Archive for December, 2005

Xbox 360 sells few units in Japan

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

“It’s not going to be a big hit in Japan,” said 26-year-old Kentaro Okamoto, one of the first Xbox 360 buyers. “I buy every new game console… but normally Japanese customers only buy a machine when it’s made by Sony or Nintendo.”
Hard-core gamers overlap with heavy computer users and many of them have a negative […]

Man Sues over Xbox 360 Glitch

Monday, December 5th, 2005

“A Chicago man who bought Microsoft Corp.’s new Xbox 360 has sued the world’s largest software maker, saying the new video game console has a design flaw that causes it to overheat and freeze up.
The proposed class action claims that in Microsoft’s bid to gain share in the $25 billion global video game market, the […]

UK Sells out of Xboxs

Saturday, December 3rd, 2005

British media is reporting that the Xbox 360 has virtually sold out in the UK where more than 200 gamers queued for hours in the rain for the midnight launch of the console at Game’s flagship store in London’s Oxford Street
Just like it happened in North America, the first Xbox 360s have already appeared on […]

Oops! EA getting sued

Saturday, December 3rd, 2005

Electronic Arts faces a lawsuit in the California Superior Court, San Mateo County, based on the claim that the publisher stole an idea for a game feature that was later incorporated into Madden NFL 06.
Pernell Harris, owner of Virtual JAM, said he met with EA in late 2003 to discuss “Heart of a Champion,” a […]

Xbox Bugs still popping up

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

The reports of the bugging out xbox 360s are not going away. I was reading an online forum today and here is what some people were saying:
You would think these people would have known better. Never buy the first releases of a new product. By this time next year the Xbox 360 will run more […]