A little more info on the new Jasper 65nm chip. Production is underway and Falcon inventory is diminishing. They're guessing August release.
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European boss rules out any further next-gen DVD movie playback peripherals for Xbox 360. Sony may be celebrating Blu-Ray’s victory in the next-gen DVD format war with HD-DVD – but Microsoft has told MCV that it believes the future of movie playback is digital. And VP of Microsoft Interactive Entertainment Europe Chris Lewis has gone one step further – ruling out any move for an Xbox 360 Blu-Ray playback peripheral in the future.
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Next-Generation interviews Microsoft's Xbox spokesman David Dennis about the shortage announced earlier this week. He details why/how there was a shortage.
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Translated : 360 = 589,000 (If I am not mistaken, this is LTD figure, not Year 2007 only). Source : Gfk.
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The Scottish Government is to spend £10,000 on adverts on the virtual billboards within Xbox 360 games. Campaigners said it was vital to look beyond conventional methods of communicating with young people. The adverts will be seen by Scottish Xbox 360 gamers playing the online versions of titles including Need for Speed: Carbon, Project Gotham Racing 4 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2008. If the trial is successful, the same technology could be used to deliver a wide range of road safety messages.
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Microsoft's latest dashboard update for Xbox 360 adds the Holy Grail of file-sharers - proper DivX and Xvid compatibility, thanks to MS adding support for the full MPEG-4 spec
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Media Create Co. on Fri. reported that the Xbox 360 sold 6,525 units between Nov. 12 and Nov. 18. By comparison, the hardware sold 5,817 units the week prior. The hardware ranked two software titles in the top ten, including Koei's Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires at No. 19 and Namco Bandai's Ace Combat 6 at No. 48.
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"Microsoft's president of the Entertainment and Devices division doesn't even consider Sony's PlayStation Network to be competition for Xbox Live. He also rejected the idea that Xbox is merely a Trojan Horse." The arrogance is astounding.
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Out of the 137 games that the author has recorded and based on this study, (each title was placed within a genre that defines them), there are only 15 FPS titles and 8 TPS titles.
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Kinect is being offered at $149.99 by Microsoft, which has started taking direct preorders for the Xbox 360's new motion-sensing accessory. This confirms listings noticed last week at Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop and Walmart that Microsoft had previously suggested were speculative.
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