Well blow us over with spare cash. It seems that the price drop on Xbox 360 consoles causes the sales to increase. Amazing. Who’d have thought that the consumer market was affected by price?

Seriously, the main item of interest from the sales results is that people are STILL buying the Playstation 2. Go figure.

More Xbox news (again from the Tokyo Game Show), this time announcing the release of Xbox Experience on November 19.

The press release has a good overview of what is included:

With the launch of the New Xbox Experience on Nov. 19, Xbox 360 owners will enjoy the following:

. Entertainment without limits. Xbox 360 invites you into a limitless world where the best games, movies and TV shows live side by side with your personal pictures and music library, and ready to share your fun anytime with friends across the globe through Xbox LIVE.

. Xbox LIVE Party. Xbox 360 allows you to create a virtual party on your TV with up to seven friends. With LIVE Party, voice chat while you play games, share photos in real time² and entertain friends all over the world.

. Personality plus. Create a customizable, animated avatar and literally jump into the world of Xbox LIVE. Your avatar is your game-face throughout the New Xbox Experience and represents your personality – whether you are a LIVE Party host or chatting with a friend. With custom avatars created by the more than 14 million members worldwide, Xbox LIVE will have as many avatars as Tokyo has residents.

. On-demand entertainment. Xbox 360 is home to the best TV and movie entertainment, including more than 12,000 exclusive films and TV episodes from Netflix Inc., and a large online library of on-demand high-definition TV shows and movies from partners such as Constantin, Disney, MGM, NBC Universal Inc. and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

. Games for the community, by the community. For the first time in the history of console gaming, thousands of games developed by the creative community will be available to the public. The Community Games channel on Xbox LIVE will include games made by students, hobbyists, and average people all around the world and will be exclusive to Xbox LIVE.

(Source: Microsoft PressPass)

Note: You’ll (obviously) need to have an Xbox Live account for some of the features.

The aim is to build in a much stronger social and community experience to Xbox, and make the transition between TV, home entertainment and gaming even more seamless.

More Xbox news (again from the Tokyo Game Show), this time announcing the release of Xbox Experience on November 19.

The press release has a good overview of what is included:

With the launch of the New Xbox Experience on Nov. 19, Xbox 360 owners will enjoy the following:

. Entertainment without limits. Xbox 360 invites you into a limitless world where the best games, movies and TV shows live side by side with your personal pictures and music library, and ready to share your fun anytime with friends across the globe through Xbox LIVE.

. Xbox LIVE Party. Xbox 360 allows you to create a virtual party on your TV with up to seven friends. With LIVE Party, voice chat while you play games, share photos in real time² and entertain friends all over the world.

. Personality plus. Create a customizable, animated avatar and literally jump into the world of Xbox LIVE. Your avatar is your game-face throughout the New Xbox Experience and represents your personality – whether you are a LIVE Party host or chatting with a friend. With custom avatars created by the more than 14 million members worldwide, Xbox LIVE will have as many avatars as Tokyo has residents.

. On-demand entertainment. Xbox 360 is home to the best TV and movie entertainment, including more than 12,000 exclusive films and TV episodes from Netflix Inc., and a large online library of on-demand high-definition TV shows and movies from partners such as Constantin, Disney, MGM, NBC Universal Inc. and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

. Games for the community, by the community. For the first time in the history of console gaming, thousands of games developed by the creative community will be available to the public. The Community Games channel on Xbox LIVE will include games made by students, hobbyists, and average people all around the world and will be exclusive to Xbox LIVE.

(Source: Microsoft PressPass)

Note: You’ll (obviously) need to have an Xbox Live account for some of the features.

The aim is to build in a much stronger social and community experience to Xbox, and make the transition between TV, home entertainment and gaming even more seamless.

It’s a busy day over on the Microsoft PressPass site with no less than 6 announcements (we’ll be covering a few others shortly). The most interesting news to us though is the news about Halo 3: Recon, the sequel to Halo 3 being released for the Xbox in fall 2009.

The announcement was made at the Tokyo Game Show.

Here’s an excerpt from the press release:

To the delight of devoted fans across the world, Microsoft debuted “Halo 3: Recon,” developed exclusively for Xbox 360 by acclaimed developer Bungie. “Halo 3: Recon” is a new chapter in the “Halo” saga that lets gamers experience events leading up to the epic story told in “Halo 3″ through the eyes of a new hero in the “Halo” universe. The stand-alone expansion, set to release in fall 2009, extends the award-winning “Halo 3″ experience with hours of new campaign excursions and multiplayer gameplay. In addition, attendees were given an all-new glimpse of the Xbox 360 exclusive strategy game “Halo Wars” from Ensemble Studios. By showing campaign mode for the first time, the live demo provided viewers with a thrilling taste of the revolutionary gameplay and new perspective of the “Halo” universe. Players will be able to enjoy the full experience when “Halo Wars” hits retailers in early 2009.

Source: Microsoft PressPass

Other titles were also announced include Tekken 6 (the first Tekken for Xbox) and Resident Evil 5.