The 1 minute and 53 seconds worth of games was about all I was expecting. Everything else was leaked before-hand. But at least we have some solid details (512MB of RAM, hell yes.) and we'll, hopefully, get to see a lot more next week.
The clips were pretty sweet: Ghost Recon 3 looked absolutely fricking incredible. Gears of War looked nice in motion, if not a little jerky. I don't know what the hell the clip they showed for Quake 4 was (I got a magazine a day ago that had totally different and much better pics for the PC.) The racing games/demos were sharp, and the basketball player looked extremely life-like. Perfect Dark, the criminal/driving game, and Call of Duty were all bland for next-gen. The difference between the way the characters moved in Ghost Recon 3 (a whole new level of realism) and Perfect Dark Zero was about 10 years apart. There's some better pics of GR3 out there somewhere, but this gives you a good idea of what it looks like: http://www.gamingstation.com/archives/2005-05-13/scans-of-danish-xbox-360-article A few things I liked: Turning on the system from the couch with the wireless controller. (I'm really not that lazy, it's just one of those 'Duh' realizations.) Hardware kicks some arse. The dashboard button on the controller. Shoulder buttons on the controller. E3 is next week. Things that are stupid: Replaceable faceplates? Seems cheep and annoying. Sway, that Ryan kid with 12 pounds of hair on his head, MTV. Standard definition clips of high definition games. Marketing...even though it works. All shall be revealed on 5/12...er...5/16-> Tyler On 5/13/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't get me wrong: I'm really looking for to it. I'll buy one day one. > > But could that MTV special have been more lame? > > "Hey, let's play a game! But let's only show the faces of the people > playing!" > > "Why don't we introduce the console by throwing it on a table and > immediately making it impossible to look at by bathing it in laser light!" > > "Everybody's interested in the Xbox 360 - so let's spend 75% of the show > with a musical number and a retarded Xbox mod!" > > Completely disappointing. > > The only real information I gleaned was: > > 1) The Live "marketplace" would be available across games. > > 2) Downloads are available (although no information on where the damn things > would be stored). > > 3) The controllers are wireless (although we still didn't see a decent > picture of them). > > 4) The console faceplate can change (great if you're "Queer Eye for the > Straight Console"). > > 5) It'll be, apparently, "off the hook". > > What a useless friggin' waste of time. > > Jim Davis > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:157489 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
