[Definitive] Xbox 360 Thread

[Acezo]

Anandtech yet again has a new article covering Xbox 360's hardware, new XBL, MP3 player connectivity

Link

Marketplace pics from the article

Edited May 20, 2005 by Acezo

[eminem213486]

sweet seems cheap enough

but i thought they mentioned arcade games were goin to be free... :(

[Gamenews]

Questions for the xbox 360 fanboys. Will the xbox 360 controller work under Windows XP? I heard you can use it with longhorn but no word on XP.

Would be nice just to buy a xbox gamepad to play pc games.

[Bhav]

wow i like those screens Acezo. probably just because of the tv, but the colours looks so nice because of the brightness.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Questions for the xbox 360 fanboys. Will the xbox 360 controller work under Windows XP? I heard you can use it with longhorn but no word on XP.

Would be nice just to buy a xbox gamepad to play pc games.

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yep, they will work. :yes:

[TheLegendOfMart]

Questions for the xbox 360 fanboys. Will the xbox 360 controller work under Windows XP? I heard you can use it with longhorn but no word on XP.

Would be nice just to buy a xbox gamepad to play pc games.

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Dont start again, theres a difference beween fanboys and fans of the console.......

But yes initially only the wired one will work with the pc (i assume it uses the same lead that plugs into the bottom of the pad to charge it up) then they will release the wireless adapter for pc later.

[Noveed]

havent herd anything if it will work with XP but at WinHEC they said it WOULD work with longhorn

[ATLien_0]

heres my thing, the xbox 360 looks like to me a combo of a media center windows with xbox. I want a media center but do i want a pc media center or an xbox 360. The line from what a console like the xbox 360 and a pc are getting closer to distinguish

[ViperSnake]

That thing about XBOX games not being compatable on the 360 is a big fat full circled lie!

Quote my post in BPN.

[TheLegendOfMart]

That thing about XBOX games not being compatable on the 360 is a big fat full circled lie!

Quote my post in BPN.

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They arent compatible right out of the box, they will probably enable you to download a patched XBE from xbox live to be able to play it, so its not a lie at all.

[XiXora]

heres my thing, the xbox 360 looks like to me a combo of a media center windows with xbox. I want a media center but do i want a pc media center or an xbox 360.  The line from what a console like the xbox 360 and a pc are getting closer to distinguish

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it is NOT a media center. its a media center extender... so youd need win mce to use the extender feature anyway.

i'm guessing the networkable media is from the media connect software which i use on my tablet pc.

[rishid]

so the HDMI output... what if your TV doesn't support that yet? I got DVI and Component... will there be any support for that?

thanks

[Bhav]

so the HDMI output... what if your TV doesn't support that yet?  I got DVI and Component... will there be any support for that?

thanks

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i'm sure they'll support the standard stuff, because not everyone has HDTV (especially in europe).

[bdsams Veteran]

Assuming Xbox 360 has backward compatibility (I realize this is definitely not confirmed yet), would I be able to play the Halo 2 campaign without the renders popping? I loved the campaign, especially the portion where MC was on Earth, but seeing the cutscenes load while I watched them kinda ruined the story for me, because rather than being immersed in the story (Bungie's goal, I believe) I was distracted. I work at a game store, and many customers I've spoken with share this opinion about single-player Halo 2.

That's an interesting question. It looks (according to our muckety-mucks) like the 360 will in fact be backward compatible and if it is, folks will definitely be playing Halo 2 on it. Thing is, we're almost certainly not going to revisit the 360 code. We're already too busy working on our next project. The pop-up was one of those compromises we had to make to ensure the nearly-zero loading times for the game. The alternative ? no popping and lots of loading, was actually much less palatable. To change or fix that, would take significant resources away from our new stuff, and I very much doubt we'd do that. And from what I understand, contrary to internet swirling, you would simply put your Halo 2 disc in a 360 and then play it. You wouldn't have to re-purchase some kind of 360 special edition version.

bungie.net

[Ateoto]

Just got back from EB Games, and I now hold a preorder ticket for the Xbox 360.

$50 down torwards EB's Suggested $499 for the console.

Cannot wait. :D

[Hupp]

$499 ...laugh, I won't pay more than $349

[planetik]

^ seems like you ain't getting one then ;)

[Hupp]

^yeah me and 95% of homes.. lol

crappy economy, xbox games still looking good, no need for people to spend $400 + when they can't afford it.

[BroChaos Veteran]

dude i really hope it's not 499. i love this stuff...but no way, not that much. i don't want to miss out in the beginning, but i will if it's gonna cost that much.

[Spartan_X]

that's BS, MS is aware that the inicial price point is one of the things that helps early adopters to get access to the technologies they want... a retail price point of $499 is merely speculation and big pile of crap and will for sure put MS out of the console biz... the price hasn't been confirmed yet but you won't be paying more than $350 for it at launch.

[~clean]

When a price hasnt been announced and retailers want to take pre-orders they will take with a higher price in mind as it will keep them covered on any unexpected price that the manufactures will announce. Its just covering there back.

[Ateoto]

While I half-expect it to be cheaper come launch, I don't think $499 USD is an unreasonable price for the next gen systems. For the price of the top of the line graphics card you get a machine that will stay viable for the next 4-5 years.

Well whatever it turns out to cost, I'm getting one. The XBox360 and the other consoles all look amazing!

[Matrix XII]

I'm quite sure the 360 will be under $400 us.... I've heard that the "standard" package is $299, but we'll see.

[ZiGGA]

Don't know if anybody has seen this? I'll post it anyway.

It's a Dashboard Screenshot of the 360

I had a look back a couple of pages.. so don't shout if you've already seen it. :rolleyes:

More shots can be found here

http://www.betanews.com/slideshow/Xbox_360...r_Interface/6/1

[Matrix XII]

yeah i saw those, really cool... there's tons of them on the site :)