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Microsoft has revealed that Xbox 360 sales have topped 30 million worldwide. The firm today boasted that Xbox 360 has achieved the highest percentage growth in hardware sales of any console so far in 2009, up 28 percent over the same period in 2008. The community for Xbox Live has …
Read More »Xbox video store gets Zune content
Speculation might be mounting that Microsoft is on the verge of signing a deal for satellite firm Sky’s, but in the meantime the firm has confirmed other video content for the 360. Namely, its US-only media player’s Zune Video Marketplace is to be available via the console for users in …
Read More »Xbox 360 bags Sky TV content deal?
Microsoft is partnering its Xbox 360 with Sky TV for a new media sharing deal, according to a new report. Claiming to reveal the details of an announcement Microsoft teased last week and which will be made this Thursday, trade publication Rapid TV News has this evening posted that "the …
Read More »Can free-to-play games come to consoles?
The developer behind the world’s most popular free MMO is in discussion with the main platform holders in a bid to bring the free-to-play model to consoles. RuneScape developer Jagex is aiming to turn console digital distribution services such as WiiWare, XBLA and PSN into platforms that can host free …
Read More »WiiWare wins praise despite harsh payment policies
Nintendo finally receives praise for its digital service after issuing its strict and prohibitive sales requirements
Read More »Bethesda takes Fallout 3 DLC to PS3
PS3 to get all Xbox 360 content; New DLC on the way for all; New retail SKUs revealed
Read More »NPD: Xbox sales jump amid hardware downturn
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 managed to buck trends in March by becoming the only console to enjoy a year-on-year sales boost. The Xbox 360 sold 330,000 units across North America in March; a figure which Microsoft was pleased to explain accounted for a 25 per cent year-on-year sales increase. The system’s …
Read More »Microsoft: Packaged goods business ‘won’t decline’
Microsoft has told MCV that it sees downloadable content and Xbox Live as a ‘complementary’ addition to boxed product – and that it doesn’t see the packaged goods business declining. However other standout companies have pointed to 2009’s explosion of download-only new releases – which cut out retail altogether. Speaking …
Read More »Microsoft launches updated Xbox 360 dev kit
GDC 09: New hardware doubles memory as platform holder promises to â??reduce risk of developmentâ??
Read More »Watchdog tackles 360 disc scratching issue
Xbox 360 came under the BBC spotlight last night as consumer awareness show Watchdog investigated complaints of a disc-scratching problem on Microsoft’s console. The program reported that it has received ‘many’ complaints of discs being scratched – which they claim happened without users moving or knocking against their console. The …
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