XBox Released

Gallowglass writes: "Salon has written a review of the Xbox which damns with extremely faint praise." There was a big hoopla in Times Square last night, but apparently no one pied Bill Gates. So, for all you poor souls who lined up to give money to the borg: does it work? Any blue-screens yet? :) Update: 11/15 15:23 GMT by M : Okay, I'm sorry. That's green screen of death, not blue screen.

Comments

Hehe

[natefanaro]

Yea, I can't wait to see all the pissed off kids faces when their XBox crashed in the middle of a game. My Nintendo never had that problem!

A PS2 with different games

[Junks Jerzey]

I have it. I've played it. The bottom line at the moment is: *shrug*. It's extremely difficult to see how this is any different than a PlayStation 2. If you're expecting something miles beyond the PS2, then you'll be disappointed. From my point of view it's a PS2 with different games.

Halo is Yet Another First Person Shooter. I was expecting something revolutionary. Don't get me wrong, it's fun just like Half-Life and friends are fun, but it's simply other game of that style. It isn't a great leap forward. Arguably it isn't any leap forward.

Re:A PS2 with different games

[Andrewkov]

NTSC stuff just looks poor on my 120" FPTV.

Awww.. poor baby!! Video games look like crap on your 120" TV.. Well they look pretty bad on my 12" black and white TV also, so stop complaining!!

Re:HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

[Brento]

Now Gate's will finally understand failure!!!!

Oh, that's not fair. He understands it, alright. I've got one word for you: "Bob".

I played one at a kiosk

[Calle Ballz]

I played Halo. I only played the first level. I was not impressed. The graphics were sub-par, for a geforce3 I was expecting a LOT more. It froze for a few seconds every time you walked into a new room to 'load' the remainding part of the map. The enemies were stupid.

On top of all this, how are you supposed to control a FPS with your thumb? FPS games were meant for computers, not consoles. (except goldenye... that game RULED)

The X-box ate my baby!

[truffle]

And my stuffed dingo too!

Resell Xbox games?

[4444444]

It just accured to me. Will M$ try to stop people from reselling Xbox games like they do when you try to resell thier software? Honest I'm not trolling I am really curious do you think they will try this? Because they won't make any money off of second hand games.

Re:For a different perspective...about xbox music

[acomj]

check out the NYtimes about how MS doesn't pay (for all practical purposes) for the music the Xbox uses. Hardly gives exposure to the bands too..

NYtimes article.. For MusiciansX box is no jackpot.

I guess they didn't get to be rich by writing a lot of checks.... (thanks homer)..

Re:why so negative towards xbox?

[Trifthen]

Is this my imagination, or does slashdot take its anti-microsoft bias into everything they do?

Well, you had to say it, didn't you? I'm not going to defend Slashdot posters, other gaming platforms, or even myself. What I will tell you is that this isn't restricted to the Slashdot crowd.

Go on over to the The GIA and read their double-agent columns for a while. You'll get more than a few comments for and against the XBox. The one that really stood out to me though, was this one: YOU BIG BULLY!

There's the truth right there. Microsoft has had years to get into the game, and only does so now. Why now? Where were they back when I was 13, playing Zelda or Sonic? The problem is, company profiteering notwithstanding, they're making it obvious that's all they're interested in. "Oh look! The gaming industry has lots of money! We can get some of that!"

Not the best way to make friends.

Besides that, have you actually read what the general gaming community thinks about the XBox? I've talked to random people I meet in gaming stores, and I hear the same damn thing every time. "The Xbox is the size of a Buick," or "The controller could kill small children," and even a "Microsoft makes shit, and I won't buy it." These are the very people Microsoft is trying to target, here. What makes you think Slashdot is going to be more forgiving than your average gamer? The Slashdot bias is assumed.

But head on over to Penny Arcade if you think Salon is being harsh. Dear Sweet Merciful God, this thing is the laughing stock of the entire gaming community, and they seem completely blind to it.

I've been gaming since I was 5. Xbox is a me-too, and I'm not impressed. Go home, little Xbox, I don't want to play with arrogant bastards like you.

Re:Come on

[jooniqzb1tch]

you must be kidding - how can you even TRY to compare the crappy resolution output of the PS2 with a geforce3 hooked to a computer monitor ?

I'd say PS2 games on a good tv look as nice as 3+ years old pc games *at best*

of course the visual aspect is just one thing, playability is another ..

Re:X-Box Linux Contest.

[Anonymous Coward]

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