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Stop buying our heroes, Microsoft.

April 6, 2006

When Microsoft purchased Bungie during the dawn of the XBox, it would be unfair to say that there wasn’t a little concern for the ripple effect the move would have on the industry. Despite the optimistic flair embodied in the pro-Microsoft camp, Halo’s lack of existence on anything but the XBox for many a month [...]

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The hype’s gone bad.

November 22, 2005

It’s XBox 360 release day, which means that a lot of people probably skipped work to play their new man-toy, despite being tired from waiting in line before midnight, or in the wee-hours of the morning, hoping to snag a ’360 before anyone else. And the payoff? One of the most expensive gaming consoles ever, [...]

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Microsoft wants another monopoly, or, the Vivendi Deal.

January 29, 2003

Microsoft is yet again reaching out with greedy hands for a bigger market share in the console gaming industry. Microsoft has entered talks with Vivendi Universal over a deal that would bring all of Vivendi Gaming production under the iron grip of a company already in the deep for monopolizing parts of the PC software [...]

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