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Netflix to offer streaming only plans in future

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Netflix Inc Chief Financial Officer Barry McCarthy said on Wednesday it plans to offer its online streaming service on a stand-alone basis. We're likely to do that in the foreseeable future, McCarthy said at the Jefferies 5th annual Internet and Media conference in New York. Netflix customers currently pay a fixed monthly subscription fee for access to the company's popular by-mail DVD servi...
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PlayStation 3 Sales Outpace Xbox 360

Sony's PlayStation 3 surpassed Microsoft's Xbox 360 last month as the videogame console sales increased by 19 percent.
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Nintendo Outsells Rivals Again, Sony Second

Nintendo continued to dominate rivals in the month of February, with new data showing the game-maker selling nearly twice as many game-consoles in the second month of the year.
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Microsoft, Apple may get Blu-Ray Drives

Microsoft is in talks with Sony to bring the Japanese company's next generation Blu-Ray drive to its Xbox 360 game console.
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Microsoft Dumps HD DVD Drive after Blu-ray Victory

Microsoft will drop its HD-DVD external players for the Xbox360 and slash the price of its current stock after Toshiba announced last week is was giving up on the format.
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Microsoft to stop making HD DVD players for Xbox

Microsoft Corp will stop making video players based on the HD DVD standard for its Xbox 360 game system, a move that comes days after Toshiba Corp pulled the plug on the high definition movie technology.
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Microsoft Unveils Gears of War 2

Microsoft will release a sequel to blockbuster Gears of War video game in November the company said today, giving it another key title to battle against rivals Nintendo and Sony.
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Microsoft says end of HD DVD won't hurt Xbox 360

Microsoft Corp does not expect sales of its Xbox 360 game console to suffer if Toshiba Corp discontinues HD DVD technology, Microsoft said in a statement on Monday.
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Nintendo Wii to Displace Xbox 360

Nintendo's Wii is expected to displace Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 as the new-generation video game console with the world's largest installed base.
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Sony's PS3 Outsells Xbox 360 in Jan

Sony's Playstation 3 has outsold Microsoft's rival Xbox 360 for the first time since both systems have been released, according to new data surfacing late Thursday.
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Video Game Sales Jump 34 Pct

Sales of video games jumped in the U.S thanks to a strong holiday season new data reveals, with Nintendo dominating rivals through 2007.
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Nintendo Reigns Supreme in 2007

Sales of video games jumped in the U.S thanks to a strong holiday season new data reveals, with Nintendo dominating rivals through 2007. The Nintendo Wii outsold competitors in December, coming in with sales of 1.35 million units for the month compared to 1.26 million units for the Xbox 360 and 797,600 units for the PlayStation 3 according to market data released by NPD.
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Gates eyes next digital decade

Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates at the world's largest technology show predicts that his industry is on the cusp of the next digital decade.
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Microsoft promises free game after online woes

Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it will offer a free downloadable video game to users of its Xbox online gaming service after the network was plagued with connection troubles over the holidays. Xbox Live General Manager Mark Whitten said the problems stemmed from a massive increase in new users of the service over the holiday season, when sales of video game hardware and software surge.
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Microsoft touts Xbox sales but laments online woes

Microsoft Corp sold 4.3 million Xbox 360 video game consoles in the last three months of 2007, helped by hit titles such as Halo 3 and Mass Effect, according to company data released on Thursday. But the software giant also said it was disappointed with problems that had plagued its online gaming service for days and offered a free downloadable game to more than 8 million users.
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Nintendo Wii Hottest Product for Online Shoppers

Nintendo Wii is the top searched product for this holiday season overall and in the electronics category ahead of rivals Microsoft Xbox and Sony PSP3, while Barbie dominates in searched toy items, an internet data monitor reported on Thursday.
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Xbox 360 Update Adds Divx, iPhone/iPod Support

Microsoft will release a number of updates for its Xbox 360's dashboard and Live service starting next week, adding support for compressed movies and Apple portable devices, the company said.
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Japan: PS3 Outsells Wii

Sony's latest game machine finally outsold its longtime rival Nintendo in Japan as strong November sales helped boost the electronics maker ahead.

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