Yesterday we were tipped off by an employee of a major publisher who claimed that the Xbox 360 failure rate—at least within his studio—has been much higher than Microsoft has stated failure rates to be (around 3-5%). The employee suggested that the failure rates were actually as high as 30-50% among the 300 or so consoles they received. He also noted that Capcom's Dead Rising seemed to be making the problem worse, with many of the consoles getting much hotter than usual.
Although our source wished to keep his company name out of it, the bigwigs at Microsoft apparently sniffed it out as an Electronic Arts employee. Responding to this employee's letter, a Microsoft representative told GameDaily BIZ, "We can confirm that the letter was neither endorsed nor approved by Electronic Arts. At this point we have no reason to believe that the claims made in the letter are based on factual data as opposed to being just an individual opinion."
Speaking at its GameFest event in Seattle, Microsoft has talked candidly about its Xbox Live service, specifically the Xbox Live Marketplace, which makes both free and premium content available for download for Xbox 360 users, and has been a notable success since launch.
Specifically, Microsoft's Marketplace Business Manager Rohan Oommen sketched out a detailed GameFest presentation on the Marketplace, which covered what has been accomplished since the service went live in November 2005 with the launch of the Xbox 360, as well as where Microsoft envisions it heading in the months to come.
With news being so slow and nothing new being annouced for release i thought i would add some statistics on our 360-Hq Members.. Im adding a full list (ranked) of the most popular games owned by 360-Hq.Com members.. We will also add the Most Popular Wishlist titles too..
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Ubisoft released Chapter 2 on the Markertplace for Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter. It cost 1200 points and is available right now.
This new multiplayer expansion will include: * Continuation of the Multiplayer Co-op Campaign with 4 All New Missions in Chapter 2 * 8 Revisited; Relit Multiplayer Adversarial Maps * 2 All New Game Types with 1 New Game Mode - Team Battle * 2 New Camouflage Patterns * 4 New Character Customization Faces * 5 New Weapons
Looks like the extra add on's will cost you 1200 Points, which is roughly $15. Now is it worth it?
bisoft's Marketing Director, John Parks, says: "The release of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter has been a resounding success as it continues to top both sales and Xbox Live charts, and we are extremely excited to build upon that success with the release of this massive content update in Chapter 2."
One of the most popular multiplayer games on Xbox Live® will get even more intense with the release of a huge new package of downloadable content for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter™. GRAW Chapter 2 introduces new maps, new game types, new camouflage, and new weapons—all part of this exciting package, coming soon to Xbox Live Marketplace.
Check out all this new Chapter 2 content:
* Co-op Campaign Continued
* Adversarial Multiplayer Maps Relit
* New Game Types
* New Camouflage Patterns
* New Character Customization Faces
* New Weapons
New Super Mario Bros. keeps kicking on retailer's best-seller chart; Table Tennis makes strong debut on Bestbuy.com's best-seller list.
When Rockstar Games announced it was making a Table Tennis game for the Xbox 360, many were skeptical. Some considered it a cynical move by the publisher to put an E-rated fig leaf over the mound of money generated by its M--and briefly AO--rated Grand Theft Auto series. Still others wondered why gamers would pick up a game based on a pastime that's already played indoors.
Well, the naysayers got paddled this week. According to retail figures from Bestbuy.com, Table Tennis was the seventh-most-popular console game in the US. It was one of six Xbox 360 games in the top 10, including Tom Clancy's Advanced Warfighter (third), Madden NFL 06 (eighth), and Call of Duty 2 (ninth). The regular and collector's editions of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for the 360 were fifth and sixth. And though raw figures were not provided, it is likely that if sales of the two Oblivions were combined, it would have been the week's top-selling console title.
The two current-gen console games in the top 10 were number-10 Kingdom Hearts II for the PlayStation 2 and the surprising second-place finisher, Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix for the GameCube, which went back into print after a brief hiatus. The top prize, though, was another title starring Nintendo's iconic Italian plumber. DS favorite Super Mario Bros. was once again the week's top title, proving the popularity of both the venerable franchise and the portable platform. Further cementing the DS's status was the number-three game, Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day.
Bestbuy.com Best Sellers: Week of May 21, 2006 1. New Super Mario Bros.
Publisher: Nintendo | Developer: Nintendo
Platform: DS | Category: Platformers
Release Date: May 15, 2006
2. Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: GC | Category: Rhythm Games
Release Date: Oct 24, 2005
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