Just days ago it was revealed that Machinima partners were being offered extra money to advertise the Xbox One in their videos. So long as they showed at least 30-seconds of gameplay footage and said nothing negative about the console they would earn an extra $3 for every 1,000 views. This in itself was not…
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Microsoft Partnered Up With Machinima To Offer Youtubers Extra Money Advertise The Xbox One, And Kept It Very Quiet
An interesting story has surface via Ars Technica which suggests that Microsoft seemingly teamed up with Machinima to offer Youtube content creators extra money for advertising the Xbox One in their videos. A Tweet on the official Machinima Twitter account appeared stating that anyone promoting the Xbox One would earn an extra $3 CPM, which…
Major Nelson Responds To Gamer’s Xbox One Console Being Banned, Stating It Won’t Be Permanent. Sony
In case you missed it earlier today a Twitter user by the name of Moonlightswami was lucky enough to get his Xbox One console delivered several weeks early by retailer Target. Like any excited game he immediately fired up the console, whacked in his copy of Call of Duty: Ghosts and began playing, posting bits…
Microsoft Reveal A Few More Of Xbox One’s Features
Microsoft today took to the stage at San Diego Comic Con and revealed a few more details about their upcoming Xbox One console. Some are interesting, others are just a little bit strange, so let’s jump in to this. First up Microsoft presented a demo free-to-play fighter Killer Instinct, which was mostly used to present…
Sony Confirm That Their Playstation 4’s Digital Library Lets You Play Games From Anybodies Console
Speaking at Develop Sony have revealed some interesting regarding how the Playstation 4’s digital library system is going to work, namely that you’ll be able to log in to your account from anybodies console and access your entire roster of downloaded titles. What’s more you’re not going to have to wait around for it to…
Microsoft Reverse Their Xbox One Policies – No More 24-Hour Check-In And Game’s Can Be Shared As Normal. It’s Not All Good News, Though.
In a startling and unexpected twist Microsoft have today announced plans to change several of their key policies regarding the Xbox One, saying that they have listened to feedback and understand that gamers are not happy. On their official Xbox news site Microsoft had this to say: “You told us how much you loved the…
Microsoft: “We have a product for people who aren’t able to get some form of connectivity; it’s called Xbox 360.”
It seems like Microsoft are determined to blunder haphazardly from one PR disaster to another, failing to address existing concerns and further anger potential customers In an interview with Gametrailers shot just before E3, Microsoft’s Don Mattrick addressed fan’s concerns regarding the Xbox One’s Internet connection requirements, saying “Fortunately we have a product for people who aren’t…
Minecraft Is Coming To Xbox One
Since I’ve been away most of the day I’ve been patiently catching up with everything that’s come out of E3 thus far, mostly focusing on the Xbox One related stuff. So far it has been an up and down journey, with the likes of Star Wars: Battlefront and Dead Rising 3 making me a very…
Microsoft Confirm That Xbox One Must Connect To The Internet Every 24-Hours, Or You Won’t Be Able To Play Games
We’ve known since the Xbox One’s reveal event on May 21st that the console needed to connect to the Internet at set intervals to operate, but what we didn’t know is exactly how often this would have to be or what the consequences would be if it couldn’t. Via their new official news site Microsoft…
Germany’s Federal Data Protection Commissioner Declares Xbox One A “Monitoring Device”
Microsoft have been coming under a lot of pressure from media and gamers alike since there announcement of the new Xbox One. Perhaps most disconcerting of all is the revelation that Kinect will always be listening to you, waiting for your commands, and must also always be connected to the console for the console to…
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