Last week, Microsoft introduced gamers to the New Xbox Experience, or NXE. The NXE is a complete overhaul of the previous “blade” UI (user interface) gamers were accustomed to with the Xbox 360. While there were many reasons for the NXE, one of the largest and most important was the growing Marketplace library. As more [...]
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To the joy of many gamers, and chagrin of others, the mandatory New Xbox Experience or “NXE” update has been released. The first thing you’ll notice with the NXE is its radical depature from the well-established “blade” layout the Xbox has been known for, instead replacing the UI with a slick, Cover Flow-esque look. While [...]
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With E3 now over, it’s customary for people to declare one company a “winner” of the show. However, this year, the winner isn’t Microsoft, Nintendo or Sony, the winner, or winners, are consumers, specifically, “casual” gamers. If one thing was apparent during this year’s E3, it was that casual games have become big business in [...]
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Microsoft and the OLPC team up, Philaedelphia loses its city-wide Wi-Fi, CNET Networks gets sold, Xbox 360 sales hit 10 million… and more. Download this episode (right click + Save Link As) Subscribe to TektodoWeekly in iTunes
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In a recent article, I discussed how U.S. sales of the Xbox 360 had reached 10 million and that Don Mattrick, head of the Xbox division at Microsoft, stated that “history has shown us that the first company to reach 10 million in console sales wins the generation battle.” However, does there really have to [...]
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