Tag Archives: xbox 360

PS3 to catch 360 by 2012

EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich has predicted that the global install base of the PS3 will overtake Xbox 360 by the end of 2012. Using a similar method to that used by MCV at the end of October when we made the exact same prediction, Divnich points out that since May …

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Kinect goes on sale in the UK

After all the talk and all the hype, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect is finally on sale in the UK. Following the arrival of Sony’s Move in the UK in September, the launch of Kinect today means that the motion control revolution started by Nintendo last decade has now finally spread …

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Can Kinect revolutionise the market?

While initial consumer reaction to the Kinect appears to be positive, it is too early to ascertain whether this new concept in gaming will revolutionise the market. Its social-oriented games are designed to appeal to the new generation of casual gamers whose entry point to gaming was the Nintendo Wii. …

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Microsoft offers Kinect as Christmas Quiz prize

Members of the winning team at the MCV/Xbox 360 Christmas Quiz will each receive the most talked about new product of the year, Kinect. They’ll also receive an Xbox 360 to use it with and a copy of Kinect Adventures to get them started. The quiz takes place at London’s …

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MGS Rising unlikely to arrive next year

The next instalment in the Metal Gear Solid series on consoles is unlikely to be released until 2012, according to online reports. Kotaku claims that Metal Gear Solid: Rising, which is set some time between the events of the second and fourth instalments in the series, will not make it …

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OPINION: Retail’s two day hurricane

The last couple of years have been tough on the High Street. But that isn’t the impression you get when you look at what retail has in store this week. Midnight Tuesday through to close of business Wednesday are ground zero, the biggest software release and most-hyped hardware launch delivering …

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Retail braces itself for no sleep week

High Street retail is expecting astronomical sales during what some stores have dubbed ‘no sleep week.’ Over the next seven days, Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops and Microsoft’s Kinect will reach shelves, with some outlets planning to open round the clock. And leading figures in the trade have speculated …

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Dance Central DLC hits Xbox Live

Developer Harmonix has released the first DLC for Dance Central on Xbox Live ahead of the game’s arrival in the UK on Wednesday – the same day, of course, that Microsoft Kinect will officially launch. OXM reports that in total three tracks have been made available – Lady Sovereign’s ‘Got …

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Kinect could create 2.5m new 360 owners this Q4

The arrival of Kinect could provide a significant boost to the installed user base of Xbox 360 this quarter, according to predictions from M2 Research’s senior analyst Billy Pidgeon. I think Microsoft will sell as many Kinect as can be produced and shipped this holiday season,” Pidgeon told Industry Gamers. …

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Microsoft testing Xbox poker title

When Microsoft chose to cancel pioneering online game show 1 vs 100 earlier this year it promised that it would be applying the lessons it had learnt to a future project – and now we have an idea of what exactly that it likely to be. An invitation sent by …

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