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Xbox 360 to be profitable in 2008

By Gavin Mannion
May 7, 2007 - 19 years ago

  So Robbie Bach (President of the Entertainment and Devices Division) has come out and stated that the Xbox 360 will actually turn a profit next year. This would be the first time in 6 years and he is obviously very excited about keeping his job this. He puts the profit down to Software royalties, Xbox Live and the peripherals. What …

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The week in review – 7 May 2007

By Gavin Mannion
May 7, 2007 - 19 years ago

It’s time again for the not so regular week in review. This is a look back at the most popular articles over the last 7 days. Thanks to www.amatomu.com for the stats to do this easily enough… 5. F.E.A.R PS3 vs Xbox 360 This has been popular now ever since it was written, I guess people enjoy watching this well …

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Fracture Preview

By Gavin Mannion
May 4, 2007 - 19 years ago

The first video depicting some gameplay in Fracture has been released and the jury is out currently on whether or not this looks good. The idea behind the game is that you can change the landscape during a battle to give yourself the tactical advantage. Will it work though? Apart from the really cool vortex of death thing the rest …

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US Sales Data for this week

By Gavin Mannion
May 4, 2007 - 19 years ago

        100,222          2,635,648          54,331          6,035,694          25,240          1,389,437 So the latest sales data coming out of the States still has the Nintendo Wii winning by a country mile and is now outselling the PS3 4:1…. The Xbox 360 is coming seconf and outselling the PS3 2:1 which obviously leaves the PS3 a long way behind. Its the same excuse as every …

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Miyamoto more influential than Nelson Mandela yeah right

By Gavin Mannion
May 4, 2007 - 19 years ago

  I swear you really do need to wonder about the future of society when these polls come out.. Shigeru Miyamoto (the guy who created the Wii) has just been voted the 9th most influential person in the world for the last year. That rates him higher than Oprah (49), GWB (97), George Clooney? (26) and Nelson Mandela (24)… However …

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Fatal stabbing over Sony PlayStation

By Gavin Mannion
May 4, 2007 - 19 years ago

Good grief the crimes surrounding the Playstation just won’t go away will they. A stabbing is being reported in San Francisco where a man stole a PlayStation from two women who where trying to sell it. When a bystander (Hani Attia) confronted the man he got  fatally stabbed. The article doesn’t specify which PlayStation it was but by the use of the …

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Xbox 360 not as useful as PS3 for Folding@home

By Gavin Mannion
May 4, 2007 - 19 years ago

 Vijay Pande the brains behind the Folding@home  project has revealed that he doesn’t think the Xbox 360 will be much help to the project. He goes on to say that the cell processor is 20 times faster than a typical PC for Folding@home and since the Xbox 360 uses typical PC CPU’s it would most probably not be able to compete …

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Japan's top 50 software sales – I think

By Gavin Mannion
May 4, 2007 - 19 years ago

Well according to the link I followed from www.n4g.com the site linked to below is showing the top 50 software sales for last week in Japan. It could be a shopping list for all I know though :), However if it is the top 50 software sales then Sony has something to worry about. Not only do they not feature in the …

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Next version of 360Zine is available

By Gavin Mannion
May 4, 2007 - 19 years ago

It’s that time of the month again. The latest 360Zine is available to download. This month they are covering C&C Tiberium Wars, The Club, Half Life 2 and Mass Effect. Plus a preview of Shadowrun the hotly anticipated cross platformer…. They also have an indepth look into the Spring Dashboard update so head on over and take a look. Link to …

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New Xbox LIVE content control coming

By Gavin Mannion
May 4, 2007 - 19 years ago

There are rumours going around at the moment that the new spring dashboard update is going to throw us all of Live! as South Africa is not officially supported.  This does not seem to be true and the only thing that might happen is that we will no longer be able to access certain content (Movies and trailers) which have not been …

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JHB Xbox 360 Lan – 12 May 2007

By Gavin Mannion
May 3, 2007 - 19 years ago

Xexonix2000 over at the Xbox-360.co.za forums has organised a lan party for all the guys who live in JHB for Saturday the 12th of May 2007. The lan will be held at Future Wave Gaming which is a new internet cafe in the northern suburbs designed specifically for gaming. The Lan is going to cost R50 p/p and you are …

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Blockbuster Bandit Settles For Xbox 360

By Gavin Mannion
May 3, 2007 - 19 years ago

A guy in London has robbed a local Blockbuster of a Xbox 360 after being told that they had no PS3’s. In what can only be described as the most economical way of getting your hands on one of the next gen consoles the guy walked into the blockbuster in London and after pulling out a gun demanded that the …

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