Gates vs. Shaq on Xbox Live
Posted by configure on 11 January 2003 - 08:09 · 10 comments & 1214 views
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#1 Posted by Beast_4thHM on 11 Jan 2003 - 09:24
- Well I guess that Billy Smacked Shaq in that one
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#2 Posted by Tim on 11 Jan 2003 - 12:50
- Microboy = Bill Gates' XBL Gamer Tag
Diesel = Shaq's
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#3 Posted by Ravager on 11 Jan 2003 - 21:30
- Heh Microboy.
XBOX Live looks win. Too bad I don't have an XBOX
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#4 Posted by Darkness2k on 11 Jan 2003 - 22:21
- I still stick to my conclusion, that XBOX is a PC.. and will be emulated shortly.. Yes, that may be hope... as I don't want any more consoles.. I want games on the PC that don't force you to wander round with a gun sticking out of the screen and just shoot anything that resembles a "bad guy"
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#5 Posted by btallack on 12 Jan 2003 - 17:41
- I personally think you're dreaming saying that XBox will be emulated. Even though the XBox has the basic components of a PC, all the parts are standardized. So unless you built a PC with the same components, with the same bios, and same security, it won't be emulated.
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#6 Posted by antny_uk on 12 Jan 2003 - 21:23
- I kinda disagree... i think it will be emulated but not shortly... i dont think most home machines have the power to run an xbox emulator as well as an OS...
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#7 Posted by Sn00pY on 13 Jan 2003 - 12:28
- nice i have an X-Box will look forward to X-Box Live! should be pretty cool...Halo online would r0x0r
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#8 Posted by Spider_Man on 13 Jan 2003 - 18:56
- Emulated? No, not unless you have been able to crack the 2048-bit encryption on the Games...
Of course if you did that then you would probably be the one developing the Emulator! 
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#9 Posted by giantsnyy2002 on 13 Jan 2003 - 19:43
- i played against a microboy once in medal of honor... cursed his ass off b/c he was n00bing. Next day i had to reactivate windows b/c it suddenly 'found' my raid controller... Coincidence?
"We have been amazed at the results of Xbox Live," said Bill Gates in his speech at the start of the event. "Sales of the starter kits have been doubled our original projections."
Xbox officials are promising a raft of new games in the coming year to rival the best titles currently on sale.
Microsoft is investing millions into fostering a network of gamers across the world, playing against each other on the Xbox.
Mr Gates joined in the marketing push at CES, hooking up with basketball star Shaquille O'Neal in Los Angeles to play a racing game live.
Playing for hours
Xbox Live was launched in the US on 15 November. It launches in Japan on 16 January and in Europe on 14 March.
The service allows gamers to play games with other people via a high-speed broadband connection.
Figures released this week by Microsoft showed that more than 250,000 starter kits have been sold in the US, selling out in many stores.
Officials say Xbox Live has boosted the sales of games which can be played online, like MechAssault, Unreal Championship and Ghost Recon.
And once they are hooked up to the service, gamers are spending an average of 2.5 hours every day playing online.
Promising games
Microsoft sees online gaming a crucial to the future of the Xbox. The console has struggled to compete against Sony's best-selling PlayStation 2.
Halo has been widely praised
But officials are upbeat about the prospects for the Xbox, pointing out it is now outselling its rival, Nintendo's GameCube.
"We've established the Xbox as a player in the game console market in 13 months, despite Sony's two-year head start," Andre Vrignaud, Director of Xbox Live Technical Strategy told BBC News Online.
Mr Vrignaud admitted that the Xbox has faltered in Japan, saying this was a hard market to crack.
But he said Microsoft's recent acquisition of the game developer Rare was part of efforts to establish a foothold in Japan.
Mr Vrignaud said Rare was promising games that were even better than the first person shooter Halo, which has been widely recognised as one of the best titles of 2002.
Most of these games are designed to be played online.
Key games include the successors to Halo and the driving game Project Gotham Racing 2, as well as new titles to the Xbox like the team-based first person shooter, CounterStrike: Condition Zero.