http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=7991

some preview.

Wow.. first the PSP and now an XBOX 360? Yea okay I know the XBOX 360 isn't a handheld, but still. Wow... Argh that means my boyfriend's going to start shaving money again and will start leeching off of my money.

It says that the place where the disc goes is unknown.. Hmm..

Another one.. Gesh what next..But i stick with my psp!

kryo, man you are awesome i only heard about rumors. but i heard a lot about the xbox 360. i still dont get how its gunna look like tho. is it gunna look like a pac man? but it sounds really cool. damn there are too many things coming out at once . first ds psp then 360 . i think the name suits xbox.

I think the Xbox 360 is going to be terrible. I heard it cannot be back compatible with the original Xbox games. PS3 is going to dominate the console gaming :-( .

Looks O.K.....I don't feel like getting any gaming consoles because I always know that they're gonna come out with newer and newer ones....

yeah, the backwards compatibliltiy is why Sony is number one so far.

http://www.gearlive.com/index.php/news/art...umors_02170912/

rumors rumors rumors

i will be getting it the first day it comes out. Drove 64 miles just to get the PS2 on the 2nd day of release, it was the only one in stock.

you're basing your buying decision on mere rumours?

I know right....I dont think I will be able to keep up with all these new systems coming out

I guess the companies are at war?

Those rumors seem like a fact. Nice design to it too.

The real deal.

What a ripoff. Does the controller look familiar (hint: i'm thinking of a word that starts with a 'd' and ends with a 'reamcast')?

depends on where the L and R buttons are...

and how the memory slot is set up...

i wonder what that color scheme reminds me of...

starts with an i and ends in a pod.

made by a fruit.

wow, they're pulling out all the stops on innovation this time...

don't forget the camera in the corner of the first pic.

where have I seen that before? maybe something that starts with an "e", and ends with an "yetoy"! (Ok, that one was really bad. You get the point, they copied Playstation's EyeToy.)

i think the only thing they didn't steal from someone else is the headset. unless the original xbox stole it...

hmm... i'm waiting for games to go back to the cartridge system. becuase DVDs just run out of room, games would be on hard drive platters (in a protective cartridge), and the console had read heads that read it. like a floppy disk. except, no write heads.


now that would be innovation.

Leaked Stats and specs:
http://news.gaminghorizon.com/media2/1115658600.925.html
http://news.gaminghorizon.com/media2/1115660580.926.html

enjoy kiddies.

Yeah... one thing with those specs though... RUMORED

another controller pic.

That seems interesting but my choice for home consoles is still the sony playstation.

wow. this is quite interesting. i think im going to start saving my money and get it. hope they will have more games for xbox

meh, microsoft is shooting itself in the foot with this one. they're essentially competing with themselves in the media pc market.

microsoft is taking console gaming in the wrong direction here. they're trying to capture console gaming and make it pc gaming.

merging with the 360 thread.

they've truley gone 360 with this one- i a circle and now back where the other people were already.

things aren't looking too great for xbox 360 already. even steve ballmer has called the pre release demos a disaster. in fact, microsoft was forced to bring it's own supporters to applaud for the xbox 360. they had to pay people to clap!

the only reason i would get one is because everyone knows there will be an amazing 1st person shooter on the xbox like Halo. im not going to buy right away though. im gonna wait until some good titles release for it. then consider buying.


im waiting for the ps3. i cant wait.

most xbox titles are recycled pc games. even halo started life out as a pc game.

that is why i see nothing special when watching xbox games.

hahaha...

this so totally rocks. they had to pay people to clap... wow. that's desperate.

at least apple isn't making a console...

some say nintendo is the apple of the gaming industry. although not on top, it is innovative, profitable and has a cult following.

actuly kyro halo started as a mac game.......................anyways ima buy one caz its backwards compatible with xbox and i have an already good library of games on that.

I bet if Apple actually did make a console, there would probably be 5 games for it, and it would cost 2gzzzzzzzzz........

Xbox360, looks a little bulky. The new PS2 is half it's previous size, so why not show up sony, and make their console smaller; meh maybe something to come in the future.

I like the faceplates, that's a nice touch.

well, marathon did start off as a mac game, but marathon 2 is out for pc, and that was the game created before halo.

by the way, not all games are compatible with the new xbox.

edit:

http://gamesindustry.biz/news.php?aid=8996

xbox titles may have to be recompiled in order to be played on the 360.

If I got an xbox 360 it would be for 2 reasons, Perfect Dark Zero, and the amazing online interface they showed at E3.

Yes, the controllers are a rip from DC, but so were the originals. They were just fatter, less comfortable, and black (With a tint of green if you noticed).

Hired applauders? Sad.

I DID think it odd when the guy said that the 360 would be backwards compatible with the "top selling xbox titles", rather than EVERY ONE.

The supposed eyetoy rip is infact not one, its supposed to be used as a webcam of sorts for video chat via xbox live.

Stating that a color scheme is ripped from something is just pathetic. Thats like saying that the Black and Decker Wet/Dry Vacs they sell at Sears are ripping their color scheme off of my old high school, both of which are red and black. Colors dont mean a thing, especially not in terms of ripping people off. OH NO, THE CONSOLE IS WHITE!! Jeez.

http://news.com.com/2100-1043_3-5706658.html

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Microsoft used Apple iMacs to play the xbox 360 demos. The tech demos weren't even run on xbox 360 hardware!

Note that the article was published before E3 this year, and that it may or may not be true for the E3 demos.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/27/news_6126611.html

xbox 360 will possibly be $300 by thanksgiving

I heard about this thing ages go, kinda puts my custom xbox crystal to shame, its a ownage console with a 80gb hardrive but that things blows it out of the water. Frking updates.

i don't see anything

I heard they don't have any good games for it yet.

^well they have madden 2006, NFS most wanted, dark sector, THUG American wasteland,ghost recon 3,nba 2k6, and some other games that sound good.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=9312

Microsfot Claims that they won't be able to produce enough Xbox 360's to meet demand.

I SAY A LOAD OF BS.

Sony did the same exact thing with the PS2 to artificially inflate the price. Don't fall for this scam, there will be plenty of Xbox 360s to go around.

or, they purposely didn't make a higher capacity production line, seeing as how the ipod's production line outgrew the demand.

xbox 360 looks good, but im not gonna hurry and buy it right away, especially after the recalls the original xbox issued.

also, ive been hearing that the xbox 360 is backwards-compatible with the xbox. does anybody know for sure if that is true?

Hey, think he'd date me?

only select games will be compatible, and they will have to be recompiled. the xbox 360 is switching from x86 to PPC, so there will be some compatability issues.

Actually, Halo started off as a Mac game.

It's based on the old Marathon series, too--perhaps the best first-person shooter ever made (adjusted for its time period, of course).

The computing capabilities of the Xbox 360, if true, are quite amazing. Three PowerPC processors, each handling two threads, for a total of six threads at once? Stunning. I'm impressed.

Not getting one, though. I don't console game anymore. Don't game much anymore, at all. But a 360 would almost be worth it for Perfect Dark alone. I loved PD for N64--still play it even now. I was disappointed when MS bought Rare and cancelled PD for the 'Cube. I'm glad to see they have restarted the project, because Perfect Dark is by far my favorite first-person shooter. It's one of the view that combine an interesting and engaging story with good gameplay.

been said.

Xbox 360 will launch for $300, games will be $60.

So if you buy the console and one game, the price will be $360.

Looks like a DVD player