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Sony Talks up Monthly Fees Again
Masayuki Chatani, Sony’s technology platform boss has told Nikkei that the company will “face difficulties” if it continues to rely on the “sell-and forget model” that they currently employ. “Servers and the like have running costs… a...
Xbox Live Activity Report – 11 December 2009
It’s Friday the 11th of December which means it’s my brothers birthday today, happy birthday Shaun, and we get to see what the local Xbox 360 gaming community has been up to this week. There have obviously been quite a few people waiting for the...
MS Temporarily Banning Javelin Suicide Glitch Users, Sony not so much
You all know about the MW2 Javelin glitch that has been plaguing gamers over the last week in their nightly sessions of Modern Warfare 2, you also all know that Infinity Ward is working on getting a patch out ASAP. Microsoft have decided to take mat...
South African Xbox Live Activity Report – 4th December 2009
I received a note from X3G this week letting me know that the statistics for the local Xbox 360 players was once again being collated correctly and that the charts were accurate again. So now that we are past most of the major releases for this sill...
South African Xbox Live Activity 20 November
It’s been around a month since we last posted up the local Xbox Live stats and in that time there has been very little that has changed. Modern Warfare 2 is still to new to have made enough of a dent which means that the table really hasn’t cha...
The PSN is Becoming a Paid-for Service
It appears that the traditionally free Playstation Network is going the way of Xbox Live; that’s right – it’s becoming a premium, paid for service. At a recent media/investor conference, a slide was shown displaying how the PSN was to pr...
Shame. The Poor Widdle Piwates Want To Sue
So here is one of those stories that kind of make me laugh but get my blood boiling at the same time. A law firm that specialises in consumer class actions has posted a form on it’s site that requests that users (read filthy pirates) that were...
SA’s number one GSW was a pirate? – [Rumour squashed]
[Update] It appears the secret intel may in fact be wrong… what is known is that one of the most respected local 360 players is a pirate but it may not in fact be RA1NKING, I just wish it was easier to check on who was a filthy pirate and who ...
Gears of War 2 Celebrates Birthday – Gets Tactical.
Are you still clinging on to Gears of War 2, before the launch of Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 eradicates its multiplayer scene? You’ll probably be happy to know that from today, November 6 until November 16th, you get to take part in the cele...
Xbox 360 rewards program detailed – Boring
We previously reported on the rumoured Xbox Live Rewards program that Microsoft were sending surveys out about. Well Microsoft has now confirmed that the rewards program is real and as far as I can tell it will be live sometime in the very near fut...
Xbox Live Preview Program has gone Live
Hey social networking fans! Those of you who signed up for the Xbox Live update preview may just be thrilled to know that it’s gone live. What does this mean to you? Well,if you’ve been selected to participate it means you get to abuse Facebook...
Sexy Massage Games – Now with free trailer
I have always found those special massage games on Xbox Live quite funny, I mean we all know what they are used for and yet there are now 4 of them on the system when really one is more than enough. Well when you find out that the guy who made the ...
South African Xbox 360 Activity Report – 16 October 2009
Once a week Major Nelson posts up a top 10 list of all the games being played on Xbox Live and now thanks to X3G.co.za we can provide a list of the local top 10 games being played. Unfortunately Microsoft hasn’t given us access to their backend so...
The PS3 is South Africa’s HD Console of Choice
When it comes to High-Definition gaming on consoles there are two options; Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s Playstation 3. Locally it seems that despite the one year head start, the average South African chooses the PS3 over the 360. Even more te...
