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Read More »Xbox 360 sales down year-on-year
Microsoft has revealed that it sold 10.3m Xbox 360 consoles in the year ending June 30th – down from the 11.2m it sold in the same period the year before. Console unit sales were up in the quarter ending June, however. 1.5m were sold in the period compared to 1.2 …
Read More »Halo Reach Xbox 360 S revealed
Microsoft has revealed a limited edition Halo Reach version of the Xbox 360 S that will be available exclusively through GAME and Gamestation. Costing 249.99, the SKU includes a special silver version of the 250GB console that carries a Halo insignia and front-of-machine branding. Also included in the box are …
Read More »Why did MS kill cross-platform play?
When Xbox Live first made the move to PC, cross-platform play between Xbox 360 and PC gamers was very much central to Microsoft’s ambitions. So why is Shadowrun still the only high-profile game to offer the functionality. There was a project that got killed at Microsoft,” Voodoo PC founder and …
Read More »Gamers asked to decide GOW3 plot
Microsoft is asking Gears of Wars fans to decide the fate of new rookie character Clayton Carmine in the upcoming Gears of War 3. Kicking off on July 29th, two t-shirts will be released on the Xbox Live Avatar Marketplace – one with ‘Save Carmine’ written across it and one …
Read More »Analysts differ over Kinect pricing
Two leading games analyst have come out on either side of the divide in the debate surrounding Microsoft’s 130 RRP for Kinect. The Kinect bundle costs only $100 more than the cost of a standalone console, so they can afford to sell Kinect for $100,” Michael Pachter told CVG. The …
Read More »The price of motion control?
Kinect is good value. Kinect is far too expensive. Kinect should have been cheaper. Whichever one of those statements you choose to believe, Microsoft has rationalised its belief that Kinect is better value than either of its rivals by putting it down in two graphs. Here they are, courtesy of …
Read More »Kinect paves way for expansion beyond the core
On the face of it Microsoft’s 129.99 RRP for Kinect suggests that the company may not be chasing the family market so much as striving to further monetise its existing Xbox 360 userbase. But the European VP of interactive entertainment business Chris Lewis has insisted to MCV that Kinect remains …
Read More »Low £39.99 RRP for Kinect games
Games for the Xbox 360 Kinect controller will be priced slightly cheaper than ‘core’ games, Microsoft has confirmed. Yesterday, the format-holder announced that it will be offering the standalone camera device for 129.99 bundled with Kinect Adventures – a price many see as costly compared to the price of the …
Read More »Lewis defends Kinect RRP
As the industry continues to digest the 129.99 RRP placed upon Xbox 360 Kinect by Microsoft, its European VP of interactive entertainment business Chris Lewis has defended the decision to aim high with its pricing strategy. We researched it heavily,” he told MCV. As with most things, we do massive …
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