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New Xbox 360 Motherboard Leaked – May Feature 256MB Flash Memory

Nerd Grind — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:38:28 +0000

Microsoft has codenamed the next version of the Xbox 360 motherboard Jasper. The board apparently comes with some unannounced goodies. The motherboard contains a 65nm graphics processing unit, and uses less than a 150W power supply. Jasper clocks in at 25W less than before.

More than anything, however, is the inclusion of a 256MB flash memory chip for internal storage. This should make you Xbox owners out there who don’t own a hard drive happy. Get to saving!

Microsoft Announces Xbox 360 Has Managed to Outsell Original Xbox

Nerd Grind — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:16:34 +0000

Microsoft has just announced that sales of the Xbox 360 have outpaced total sales of the original Xbox. This announcement comes just two days after the 360’s third birthday on November 22. Happy birthday, you loud awesome beast!

To put things in perspective, the original Xbox’s life cycle was almost four years long. The 360 has outsold it in just three years, and before another lucrative holiday season to boot. Microsoft’s continued success brings a tear to all of our eyes.

Cops Snatch Xbox 360 from Man After They Smell Marijuana in Car – Video

Nerd Grind — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:02:31 +0000

Kenyatta Hillman was pulled over for speeding in Orange County, California. After the police detected the odor of marijuana, they searched his car and found no trace of drugs. They did, however, decide his stolen Xbox 360 would make a fine surrogate. What’s the problem then?

It wasn’t stolen. They assumed it was because obviously people whose cars reek of drugs also steal consumer electronics devices. Hillman went to the police station later with a receipt to prove ownership of the system but the Xbox was still "lost in transit." No word on if Hillman has gotten the system back yet. I believe Flavor Flav had something to say about this. Watch the video below:

Research Study Says Xbox 360 Selling More Games Per System Than PS3 or Wii

Nerd Grind — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:23:50 +0000

An independent research study has issued their results regarding the attachment rates for each video game console. An attachment rate is taken to be the amount of games sold per console per person. After 23 months on the market, the PS3 and Wii are virtually tied, with 5.3 and 5.5 games sold per system, respectively. During that same time, the Xbox 360 was hanging high at 6.6 games sold per system.

The Xbox 360 does have the benefit of being the first kid on the block, being released a good year before the other two. However, they’ve always had an excellent attachment rate. Whereas, a good portion of Nintendo Wii owners may have never bought anything besides the pack-in Wii Sports, which would bring down their number considerably.

Netflix Offers HD Streaming on Xbox 360 Before Other Formats

Nerd Grind — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:25:14 +0000

Netflix is gearing up to offer HD streaming of their content for the Xbox 360 platform. They currently offer streaming on PCs and Macs but the service is not in high definition. The service will be available when the new Xbox dashboard hits on November 19th. HD streaming will be available to Xbox Live Gold members only.

This is, however, only a "soft launch." Only 300 titles or so will be available at the launch of the service. That number will ramp up before too long, however.

Microsoft to Release $99 60GB Xbox Live Starter Pack Next Week

Nerd Grind — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:38:37 +0000

According to Gamestop and a leaked Circuit City ad, a $99 60GB Xbox Live upgrade will be available starting next week. The bundle will include three months of Live Gold, a headset and a 60GB hard drive. The hard drive is perfect for the coming 128MB storage requirement of the new Xbox 360 UI. The company has offered no word on any other promotions that would coincide with the holiday season.

New Xbox Experience Coming in November

Nerd Grind — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:14:29 +0000

Microsoft has inadvertently announced that the "New Xbox Experience", meaning the upcoming system update, will be hitting this November. While not quite a "fall" update (though I guess ’Winter Update’ doesn’t quite have the same ring to it), the update is set to completely redefine how the Xbox Dashboard works, and will have a slew of new features attached to it. While we haven’t had a chance to try it out firsthand, it looks prettier, but also a bit more complicated. And after two years on the 360’s design, it will take some time to adjust, which may or may not be a bad thing.

Xbox Live Offline September 29th

Nerd Grind — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:34 +0000

Xbox Live will be offline on September 29th, at 12:01am, according to Microsoft’s Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb. It will be offline for "up to 24 hours" for maintenance, in preparation for the coming fall update. The update will not be the complete overhaul we’ve seen much of over the last few months. Hyrb also points out that most of Xbox.com will also be offline, with the main exception of the forums, which will be read only. All this means that the 29th is the perfect day to get back on Team Fortress 2, which you’ve most likely been denying for some 360 game. Shame!

$200 eMachine

Nerd Grind — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:11:24 +0000

For your holiday shopping pleasure: Best Buy is offering a $200 eMachines with 17-inch LCD.

It will also have a Philips Blu-ray player for $400, as well as an Xbox 360 with Guitar Hero II (plus guitar) for $350.

Get those shopping lists together!

New 360 Drive

Nerd Grind — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:41:28 +0000

Just a rumor and there is nothing to really substantiate yet, but it is being reported that Mark Bennett (Microsoft’s European HD DVD business director), announced that Microsoft would be shipping a new and improved 360 HD DVD drive in 2008 which would support HD DVD’s HDi interactive features.

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