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Microsoft has allegedly lowered its Xbox One shipment forecasts, according to a Chinese news website. Digitimes reports that the platform holder has lowered its 7m unit shipment forecast for 2013 to 6.2m units due to poor yield rates of the device’s camera module, optical disc drive and related assembly”. Yield …
Read More »GAME halts Xbox One Day One Edition pre-orders
UK video games retailer GAME has stopped accepting pre-orders for the Day One Edition of the Xbox One. Unfortunately, we have now reached our limit for Xbox One Day One Edition console pre-orders,” an update on GAME’s website reads. The standard edition console is still available to order, although we …
Read More »Microsoft blames Kinect localisation, and not supply constraints, for Xbox One delays
The complexities behind localising Kinect for numerous languages are causing Xbox one launch delays across eight European territories, Microsoft has claimed. It was recently announced that The Xbox One’s launch has been delayed in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland. Speaking to OXM, the firm’s head of …
Read More »Kinect localisation issues behind Xbox One delays
'People assume there's a volume issue which in fact there isn't,' says Microsoft exec
Read More »Rumour: Xbox One to launch on November 8th
Walmart leak claims Microsoft's next-gen console will ship before PS4
Read More »Vlambeer: ID@Xbox a huge leap in the right direction
But Rami Ismail still holds some reservations over recently announced details for Xbox One self-publishing
Read More »Microsoft: "Killer Instinct is not free-to-play, is the world’s most generous demo"
Killer Instinct is not a free-to-play game, a key Microsoft exec has argued. That goes against what we’d all presumed following the game’s E3 reveal. Indeed, the fact that it is free to download with premium characters available to purchase certainly seems a bit ‘free-to-play’-ey. Not so, creative director of …
Read More »Leak suggests early November release date for Xbox One
An apparent leak from an employee at US retailer Walmart suggests Xbox One will beat PS4 to market. Kotaku has received a list of supposedly confirmed midnight openings for the chain. Included on the list is a midnight launch for the Xbox One on November 8th. That’s a week before …
Read More »Report: Special edition white Xbox One to be offered exclusively to Microsoft staff
Microsoft is reportedly readying a special edition white Xbox One free to, and exclusively for, employees of the hardware maker. Described as a unique” gift for its team, the limited edition version of the console will be distributed to staff members in November alongside the launch of the Xbox One. …
Read More »Microsoft Points retired
Xbox Live will now use local currency
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