The Xbox360 will be easy to skin and is supposed to come in a number of colours, like the NCube did.

Next-gen console are becoming more like our moble phones, that you costumize. I heard that you might be able to costumize your own music in most games, putting your favourte music in the game.

Can't, I'm watching Footballer's Wives.

they said that about Xbox 1 :\

*well, it IS possible, and you CAN do it, just not many games support it.*

I hate EA games that dont support it. I dont want to listen to their lame 'EA Trax playlist' over NFSU2. It's irritating.

I went on MTV today, and it's dosn't say anything about the new Xbox, no program on Xbox360 :fuzconf:

Edit: Oh, I get it now. It will shown be shown in the UK at 9pm on Friday, not Thursday. Make sense now.

I think it's about time we had some details:
http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=344830

Features worth mentioning:

You'll be able to watch TV on it.
The camera that comes with it will be really high res, 1280 res!
The wireless controllers will have a screen on them telling you of xbox live info and also things such as, what player number you are.
You'll be able to manage pics, music... etc, and transfer them to your Ipod!

Black and white buttons most likely on the underside of the remote.


Here's the Specs:
CPU:
3 x IBM Power PC 3.2 ghz

Graphics:
Specially build ATI 500 mhz
10 mb of embedded RAM
512 mb GDDR3 RAM

Polygon capacity:
500 mill/sec

Shade capacity:
48 billions shaderoperations/sec

Harddrive: 20 gb, can be upgraded
12x Dual Layer DVD
Memory Card, 64 mb+

3 USB-ports, 1 back 2 front
2 some kind of ports, dont know what it means

Ethernet-port
Preparded for Wi-fi 802.11
Prepared for webcamera (1280 resolution)

DVD-laser:
DVD-video, DVD-rom, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-rom, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, Mp3 CD, JPEG Photo-CD

Streaming:
From Windows XP PC, pics and movies from digital camera which you then cand send via Xbox Live to others.

ALL games (apparently) support:
16:9, 720p, 1080i, 5.1 Dolby Digital, custom soundtracks.


And finally, Halo 3 to be released early 2006 :D

Yea, until Bungie says anything, don't believe any shit. Remember that this is what made Bungie rush Halo 2 in the first place.

Oh, the show's just about the Xbox360? Shit.

no, all next gen consoles (that's what it said on Xbox Live, at least)

No, it was just the 360, and it ended up being a little dissapointing. I wasn't expecting anything special, but the next Tony Hawk has the EXACT same graphics as the current games. :Shakes head:

I was pleased to see some Perfect Dark gameplay, though.

Yeah, I dissaprove of it. Not as great as it sounded.

All this has got to cost a bundle. Has anyone heard anything about the price?

Wireless: means replacing expensive batteries often.
Memory cards: annoying, expensive, shite.
Xbox: sucky, no decent games.
Smoking a Jay while ranting on a forum: Priceless.

According to that link (assuming it's not bullshit) you'll be able to recharge the wireless controllers through the Xbox itself. My problem with wireless controllers is that they're SO unresponsive, laggy, and poor quality. And unwieldy.

But if that link is really to be believed (which I highly doubt), we're looking at an potentially INCREDIBLY expensive game system. Unless the technology has improved a tremendous deal since the last console and is much cheaper to make.

Hopefully it hasn't improved, Microsoft will realise the financial infeasability, and revert back to wires.

:D Huzzah! But if there are no good games to come out on the console, well, that sucks. Only TES4. It will overshadow the rest of the crappy titles. As for Halo 3 and Fable 2, I don't expect shit. I mean, they were HINTED at being created, so I say a big 'no-no'.

And there's NO WAY Microsoft is getting me to buy a memory card, for ****s sake. I lost all of my PS1 ones, and I am NEVER turning back. Jesus, what do they think I am? Some sort of Memory card filing machine? I'm splurging out on a HD X360.

:nonono:

Will the new Xbox be able to play videogames from the older one?

http://img240.echo.cx/img240/1673/19vp.jpg
http://img240.echo.cx/img240/954/27vo.jpg
http://img240.echo.cx/img240/2475/37yl.jpg
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An Official Fact Sheet

or check out xbox360.com, where you can check out the hardware in detail (black and white buttons are on the top near the triggers)

Ghost Recon 3 sure looks awsome.

well what the hell kind of graphics did you want it to have? the source engine with rag doll physics?

Thanks for the links Esus!

Wow, so that how it looks like. I think the box very neat, a bit a like PC though, but I still think the PS2 shape looks better in my option, but I like whiteness. The control dosn't that appealing to me, I think the first Xbox controler looks much better, this just looks... well a bit crapy. It's nice to see it though :)

I like the costermized features.

Well if oddworld were going to make games on it, then I wounder how they would deal with it. Dose this include the Xbox1 games?

What's the problem with memory cards? The technology has improved a lot since PS1, I have only needed one for my entire PS2 lifetime, they're a lot more reliable nowadays.
Also, if they are made by microsoft for X-Box they will be really good, much better than the PS1/ 2 sony ones.

Theres a small video that can be downloaded here. It's shows hows to the change the skin too.

http://www.ourcolony.net/

Ragdoll physics have nothing to do with graphics, but other than that, yeah. Seeing as how the game will be on Xbox 360, it should have much improved graphics. Is that unreasonable?

And according to the fact sheet (along with several other articles I've read) there will be a detachable 20 GB hardrive, so there's no need to worry, Dino. Unless it's 100 extra bucks. In which case I'll be pissed.

I wached the Xbox 360 footage on MTV, and I must say it was rubbish. No info on the hardware or games, just a 20 second shot on the Xbox bieng switched on. But what would you suspect on MTV, atleast they showed Snow Patrol.

They had a few minutes of Perfect Dark showing, and it looked pretty sweet. Big levels, up to 50 people at a time. But yeah, no news on the hardware. :(

Thank God.

Of course, I won't even need my CD-Rs if you can actually hook an iPod up to this thing. But hurray for pirated DVDs!

I'm liking the wireless controls. A lot. My only complaint about the controller is that the Xbox Jewel at the top is a bit too crowded (the numbers represent wireless channels, yes?).

Overall, I think the Xbox 360 looks pretty darn cool, albeit large. Hopefully the PS3 won't kick the crap out of it too bad.

That's the attitude I had originally too. But then I relaized the "customization" that the 360 will have. I think the faceplate concept will be pretty cool. You can also see game trailers, reviews, and all sorts of other cool media. And online play is become a fad now, and I think that'll really help the 360 sell.

I just hope it's Backwards Compatible, that's the only thing that hasn't been officially talked about.

EDIT: I found out some stuff I didn't know about at this site:

http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=1589

don't forget Weapon Stealing :)


in the MTV special-

Guy: Ha! I stole your weapon!
Girl: Bitch!


good trash talk....


I dun care how expensive it will be... I am buying this thing.... with a harddrive

I agree, except for the part about the wireless controllers.....and getting high. I've got a wireless controller for the Xbox, but I still have not replaced the batteries. Yet maybe that's because the only games that I liked for the Xbox were Psychonauts and KOTOR.

Aye same here,even though people have been saying that memory cards have gotten better nowdays I still prefer and trust a harddrive more.

Um, yes? Please research your facts about this before posting, thanks. :)

Same with my PS2 memory card. But I lose it ALL THE TIME. So I'd really just prefer a HD... How would I use custom soundtracks otherwise? I'ts the only reason I played THUG 1+2.

Does anyone know when X360 is out?

OMG THATS LIEK SO ORIGNIAL!!!!111oneshiftonetypo

And who the hell wants wussy-ass little memory cards? What's the point? The console is going to be the same damn size and shape as the last console, so why not have an integrated hard drive like the last one did? The only merit of removeable memory cards is that they allow you to take your savegames with you wherever you go... but all that will lead to is a bunch of people who sell savegames on memory cards over the internet, just like all the other consoles that had memory cards. Unless the memory cards can store all your savegames without ever standing a chance of filling up, I don't want one - I hate switching them.

To be fair, it's a wee bit smaller, but that's besides the point.

The thing will have a 20 Gig hard drive (at least, it'll be an option), so I don't really see why it's such a big deal. Sure it would be nice to have it impemented as a neccessity instead of an accessory, but as long as it's available, I don't think it's a problem.

I found that the Xbox60 will cost about £220-240 in the UK.

One other thing, which is better overall-The PS3 or Xbox 360? Which has the better spec, higher capabilities, better graphics, faster speed and so on...

I'm planning to try and get a PS3. It has more games that would interested me, and I want get rid of my old 10 years old antique PS1. But depends on what oddworld have panned, but they might something mulitplatform.

Yeah, hopefully Abe's Oddysee on DVD! ;)

Ehhh... how much is that in US dollars?

I think around 350 or 400 bucks. As for the better console, it's likely the PS3 will have better graphical capabilities, but after seeing what the Xbox 360 can handle, I doubt there will be that much difference between the games.

Who cares? The playstation sucks in terms of games. As usual microsoft have monopolised by getting all the decent games. Even if it does have better specs it's not gonna be worth buying if the only games on it blow.