kotaku.com - 1/23/2009
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Microsoft is pretty positive about the Xbox 360s showing in December, calling it "the biggest month for Xbox 360 in history." The company boasts outselling its Sony competition two-to-one for the...
venturebeat.com - 1/23/2009
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venturebeat.com —
Amid the news that Microsoft is laying off
5,000 people over the next 18 months, sources report...
that the game division has taken its share of the beating. Gamasutra reports that the Flight Simulator studio , dubbed ACES, suffered big layoffs ...
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Microsoft’s game studios take a beating in layoffs
gridplane.com - 1/30/2009
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gridplane.com —
XBOX Experience Gridplane spent a few months working
with Microsoft’s XBOX 360 group developing concepts for the...
latest graphical user interface for the XBOX 360 console. The time was spent exploring many ways that a new menu system could allow users ...
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Gridplane
engadget.com - 1/23/2009
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engadget.com —
Microsoft's newly-announced layoffs and declining profits aren't the
only bad news in Redmond -- according to the...
company's quarterly statements, Zune platform revenue decreased $100 million, or 54% compared to the same quarter last year, due to ...
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Microsoft reports $100M decline in Zune revenue
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Video Games 2009: Who Will Win the Console War?
Fast Company - Technology —
... . "All of the console-makers are well on their way with designing next generation game hardware. But the next major new game consoles will probably be in the '11 timeframe." Microsoft Xbox 360 Microsoft Microsoft will continue to outpace Sony in 2009 (they sold twice the number of 360s than PS3s in November and December 2008 ). But, it is doubtful they will ever catch up to Nintendo's system sales. The Xbox 360's interface and online experience will continue to evolve and improve, and the company will continue to push the system toward the casual gaming public with family ...
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2009 is upon us, and video games are a bigger cultural phenomenon than ever. Are you looking to join ...
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edge-online.com 1/16/2009 — After having having the "biggest December" for the Xbox brand, Microsoft is convinced that it made the right decision in adopting a modular strategy for Xbox 360 add-ons.
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blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com 12/15/2008 — A document unsealed in a lawsuit last week suggests that Microsoft employees knew before putting the Xbox 360 on the market in November 2005 that the video game console could damage game discs.
XCM Cross Fire Converter for Xbox 360 shipping within two weeks
slashgear.com 3/14/2009 — It wouldn’t be long to find a way to use your PS3 controllers on your Xbox 360 console. XCM has today informed us their first of its kind, the XCM Cross Fire adapter for Xbox 360 is near completion. Boxes are being printed, and products should be rolling out to distributors within a week or ...
Microsoft confirms 256MB internal memory for Xbox 360 Arcade
joystiq.com 12/3/2008 —
Microsoft has partially confirmed rumors of the latest Xbox 360 hardware revision, revealing that new Xbox 360 Arcade units indeed ship with 258MB of on-board memory. In a statement obtained by X3F , a Microsoft spokesperson said: "We are ...
Xbox 360 outsells Sony PS3 3-to-1 on Black Friday
i4u.com 12/2/2008 — Microsoft announces that the Xbox 360 set new records in sales on Black Friday. Apparently the Xbox 360 outsold the Sony PS3 3-to-1 and Microsoft sold 25% more Xbox 360 consoles compared to Black Friday 2007.
The Xbox 360 has now an install base ...
EA Brings Command & Conquer Read Alert 3 to PS3 —
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