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Tom's Hardware Reviews Xbox Live
VividU writes "Tom's Hardware has a review of Xbox Live." Also includes a bit of a summary of the state of networked gaming on the other 2 major consoles (Coleco and Intellivision). A good read if you're looking to see what's going to keep you glued to your couch in 2003.
What's next - Magnavox Odyssey and the Atari 2600?
Since we were not asked to participate in the beta test, we can't tell you much about the beta; but things must have gone fairly smoothly, because on November 15th, Microsoft rolled out Xbox Live to the masses.
Poor testing and pervasive bugs have never stopped MS from releasing anything. Looks like wishful thinking on the reviewers part.
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My buddy got his for christmas. Setup was simple, and it works great. What I like the best is being able to play games with people other than the two guys I normally beat ;-). Ok, so it's probably the other way around... In any case, it rocks.
I wish MS would allow XBox Live users to hook up to UT games being played by nin-xbox users, though. That would be money.
That is about the stupidest thing I have ever heard....seriously, you mean all you do is shoot and kill in UT???? No way?? I mean if you want to strip it back to its most basic elements and forget about everything else thats fine, inaccurate as hell, but fine. Mechassult you just walk in a line and blow stuff up when you get there? Might I suggest you NOT play on the easiest difficulty? Another question for you, have you ever played a mech game you enjoyed or would this be like me picking up the new Zelda when it ocmes out and saying it sucks because all you do is walk around pushing buttons and hacking at stuff?
"The saddest words of mice and men, are not those which were, but should have been."
So it's only just out of Beta and all the decent GameTag's have gone!
So it looks like you're gonna be in a deathmatch up against the invincible Bob8347737.
Obviously you've got a C64, since you're typing in 40 char width. I'm filing this into my demographic. I'll let you know when my product ships to get your GC online via your 300 baud modem you're using on that C64.
and that people really are dumb enough to pay upfront for the device, and pay ongoing amounts for the functionality
You must not have heard of this little game called Everquest.
"If an Xbox game (which requires T&L or shaders) is well-programmed, then it practically doesn't even need the Pentium III."
Uh?...what the hell? So, in the best case scenario, the processor of the XBox is an accessory? What an idiot the thg reviewer...