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Captain's Log: Getting my Xbox 360 replaced

By Nick De Bruyne
January 21, 2009
in :  Gaming
28

A little while ago, I posted up an article about how I am now going to be moving onto my fifth, yes fifth, Xbox 360 console since my original purchase. Well, I thought that for interests sake, I would keep a log of the new swap-out process that goes through MiDigital and even though I am only in the first …

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Your voice has been heard! – Xbox 360 game prices back to normal

By Geoffrey Tim
January 20, 2009
in :  Gaming
8

Thanks to my very own ninja spies, I found a copy of the latest MI Digital pricelist in my inbox this morning. In what can only be a testament to the power of consumer voice, I’m happy to confirm that recommended retail pricing of current Microsoft published AAA titles has been reduced to R699, putting 2008 fan favourites Gears of …

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Sony wins Street Fighter 4 battle against Microsoft

By Karl
January 15, 2009
in :  Gaming
0

In what was easily the most entertaining console battle ever, Team Sony laid the smackdown on Team Microsoft in the CES Street Fighter 4 tournament. Joe C represented Sony with Sagat while Josh from Microsoft chose E. Honda. An epic battle ensued in which Sony prevailed with a well-timed Tiger Uppercut sealing the round and the match. Ironically, the prize was …

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Pachter, analyst, expects PS3 price drop around April

By Karl
January 14, 2009
in :  Gaming
9

Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter (try saying that when you are drunk) has said that he expects a Playstation 3 price drop by April this year. He then specifically predicted that the 80gb PS3 SKU would drop by $100. He added, “Once the PS3 is at a more affordable price point, we think that sales of that device will …

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Oh Sony… And you were doing so well.

By Karl
January 13, 2009
in :  Gaming
31

Lately, I have found more and more faith being is being placed in Sony as a company. They seemed to have stopped doing the ridiculous things they did before, like Katuragi talking about the broken square button on the PSP or the original pricepoint of the PS3, and finally getting their act together. Especially after playing Metal Gear Solid 4 …

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Let the pain begin – R999 games arriving

By Gavin Mannion
January 9, 2009
in :  Gaming
45

I was sent a message from Flameboy yesterday afternoon and have been drowning my sorrows ever since… It seems that the day we warned you about last year has come and Mi Digital are now recommending that it’s AAA titles be sold for R999 Moody from ZAPS has been posting on the local Xbox forums that in the latest price …

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Microsoft to lay off 15 000 employees?

By Gavin Mannion
January 6, 2009
in :  Gaming
3

Is Microsoft the next big corporation to be hit by the economic downturn? According to unsubstantiated rumours Microsoft is lining up to let over 15 000 contractors and Agency Staff go. Microsoft is sticking to their normal ritual of refusing to comment on rumours and I for one am not sure how true this one is going to be. We …

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Microsoft announces latest sales figures – well nearly

By Gavin Mannion
January 6, 2009
in :  Gaming
0

Microsoft has been boasting to the world about it’s latest sales figures for the Xbox 360 and rightly so. According to Aaron Greenberg, Microsoft Director of Product Management, the Xbox 360 has now surpassed 28 million in life time sales. Some other notable points is the fact that they have now surpassed 8 million in Europe which was their most …

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