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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.

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

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

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

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

  7. 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.

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

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

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  10. 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?