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Why doesn't anyone want to play me in NBA Jam?!?
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The rumored $99 Xbox 360 with two-year $15 a month contract is official. It includes a Kinect, Xbox Live Gold service and a two-year warranty. The offer is now available on the Microsoft Store site.
The math works out to roughly $460 for the bundle over the next two years. Currently the 4GB Xbox 360 Kinect bundle goes for $277 on Amazon, with Gold costing about $50 a year, for a grand upfront total of $377 if you bought today.
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oh no...
Study: Xbox 360 most popular non-PC device for watching video ads
this won't end well...The Xbox 360 is the most popular non-PC device for viewing online video, beating out iOS and Android handhelds, according to a study by online-video ad company Freewheel. Freewheel measured "professional content" only, meaning video that runs with ads -- meaning it really conducted a study on how many online ads we watch -- from companies such as NBC, CBS, ESPN and Vevo. The study didn't account for Netflix or YouTube viewership.
Xbox 360 took 28.2 percent of all viewership, followed by iPad with 27.1 percent, then iPhone, Android and iPod Touch on a decreasing scale.
In March, Microsoft announced that Xbox 360 owners use the console more for its entertainment apps than for any actual gaming purposes, spending more than half of their Xbox time on Netflix and other music and video applications. Even though the Freewheel study doesn't include Netflix views, it does support the console evolutionary theory: One day our gaming consoles will have mutated so drastically that we'll have an entirely new species, called simply "entertainment consoles."
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Over a million units sold at $20 a pop = more than $20 million in revenue generated by Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition… in under a week.
More Minecraft metrics from Microsoft's Major Nelson:
Total Online Hours: 5.2M
Multiplayer sessions: 4M
Total Multiplayer gaming hours: 2.4M
The game became the fastest-selling XBLA game ever mere hours following its March 9 release, passing Trials Evolution, which was also an 'Arcade Next' title.Comment
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My Xbox Live app launches on Android, more functionality added to iOS version
A couple of big announcements for Microsoft's My Xbox Live today. First, the app has been released for Android devices, giving users of the OS access to Xbox Live features such as Achievements, messages and other social content.
Meanwhile, the iOS version has seen some significant improvements, notably the ability to control the Xbox console remotely. Specifically, you can fire up games from your collection or launch a selection of curated content (featured games, movies, etc.). You can even directly control some applications, such as Netflix. There is, however, a slight delay between phone taps and on-screen reaction, so you're probably better off using a controller. Still, it's pretty nifty and gives us a hint of what we can expect from Smartglass later this year.
Finally, the iPad version of My Xbox Live now features Retina Display support and better authentication. The app is free on both iOS and Android.
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Xbox Live's Games on Demand has these games on sale next week
Xbox Live's Games on Demand service is getting a serious sale next week – as opposed to those funny, un-serious sales we get all the time – and Major Nelson has posted a list of the titles discounted from June 19-25.
All titles will be 75 percent off, and they include Conan, Dark Void, Perfect Dark Zero, Prince of Persia and Viva Pinata Party Animals, most selling for $5. Check out the full list of sale titles below, as provided by Major Nelson:
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Unless you are 5 years old almost none of those titles are worth buying.Comment
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I have always kind of wanted to play Bionic Commando...but other than that...Jesus. THIS is MS' response to Sony's PS* borderline all AAA pack of free games? Yeesh.Comment
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does the red print mean they give me $4.99 for downloading those games?Comment
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