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Microsoft's game division takes $1.89bn hit

News Last July, Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices division, promised that his department would be profitable during the company's 2008 fiscal year. He also warned, however, that, like the years before it, the EDD -- as the...

Tags: cent, financial, charge, console

23 July 2007, 11:03

Microsoft to cut price of Xbox 360 in US

News Microsoft said on Monday it will cut the price of its main Xbox 360 videogame console model by about 13 per cent in the US, hoping to boost sales ahead of the crucial Christmas period. Faced with unexpectedly strong competition from Nintendo's...

7 August 2007, 10:16

Microsoft stands firm on Xbox 360 pricing

News Microsoft on Tuesday said it will hold firm on pricing for its Xbox 360 games console, defying widespread expectations that it would respond to a price cut by rival Sony for the PlayStation 3. Instead, Microsoft voiced confidence that a slate of...

Tags: hard drive, dvd player, high definition, console

12 July 2007, 11:01

Microsoft reels in Xbox 360 defect

News Microsoft said on Thursday it is giving customers free retrofits to a wireless racing wheel with its Xbox 360 game console after hearing of malfunctions in a wheel component. More than 230,000 of the wheels are in the field, a Microsoft...

24 August 2007, 11:20

Microsoft says Zune will support Vista

News Microsoft has dismissed reports that its Zune digital media player, just launched in the US, is not compatible with the forthcoming Windows Vista operating system. Microsoft's Zune Web site currently only lists Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and...

17 November 2006, 10:00

Xbox 360 warranty to cost Microsoft $1bn

News Microsoft said on Thursday that it will extend the warranty on the Xbox 360 -- a move that will cost the software behemoth over $1bn -- after an investigation showed the game console can be prone to hardware failures.

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6 July 2007, 9:42

Xbox 360 demos running on Macs

News The nifty clips of video games supporting Microsoft's new Xbox 360 console are running on Apple machines, Microsoft confirmed on Friday. We purchased a number of Apple G5's because very specific hardware components of the G5 allow developers to...

16 May 2005, 12:07

Slow tempo for Zune sales in US

News Though Microsoft's answer to Apple's iPod officially went on sale in the US on Tuesday, the Zune wasn't exactly flying off the shelves in downtown San Francisco, reports CNET.co.uk's sister site News.com.

15 November 2006, 10:06

Zune to bring UK Christmas cheer?

News The Microsoft Zune -- a much-hyped rival to Apple's iPod -- could be available in Europe in time for Christmas 2007. A Microsoft spokesman, however, told CNET.co.uk's sister site, silicon.com, the company still has no further information available...

23 January 2007, 10:18

Zune fails to make it into US top ten

News Although Microsoft's Zune captured a decent slice of the US' hard drive audio player market at large retail stores, it failed to crack into the top ten list of models in overall sales, according to market researcher Current Analysis.

5 January 2007, 10:34

High hopes for cheaper hardware at E3

News If, however, Sony does cut the PS3's price, the impact could be blunted if Microsoft responds by trimming prices on its own Xbox 360. The videogame industry will gather for its annual expo this week, with expectations that cheaper hardware and new...

9 July 2007, 10:23

News.blog: Sony stole my controller, cries Nintendo

News Who knows if Yarnton's assertion is true, but at least he doesn't have to worry that Microsoft stole the technology. When both Nintendo and Sony showed off motion-sensitive controllers for their forthcoming Wii (formerly the Revolution) and...

22 May 2006, 16:49

Xbox buzz runs the gamut

News Such are the wide range of comments buzzing around the Internet about Microsoft's newest game console, unveiled on MTV on Thursday and expected to take centre stage at next week's Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3 in Los Angeles.

16 May 2005, 12:06

'Watchdog' tackles Xbox 360 complaints

News A Microsoft representative did not appear on the show, although presenter Nicky Campbell read out the following statement that the company had sent to them: "Most people who have an Xbox 360 have an outstanding experience and there's no common fault.

15 February 2007, 11:10

News.blog: Hands-on with Zune software

News It's free from Microsoft's Zune Web site. Microsoft still hasn't got 99 cents out of me, or 79 points, or whatever. Overall, the software is quite reminiscent of Windows Media Player 11, which is not surprising since Zune's software is based on...

15 November 2006, 9:48