Published scoops - Xbox 360

Sales for Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 fell in the latest retail data from Japan. Media Create Co. on Fri. reported that the 360 sold 9,988 units between Dec. 1 and Dec. 7. By comparison, the hardware moved 11,423 units thee week prior.

Microsoft said Monday that it expects Xbox 360 sales to reach 25 million and surpass the original Xbox by the end of November.
Xbox 360 sales set to surpass original Xbox. Now I am the master. The apprentice has become the master today, as Microsoft revealed it expects Xbox 360 sales to surpass the original Xbox by the end of November.

Netflix is making the jump to high definition with the soft launch of streaming HD titles on the Xbox 360. On Nov. 19, Microsoft will roll out the Xbox Experience, an update to the Xbox 360’s control panel that also offers the ability to stream 300 titles in high definition through Netflix.

ver the next two months, Xbox 360 looks to receive some of its greatest games to date. Each week from October 14 right on through the first week of December, there will be a contender of games of the year. The debate over which of these upcoming games is best will be raging throughout the end of the year.

Microsoft Corp. this week said that Capcom Co.'s Mega Man 9 is available for download on the Xbox Live online network for the Xbox 360. Mega Man 9 is the latest entry in the blue bomber action series. The title features 8-bit style graphics and a new round of robot enemies.

A snippet and score from the first review of Silent Hill: Homecoming is in, posted from Official Xbox Magazine over at Metacritic. The outlook? Not good. The snippet reads "From its leaden, cheap-shots-aplenty combat to its wild-goose chase through gray, same-y hallways filled with useless,

Nostalgia is a funny thing. Sometimes we don’t remember things exactly the way they were, or if we do we find ourselves maybe looking at something differently after so many years. Duke Nukem is one of those things I like more now than I did when it was originally out.

NBA 2K series fans, prepare yourselves for the 2K Insider because he's going to have a big effect on the future of your favorite basketball series. The mystery blogger/statistician/arbiter of all things NBA 2K will make his first appearance in the upcoming NBA 2K9 as the centerpiece of a new online feature the developers behind the game are calling Living Rosters.

Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. doubled sales of the Xbox 360 video game machine last weekend after cutting the price by as much as 29 percent to narrow Nintendo Co.'s lead.

Microsoft will cut the retail price of its Xbox 360 Arcade model from $279.99 to $199.99, a move it expects will spark a fresh wave of adoption amongst would-be gamers. Microsoft is also cutting the price of its midrange Xbox 360 Premium console from $349.99 to $299.99, and reducing its high end Xbox 360 Elite model from $449.99 to $399.99.