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We don’t cover the Xbox 360 and its ecosystem enough here on TNWmicrosoft, something that we intend to correct. Please accept this post as the start of something new. Rejoice Xbox 360 owners, your yearly spring update will be ready for distribution in less than two weeks on the 19th of May, meaning that PayPal support is quite literally just over the horizon. Also included in the update is support for the forthcoming disc format that new games will soon be using....

Now deep into its product cycle, the Xbox 360 continues tosell betterthan its chief rivals, the Playstation 3 and the Wii. Microsoft, who found new legs for its aging console in the Kinect, is quite content over the fact. They recently called the Xbox 360 ‘on a serious roll.’ The console moved a massive 438,000 units in September, and the total dollar value of the Xbox 360 market was $534 million....

TNW Quick Hit: Call it the Kinect effect, but the Xbox 360 seems to be on a roll. Nearly every month since the Kinect was released the Xbox 360 has been the top-selling console in the United States. According to the latestNPD Group information, Microsoft’s console did it again in March. Again according to NPD data, some 433,000 Xbox 360s were sold in March, a 28% gain year over year. For reference, the Xbox 360 came out in 2005, making its ability to continue to sell at high volumes rather impressive....

As something gets older, it tends to lose value. Thus the financial concepts of depreciation and amortization were born. The Xbox 360 seems to be trying to buck that trend, and Microsoft could not be happier. Now that we are on the very precipice of the start of E3, Microsoft is pulling out the stops of its PR campaign in favor of its wares. Enter the following chart: Accordingto NeoWin:...

“Consumers looking for an on-demand service won’t find it with Game Pass.” That’s how I endedthis 2017 articletitled “Xbox Game Pass isn’t the Netflix of Anything.” I’m happy to say that now, in 2021, it finally is. That’s right. It’s three years later and Xbox Game Passisthe Netflix of Gaming. And it’s all thanks to Microsoft’s excellent “Xbox Cloud Gaming” service, which recently entered beta. I’ve tested the service and ran it through some paces and, well, I have some thoughts....