Live blogging: Microsoft’s E3 2008 press conference — partnership with Netflix announced
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Here’s an updated view of the Microsoft press conference. Summary: Microsoft made progress tearing down the old Sony hegemony, but it’s not chipping away much at Nintendo’s newfound dominance.
The Final Fantasy series (except for 11) was a Sony exclusive for many years. Now Microsoft has knocked that out, to some degree, by winning over Square Enix to make Final Fantasy XIII for the Xbox 360, at least in Europe and the U.S. That’s just as… Continue Reading
Updated: Video game sales grow 34 percent in February, PS 3 stays ahead of Xbox 360
Monthly video game sales statistics from the NPD Group show that the video game industry continues to grow in 2008, defying any concerns about the recession and a cyclical slowdown. On top of that, the Sony PlayStation 3’s resurgence is becoming evident as it beat out Microsoft’s Xbox 360 for the second month in a row in unit sales.
The Nintendo Wii is still on top with sales of 432,000 consoles in February in the U.S.,… Continue Reading