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The next-generation console war isn’t at full steam yet, but the summer has seen some fierce battling going on already between the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. However, the Xbox 360 is still selling despite the anticipation of the next-generation. Microsoft revealed that they sold 140,000 Xbox 360 consoles during the month of June, which was enough to top the list of the best-selling consoles for 30 straight months.

The 30-month mark is quite impressive, and it means that the Xbox 360 has been the best-selling console for 2.5 years without Sony or Nintendo getting in the way. Even Nintendo’s launch of the Wii U wasn’t enough to dethrone Microsoft’s console, which goes to show that the Xbox 360 can outperform next-gen consoles, or the Wii U just had poor sales. Maybe a little of both?

As for the total amount spent on Xbox 360 hardware, games, and accessories during the month of June, Xbox 360 gamers spent a collective $197 million, which is the most of any console for that month. The Xbox 360 also held seven of the top 10 console games for June including Minecraft, NBA 2K13, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Grand Theft Auto IV, and Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

It’s hard to believe that the Xbox 360 is almost eight years old, being introduced back in November of 2005. The Xbox One is also planned for a November release, as is the PlayStation 4. Xbox Live boss Larry Hyrb revealed yesterday that Xbox One pre-orders have surpassed pre-orders of the Xbox 360 during the same time period, which means that the new console may do better than the Xbox 360 did.

The Xbox One was unveiled back in May and was also further detailed at E3 last month. Microsoft will be at Gamescom in August to announce even more details on the new console before its release in November. The console has already received a bit of backlash, but Microsoft has since backtracked on plans for an always-on internet connection and heavy DRM restriction.

SOURCE: Microsoft

Xbox 360 sales remain steady, is still best-selling console is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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While Microsoft’s next-gen console, the Xbox One, is pegged for a release later this year, we’re sure some gamers might prefer playing the Xbox 360 due to its larger library of games and simply because it would be a cheaper […]

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According to Xbox One representatives this afternoon, it’s not just the PlayStation 4 that’ll be offering the ability to play downloadable games before they’re fully downloaded once the consoles launch later this year. Speaking up after the fact that Sony’s console would offer such a service – and perhaps seeing the high-fives and thumbs up given in response – Microsoft has issued a statement on their machine’s ability to work with downloading games well before they’re fully downloaded.

It’s not that the Xbox One couldn’t always do this, it’s just that Microsoft more than likely wants to make clear that they’re not letting their customers behind. This ability also works with the installation of games from disks. According to Microsoft as well, you’ll find your ability to play the game appearing well before a physical disk is done installing your full fare of data.

“Consumers will be able to sign on to any Xbox One console and have access to all their digital games. Once the required data -– a fraction of the entire game -– is on their hard drive, they can jump into the action while the rest of the game finishes downloading in the background.” – Microsoft Representative

Both the Microsoft-made Xbox One and the Sony-made PlayStation 4 will be launching near the end of this year, well within the bounds of the 2013 holiday season. At the moment we’ve not yet seen final builds from either company, so demonstrations of the abilities described above will not be available for viewing for some time. At the moment we’re left with sly not-quite-real-and-full access, as it were.

The ability to play games well before they’re fully downloaded or installed exists on the Xbox 360 right this minute, and most web-based gaming hubs allow this functionality from gaming PCs here in the summer of 2013 as well. It’s not that we’ve never seen this sort of quick access before, it’s that the public wants to continue to see it happen well through the future.

VIA: Engadget; Polygon

Xbox One joins “play as you download” club is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It’s a rather hopeless landscape that makes up the Mad Max game, and the movie series that it represents. Here in this week’s first gameplay trailer for the title, you’ll find the “soul of a man” song turning the Australian outback’s post-apocalyptic sensibilities back on a 2013 title for devices both current and next-generation in name. While the story is based in hopelessness, the conservation of fuel and scrounging for firearms and food, Mad Max will have a few more rounds to blast.

While the Mad Max movies will be remembered for their epic car chases and unique pre-steampunk style, the dark tone and starving nature of man’s state of affairs after a massive world war will indeed be translated to this game title. At least this first “gameplay” trailer says it will. Complete with a lovely rendition of a country song made to tug at your heartstrings, (Soul of a Man – Steven Stern) this 1.5-minute spot has a few missing elements as well.

There’s no dog, for example. While the dog doesn’t appear throughout the Mad Max series as a staple from the start of each film to the end, the idea that the creators of this game could have added a dog but didn’t will have some die-hard fans weeping. The same goes for the main character. That’s not Mel Gibson.

You’ll have noticed – if your eyes are attuned to such things – that the vast majority of the clip does not actually feature gameplay as such. Instead you’ll have to pick and choose scenes where you’re actually diving in on driving and shooting – the rest is made up of some rather impressive looking cut-scenes.

This says a lot about the final product, mind you. If the final game doesn’t look half as good as the scenes we’re seeing here, at least they’ll be interspersed with the good stuff while the gameplay attempts to make up for it.

You’ll at least be driving a vehicle in part of the game, fighting with hand-to-hand combat and 3rd-person sharpshooting in the other. That seems clear.

The original E3 announcement trailer shows a bit more on the ins-and-outs of the title – on the tenor, at least. Fans of Mad Max that’d been playing Fallout in wait for a real Road Warrior title will be finding themselves tickled – or run over by the black heat.

Mad Max video game full gameplay trailer tips Xbox One and PS4 digs is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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