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Microsoft Doesn't Want Its App Marketplace To Be A Dollar Store
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| During a developer camp hosted by Microsoft yesterday at its Redmond
| headquarters, a mobile exec instructed developers to not be shy when it comes
| to pricing your applications, reports TechFlash.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/20/AR2009082003009.html
Microsoft to increase 360 Arcade price in UK, retailers confirm
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| Retailers have told Eurogamer that Microsoft will increase the price of the
| Arcade Xbox 360 bundle to GBP 159.99 (from GBP 129.99) starting September 1.
| The five XBLA games will no longer be included in the bundle, either.
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http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/microsoft-to-increase-360-arcade-price
Pachter: PS3 Price Drop May Force Microsoft To Act
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| We think it might be the latter; video game consumers are a savvy group, as
| history has proven, and when a logical, rational-minded individual sets out
| to buy a new game console and sits down to compare the PS3 and 360, the
| combination of the new price, Blu-Ray, better exclusives, better reliability
| ratings, and free Network ought to steer them towards Sony's machine.
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http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/5657.html
Recent:
Report: Xbox 360 Failure Rate Over 50 Percent
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| In a survey of the print edition of Game Informer, nearly 5,000 readers were
| surveyed about the consoles. Here's how console failure broke down:
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| Â Xbox 360 has a 54.2 percent failure rate
| Â PS3 has a 10.6 percent failure rate
| Â Wii has a 6.8 percent failure rate
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http://kotaku.com/5339555/report-xbox-360-failure-rate-over-50-percent
Xbox 360 Failure Rate is 54.2 Percent, Game Informer Finds
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| 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.
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| The poorly manufactured, red ring of death-prone console has a 54.2 percent
| failure rate, compared to 10.6 percent for the PS3 and the Wii's 6.8 percent.
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http://consumerist.com/5338852/xbox-360-failure-rate-is-542-percent-game-informer-finds
Microsoft hit with new Xbox 360 suit
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| Illinois man taking hardware maker to court, asks for sale of consoles to be
| halted, damages for self and fellow consumers.
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| Microsoft is back in court defending its oft-maligned Xbox 360 hardware. An
| Oak Forest, Illinois, man filed suit against Microsoft in the Northern
| District of Illinois - Eastern Division earlier this month, saying the
| console maker has been unjustly enriching itself by selling Xbox 360 systems
| that it knows contain a material design defect.
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http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6214434.html
Xbox Live goes offline today 'for up to 24 hours'
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=EB1A2546-1A64-6A71-CE714E1965BB865D
Xbox Live Marketplace in Coma, Needs Wake-Up Call
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| Yesterday, we reported on the maintenance of Xbox Live, which brought down
| the service for a full 24 hours. Xbox Live came back online just a few
| moments before midnight PST. Playing online is functioning just fine, as are
| most of the features of the service. The marketplace, however, is in rough
| shape.
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http://www.endsights.com/2009/06/17/xbox-live-marketplace-in-coma-needs-wake-up-call/
Typical: Xbox Live downtime leads to Xbox Live problems
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| After spending all of Tuesday offline, Xbox Live is back with a bang ... or
| is that a whimper? Reports are coming in from all over the Internet of Live
| Marketplace not working properly and games disappearing off the face of the
| Earth. Oh Microsoft, will you ever win?
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http://www.destructoid.com/typical-xbox-live-downtime-leads-to-xbox-live-problems-136604.phtml
Xbox Live returns after being off all day yesterday, but now some things are
broken
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| After Microsoft shut down Xbox Live for over twenty-four hours yesterday,
| their online gaming service for the Xbox 360 is back online, but it's not
| working correctly for many users.
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http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/210877/xbox-live-returns-after-being-off-all-day-yesterday-but-now-some-things-are-broken/
Xbox Live having issues after maintenance
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| After yesterday's 24 hour maintenance session for Xbox Live, the service is
| operational again but appears to have some problems. ÂCertain games from the
| marketplace have a purchase option, but not an option to download
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http://www.examiner.com/x-7953-Oklahoma-City-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m6d17-Xbox-Live-having-issures-after-maintenance
Xbox Live still a little funky after those there updates
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| Hey there, amigo. Have you logged onto Xbox Live today? Donât! Well, not
| unless youâre looking forward to dealing with a few post-maintenance
| glitches.
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http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/17/xbox-live-still-a-little-funky-after-those-there-updates/
Xbox Live's Return Brings Xbox Live Issues
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| At least we know they are aware of the problem. I'm just hoping they fix
| things soon, as I am starting to feel the shakes of pre-emptive Magic
| withdrawal.
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http://kotaku.com/5294099/xbox-lives-return-brings-xbox-live-issues
Xbox Live Still Down- Microsoft May Have Surprises
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| Some issues are pending and needs to be wind up before they close the
| scheduled maintenance so you are asked to hold on to the panicking mails
| which are being send across.
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http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/tech-news/xbox-live-still-down-microsoft-may-have-surprises_100206251.html
Xbox Live STILL Down On June 16th: Microsoft Says It Could Take 24 Hours
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| According to Yahoo News, "there will not be Zune Social, Zune Marketplace or
| Zune.net forums in that time either..."
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http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212237831.shtml
Zune service and Xbox Live offline Tuesday
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/06/zune-service-offline-tuesday-to-work-on-xbox-features.ars
Microsoft kills 'coffin' policy, time to pack your RRoD Xbox yourself
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/08/microsoft-kills-coffin-policy-time-to-pack-your-rrod-xbox-you/
Rumor: Microsoft Can Kill Xbox 360s Remotely
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| A bit of qualification: I follow 8BitJoystickâs Jake Metcalf on Twitter and
| he seems like a responsible writer. More importantly, he has a track record
| of digging up credible inside sources. He famously broke the news that Halo
| developer Bungie was leaving Microsoft (it was actually amusing to see bigger
| outlets laugh at him, then eat their words), and has posted a couple other
| juicy reports as well.
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| So when Metcalf says the source was âwell vetted,â I believe him, even if the
| sourceâs information leaves me skeptical simply because itâs so unbelievable.
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| If the report is accurate, the obvious question remains: Does Microsoft have
| the legal right to do this? Yes, Metcalf argues, because hacking an Xbox 360
| is a violation of the consoleâs terms of service, as well as the Digital
| Millennium Copyright Act.
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http://technologizer.com/2009/05/14/rumor-microsoft-can-kill-xbox-360s-remotely/
Microsoft's Xbox 360: No More RROD For Me, But For How Long We'll Have To
See...
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| Back on Wednesday the 15th, I told you that my first-generation Xbox 360 game
| console had experienced the Red Ring of Death the prior Friday evening. I
| also shipped it off on the 15th, and the UPS tracking website reported that
| it was delivered to Microsoft's Mesquite, TX service facility at 10:15AM on
| the 21st.
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http://www.edn.com/blog/400000040/post/1240043924.html
Are Xbox 360's E74 Failure's The New RRoD?
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| According to polls conducted by Joystiq and Engagdet, E74 failures on Xbox
| 360's is on the rise. Joystiq asked readers to send in emails with reports of
| the failure, and recieved an overwhelming number of responses to their call.
| For those that aren't acquainted with the dreaded E74 failure, it's a problem
| that occurs when there is an AV cable error. On the surface anyway, because
| if the cable is still in working order (which it usually is) then it's a
| scaler chip problem, directly involving the ANA/HANA chip which is connected
| to the AV cable; or in some cases it's the GPU.
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http://www.talkxbox.com/article3097.html
Increase In Xbox 360 E74 Problems
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/23/0337244
New Xbox 360 Hardware Failures Being Reported in Significant Numbers
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| Xbox 360 failures are on the rise since the launch of the New Xbox Experience
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| A known Xbox 360 hardware issue is beginning to surface in significant
| numbers recently based on research conducted by video game site Joystiq.
| Tentatively called the Xbox 360 E74 error, one of the lights on the âRing of
| Lightsâ on the front of your Xbox 360 console flashes red and you receive the
| error code and message: "E74. System Error. Contact Xbox Customer Support".
| The symptoms involve the bottom right portion of the indicator ring
| repeatedly flashing on and off and lines or snow will become visible across
| the screen.
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http://www.dailytech.com/New+Xbox+360+Hardware+Failures+Being+Reported+in+Significant+Numbers/article14662.htm
Microsoft Wants You to Pay for E74 Repairs on Xbox 360s over a year old
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| I had a misunderstanding in my pervious article on the Xbox 360 E74 error. It
| ends up that Microsoft is saying that it will repair an E74 error stricken
| Xbox 360 for free only in the first year since purchase since it is still
| covered under the basic one year warranty so the E74 is ONLY covered by the
| normal warranty. After that you have to pay to get it fixed. They will pay
| for shipping but E74 error victims will have to pay to get it fixed if their
| Xbox 360 is over a year old.
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| [...]
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| I am sure that the Xbox Red Ring of Death debacle has devalued the perception
| of Microsoft as a brand outside of videogames. The RROD and E74 runs the risk
| of turning an entire generation of future consumers away from seeing
| Microsoft favorably.
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| I am not even going to mention how much the Jerry Seinfeld Windows Vista ads
| sucked.
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http://blog.seattlepi.com/digitaljoystick/archives/164950.asp?from=blog_last3
Xbox Live Cancels Year-Long Prepaid Account, Demands Another Year's
Subscription To Reactivate
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| Xbox Live has struck again, this time by screwing up the auto-renewal on a
| customer's account and ruining the prepaid annual membership he activated
| just three months ago.
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http://consumerist.com/5184516/xbox-live-cancels-year+long-prepaid-account-demands-another-years-subscription-to-reactivate
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