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The Xbox is Dead? "Today I spoke to my game distributor and he informed me that Microsoft has officially discontinued the Xbox 1.0 today. It seems as though M$ has no intentions to keep their predecessor around and make it a bargain console like Sony did with the PS1. But then again, they never said they were going to."
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Xenon Hardware Overview By Pete Isensee, Development Lead, Xbox Advanced Technology Group This documentation is an early release of the final documentation, which may be changed substantially prior to final commercial release, and is confidential and proprietary information of MS Corporation. It is disclosed pursuant to a nondisclosure agreement between the recipient and MS. “Xenon” is the code name for the successor to the Xbox® game console from MS. Xenon is expected to launch in 2005. This white paper is designed to provide a brief overview of the primary hardware features of the console from a game developer’s standpoint. Caveats In some cases, sizes, sp…
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Sources close to Microsoft's senior Xbox executives have confirmed that the company does not intend to make its next-generation console, which is set to be launched by late 2005, backwards compatible with existing Xbox software. Speculation about the backwards compatibility functionality has been rife since it emerged that Xbox 2 - codenamed Xenon - will have radically different hardware to the original system, with a non-x86 processor, no hard drive and an ATI, rather than NVIDIA, graphics chipset, all of which would make running Xbox titles on the platform very difficult. It was widely believed, however, that Microsoft had retained a team of hardware emulation …
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Xbox 360 Costs $715 to Make! "That’s almost a $300 per Xbox 360 loss! Microsoft or not, these guys sure are taking one for the (Entertainment) team! Microsoft sure are trying to take on Sony, $300 per unit loss? That's quite a bit of money... everyone selling them Xbox's on Ebay should be giggling now."
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Microsoft Launches New Xbox 360 Console for Families "REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 22, 2007 — Just in time for holiday, Microsoft Corp. today released a new Xbox 360® console that delivers games and content to everyone in the family for an incredible value of $279.99 (U.S. estimated retail price)*. Available in stores beginning today, Xbox 360 Arcade console is the first Xbox 360 console to include five family-friendly games, a wireless controller, a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) connection to enable high-definition output if desired and 256 MB of memory useful for storing games and entertainment content. At $279.99, the Xbox 360 Arcade console will include fiv…
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http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardco...tygameslist.htm plus a Q&A on backwards compatiblity http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardco...atibilityqa.htm one nice thing is all the current xbox games will look better on the 360 too, hehe, thanks to HD and AA Xbox.com: Will there be any benefits to playing original Xbox games on my Xbox 360 console? Todd: Absolutely. One of the great things about gaming on Xbox 360 is the satisfaction of knowing that every game will be playable in high definition. We are now proud to reveal that this extends to the original Xbox games as well. Every original Xbox game will be upscaled to 720p and 1080i, and will…
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360 Controller Costs $11 To Make, But sells for $50 to you "360 wireless controller makes extremely profitable margins for Microsoft as they cost $11 to manufacture but sell for $50 or more in stores."
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Are the xBox 360 controllers able to be used on a PC right outta the box or is an adaptor of some kind needed? Trying to figure out the differance between this one.... http://www.gogamer.com/XBox-360-Wireless-C...3VVviewprod.htm and this one http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1166839533325 Besides 2x the price.
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http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1263 It looks like it will be the same as the original xbox, those who want to use live need not apply. And as much as live is tied into the 360 you probably wouldn't be able to hook it up to your network unless you blocked it from getting out to the internet.
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Xbox 360 gets big update with 2GB cloud storage http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/xbox-360-gets-big-update-with-2gb-cloud-storage-and-other-new-features/ The Xbox 360 has received a pretty big update that adds a host of new features, led by a bump to 2GB of cloud storage for your game saves. Previously the 360 offered 512MB of cloud space, but now gamers are getting a lot more room for those occasions when they switch between consoles or visit a friend. The added storage is particularly useful since Microsoft is preparing to add backwards compatibility to its Xbox One.
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Lite-On will begin shipping Xbox 360 Blu-Ray BD-ROM drives for Xbox 360 consoles in the second half of 2008. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,144022-c...es/article.html
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Xbox 360 outsells PS3 despite higher average price http://www.shacknews.com/article/70640/xbox-360-outsells-ps3-despite-higher-price The analysis from Gamasutra shows that while the PlayStation 3 and Wii both dropped in average retail prices (by roughly $40 and $8 respectively) between July and September, the Xbox 360 actually rose from $280 to $306. This is $35 higher than the PS3's average price of $271 as of September. "Compared to its closest competitor, Microsoft is selling 12,000 more systems per week and at a $35 higher price," the analysis concludes. The average price is determined by how many of each model is sold at retail, and Microsoft has an advan…
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XBox 360 overhaul come August "So that’s about it, major Xbox 360 platform overhaul coming this summer, with some time to spare for Christmas - Blu-ray, faster graphics and what is likely to be an all-round cooler console – and the thing is assembled by Pegatron Technology."
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Just in time to get ppl to buy a 360s before the August overhaul http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007196.html "The new price point would make the Xbox $100 cheaper than Playstation 3's cheapest model, and just $50 more than the Nintendo Wii."
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