Arcade system from $279 to $199, starting Sept. 7th. A similar story on VG Chartz supplied photographic evidence of the drop.

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The Nintendo DS has officially fallen behind sales of the PSP in Japan. As Nintendo is the dominant gaming company in the market, I don’t think they are going to take that sitting down. With analyst Michael Pachter portending a new DS by the end of the year and fans clamoring over what the new Nintendo portable will do and look like, I think I’ll jump in with my own wish list.

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I stopped trying to be on the cutting edge of technology years ago. Every time I picked up a “new” gaming system, it turned out to be a big let down. Die-hard gamers think that if it’s new and expensive, it must be good. That’s what you think before you pay $180 for a Virtual Boy.

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Once cell phone technology developed to the point that simply making phone calls was not enough, people began to wonder how many different devices could be integrated into one mammoth handheld machine.  As Palm Pilots and the ever-expensive Blackberry began integrating gaming, organization software, and mobile capabilities, people began demanding that a more inclusive phone be introduced to the practical consumer market.  And then Apple gave us the iPhone.

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Credit Nintendo for helping gamers get in shape. But while media folks talk up the fitness benefits of Wii Sports and Wii Fit, hardly anyone noticed another fitness game that predated both of those games.

In 2004, Respondesign released Yourself Fitness on the original Xbox, then later on the PlayStation 2 and PC. In it, a virtual trainer named Maya guides you through various types of exercises, ranging from cardio to yoga.

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Watch out, iPod. Hold onto your trackball, Blackberry. There’s a new multi-media system in town: the Nintendo DS. What does the DS have to rival these two pocket-sized powerhouses? Homebrew: software written for the DS that lets players run user-made software on the DS.

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If you’re looking to drop some of that extra cash on new gaming toys that will make you drool, look no further. There are some impressive gaming products that have exploded onto the hardware scene in the past year that aim to improve your game play significantly. These products have an impressive display of power with additional buttons, macros, sexy design and company reputation to back it up. Let’s talk shop.

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Legendary game designer John Carmack’s next big game may be smaller than you’d expect. The guy who put id Software on the map with gory romps like Doom and Quake is leading the iPhone gaming charge, intent on tapping into the uber-phone’s burgeoning market. What made the father of first-person shooters and one of the minds behind the upcoming 360/PS3/PC title, Rage, turn his bespectacled-gaze to the portable gaming market?

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