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Sony: Shares Up On Hope China May Axe 12-Year Console Ban

Source: Seeking Alpha, Jan 28 2013, 1:05pm CST

Shares of Sony Corporation (SNE) are gapping up this morning after a report in China Daily suggests that the world's most-populous country may end a 12-year ban on the sale of video-game consoles. China banned the consoles in 20 ...

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Microsoft's Xbox DRM reversal not the first: 12 tech mulligans

Source: CNET  |   Jun 19 2013, 8:08pm CDT

Microsoft's backpedaling on DRM restrictions for its upcoming Xbox One are not the first reversal from a tech giant. Here are 12 others. Microsoft's November target date for the Xbox One at E3 last week. (Credit: Sar ...

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Gamer outrage prompts Xbox One policy changes

Source: Channel News Asia  |   Jun 19 2013, 7:57pm CDT

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft handed gamers a victory on Wednesday by backing off plans for new-generation Xbox One consoles to require Internet connections and put restrictions on playing second-hand game disks. Microsoft interactive entertainmen ...

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"Investors are welcoming the report. It would open up a new and huge market for the video-game makers."


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Microsoft has 'no plans' to revisit Xbox One's $499 price

Source: CNET  |   Jun 19 2013, 7:41pm CDT

Even as the company backtracks on its unpopular game-sharing policy, a company executive tells CNET that it won't budge on the price for the console, some $100 more than the rival PlayStation 4. Microsoft's Marc Whitten at the Xbox One reveal eve ...

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Gamer's Notebook

Source: VC Reporter  |   Jun 19 2013, 7:36pm CDT

Last week’s massive Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles filled the entirety of both West and South Halls of the Los Angeles Convention Center, including the space in between and out in front, where those unable to obta ...

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Microsoft lifts always-on DRM and used games restrictions for Xbox One

Source: CNET Asia  |   Jun 19 2013, 7:15pm CDT

Microsoft backtracked Wednesday on its much-derided policy that would have required Xbox One gamers to connect their consoles to the Internet once a day to prevent game piracy. "Since unveiling our plans for Xbox One, my team and I have heard dir ...

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UK & World News: Microsoft U-turn on Xbox limits

Source: Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News  |   Jun 19 2013, 7:05pm CDT

Microsoft has rolled back a much-criticised requirement that its forthcoming Xbox One gaming console be regularly connected to the internet, and made clear that there will be no limitations on sharing games. Microsoft has been crit ...

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National Business News: Microsoft U-turn on Xbox limits

Source: Liverpool Daily Post  |   Jun 19 2013, 7:05pm CDT

Microsoft has rolled back a much-criticised requirement that its forthcoming Xbox One gaming console be regularly connected to the internet, and made clear that there will be no limitations on sharing games. Microsoft has been ...

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Microsoft reverses course on Xbox One

Source: CNN/Money  |   Jun 19 2013, 7:03pm CDT

The original plan was to have the Xbox One console check in with its central servers at least once a day (and more frequently if users were accessing their account from a different system). If the console were not able to do so, users wou ...

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Microsoft rolls over on Xbox One always-on and DRM policies

Source: Extreme Tech  |   Jun 19 2013, 6:52pm CDT

Since the Xbox One and its draconian always-online and used games DRM policies were initially revealed, Microsoft has been taking a constant beating from the public. Now, it seems a persistent stream of vitriol has changed Microsoft ...

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