Even Netflix couldn’t ignore The Slim Effect™ and has no choice but to add their streaming services to Playstation 3 or face losing out on a huge chunk of revenue.
With this major bomb dropping, one has to wonder what the point is of paying for Xbox Lag anymore.
Wow. I’ve never seen a backlash against a game this severe. Could this be the last Forza in the series?
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Steve Ballmer confirmed to Gizmodo that they will be adding a Blu-ray device to the Xbox 360.
When I asked Ballmer about adding Blu-ray to the Xbox, he said:
Well I don’t know if we need to put Blu-ray in there—you’ll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories.
Though he says it with certitude, the timing of any kind of Blu-ray accessory is unclear.
This is yet another victory for Sony. The year of the PS3 continues…
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Hardware:
PlayStation 3 491.8K
Wii 462.8K
Xbox 360 352.6K
Software:
1. Halo 3:ODST (360)
2. Wii Sports Resort (Wii)
3. Madden NFL 10 (360)
4. Random Mario Game (DS)
5. Madden NFL 10 (PS3)
6. The Beatles (360)
7. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (360)
8. Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3)
The PS3 beat Xbox 360 and Wii last month in U.S. console sales. This means the U.S. is now inline with the rest of the world where The Slim Effect™ has taken hold and the PS3 is outselling both 360 and Wii on a weekly basis. Also worth noting is even 3rd party releases like Batman: Arkham Asylum are selling better on PS3 than Xbox 360.
According to Michael Pachter MS is expected to raise the price of XBL to $100 in the near future. I’m not sure how MS thinks they can get away with this since PSN matches, and in some cases bests, XBL feature for feature and is still free on charge. It will be interesting to see how this all shakes out. Full quote and source below.
“Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter expects Microsoft to raise the price of Xbox Live Gold membership from the current $50 to $100 per year in the next few years. “You can’t hook a guy into Xbox Live Gold if he’s playing on a PC,” Pachter said in a GTTV discussion talking about how Microsoft has seemingly given up on the PC gamer market. “that’s the other problem ‘ you really want to hook every gamer who has a 360, you want them to buy all their games on 360, play everything multiplayer, pay you 50 bucks a year so that, in a couple years, it’s a 100 bucks a year.”And that’s going up, we all know that ‘ it’s a profit deal,” he concluded.”
