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Microsoft: 360 Install Base to Overtake Original Xbox This Month
10:00AM Owen Good | In her presentation to the BMO Capital Markets Conference this morning, Microsoft’s Mindy Mount noted that the Xbox 360’s installation base will hit 25 million sometime this month, surpassing the installation base for the original Xbox. The 360 will hit that figure in three years, compared to more than five for the original machine. More »
Nintendo Eyes User Generated Content, Says ‘Entertainment Is A Two-Way Street’
7:40AM Michael McWhertor | Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime spoke at today’s BMO Capital Markets Interactive Entertainment Conference, starting his presentation with a look at the landscape of the five most popular web sites in 1996. Fils-Aime pointed out that each was a search engine, “gathered and controlled by someone else.” More »
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Is Take-Two Thinking of Subscription-Based GTA and BioShock?
5:00AM Brian Crecente | During today’s talk at the BMO Capital Market’s conference, Take-Two head honcho Strauss Zelnick seemed very up on the idea of downloadable content, micro-transactions and even… subscriptions. More »
Ubisoft’s Massive MMO Plans Start Small
3:20AM Mike Fahey | So now that Ubisoft has purchased World in Conflict development studio Massive Entertainment from Activision, what are they going to do with them? Speaking at the 16th Annual BMO Capitol Markets Interactive Entertainment conference this morning, Ubisoft President and CEO Yves Guillemot explains that Massive will play a key role in Ubisoft’s MMO strategy. More »
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