bingegamer.net - 11/12/2008
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Rather than put credits at the bottom of this, I want to give full thanks right here at the top to: Spidey987 at The AVForums SynGamer at CheapAssGamer Sean at NeoGAF and any gamers in those threads who helped contribute information. All I did here was put their collected information ...
bungie.net - 11/19/2008
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bungie.net —
The New Xbox Experience (NXE) launches today and
with it comes a new feature that allows games...
to be installed to your hard drive. Unfortunately Halo 3 will load slower in this scenario and could negatively impact your online experience. Read on for ...
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Halo 3 & NXE
eurogamer.net - 11/11/2008
gizmodo.com - 11/19/2008
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gizmodo.com —
The New Xbox Experience , a.k.a. the new
Xbox 360 Dashboard, hits tomorrow. If you've got an...
Xbox 360 that's connected to the internet, you're going to be prompted to update your console as soon as you turn it on. No exceptions; this is what your ...
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10 Things You Should Know About The New Xbox Experience ...
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Save those seconds: Handy NXE game install chart
Joystiq [Xbox] —
... Installing games is definitely one of the more intriguing features of the New Xbox Experience. We've tested it. So has Eurogamer. When it comes right down to it, the performance increase (if any) varies wildly on a game by game basis. If only there ...
10 Things You Should Know About The New Xbox Experience [Nxe]
Gizmodo —
... 7) Hard disk game installs save time, save wear-and-tear on your DVD drive. As bingegamer details, installing a game on a hard drive usually cuts down load times and improvs streaming from the disk in sandbox games. It's very rare that installing actually makes games slower, but it's been known to happen in Halo 3 and a couple other titles. The other benefit, besides speeding up gaming sessions, is that you eliminate DVD noise. You still need to have the disc in the drive when you play, so you can't go rent games, install them and return them. ...
Xbox 360 "Games on Demand" coming in August
Yahoo! Tech Advisors —
... ) is that hard drive space on the 360 comes at a premium, especially for those of us with older consoles. The current, $299 Xbox 360 bundles comes with a relatively roomy 60GB hard drive, while the $399 "Elite" boasts a 120GB HDD. But I have an older 360 with a 20GB drive, and with 360 games taking up anywhere between three to seven GB of disc space , my old 20GB HDD is looking pretty tiny. The only way to expand your Xbox storage? Microsoft's ...
Xbox 360 "Games on Demand" coming in August
Yahoo! Tech Advisors —
... ) is that hard drive space on the 360 comes at a premium, especially for those of us with older consoles. The current, $299 Xbox 360 bundles comes with a relatively roomy 60GB hard drive, while the $399 "Elite" boasts a 120GB HDD. But I have an older 360 with a 20GB drive, and with 360 games taking up anywhere between three to seven GB of disc space , my old 20GB HDD is looking pretty tiny. The only way to expand your Xbox storage? Microsoft's ...
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Please Don't Install Halo 3 On Your 360's HDD [Halo 3]
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RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Quantum of Solace: Action adventure game. Developer and publisher: Activision. ($29.99 to $59.99. PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and PC. ESRB rating: Teen.) Get a few James Bond fans together and they'll spend ...
LittleBigPlanet for Sony PSP Rumor found in Print —
I4U News 11/14/2008
LittleBigPlanet is already a big hit for the Sony PS3, having sold 215,000 copies in the first 5 days of sale. Now a rumor about LittleBigPlanet to hit the PSP in 2009 can be found in the gaming magazine EGM according to Kotaku.
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Sony PSP and Nintendo DS Sales loose Momentum —
I4U News 11/14/2008
Here is another signed that people stay at home this fall. The sales of portable video game consoles fell 14% in October compared to September. The home console sales increased for Nintendo and Microsoft in October.
Sales of the Sony PSP handheld ...