It is no secret that Microsoft’s achievement system has been a rousing
success. You only need to look at the imitators to see the massive
impact that it has had on the gaming community and gaming culture.
Playstation 3’s trophies, Steam Achievements, and even World of Warcraft
achievements are all born out of the success of Microsoft’s service.
Microsoft announced today that they have sold over 10 million Kinect sensors worldwide. The sales remained steady through to this year. They saw very little dip in sales since the release of the Kinect. This has also pushed Kinect game sales over 10 million. Which is a big number but I wonder if they are counting all of the Kinect Adventures that comes with every Kinect?
Not only have they sold 10 million units but they also got themselves a new Guinness World Record. The Kinect is the fastest selling consumer electronic device to date. The device sold an average of 133,333 Kinect sensors per day for 60 days in a row. For a total of eight million sold between the days of November 4, 2010 to January 3, 2011. That is an amazing achievement for Microsoft.
It’s about that time, folks. It’s about time to start prepping for another 400-500 dollar investment in a new console. And Microsoft has further proven that after placing a few ads on Linkedin calling for a “Graphics hardware architect” and a “Senior Architect and Performance Engineer.”
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Are you excited for the new Mortal Kombat game? Well you certainly
aren’t alone as the newest title in the historic franchise is taking the
series back to its roots, a move that is arguably needed to save the
legacy.
You may have been so busy with Bulletstorm that you forgot about the
Gears of War 3 Beta that comes with the “Epic Edition” of the unique
shooter. The beta will finally drop on April 18th for those of you smart
enough to grab an “Epic Edition” of the game.
Microsoft
is going to start removing old and dead gamertags. This means that the
name you may have always wanted may be made available to you. I am
sure most of us had our first choice of a gamertag shot down. This is
your time for revenge. The news was posted on Major Nelson’s blog. The
blog post went on to say, “This process will take some time to
complete, and no we can’t tell you when the Gamertag you want might be
available.”
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also goes on to say that if you are interested in a new gamertag, then
you should check back often because the process will take several days
to clean out all of the dead tags. If you are interested in looking for
a new gamertag, sign into Xbox Live, go to “My Xbox Channel,” and then
select the “Change Gamertag” option. From that point you can then
search for a name or have it randomly generate a name for you. But to
change your name is not free. It will cost you 800 Microsoft points or
$10.00.
Atlus, developers of such hits as Persona 4, Persona 3, and
Devil Summoner, has finally unveiled that their newest title, Catherine, will
be released in North America. It was fairly inevitable that the game would come
to NA but that doesn’t make this announcement any less sweet for us Atlus
lovers out there. Catherine has been released in Japan for only a few weeks.
Gunner Wright, the voice of Isaac Clark in Dead Space 2 is interested in
playing Mr. Clark once again. This time in a Dead Space film. Gunner
has said that he is ready right now. In an interview with helldescent Wright says, “I feel like we already shot a film, one that you can play. As for DS2
live action, I already have the plasma cutter so lets roll camera…give
the heart wrenching romantic tear jerker to someone else.”
One of the most prolific sites for the Xbox community has officially called it quits. MyGamerCard.net was once used by over 5 million people to display gamertags proudly on pages around the internet. Morgon, the developer and founder of the site blames Microsoft itself for the downfall of the site.
