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Are people holding out for the release of the Xbox One S and Xbox Scorpio? Quite possibly. Microsoft’s latest financials reveal that Xbox hardware revenue sales are down 33 per cent year-on-year for the three months ending June. There are lots of factors to consider here. For one, the discontinuation …
Read More »Microsoft confirms August 2nd launch for 2TB Xbox One S
The Xbox One S will debut on August 2nd, Microsoft has now confirmed. That day will only see the launch of the most expensive version, however – the 350 2TB SKU. There’s no word yet on the launch dates of either the 300 1TB model or the 250 500GB machine. …
Read More »Microsoft explains ReCore’s lower Xbox One price point
ReCore has a $40 RRP in the US – that’s some way short from what you might expect for a first party triple-A title. Xbox marketing manager has on the TXR Podcast, as reported by GameSpot, cited a number of factors for the decision – including the fact it is …
Read More »Retailers to offer Xbox One Scorpio trade-in programs
Original Xbox One owners will be able to trade-in their old console for the new Project Scorpio one when it launches. Speaking to The Daily Star, head of Xbox operations Dave McCarthy confirmed that Microsoft is in talks with retailers to offer trade-in programs. "Some of our retail partners today …
Read More »What does Xbox’s Project Scorpio mean for developers?
The biggest news out of this year’s E3 was almost certainly Microsoft’s reveal that it has been working on an improved Xbox One, which it claims will be the ‘most powerful console ever made’. But is better hardware actually a draw for devs? We ask a crowd of triple-A and indie studios for their thoughts
Read More »Red Dead Redemption sales spike following Xbox One backwards compatibility announcement
Sales of Red Dead Redemption for Xbox 360 have shot up by nearly 6,000 per cent in just a day on Amazon. This follows Rockstar’s announcement that the title will be coming to Xbox One this Friday (July, 8th) thanks to backwards compatibility. Starting on Friday, every Red Dead Redemption …
Read More »Resident Evil 7 demo outsells PT with 2m downloads
Over two million people downloaded the Resident Evil 7 demo within its first week, beating previous PS4 records. That includes Konami’s PT, which was the acclaimed ‘playable teaser’ for the since cancelled Silent Hills project. PT was released in 2014 and was downloaded 1m times in a month – although …
Read More »All new Microsoft Studios games will support Xbox Play Anywhere
Microsoft has confirmed that its Xbox Play Anywhere program will apply to all future titles it publishes. Xbox Play Anywhere was unveiled at E3. Although the exact terms vary by title, in general XPA games will be available on both Xbox and PC and boast cloud-based achievements and game saves …
Read More »Xbox has shipped 1m Elite controllers
Microsoft’s premium, pricey and customisable Xbox One Elite gamepad appears to be doing well for itself. Xbox boss Phil Spencer tweeted (below) that the company has shipped one million of these controllers. While, of course, this does not mean that Microsoft has sold one million of the Elite gamepads, it …
Read More »Microsoft closing Xbox Fitness app
Platform holder Microsoft has announced that it ditching its Fitness app on the Xbox One. Writing on the Microsoft Studios website, marketing and social media specialist Erica Bell said that the company has opted to scale back its support for Xbox Fitness due to the realities of having to update …
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