Next Gen Gaming (Round 2)

[Drake 53]

I know it's a few days old news but whatever, lol.

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/8233/Xbox-36...ally-Announced/

Features:

~ wireless controllers

~ customizable faceplates (w00t!)

~ high definition quality

~ X-Box Live Silver...for free

~ detatchable hard drive

~ DVD movie, CD & photo playback support

~ stream music & photos via USB from MP3 players, digital cameras, etc.

I think I might ask for it for Christmas, lol.

[Andy 60]

I won't be able to afford one anyway. lol

Plus I got enough PS1, PC, and PS2 games to keep me going.

but, hmm....

~ wireless controllers

I thought it had already been etsablished that wireless devices weren't ideal for gaming? Oh well, seems like something else to go wrong to me.

~ DVD movie, CD & photo playback support

Ehh, DVD and CD isn't so much a feature these days...

~ stream music & photos via USB from MP3 players, digital cameras, etc.

Umm... TV cables usually come as standard with digital cameras, so that seems like a bit of a needless thing.

*shrug*

[Aurelius 1]

I probably won't buy one but it looks pretty cool. ditto to what beeurd said

[Drake 53]

Oh yeah...Bill Gates is said to be planning the release of Halo 3 for the same day as the release of the PS3. :D

[Andy 60]

*shrug*

Prolly just a rumour, anyway, but Halo is overrated.

[GI_Admiral 2]

Features:

~ wireless controllers

~ customizable faceplates (w00t!)

~ high definition quality

~ X-Box Live Silver...for free

~ detatchable hard drive

~ DVD movie, CD & photo playback support

~ stream music & photos via USB from MP3 players, digital cameras, etc.

1. Wireless has already happened for all consoles I think

2. Pffft atleast it looks better than the hulking xbox 1

3. hopefully

4. Xbox live for free?

5. Not bad not bad...confirms the known that its a computer with massive amounts of graphics cards though

6. Same as original

7. If it has a harddrive it wouldnt be that new to do those

btw look like a play station

and PS3 I think will be better :p

[Drake 53]

I'm thinking that with the wireless controller and the DVD movie stuff, it all comes built in...whereas in the X-Box 1 you had to buy them seperately.

And Live Silver is for chatting with your friends, sharing files and downloading game content. There's Live Gold for online play...and that has a monthly fee.

[GI_Admiral 2]

Ooooh alright...well thats cool about silver for free

[Andy 60]

Does it let you chat with anyone on PCs? I'm guessing not, in which case it isn't that brilliant. Unless everyone gets X-boxes. Which is unlikely.

[MH 0]

Xbox 360, like the original, is probably gonna be outsold by PS3 by a large margin. So far Sony's had 80 million or so PS2's sold in the US. Only 25 million Xbox's have been sold compared to that.

I'm a big Xbox fan though, so I'll probably save up for it.

[GI_Admiral 2]

PS3 will do better, thats why gates needs halo3

[Drake 53]

Well of course it will do better. Sony has flooded the market with cheaper, inferior technology. Just because they sell more, it doesn't mean it's better. ;)

[Andy 60]

Only time will tell.

As Dreamcast prooved, just because something is released first, doesn't mean it'll sell more.

Edited May 17, 2005 by Fallen Jedi

[Andy 60]

PS3 info!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4554025.stm

CPU Cell Processor running at 3.2Ghz with 7 special purpose 3.2Ghz processors, capable of 218 gigaflops of performance

Backward compatible

GPU RSX at 550MHz 1.8 teraflop floating point performance

256Mb XDR main RAM at 3.2 GHz

256Mb of GDDR VRAM at 700Mhz

Memory Stick Duo, SD, compact flash memory slots

Detachable 2.5 inch hard drive

Support for seven Bluetooth controllers

Six USB slots for peripherals

Supports Blu-ray DVD format

System Floating Point Performance of 2 teraflops

Communication Ethernet, Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth

Output in HDTV resolution up to 1080p as standard

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Bleh, the controllers look poopy. And they're wireless too, lol.

Edited April 26, 2007 by Andy

[Andy 60]

What are the specs for Xbox 360?

[Drake 53]

I couldn't find a point-by-point list so I'll have to look around. The stuff I listed already is from the article I posted. If you sift through it, there's some stuff about the graphic cards and stuff.

I'm hoping the XB2 will be backwards compatible...that would be sweet.

[Drake 53]

Here's the spec list from Xbox.com...the chart is about halfway down the page.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox360/factsheet.htm

[Andy 60]

I couldn't find a point-by-point list

lol, thats why I asked... :p

Edited April 26, 2007 by Andy

[Andy 60]

Well, I'm pleased to see that neither of them beat my PC, which I think desperatly needs upgrading on the gaming side of things. lol :D

[MH 0]

That's why I prefer consoles over computer gaming. You don't have to keep throwing money into them..even though top-of-the-line gaming computers have better graphics and such.

[MH 0]

Nintendo Official Site

IGN

The Revolution looks like it'll be a contender. Really interested in the new input device.

Backwards compatable, Wi-fi capable, can hook up to a computer monitor and television, and it's extremely compact.

The biggest thing...you can download games from the last 20 years. Even NES.

Edited May 17, 2005 by The Mandalorian Hunter

[Andy 60]

That's why I prefer consoles over computer gaming. You don't have to keep throwing money into them..even though top-of-the-line gaming computers have better graphics and such.

But technically you have to upgrade your console too. :p

Edited April 26, 2007 by Andy

[Andy 60]

Nintendo news:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4557443.stm

[Tsl 7]

That's why I prefer consoles over computer gaming. You don't have to keep throwing money into them..even though top-of-the-line gaming computers have better graphics and such.

Did you forget about the part where you have to buy a whole new system and games every few years? :p

Edited April 26, 2007 by Andy

[MH 0]

That's why I prefer consoles over computer gaming. You don't have to keep throwing money into them..even though top-of-the-line gaming computers have better graphics and such.

Did you forget about the part where you have to buy a whole new system and games every few years?

To get a good video card you'll spend upwards of 200 dollars. You can rent video games for consoles which you can't for PC's. That already lowers the cost a lot.

Edited April 27, 2007 by Andy