http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/12/technology/personaltech/xbox360/index.htm?cnn=yes It's confirmed that it'll have a 20GB hard drive. What I haven't heard is whether or not it'll play Xbox games on it, or will it only play Xbox360 games? I've heard yes and no, that it depended on the graphics card ATI or Nvidia. I don't feel like shelling out 300 bucks for a console and then replacing the games I have.
On 5/13/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tyler Silcox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 2:37 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: XBox 360 on MTV > > > > The clips were pretty sweet: > > My big problem was that all of the clips you mentioned seemed like > pre-rendered. It may have been rendered dynamically - who knows, but the > actual action (dramatic, unplayable camera angles and such) just felt > pre-rendered. > > I kept rewinding and pausing to try and get more out of the two second clip > but left with the same feelings. Sure - they look great, but show me some > gameplay! > > > 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.) > > Yeah - I've been waiting for this ever since the TG 16 (which was the first > console that actually let you reset the damn console from the controller). > > > Hardware kicks some arse. > > Of course. But we knew that. ;^) > > One thing - although not mentioned in the MTV travesty it was in the > ourcolony.net spot (and again in the magazine article you posted): it seems > like the system will actually have a built in hard drive. Is that confirmed > or not? Last I heard it would definitely NOT have one... > > > The dashboard button on the controller. > > Very nice (I'm an interface guy - this will go down in history with the > "Start" button on Windows 95 and the "Go" button in IE for ease of use > coups). > > > Shoulder buttons on the controller. > > Yeah... finally. ;^) > > > E3 is next week. > > > > Things that are stupid: > > Replaceable faceplates? Seems cheep and annoying. > > Well - just useless to me. It doesn't cost them a damn thing to include > them. I'm just not sure why they're making such a big deal about them. > > > Standard definition clips of high definition games. > > True - although I don't get MTV in HD anyway (and don't really care if I > ever do). > > Personally I think they did the best thing they could do: expand and enhance > Live and the Network capabilities. That's the core element (I think) that > will push this console. The PS3 and Revolution will be on par as far as > power, graphics, sound, etc as are every generation's consoles. > > Live and the hooks into Windows will define this console and set it apart > from the others. > > I'm still more excited about the PS3 than the XBox 360 and I'm damned > curious about Revolution - but I've liked nearly everything I've seen about > the 360 so far. I'll be getting one at launch. ;^) > > Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Stay Ahead of Hackers - Download ZoneAlarm Pro http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=65 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:157497 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
