XBOX 360 news

While it's clear that nothing is truly recession-proof, video games are doing a heck of a job trying to buck the trend.
that software and hardware combined reached $1.33 billion in revenue for the month, a 13 percent jump over $1.18 billion in January 2008. Nintendo continues to dominate with Xbox 360 making a very impressive showing.
1. Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii) - 777K
2. Wii Play (Nintendo, Wii) - 415K
3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) - 292K
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Any movie, any time. Is that too much to ask?
It’s technically possible. It’s what the people want. It will make the movie companies rich. And yet not a single legal source of movies — hotel, plane, pay-per-view, video store,
TV, Vudu box, Internet downloads, nothing — offers instant delivery of any movie you want.
comes close. It’s got the “any movie” part covered, since it
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out in the cold. This decision really makes sense for the U.S.-heavy Xbox 360 market; there aren’t many of North American console owners that know—or care to know—about the world of FIA GT racing. “Give me NASCAR or give me death,” is the main racing credo in these here parts, unfortunately.
Picking up where THQ left off, however, is SimBin’s new partner, Atari—a publisher that’s not afraid of a thorough racing simulator (ie,
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While the Xbox 360 has been successful abroad, the console traditionally has had difficulty cracking the Japanese market. Recently, Microsoft has made in-roads with consumers in The Land of the Rising Sun thanks to titles like
that appeal to Japanese gamers.
In its first four days on sale,
has sold 166,027 copies in the sales week that began February 16 and ended February 22.
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After Sony bashed Microsoft 's Xbox 360, calling it something that "lacks longevity" and stating that it's impossible for their
competitor to sell more Xbox 360 units than the PlayStation 3 due to Microsoft 's tendency to make consoles with short lifespans,
Microsoft has now responded.
In response to Sony's criticisms of the Xbox 360, Microsoft calls Sony both "complacent" and "out of touch," while noting
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by Stevie Smith - Jan 21 2009, 05:20
While resisting the temptation to (once again) lapse into tongue-in-cheek hyperbole surrounding the ‘handbags at dawn’ exchanges that Microsoft and Sony frequently engage in when it comes to their gaming hardware, we thought you may like to know Microsoft has responded to Sony’s latest bout of corporate posturing.
Specifically, comments made this week by Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai have Continue reading »

Last November, Japan saw the PS3 release of Way of the Samurai 3, the latest title in a series I consider to be one of the most underrated PlayStation franchises. While the game
in its first month of release, it was doubtful we’d ever see a US localization due to the series’ historic underselling in the American market.
Now, though, there may be a new ray of hope. According to
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Microsoft and Sony continue their battle of press releases today, with Microsoft claiming dominance over the PlayStation 3 in Europe with the Xbox 360.
, Microsoft 's VP of Interactive Entertainment in the EMEA, Chris Lewis, region has said that it's clear who holds a greater lead in Europe - and it isn't Sony.
Lewis points to sales figures form GfK Chart-Track to support his claims, saying that the Xbox 360 is beating the PlayStation 3 in Europe, Continue reading »

February 16, 2009 11:37 AM PST
Dude, seriously. This isn't the first article you've written about how you don't think the Wii is fun. We get the point. That and you aren't alone. The hard core trad gamers aren't the ones playing the Wii. After Nintendo lost the last console round they looked at that market and basically decided that Sony and Microsoft could fight over the same old gamers all they wanted. Nintendo was going to go get other Continue reading »

The Netflix integration, to me, has been one of the most important features of the New Xbox Experience. Once the partnership was announced, I instantly grabbed a Netflix account in anticipation of being able to stream their content on my HDTV. But how important has the partnership been for Netflix? Huge, according to Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter.
Pachter estimates that of the 800,000 Xbox 360 owners that own an Xbox 360, a quarter of them Continue reading »

"Internet Assistants" could free you from such menial tasks as checking RSS feeds in the coming year and digital cameras will take faster photos.
More people will receive movies streamed directly to their televisions.
Netflix announced last fall that thousands of movies and TV episodes can be instantly streamed into televisions via the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, the New Xbox Experience.
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AQ Interactive has announced that Xbox 360 title Cry On has been thrown in the bin.
This was to be the next RPG from Mistwalker, the studio behind Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey. Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi was producing the game, with Kimihiko Fujisaka designing the characters and Nobuo Uematsu signed up to provide the music.
Or not. In a statement issued to
, AQI said it decided to cancel development "after analysing the current Continue reading »