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Microsoft offering free Xbox 360 game with Windows Phone 7

XMNR: The Xbox LIVE enabled Windows Phone 7 was released just this past November and Microsoft is already offering promotional enticements to sweeten the pot in the form of your choice of one of four free Xbox 360 games. It doesn't the European cell phone company that is offering a free Xbox 360 with the purchase of a Windows Phone 7 but it is still a decent offer for US cell phone users.

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JOLLY14898d ago

Sweet! I haven't bought Fable 3 yet..

HarryMonogenis4898d ago

It's funny how someone disagreed with your comment. XD

darthv724898d ago (Edited 4898d ago )

To be honest, MS doesnt make these phones. Samsung and HTC are a couple that do. There will be others as well. The animosity people have towards MS is preventing them from seeing that.

The OS is much better than expected. In fact it has the potential to beat iPhone if it were not for one small problem. Popularity of the iPhone in modern culture.

Android has done a good job advertising itself as a robust alternative for those who dont want to be lumped into the "everybody's got one" crowd. WP7 could do that also if it is marketed properly.

You see, there are things better than the ipod and iphone generation. Just because it comes from MS doesnt mean it should be ignored. Having read some of the other comments below I can tell they are from people who don't like change for something better.

This deal is rather simple and looks to be no different than any other incentive done by companies to get customers. Sony and the ps3 with the purchase of a bravia or even the hd movie battle in the format wars. 5-7 free movies with the purchase of a player.

I do want WP7 phones to be available to verizon. That right there would make a dent in ipone popularity. You figure EVERYBODY that has an iphone is an att customer and even though it is going to be offered by verizon...that is coming in after the fact.

Droid popularity is on the rise because people dont want att and want a phone as good (even better) than the iphone. Even sprint could benefit from wp7 phones as alternatives to iphone.

The iphone used to be something of conversation when only so many had one. Now with everyone having one...who cares. Get an android or WP7 and the curiosity in them returns as a conversation piece.

Mystogan4898d ago

MS is really getting aggressive with marketing and WP7 deserves it. its an Awesome OS better then the iPhone. only thing is it doesn't have the crazy amount of Apps right now.

mcstorm4896d ago

I have to agree windows phone 7 has the best os on the market so far. I have been a windows mobile fan for years but the old os was starting to get very out dated and needed a face lift. Android did thid if you look at wm6 and look at android the are the same in a lot of ways but android was easy to use with your finger wp6 was not unless you ised something like htc sence. I got the htc hd7 on release i had a desire before that and at the same time one of my mates got the desire hd and he is now wishing he went for wp7 as they are more or less the same phone but from what we have seen so far with xbox live cloud office facebook ect that has been built into wp7 makes the os more complete and dont have to download other apps to do those things. I think in the next 12 months wp7 will be the 3rd biggest mobile os on the market with apple or android at number one and the other one at number two but but if ms carrys on showing off what wp7 can do it will bring alot more people to ots platform. For me zune is a big changer as the £9 a month zune pass for unlimited music downloads is not offered by any one elese in the market. I just hope ms and google manage to take apple off the top of the mobile and tablet market over the next few years so we can have devices that work for us not devices that work how apple want them too.

Queasy4898d ago

Yeah, I already got a Windows phone so I'm missing out on this deal. :(

JOLLY14898d ago

I just reaized that it was for people starting today :(

ComboBreaker4898d ago

Bundling an Xbox game isn't going to help the sales of Windows 7 Phones.

Know what would help? Getting rid of that ugly metro UI.

JOLLY14898d ago

Is it the white flat logos? I thought ps3 people would like it since they stole it from the ps3 dashboard.

Queasy4898d ago

Works fine for me. A few complaints bit there's an update coming in Jan. or Feb. that will address those.

Computersaysno4898d ago

Android, blackberry and iphone have pushed microsoft completely out the game the past year. I dont see a way back for them

hoops4898d ago

And if it had a UI like the iPhone or Android, you like others would say they ripped them off...

darthv724898d ago

its not to late. did anyone think there would be an answer to the iphone in the form of the droid? The kicker there was people who wanted an iphone had to get att.

Those that hated att and wanted an iphone have found their answer in the droid. WP7 is also better than iphone. People need to get over the stigma that the OS is made by MS. The phones...they are made by samsung and htc.

I used to want an iphone when it first came out. Now that pretty much everyone has one, why bother. I want something new and different. WP7 and droid are where it's at.

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awiseman4898d ago (Edited 4898d ago )

looks like u already got one given your avatar XD

jk man

on topic: yes its a good deal but they need to get it of gayt&t and go for sprint or verizon...they wipe the floor with gayt&t.

astar1234567894898d ago

they most really need sales for there phone

SoSLy4898d ago

Man, i had to return my Win Phone 7 and traded it for an Android phone. nothing wrong with the phone, it just wasnt me.

silvacrest4898d ago

the sales must not be great if they have to do something like this

android and iphone are still king it seems

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6 Friendliest Characters in Games

GF365: "Oftentimes, video games have characters who are antagonistic and really not very pleasant. Here are some of the friendliest characters in games where you might not otherwise expect to find them."

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thorstein266d ago

Dogmeat: *bark!*

Translation: you are dead to me.

JSONEHUNDRED266d ago

You can probably add Karlach to this from BG3

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Fable II - A Fantasy Series at Peak Performance

Fable II launched back in 2008 and remains the best the series has offered. Ahead of the series comeback, it's time to look at the classic.

Crows90328d ago

They gotta bring back those gargoyles!

Dudeson328d ago

I'd love to play it again, this time on pc though. Forever waiting on that pc port.

GaboonViper328d ago

Loved this game, oh and i always saved my dog at the end, hope the new Fable has a animal companion.

got_dam328d ago

Fable 2 was the best inthe series. Peter waaaaaaay over promised with fable 1 and it was good but disappointing. He didn't go crazy eith hype for the second game and it was surprisingly awesome. Then he ran his mouth promoting 3 and it was the worst of the 3.

cthulhucultist327d ago

Funny story: Fable 3 had a funny way of keeping the promises you made in the first half of the game and having enough money to defeat the darkness.

You only had to collect enough money to buy 2 stores in a busy market district. You then raise the prices to maximum and you turn xbox 360 internal clock 99 or more years ahead.

The next time you load the game, all the rents from the 99 years are collected immediately.

But yes I agree that 3 was the weakest of the three.

Demetrius327d ago

I only got to play it once 😩 I'm so tempted to buy a Xbox 360 slim but planning on getting the series x soon since I got a PS5 in February Im ready to get saints row 1&2 back, GTA 4, fable 2, but I also want to play infamous 1&2 again Sony screwed us over with the stream only for saints row 2 and other gems smh

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10 Best Lore-Rich Video Games

Talented writers can build worlds that are as wondrous as real-life. Here are the best lore-rich video games for you to get immersed in.

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shinoff2183502d ago

How'd fallout not make the list. Atleast over cyberpunk, tales , and halo. Fallout been around since what 96 98 and has 5 6 games into it. It's full of lore when you play it. I'd even add star ocean to a point.

robtion501d ago

Agree Fallout should be on there.

MadLad501d ago

And somehow Planescape Torment doesn't even make the list.

Crows90501d ago

Hollow knight surpasses these.

shinoff2183501d ago

In lore? I must be missing something

Crows90501d ago (Edited 501d ago )

Yes in lore. Easily missed... absolutely. Never played a game that had me loving the world and lore behind it as much as that one. Most of course wouldn't be able to experience it since it is a more difficult game.

DarXyde501d ago

I can't speak for all titles on this list, but by the time you get to Dark Souls III, the lore is a bloody tapestry of intricacy

Crows90500d ago

Played them all. Im not saying the games on the list dont have good lore...I just think hollow knight had more lore that is hidden but present and more easily explored and accessed. The souls games have tremendous lore but theyre mostly hidden and stay that way unless you look for it and research it. The lore is not very accessible.

DarXyde500d ago

Crows90,

I think that's a somewhat fair assessment. For me, the Souls games are less upfront about the lore, but it does invite your fascination through NPCs, items, locations, bosses, etc. There's this kind of natural progression where the picture becomes just clear enough by doing the essential tasks, but it really makes you want to explore every inch of the world.

TheColbertinator501d ago

Suikoden and Legend of Heroes also have massive lore setups.

agent13501d ago

narration is more important than lore i'd rather watch the story and characters in a more cinematic way instead of searching for notes and stuff that's why i love sony exclusive games like uncharted and gow and hate from software games

shinoff2183500d ago

The article was top ten lore in video games. I think they did a bad job picking games out. I know what you mean though. I just like a variety of games and genres.

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