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Xbox 2 To Be Unveiled on MTV May 12

Posted by samzenpus on from the anything-but-videos dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft confirmed this morning that the Xbox 2 will be revealed on live TV on May 12. MTV will air a half-hour long special to launch the system. 'It doesn't make sense to unveil the product behind a closed door, at a trade-only event,' according to Microsoft corporate VP Peter Moore. 'We wanted to talk directly to the consumer first.'" More coverage available on GamesIndustry.biz and Press the Buttons.

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  1. Music? Television by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Just as MTV revolutionized the way the world experiences music
    Wait, wait... Let me get this straight, there is MUSIC on MTV!? This must be like MTV Europe or something...
    1. Re:Music? Television by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
      Just as MTV revolutionized the way the world experiences music

      Wait, wait... Let me get this straight, there is MUSIC on MTV!? This must be like MTV Europe or something...

      I heard a rumor that they were going to rename it Hip-Hop and Dumb Hotel Heiress Network.

      I used to do my Econ homework with MTV on, now I can't stand the stuff (MTV, not Econ.)

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    2. Re:Music? Television by panaceaa · · Score: 5, Funny

      Silly rabbit, the M stands for Microsoft.

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    3. Re:Music? Television by Amoeba · · Score: 5, Funny

      Empty-V: The Shiny Things Network

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    4. Re:Music? Television by zardo · · Score: 5, Funny

      The only show on MTV that draws my attention is cribs, and then after a while I find myself cursing at the tv, cursing god and cursing my mass produced crap hole of a house. Why can't I come home to Jessica Simpson sun bathing in the pristine pool in our backyard? Bad for the soul I tell you.

    5. Re:Music? Television by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Then I think they cut everything out except the 30-second snatches of "music" on TRL.

      Anybody watching TRL for snatches isn't there for the music.

  2. I'm taking all bets by Shkuey · · Score: 5, Funny

    3 to 1 it gets a BSOD while on live TV.

    1. Re:I'm taking all bets by macrom · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'll just take that money from you now because we all know the Xbox gets a GSOD

  3. gsod! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    MTV's 1st green-screen of death!

  4. Bad move... by Kjuib · · Score: 4, Funny

    Releasing the game console right before starwars?!
    Anyone who is going for the XBox2 Rush will be inline to see Starwars at some theatre that is not going to show it.

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  5. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  6. May 12 should be fine. by bigtallmofo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't mind this airing on MTV so long as it does not impede or interfere in any way with the airing of MTV's coverage of Spring Break.

    I've seen pornography that was less graphic than MTV in those shows.

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  7. Wardrobe Malfunction by amigoro · · Score: 3, Funny

    Rumour has it that Bill Gates is going to suffer a wardrobe malfunction on the show and reveal to the world the true meaning of microsoft and why he is not trying to get perpendicular.

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  8. MTV -- Pimp my XBox by the_skywise · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't think I need to add anything further...

  9. The list gets longer by brontus3927 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The list just keeps getting longer of the things I have no interest in buying. I'm not really a console person in general, but I dispise XBox. I mean, that controller is just huge. I'm also the kind of n00b that moves the controller around, I've just never been able to kick the habit not since I was a kid playing on the Atari 2600. With the Xbox controller's heft, I might accidently kill somebody.

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  10. Re:PSP by Foolomon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because Microsoft has a bug in Excel such that the spreadsheet that calculates the Neilson numbers will make it look like a success.

  11. This could be dangerous for MTV by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    By showing what amounts to an ad, they might lose their position of artistic integrity they've developed all these years.

  12. How will they get in a word edgewise? by dr_dank · · Score: 5, Funny

    In the past ten years since the ADHD league took over MTV programming, will this unveiling go as expected?

    Bill Gates:
    Welcome to the next level of home video game enter

    ANNOYING POPUP!-HI THIS IS MEGAN FROM CRAPSMELL, NJ AND I LOVE JAY-Z, WOOOOO!

    its processing power will make its extensive library of

    RANDOM SNIPPET OF VIDEO!

    the Xbox2 will retail for

    HEY ITS CARSON DALEY, LOOK AT HIS HAIRLESS CHEST Aieeee!

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  13. Should read: by superultra · · Score: 2, Funny

    "We wanted to talk directly to the consumer first."

    There must be a typo. Moore's quote, in light of Sony's recent attempt to upstage Microsoft at E3 by showcasing the PS3 3 hours earlier, should read: "We wanted to talk directly to the consumer, first."

  14. Re:PSP by uujjj · · Score: 3, Funny

    There was a PSP launch party?

  15. Special Edition Xbox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    They'll be missing out on an obvious marketting ploy if they don't call it that.

  16. Re:Interested maybe, not, kinda? by corsican · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude, they have that already. They call it a "PC."

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  17. I'll wait by Tenebrious1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'll wait on buying it until Microsoft releases Xbox2SP1.

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  18. Re:Viral Marketing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The rewards give out tiny glimpses of the Xbox 2. So far only the controller has been seen.

    What, they managed to fit the whole thing in one picture?

  19. SPOILER - Preview of H/W specs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    CPU: Da Bomb!
    Graphics Processor: Sick!
    RAM: INTENSE!
    Memory Bandwidth: Kickin'
    Polygon Performance: Da shiznat!
    Storage Medium: To da MAX!
    Pixel Fill Rate: Just sick, yo
    Audio Channels: Outta control!

  20. SHOUT OUTS by gosand · · Score: 2, Funny
    ANNOYING POPUP!-HI THIS IS MEGAN FROM CRAPSMELL, NJ AND I LOVE JAY-Z, WOOOOO!

    HI, this is Steve from Redmond WA. WHUT WHUT. I'd like to give a shout-out to my homies back home - BILL, CLIPPY, AND ALL THOSE DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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