Posts tagged David-Dennis 
No 'new Xbox' talk at E3, Microsoft says
Having held the top NPD spot for the past 14 months straight -- and with the introduction of Kinect -- the old Xbox 360 still has some life in it yet. "For us, 2012 is all about Xbox 360," Xbox spokesperson and Group Manager of PR David Dennis told Bloomberg. "There will be no talk of new Xbox hard...
Microsoft talks October sales, and their hopes for the holidays
Microsoft had a good October. With 393,000 Xbox consoles sold in the US, last month saw 21% growth over the same month last year. Of course, Kinect was released last November so, when given a chance to talk with Microsoft product manager David Dennis about sales numbers, I asked if he thought m...
Xbox's David Dennis on July NPDs, Kinect growth, and the 'new dash'
In July 2010, on the back of the newly redesigned Xbox 360 and shelf-clearing sales on the old model, Microsoft enjoyed one of its strongest months of non-holiday console sales ever. So while the Xbox 360 managed to best its console counterparts this July, it was also "the first month that the Xb...
Microsoft: 'Kinect games portfolio will triple by the end of the year'
If you were anything like us, several days of non-stop Dance Central-ing was the extent of your Kinect love affair. Now, six months into the relationship, things have gotten a bit ... cold. While Microsoft's motion-sensing doodad launched with an impressive 17 games in its November 2010 lineup, t...
Xbox 360 has biggest non-holiday month ever
Amongst all the NPD celebration, Microsoft arguably had the most reason to party: Xbox 360 sold 535,000 units in February of 2011, its biggest non-holiday month ever, up 27 percent over last year. "We attribute it to Kinect momentum, as well as getting stock back in. People who wanted one in D...
Xbox's David Dennis on December NPDs, 'best month ever for Xbox 360 hardware sales'
Xbox 360 had a good year. It could've been exclusive hits like Halo Reach, which landed in the No. 3 spot on the top selling games of 2010, according to NPD. Or it could've been the Xbox 360 S console refresh which, since its unveiling at E3 last June, has remained on top of the monthly home consol...
Microsoft: Core games 'sell themselves,' Project Natal will broaden audience
Microsoft's taken steps to appeal to the casual crowd, sure. The first was NXE, which brought us all things like Avatars and Netflix, with subsequent updates adding Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm. These are experiences meant to broaden the appeal of the Xbox 360 to casual gamers, a group that Micros...
