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- Wal-Mart: Your Friendly Neighborhood Superpower
- The world's largest retailer is trying to live up to their smiley face and listen to their customers. Cheap gas, culturally targeted stores, and a less mafia-like approach keep the people's wallets open.
- Videos 2008-03-28
- As Netflix/Wii Talks Heat Up, Sony Adds More Video To PlayStation Network
- More TV shows, movies and online series coming to the PlayStation Network, as talks between Nintendo and Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) reportedly heat up ... Sony Computer Entertainment America SCEA has inked deals with six new content providers—including Lucasfilm Ltd.—that will add to its growing lineup of video content accessible...
- External links 2009-11-02
- Microsoft Narrows Device Options With Zune HD But Expands Web, Xbox Horizons
- Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) takes a major step closer to a cross-platform entertainment experience with today’s launch of the Zune HD, Zune 4.0 software and a Zune Net upgrade with web streaming for Zune Pass subscribers. And it should get even closer later this year when Zune video expands to...
- External links 2009-09-15
- PS3, Xbox 360 Price Cuts Drive Sales?Will Nintendo Cave And Slash Wii Pricing, Too?
- Back-to-back $100 price drops from Sony and Microsoft for the PS3 and Xbox, respectively, pumped up sales of both consoles in just over a week. Sony (NYSE: SNE) sold just over 75,900 PS3s—more than double the number of units it sold the previous week—and up 16 percent vs....
- External links 2009-09-04
- Console Price Wars: Microsoft Drops Xbox Elite Down To $299
- Hoping to boost console sales this holiday season, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has dropped the price of its Elite Xbox 360 to $299. The $100 price cut comes just about a week after Sony finally slashed the price of the PS3, also to $299. But to hear Xbox 360 Product...
- External links 2009-08-27
- Wallstrip: Electronic Arts (EA)
- As Electronic Arts prepares to expand into emerging markets, get ready for Grand Theft Rickshaw.
- Videos 2008-08-18
- Sony Prepping A Pay-To-Play Service For The PlayStation Network
- Functionality aside, one of the biggest differences between Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE gamer network, and Sony’s PlayStation Network PSN has been the cost: If you want to play against other gamers on Xbox LIVE, you need to pay around $50 annually for Gold service though various retailers offer discount cards;...
- External links 2009-11-19
- First Look: Zune, Twitter, Facebook And Last.fm On Xbox
- Four months after announcing the features, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) added social networking and music radio functionality to its Xbox 360 console on Tuesday, along with the first European foray for its Zune brand see earlier reports from Tameka and I. Here are my initial explorations with each new service…Last.fm...
- External links 2009-11-18
- As Last.fm, Facebook And Zune Go Live On Xbox, Sony Preps Social Features For PS3
- Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) rolled out a slew of new social features for the Xbox 360 today, making its already popular Xbox LIVE network a much more comprehensive source of entertainment. The upgrade lets people post status updates to Twitter and Facebook, view and share photos, and even stream music...
- External links 2009-11-17
- Microsoft's Massive Partners With comScore To Prove In-Game Ads Work
- Microsoft’s Massive Inc. unit is on a mission to let you know that its in-game ads work. The business is partnering with comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) to measure how gamers respond to its ads. Specifically, Massive says it wants to figure out “which in-game ads motivate gamers to visit Web...
- External links 2009-11-12
- Microsoft Disconnects Xbox Pirates, No Three Strikes Needed
- Hundreds of thousands of Xbox 360 users who have illegally modified their console to play copied games have been disconnected from the online Xbox Live service as part of an annual drive to counter Xbox pirates. Guardian.co.uk puts the figure as high as one million of the service’s 20...
- External links 2009-11-11
- Microsoft Plans Another Season For Its TV-Style Game Show On The Xbox
- Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is bringing back 1 vs. 100, the live game show it launched in open beta on the Xbox this summer. The company tells us that the second season of the show—which lets thousands of Xbox owners respond to questions while listening to a live host who...
- External links 2009-11-10
- Industry Moves: Microsoft Interactive Entertainment CVP Kim Leaves
- Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Interactive Entertainment CVP Shane Kim is retiring—the latest in a line of executives to leave the business, which includes Microsoft’s Xbox and Game Studios units, over the last several months. Kim had been appointed to oversee strategy and business development just over a year ago, as...
- External links 2009-09-15
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- Hands-on: Social networking on Xbox 360
- (Credit: Microsoft)Microsoft was expected to release Twitter, Facebook, and Last.fm apps for the Xbox 360 as part of a system software update that went out back in August. It was decided that the apps should be delayed for a fall release, but CNET got a sneak peek of the apps...
- News items 2009-10-14
- Law Firm Proposes Class-Action Suit For Blocked Xbox Live Users
- A boutique Texas law firm establishes a forum for Microsoft Xbox 360 owners who feel they were unfairly banned from the company's Xbox Live service, in the interest of filing a class action suit against Microsoft. Following the decision by Xbox 360 console maker Microsoft to ban users from the...
- News items 2009-11-22
- Banned Xbox 360 Consoles Find Home on eBay, Craigslist
- After Microsoft bans hundreds of thousands of "modded" Xbox 360 consoles from the Xbox Live online service, the consoles start popping up on Internet auction sites, at heavily discounted prices. Online auction site eBay and the grassroots online classified site Craigslist are flooded with offers of Microsoft Xbox 360 gaming...
- News items 2009-11-12
- Microsoft confirms Xbox 360 Elite price cut, Xbox 360 Pro phase-out
- Yes, Microsoft is cutting the price of the 120 GB Xbox 360 Elite to by $100, to $299. Yes, the company is phasing out the 20 GB Xbox 360 Pro and cutting the remaining models by $50, to $249. And no, the video-game industry can't keep a secret.Microsoft is finally...
- News items 2009-08-27
- PREVIEW: Twitter, Facebook, and Last.fm Coming to Xbox Live Soon
- Back at E3 in June we learned that Facebook and Twitter as well as last.fm integrations were coming to Microsoft's Xbox Live online gaming platform for the Xbox 360. It marked a definitive expansion into social networking for the console and a...
- News items 2009-10-07
- Why Microsoft's XBox 360 Will Outsell Nintendo's Wii
- Bruce Everiss submits: /strong According to the best guesses there are about 30 million Nintendo (NTDOY.PK) Wiis in the world, 20 million Microsoft MSFT Xbox 360s and 15 million Sony SNE Playstation PS3s. So the Wii has currently sold 50% more than the 360. And 10 million is a lot...
- External links 2008-09-08
- Microsoft bans up to 1m gamers with modified Xbox 360s
- People with "modded" machines are being banned from the Xbox Live service as part of an annual sweep Microsoft says it is cutting off gamers who have modified their Xbox 360 consoles by adding extra chips or hard drives from its Xbox Live online services. The company says...
- News items 2009-11-11
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