XBox Netplay Already

ElectusUnum writes "Well, it's been a little while since the XBox was released and people are already playing online! The folks at xboxgw.com have written a program to create an ethernet bridge between xbox's over the net, fooling the xbox's into thinking they're on a LAN. 1v1 seems to create no major lag and reports have come in like this one that claim up to four xbox's work fine. It seems a DSL connection is preferred for hosting the server." I want an X-Box so bad, or as I would call it, a DOA3-Box.

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Unfortunately, it's already doomed

[WillSeattle]

I was just reading Business Wire, and apparently Nintendo will sell out it's initial 700,000 unit shipment this weekend, has added an additional 200,000 units to the next shipment, and MSFT still has backlog after shipping only 300,000 units (originally scheduled for 600,000).

If you're hoping to get these as hack machines (a pretty good deal, actually), you better hurry, cause it's likely the xBox will be dead by springtime. The game industry only rewards the #1 and #2 spots, and xBox is radipdly becoming in danger from holding on to #3.

[caveat - I own both MSFT and NTDOY stock]
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