SOUTHDOWN CREATIVE “XBOX HOUSE PARTY” VIDEO
SOUTHDOWN CREATIVE
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Wired
The E3 2009 media briefing in Los Angeles, California included announcements on Super Mario Wii, Metroid: Other M, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Wii Sports Resort, and Wii Fit Plus. Nintendo triumphed by adding classics into the mix of these new games , which is sure to keep hardcore gamers happy. The media briefing also included announcements by Microsoft on The Beatles: Rock Band, Tony Hawk: Ride, Metal Gear Solid Rising, Alan Wake and Project Natal. E3 Expo is the world’s premiere trade show for computer and video games and related products.
Puget Sound Business Journal
Microsoft Corp. is adding streaming Netflix movies and shows to the content available in its remote control-friendly Media Center interface on Windows Vista computers — adding another way for people to access Netflix on demand in the living room. The feature is scheduled to go live Wednesday via an online update for existing Windows Vista Media Center users. Microsoft also offers streaming content through Microsoft’s Xbox 360 game console. That has quickly become one of the most popular features of the Xbox Live online service.
Wall Street Journal
Microsoft Corp. is developing a new videocamera for its Xbox 360 videogame console that will allow players to control games with the movement of their bodies, according to people familiar with the matter. The new device from the Redmond, Wash., company is a novel twist on Nintendo Co.’s Wii videogame console, which allows users to swing a tennis racket and other objects in games by holding a plastic wand in their hands. Unlike the Wii, the Microsoft camera won’t require users to hold any hardware in their hands to control in-game action, people familiar with the matter say. The camera uses 3-D technology to give players more accurate control over games than earlier game cameras did, they add.
TechFlash:
Microsoft sold 391,000 Xbox 360s in the U.S. in February — marking the video-game console’s biggest non-holiday month outside of the September 2007 “Halo 3” launch, according to numbers released today by the NPD Group research firm. The result represents a 53 percent increase over the same month last year. Overall industry sales of hardware, software and accessories were $1.47 billion for the month, a 10 percent increase over February 2008.
Game With Fame:
Pearl Jam is arguably one of the most influential and iconic bands of the 90s – the beginning of the grunge explosion, and is still producing incendiary and important music eighteen years later. Now you can play with Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron as he plays Rock Band 2 with Xbox LIVE® Gold members March 27. If you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold member, and you want a chance to play with Matt Cameron, send a friend request to the Gamertag “Pearl Jam GWF” and be online half an hour before (6:30 P.M. ET) the Game with Fame session starts on Friday, March 27, 7:00 P.M. ET.
Variety:
Videogame console makers have been at the forefront of figuring out a way for people to easily watch downloaded movies directly through their TVs in a way that’s similar to watching pay-per-view movies through a cable service. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has long offered a movie download option for the 17 million paying subscribers of its Xbox Live service. It also offers an additional digital rental option via Netflix, that supplies 12,000 additional movies and TV shows. More than 1 million Xbox Live subs are using Netflix and have watched over 1.5 billion minutes of video over the past three months, according to the companies, repping 10% of Netflix’s customers.
Variety:
Consumers may be cutting back on entertainment, but they’re still spending on videogames. The vidgame sector was up 13% in January, collecting $1.3 billion in coin, driven mostly by Nintendo hardware and software sales, according to data from market research group NPD. Nintendo’s Wii was once again the top selling console, moving 679,000 units, while its handheld DS device sold another 511,000 units. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is still besting PlayStation’s console sales, with 309,000 systems sold versus 203,000 for the PS3 and another 101,000 for the PS2. Sony’s PSP shipped 172,000 units.
