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Xbox 360 – 61 per cent failure rate

By Gavin Mannion
May 23, 2007 - 19 years ago

There has been a lot of talk recently about the true failure rate of the Xbox 360. A popular website ran a poll on it’s site asking the visitors if they had had problems with their Xbox 360’s… So far 2315 people had responded that they had gone through at least one console which was 61% of the survey… That …

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I Blame the internet for the PS3's bad sales

By Gavin Mannion
May 23, 2007 - 19 years ago

Dave Karraker is the PR guy for Sony America so I think everyone can feel sorry for him as he must have the hardest job in the gaming industry at the moment. However sympathy only goes so far… When asked why the PS3 is not getting the consumers excited he has the following… I think a lot of this goes back to …

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Halo 3 will not move boxes

By Gavin Mannion
May 23, 2007 - 19 years ago

Roger Ehrenberg has posted an article on his site where he says that he doubts that Halo 3 is going to help Microsoft sell more consoles. He has some valid points in the fact that Halo 3 will be rated M for mature which will obviously stop it moving over to the family gaming community which Microsoft so desperately requires…. …

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More Rumours about MGS4 on the 360

By Gavin Mannion
May 23, 2007 - 19 years ago

  Okay so I can’t stop myself posting about MGS coming to the Xbox 360 🙂 This game looks awesome and the constant rumours about it gracing the 360 are starting to remind me of the Xbox 360 Elite and 80Gb PS3 and we all know how those rumours turned out… How it will probably be coming in (or slightly before) …

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Busted Xbox 360 at Look & Listen

By Gavin Mannion
May 22, 2007 - 19 years ago

A kind hearted reader sent in the above picture to me of a not so healthy Xbox 360 at his local Look & Listen (Pavilion). While it is nice to a see a local shop with decent gaming advertising it is hugely dissapointing to see them leave this poor Xbox all by itself in it’s time of need… I like the fact …

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PS3 Price Increase

By Gavin Mannion
May 22, 2007 - 19 years ago

There have been rumblings recently about a possible PS3 price increase in South Africa. Yeah you read that right increase not decrease… Most of the rumours have been coming from Xbox fansites so I have not put much weight behind them but today I saw a link to Look and Listen where they are now selling the PS3 for R6799, …

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Halo 3 banshee now playable

By Gavin Mannion
May 22, 2007 - 19 years ago

So not to be left behind Bungie went out and changed the beta on us today…. They have taken out Team Training and added in Big Team Training which now allows 6v6 games… Not only that they have added in teh Banshee for some cool flying action… Check out the video…

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What to do when your Xbox gives you trouble

By Gavin Mannion
May 22, 2007 - 19 years ago

Rockstar over at the Xbox 360 forums has put together a very nice run down of what you need to do if your Xbox gives you any trouble… Ok, it’s a couple of easy steps: 1. Try to load another disk/game, and see if the problem persists. 2. If it does, remove the harddrive, and see if the problem still occurs. If …

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Resident Evil 4 receives a 9.5

By Gavin Mannion
May 22, 2007 - 19 years ago

  Famitsu has rated Resident Evil 4 on the Wii 9.5, two out of the 4 editors actually gave it 10/10 and the other two 9/10… That is impressive indeed…. This is great news for the Wii fanatics out there who where a bit unsure of how FPS games would play on the Wii…. This looks like a must have …

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PS3: What stays and what goes in the next change?

By Gavin Mannion
May 22, 2007 - 19 years ago

Joystiq has a nice little feature about the changes that the PS3 has already gone through and what they expect to come in the near future…. No suprises that they expect rumble to be implemented soon and along with that 80Gb getting released in the rest of the world.. What is immensly suprising though is the number of changes that the …

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Why the Japanese hate the 360

By Gavin Mannion
May 22, 2007 - 19 years ago

The 360 has done shit in Japan. Now that that is out of the way, perhaps we can explore why the piece of kit that is loved across America and Europe does such a poor job at selling consoles in the Land of the Rising Sun. Parappa the Rapper creator Masaya Matsuura was on hand to explain why the Japanese …

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The PS3 is getting games!

By Gavin Mannion
May 22, 2007 - 19 years ago

Okay so Sony has come out and their gamer day and given us a list of exactly what is on the way for the PS3… Apart from a whole pile of PSN games they have also announced 31 PS3 games which are planned to arrive before Q3 2008…. It’s a decent list and I have bolded the ones I personally am really looking …

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