E3 and the casualisation of gaming
With only around 30 major companies attending rather than 400, and 3,000 attendees rather than 60,000, this year’s E3 video games convention was more for suits than surfers.
Gone was the overpowering music, crowds, booth babes and Hollywood sets of the Los Angeles Convention Center. Read more
Bach says Microsoft problem resolved, Sony’s continue
Price cut, what price cut? says Robbie Bach, head of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices division, about Sony’s $100 reduction in the cost of its 60Gb PlayStation 3 console to $499 this week.
Sony also introduced a $599 80Gb version and had earlier dropped the weak-selling $499 20Gb version from the US market. Read more
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Richard Waters has headed the FT's San Francisco bureau since 2002 and covers Google and Microsoft, among other things. A former New York bureau chief for the FT, he is intrigued by Silicon Valley's unique financial and business culture, and is looking forward to covering his second Tech Bust.
Chris Nuttall has been online and messing around with computers for more than 20 years and since 2004 has reported from the FT's San Francisco bureau on semiconductors, video games, consumer electronics and all things interwebby.
Maija Palmer has been writing about technology for the FT since 1999 and is fascinated by cybercrime, privacy and all the other issues of the information society. Based in London, she covers European tech companies and hopes that they won't all get acquired by American rivals.
Robin Kwong is the FT's technology, media and telecoms page editor in London. Formerly he was the Taipei correspondent and wrote about the companies that manufacture the vast majority of the world's computers and gadgets. He is interested in the intricacies of the technology supply chain and how China is increasingly changing the tech landscape.
Tim Bradshaw is the FT's digital media correspondent, and has just moved from London to join our team in San Francisco. He has covered start-ups such as Twitter and Spotify, as well as the online ambitions of more established media companies, such as the BBC iPlayer. He also covers the advertising, marketing and video-game industries. Tim has been writing about technology, business and finance since 2003.
