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Xbox Video Chat Includes Camera, Remote Vibration

Posted by simoniker on from the rez-meme-ahoy dept.

Thanks to Game Science for its post discussing the Japanese announcement of the Xbox Video Chat hardware/software bundle, which includes "camera, 12 months of Xbox Live service, chat disc and Live Starter Kit." Although the product is "being developed mainly in Japan", a release date in the West is likely, if currently unknown. However, with features including "up to 5 people video conferencing simultaneously... participation can be restricted to invite only... send vibrations to participants' controllers", the staid Brits at Eurogamer are naturally horrified: "Given the remote-rumble function and the fact the Xbox audience is 'adult'; well, our minds are boggling, frankly."

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  1. The first thing that came to mind by Incoherent07 · · Score: 5, Funny

    was this article.

    Like shooting fish in a barrel, it is.

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  2. Dear Japan. by Photar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please stop experimenting with your sexuality, its freaking us out.

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  3. This won't end well by Rie+Beam · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cybersex with combo moves...gawd...

    1. Re:This won't end well by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yeah, but if you're playing Mortal Cumbat just don't do the humiliation move at the end when you "Finish Her!!"

  4. I know for sure by 88NoSoup4U88 · · Score: 4, Funny

    When i see my housemate buying this software/hardwrae when it comes out in Europe... i won't be touching his damn controller anymore . ;)

  5. Maybe it's just me, but... by Rie+Beam · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think SuperScopes are going to make a comeback...

  6. Whoa, whoa, whoa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Given the remote-rumble function and the fact the Xbox audience is 'adult'; well, our minds are boggling, frankly."
    Boggle is an ageless game for both adults and children alike, not simply adults.
  7. A new market for cam whores by BinaryOpty · · Score: 2, Funny

    And you thought cam whores were all over before, now imagine Xbox-Cam Whores!

  8. Coming Soon... by Chris+Acheson · · Score: 2, Funny

    The new longer, ribbed X-Box controller.

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  9. quit by paradesign · · Score: 2, Funny
    Quit beating around the bush

    FU-FME

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  10. Where'd they find those Xbox users for the pics? by superultra · · Score: 3, Funny

    4 people at a time eh? Microsoft could market it in Japan as, "Talk to half of all the Xbox users in Japan at one time!"