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Conker_Rocket 06-24-2005 08:33 AM

Best game system
 
I want the Xbox 360 And I think it will be the best game system.What is your favorite game system? http://www.totalnextgen.com/ http://www.xbox360.com/

Oddish 06-24-2005 08:55 AM

I'm not sure, I can't tell right now.

Kimon 06-24-2005 11:03 AM

Seeing as how the 360 is the only system we really know anything about we can't make an accurate assumption as of yet.

I'll be getting the 360 for Gears of War and TES IV: Oblivion, though.

Abe16 06-24-2005 01:42 PM

Is that the controller of the probably soon to be Playstation 3? it looks like a boomarang.

Conker_Rocket 06-25-2005 10:51 AM

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Is that the controller of the probably soon to be Playstation 3? it looks like a boomarang.

Yes it is the PS3 controller. Very weird.

Abe16 06-25-2005 04:18 PM

And yet it still has the same ol' boring controls. 'X,O, square triangle, X,X.'

big bro boogie 06-25-2005 04:22 PM

I'm getting the 360 myself, i don't care why...

Munch's Master 06-26-2005 04:22 AM

I'll probably get the 360, but I want to know more about the PS3 before I pick which to get.

Rich 06-26-2005 04:25 AM

If the PS3 has backwards compatibility I'll get it to play my current games on. If it only plays PS3 games I won't be buying any new console.

Munch's Master 06-26-2005 04:48 AM

^^ Yeah I feel similar. The thing about the Xbox 360 is that right now there's this load of b****cks that backwards compatibility for it is pointless and not needed, but built in online features are better. That's a laod of crap, built in online will cost more as you'll have to get all the cables, connections etc. for it, and without backwards compatibility your game selection is more limited at the start and you can't sell your old system.

Alpha 06-26-2005 05:24 AM

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^^ Yeah I feel similar. The thing about the Xbox 360 is that right now there's this load of b****cks that backwards compatibility for it is pointless and not needed, but built in online features are better. That's a laod of crap, built in online will cost more as you'll have to get all the cables, connections etc. for it, and without backwards compatibility your game selection is more limited at the start and you can't sell your old system.

That's mostly true except you can get a wireless modem for 360 live but yes it's Bull that backward compatibility is not needed.

Abe16 06-26-2005 05:42 AM

I am trulya microsoft fan. So I'm probably going to be getting the 360 too.

Alpha 06-26-2005 06:08 AM

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I am trulya microsoft fan. So I'm probably going to be getting the 360 too.

Yeah me too the only thing I hate about Micro is when they make an Xbox exclusive sometimes a couple of months later they release it on PC with more content so bloody unfair!.

EDIT:^New title Woot!

SeaRex 06-26-2005 06:51 AM

As I said the Elder Scrolls thread, I'll probably end up buying an Xbox360 for ES4: Oblivion and Condemned: CO alone. The 360 is looking far inferior to the PS3 at the moment, though.

Depending on which console(s) the next Silent Hill and Resident Evil games will come out on, my decision could be swayed one way or the other. Regardless, I'm not buying anything right away; it would probably be wise to feel the next-gen console market out a bit before buying.

MojoMan220 06-26-2005 10:00 AM

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The 360 is looking far inferior to the PS3 at the moment, though.

Those demos that Sony showed off at E3 were total BS. I really wish those games could look that good this generation, but no. I'd say they are fairly even in terms of features and technology, but I'd have to see some actual games running on the PS3 to make a proper decision.

Alpha 06-26-2005 10:11 AM

^If we had a rep system I'd give you some for that.

Actually the 360 has better and more features and it's graphics blow PS3 out of the water no wait the ocean!

Kimon 06-26-2005 10:15 AM

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Actually the 360 has better and more features and it's graphics blow PS3 out of the water no wait the ocean!

How would you know?

Alpha 06-26-2005 10:18 AM

XBOX 360:
Specs
The controller, the camera, the headset, the camera, and even the console itself...there have been a lot of Xbox 360 leaks so far.

Now, it seems a full list of Xbox 360 specs and Xbox Live details has been leaked. This list comes from a thread on the Team Xbox forums (the thread has since been deleted), and the TXB poster originally got it from another un-named forum.


2 types of Xbox Live:
Xbox Live Silver (no subscription required)
Xbox Live Gold (subscription benefits)

Features for Gold service
(S) Also for Silver
(O) Also for Offline

- Seamless transition to Xbox Live account from Xbox to Xbox 360
- Access to MMOs (additional fees may apply) (S)
- Free Xbox Live weekends (S)
- Multiplayer online gameplay
- Avatar for gamer profile(S)(O)
- Motto for gamer profile (S)(O)
- Personalized look for Xbox System Guide (S)(O)
- Offline achievments (S)(O)
- Online achievements (S)
- Access to other players' Gamer cards via Live (S)
- Cumulative gamer score (S)(O)
- Location/language profile (S)(O)
- Reputation (S)
- Enahnced matchmaking using above
- Skill level matchmaking
- Gameplay style profile (casual, competitive, etc.)
- Recent players list (S)
- Free and premium download game content(S)
- Free and premium downloadable movies, music, tv (S)
- Downloadable demos/trailers (S)
- Microtransactions (S)
- Custom playlist in every game (S)(O)
- Play music from portable devices (S)(O)
- View images from digital camera (S)(O)
- Strem media from Windows XP (S)(O)
- Interactive screen savers (S)(O)
- Track info for CDs (S) (O)
- Communication with voice, video or text (S)

The Hardware:
1. Support for DVD-video, DVD-Rom, DVD-R/RW, CD-DA, CD-Rom, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 cd, JPEG photo CD
2. All games supported at 16:9, 720p and 1080i, anti-aliasing
3. Customizable face plates to change appearance
4. 3 USB 2.0 ports
5. Support for 4 wireless controllers
6. Detachable 20GB drive
7. Wi-Fi ready

Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU
- 3 symmetrical cores at 3.2 GHz each
- 2 hardware threads per core
- 1 VMX-128 vector unit per core
- 1 MB L2 cache

CPU Game Math Performance
- 9 billion dots per second

Custom ATI Graphics Processor
- 500 MNz
- 10 MB embedded DRAM
- 48-way parallel floating-point shader pipelines
- unified shader architecture

Memory
-512 MB GDDR3 RAM
- 700 MNz DDR

Memory Bandwidth
- 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
- 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
- 21.6 GB/s frontside bus

Audio
- Mulitchannel surround sond output
- Supports 48khz 16-bit audio
- 320 independent decompression channels
- 32 bit processing
- 256+ audio channels


To sum up the important stuff regarding XBL:

There will be two versions of Xbox Live. Silver is free (everyone gets it), and Gold is a paid subscription, like the current XBL. It looks like Xbox Live will be free on the weekends for everyone; Gold members will get it all the time, obviously. Current Xbox Live accounts will carry over to the 360 and become Gold Xbox Live accounts. Both Gold and Silver members will be able to download demos, trailers, and other content through XBL.

This info seems pretty legit, and some insiders have confirmed that this is indeed a real leak. At this rate, you have to wonder if Microsoft will have anything left to reveal at the MTV unveiling on May 12!

PLEASE POST ALL REPLIES HERE NOW!

PRICE!
he sweet spot for the cost of a new console at launch is $299. This is a good estimate of what a core package will cost for Xbox 360. Right now we know that every system comes with a twenty gigabyte hard drive. The system is DVD ready out of the box and we have seen the remote, but there is no word on whether that will come packaged with the console. The bundle has become an incredibly popular sales technique, so don't be surprised to see more comprehensive bundles that include controllers and peripherals for around $500.

Alpha 06-26-2005 10:19 AM

PS3:

Product name PLAYSTATION 3
Logo PLAYSTATION 3
CPU Cell Processor
PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
1 VMX vector unit per core
512KB L2 cache
7 x SPE @3.2GHz
7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
* 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for
redundancy
total floating point
performance: 218 GFLOPS
GPU RSX @550MHz
1.8 TFLOPS floating point
performance
Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2
channels
Multi-way programmable parallel
floating point shader
pipelines
Sound Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-
base processing)
Memory 256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz
System Bandwidth Main RAM 25.6GB/s
VRAM 22.4GB/s
RSX 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s
(read)
SB 2.5GB/s (write) +
2.5GB/s (read)
System Floating Point Performance 2 TFLOPS
Storage HDD Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1
I/O USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
Memory Stick standard/Duo, PRO x 1
SD standard/mini x 1
CompactFlash (Type I, II) x 1
Communication Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T)
x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
Controller Bluetooth (up to 7)
USB2.0 (wired)
Wi-Fi (PSP )
Network (over IP)
AV Output Screen size 480i, 480p, 720p,
1080i, 1080p
HDMI HDMI out x 2
Analog AV MULTI OUT x 1
Digital audio DIGITAL OUT

(OPTICAL) x 1
Disc media CD PlayStation CD-ROM
* read only PlayStation 2 CD-ROM
CD-DA CD-DA (ROM), CD-R,
CD-RW
SACD SACD Hybrid (CD
layer), SACD HD
DualDisc DualDisc (audio
side), DualDisc
(DVD side)
DVD PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM
PLAYSTATION 3 DVD-ROM
DVD-Video DVD-ROM, DVD-R,
DVD-RW, DVD+R,
DVD+RW
Blu-ray Disc PLAYSTATION 3 BD-ROM
BD-Video BD-ROM, BD-R,
BD-RE

MojoMan220 06-26-2005 10:22 AM

We still haven't seen any games running on the PS3, so who knows. I've seen the specs, and comparison charts, they seem pretty close. The systems handle the technology in different ways, so it's really anybody's guess on what they can squeeze out of the two consoles. Microsoft and Sony are both spewing out all kinds of rhetoric, so I don't know who to believe.

Don't triple post you prick, you know the rules. Why didn't you just edit the original post?

Alpha 06-26-2005 10:28 AM

^ Because A:I would have been given out to for doing that too

B:It would have been confusing.

Kimon 06-26-2005 11:13 AM

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^ Because A:I would have been given out to for doing that too

What?

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B:It would have been confusing.

It wasn't already?

Anyway, those specs are A: Not reliable and B: Hard to compare because there are way too many variables to be messed with. Considering all that stuff, like integrated cores and different types of memeory and graphics cards, we can't really tell what will have better graphics.

Besides, we haven't seen any real game footage for the PS3, so again, you can't decide.

Alpha 06-26-2005 11:16 AM

I've seen 360 (it was a demo showing the graphics on the new version of Kameo:Elements of Power which is being released on 360 because it's so close the graphics looked so real.

Kimon 06-26-2005 11:24 AM

I've seen the 360 as well, and there are a ton of beautiful games (Kameo being one of the less beautiful in my opinion), but we still can't compare it to the PS3.

Alpha 06-26-2005 11:25 AM

^ Seeing as they haven't shown anthing yet, yes I agree.

the brew master 06-26-2005 01:07 PM

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^^ Yeah I feel similar. The thing about the Xbox 360 is that right now there's this load of b****cks that backwards compatibility for it is pointless and not needed, but built in online features are better. That's a laod of crap, built in online will cost more as you'll have to get all the cables, connections etc. for it, and without backwards compatibility your game selection is more limited at the start and you can't sell your old system.


Once Halo 3,Ghost Recon 3,TES IV,etc come out are you really gonna care about that old Xbox?

I mean,sure it'll be great to play all your old games on your new fancy Xbox 360...but why? Your not going to wanna look at that old thing after a month or two at the most,so really you should think about it more.

Alpha 06-26-2005 01:08 PM

And we wouldn't want to play H2?.

the brew master 06-26-2005 01:18 PM

Why? So you can take a stroll down memory lane? Good luck finding anyone on Live. If you really want to play it again then just keep your Xbox..simple.

Alpha 06-26-2005 01:19 PM

Yes but not everyone has live.

the brew master 06-26-2005 09:52 PM

Then you'd have to find freinds who still remember Halo 2 and who want to play it OR you can play single player again which most people hated cause they didnt wanna play as an elite but like i said if you REALLY wanna continue playing that game then keep your old Xbox until you do get sick of it.