Microsoft Likely To Cut $50 Off U.S. Price of Xbox 360 (NewsFactor)
July 11, 2008
NewsFactor - Microsoft will cut the U.S. price of its Xbox 360 gaming console by $50, from $349 to $299, according to The Wall Street Journal. The company has already slashed the price by $50 in New Zealand and Australia, and U.S. gaming blogs have been predicting a similar move to boost sales.
Analyst: PS3 Squeaks by Xbox 360, Wii Supplies Flat in August
NPD's official August 2008 sales numbers hit later this week, but for today, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has some intriguing prognostications about the PS3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii. For starters, Pachter's August 2008 predictions claim Sony's PlayStation...
Xbox 360 Surges Past PS3, Beats Wii in Japan
Buoyed by a new Square Enix roleplaying game and flagging Wii sales, the Xbox 360 outsold both the PlayStation 3 and Wii in Japan last week, according to data provided by publisher and market tracker Enterbain via Famitsu, as... 
Nintendo profit up 34% as Wii...
Nintendo reports a rise in first-quarter profit of 34% as the Wii console extends its lead over Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360.
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Nintendo Wii Sales Trounce Xbox 360,...
TechWeb - Sales were sparked by the recent launch of the hit game Super Smash Bros. Brawl -- a Wii exclusive.
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Xbox 360 sales beat out Wii, PS3 ...
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on
Wednesday its Xbox 360 game machine beat Nintendo Co Ltd's
(7974.OS) Wii and Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 to reach
10 million units in...
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New Xbox 360 Controller May Poach...
NewsFactor - What would it be like if you could combine the best of an Xbox 360 and the best of the Nintendo Wii? Gamers may soon find out if the latest rumors are true.
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Xbox 360 will outsell Sony's PS3:...
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on
Monday its Xbox 360 console will sell better than Sony Corp's
(6758.T) rival PlayStation 3 over the lifetime of the
machines.
Nintendo rolls out Wii games, Sony...
Reuters - Riding the success of its popular
Wii video game console, Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) on Tuesday
unveiled fresh titles for gamers to throw frisbees and rock on,
while...
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Japan: PS3 Catches Up to Wii, Xbox 360 on Life Support
In Japan, the Wii's lead over the PS3 shrank from six-to-one in May to just one-point-seven-to-one in June, according to Japanese magazine publisher Enterbrain. According to the publisher, Nintendo sold 235,990 Wii in a five week period ending June...
Why Microsoft’s Xbox 360 sales milestone isn’t so impressive
Microsoft is boasting that the Xbox 360 is the first current-gen system to hit 10 million units sold in the US. These numbers leave out the year-long head start the Xbox 360 enjoyed, as well as the Wii's worldwide dominance. Read More...
Nintendo Q1 profit up 32 pct on Wii...
Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) quarterly
profit rose 31.5 percent on the runaway success of its Wii game
console, but the Japanese video game maker kept its annual ...
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May sales: GTA IV #1 with a bullet;...
While Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360 sits atop the software charts, the top two sellers in hardware and seven of the top ten slots in software belong to Nintendo. It's...
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Nintendo's Wii is the champion...
USATODAY.com - The Nintendo Wii remains the hottest selling next generation video game system, outpacing competing consoles for the 10th straight month.
Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 price,...
Reuters - Microsoft Corp cut on Sunday
the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model game console
with a 20 gigabyte hard drive to $299 from $349.
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Microsoft Unveils 60 GB Xbox 360,...
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The 60 GB version of the Xbox 360 will hit stores in the U.S. and Canada starting in early August.
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Xbox 360 follows Wii in rush for the...
Microsoft is hoping to convert a new generation of gamers to its Xbox 360
console with features that allow owners to interact with one another via the
internet and stream...
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NPD: Nintendo Wii the top-selling, current-gen console
The Nintendo Wii has secured its place above the Xbox 360 in total units sold in the US, and six of the top ten games in June were on Nintendo consoles. It's good to be the king. Read More...
Xbox 360 beats PS3 in Japan (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 beat Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 in Japan weekly sales for the first time two weeks ago, riding robust demand for a recent Xbox 360 title produced by Namco Bandai Holdings (7832.T), a magazine publisher said.
Nintendo wins over outside game...
Reuters - In the video game industry, the
spoils of the console wars come in the form of support from
third-party software publishers selling games to run on your
machine.
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Investor's Business Daily - Nintendo's "Wii Fit" video game is likely to continue the company's winning streak as it keeps finding new ways to break the traditional video game...
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GTA IV, Wii Lead Video Games To New...
NewsFactor - The economy may be trending downward, but video-game software and hardware sales in the U.S. keep going up. Game sales are up 37 percent over the same time last...
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Ten Cool Wii Games
A host of new games, many developed by tiny development teams, are coming for the Wii. Here are some fun ones.
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Microsoft Developing Wii-Like Remote...
If you've got two brain cells to rub together, you know that adding a Wii-like interface to an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 equals (a) a reasonably cheap motion-sensing...
Electronic Arts looks to Wii to drive...
Reuters - Video-game publisher Electronic Arts
Inc unveiled two initiatives on Tuesday to breathe new
life into its sports business by making games that are easier
to play...
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