"Entertainment & Devices Division grew 60% year-over-year, fueled by Kinect for Xbox 360, the fastest-selling consumer electronics device in history, continued strong Xbox 360 console sales and growth of Xbox Live"
5.5 years later and the XBOX brand is still growing. Microsoft must really be pleased with their performance this gen. If i made a bet about the outcome of the xbox brand at the beginning of this gen. I sure would have lost.
Good to see the XBOX brand is still growing.
"These cases closely mirror each other"
LOL
Maybe they feel that if they curse Microsoft,XBL and their fans, then twist the 2007 overloaded server issues enough, then maybe the PSN will be automatically restored to its former glory without a single person remembering what happened.
I watched the video this morning and i fail to see any sensationalism in the report that people are talking about.
Its plastered on the front page of most morning papers in the UK and was on BBC News,SKY News and ITV Daybreak this morning. At work, it was this mornings topic of discussion.
Sony will be fine but what will be the determining factor is how Sony responds once this is all over. They have to be quick in restoring consumer confidence and not drag their feet.
XBL is fine.Just checked the service page and XBL,XBL MARKETPLACE and ACCOUNT are all clearly marked as "UP and RUNNING". It's matchmaking for Modern Warfare 2 only that has the "SERVICE ALERT" status and not the entire network.
http://support.xbox.com/en-...
Sony will be fine.
Different strokes for different folkes KON. I have not played the game so can't judge but so far, after watching loads of gameplay videos, Portal 2 just fails to draw me in. And its weird because i really like puzzle games.
Anyway, hope those that get do enjoy it because Valve are excellent devs. I will get it in a couple of months when it drops in price.
Those games will obviously be amazing especially Uncharted 3. For me, my most anticipated games this year are Mass Effect 3 and Forza 4.
IMO, there is nothing wrong with loving exclusives because exclusives, especially during the early stages of a consoles life cycle, help push the boundaries of the console and let the public know what the console is capable of doing like Super Mario Galaxy, Metal Gear Solid 4 and Gears Of War.
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Forget the hate towards Gabe, what about the constant dismissal of multiplat games by fanboys on this site? They behave as if multiplats are average and not worth playing and exclusives are all that matter. But so far this year, multiplats are proving to be king with Portal 2, Dead Space 2 and Crysis 2 all getting great reviews.
And we still have some more excellent multi plats like L.A Noire, Brink , RAGE ,Battlefield 3, Skyrim and MAss Effect 3 all coming out this year.
Well said and 100% agree with you.
How could they have stuck with the PS3 when Sony expressed no interest in the game?
@ plbelanger: I know that they have never been about raw specs compared to Microsoft and SOny but if you look at the Wii when it 1st came out, it was more powerful in every aspect than the xbox and the specs while not strong were kind of acceptable at that time.
But for today's standards, 512mb is criminally unacceptable when from the very 1st year the 360 and PS3 lunched, devs have been complaining about how only 512 of RAM has impacted development.
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512mb of RAM for a 2012 console? Are they f*cking kidding me?
EDIT:2011 Mobile phones like the Motorola Atrix 4G and Samsung Galaxy S II have double that amount of RAM.
So what was the point of the lawsuit? He did not get penalized and the hack can still be found online. Fail to see how this was any benefit to Sony.
Indeed they did. Alan Wake is an amazing game.
I have not gotten this game at all because i have no time at all to play all the games i want these days. I having been playing Halo Reach campaign for almost 2 weeks now and i have not finished it and i have Brink and L.A Noire pre-ordered.
My mates that have played Crysis all seem to love it to bits so got to find the time to play it soon. So many games yet no time to play them.
Long read but i mostly agree with you especially about dropping the price. Valve reported that when they dropped the price of Left 4 Dead on steam they got like a 3000% increase in sales and 1600% increase in Steam sign ups that weekend compared to the previous week.. http://www.joystiq.com/2009...
I actually enjoyed Too Human. Game had a lot of potential but was let down by poor graphics, wonky animation and other problems. The controls, co-op and loot controls were really cool.