XBOX 360 supports DivX AVI files!
When I wrote about the XBOX 360 vs. PS3, one of the PS3’s biggest advantages was its superior multimedia support. The 360 could play WMV files, some MPEG-4 files, and some MPEG-2 files with crappy containers, but that’s about it.
Well on December 4th, that is all about to change.
The XBOX MSDN blog has a [...]
More XBOX 360 Fall 2007 Update details
Microsoft has released information on the update that will go live on December 4. But rather than coming from Redmond, it’s coming LIVE~! from JAPAN, where approximately 10 people own the console.
Anyway, the most significant update seems to be that the downloadable games area and marketplace will (finally) be a bit organized. Games are [...]
Canadians Forced to Cross Border Shop for Rock Band
As reported by Shack News at the first of the month the release of Harmonix’s Rock Band in Canada has been delayed until December 17th. Rumblings out of EA and MTV Games is that the delay is due to the need for billingual documentation and has nothing to do with a supply issue. If [...]
Playstation 3 vs. XBOX 360 - One Year Later
It has been exactly 1 year to the day since we published our PS3 vs. XBOX 360 article, written for us by a friend of mine who is a lead programmer for a game company working on all three consoles (and PC).
His conclusion was a controversial one at the time. That the XBOX 360 [...]
Buy PS3 80GB, get 10 FREE Blu-Ray movies at Wal-Mart (Rumor)
If you were planning on getting a PS3 for Christmas, you might want to tell Santa to hold off, and wait until the 24th yourself. Apparently a Wal-Mart employee is spilling the beans early of a “Secret Sale” they are planning to have for two days on December 24-25.
With this deal, when you buy [...]
Nintendo back on top again; October Videogame Hardware Sales
Okay Microsoft, you had your fun on top for a month. Everyone who was waiting for Halo 3 got their 360, and now the Wii takes over its spot on top.
Wii | 519K
Nintendo DS | 458K
Xbox 360 | 366K
PSP | 286K
PlayStation 2 | 184K
PlayStation 3 | 121K
Things are certainly back to normal. Almost too much [...]
Guitar Hero III ROCKS THE WORLD - October Videogame Sales Figures
October’s NPD sales figures are in, and although it was only available for six of the thirty-one days that month, Guitar Hero III went and sold about 1.4 million units that month, across all platforms.
Halo 3 | XBOX 360 | 433.8K
Guitar Hero III w/Guitar | XBOX 360 | 383.2K
Guitar Hero III w/Guitar | Wii | [...]
