Today, Marcus Lai from newsonablog (Feedburner) says (in Week recap: PS3 Netflix; Xbox 360 ban; Wii safe) Microsoft this week said Xbox Live user activity for Halo 3: ODST ranked at No. 5 for the week of Oct. 25.

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And Marcus Lai from newsonablog (Feedburner) says (in Xbox 360 sales warm up in Japan) Sales for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 warmed up in Japan on strong software sales.

Microsoft in Oct. released a new Xbox 360 Elite bundle to Japan.

Microsoft in Sept. announced the new Xbox 360 250GB Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition SKU to be released on Nov. 10.

Yesterday, Marcus Lai from newsonablog (Feedburner) says (in Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle price cut at retail) Retailer Amazon.com this week price cut Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 Elite 2009 Holiday Bundle by a small margin in a new hardware sale.

Microsoft on Nov. 10 will sell the new Xbox 360 250GB Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition SKU.

The company in Aug. price cut the Xbox 360 Elite to $299.99 and the Pro to $...

And Marcus Lai from newsonablog (Feedburner) says (in Bayonetta PS3 outsells Xbox 360 SKU 2-to-1 in Japan) Sega Corp.’s Bayonetta for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 outsold a version for Microsoft Corp.’s by 2-to-1 in the latest retail data from Japan.

Microsoft in Sept. began sale of a new Xbox 360 Elite 2009 Holiday Bundle with two game titles at $299.99.

This Week, XanTium from Xbox-Scene says (in Major Nelson Talks about Latest LIVE Ban Wave - More Bans Today) As you may have read online, we've been actively banning consoles from Xbox LIVE that have been modified to play pirated games. Our commitment to combat piracy and support safer and more secure gameplay for the more than 20 million members of our Xbox LIVE community remains a top priority. A...

And Mike Fahey from Kotaku says (in Major Nelson Weighs In On 360 Console Bans [Banhammer]) This would also be a good time to remind you that the warranty on an Xbox 360 console is not transferrable and if you purchase a used console that has been previously banned, you will not be able to connect to Xbox LIVE.

Xbox 360 Console Bans [Major Nelson]

Last Week, NintendoDS Advanced says (in Microsoft Performs a Mass Xbox Live Account Banning) So some of you out there in the past day or two may have came home from work or school, turned on your precious Xbox 360 only to find a screen telling you that you have been banned from Xbox Live. You know exactly why you were banned as well! You dirty pirate! Microsoft announced that they had just...

And Jeff Baker from DigitalBattle says (in Xbox Live celebrates Halloween with a banning) Microsoft has announced today that they are setting their sights on Xbox Live members with a modded Xbox 360. And by setting their sights on, I mean they are issuing a massive banning.

A Microsoft spokesperson said the following to IGN: