News: Xbox 360

[Shepard]

Microsoft sells 261,000 Xbox 360 units in US during March 2013



The Xbox 360's hardware might be over seven years old, but there's still an audience which is willing to pay for Microsoft's current generation console. Today, Microsoft announced that, for the 27th month in a row, the Xbox 360 outsold all other game consoles in the U.S.

Microsoft's press release stated that it sold 261,000 units of the Xbox 360 in March 2013 in the U.S, with a total of $402 million spent on Xbox 360 hardware, software and accessories. However, that number is down compared to the same period a year ago, when Microsoft sold 371,000 Xbox 360 units and brought in $430 million in revenue.

Overall, the retail video game industry got hit with a 10 percent overall decline in sales in March. Gamesindustry.biz reports that, according to data from the NPD Group, the industry generated a total of $992.5 million from traditional retail sales outlets.

While video game hardware sales went down 32 percent, software sales managed to go up two percent, thanks to the launch of several high profile games. BioShock Infinite was the number one best selling game in March, followed by the reboot of Tomb Raider in second place. In third was the Xbox 360 exclusive game Gears of War Judgement and fourth place went to the PS3 exclusive God of War: Ascension. Call of Duty Black Ops II, released in November, is in fifth place this month.

[Tidus]

Το αγόρασα το 360 τον Δεκέμβρη.Ήταν η κονσόλα που επέλεξα να αγοράσω προς το τέλος της γενιάς για να παίξω τα λίγα αποκλειστικά της που με ενδιέφεραν και μου άρεσαν πολύ μπορώ να πω.Με το μοναδικό που απογοητεύτηκα απο όσα έπαιξα ήταν το Fable 3 καθώς το περίμενα καλύτερο αλλά ευχαριστήθηκα Fable,Gears of war,Alan Wake,Metro 2033,Lost Odyssey

[Shepard]

With only nine days to go before Microsoft officially reveals the next major version of its Xbox game console family, it's almost hard to believe that the current Xbox 360 is almost eight years old. Indeed, it was eight years ago today that Microsoft first announced the Xbox 360 via a special on MTV.



The TV show was basically a 30 minute infomercial for the successor to the original Xbox, and aired just a few days before the 2005 E3 trade show in Los Angeles, where Microsoft held a 90 minute press conference. While we were unable to find any video on the Internet that showed the original MTV special, someone did upload the entire E3 2005 press conference on YouTube.



By the way, all of the Microsoft executives that were on stage during that E3 2005 press conference, (J Allard, Peter Moore and Robert Bach) are no longer with Microsoft.



There's also this intro video that showed off some of the first Xbox 360 games, including titles like Gears of War (which wouldn't be out until fall 2006) and Frame City Killer, an action game from Namco that ended up not being released at all.



Finally, check out this early Xbox 360 video with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Chairman Bill Gates who are both shown in line waiting for Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith to open but are still talking about the Xbox 360. As you can see, Ballmer is interested in talking about about the Xbox 360's games and connectivity features while Gates, the true uber-geek, would rather talk about the high end hardware features of the console. Good times.

[Shepard]

Microsoft: 8.45 million watched Xbox One reveal event in first 24 hours



Microsoft's reveal of the Xbox One game console was hyped several weeks ahead of the hour long event on May 21st. Today, Microsoft announced that 8.45 million people watched the Xbox One reveal show in the first 24 hours.

Microsoft, via its Xbox Wire blog, did not give any specific info on the number of concurrent viewers of its live Internet stream on Xbox.com or via the Xbox 360 console. However, the company did state that the numbers were triple the previous record of concurrent viewers on Xbox.com. It added:

According to our friends at Akamai, our streaming partner, the Xbox Reveal event was among the most watched live broadcasts delivered by Akamai in their history, nearly doubling peak traffic records and eclipsing concurrent viewership high-water marks set by events such as the 2010 World Cup, Royal Wedding in 2011, and 2012 election night.

In the US, the Xbox One reveal event was shown live on the Spike cable TV network. Microsoft said over 1.73 million people watched the show on Spike, which was broadcast in the US in the late morning and early afternoon hours; that's actually some impressive ratings numbers for a pay cable channel in the middle of the day.

[Shepard]

36 things we'll never forget about the Xbox 360


With the Xbox 360 preparing for retirement we cast a look back over it's most memorable features.

[Shepard]

Dark E3 Trailer


State Of Decay Sells More Than 250,000 Copies In 48 Hours On Xbox Live



State of Decay, the very recently released Xbox LIve Arcade title, is the second fastest selling Arcade title in the service's history, behind only Minecraft.

The game released on Wednesday June 5, and according to developer Undead Labs' blog, the game has already sold more than a quarter of a million copies. The studio extended a heartfelt thank you to its fans saying, "This was you. We did not have an ad budget. We didn’t have a physical copy to load onto shelves, no worldwide multimedia push, no studio reputation with millions of followers. All we had was what we believed was a great game and a great community. And make no mistake, a solid game is not enough, not in 2013. Plenty of great games wither away in obscurity. This train got rolling because you got out and pushed."

[G3n3raL86]

Tο Fable 3 είναι ΤΖΑΜΠΑ στο Marketplace παιδιά, τρέχτε να το κατεβάσετε

[Demons ElGreco]

Τζάμπα???Τι μας είπες τώρα!!Κρίμα που το έχω ήδη παίξει...
Πιστεύω πως όσο πλησιάζει ο καιρός για το νέο x BOX όλο και ποιο συχνά θα βλέπουμε τίτλους να βγαίνουν στο "σφυρί" δωρεάν ή με κάποιο ελάχιστο ποσό..

[Shepard]

Στο πλαίσιο της συνέντευξης τύπου της, η Μicrosoft ανακοίνωσε μία νέα «μικρότερη, πιο λεία και πιο ήσυχη» έκδοση για το Xbox 360. To νέο Xbox 360 κυκλοφορεί από σήμερα κιόλας χωρίς ωστόσο να αποκαλυφθεί η τιμή διάθεσής του. Επιπλέον, ένα νέο συνδρομητικό μοντέλο βρίσκεται προ των πυλών για το Xbox Live Gold, το οποίο θυμίζει αισθητά το Plus της Sony αφού θα προσφέρει και αυτό δωρεάν τίτλους για download. Ξεκινώντας από τον Ιούλιο και διαρκώντας μόνο μέχρι την επίσημη κυκλοφορία του νέου συστήματος της Microsoft, Xbox One, οι δύο πρώτοι τίτλοι που θα διατεθούν δωρεάν θα είναι το Halo 3 και το Assassin’s Creed 2.



Η τιμή του νέου Xbox 360 θα φτάνει τα $300 για την έκδοση 4GB με το Kinect και για εκείνη με τον 250GB σκληρό (χωρίς το Kinect), ενώ η απλή των 4GB θα κοστίζει $200.

http://www.enternity.gr/Article/N%CE%AD%CE%B1-%CE%AD%CE%BA%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%B7-%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%BF-Xbox-360/16955.html

[gamelover]

"Ξεκινώντας από τον Ιούλιο και διαρκώντας μόνο μέχρι την επίσημη κυκλοφορία του νέου συστήματος της Microsoft, Xbox One" καλα για μακακες ψαχνουν...δλδ αυτο ειναι προταση ή δελεαρ για να παρει ο αλλος το 360; και η sony που το κανει εδω και 1 χρονομε το ps plus και λογικα θα το συνεχισει ακομα....τι να πουμε; πραγματικα εκει στην ms τη λογικη εχουν δεν ξερω...