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Think Wii U sales are bad? Recall these 13 spectacular game console failures

Posted August 12, 2013 - 2:21 pm

The history of games hardware is sordid and complicated affair, filled with financial disasters.
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Gamestop: Xbox One will be priced less than the Xbox 360

Posted May 24, 2013 - 9:36 am

The game retailer says it expects that the Sony PS4 and the Xbox One will be priced less than their predecessors.
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What we do (and don't) know about the new Xbox

Posted May 20, 2013 - 9:05 pm

On May 21st at 10am Pacific time, Microsoft will unveil its next-generation Xbox console. And if this article were titled "What we know for sure about the next Xbox," we could end it here. Microsoft has been very tight-lipped about the successor to the Xbox 360, but that's about to change.
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Sony vs. Microsoft game console wars reignite

Posted May 20, 2013 - 9:03 pm

Sony is trying to steal some of Microsoft's thunder by offering a few fleeting glimpses of the Playstation 4 hardware on the eve of a Microsoft Xbox event.
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Microsoft starts E3 countdown, stirring rumors of next Xbox

Posted January 6, 2013 - 9:39 pm

Without saying much of anything, Microsoft has hinted that its next Xbox will break cover at the E3 trade show in June.
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Nintendo Wii U goes on sale this weekend

Posted November 16, 2012 - 2:24 pm

Nintendo's new game console the Wii U will go on sale in the U.S. Sunday as the company attempts to regain ground from Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's Playstation 3.
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Study predicts PS3 will win the console war

Posted March 9, 2010 - 10:39 am

A study by the Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices service pegs the PlayStation 3 as the ultimate winner of this generation's console war: "Lifetime PS3 sales are predicted to reach 127 million units, compared to 103 million Wii units."
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Microsoft: Xbox 360 Routs PS3 in Black Friday Sales

Posted December 2, 2008 - 1:02 pm

It's a Microsoft press release, so handle with care, but the company's claiming it did more than admirably on Black Friday, it hit the ball out of the park. Not only did the Xbox 360 outsell Sony's PlayStation 3 by three-to-one, says Microsoft, but the 360 managed its best Black Friday sales ever.
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Xbox 360 gets 60GB hard drive for no extra cost

Posted August 12, 2008 - 1:13 pm

Microsoft has announced that the Xbox 360 will come with 60GB of storage capacity as standard starting Friday.
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Nintendo sales, profit surge on Wii, DS

Posted July 30, 2008 - 9:48 am

Nintendo reported strong growth in its sales and profit during the April to June quarter thanks to the popularity of its Wii console and DS handheld gaming device -- although sales of both devices dropped in Japan.
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New PlayStation 3 console gains FCC approval

Posted July 28, 2008 - 11:08 am

A new PlayStation 3 console was approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission last week, according to the agency's online filings database.
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Microsoft drops price of Xbox 360 'while supplies last'

Posted July 14, 2008 - 4:16 pm

Those hoping for an Xbox 360 price drop will get one, Microsoft said on Sunday. But it's more of a clearance sale than actual price cut.
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