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[News] [Rival] Microsoft XBox Seeks Help While Nintendo Profits Surge and PS3 Gains Momentum

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Microsoft XBox Seeks Help While Nintendo Profits Surge and PS3 Gains Momentum
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:00:37 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Nintendo Profit Jumps Fivefold

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| Still, some figures show Sony's PS3 more than doubled U.S. sales in the two 
| weeks since the U.S. price drop was announced, signaling heightened 
| competition ahead.  
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070725/earns_japan_nintendo.html?.v=3

PepsiCo to launch water drinks and Xbox Mountain Dew

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| PepsiCo said it also plans to launch a new soda called Mountain Dew Game 
| Fuel, in partnership with Microsoft Corp.'s video game console Xbox. 
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN2421177920070724?rpc=44

Microsoft, EA sign sports game ad deal

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| The ads Massive delivers are dynamic, meaning they can be tailored by 
| advertisers to target specific groups or areas.  
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN2421994920070725?rpc=44

That's just what the world needs. Brainwash /inside/ games, tailored based on
adaware software.

Sony: Microsoft's downloadable content is stuck in the past

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| He also emphasised Sony's free online content in comparison to the Microsoft 
| Xbox 360 and also offered another dig at the Japanese electronics giant's 
| closest market rival:  
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http://www.gamersquad.com/category/Sony/Sony-Microsofts-downloadable-content-is-stuck-in-the-past/


Related:

PlayStation 3 sales boost in US

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| Sony said that the $100 (£50) price cut to the 60GB PS3 led to a 135% sales 
| rise over the last two weeks. 
| 
| Independent figures for sales of the cheaper PS3 are not yet available.
| 
| "This jump in sales bodes very well for us heading into the fall as we launch 
| an impressive arsenal of hardware and software," Jack Tretton, head of Sony 
| Computer Entertainment America, said in a statement.   
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6913090.stm


Microsoft Xbox 360 Sales Plunge 60% As Problems Mount 

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| Microsoft’s growing troubles with the Xbox 360 video game console appear to 
| be catching up to the company. Sales of the gaming machine plunged 60% in the 
| fiscal fourth quarter, Microsoft disclosed Thursday. In its earnings 
| statement for the quarter, Microsoft said it shipped 700,000 Xbox 360 units 
| during the period, compared to 1.8 million in the fiscal fourth quarter of 
| 2006 -- a fall off of 61%.     
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http://www.mtechxp.net/main/microsoft-xbox-360-sales-plunge-60-as-problems-mount


Sony cuts price on PlayStation 3 by $100

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| Sony also hopes the PS3 will win some converts following Microsoft's 
| admission last week that the failure rate of its Xbox 360 console
| had been unacceptably high, forcing it to book $1 billion in repair 
| costs.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070709/tc_nm/sony_playstation_dc


Linux on the PS3

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| After a lot of back and forth I finally got Linux installed on my
| PS3. Ended up installing Yellowdog Linux. 
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http://blogs.gnome.org/view/uraeus/2007/05/21/0


PS3 Real-time Ray-tracing

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| IBM Interactive Ray-tracer (iRT) using three Sony Playstation3s (PS3)
| to render a model that is 75x more complex then those used in
| today's games.
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http://www.n4g.com/ps3/NewsCom-33982.aspx


Opera Desktop Team: Approaching 9.2 [with PPC Support]

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| The most important is that we've fixed some issues with Flash 9
| on Linux. This means that you can now watch YouTube video
| fullscreen! (And close annyoing Flash ads.)
| 
| [...]
| 
| ...we have now ppc-linux .6 packages: that means that they work
| (okay, should work) on your PS3! -- if you installed Linux on it.
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http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2007/03/30/approaching-9-2


PS3 Yellow Dog Linux Install Videos

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| Due to the demand on the PS3 forums I am making some install videos of
| Yellow Dog Linux. Sorry about the slightly shaky footage, since I was
| installing and holding the camera at the same time.
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http://fatpenguinblog.com/?p=798


Yellow Dog Linux launches for PS3

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| Once the software is released for download on the public mirrors, it will
| be free of charge.
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http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6162316.html?sid=6162316&sid=6162316


Microsoft deletes mass Xbox 360 crashing claims from Forza 2 forums

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| In what appears to be an effort to conceal the over 900 replies gamers 
| provided on the official Forzamotorsport.net forums about Forza Motorsport 2 
| crashing on the Xbox 360, Microsoft has deleted the long thread, now stating 
| that it’s “exclusive content for registered forum users” only. However, the 
| thread was removed entirely, even to registered members.    
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http://gamerush.zoomshare.com/files/my_images/GameRush_Entertainment_Microsoft_deletes_mass_Xbox_360_crashing_claims_from_Forza_2_forums_News.htm

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