The Microsoft Xbox 360 has outsold all of its rivals in the UK this year, according to the latest figures released by Gfk Chart-Track.
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Nintendo’s Wii will receive a high-definition upgrade, probably at the end of next year, and as a result, will beat the Sony PS3 and Microsoft Xbox 360 into second and third place respectively in global console sales by 2015, says respected analyst Michael Pachter of Wedbush Morgan.
DJ Hero, the upcoming Activision spin-off of the Guitar Hero series for the Sony PS2 and PS3, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii, is to retail for a recommended price of £107.99, according to one online retailer.
The Sony PS3 wand motion-sensing technology shown at E3, the world’s largest videogame industry trade show, should be out in early 2010. Microsoft’s rival “project Natal” Xbox 360 motion-sensing tech should also be out in 2010. One of the two companies has given developers at mega-publisher THQ kits to program with, one hasn’t…
The Sony PS3 is to sell through its current stock of 80GB and 160GB units by this autumn, with both a price cut for the console and a revamp as the PS3 Slim arriving then, according to a normally accurate games industry “mole” based in the US.
Mass Effect, the space opera role-playing action game, could be about to get extra downloadable content for the Microsoft Xbox 360 and possibly PC. Despite Mass Effect 2 being in full production, the game’s developers BioWare are hinting that there will be an announcement imminently, and a pulled listing for Mass Effect on the Microsoft Xbox 360′s Xbox Live Games On Demand pages seems to confirm the news.
Microsoft Xbox 360 Arcade consoles in the UK now come with double the internal memory previously found in the hard drive-less consoles. The new consoles are shipping with 512MB of memory, as opposed to older Xbox 360 Arcade units shipping with 256MB. So, if you’re about to buy an Arcade console – check carefully to make sure you’re getting one of the new ones.