guitarguy All American 8118 Posts user info edit post |
need memory cards to save, hard drive is optional (last picture above), and wireless controllers.
4/23/2005 11:37:28 AM |
cyrion All American 27139 Posts user info edit post |
while i love the hard drive, it is probably a way they can cut down on the price so more people will want one initially. casual players can just opt for memory while ppl who play a ton or steal a ton can opt for the hard drive. sounded stupid at first but now that i think about it, it is a good idea.
where are the other control ports! is it a multitap or behind that door to the right? 4/23/2005 11:48:15 AM |
BigMan157 no u 103354 Posts user info edit post |
i like how the top two pictures and the bottom picture aren't the same thing 4/23/2005 11:56:55 AM |
cyrion All American 27139 Posts user info edit post |
eh how so? and the idea of a removable harddrive is even better cuz sometimes i wanna play at a friends. 4/23/2005 11:58:46 AM |
DannyBoy All American 883 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "where are the other control ports! is it a multitap or behind that door to the right?" |
i think i read somewhere that they wanted to have only wireless controllers4/23/2005 12:08:05 PM |
guitarguy All American 8118 Posts user info edit post |
yeah, wireless controllers. that last pic is a picture of the removeable hard drive attached to the side. 4/23/2005 12:16:12 PM |
cyrion All American 27139 Posts user info edit post |
i always felt like there was some delay, plus they are heavier cuz of batteries. 4/23/2005 12:16:49 PM |
HaLo All American 14263 Posts user info edit post |
yeah but look at the eject icon. in the last pic its rotated 90 degrees from the first two 4/23/2005 12:35:59 PM |
BigMan157 no u 103354 Posts user info edit post |
and the memory card slot font is different 4/23/2005 12:59:22 PM |
cyrion All American 27139 Posts user info edit post |
yeah i see now. first too look like they might be renderings while last might be a prototype. or maybe early vs final prototypes. 4/23/2005 1:01:22 PM |
mbbruch Veteran 274 Posts user info edit post |
Yeah, could just be me but 40 GB seems a little big for the hard drive, considering that the Xbox's was something like 6 GB, and it's optional for the 360 4/23/2005 1:12:07 PM |
cyrion All American 27139 Posts user info edit post |
who produces hdd's that small anymore though :p the technology is so cheap that it isnt probably significantly more to move from 6 to 40. 4/23/2005 1:19:37 PM |
Docido All American 4642 Posts user info edit post |
theres no way microsoft would ever come out with something that nice. they dont have the industrial design saavy. im looking for pictures of the "xbox footlocker" 4/23/2005 1:22:42 PM |
guitarguy All American 8118 Posts user info edit post |
well, microsoft is gonna win for now because rumor is that ps3 wont be out til spring 2006ish. i personally prefer ps2 over xbox for most stuff except of course halo. haha, but since ps2 was out before xbox, i still think they probably got more sales in general but i could be wrong. 4/23/2005 1:35:54 PM |
cyrion All American 27139 Posts user info edit post |
ps2 had the time to become the household standard which im sure affected its sales even after xbox/gc came out. Ms has been pushing hard to beat sony to the market this time around and it looks like they just might do it. 4/23/2005 1:43:10 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
Xbox 360 makes its debut Next generation system will feature wireless controllers, multimedia functionality, new online plans http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/12/technology/personaltech/xbox360/index.htm?cnn=yes
5/13/2005 1:20:46 PM |
EnderJRD All American 25300 Posts user info edit post |
LOL XBOX IS SO HUGE LOL 5/13/2005 1:37:12 PM |
Nerdchick All American 37009 Posts user info edit post |
what is so 360 about it?
5/13/2005 1:50:41 PM |
Docido All American 4642 Posts user info edit post |
^ thats the rotation it does when you chuck it out of your 2nd story dorm 5/13/2005 1:52:06 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
Its internal clock follows the Roman 360 day calendar, I believe. 5/13/2005 1:53:05 PM |
TallyHo All American 11744 Posts user info edit post |
it's the temperature at which pirated games burn 5/13/2005 2:10:08 PM |
EnderJRD All American 25300 Posts user info edit post |
It's the number of minutes it will work before MS realizes they fucked something up and issues a recall. 5/13/2005 2:17:07 PM |
stuck flex All American 4566 Posts user info edit post |
Gay, they are trying to tap into that iPod minimalist look....I'm still getting one tho 5/13/2005 2:49:26 PM |
Docido All American 4642 Posts user info edit post |
^ i dont mind the minimalist look. im actually surprised microsoft actually made something that looked halfway decent. whats gay about it is their controller. looks like the gravis eliminator aftershock.
at least it doesnt look like the tumor that was the first controller. 5/13/2005 2:58:19 PM |
dFshadow All American 9507 Posts user info edit post |
check out this thread in TT
http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=314915 5/13/2005 3:06:27 PM |
Kris All American 36908 Posts user info edit post |
I think it will look a little more like this:
5/13/2005 3:08:35 PM |
Docido All American 4642 Posts user info edit post |
^ hahah 5/13/2005 3:16:41 PM |
guitarguy All American 8118 Posts user info edit post |
yeah, so whoever thought it wasnt the real thing that i posted can suck a nut! 5/13/2005 3:48:10 PM |
guitarguy All American 8118 Posts user info edit post |
yeah, so whoever thought it wasnt the real thing that i posted can suck a nut! 5/13/2005 3:48:11 PM |
dFshadow All American 9507 Posts user info edit post |
i suppose since you posted twice you want someone to suck both nuts? 5/13/2005 3:59:46 PM |
moron All American 34142 Posts user info edit post |
The controller is pretty much the same as the current controller, just wireless and a different color. The size is approximately the same (as well as button configuration).
Backwards compatibility hasn't been announced, and it's possible they don't even know yet (since such a feature is entirely software at this point). But, the controller arrangement could mean it's likely. 5/13/2005 4:01:55 PM |
msb2ncsu All American 14033 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "The controller is pretty much the same as the current controller, just wireless and a different color. The size is approximately the same (as well as button configuration)." |
Well it actually is different. They moved the black/white buttons, they added the center button with port indicator, and they reformed the general shape. Also, there is no longer the card system like before. There is a plug-in for headphones and one for the charging cord.
I read somewhere today that backwards compatibility will be in.5/13/2005 4:09:14 PM |
guitarguy All American 8118 Posts user info edit post |
http://media.gear.ign.com/media/747/747951/imgs_1.html
go there and look at the pics of the controller. thats gay that the triggers are up top now. i liked them on the back as oposed to ps2 but whatever. 5/13/2005 10:14:42 PM |
guitarguy All American 8118 Posts user info edit post |
i just put down my preorder at eb on capital. every other eb was already full on preorders for the first shipment on the day it comes out. 6/7/2005 4:10:36 PM |
MacGyver Suspended 6745 Posts user info edit post |
These controllers are getting out of hand. I remember back to the oh so simple controller that the NES came with. Nothing can or will ever top that one. 6/7/2005 4:18:20 PM |
jkfaucet Veteran 171 Posts user info edit post |
the new controllers allow for a lot more moves and control over your character, although it does require a little more hand eye coordination than the earlier controllers, they are so much better 6/7/2005 11:04:15 PM |
guitarguy All American 8118 Posts user info edit post |
november 25 for the console and november 22 for the first set of games.
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/647/647185p1.html 9/3/2005 11:29:13 AM |
bdgates All American 730 Posts user info edit post |
i thought that there were still going to be wired controllers, but only offered in the cheaper version of the system that doesn't include the hard drive or headset 9/3/2005 12:07:33 PM |
BEUs Lady All American 2414 Posts user info edit post |
XBOX 360 Premium Edition: - Detachable hard drive - wireless controller - faceplate - headset - component HD-AV cable - xbox live silver membership
price: $399
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XBOX 360 Core System: - wired controller - faceplate - standard AV cable
price: $299
the premium is also supposed to be backwards compatible whereas the core system is not.
there were a few more differences. there's a comparison sheet at best buy
I happened to see a "date" for Halo 3, which is xbox 360 only... 5/15/06 (which will get pushed back another year)
[Edited on September 5, 2005 at 11:51 PM. Reason : halo] 9/5/2005 11:50:21 PM |
jbtilley All American 12797 Posts user info edit post |
I'd rather have a 'wired' controller. Sure you don't have the tangle if you go wireless but you also have a heavier controller that you have to keep feeding with batteries. I even had a wireless controller go bad because a battery vomited acid all up in the controller. Batteries will do that if the controller doesn't shut off properly (putting a constant drain on the battery). Wired for me from now on.
No harddrive? That was the only plus for the original xbox. Maybe things are different with new memory cards. Maybe they are bigger. I just got tired of buying a seperate memory card because the sports games of the day typically ate up 60% of a card (dreamcast era). You had to buy multiple cards or erase game data. Most games required a memory card. The harddrive got rid of all that. I still have save games from games I rented years ago.
Memory cards would be ok if they had storage enough for 10+ sports titles and a way to connect it to a USB/firewire port on a CPU to move save games to it for archiving/sharing online.
[Edited on September 6, 2005 at 10:51 AM. Reason : d]
[Edited on September 6, 2005 at 10:52 AM. Reason : .] 9/6/2005 10:28:34 AM |
Drovkin All American 8438 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " the premium is also supposed to be backwards compatible whereas the core system is not." |
ok, that's horseshit9/6/2005 1:41:56 PM |
Locutus Zero All American 13575 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Memory cards would be ok if they had storage enough for 10+ sports titles and a way to connect it to a USB/firewire port on a CPU to move save games to it for archiving/sharing online." |
That's a good idea... but I bet they won't do it. Too much potential for haxxing.
[Edited on September 6, 2005 at 2:51 PM. Reason : ]9/6/2005 2:51:39 PM |
MiniMe_877 All American 4414 Posts user info edit post |
^^ the idea is that to be backwards compatible, the Xbox developers are having to write an Xbox emulator to run on the new 360, and to play your old Xbox games you will end up basically having to rip them and save them to the new 360's hard drive, then the emulator will run/support only "selected" games 9/6/2005 3:23:25 PM |