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5 Mar 2008
360 News | Xbox 360
360 - Xbox 360 - 360 price cut tipped for March 14 Microsoft is rumoured to be cutting the price of its Xbox 360 in a little over one week's time. Here comes the fight for Grand Theft Auto IV's sales. When we first heard about a possible price cut, we immediately thought it was an odd time for such a move. But GTA IV will be with us at the end of April and that means big business for Sony and Microsoft. TechRadar reports the price of every Xbox 360 SKU is to be slashed by 50 Euros on March 14 ...
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3 Mar 2008
360 News | Xbox 360
Thirty-eight percent of gamers are female, according to a report by the Entertainment Software Association, sourced by CNN technology. According to the ESA, girl gamers spend 7.4 hours a week playing games, in-between hiding every television remote and moaning that we've left the toilet seat up. Studies and sales data have shown that women are more likely to play casual handheld games such as Nintendo DS titles, along with "social games" ...
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29 Feb 2008
360 News | Xbox 360
360 - Xbox 360 - Eidos parent SCi axing 14 projects - Pivotal too? In an alarming move by Eidos parent comapny SCi, 14 projects are to be axed to balance against the £81.4 million ($162 million) loss the company has accrued. This may or may not spell doom for other SCi-owned developers; Eidos has declined to comment on rumors that Conflict: Denied Ops dev Pivotal Games will be sold off or closed down as a result of SCi's decision.Here's the original story on the SCi move from our pals ...
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26 Feb 2008
360 News | Xbox 360
Following Toshiba's decision to pull out of the HD-DVD playing market, and news that Microsoft will stop producing its own HD player, the Xbox company has slashed the price of the console player by more than half in the US. North Americans fancying to get as much life as possible out of the failed disc format can pick up the 360 HD-DVD player now for $49 - that's just under 25 quid! "From tomorrow, we will cut the price to $49 and will not make ...
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25 Feb 2008
360 News | Xbox 360
Following Toshiba's decision to pull out of the HD DVD playing market, Microsoft was left with no choice but to follow suit. The company has released the following statement, confirming what everybody thought would be the case: "As a result of recent decisions made by Toshiba, Hollywood studios, and retailers, Microsoft plans to withdraw from HD DVD. Xbox will no longer manufacture new HD DVD players for the Xbox 360, but we will continue to ...
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21 Feb 2008
360 News | Xbox 360
Big news for Xbox 360 owners; Microsoft has launched Xbox Live Community Games which allows users to upload their own homemade games for download on Xbox Live. According to Microsoft Game Developer Group General Manager (yikes, what a title) Chris Satchell, free trials of these community created games should be available on Xbox Live "immediately," though we can't see them on our consoles yet. "Now, 10 million people on Xbox Live get to ...
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20 Feb 2008
360 News | Xbox 360
360 - Xbox 360 - Sony shares jump on back of HD-DVD demise Sony shares jumped by five percent based on optimism over future sales of the firm's PS3 and Blu-ray players. This followed yesterday's news that Toshiba had officially switched off the life-support machine for HD-DVD. "We believe Blu-ray's victory could drive market share gains for the PS3, as we believe consumers will now be more willing to pay up (versus 360) for the standard Blu-ray player," William Blair analyst Ralph Shackart told ...
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19 Feb 2008
360 News | Xbox 360
360 - Xbox 360 - Red ring of death for Microsoft BBC news reports this morning that the infamous red ring of death was caught on camera at Microsoft's Game Developers Conference booth. "Microsoft wants consumers to believe that its problems with the Xbox 360 console in terms of hardware failure are over," says the BBC, referring to the chatter over 360's alarming failure rate this time last year. The report continues: "But wandering through the Game Developers Conference halls and it's clear ...
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19 Feb 2008
360 News | Xbox 360
360 - Xbox 360 - Microsoft issues HD-DVD statement It's all about the games, Microsoft has said in a statement on the end of the HD-DVD format war."We do not believe the recent reports about HD DVD will have any material impact on the Xbox 360 platform or our position in the marketplace," the company has said."As we've long stated, we believe it is games that sell consoles and Xbox 360 continues to have the largest next-gen games library with the most exclusives and best selling games in the ...
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14 Feb 2008
360 News | Xbox 360
360 - Xbox 360 - New Xbox, Nintendo consoles by 2010? Pacific Crest Securities analyst Evan Wilson believes Microsoft and Nintendo will release new home consoles by 2010, the year he says will likely mark the end of the PSP and DS cycles.In an investor note issued to GameSpot, Wilson said it is unlikely that Microsoft or Nintendo will attempt to extend the traditional five year console cycle in this generation."We believe that peak industry sales will occur in 2010, given that Microsoft will ...
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