A selection of game machines which fell so hard that they’ve become cautionary tales for the entire video game business.
Microsoft
Mojo: Easy to Lose, Hard to Regain
For this week’s Technologizer column on TIME.com, I wrote about Microsoft’s mojo–or, more specifically, the fact that the company has had trouble translating its utter dominance of PC software into a leadership role in the most significant emerging tech categories moving forward, such as Web services and mobile operating systems.
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Halo: Reach Hits 3 Million in A Month, New Maps On The Way
The last Halo game by Bungie just keep breaking records. First, it generated $200 million in sales in its first day, rivaling the best movie releases of 2010, with 31,000,000 Games have been played during its first full week. And now comes news that the month-old sci-fi first-person shooter’s racked up more 3.3 million in sales since …
Two Minute Video: Can Windows Phone 7 Split the Difference?
Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 platform may be able to split the difference between the heavily controlled-yet-polished structure of the iPhone platform and the almost overwhelming device, form factor, and carrier options available with the Android platform.
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Bing Gets Facebook Integration: Be Careful What You ‘Like’
Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, now has Facebook integration. The integration hasn’t gone live for all users quite yet, but it should be “rolling out in the days to come,” says Microsoft.
When you search for a specific person by name using Bing, you’ll see “the people closest to you based on your social connections on Facebook,” …
Windows Phone 7 Ushers In Zune Support For Macs
The head of marketing for Windows Phone in the UK has unofficially confirmed via Twitter that support for Zune on the Mac is coming. The update has since been removed but Microsoft has confirmed that a public beta will be out this year allowing Windows Phone 7 users to sync “select content” with their Macs. Whether or not that means …
Windows Phone 7 Predictions (Spoiler: It Won’t Fail)
Microsoft officially unveiled its initial lineup of Windows Phone 7 devices today, with the Samsung Focus looking to be the first US handset available—it’ll start selling on November 8th for $200 with a two-year AT&T contract.
While the first crop of handsets and the shiny, new operating system running atop them certainly look …
EA Mobile Onboard to Publish Windows Phone 7 Games
Electronic Arts will make Windows Phone 7 games after all. Microsoft’s recent press release indicates that these four titles will be available this fall: Need for Speed: Undercover, Tetris, The Sims 3, and Monopoly.
The games support Windows Phone 7’s Xbox Live integration, "featuring the unique ability to track and share scores with
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T-Mobile’s First Windows Phone 7 Phone Comes With a Kickstand
Both AT&T and T-Mobile are announcing their respective Windows Phone 7 devices today at the WP7 event in NYC but T-Mobile is first out of the gate with the HTC HD7. (More: Complete List of Windows Phone 7 Devices Available at Launch)
The 4.3-inch touch-screen makes the HD7 the largest available WP7 device in the U.S. Under …
Is AT&T’s U-Verse Coming to the Xbox 360 Next Week?
Engadget‘s reporting that AT&T’s content-delivery service will be landing on Microsoft’s game console as soon as next month. The telecom giant’s fiber-optic initiative has won accolades for its functionality and interface but U-Verse is only in available in 22 states as of now. Supposedly, a dashboard app compatible with the new Xbox 360 …
Ballmer on Microsoft Tablets: ‘You’ll See Them This Christmas’
Reuters reports that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a crowd at the London School of Economics yesterday, "You’ll see new slates with Windows on them. You’ll see them this Christmas."
There’s some speculation that Microsoft’s official unveiling of Windows Phone 7, which is scheduled for next Monday, may contain some information about
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Windows Phone 7 Ads Show Us How Lame We Really Are
By now we’re used to seeing silly ads from Microsoft but the latest batch promoting Windows Phone 7 (featuring the HTC Mondrian) are spot on. I’m not saying things will change with a Windows Phone 7 device but they’ve managed to address a phenomenon that we can all relate to. Watch and you’ll see what I …