Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘Xbox 360’

Has the Xbox 360 hit the “downside” of its lifecycle?

Has the Xbox 360 hit the “downside” of its lifecycle?

DFC Intelligence believes the Xbox 360 may have “some” good years left, but estimates the console is on the “downside” of its lifecycle – despite the advent of Microsoft’s Kinect platform.
“Kinect [for the Xbox 360] is definitely an interesting product. At the end of the day, we see Kinect having some appeal [...]

Xbox 360 Slim torn down, analyzed and modded

Xbox 360 Slim torn down, analyzed and modded

Microsoft has redesigned its latest Xbox 360 motherboard by reportedly combining the CPU, GPU and eDRAM onto a single chip.
According to Anand Lal Shimpi of AnandTech, previous iterations of the 360 motherboard featured two discrete packages: the CPU and GPU+eDRAM.
“Bringing it all onto (presumably) a single die makes cooling much simpler [...]

No PS3 price cut, Wii HD, Hulu on Xbox: The quashed E3 rumors

No PS3 price cut, Wii HD, Hulu on Xbox: The quashed E3 rumors

The $200 PS3, the ability to watch Hulu on Xbox 360, and yet another addition to the PSP library are all ideas that are now officially shelved to the pile of unsubstantiated E3 rumors.
Just a few days before E3 began, eagle-eyed Web viewers noticed something strange at Sony’s official online store: there [...]

Kinect just doesn’t connect

Kinect just doesn’t connect

It’s been a year of hype, a year of hope, and a year of Xbox fanboy imagination run rampant, but now that Microsoft’s motion-controlled camera is actually heading to the real world, the result is quite underwhelming.
Microsoft made the entire gaming community turn its collective head last year when it introduced [...]

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For $149, Project Natal is a New Xbox 360. Period.

For $149, Project Natal is a New Xbox 360. Period.

There is a good chance that several websites may have spoiled the Microsoft Project Natal party on June 13.
Several websites have come out and claimed connections to reliable sources that now say that Project Natal will cost $149, which is about 50% more than the rumored price so far. Also, a website [...]

Report: Microsoft planning above ball reshuffle

Report: Microsoft planning above ball reshuffle

The acknowledged success of Apple and Google in the carriageable accessory bazaar has allegedly prompted Microsoft to plan “major authoritative changes” in the analysis amenable for Windows Phone, Zune HD and the Xbox 360.
“The first signs of major changes at Microsoft came last week, when ZDNet reported that J Allard, chief experience [...]

Square Enix’s “Nier” was originally Xbox 360 exclusive

Square Enix’s “Nier” was originally Xbox 360 exclusive

Here’s a change of the tides – Square Enix, which absitively to about-face the PS3-exclusive Final Fantasy XIII into a multiplatform game, has now placed an Xbox 360 absolute on the PS3.
On a Japanese video bold account site, Inside Games, Square Enix controlling ambassador Yosuke Saito was quoted as saying, “We were [...]

Rumor: Tiered PSN service coming to PS3

Rumor: Tiered PSN service coming to PS3

After years of lambasting Microsoft for charging users to access premium online services on the Xbox 360, Sony may finally break down and start doing the same thing on the PS3.
Video game news site VG247.com reportedly received a credible tip from Sony or someone involved with the company’s online service, confirming [...]

Xbox 360 goes 3D with LG

Xbox 360 goes 3D with LG

Microsoft has signed a “strategic partnership” with LG that will see 3D gaming arrive on the Xbox 360. The move confirms that Microsoft is mirroring Sony’s plans to offer 3D titles using existing its existing hardware.
As well as 3D gaming on Microsoft’s console, the partnership will also see Xbox 360s and games sold alongside [...]

Obama criticizes generation iPad

Obama criticizes generation iPad

US president Barack Obama has criticized the iPad and Xbox 360 for transforming relevant information into a “diversion” and putting “new pressures” on democracy.
“With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations, – none of which I know how to work – information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, [...]

USB Memory Support for the Xbox 360 coming April 6th

USB Memory Support for the Xbox 360 coming April 6th

When good game consoles go bad

When good game consoles go bad

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