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I always like competition in the market place
29 months ago
by RustyG
in Technology
Well it seems the tests that started back in 2009, were very successful, and Redbox will be bringing game rentals for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Wii starting in June. The pricing will be $2 a day, and should be the same as the movie business as far as returns go. According to President Mitch Lowe, he stated “Redbox has rented more than 1 million video games in less than two years at these locations, underscoring the popularity of video game play in America,”. Now this will put them in the market along with GameFly, who does mail rental for video games, much like Netflix does for movies. It seems kind of weird, since you can rent from Gamefly for $16 a month (one-at-a-time) for as many games as you can play in a month. But with the initial tests that Redbox did, it seems people either don’t know the Gamefly name very well, or just don’t care. I guess though, it’s just another venue for games to get out.
There was an interview by IndustryGames that co-founder of Gamefly Sean Spector said that they really aren’t worried about the competition and said “Look at Netflix and Redbox for movies.” So he seems to think they can co-exist just fine. We shall see. I’m just waiting for Spot to try and capsize Redbox with their 89 cent combo and $1 across the board for movies.
via [CNET]
XBOX squeezing out 1GB of space on “new” format discs
010 months ago
by RustyG
in Technology
Well it seems that the XBOX discs are getting stretched out to the brim. Microsoft wanted to start a new Preview Program for the XBOX 360 community and did it by way of a tweet from Larry Hryb aka @MajorNelson on Twitter.
The details seemed to be that the company wanted to try a new format of discs and for everyone that got in on the program, got a free “new” format disc of Halo: Reach. The new format seems be that the discs are currently capped at 6.8GB of data for the game side of things and the rest for DVD-Video and copyright side of things. With the new format, they will now be able to use 7.95GB of the dual-layer discs. This means more space for the game side of things, but what happens to the copyright side?? Who knows? It seems that this will be rolling out in the near future, but until the new program testers get the “new” formatted discs, we won’t know what the difference is. The original Halo: Reach maxed out at 6.6GB, so now with the extra gig of space, will there be any difference in polygon count or just more game-play features? We shall see…
via [Engadget]
XBOX 360 as a U-Verse STB
01 year ago
by RustyG
in Technology
Looks like some AT&T customers will be getting a Christmas present a little early this year. Apparently this has been around a while, but I never knew this was coming. The XBOX 360 is about to become a set-top-box(STB) for all of the U-Verse customers out there. Now the XBOX is slowly becoming the digital living room center with Netflix streaming, Zune Marketplace & ESPN streaming services as well. It seems that this update will be hitting streets on November 7th. Now the U-verse user does have to have at least one other box in the house for the XBOX to get its signal from, but will be able to act as it’s own channel surfing box! They also say that the box will have to have a hard drive in it, so if you don’t have one now, go out and get one now! Check out one of the insider slides below:
via [Engadget]
XBOX 360 to be getting Hulu???
01 year ago
by RustyG
in Technology
Early beta builds of new Xbox 360 firmware look to have added streaming Hulu to the mix. Xbox already runs Facebook, Twitter and Netflix, this would be more over a nail in the coffin of traditional television. It also seems that the announcement may be just around the corner at E3 2010. It seems that Microsoft is trying to stay up-to-date with some of the new internet television boxes, with the likes of the Boxee Box, Apple TV, Popcorn Box and the soon to be Google TV. Will the Xbox become the main media center, or will it’s age begin to show??? We shall see..
Project Natal: October 2010
01 year ago
by RustyG
in Technology
We’ve all seen the videos, we all watched it on Jimmy Fallon, and we have been drooling for it since the first time we saw a preview. But the day has finally come and now we can set our Google calendars, but Project Natal for the Xbox 360 has been announced for an October 2010 release! It’s actually been a while since any new videos or information has been surfaced, so this was kind of on the back burner for me, but I am glad to hear this will be ready for the Christmas holiday.
In case you have forgotten what Project Natal is, then here is a video:
You get the idea? Control your xbox with your hands?!?!?! How awesome is that???? I can’t wait to see it. I don’t remember if they announced a price, but I will be one of the first on board for that one!
via [Engadget] via [GamesInternational]
XBOX 360 gets USB Thumbdrive Support
01 year ago
by RustyG
in Technology
Microsoft released an update to the XBOX 360 today to allow for up 32GB of external storage through the use of two 16GB thumbdrives on the system’s two USB slots in the front. This update is free for XBOX live users who connect to XBOX Live and can be downloaded once your signed into your Live account. This recent update has also started SanDisk to start selling some XBOX branded thumbdrives as well.
