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social networking
Facebook Invades Xbox Next Week, PS3 Eventually
Fulfilling a promise made in June, Microsoft is trotting out a new firmware update Tuesday that lets you access Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm from your TV. More » -
xbox dead
Xbox Gamer Says He Was Banned Online For No Reason
Jeff can no longer play his two Xbox 360s online because Microsoft has banned him with no explanation. When he calls customer service, he says he's accused of modding his consoles, which he insists he hasn't. More » -
follow-ups
Best Buy Says Ian Can Keep His Free Xbox
Last month Best Buy gave Ian a free Xbox 360 due to a snafu while handling his extended warranty. More » -
xbox
Next Xbox Update Will Block Third-Party Storage Cards
A reader sent along this tip, and his complaint, that Microsoft's upcoming Xbox 360 update will block third-party storage devices. More » -
video games
2007 Called With A Pretty Good 'Rock Band' Offer
Maybe excitement around the Rock Band video game has faded, but if you were one of the holdouts who were always jealous of friends who brought the game home a couple years back, now is the time to have your latent wishes fulfilled. More » -
xbox 360
Guy Orders 20 Xboxes, Microsoft Won't Give Him Right Power Brick For Just One
Jon ordered 20 Xbox 360s and was happy with all of them, except for the one that came with a mis-matched power brick adapter. He called Microsoft customer service but says he was stonewalled, dealing with a rep who was either quite misinformed, lazy, lying, or some combination of the three. More » -
ethics
If Best Buy Gave You A Free Xbox 360 By Accident, Would You Give It Back?
Ian wants your permission to keep the Xbox 360 Best Buy gave him by accident. More » -
i've seen better buys, actually
Best Buy Opens 360s, Updates Firmware, Slaps $30 More Onto Price Tag
Bryan sent us this photo he shot at a local Best Buy that shows a helpful employee named Kim has opened an Xbox 360, hooked it up to the internet and pressed the "X" button, downloading the latest system update. For all this hard, un-requested work, she also added $29.99 to the sticker price. More » -
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roommates -- gotta love 'em
Reader Says Microsoft Won't Stop Charging Him For Ex-Roommate's Xbox Live
In case you were wondering whether or not it would be a good idea to let your deadbeat roommate use your debit card to sign up for Xbox Live, Jake checks in to reassure you that no, it's not. More » -
greed
Microsoft Charging For Xbox 360 Game Add-On That's Free On PC
Eurogamer reports that Microsoft is charging $7 for the downloadable Crash Course add-on, due this month, to the zombie-splattering Xbox 360 game Left 4 Dead. Crash Course will be free on the PC version of the game via Steam, but the Destructoid story cites a Eurogamer interview with Chet Faliszek of Valve, the game's developer. He tells Eurogamer: More » -
console wars
GamePro Names Five Best Console Wars
The history of video game console competitions reads much like that of New York's crime families — you see powerful leaders making bold, risky moves to snuff out their rivals and fierce, tribal alliances that breed clashes between vocal factions. More » -
it's on like donkey kong
Microsoft Lowers High-End 360 Price To Match PS3
Responding to Sony's announcement that a new, cheaper PS3 — as well as a universal price cut to $300 — is imminent, Microsoft is understandably lowering the price of its Xbox 360 Elite to $300, matching the new PS3. More » -
epic fail
Xbox 360 Failure Rate is 54.2 Percent, Game Informer Finds
The Xbox 360 breaks five times as often as its closest failure-prone competitor, the PlayStation 3, a print edition-only Game Informer survey found. More » -
not-so funny money
UPDATED: Microsoft Will Let You Download Games With 360 Currency It Sells You, CSRs Told Me Otherwise
Dork that I am, I got giddy when I heard Microsoft would start selling full downloads of retail Xbox 360 games to hard drives under the new Games on Demand banner. I bought $60 worth of Microsoft points in order to download Call of Duty 2 and Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga. More » -
real pals don't make you pay
Now You Can Deposit Your Money Directly Into Your Xbox 360
If you were sitting there staring at your Xbox 360 thinking, "Ya know, I really wish there were a way I could start getting you to take money directly out of my checking account," your dreams are realized. Microsoft is now taking PayPal deposits to buy downloadable content. More » -
red ring around the xbox
Man vs. Eternally Broken Xbox 360: A Novel
Being a jaded Xbox 360 owner who's watched his console give up the ghost five times, it takes a lot for a tale of Microsoft customer service woe to move me. And yet a reader named Gower accomplished just that by sending a novel-length soliloquy about his maddening run through Xbox 360 hell. What follows is the Cliffs Notes version (grab your hankies): More » -
falling hopes, rising prices
Stagflation Hitting Downloadable Xbox 360 Games
Microsoft's greatest triumph with the Xbox 360 is undoubtedly its Xbox Live service, buoyed by robust selection of downloadable games. You can buy digital versions of classic arcade titles, original Xbox games (and starting next month, Xbox 360 games), avant-garde indie gems and even some Nintendo 64 classics. Customers are so in love with the service that they haven't even noticed that prices for downloadable games have crept up more than 15 percent since the system debuted in 2005. More » -
male (and female) enhancement
Microsoft Will 'Enhance' Gamers' Experiences With Dashboard Ads
While the Wii and PlayStation 3 give it up for free, Microsoft gets away with charging gamers $50 a year for its online service, Xbox Live, because it's so robust and user-friendly. And yet earlier this week Microsoft revealed it was taking a step to water down that latter advantage by using Silverlight to bombard its users with ads. More »
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