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Xbox for $99? Xbox 2 in 2005?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the shaking-things-up dept.

TimeForGuinness writes "CNN is reporting that Microsoft's Xbox may be on the verge of a substantial price cut, falling from $179 to $99 by Labor Day, and Microsoft will launch its next generation console in late 2005 - a year earlier than has been previously rumored. That would put the Xbox 2 on store shelves up to a full year before Sony's PlayStation 3."

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  1. Re:$99!?!? by AKnightCowboy · · Score: 5, Informative
    Would somebody mind posting a summary of what it takes to turn an Xbox into a standalone PVR, from modding to installation, etc.?

    I don't think anyone is using it as a standalone PVR (does it even have PCI slots?). They're using them as a MythTV frontend box. The actual encoding and storage is handled by a seperate backend box (which can be conveniently hidden away in a basement or closet so it can be noisy and not bother you). All the communications between them is just over a network connection. You can of course have a frontend on the same box as the backend though too and communicate over the loopback interface.

  2. Re:$99!?!? by FreakyGeeky · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can hack any version of the XBOX with a hardware modchip, regardless of whether Live 2.0 is installed. This applies to all versions: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 and the 1.5.

    I will agree that the software exploits won't work with Live 2.0. However, most XBOX hackers chip their boxes anyway.

    See www.teamxecuter.com for more information.

  3. Re:This is bad by Bobman1235 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Doesn't seem like anything's changing here folks....

    Nintendo :
    NES : 1985
    SuperNES : 1991
    N64 : 1996
    Game Cube : 2001

    Avg Time Bet Releases : 5.3 years.

    Sega :
    Master System : 1986
    Genesis : 1989
    Saturn : 1995
    Dreamcast : 1998

    Avg Time Bet. Releases : 4 years

    Sony :
    PS1 : 1995
    PS2 : 2000
    PS3 : 2006 (projected)

    Avg Time Bet. Releases : ~5 years

    MS :
    XBox : 2001
    XBox 2 : 2005 (projected)

    Avg Time Bet. Releases : 4 years