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Grifter_7 wrote:
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hehehe.

Take a closer look at the prototype model, and mess with what almost looks like a mister-cheif drawing at Xbox360.com


Where on the site are you talking about Incitatus?


Once logged into the site by location and the like, you should see 4 icons at the bottom right corner of the menu. click the Xb360-like Icon or the 360-controller icon. An interactive flash representation of the devices. Exterior only of course.
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FINAL FANTASY COMES TO THE XBOX!!!!

From Forbes.com:
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One of the best-selling video games of all time, Final Fantasy, will be available for the first time on Microsoft's Xbox. The company also confirmed that some of the top-selling current Xbox games will work with the forthcoming Xbox 360, due out later this year. Typically, customers are forced to spend an average of $50 on new video games every time a new hardware console comes out.


Microsoft's Xbox 360 E3 event
Xbox.com wrote:

A few hours after Sony's E3 Event - with the unveiling of the PlayStation3 it's now time for Microsoft's Xbox 360 E3 event in the Shrine Auditorium.

The official press release of the event is available on xbox.com

Here are the Highlights of the event:
* No exact launch date and price yet, but it will be launched this year (christmas holiday season 2005) and simultaneously (within 6 weeks) in US, Europe, and Asia.
* Between 25 and 40 games for the system launch (within first ~90 days) and +160 in development.
* The Xbox 360 will be backward-compatible with top-selling Xbox games. Forbes.com kinda broke that story already - see above item. It's unknown yet which Xbox games will or will not be compatible.
* Square Enix, a longtime partner with Microsoft rivals Nintendo and Sony, will be bringing Final Fantasy XI to the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live. (another story broken by forbes a few hours ago).
* More Xbox 360 games from Square-Enix are expected in the future! They showed footage of what seemed to be an unnamed Xbox 360 game.
* Xbox 360 users will be able to play Square-Enix Live-enabled games against PC players.
* Electronic Arts will have the largest commitment of games at launch in console history. At least 6 will be out this year: Need For Speed: Most Wanted, The Godfather, Fifa 2006, NBA Live 2006, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 and Madden NFL 2006. They have +25 games in development for Xbox 360, with more to come.
* Exclusive titles for the Xbox 360 currently include the likes of Dead or Alive 4, Call of Duty 2, Gears of War, Perfect Dark Zero, Kameo: Elements of Power, Project Gotham Racing 3, and Lost Odyssey.
* Every game will have a minimum of 720p resolution (some will have 1080i), 16:9 aspect ratio and 5.1 surround sound.
* Microsoft will have 2 million Xbox Live Subscribers by the end of this fiscal (June).
* Xbox Live memberships will transfer seamlessly from Xbox to Xbox 360 when the new system launches.
* The free Xbox Live 'Silver' level will include Xbox Live Marketplace to download demos and trailers along with new game levels, maps, weapons, vehicles, skins, classic arcade games, card and board games, community-created content, and more to the detachable Xbox 360 hard drive. Players can also voice chat with friends as well as send and receive text and voice messages.
* The paid Xbox Live 'Gold' subscription will add online multiplayer gaming, online tournaments, Spectator Mode (example: watch a PGR3 race) and exclusive, original programming.
* P. Moore proposed a PGR3 tournament where thousands of gamers could pay $10 to compete in a race tournament for the chance to win $million.
* All Xbox360 owners will get 1 month of Xbox Live 'Gold' for free.
* Microsoft expects to connect half of all Xbox 360 consoles to Xbox Live.
* Xbox Live Arcade (with 'old school' games for casual gamers) will still be there (free?).
* iPod and PSP integration! Unknown yet what exactly you will be able to do.
* Xbox 360 is "digital entertainment amplifier" for other devices. You will be able to connect many digicams and music players to transfer/stream your pictures and music to your Xbox360. The console will also interact with Windows Media Center-equipped PCs. (Stream HD music/video, ...)
* J. Allard: "Xbox 360 is also the product that's going to push gaming back into the mainstream"
* Microsoft premiered footage for the anticipated 3D fighter Dead or Alive 4 (Xbox 360 exclusive), it 'wowed' the audiences with crisp, clean visuals running at 60 frames per second.
* They talked about and showed several Xbox360 games, xbox.com has a short overview of each game and TeamXbox.com has High-Res trailers of some games.
* The original Xbox will get 200 new titles this year, with hundreds more in 2006 and later.


Free Windows software update will make digital content available on Xbox360
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At the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2005 in Los Angeles, Microsoft Corp. today announced it will release a free software update to Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 that will enable customers to take advantage of the Media Center Extender technologies built into Xbox 360 (TM) gaming systems to access and enjoy digital entertainment anywhere in the home. Every Xbox 360 will have Media Center Extender functionality built in and available out of the box. The Media Center Extender functionality, coupled with the software update for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, will provide customers with seamless access to digital music, video, photos, and standard and high-definition television and movies on Media Center Edition 2005-based PCs through any Xbox 360 game console in the house.

Inclusion of Media Center Extender technologies in Xbox 360 represents Microsoft's latest effort to provide consumers with seamless access to the same great experience provided in Media Center Edition PCs on any TV in the house. The Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 experience will be accessible on Xbox 360 systems by pressing the green button on the new Xbox 360 remote control. And, for the first time ever, the extender technologies that are built into Xbox 360 will enable customers to enjoy high-definition entertainment. For example, Xbox 360 will let players stream high-definition TV and movies stored on Media Center PCs, allowing them to watch a high-definition sports event while they chat with friends in other parts of the country who are watching the same game. Or they can receive a friend's invitation to play a game while watching live television.


For those of you interested in the PS3...

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The official Sony press release of the event is available here



More images available at http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/050517_e.html

Sony unveiled their next generation PlayStation 3 console in Culver City.
The PS3, unlike what some recent rumors suggested, will not be in stores this year. Sony confirmed the console for 2006, without any specifc season or month for now (probably Spring 2006 for Japan). The PS3 will be fully backward compatible with PlayStation and PlayStation2 games and there will be PSP connectivity (via WiFi) that will allow you to remote access your PS3 or use your PSP as controller. Full HW specs of PS3 are below.

Here are the full specs (IGN compared the raw performance/hardware-numbers of the Xbox360 and the PS3 here.):
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* Product name: PlayStation 3
* CPU
Cell Processor
PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
1 VMX vector unit per core
512KB L2 cache
7 x SPE @3.2GHz
7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS
* GPU
RSX @550MHz
1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines
* Sound
Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell- base processing)
* Memory
256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz
* System Bandwidth
Main RAM 25.6GB/s
VRAM 22.4GB/s
RSX 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
SB< 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)
* System Floating Point Performance
2 TFLOPS
* Storage
Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1
* I/O
USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
Memory Stick standard/Duo, PRO x 1
SD standard/mini x 1
CompactFlash (Type I, II) x 1
* Communication
Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
* Controller
Bluetooth (up to 7)
USB 2.0 (wired)
Wi-Fi (PSP)
Network (over IP)
* AV Output
Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI: HDMI out x 2
Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1
* Disc Media
CD PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 CD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW, SACD, SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD, DualDisc, DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)
DVD: PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM, PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
Blu-ray Disc: PlayStation 3 BD-ROM, BD-Video, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE


Some games that are confirmed 'in progress': Metal Gear Solid 4, Devil May Cry 4, Tekken 6, Gran Turismo 5, Getaway PS3, next-gen Gran Theft Auto and more.
Some screens are available: Killzone PS3, Devil May Cry 4, Warhawk.


Nintendo... For the kid in all of us...
IGN wrote:

Information about the new Nintendo Revolution emerged ahead of Nintendo's pre-E3 2005 show. From IGN.com:


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Revolution will be "two-to-three times more powerful than GameCube," according to Nintendo, which also acknowledges that the next-generation race isn't solely about new technologies. By contrast, Microsoft's Xbox 360 console is 13-15 times more powerful than the first, according to the publisher. And Sony says it's PlayStation 3 is roughly 35 times more powerful than PlayStation 2.
Nintendo also revealed that using Revolution's new Wi-Fi connection, gamers would be able to go online to a free gamer-matching service. Interestingly, in a move similar to Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade service, Revolution users will be able to download classic and new Nintendo games over the Internet.


And to answer your question... yes.. I am going for the longest post ever....
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 		I was about to post something about the PS3, but I knew you'd post something. I was just waiting!! What took you so long!? Laughing

To be honest, I'm considering getting my first Sony console with this PS3. More than the specs, the demos are pretty impressive! I honestly don't know if the PS3 games were pre-rendered stuff or not. Fact is, PS3 gave me a better impression than the 360, with it's MTV show. While there were some games on the 360 that looked impressive, most of them looked like xbox1 games, alas, THUG and that Golf game! Plus, PS3 supports 1080p(!!) while 360 will support 720p and some games 1080i! Kudos to Sony on this one!

It might be the first generation that I get more than 1 console. It will come down to prices. 360 has halo3, which should mean an automatic purchase! It'll be tough to decide!
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water10 wrote:
I was about to post something about the PS3, but I knew you'd post something. I was just waiting!! What took you so long!? Laughing

A little thing called Sarbanes-Oxley, which I was recently made Project manager of for my company.... Oh joy.. I hate Enron.
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 		Grifter, obviously you didn't pay any attention to the E and Imaginary numbers thread...you are no where, and I mean anywhere near the longest post Wink I read through every freakin page of that whooole thread and all it's counter parts, your not even close!
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Oh, And it's FF XI being released for Xbox first, with updated graphics and stuffage! Check out /. my friends, beautiful coverage of everything uber important at E3. As well as this FF game, they are keeping a running relationship for many many more games by them! Finalyl I'll be able to get back into my fav series!
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 		Mountain Dew and Microsoft to Give Away an Xbox 360 System Every 10Min
From a Microsoft PressRelease:
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Today at Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2005, Microsoft Corp. and Pepsi-Cola North America announced a U.S. promotion to put the Xbox 360 (TM) next-generation video game and entertainment system from Microsoft into the hands of thousands of lucky people before the console hits store shelves. Beginning Aug. 28, Mountain Dew, Pepsi's intense citrus soft drink, and Xbox® will select a winner of an Xbox 360 console every 10 minutes, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for nine weeks straight in the "Every 10 Minutes" promotion.

To play, consumers will collect codes found under the caps of Mountain Dew and other participating Pepsi products, and enter codes in a personal online account at http://www.every10minutes.com. Participants will be able to choose which 10-minute drawing to enter, and can spread codes across different drawings or stockpile codes and put them all toward one drawing. In addition, codes entered will automatically earn the participants points toward obtaining collectible merchandise and gear.

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A little thing called Sarbanes-Oxley, which I was recently made Project manager of for my company.... Oh joy.. I hate Enron.


You're late in the game man!!!!

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 		Oh and it's everytenminutes.com, with the ten spelled out, yahoo made me go there when your link didn't pop up.
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 		*begins to plan stockpiling Mountain Dew.

So once again, with 1 teraflop, Xbox will be the highest performing console system. The sheer processing power makes me drool.

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 		Xbox 1.5 my ass...grrr Sony, has Ms done any smear campaigning??? Actually, on second thought, don't answer that...
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Nola wrote:
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A little thing called Sarbanes-Oxley, which I was recently made Project manager of for my company.... Oh joy.. I hate Enron.


You're late in the game man!!!!


My company was given a reprieve from having Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance last year becuase we were aquired during 2004. Thus we have until the end of this year to get compliant. All I have to say is that I better get a big ass raise out of this cause it's a pain in the ASS!!
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 		From xbox360.ign.com:
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Our sharp-eyed web-checkers have just reported that online retailer EB Games is now listing all announced Xbox 360 titles for pre-order. Most interesting, however, is that the company is listing the titles at $60 -- only ten dollars above the typical game price for this generation. EB Games is also listing a ship date of November 1 for the titles.
However, keep in mind that the pricing is purely speculative, and the November 1 date obviously a placeholder.


From TeamXbox.com:
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Of the recent Xbox 360 gameplay footage we've seen so far, the one major concern has been that of the sometime sluggish framerate. In a recent discussion with a number of Microsoft executives, we managed to learn that all current Xbox 360 games that were shown at last night's E3 press briefing are still running on alpha development kits that are not a true representation of what we can expect when the console launches this holiday season. Estimations are that the current kits are running at only 25-40% of the maximum power that the Xbox 360 will possess. Beta kits are scheduled to hit developers within the next 2 months and final hardware should arrive in early July.

It's no surprise that Microsoft lost money on nearly every Xbox sold due to the price point that the console came to market at, but Ballmer assured that they've since learned their lessons. Not only has Microsoft had the luxury of a three year planning window, but they've since strengthened retail relationships that were being formed when the Xbox launched. It may seem odd, but before the Xbox, Microsoft did not sell one product directly to retailers and so there was definitely a learning curve involved. Every aspect and feature of the Xbox 360 was thoroughly planned for to ensure profit, including the somewhat recent jump to 512 MB of memory.

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Estimations are that the current kits are running at only 25-40% of the maximum power that the Xbox 360 will possess. Beta kits are scheduled to hit developers within the next 2 months and final hardware should arrive in early July.

This is good and all. But it still irks me that MS would show some footage on MTV and E3 without saying this or, better yet, showing something better! Sony has a huge user base because they own the casual game market. First impression is key to attract these kind of customers. People that look at videos once, read part of the marketing material, but don't acutally go into the details. Still, Sony showed exactly what their userbase wanted to see: Big Franchises with awesome graphics like MGS, GTA, FF and GT! It's obvious that MGS and GT are not even close to be released (heck, they just released MGS3 and GT4!!), but Sony showed them some video of those anyway! Plus, the Killzone footage is just jaw-dropping. It really reminded me of the Halo2 demo on E3, but with better graphics! On the other hand, MS showed some plain looking videos running on a 25-40% capable dev kit ... The only video that MS showed that was trully impressive was Gear of Wars. I didn't see the DOA4 yet, so can't comment on that.

I'm hoping that MS shows more on this E3, but I doubt it'll happen.

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So once again, with 1 teraflop, Xbox will be the highest performing console system. The sheer processing power makes me drool.

PS3 is claiming 2 teraflops! Now, I'm not falling for this, knowing Sony history. But casual gamers react when they see that PS3 claims to have double what 360 has ...
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 		interesting bit of info on 360 backwards compatablity...

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 		I signed up for the Xbox 360 community over at www.xbox360.com and took a simple online survey with the usual gamer questions... age, what consoles I own, how likely I am to buy next gen, etc. One question stood out:

"How important is it for you to have your console connect wirelessly to your TV"

Makes me wonder what MS has up their sleeve...

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