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The Most-Awaited Games Of 2009: Xbox 360 (Gamasutra)

With nearly a full year of of game releases ahead, Gamasutra is picking out noteworthy titles due in 2009 for each home and handheld platform, beginning with the Xbox 360. The oldest seventh-generation home console on the market, the Xbox 360 has had time to establish itself as the core alternative to the market-leading Wii with its slate of shooters and RPGs. The console is also dulling ...

6 Jan 2009, 7:32 am | click here for more

10:06 (BST), 06/01/2009 Xbox 360 Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS REDMOND, Wash. — Jan. 5, 2009 — Despite a tough ... (gamesindustry.biz)

REDMOND, Wash. — Jan. 5, 2009 — Despite a tough economy, the gaming industry held strong in 2008 and Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system recorded the biggest year in Xbox history, with more consoles, games and online entertainment experiences sold than any previous year.

6 Jan 2009, 5:49 am | click here for more

Xbox 360 passes 28 million worldwide (Ferrago.co.uk)

New milestone confirmed Xbox 360 product manager Aaron Greenberg has said that 2008 was "the biggest year ever in Xbox history", Microsoft announcing that their next-generation console has now passed 28 million systems sold worldwide. The executive believes that "the 199 USD price point was really critical to our success this holiday," the company beating the economic downturn to post ...

6 Jan 2009, 5:23 am | click here for more

Xbox 360 Weathers 2008 With Record Sales (E-Commerce Times)

Microsoft announced Monday that 2008 was the best year ever for its Xbox 360 video game system, despite a year-long U.S. recession that has seen consumer spending plummet. The company's worldwide guide over rival Sony's PlayStation 3 widened by 8 million units in 2008, while its total number of 360s sold since the device hit the market three years ago expanded to 28 million.

6 Jan 2009, 4:12 pm | click here for more

Xbox 360 sales hit 28 million worldwide News (EuroGamer)

Microsoft has announced that sales of Xbox 360 have now reached 28 million. Speaking to the LA Times , executive Aaron Greenberg said, "This was the best year in the history of the Xbox, despite the tough economy."

6 Jan 2009, 2:46 am | click here for more

Xbox 360 Records its Biggest Year Ever in 2008 (1up.com)

Following up on yesterday's announcement that the Xbox 360 had its best ever Christmas performance in Europe, Microsoft today announced that 2008 has turned out to be the biggest year for the console since its launch. With Xbox Live expanding to 17 million "active members" (what deems someone an "active member" is unbeknownst to us) and 28 million consoles sold worldwide, Microsoft ...

6 Jan 2009, 2:45 pm | click here for more

Star Ocean, RE5 Xbox 360 Bundles Announced For Japan (Gamasutra)

Microsoft announced two limited edition hardware bundles for the Xbox 360 coming to Japan -- an Arcade system packed with Square Enix RPG Star Ocean: The Last wish, and a Premium model bundled with Capcom's Resident bad 5. Scheduled to debut with the game's release on February 19th, the Star Ocean bundle will sell for ¥24,800 ($263) and will include a copy of the Xbox 360 exclusive game, a ...

6 Jan 2009, 12:32 pm | click here for more

New Magna Carta confirmed for Xbox 360 (Ferrago.co.uk)

New entry first in four years A new Magna Carta game is on the way to the Xbox 360 console, VG247 report, the game set to be called Magna Carta: Crimson Stigma according to word in this afternoon. Atlus are expected to publish this new RPG release in the West, although specifics remain unclear. This is the third game in the series, although it is the first bound for the Xbox console. ...

6 Jan 2009, 10:53 am | click here for more

Microsoft: Xbox 360 had best year ever (BizJournals)

Microsoft Corp. said that it sold more Xbox 360 games last year than in any other year, and said that 28 million consoles have been sold since the game’s introduction three years ago. (MSFT)

6 Jan 2009, 10:34 am | click here for more

Xbox 360 had its biggest Year ever says Microsoft (I4U)

It was already written on th wall and early video game sales numbers confirmed that the Xbox 360 had great holiday sales. Today Microsoft announced that the Xbox 360 had overall its biggest year in 2008. Microsoft is proud to have reached in 2008 a life...

5 Jan 2009, 10:36 pm | click here for more