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TGS: Analysis - The State Of Sony, Microsoft... Nintendo?

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2008-10-11 08:00:53 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...Microsoft and Sony, currently dueling for position in the worldwide market, sought a strong showing at TGS Sony needed to convince consumers that its recent loss to the Xbox 360 in the monthly Japanese sales charts was just a one-off. On the other hand, Microsoft needed to convince the assembled masses its momentum in the territory was not a...
 
Tags: tgs, sony, major console creators, major, microsoft, first-day tgs keynote, titles, western titles, console
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft not committed to biannual 360 dashboard releases

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2008-10-11 00:01:00 by Christopher Grant in Joystiq
...Microsoft Xbox 360 , TGS For the first two and a half years of the Xbox 360's lifespan, owners eagerly looked forward to regular "spring" and "fall" updates, packing more functionality into their consoles through (what Microsoft marketing would later call) the "magic of software." With the absence of a spring update this year and the...
 
Tags: microsoft, xbox, microsoft xbox, xbox experience, future, future dashboard, schappert, john schappert, owners eagerly
 
 
 
 
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TGS 08 picture tour: Microsoft booth

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2008-10-11 01:00:00 by Christopher Grant in Joystiq
...Microsoft Xbox 360 , TGS take the tour Nestled comfortably alongside major content partners like Capcom, Electronic Arts, and Square Enix is the Microsoft booth - a bright white oasis of relatively line-free gaming. Seriously, our wait in the Resident Evil 5 co-op line at Microsoft's booth this morning: approximately five minutes. The wait...
 
Tags: tour, booth, microsoft booth, microsoft booth tour, microsoft, tgs, resident evil, microsoft xbox, bright white oasis
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft sues DHL over Texan train crash

2008-10-11 09:57:36 by patlike in videogaming247
 
According to this GamePro story, Microsoft is suing DHL after the carrier allegedly lost 21,600 360 consoles in a Texas train derailment. The Xboxes were en route from a Microsoft office in McAllen, Texas, to Long Beach, California, for eventual delivery to Hong Kong at the time of the loss, which occurred on October 13, last
 
Tags: microsoft, texas, texas train derailment, microsoft office, carrier allegedly lost, gamepro story, hong kong, dhl, eventual delivery
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft's Letter to Yahoo Board

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2008-02-01 18:42:21 by William in Gaming Today
...Microsoft plans to make some big business deals with Yahoo in the near future. Weve obtained a copy of the most recent letter sent to the Yahoo Board of Directors from Microsofts Steven A. Ballmer. If Microsoft is successful in taking over Yahoo, this could certainly give them a lot of media leverage, particularly when it comes to pushing the...
 
Tags: yahoo, yahoo board, microsoft, microsoft reserves, common stock, microsoft common stock, microsoft corporation, board, microsoft plans
 
 
 
 
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Opinion: What Microsoft Needs To Change To Satisfy Indies

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2008-08-01 00:00:29 by Chris Remo in GameSetWatch
...Microsoft to improve on what he sees as unfavorable terms I want to love you, Microsoft I really do, and I want to raise a family of little indie games with you, but every time things are starting to feel good between us, you go and do something to spoil it Microsoft has so far made three moves that are unfriendly towards independent game...
 
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Opinion: Aggregation Vs Portals: Where Microsoft Is Going Wrong With Xbox Live

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2008-05-30 08:00:00 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...Microsoft's digital download service In perhaps the most interesting news of recent weeks, Microsoft have announced that they are going to start de-listing games from Xbox Live Arcade based on two criteria: Sales and review scores In their view this means that they are trying to bring some overall quality back to the product line, probably...
 
Tags: xbox live, live, live games, live game, xbox, xbox live arcade, web portal idea, idea, microsoft
 
 
 
 
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E3 2008: The top 5 things I learned from the Microsoft press conference

2008-07-16 13:18:03 by edhumphries in Adrenaline Vault
 
...Microsofts E3 2008 Press Conference 5. Those who play together: Online multiplayer used to be a developers number one bullet point. If you shipped a title without it, the professional game critics immediately dropped a couple points from your score, even if the game design didnt necessarily warrant the feature. Nowadays, online multiplayer is...
 
Tags: game, enjoyable game experiences, microsoft, game design, classic game ports, game menus, hit, hit action rpg, puzzle game
 
 
 
 
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MMORPG - MMOCrunch - World of Warcraft: A Look at Microsoft and MMOs: 3-0 Cancels

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2008-04-23 17:41:33 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
...Microsoft has actually had their hands in quite a few MMORPG projects within the past few years. No stranger to the videogame marketplace in general, it only seemed to make sense that one of the largest providers of consoles and games would also begin to dabble in the increasingly profitable (for some!) MMO business. However, after attempting...
 
Tags: microsoft, mmo, microsofts, microsofts mmo history, current mmo marketplace, mmorpg, heroes, heroes mmo, marvel