Pepsi was first introduced as „Brad’s Drink“ in New Bern, North Carolina, United States, in 1893 by Caleb Bradham, who made it at his drugstore where the drink was sold. It was later labeled Pepsi Cola, named after the digestive enzyme pepsin and kola nuts used in the recipe. Bradham sought to create a fountain drink that was delicious and would aid in digestion and boost energy.
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That’s right, user ‚Moonlightswami‘, got his pre-ordered Xbox One from Target ‚a little‘ early.
He unboxed the console, posted a video of it and shared some game and dashboard details.
Sadly, his console and account got banned and also his initial unboxing was taken down by Microsoft:
„And now my console is banned. Interesting. Legally purchased game, and system. @Microsoft you got some splaining to do.“
• He timed the bootup at 17 seconds to get to the dashboard, and the Day-1 update that downloaded during setup measured at 500MB.
• He also shared some Xbox One games sizes:
– Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – 20GB
– Battlefield 4 – 33GB
– Call of Duty: Ghosts – 39GB
– Crimson Dragon
– Dead Rising 3 – 19GB
– FIFA 14 – 8GB
– Fighter Within – 9.2GB
– Forza Motorsport 5 – 31GB
– Just Dance 2014 – 22GB
– Killer Instinct – 2.4GB // 3.4GB for full install, can play after downloading 2.4GB
– Lego Marvel Super Heroes
– Lococycle – 13GB
– Madden NFL 25 – 12GB
– NBA 2K14 – 43GB
– NBA Live 14 – 9GB
– Need for Speed: Rivals
– Powerstar Golf – 3.9GB
– Ryse: Son of Rome – 34GB
– Skylanders: Swap Force – 15GB
– Xbox Fitness – 246MB
– Zoo Tycoon – 2.6GB
– Zumba: World Party – 24GB
An interesting note about Call of Duty: Ghosts disc installation:
Official Source: https://twitter.com/Moonlightswami
http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/9/5083784/xbox-one-dashboard-screenshots-moonlightswami
In the wake of Sony’s Q2 FY13 results, and the 40% cut to its profits outlook, the company shares dropped 11% to 1,668 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange this Friday.
Here’s the report by the BBC:
The firm lowered its full-year profit forecast by 40% on Thursday as it reported a loss for the July-to-September quarter.
The company has been hurt by slowing demand and falling prices for key products such as TVs and game consoles.
Its cinema division was also hurt during the quarter by some flops.
The firm now expects to make a net profit of 30bn yen ($305; £190m) in the financial year to 31 March 2014, down from its earlier forecast of 50bn yen.
The cut came as the firm said its loss in the three months to the end of September widened 25% from a year ago to 19.3bn yen.
Its earnings were impacted by the poor showing of some high-profile movies including White House Down.
Meanwhile, its TV division – which has struggled in recent years – also posted a loss of 9.3bn yen during the period,
At the same time, a drop in prices resulted in its Game division reporting an operating loss of 800m yen during the period, compared to an operating profit of 2.3bn yen during the same quarter a last year.
Analysts said that with some of key division continuing to struggle investors were worried if the firm will be able to turn around it fortunes.
Official Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24768047
