Here it is in all it’s wannabe MTV dorkiness .

I must admit being impressed at the tech specs. But who thought putting the geeky design team in an MTV-style commercial would be a good idea?

And what’s with the Sikh(?) bit at the end?

[quote author=“Dismayed”]there is not even 1 never been done before feature in the XBOX 360.

I must have missed the last console that did something nobody else did…well maybe Gamecube for using Mini Discs…

Actually, faceplates are something no console did before…and there must be a market for it because there are plenty of aftermarket cases for the PS2 and Xbox.

I bought my Xbox during this last christmas…although the graphics are better then my PS2, the games suck. FPS require a mouse…no Halo for me. I pre-ordered the 360 today for $20 at ebgames…if there is a supply-demand issue I will pick it up and sell on ebay, if not, i’ll just take my refund when it’s released.

Erik

WOW I just watched that MTV thing and WOW that thing is so oriented towards a specific crowd. They have to attach freaking faceplates to get over how sucky the hardware is. So all the main stream jocks can go out and get ona these i think ill stick with my pc and mabey PS3 and Revolution… Only time shall tell… TO E3 WE GO!

At least it matches my TR :wink:

[quote author=“Dismayed”]this is more like XBOX 1.1, the only real upgrade they did was the gfx (which is what their advertising the most since thats all mainstream “gamers” care about).[quote author=“IcHiRoRaBbIt”]They have to attach freaking faceplates to get over how sucky the hardware is.

You guys are kidding, right? In addition to the next-gen graphics adapter, there’s a 3-core 3.2 GHz PowerPC (the fastest water-cooled Mac has 2 2.7 GHz PPCs) and 512 MB GDDR3 RAM will kick the ass of almost any actual PC currently on the market.

If you mean the design, the controllers are horrible, but with a few tweaks, especially getting rid of the dual concave design I could get to like it. I think it’s much better than the old green and black plastic-brutalism thing that the first Xbox had going on.

[quote author=“Dismayed”]we at least know for sure that the PS3 will be using Blu-Ray, which promises 50GB’s. i can’t even express how HUGE of an advantage that is for Sony. of course the biggest hype over new features is surrounding Nintendo’s Revolution, which promises a completely new way to control games.

It doesn’t mean anything. Most PS2 games don’t even use the full DVD. As for Nintendo’s revolutionary game control…it worked well for the DS…you need an extra hand to take full advantage of the screen.

Without a hack to copy the games to the HDD the Xbox won’t last. It’s a double edged sword though…pirates help sell the console but kill software vendors…but those consoles that haven’t been hacked (Gamecube) sit on the shelf.

Erik

The PS3s use of Blu-Ray doesn’t automatically mean they’re going to use the 50GB variant of it. Given that there’s still a debate if that format is ever going to be mainstream, the announcement of Blu-Ray doesn’t mean a whole lot right now. It sounds nice though…

XBox’s hardware specs are extremely good on paper and definitely give developers a lot of breathing room in terms of what they can do. The lack of an integrated HDD is interesting though since games will solely have to run off the disks and memory cards. I wonder what kind of affect that will have load times, etc.

The PS2 had pretty astounding graphics at the time and look how long it took developers to maximize the graphics for that platform. So, we’ll see how well developers can quickly ramp up and take advantage of all of that power. The original Xbox was easier to program for since it was essentially a PC. The new architecture is vastly different so the new SDKs will take some time to mature. Games should look amazing and there should be enough processing power to ensure things like good AI (assuming there’s good AI programming) and physics.

It’s too bad Xbox360 doesn’t support the older games as that would have helped to keep software sales up even though they’re gambling on the hardware sales with such an early announcement. Kudos for the big N for making the “Revolution” GameCube compatible.  :wink:

I’m not sure if I like the new Xbox360 design but it’s vastly better than the original monolith…aka the “black PC AT case” as I called it. Changeable face plates is an interesting decision. I’m not sure why people would care that much…but then again, I want one of those special white gloss finish PS2s.

my winner is whichever console comes out with Pro Evolution Soccer 5 first ... oh and Gran Turismo 5… so i guess PS3 wins…

at the end of the day, who cares how powerful a console is, its always up to what games are made for them… and at the moment sony has swept the floor clean, i note again ‘Pro Evolution Soccer’...

[quote author=“Mike”]oh and Gran Turismo 5…

are there any cars remaining for them to feature in a new game? I still keep unlocking cars on my gran tourismo 3. They have covered just about everything i feel in gran tourismo 3&4 . I guess thats what makes the 5th in the series much more anticipated.

I’m satisfied with the PS2 and Xbox that I own and don’t see a need for any new consoles. But I think the Xbox 360 is cool and I’ll probably get one.

Things I like:
The new design
It comes with a 20GB HDD standard (2x the space of Xbox’s 10GB)
The HDD is upgradeable
Standard rechargeable 2.4 GHz controllers
802.11ABG antenna option
The graphics are awesome (based off one game I saw)

Things I don’t like:
‘They don’t know’ if it will be backward compatible. WTF!
To get backward compatibility, may have to buy upgraded HDD (because of licensing issues with Intel & Nvidia). HDD would include licenses.
No Blue-Ray (50GB) or HD-DVD(45GB)