Someone else posted this great link. I think it's worth a gander.
http://msxb.wmod.llnwd.net/a274/o2/ourcolony/TheColony_v1_750k.wmv
I now know the console will fail. j/k
Want to know about the Xbox 360?
Did anyone actually get to see the MTV show the other day? I've heard from various people I know, websites, and even our regional manager all say the MTV showing was a dissappointment. I didn't get to watch it. Was it more music and commerical than anything about the Xbox or something. I was kind of looking forward to hearing more about it. What else was shown besides what can be seen in the movie above?
EDIT: Nevermind, in video. :weirdo:
looks like someome decided to change the link. i tried saving it, and it says its not accessible anymore.
Grasshopper wrote:Did anyone actually get to see the MTV show the other day?
Here's what I found from a few posters at one of the forums I frequent in regards to the MTV showing:
Total crap. The people were total idiots, and the people who were supposed to be the makers of the games, seemed ignorant.The games they showed for the most part, could have been made for XBox 1.
And only gave 1 minute worth of information.
I saw the unvailing and it did suck nuts. it had like a one minute glimpse of the Xbox itself. then they had "pimp my xbox" and it was the current Xbox >_<. then about a 10 minute commercial run. then a band played for like 10 minutes. they showed off some games and that was it. it sucked.
It was a half hour of nothing. They probably showed the actual Xbox 360 for 2 minutes. There was about 1 minute of trailers showing upcoming games. 75% of the launch titles are first person shooters which is just weird. The rest of the show was morons talking about nothing and two performances by The Killers...who completely suck.
I have to admit it looks pretty awesome. I'm actually considering getting one. I love how you can change the front panel. AWESOME!
The show wasn't really that great, but from what I've read and the pictures I've seen, the X-Box 360 is going to be REALLY powerful. Plus it looks slick. It makes you wonder what Sony and Nintendo are going to put on the table. Only a few more days till we know though.
Once again... it sounds more like a PC then a games console... It can go in both horizontal OR vertical postures? Wow, that's a load of my mind. [/sarcasm]
It does look powerful, but power is not always what makes a great console. The most important thing you need is games, and I didn't see a whole lot of those. All I did see was people bragging about how powerful the system was. I'm interested, but Microsoft need to do a whole lot more to convince me the new system is worth getting.
Silly people, did you honestly expect anything useful, worthwhile or informative from MTV?
The real info can be found plastered all over the big gaming sites like 1up.com and so forth.
That guy had a fruit fucker t-shirt! =D Check the movie at like 3:24.
Darth Marsden wrote:It does look powerful, but power is not always what makes a great console. The most important thing you need is games, and I didn't see a whole lot of those. All I did see was people bragging about how powerful the system was. I'm interested, but Microsoft need to do a whole lot more to convince me the new system is worth getting.
That's may be true, but guess what? X-Box got a lot of exclusives just because it was more powerful (and because of X-Box live support, which as much as I'm not a fan of Microsoft, they did really well). If a system has an exclusive that everyone wants, they will buy that system.
Also, they have yet to reveal whether X-Box 360 will be backwards compatible.
Darth Marsden wrote:It does look powerful, but power is not always what makes a great console. The most important thing you need is games, and I didn't see a whole lot of those. All I did see was people bragging about how powerful the system was. I'm interested, but Microsoft need to do a whole lot more to convince me the new system is worth getting.
That's may be true, but guess what? X-Box got a lot of exclusives just because it was more powerful (and because of X-Box live support, which as much as I'm not a fan of Microsoft, they did really well). If a system has an exclusive that everyone wants, they will buy that system.
Also, they have yet to reveal whether X-Box 360 will be backwards compatible.
Masamune wrote:That guy had a fruit fucker t-shirt! =D Check the movie at like 3:24.
Yeah, I noticed that. I bet I know where he goes in his free time. :P
More power is expected with any system, but I really think that Microsoft's angle with the 360 is to give a richer experience with Xbox Live. Really, Xbox live is pretty cool. Theres a lot of multi-media features I'm not really into though.
I did think it was neat that they said the CPU is liquid cooled. :P
About it being backward compatible. Check out the video at around 3:10. They show off the UI for the 360, and there is an icon of Fable. And I swear I thought I heard this one that video, but it must of been on a web site or something, saying that in order to play Xbox games, you would need the hard drive since it was standard on the old one. Who knows.
Masamune wrote:That guy had a fruit fucker t-shirt! =D Check the movie at like 3:24.
Yeah, I noticed that. I bet I know where he goes in his free time. :P
More power is expected with any system, but I really think that Microsoft's angle with the 360 is to give a richer experience with Xbox Live. Really, Xbox live is pretty cool. Theres a lot of multi-media features I'm not really into though.
I did think it was neat that they said the CPU is liquid cooled. :P
About it being backward compatible. Check out the video at around 3:10. They show off the UI for the 360, and there is an icon of Fable. And I swear I thought I heard this one that video, but it must of been on a web site or something, saying that in order to play Xbox games, you would need the hard drive since it was standard on the old one. Who knows.
Darth Marsden wrote:It does look powerful, but power is not always what makes a great console. The most important thing you need is games, and I didn't see a whole lot of those. All I did see was people bragging about how powerful the system was. I'm interested, but Microsoft need to do a whole lot more to convince me the new system is worth getting.
Believe me, all the big names in the industry are working on games for the 360. We just haven't got too much that is worth showing yet. Remember that the 360 alpha dev kits have been available since late last year, while the PS3 alpha kits are just starting to appear. That gives the 360 about a 6 month head start on game development versus the other consoles. So by the time the PS3 shows up (and nobody has any clue when the Revolution might show) there will already be plenty of games for the 360.
I think the reason there were mostly FPSs shown is that is what Microsoft thinks people want - after all, look at how well Halo has done. But since it isn't just MS making games, there should be a lot more variety than that. I personally won't be picking up PD0 at launch since I'm not much of a fan of FPSs.
Another thing worth noting is there will be a free version of Live available for the 360. It won't have friends lists and that sort of stuff, but you will be able to get online with it and play. MS is doing this because they are requiring that all games for the 360 be Live-aware. So I would expect to see a lot more use of Live in this generation of games - since anyone with a highspeed connection will be able to get on it.
Darth Marsden wrote:It does look powerful, but power is not always what makes a great console. The most important thing you need is games, and I didn't see a whole lot of those. All I did see was people bragging about how powerful the system was. I'm interested, but Microsoft need to do a whole lot more to convince me the new system is worth getting.
Believe me, all the big names in the industry are working on games for the 360. We just haven't got too much that is worth showing yet. Remember that the 360 alpha dev kits have been available since late last year, while the PS3 alpha kits are just starting to appear. That gives the 360 about a 6 month head start on game development versus the other consoles. So by the time the PS3 shows up (and nobody has any clue when the Revolution might show) there will already be plenty of games for the 360.
I think the reason there were mostly FPSs shown is that is what Microsoft thinks people want - after all, look at how well Halo has done. But since it isn't just MS making games, there should be a lot more variety than that. I personally won't be picking up PD0 at launch since I'm not much of a fan of FPSs.
Another thing worth noting is there will be a free version of Live available for the 360. It won't have friends lists and that sort of stuff, but you will be able to get online with it and play. MS is doing this because they are requiring that all games for the 360 be Live-aware. So I would expect to see a lot more use of Live in this generation of games - since anyone with a highspeed connection will be able to get on it.
Never saw the TV ad for the 360, but I must say, after seeing a picture of the thing, it looks basically like a small home PC with a Sidewinder controller. Not surprising since this IS Microsoft...
I never have been a huge XBox fan. I know there's plenty of good games for it, but I just never liked the system...
Note: To the person who sent me a "reputation point comment" calling me an idiot: Just because I don't like a particular system it doesn't mean I'm an idiot. I never insulted you personally.
Never saw the TV ad for the 360, but I must say, after seeing a picture of the thing, it looks basically like a small home PC with a Sidewinder controller. Not surprising since this IS Microsoft...
I never have been a huge XBox fan. I know there's plenty of good games for it, but I just never liked the system...
Note: To the person who sent me a "reputation point comment" calling me an idiot: Just because I don't like a particular system it doesn't mean I'm an idiot. I never insulted you personally.
From what I remember, the Xbox 360 doesn't use an X86 processor thus no backwards compatability that way. It's possible they could emulate/wrapper things maybe. I hope they do something... it would be quite a waste to not have backwards compatabilty. It would make all whom bought Xbox titles not very happy.
Infact the only system we really know will be backwards compatable is Revolution, which will play GC games. PS3 isn't nessisarily backwards compat. It'll be interesting to see what is coming.
From what I remember, the Xbox 360 doesn't use an X86 processor thus no backwards compatability that way. It's possible they could emulate/wrapper things maybe. I hope they do something... it would be quite a waste to not have backwards compatabilty. It would make all whom bought Xbox titles not very happy.
Infact the only system we really know will be backwards compatable is Revolution, which will play GC games. PS3 isn't nessisarily backwards compat. It'll be interesting to see what is coming.
Dude! What a beast! Thats more powerful than the majority of Home PCs.
Probem is always going to be games though. I don't want another Halo, the second was crap enough. Microsoft needs to buy producers and developers etc like Rare and make them do decent games. I f Bill buys the licenses to every possible sport / brand etc, than we will be laughing.
The PS3 is still going to sell more though, irregardless of whether it is shite or not. People can't see behind a facade. The PS3 might as well be a wheelbarrow, it would still outsell the Xbox 360!
Dude! What a beast! Thats more powerful than the majority of Home PCs.
Probem is always going to be games though. I don't want another Halo, the second was crap enough. Microsoft needs to buy producers and developers etc like Rare and make them do decent games. I f Bill buys the licenses to every possible sport / brand etc, than we will be laughing.
The PS3 is still going to sell more though, irregardless of whether it is shite or not. People can't see behind a facade. The PS3 might as well be a wheelbarrow, it would still outsell the Xbox 360!
Mottzilla wrote:From what I remember, the Xbox 360 doesn't use an X86 processor thus no backwards compatability that way. It's possible they could emulate/wrapper things maybe. I hope they do something... it would be quite a waste to not have backwards compatabilty. It would make all whom bought Xbox titles not very happy.
I think if they have backwards compatibility, it will probably be through emulation. Afterall, Microsoft did purchase Virtual PC. I agree with you that it would upset a lot of people if it weren't backward compatible, even if soley because MS is pushing the next generation of consoles sooner than the others.
Mottzilla wrote:From what I remember, the Xbox 360 doesn't use an X86 processor thus no backwards compatability that way. It's possible they could emulate/wrapper things maybe. I hope they do something... it would be quite a waste to not have backwards compatabilty. It would make all whom bought Xbox titles not very happy.
I think if they have backwards compatibility, it will probably be through emulation. Afterall, Microsoft did purchase Virtual PC. I agree with you that it would upset a lot of people if it weren't backward compatible, even if soley because MS is pushing the next generation of consoles sooner than the others.
$100 says the backwards compatibility will be an add-on.😛
$100 says the backwards compatibility will be an add-on.😛
The Revolution is gonna be backwards compatible with the GameCube? Wow, that's impressive. I never knew that.
The Revolution is gonna be backwards compatible with the GameCube? Wow, that's impressive. I never knew that.
The Xbox 360 will be utterly useless to me simply because it's a console.
The Xbox 360 will be utterly useless to me simply because it's a console.