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majornelson.com - 8/6/2009

PayPal now available for US Xbox LIVE Accounts - Xbox Live's Major Nelson

— majornelson.com — If you are in the United States, you can now use PayPal as a method of payment... for the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. You can use PayPal to buy Microsoft Points without having to associate your credit card information to your Xbox LIVE account. If you are new ... (more) PayPal now available for US Xbox LIVE Accounts - Xbox ...

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eurogamer.net - 7/29/2009

News: Xbox Live to get Twitter "before Xmas"

— eurogamer.net — And Facebook too. How very contemporary. Xbox 360 owners will be able to access Facebook and Twitter... via their consoles before the year is out. That's according to Microsoft marketing type James Halton, speaking at an event earlier ... (more) News: Xbox Live to get Twitter "before Xmas"

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fastcompany.com - 7/30/2009

Microsoft's Shane Kim on Project Natal and the Xbox 360 Road Map | Not Quite Conversation

— fastcompany.com — shane kim In the June NPD numbers, the industry showed a significant drop year-to-year. Yet, Xbox 360... is the only console with sales up this year. What do you contribute that resiliency to? It certainly helps to have the most affordable console on the ... (more) Microsoft's Shane Kim on Project Natal and the Xbox ...

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Analysis: The Danger of Linear Models (Or: GameCube Nears 40 Million Systems)
GameSetWatch — ... Using the same principle and data from Microsoft, we could estimate that the original Xbox would have sold 31 million systems by mid-2008. The last data I'm aware of for the system (from December 2005, when the Xbox 360 was already on the market) pegs its global total at 24 million systems. I'm fairly confident that it hasn't gone much further since then. ...

Analysis: Will PS3 Overtake Xbox 360 In 2011? (Or: GameCube Nears 40 Million Systems)
Gamasutra Blogs — ...  ends in mid-2008. By that point in time, the linear model would predict 37.5 million GameCube systems. However, Nintendo says they only shipped 21.74 million systems at that time. Look at the red data points in the graph above. There's no way the GameCube is ever hitting 25 million, much less 37.5 million. Using the same principle and data from Microsoft, we could estimate that the original Xbox would have sold 31 million systems by mid-2008.  The last data  I'm aware of for the system (from December 2005, when the Xbox 360 was already on the market) pegs its global total at ...