Items tagged with 'Xbox360'

Xbox 360 Sales Looking Good, LIVE Services Too

Xbox 360 Sales Looking Good, LIVE Services Too

Here lately, it's been Nintendo bragging about massive sales numbers. This week, however, it's all about Microsoft. First comes the launch date of Bing, and now we're told that the firm's Xbox 360 is selling like hotcakes. In fact, sales of the unit have surpassed 30 million worldwide, which ain't too shabby for a company... Read More
XBox360 To Cool Down With 65nm GPU

XBox360 To Cool Down With 65nm GPU

Microsoft had all sorts of trouble with the reliability of its XBox 360. Tales of the "Red Ring of Death" gave potential buyers pause, and Microsoft spend a small fortune replacing defective units. One of the main reasons the game console was so fragile is that the 90nm scale GPU ran very hot. 65nm chips to the rescue!Microsoft... Read More
Xbox360: Master Chief And Blu-ray Too.

Xbox360: Master Chief And Blu-ray Too.

There seems to be one last detail we need to take care of before we put the fork in the HD DVD format: The hard drive for the Xbox 360.  It appears Microsoft is preparing to offer an Xbox360 with a stand-alone Blu-ray drive as early as May of 2008.Michael Ephraim the Managing Director of Sony Computer Entertainment... Read More
HardOCP Reviews XBox360

HardOCP Reviews XBox360

To my surprise, HardOCP has posted an extremely positive review of the XBox360. With all the recent negative press of sorts regarding the system, the last place I expected to see such a glowing review was at [H]. Regardless, the review is certainly worth a look as there is a great layout of what you get for your hard earned... Read More