All Posts Tagged With: "XBOX 360"

Gears of War 2 BLASTS and here is why

If you have not heard of GoW, following rave is not for you. If hated GoW, it is not for you. If you were not getting tingling sensation from GoW 2 previews, it is not for you. BUT if you would like to see your character crush a Locust’s head under his feet and would like the [...]

November 13th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued
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Coming to Wii: ‘Pirates vs Ninjas’ Dodgeball

So who would win in a fight: Pirates or Ninjas?
Now you have two ways of finding that out. The game ‘Pirates vs Ninjas Dodgeball’ is already released for XBOX Live Arcade on September 3, 2008. However, game maker Blazing Lizard and publisher Gamecock have promised a Wii version of the game for Q1, 2009. It [...]

September 6th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

XBOX 360 for $200

Microsoft is cutting the price of its gaming console XBOX 360 yet again. Beginning on Friday, the XBOX 360 Arcade version would sell for $200 making it $50 cheaper than rival Nintendo Wii. Microsoft had dropped prices in July as well.
The XBOX 360 Arcade has been selling for $280. An XBOX 360 with 60 GB [...]

September 3rd, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

Losing at Home Turf: 360 beats PS3 in Japan

Sony’s PlayStation 3 game console has had the home turf advantage in Japan. XBOX 360 sales there have been in low numbers. But it changed in the week ending August 10. Microsoft’s XBOX 360 sold 24,962 units in the week of Aug. 4 to 10, according to data from Media Create, beating Sony’s PlayStation 3 [...]

August 16th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

November’s blockbuster - GTA4 for PC!

Rockstar Games rocked the PC gaming world today when it confirmed the rumors that Grand Theft Auto 4 for PC is under development. The game will be released on November 18 in North America and November 21 in Europe.
Rumors of a PC version of the mega-hit game has been buzzing the blogosphere every few weeks. [...]

August 12th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

LG releases Blueray player with Netflix streaming

Netflix has announced that Netflix streaming will be available with LG’s BD300 Network Blu-ray Disc Player. Capable of playing high definition Blu-ray discs and the ability to up-convert standard DVDs to 1080p, Netflix  streaming will allow BD300 owners to instantly stream more than 12,000 choices of movies and TV episodes from Netflix to the TV [...]

July 31st, 2008 | rp | Comments | Continued
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Microsoft has record revenues, outlook disappoints

Highlights

Revenue of $15.84 billion for the Q4 - ending June 30, 2008, an 18% increase over the same period in 2007.
Operating income and diluted EPS for Q4 were $5.68 billion and $0.46 - growth of 42% and 48%, respectively, over the same period in 2007

$1.1 billion charge in Q4 related to the expansion of [...]

July 18th, 2008 | rp | Comments | Continued
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SONY announces 80 GB PS3, $399

Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) made a series of announcements at the E3 Media & Business Summit.

Starting in September 2008, the newly announced PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) 80GB model will become the mainstay of the company’s hardware line-up. We were already quite suspicious over the great deals on the 40GB models at several retailers and were expecting [...]

July 15th, 2008 | rp | Comments | Continued
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Now Playing: Netflix on XBOX 360

Starting this fall, XBOX 360 will be able to stream movies from Netflix, according to an announcement made at E3 Media and Business summit in Los Angeles. Netflix has an impressive selection of over 10,000 movies ready to stream compared to XBOX Live’s half sized library of movies. This is definitely bad news for Roku [...]

July 14th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued
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Xbox 360 price drops!

Microsoft corporation has announced today that the Xbox 360 gaming console will offer triple the amount of storage for the same price - 60GB at $349. The price of the 20 GB consoles will drop $50 to $249 signalling a cut in the Xbox 360 games console.
The new 60GB console will go on sale in [...]

July 13th, 2008 | admin | Comments | Continued
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5 days of Grand Theft Auto 4 kills the competition

XBOX 360 and PS3 sales are falling. Compared to 262,000 XBOX 360 and 257,000 PS3 units sold in March, numbers were 188,000 and 187,000 units respectively for the month of April. Both units were hoping release of Grand Theft Auto 4 (GTA4) would help boost their sales and hamper Nintendo’s Wii’s march. GTA4, an eagerly [...]

May 15th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued