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Xbox Coming to Arcades

Posted by michael on from the blue-screen-of-quarter-eating dept.

Stanl writes "The San Jose Mercury News reports that Microsoft will be taking Xbox technology into arcades, including a statement that, 'arcade titles influence the kind of console games that fans buy.' That is an interesting unattributed observation."

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  1. Coooooool.... by G-funk · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...an 80" BSOD!

    --
    Send lawyers, guns, and money!
    1. Re:Coooooool.... by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 3, Funny

      Also, I heard that if you disconnect the power, it crashes out and becomes completely unresponsive

      Not only that, but a buddy of mine once dropped his XBox out of an 8th story window after slamming it repeatedly with a toaster oven (something about trying to get Linux to run on it, I dunno...) and would you believe the damn piece of M$ Sh*t died on him a week later?

      Redmond Bastards!

  2. Re:Really? by DarklordJonnyDigital · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think I remember hearing that the home console had killed the video arcade.

    No, it's worse than that. They're putting X-Boxes in the arcade - instead of the machines being dead, they're just going to "die" on the player at unexpected intervals.

    "Alright, seventy-hit combo! A new high-scor---"

    "The application TEKKEN~1.EXE has performed an illegal function and will be shut down. Press LOW PUNCH, LOW KICK and COIN RETURN to continue."

    "Goddamnit."

  3. In true Microsoft fashion... by phillymjs · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...you must agree to the game's EULA-- after you put the quarter in!

    ~Philly

  4. Next Step: Preschool by burgburgburg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft announced today that XBox technology would be a federal requirement for all licensed preschools. FCC Chairman Michael Powell explained that this was a good decision, a consensus decision and had no political component to it whatsoever. After everyone stopped laughing, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer explained that exposing preschoolers to the technology now ensured a steady revenue stream for Microsoft. Ballmer then announced that the first game available will be "Dancing Monkeyboy". Players will jump around trying to collect developers. If they sweat too much, have a coronary or get hit with the dreaded "Monopolist" tag, they lose.

  5. Re:Maybe in the 80's by Zerbey · · Score: 3, Funny

    From what I've seen in MAME, the best way to make money in Japan is build a fairly basic Mahjong simulator that has lots of naked women in it. This is just an observation.

    Maybe Microsoft should take that into consideration!