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Entries Tagged as 'Microsoft'

Tales of Vesperia: Xbox 360 Outsells PS3 In Japan

August 15th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Sony’s been talking about how they’ve overtaken the Xbox 360 here in the States, perhaps this is because Microsoft shifted their attention to pwning them in Japan? Xbox 360 sold 25,000 units to PlayStation 3‘s minor 9,673 units according to Edge Online, that’s 2.5 times more if you’re into that math thing. Seriously though, Microsoft […]

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Tags: Industry News · Microsoft · playstation 3 · Sony · Xbox 360

Microsoft Says 60 Percent of Wii Fits Collect Dust

August 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Microsoft is on the attack, saying Nintendo has done a great thing with their Wii product line but Microsoft has a bit more “respect” for the new gamers they’re bringing into the industry. Xbox Europe VP David Gosen launched the shot over Nintendo’s bow at the GameFest UK keynote. “We’ve seen some research that says […]

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Tags: Microsoft · Wii · Xbox 360

Xbox 360 Cutting Price Cutting…Huh?

August 1st, 2008 · No Comments

For those that ran out to pickup a 20GB Xbox 360 for the low low price of $299… sit down. This may hurt a bit. Their is a new rumor stating the Xbox 360 is undergoing another price cut, for all consoles in their full array of consoles. Let’s just get this over with quick: […]

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Tags: Microsoft · Rumors · Xbox 360

Xbox 360 Silver Accounts, Free XBL Cross-Platform Gaming

July 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Microsoft has announced they’ll be giving Xbox Live silver accounts access to play some multi-player cross-platform games for free until the fall update. Recently, Microsoft announced free online play with Games for Windows titles, effectively giving PC gamers “gold accounts” to play online. Most people agree the move to give gold subscriptions to PC gamers […]

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Tags: Industry News · Microsoft · Xbox 360

Sony Says Competition is Good

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

It seems the console maker who’s trailing in sales typically says how great competition is and how it’s great for the consumer. Sony’s not leading the console race, as of now, and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president David Reeves stated in a recent interview: The winner, he said, is the consumer. “That’s why we are […]

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Tags: Microsoft · Nintendo · playstation 3 · Sony · Wii · Xbox 360

Screw Blu-Ray, We’ve Got Digitial

July 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Since the last breath of HD-DVD rumors have been flying about Microsoft’s need (desire?) to get into the Blu-Ray hardware for their 360. The rumor was feasible because Microsoft already spent time working the HD-DVD angle for their “home entertainment” Xbox 360 console. Although Microsoft’s Shane Kim told Forbe’s, “I can categorically say that we’re […]

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Wii Takes US Lead In Console War

July 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Just in case people were actually thinking the Xbox 360 was going to hold out against a viral console, Nintendo is now the best selling console in the United States. Anyone really surprised? This months sales figures for consoles broke down something like this: Nintendo DS: 783,000 Wii: 666,700 PlayStation 3: 405,500 PSP: 337,400 Xbox […]

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Tags: DS · Industry News · Microsoft · Nintendo · playstation 3 · Sony · Wii · Xbox 360

Microsoft Holds Back Bungie Announcement

July 17th, 2008 · No Comments

E3 was supposed to be the staging point for the next Bungie bombshell but Microsoft was said to cut it to save time. Bungie had big plans to reveal some stuff they were working on and really take best in show for E3. Was it really cut because of time? This sounds fabricated, cutting a […]

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Tags: Bungie · E3 · Microsoft

War On Video Game Exclusives

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Typically, we have “exclusive” fallout from the console war which forces the hand of the consumer to purchase all consoles to play all the games they love. Many hardcore gamers are into first person shooters like Halo and Gears of War but also like their Grand Theft Auto and Final Fantasy fixes. In years prior, […]

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Tags: Editorial · Exclusives · Microsoft · Nintendo · Sony

Final Fantasy XIII Not Simultanious Everywhere

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

It seems the promise of Final Fantasy XIII on the Xbox 360 is a big “work in progress” as it’s not actually under development yet. Square Enix is fully ready to commit on a simultaneous release for Europe and North America but not every territory around the globe. The reason is simple: there are just […]

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Tags: Microsoft · playstation 3 · RPG · Sony · Xbox 360