Archive for December, 2005

JAPANESE COOL TO XBOX DEBUT, FEWER THAN HALF OF UNITS SOLD

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

Microsoft’s new Xbox 360 video game console got a lukewarm welcome in Japan on its debut weekend with fans buying fewer than half the games available in stores, a market researcher said Tuesday.Microsoft, which started selling the Xbox 360 in Japan on Saturday, is trying to break into the world’s second-largest video game market and […]

‘Call of Duty 2,’ ‘Perfect Dark Zero’ among Xbox 360’s best

Friday, December 2nd, 2005

The first Xbox was a chunky and heavy piece of black hardware that seemed to yell “bigger is better.” Its successor, the Xbox 360, is more subtle and svelte, all white and chrome and curvy contours. It also has a ton of new features, such as USB device support and the ability to connect to […]