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Microsoft has applied for a patent that would potentially award achievements for watching video content. Games Industry originally reported on the ‘Awards and Achievements Across TV Ecosystem’ patent published by the firm, which covers the idea of rewarding viewers with achievements in essentially the same way that Xbox 360 does …
Read More »Fans urge Sony to clear the way for pre-owned games on PS4
PlayStation fans have drummed up a Twitter campaign to urge significant Sony employees against taking an aggressive stance on DRM and used games sales for PlayStation 4. VG247 reports the campaign encourages gamers to post tweets using hashtags #PS4NoDRM and #PS4USEDGAMES – more specifically instructing them to direct statements toward …
Read More »Microsoft: Next-gen could ship one billion units
Combined sales of PS4 and Xbox One expected to break 'thirty per cent' rule
Read More »UPDATED: Publishers to receive cut of Xbox One pre-owned sales at retail
Retailers will be free to charge whatever they wish for pre-owned Xbox One games, but both Microsoft and publishers will take a percentage cut of every sale. Retail sources have told MCV that Microsoft has this week briefed key retail partners on how it intends to take ownership of the …
Read More »Microsoft targeting "potentially upwards of a billion" next-gen console unit sales
Expansion beyond the games market could lead to record-breaking sales of the Xbox One and games consoles in general, Microsoft has claimed. But before it gets there, the company believes that the Xbox 360 still has as many as 25m additional unit sales left in it. "We believe over the …
Read More »Content creators could take a slice of Xbox One pre-owned revenue
Microsoft and publishers to take a cut of marked up pre-owned Xbox One games
Read More »UPDATE: Kinect 2’s visual DRM may threaten user choice
User privacy may be invaded as Microsoft patent suggests 'snooping tech' in motion sensor
Read More »UPDATED: The extent of Kinect 2’s visual DRM is beginning to emerge
Kinect 2 will be able to employ certain DRM measures depending on what it observes in the living room. That’s the conclusion suggested by a patent filed by Microsoft, and corroborated by sources talking to MCV in the weeks leading up to this week’s Xbox One reveal. ExtremeTech reports that …
Read More »Wii U sales boost following Xbox One reveal
Sales of the Wii U have rocketed on Amazon.co.uk in the days following Microsoft’s Xbox One reveal. As spotted by Nintendo Life, last night the Wii U Premium machine had climbed from 243rd in the retailer’s ‘Movers and Shakers’ list to 50th, with sales increasing 386 per cent. At the …
Read More »Kinect is Xbox One’s edge, says Harrison
Former PlayStation boss turned Microsoft exec says standard camera input is 'game-changer'
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