From moneycentral.msn.com (http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Dispatch/080519markets.aspx ):[QUOTE]Like a high school relationship, talks between Microsoft and Yahoo — called off earlier this month — have resumed.On Sunday, Microsoft said that it is “considering and has raised with Yahoo an alternative that would involve a transaction with Yahoo but not an acquisition of all of Yahoo.”Yahoo responded by saying that […]
From homemediamagazine.com (http://www.homemediamagazine.com/news/html/breaking_article.cfm?article_id=12783 ):[QUOTE]Microsoft has nothing in development for any type of Blu-ray Disc add-on for the Xbox 360, said Microsoft Game Studios head Shane Kim, head of Microsoft Games Studios, during a roundtable at the company’s 360 Spring.”I know Blu-ray provides some visual boost for people who want a physical HD format, but we’re […]
From gamesindustry.biz (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/moore-leaving-microsoft-broke-my-heart ):[QUOTE]EA Sports president Peter Moore has spoken of his pain at quitting his former role as Xbox boss, revealing: “It broke my heart leaving Microsoft.””I thoroughly enjoyed working at Microsoft, [but] there was a real yearning for getting back to what we as Brits living in America call home, which is the […]
From the XNA Team Blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/xna/archive/2008/05/17/new-xna-creators-club-online-web-site-coming-soon.aspx ):[QUOTE]Next week, the XNA Creators Club Online site will be shut down for a short time in preparation for the launch of our new site featuring the Community Games on Xbox LIVE Beta (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3545/sponsored_feature_democratizing_.php ). We’re excited about the new design and functionality of the improved XNA Creators Club […]
From gamedaily.com (http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/analyst-underwhelming-ps3-and-360-sales-may-force-price-cuts/?biz=1 ):[QUOTE]In the wake of the April video game sales data, EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich commented on what was admittedly even a surprise to NPD analyst Anita Frazier - that the hardware sales for both Xbox 360 and PS3 failed to reach 200K units during a month in which GTA IV was supposed […]
T3CH released a new SVN compile (rev13120) of XBMC for Xbox (XboxMediaCenter(info (http://www.xbox-scene.com/software/software.php?page=mediaplayers#newsitemEpyVVkpEFZGLaWTWZd ))).This T3CH-compile is a complete snapshot of what is in SVN at the time the build was compiled, with just a few small additions.Special Notes and Noteworthy/XML/Script changes:* It’s that time again. Time for what? Glad you asked! Time to tell all […]
From gamasutra.com (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=18678 ):[QUOTE]Hardware numbers were up 26 percent to $426.2 million, with the Xbox 360 continuing its slim lead over the PlayStation 3 after two months behind. As above, the DS and PSP saw sales fall behind the previous month, but the Wii held on to its lead, easily outselling both consoles combined.Wii - […]
From stepto’s blog (http://www.stepto.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=434 ) (FYI: MS employee):[QUOTE]I’ve gotten some questions today regarding a recent name change my team issued against the gamertag “TheGayerGamer”. As I have mentioned before, the community brings content that may potentially violate the terms of use to our attention via the complaint system. For text and profile complaints we […]
From majornelson.com (http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/05/15/april-npd-numbers-according-to-us.aspx ) (FYI: MS owned blog):[QUOTE]Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has sold 10.1 million units in the U.S., making it the first current generation gaming console to break the 10 million barrier in the U.S., and contributing to global sales of over 19 million. (April NPD data)By the numbers: Xbox 360 is the most significant […]
From next-gen.biz (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10485&Itemid=2 ):[QUOTE]On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that Xbox 360 has sold over 10 million units in the U.S. SVP of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business Don Mattrick stated, “History has shown us that the first company to reach 10 million in console sales wins the generation battle.”But analysts quizzed by Next-Gen question the logic behind […]