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Microsoft Unveils Xbox 360 Download Store

Microsoft unveiled a new motion sensor controller and download store for its Xbox 360 console at the Electronics Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Silicon Alley Insider's Dan Frommer says the latter could be "the biggest game changer," because it allows users to download full retail games for the console from your living room.

"If this takes off, it's going to change a lot of the videogame industry," Frommer says. "Discs won't die immediately, but they will eventually. And while that's good news for Microsoft -- more revenue, maybe less piracy -- it's bad news for a huge part of the game industry." That would be retailers, rental services, and especially used game retailers like Gamestop, Frommer says.

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