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...ly the following year, the video game's core concept was announced in a press release.

Analysts believe that the Xbox 360 is Microsoft's way of capitalizing on the burgeoning video game market, especially with the PC market experiencing stagnant growth after the dot.com bust. The video game industry provided microsoft the opportunity to diversify its product line, which, up to the 1990s, was heavily concentrated in software manufacturing.

Aside from this, the Xbox360 idea also came about because according to Heather Chaplin and Aaron Ruby, authors of the book Smartbomb, the remarkable success of Sony's PlayStation gaming consoles in 1990 sent a worrying message to microsoft. The growing success of the video game industry, where Sony is considered a pioneer, threatens the PC market, an industry long dominated by microsoft and upon which most of the company's revenues was heavily dependent. A venture into the video game business, through the Xbox, was the next logical step for microsoft, said Chaplin and Ruby.

How to Repair an Xbox 360 - A Rising Question Amongst Avid Gamers

...ns 1,700 components and upwards of 500 million transistors, leaving even an intelligent consumer tracking their Xbox on the UPS website (Microsofts preferred shipping method). But again, opportunists and consumers prevail...

Manuals...lots of them...have been written instructing individuals on how to fix the Xbox 360 themselves, after seeing what is referred to as "The Red Ring of Death". In fact, some people are even making a secondary income repairing the consoles for friends, family and even people they dont know through referral business after reading one of these manuals. The tough part is finding a manual that doesnt lea...more

Wii Games And Movies Downloads - The Wii Can Be A Multimedia Powerhouse

...It's not widely known, but the Nintendo Wii is much more than a gaming machine, and in fact with the right tools, anyone can turn their Wii into a multimedia powerhouse.

While the PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles are widely considered to be more 'multimedia oriented' consoles than the Wii, The new Wii downloads site Wii Media Downloads is working towards changing that perception by offering a download service wher...more

Will You Die If You Don't Buy The New X-Box 360 Gaming System Today?

...t my 10 year old to be made fun of and die, so I decided that it was my duty as a parent, to at least look into, the possibility of aquiring the Holy Grail of all gaming systems...the pantheon that is the Xbox 360.

So, I set off on my typical in-depth Xbox 360 research and analysis project. I read press releases, searched for the latest new and articles, called around to various electronics stores, and to the parents of some of those "cool kids" that my son told me had already taken possession of this new technical wonder. I then gathered my data, constructed my spreadsheets, and scientifically came to the only logical conclusion possible. Fuhgetaboutit!

That's right, as much I enjoyed those edge-of-the-seat moments playing the brutally demanding, and gorgeously brilliant, first person shooter, Call of Duty 2 on the Xbox 360 console at Best Buy, I decided the only logical decision at this point, was to hold steadfast and continue to have my son suffer with our existing, decaying arsenal of gaming consoles that currently litter the house from top to bottom. So what was the driving forces that led me t...more

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