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With the Xbox One releasing later this year, many may think that Microsoft will leave the Xbox 360 by the wayside, but it seems that’s on the contrary, as the company aims to sell 25 million units over the next five years, even with the console’s successor on the market. Microsoft plans to move a whopping 400 million units during its lifetime.

Microsoft’s senior vice president of Interactive Entertainment Business, Yusuf Mehdi, says that the company plans to continue to support the Xbox 360 into the foreseeable future, and the company even has a big announcement planned at E3 for the Xbox 360 that will “keep the console vibrant for years,” according to Microsoft.

Overall, Microsoft wants to sell over 100 million Xbox 360 consoles before they inevitably end up calling it quits on the eight-year-old machine. But the company has even more ambitious goals for the Xbox One. Mehdi says that “most industry experts think the next generation will get upwards of about 400 million units…over the next decade.”

Of course, these estimates come from analysts, but Mehdi and the rest of Microsoft believe that’s a realistic number to hit for their next-generation console. And because Microsoft will be marketing the Xbox One as an entertainment device and not just a gaming console, they think they can reach more people than with the Xbox 360. Thus resulting in more units sold.

In April, Microsoft reported that they sold 130,000 Xbox 360 consoles during that month, which is down by more than half from previous months, but if we take that number as the average and base it on future Xbox 360 sales, that comes out to only 7.8 million consoles sold over five years. Even if we double that to almost 16 million, that’s nowhere near the 25 million that Microsoft wants to achieve in five short years, and that’s even with the Xbox One not even out yet. So if Microsoft wants to reach 100 million Xbox 360 consoles sold, it’s going to have to work a miracle, to put it kindly.

SOURCE: Xbox Magazine

Xbox One sets sights on 400m sold, Xbox 360 aims for 100m is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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NVIDIA newsletter subscribers have been able to pre-order the Shield handheld console for several days now, but the rest of us were due to wait until after the weekend. Considering that $349 price tag, we’re not entirely sure we want to commit without having a chance to take the final hardware for a spin, but the option now exists nonetheless. Beginning today (instead of the previously announced date of May 20th), early adopters can hand over their cash at Gamestop, Newegg and Canada Computer, along with NVIDIA’s own pre-order site, which we’ve linked for your convenience just below.

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Now that OUYA consoles are shipping out to the masses, the folks at iFixit were able to grab a box and immediately undo all of the precious packaging work accomplished at the factory. In its usual style, the site gently dissected the world’s best-known Android game console, commenting on “a very clean and simple layout.” Overall, the splaying seemed to happen with little to no fuss, with the fan being the only modular (and moving) component in the entire thing. All told, the OUYA notched a 9 out of 10 on the all-important Repairability Meter, aided by the fact that only standard-head screws were used, and that no abstract glues or other black magic was used while piecing it all together. You’ll definitely want to give the source link a look if you’re yearning for more eye candy.

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Microsoft isn’t far off announcing the first official details about its upcoming “Xbox 720” next-gen console, but according to the latest batch of whispers the gaming flagship will launch as the Xbox Fusion. Speculation about the official name Microsoft will give the Xbox 360 successor has circulated since shortly after the 360 itself arrived, with the current internal codename “Durango” and tongue-in-cheek “Xbox 720″ expected to fall by the wayside in favor of a more distinctive brand.

Rumors about that brand have pointed to Xbox Infinity most recently, with what was tipped to be leaked promotional material from Microsoft indicating an infinity-sign style logo for the upcoming hardware. However, the fact that Microsoft does not own the “xboxinfinity.com” domain has led to doubts that it will be the eventual brand.

That’s not the case for Xbox Infinity, however, as Fusible points out. Microsoft registered “xboxinfinity.com” all the way back in early 2004, the site points out, with the URL currently redirecting to Xbox.com.

In addition to the .com domain, Microsoft has also registered the .info, .biz, .de, .co.uk, and other variants of the XboxFusion URL. As for how the name might link with the leaked infinity symbol, there are arguments that the two interconnected loops could well be seen as elements fusing together.

Of course, it’s too soon to say that Fusion will be Microsoft’s choice of name, and it’s worth noting that a quick glance through the company’s trademark registrations shows it’s missing from that list at present. Fusion, if indeed it ever gets used for a commercial product or service, could instead be to do with how Xbox, Windows, and Windows Phone devices play together, for instance; indeed, there’s some speculation that Microsoft will go with the relatively simple “Xbox” as the name for the new console.

The first details will come on May 21, when Microsoft will hold an event on the Xbox campus to show the initial fruits of its endeavors.

Xbox 720 is Xbox Fusion suggests latest console chatter is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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What many suspected was coming has indeed happened: Microsoft just confirmed an upcoming Xbox event on May 21st, which we expect to be focused on the company’s next-gen Xbox console (informally codenamed Durango). The company isn’t diving into specifics at this stage, but the event is taking place on its own Xbox campus and should offer a “real taste of the future,” according to Xbox Live programming director Larry Hryb. Don’t worry too much that Microsoft will completely upstage E3, which happens just a few weeks later — Hryb also promises that his firm will “continue the conversation” at the show, focusing attention on its game lineup. Players will have a chance to stream the event through both Microsoft’s services (including Xbox Live) and Spike TV, but you can be sure we’ll be on the ground to share the news first-hand.

Ben Gilbert contributed to this report.

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