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Ballmer sets launch date for Xbox 2
News Microsoft will deliver the next version of its Xbox game console in 2006, chief executive Steve Ballmer said. Glaskowsky said Nvida and ATI have an equal chance of getting the deal for the next Xbox, as both will draw from Nvidia's experiences and...
[June 20, 2003, 7:38]
Next Xbox will sport IBM chip
News The agreement, which is likely to produce a fresh round of speculation about whose processor will win the central role in the next Xbox, gives IBM a hand in the three major game consoles -- including those from Nintendo and Sony -- even if the...
[November 4, 2003, 9:00]
Reports on Xbox delay premature
News Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported on Friday that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, speaking during a press event, said a next-generation version of the Xbox video game console would arrive in 2006, later than many industry figures had expected.
[June 23, 2003, 8:14]
Xbox online pricing set
News John O'Rourke, marketing director for Microsoft's games division, said the company will spend that much to build out the network for online Xbox gaming and to fund research and development for the next version of the console and support for game...
[May 21, 2002, 9:46]
GDC: PlayStation 3 - The next generation
News Pete Isensee, lead developer for Microsoft's Xbox Advanced Technology Group, used his GDC talk to deliver a mostly positive critique of the Xbox's journey to the market, lauding a product launch that happened on time and without major bugs, a...
[March 22, 2002, 10:03]
No Windows XP until 2002?
News Several PC makers expressed surprise that Microsoft would consider delaying Windows XP because of Xbox, but LeTocq said it makes sense. If it's released on time, LeTocq said, he sees "Windows XP as a good lead-in for Xbox, with the marketing of one...
[May 1, 2001, 9:04]
Sony unveils UK PS3 pricing, availability
News That is a significant innovation that the Xbox 360 does not have, and it is not known if Nintendo's own forthcoming next-generation console, the Wii, will have similar functionality. Those prices are significantly higher than Microsoft's Xbox 360...
[May 9, 2006, 9:00]
Microsoft announces game development standard
News Allard, and will be extended in the next version of the Xbox and Longhorn, the successor to Windows XP. Microsoft announced a new set of development standards and tools on Wednesday intended to cover both PC games and titles for the company's Xbox...
[March 25, 2004, 10:00]
Stakes are high for Xbox online play
News Estimates are that the company will be lucky to have a million Xbox Live subscribers by the end of next year, and Microsoft's most optimistic projections call for 10 million subscribers by the time a new version of the Xbox is introduced around 2005.
[November 15, 2002, 8:10]
No hard drive in Xbox future?
News The combination has bolstered speculation that Microsoft will drop the hard drive from the next version of the Xbox to cut production costs for the money-losing console. Flash-memory maker M-Systems announced on Wednesday that it has signed a...
[February 26, 2004, 8:10]
GameCube chip shipments reach 10 million
News Pulling up third in the game-console race is Microsoft's Xbox, which uses a standard version of Intel's Pentium III processor for PCs. Microsoft reported worldwide sales of four million Xbox units as of 30 June.
[September 20, 2002, 9:25]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary 16.11.2001
Blog Our sister site Gamespot UK has installed an XBox (in the Xbox Room, of course), next to the Dreamcast and PlayStation2, and we flock in to see this much-awaited device. I don't doubt it, but that little seed of concern I had that the Xbox might...
[November 16, 2001, 16:25]
Full steam ahead for Nvidia Xbox chips
News Nvidia, the graphics chip maker, plans to begin manufacturing graphics and communications chips for Microsoft's Xbox video game console next month, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Dan Vivoli, the company's senior vice president of...
[April 2, 2001, 16:26]
Gates says .Net on track
News Of those, 80 will be exclusive to Xbox, he said. On the gaming front, Microsoft's Xbox video game console will have 15 to 20 games available when the product is released 8 November in the US (UK release is scheduled for March 2002), with a total of...
[July 27, 2001, 10:13]
Comdex: Gates' high hopes for Tablet PC
News The Xbox video-game console debuts Thursday, and Gates also makes a cameo on the 200th episode of the TV sitcom "Frasier", which airs this week. Gates got the loudest cheer when he gave away a free Xbox to four members of the crowd.
[November 12, 2001, 9:00]
Gaming companies take aim at online profits
News But McMillan said making money from console online gaming is more likely to happen when PlayStation 3 and the next Xbox hit the market in a few years. Microsoft will take a step toward mini-transactions with Xbox Live Arcade, an upcoming service...
[May 14, 2004, 11:50]
Microsoft seeks to regain lost ground in mobile
News Phones next year will have dual-core processors, super-fast data connections and graphics power rivalling that of the original Xbox. The new approach, while still making money by selling a mobile operating system, places considerable focus on...
[January 27, 2009, 12:38]
Sony: Game wars are over - we win
News One of the early supporters of online PS2 gaming has been leading games publisher Electronic Arts, which has said it will produce an online PS2 version of its hit "Madden Football" franchise but will not support the Xbox.
[May 22, 2002, 8:46]
Sony builds interest in PS2 online gaming with 'EverQuest'
News Sony is racing against Microsoft, which has said it will launch an online service for its Xbox game machine in late summer or early autumn. Sony will announce on Tuesday the release of a PlayStation2 version of its popular online PC game "EverQuest...
[April 9, 2002, 9:26]
Xbox update shuts out Linux
News The Xbox Linux Project, in an effort partly funded by Lindows founder Michael Robertson, created a version of Linux that could run on the Xbox, and devised a method using the Dashboard flaw and a bug in an Xbox game to install the operating system.
[September 16, 2003, 17:39]
