Xbox 2 Concept Designs Leaked?
An anonymous reader writes "Two new images of what are reported to be Xbox 2 concept designs and logos , have recently been found on the internet. The designs are said to have been released by an anonymous tipster who claims to be part of a focus group for the Xbox 2. The anonymous member reports that he has more concept designs ready to release in the near future." Doesn't look to me like there's much credibility here, but they still look pretty.
The first link already got /.'d for the most part, but here's the Google Cache for the source site.
If you take out Country Kitchen buffet, old people won't know what to do.
pics on engadget: http://www.engadget.com/entry/9253838747326816/
Microsoft did hold an XB2 dev group at building 20 recently so maybe these are real.
A Coral mirror of the site that first published these. Couldn't get the article link to load on coral anymore, but this is where they got it.
The supposed Xbox 2 logo looks heavily "inspired" by Sony's recent Walkman logo, plus the Cingular logo, and a bit lile Microsoft's Office:mac logos (and the whole Aqua motif). Unless MS is going for the "me too" look, I don't think that one'll happen.
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RTF (cached) A. The images are on another server. Thanks to the Google cache we can see them through the site.