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- Gallery: New user interface for Xbox 360
- At the E3 game conference Microsoft unveiled a new look for it's Xbox 360 interface to make features easier to use and buy, and improve the social experience. by Andy Smith
- Tags: Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andy Smith, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox
- Image galleries 2008-07-24
- 4.3 mln XBox 360 consoles sold in Q4 2007
- Microsoft sold 4.3 mln Xbox 360 video game consoles in Q4 2007. A total of 17.7 million Xbox 360s had been sold worldwide since it first went on sale in late 2005, Microsoft said. by NB
- Tags: Console, Microsoft Xbox, Xbox 360, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, NB
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- Photos: Cracking open the XBox 360 Elite
- TechRepublic opens up the popular game console. by CNET News.com
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Photograph, Microsoft Xbox, Xbox 360, Game Players, Games, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, CNET News.com, Elite
- Image galleries 2008-01-15
- Microsoft Xbox 360 Arcade
- First Take: The Xbox 360 Arcade is the entry-level model in Microsoft's game console lineup. It replaces the original Xbox 360 Core console and features add-ins not found in the Core. Priced at $280, the Arcade comes with a wireless controller, a 256MB memory card, an HDMI...
- Tags: Game players, Games, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox 360 Arcade
- Product reviews 2007-12-08
- Microsoft aims to make Xbox more family-friendly
- Microsoft aims to make Xbox more family-friendlyIt's not just the XBox - the PS3 is getting family friendly too...from trendmicro's website:http://webclassify.trendmicro.com/index.aspxHow's this family friendlyI'm just not seeing the connection here.If you need this type of thing then obviously you aren't around to tell the kid to stop playing. So now...
- Tags: Game players, Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-07
- Microsoft sees long-life potential for Xbox 360
- Microsoft sees long-life potential for Xbox 360Sad Part IsThat they are still breaking left and right after two years. We are waiting for a shipping box for our third replacement 360. You would think they would have figured it out by now. Still would not trade the...
- Tags: Game players, Microsoft Xbox, Xbox 360, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-07
- Microsoft launches new family-oriented Xbox 360 bundle
- Microsoft launches new family-oriented Xbox 360 bundleWow! The Xbox 360 outsold the Wii? That's cool. NT.Hard Drive Prices Are A Scam$179 for a 120 GB hard drive (it's just a laptop drive) that you can get off Newegg for $50, comes with a link cable to get the old info...
- Tags: Game players, Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-23
- Microsoft to cut Xbox 360 Japan price 13 percent
- Microsoft to cut Xbox 360 Japan price 13 percentI don't have to be in Japanto know which is a better game system... Having owned both the 360 and the PS3, by far, the PS3 puts the 360 to shame... just my opinion...
- Tags: Game players, Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-22
- Sony to sell new 40GB PlayStation 3 in U.S.
- Sony to sell new 40GB PlayStation 3 in U.S.How fast can you spin?"Backward compatibility is a nice secondary consideration, but it's far from the number one priority.""We are aiming for perfect compatibility. Our goal is 100 percent compatibility, We are trying to get there as quickly as possible." Kaz HiraiInferior...
- Tags: Game players, Backward Compatibility, Sony Playstation, Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony Corp., Xbox 360
- Discussion threads 2007-10-18
- Are new Vista Media Center extenders too pricey?
- On September 27, Microsoft and a handful of partners took the official wraps off new Windows Center Media Extenders, which are priced at about $350 a piece and available this holiday season. (Microsoft rolled out earlier this week the updates to Windows Media Center in Vista Home...
- Tags: Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Xbox 360, Microsoft Media Center Most Valuable Professional Chris Lanier, Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-09-27
- A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Falcon
- I'm resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft's myriad code names. Some of these code names might be familiar to Microsoft watchers; others hopefully will be brand-new. ...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Xbox 360, Chip, Falcon, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-08-29
- Wii controllers and the XBOX 360
- As reported a few days ago, XNA, Microsoft's .NET development framework for writing games that run on both a PC and an XBOX 360, will allow you to write games that use a Wii controller (a.k.a. a "wiimote")...at least on a PC. That's not too surprising, as a PC architecture...
- Tags: Game, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2007-08-08
- Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 by $50
- The long awaited Xbox 360 price cut is now a reality - beginning tomorrow (August 8) the price of the games console will fall by up to $50. This means that from Wednesday the Xbox 360 System will see a price drop from $399.99 to $349.99 while the Xbox 360 Core...
- Tags: Price Drop, Console, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Xbox 360, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-08-07
- 'Rock Band,' 'Halo 3' and Disney movies on Xbox 360
- Microsoft announces big titles at E3From E3 in Santa Monica, Calif.: Microsoft shows off 'Rock Band,' 'Halo 3,' Disney movies available in the Xbox Marketplace and more.
- Tags: Game players, Xbox 360, Rock Band, Halo 3, Disney Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp.
- Videos 2007-07-11
- Photos: Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Edition to blast off
- The new version of the Xbox 360 console, in Spartan green with golden trim, will arrive with matching accessories in September.
- Tags: Game players, Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, accessory, console, photograph
- Image galleries 2007-07-11
- Sony is / is not slashing the PS3 price
- Corporate approaches to media relations never cease to amaze me. Just last week, Sony's president, Ryoji Chubachi, claimed that no price cut on the PS3 was in the works. This morning, however, news from Reuters reported that the PS3 price WILL be slashed by $100.00...at least in the United States.That's...
- Tags: XBOX 360, XBOX, Wii, Sony, PS3, Nintendo, Microsoft, Games
- Blog posts 2007-07-09
- Xbox 360 unreliability costs Microsoft $1 billion
- Microsoft's Xbox 360 games console just took a huge step away from profitability yesterday when the company announced that it will take a $1 billion charge to cover manufacturing defects and the additional burden of giving consumers an extended warranty. Will the Xbox ever turn a profit?Microsoft's quite used to fixing...
- Tags: Microsoft, Gaming
- Blog posts 2007-07-06
- Microsoft takes a $1 billion hit for Xbox 360 console problems
- After a rash of recent reports about Xbox 360 hardware problems, Microsoft has opted to extend Xbox 360 warranties to three years.The company announced its plan to extend Xbox warranties on July 5.The upside: Microsoft has done what's right for customers, by reimbursing anyone who has experienced the "three flashing...
- Tags: Xbox, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-07-05
- The battle for the living room platform
- Nintendo announced yesterday WiiWare, a program which will enable developers to create games that can be downloaded to the Wii console. Such games can be sold through the Wii Shop Channel, creating revenue opportunities for smaller-scale developers who wouldn't have the resources to create more labor intensive productions of a...
- Tags: Digital Media, DRM, Media Center, Microsoft, Nintendo, PS3, Sony, Television, Wii, XBOX, XBOX 360
- Blog posts 2007-06-28
- Sony's nightmare scenario
- Reports all across the web have suggested that Microsoft will lower the price of the XBOX 360 game console sooner rather than later. This report claims the reduction will be on the order of $100.00 for the Core edition, bringing the price down to $199.00 for a base XBOX 360...
- Tags: XBOX 360, XBOX, Sony, PS3, PlayStation, Nintendo, Microsoft, HD DVD, HD, Games, BluRay
- Blog posts 2007-06-12
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