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Blog Comment By the same logic anyone can say that Apple TV needs a fast 3D graphics chip and multicore CPU to reach the specs of Xbox 360. This is likely to cost a consumer even more than adding a wireless chip and a hard drive to the core ($299) Xbox 360.
[March 30, 2007, 0:43]
Microsoft said to be developing iPod rival
News Robbie Bach, a rising star at Microsoft who headed development of the Xbox video game business, is overseeing the project, one source said. Microsoft earlier this year denied rumors that it was developing a hand-held video game device to complement...
[June 19, 2006, 13:50]
Intel gains market share on AMD's back
News Not including Xbox, Intel held a market share of 81.7 percent, and AMD had a market share of 16.5 percent. The chip maker commanded 82.8 percent of the worldwide market for processors, including sales of processors for Microsoft's Xbox, according...
[July 31, 2002, 8:11]
Gaming's battle for your living room
News According to sources, Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates will use the conference to unveil Microsoft's long rumoured Xbox -- a game console based in PC technology but with all the ease of use of a console device.
[March 8, 2000, 16:49]
Game firms look to the wiki ethos
News Speaking at The Entertainment Gathering in Los Angeles, Sims creator Will Wright and Microsoft Xbox team head J Allard both cast a spotlight on the growing role that game players will have in creating content for the biggest games.
[February 6, 2006, 12:40]
Microsoft removes more legal obstacles
News Digital rights management company InterTrust had contended that virtually all of Microsoft's products, ranging from core Windows, Office and Outlook features to the .Net platform and the Xbox game console, violated the smaller company's patent...
[April 13, 2004, 11:05]
News Roundup: The perilous path to PlayStation2
News Initial shortages caused problems in the States and soon Sony's new game console is going to have to compete with Microsoft's grown-up Xbox. Can you say Xbox? Will PlayStation2 survive Xbox onslaught?
[November 10, 2000, 10:11]
Consoles put the squeeze on PC games
News The panel gathered on Thursday to debate the future of PC-based games in an era of steadily climbing interest in set-top consoles such as Sony's PlayStation2 and Microsoft's upcoming Xbox. That will change, however, as next-generation consoles such...
[March 23, 2001, 9:48]
Sony: Game wars are over - we win
News Kaz Hirai, president of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, used the company's press conference in advance of the Electronic Entertainment Expo to tout the huge sales lead of Sony's PlayStation2 over Microsoft's Xbox and Nintendo's GameCube.
[May 22, 2002, 8:46]
Details emerge of Microsoft's home digital server
News The Windows Home Server is for households that want to share storage among multiple PCs or Xbox game consoles. Media from devices that support Windows Media Connect — which is included in Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista and Xbox 360 — can...
[January 9, 2007, 7:33]
A Year Ago: Gaming's battle for your living room
News Based on a high-powered PC, the Xbox is expected to run an AMD Athlon processor, the latest NVidia GeForce graphics chip, 64MB of RAM, and a hard drive of between 4GB and 6GB, according to sources close to the deals.
[March 8, 2001, 6:01]
AMD narrows Intel gap, boosts Hammer
News Concurrently, Intel benefited from sales of chips for the Xbox, a contract both companies sought. The figures include shipments of chips for Microsoft's Xbox game console. Without Xbox, Intel's market share in terms of shipments dropped 0.8 percent...
[May 1, 2002, 8:44]
Summer swoon hits game box sales
News Sony cut the price of its PlayStation2 game console from $299 (£191) to $199 in May, a move that was soon mirrored for the Xbox by Microsoft. Electronics Arts' "NCAA Football 2003" was the top seller for the PlayStation2 and the Xbox during a slow...
[August 20, 2002, 7:43]
'The Sims' sign up with Sony
News The move is a boost for Sony, which recently cut the price of its US PlayStation2 to $199 (£139), a cut quickly followed by Microsoft with its Xbox console. Playstation2 sells for £199 in the UK, the same price as Xbox, while Nintendo's GameCube...
[May 21, 2002, 9:01]
Microsoft boasts strong fourth quarter and year
News Quarterly revenue was $13.37bn (£6.52bn) with diluted earnings per share at 39 cents — in line with analysts' expectations — which was knocked down to 31 cents per share because of its decision to take a $1bn charge for extending Xbox warranties.
[July 20, 2007, 8:45]
Sony unveils UK PS3 pricing, availability
News Those prices are significantly higher than Microsoft's Xbox 360, which has two versions, one with a built-in hard drive that costs $399 (£214) and another with no hard drive that retails for $299. That means - if customers are not put off by the...
[May 9, 2006, 9:00]
New Microsoft Wi-Fi gear runs on latest standard
News In October, retailers will begin selling the $139 Xbox Wireless Adapter MN-740, used to connect Xbox gaming consoles to a network. In regard to Microsoft's Xbox, Greenberg said the company's broadband networking team worked with the gaming console...
[September 17, 2003, 11:05]
Online gaming predicted to grow sixfold
News Game players can go online using either PCs loaded with game software or with specially designed consoles such as Microsoft's Xbox and Sony's PlayStation2 -- though PCs have the upper hand by far. Microsoft's Xbox Live service is probably the...
[June 7, 2002, 7:31]
PlayStation2 shipments top 50 million
News Microsoft projects sales of 9 million to 11 million Xbox consoles by the end of its current fiscal year on 30 June. Meanwhile, Microsoft on Thursday launched its Xbox Live service in Japan. The company began selling a £37 Xbox Live starter kit that...
[January 17, 2003, 7:58]
Nintendo to delay GameCube launch
News Once on sale, the GameCube will compete with the Sony PlayStation2 (PS2) and Microsoft's forthcoming Xbox console. Microsoft has already warned that the Xbox, which should be released in America and Japan in time for this Christmas, will not be...
[April 18, 2001, 7:53]
