Pandora’s box: Internet radio service’s new HTML5 site targets TV via Xbox 360, PS3

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Internet radio giant Pandora announced a move into the living room today with the launch of tv.pandora.com, which is designed to bring the internet radio service direct to your television set without requiring a specialized app. The service will allow users to do the same things they’re used to doing with Pandora, including creating new… Read More…

GameKlip: Android meets PS3 with new video game accessory from UW student

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The idea of using a PlayStation 3 controller to play games on an Android device isn’t new. For some gamers it’s superior to using on-screen controls. But a 23-year-old University of Washington student named Ryan French has figured out a way to improve the experience. His product is called the GameKlip, and it has been getting… Read More…

Sony hides PlayStation 3 sales data as profits fall

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Maybe I’m a nerd, but one of the things I look forward to each quarter is the release of Sony’s earnings, because they provide the final data point that we need to update the status of worldwide game console sales — showing how the PlayStation 3 stacks up against the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft’s Xbox 360…. Read More…

PS3 gets Amazon video app, Xbox 360 still stuck with workaround, for now

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If you own a PlayStation 3 and subscribe to Amazon Prime, it’s your lucky day. Amazon today announced the availability of an Amazon Instant Video app for the PS3, making the Sony console the first to offer the Seattle company’s streaming video service. Amazon joins Netflix, Hulu Plus and other video services on the PS3…. Read More…

PS2 still tops PS3 in U.S. homes, and other surprising stats from the game world

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Fifty-six percent of U.S. households own at least one current-generation video-game console, up from 50 percent a year ago. Thirty-nine percent own at least one iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, up from 30 percent last year. And 20 percent of U.S. households still own a PlayStation 2, a dozen years after that console’s release —… Read More…

Xbox 360 leads the pack, again, in a down month for games

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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 remained atop the U.S. video-game console market to start the year, leading Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii in unit sales in the country in January. It’s the thirteenth straight month the Xbox 360 has held that position, according to NPD Group data cited by the company this afternoon. However, unit sales… Read More…

Microsoft sells record 1.7M Xbox 360s in U.S. in November

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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 registered another month atop the U.S. console market in November, posting record sales as the peak holiday shopping season got under way. The Xbox 360 sold 1.7 million units in the U.S. in November, according to NPD Group data cited by the Redmond company. Numbers weren’t released for the competing Nintendo Wii… Read More…

Xbox 360 keeps U.S. streak alive, gears up for next ‘Gears’

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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 was once again the best-selling game console in the U.S. in August, according to NPD Group data cited by the company. That makes 14 out of 15 months that the Redmond company’s game console has topped Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii in unit sales in the country. And this month promises… Read More…

Seattle Sonics make comeback in latest ‘NBA Jam’ remake

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Here’s a rare bit of good news for Seattle’s jilted NBA fans: The Glove, The Reign Man and even Detlef are back in green and gold — at least in virtual form. EA Sports today announced that the defunct Seattle SuperSonics — including Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp and Detlef Schrempf — will be making their… Read More…

PS3 gets the NFL … for a price

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An announcement by Sony this afternoon could give the PlayStation 3 an edge over Microsoft’s Xbox 360 among a certain segment of sports fans … at least those with some spare cash to throw around. DirecTV is bringing the NFL Sunday Ticket subscription service to the console, the companies announced today. The price for the… Read More…

Microsoft goes to the matte: Xbox 360 losing its glossy sheen

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Should home electronics come in glossy or matte? OK, so it’s not exactly the weightiest debate of our time, but it does matter to people who care about the appearance of that jumble of stuff under the TV screen in the living room. And Microsoft is now weighing in definitively, saying that it’s putting its… Read More…

Platform or not, Microsoft’s Xbox business is booming

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Next week is the big E3 video-game convention, and Microsoft’s Xbox team this morning kicked off the competitive jockeying by releasing a new slate of statistics to demonstrate the momentum behind its Xbox 360 console and Xbox Live online service. Xbox Live now has nearly 35 million active members, the company says, and the Xbox 360… Read More…

Xbox 360 leads in U.S. again; Microsoft says Kinect games will triple this year

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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 continued its reign atop the U.S. console market in April, according to data from the NPD Group market research firm cited by the Redmond company this afternoon. Microsoft also released internal sales numbers for two key games for its Kinect motion controller, and said the number of games made to work with… Read More…

Wii sequel in 2012: Can Nintendo top PS3, Xbox 360?

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In the process of announcing its latest financial results this morning, Nintendo confirmed that it plans to release the successor to its hit Wii game console in 2012, after previewing the new system at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles this June. The company, which has its North American HQ in Redmond, gave no further… Read More…

Xbox 360 on top of U.S. console market, again

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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console sold 430,000 units in the U.S. in March, up 28 percent from the same month a year ago, according to data released today by the NPD Group market research firm. That makes it the top-selling console in the U.S. for nine out of the past 10 months, according to NPD. The… Read More…

Microsoft unveils new Xbox hardware … for game developers

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  Microsoft today announced a new piece of Xbox hardware that could make Xbox 360 games better, in the long run. But don’t look for it in stores. It’s a new version of the Xbox Development Kit (XDK) that outside developers use to create games for the console. Microsoft, competing with Sony’s PlayStation 3 for… Read More…