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Sling TV Plays For Gamers With Xbox One App As It Expands Channel Offerings
More changes this morning for Dish Network’s new $20 a month streaming service.
Sling TV just released an app so owners of Xbox One gaming consoles can subscribe. Those who have the Microsoft device and use Xbox Live can watch Sling TV for free for a month. In addition, the first 5,000 people who buy an Xbox One…
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Microsoft’s Xbox One Holiday Sales Pass Sony’s PS4
It was a rugged first year for Microsoft’s newest videogame console, the Xbox One, but the company finally had a November to remember, beating archrival Sony’s PS4 in several sales and user measurements. Credit goes to aggressive discounting and the halo effect of, well, Halo, the blockbuster franchise returning with…
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By David Bloom
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High Score: Sony’s PS4 Passes 10 Million Console Sales in Nine Months
Sony’s PS4 videogame console continues to rack up high scores in its sales race with Microsoft’s Xbox One and Nintendo’s Wii U, passing 10 million units sold nine months after its mid-November debut. Sony execs reported the sales landmark today in Cologne, Germany, during a briefing ahead of the big GamesCon…
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By David Bloom
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E3: Microsoft Goes Games First And Only In Briefing
It didn’t take Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox for Microsoft, long to tack back from last year’s entertainment focus to one purely about games, which is all he said he would talk about during this morning’s presentation to media and analysts ahead of the big E3 videogame conference in Los Angeles. “This generation (of game…
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By David Bloom
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Video Game Sales Increased In 2013: Is The Slump Over?
It probably is following the last year’s long-awaited introduction of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles — and growing interest in downloaded games — researchers at The NPD Group conclude in a new report on 2013 Games Market Dynamics: U.S. The firm says that total spending on video game content increased 1% to…
Microsoft’s Xbox One Breaks Sales Record, Moves 1M Units In 24 Hours
Microsoft‘s new Xbox One console moved as many as 1 million units in 24 hours this week as it smashed records in 14 countries including the US and U.K., the company boasted over the weekend. The Xbox One, the first new Xbox design in 7 years, is priced at $500 a pop and billed as not just a video gaming system but an…
Xbox One’s Hollywood Launch Promotes Games But Not Its Future In Entertainment
A week after its biggest competitor’s successful launch, Microsoft rolled out its own next-generation video game console, the Xbox One, in a midnight party in Hollywood amid hundreds of gamers and a fair smattering of rappers, actors, YouTube personalities and other celebrities of varying wattage. The Xbox One is $100…
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By David Bloom
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Sony Shares Rise Following Successful PS4 Launch
It’s been years since we’ve seen new models of the major gaming consoles battle head-to-head in the marketplace. And Sony‘s PlayStation 4, in its first weekend, has set a high bar in initial sales for Microsoft to try to beat later this week when it releases the Xbox One. Sony’s stock is +1.5% thus far today — when…
Microsoft Makes Last-Minute Push For Xbox One’s Entertainment Capabilities
David Bloom is a Deadline contributor
Two weeks before its next-generation game console hits stores, Microsoft made a big last-minute push today to emphasize the entertainment capabilities of the Xbox One, unveiling 19 online video-app providers for the machine in the U.S. They include the NFL, ESPN, Netflix and Hulu P…
China To Lift Ban On Sale Of Video Game Consoles: Reports
In what could be good news for the likes of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, China is moving to repeal a 13-year ban on the sale of video game consoles within the country. The news came in a set of rules issued by the State Council today with regard to the new free-trade zone in Shanghai. Foreign companies will be able…
Xbox One Quietly Gets Launch Date, Slightly Faster Brains
David Bloom is a Deadline contributor.
Microsoft finally, and quietly, made official a November 22 launch date in the U.S. and a dozen other countries for its long-in-coming new game console, the Xbox One, according to a company blog post by Corporate VP Yusuf Mehdi. The base model will sell for $499 in the States…
What Steve Ballmer’s Departure Means For Microsoft In Hollywood
David Bloom is a contributor to Deadline.
Microsoft's announcement this morning that Steve Ballmer, the oldest of the old guard at what was once the biggest of the big tech companies, is leaving as CEO should be a major deal in Hollywood as well as Silicon Valley. After all, Ballmer and the tech giant he's helped run…
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