comic con new york 2009

Here are some pics, I took at New York Comic Con in February 6-8 2009. I attended all three days. It’s not as big as San Diego’s, but it is steadily growing in popularity. Both Comic Con’s are so much more than comics. It’s also the movies, toys, and costumes. A couple of pics, below, feature the Fringe panel. Sadly, the next NY Comic Con won’t return until October 8, 2010. That’s a year and a half away! Ugh.

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comic con new york

Sony Is Still the Giant

With the shortage of Xbox 360 shipments to stores, again Microsoft will lose, inspite of being the number 1 sought-after christmas gift. Consumers will flock to other available systems like the Sony PSP or the Playstation 2, this holiday season. Microsoft hopes to capture the Sony’s videogame marketshare, and it will only have four months to do so, before the PS3 release. Only 450,000 Xbox 360 consoles were available on November 22. How does Microsoft expect to steal Sony’s storm with such a limited supply? To put the competition into perspective, PS2 sales recently reached 100 Million units sold Worldwide, four years after its debut. But the original Xbox had only sold 22 million units since 2001. (The Not-So-Portable PSP on the billboard, pictured, is on display on Houston Street, NYC. These posters of the Xbox 360 are on 23rd street/5th Avenue.)