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Xbox360 Name Confirmed
63N1U5 writes "GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that British sources have confirmed that the next generation Xbox will be named Xbox360. Also included are details of the design features of the console, including a concave shape and platinum white finish."
Don't say it... "Apple"... They don't own the color white...
Probably more hoaxes til the real thing comes out.
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I'm holding out for the Xbox 720 myself.
Actually I will definitely be getting Xbox 360 if it can play Xbox games. If not, it just depends on what games they have at launch.
Knight37 - Once a Gamer, Always a Gamer
Disclaimer: I have never been a fan of the xbox.
Hopefully, 360 is not a measure in degrees of departure from the existing system. That would leave us with nothing more than an Xbox with a chrome finish. Hopefully, they've worked out the assorted design issues (huge controllers, superlarge system that doesn't really fit anywhere, horribly buggy games including KoToR, power adaptors which start house fires, incessasnt cooling issues, DVD support, projector support).
The major point that irritates me about the name is that it seems like Microsoft is trying to add a 3 to their name, to make it seem as if they've been tit-for-tat with Sony in the games market since the original PlayStation; with the advent of the PlayStation 3, Microsoft now has the Xbox 360. Who knew that game consoles would end up with sequel titles.
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Just as a side note in relation to this story, there have been controller pics floating around for a few days now (seen here). It would appear that Microsoft has learned nothing from the debacle of the original Xbox controller; this thing looks horribly uncomfortable to hold.
The Braying and Neighing of Barnyard Animals Follows.
It's a whole new...direction?
It probally will come with a snowboarding or tony hawk game.
"The machine can stand upright and hollows in at the middle, like it's "sucking in its cheeks," our source told us today. Previous rumours had put the console as light silver, although fresh information says the final design may be white. It's impossible to tell from the documents, our source explained - although the glimpse of the machine's controllers given on viral marketing website OurColony does suggest a platinum-white colour scheme for the hardware.
According to the source, the rumoured slot for the hard drive module - which was apparently at the top of the machine - is not obvious on the document, and the person was unable to clarify where the slot for discs is actually located.
One other aspect we've been unable to confirm is the rumoured customisation features on the box. It's been speculated that the emphasis on customisation which J Allard touted at the Game Developers Conference last month could extend to allowing users to change the "skin" of the console, but this feature was not mentioned by our source.
As for the logo of the console, it is described as a simple, round nexus with "Xbox 360" written inside it. Previous rumours had simply the numbers "360" in the disc. This branding tends to suggest that we can expect to see "360" appearing after many game names, as happened with the Nintendo 64.
I call B.S. on this whole anonymous source.
Whats next ?
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Playstation Gyration ?
Nick
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I just know this is gonna' be +357 better than the next Sony console.
Bits dosen't matter that much really... 360 bits means nothing. Wasn't the Ps2 2 bit? Yet it creamed the N64 console in terms of perfomance! I can't wait for Sony's 3 bit console.
Good job, microsoft.
Rob
Didn't we do away with the ugly white/grey/beige console trend with this last generation? Why are they trying to bring that ugliness back?
"A truly wise man realizes he knows nothing."
Ill wait for my tony hawk branded Xbox1080
So amidst no doubt a flurry of comments that will assume that Apple owns the copyright on white round design, I'm going to suggest that Microsoft is innovating at least in the way they are slowly unvieling the xbox whatever. Some of the the most successful game-based viral marketing campaigns have been Microsoft's (cloudmakers, I love bees), and they are doing it yet again with ourcolony. My prediction is that between now and May 12, Slashdot will have no less than a dozen news posts that hang on every new development revealed by ourcolony.net. Other game sites will probably have even more than that.
Brilliant.
Apple could learn a thing or two, as opposed to suing people for slowly releasing information.
Hopefully, they've worked out the assorted design issues (huge controllers, superlarge system that doesn't really fit anywhere, horribly buggy games including KoToR, power adaptors which start house fires, incessasnt cooling issues, DVD support, projector support).
Fear not, Microsoft has been listening to the debate about the size of their controller. That's why each and every Xbox360 system comes with a 3-month supply of Jose Canseco Brand (tm) Steroidal Hand Cream and illustrated exercise chart. Within 6-12 weeks, that enormous controller will comfortably fit your mutated, gigantic, powerful hands.
Microsoft doesn't like buggy games any more than you, the consumer, do. That's why backward compatibility with old Xbox titles may be limited, or completely eliminated, depending on which rumor you believe. Rest assured that when purchasing new copies of the same game you had for Xbox, they will be certified to not have the same annoying bugs that the old version had.
Here come da fudge!
When contacted today, Microsoft simply said that it does not comment on rumours and speculation relating to next generation product.
(emphasis mine)
They have a funny definition of the word "confirm". When I want to confirm something about a product, I ask the manufacturer, not a "British source who is privy to Microsoft's marketing documents".
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GTRacer
- Hopes that "leaked" PS3 pic is bogus...
Defending IP by destroying access to it? That makes sense, RIAA/MPAA. Go to the corner until you can play nice!
So is the new xBOX going to round? I just don't understand how this name could continue on to this point.
Well, this console is doomed. M$ obviously hasn't caught onto the fact that people won't put up with console name that is more than 2-3 syllables.
Funny how the one thing they created (the name)is a bad call.
Let's see...console design...Apple.
Processor...modified Apply G5
Dev Units...modified Apple G5
Could just call it the Apple5 or A5, or A360.
Who's got some ideas on alternate names?
So, does '360' refer to its weight in pounds or volume in cubic feet? :)
Because MS seems to be walking in a circle.... More power... More graphics... More recurring-cost-online features... More Halo (only + until we get tired)... More high budgets... More of the same cross-platform titles... Things to go 180 on: - Size of the console - Patch oriented mentality - No more thinking we're "MTV"-watching airhead teenage boys/girls - Trying to tell us what to do with our hardware - Embrace modding (and yes, protect your revenue flow)
Nothing. All they do is drink themselves stupid.
Seeing as there have been a lot of rumours about how every game made for the Xbox360 has to be able to play each users own mp3s on the machine, I'm willing to bet that Microsoft will
1: Start their own music service (à la iTunes) which you can use both on windows and on the xbox
2: Release their own music device to use as both hard drive on the xbox (for save games, etc). Also, you'll be able to play the music on those music players in your games too.
Another possibility is of course to let all Microsoft compatible music devices be able to act as a hard drive.
If the name is true, it looks like someone will be hearing from Microsoft shortly......
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Though the heft and size is about right, the D-Pad is horrific for playing fighting games. I don't get good response back from the disc. (I had the same complaints about the Dreamcast pad too) Plus, my friends have gone through 2 controllers each due to wear and tear after 2 years of use. I find the MadCatz controllers have a better response for that. (But break down far more often)
Those same friends are still using the stock Playstation 2 controllers and only went through one set of the Super Nintendo controllers (after playing hours upon hours of Street Fighter).
Oddly, I kinda like the Nintendo 64 controller the best. It looks goofy, I never used the left side, but it always felt comfortable for analog play.
Personally I liked the Xbox S-controllers(not that fat originals). They felt comfy in my hands. Dual shocks are nice too.
Not feelin the 360 or the pics of the new console. The black and green colors of xbox 1 looked fine (but it was a little big and heavy).
...when the obvious OS and "System" to use were released in 1964.
Before you walk a mile in someone's shoes, you should insult them so you know how they are and what they're doing.
After RTFA Is sadly pure speculation more than anything else. And to be honest I would call it "full of crap" as well
...drumroll please... Microsoft corporation.
First of all the name "xbox360" has been already related as a joke to the nintendo revolution (ms most probably doesnt want be related) so is most probably fake. The color white? maybe but someone mentioned people would asociate it with an iMac (MS doesnt want that) so once again is probably fake. The controller picture laying around is obviously a first generation controller painted (by hand or by photoshop) white and with the cord unattached. (MS lost a good ammount of cash remaking the controllers to the "S" design) So is DEFINETILY fake. The "confirmation" they are bragging about is from some "secret source" who works for ms (or claims to work for them) but it could be a forum member for all we know. When contacted MS said "We dont respond to rumors" since when a _rumor_ can be "confirmed" without an official source?
So in a shell the whole article is crap. please refrain to post this kind of articles in the future Zonk.
p.s. Oh and just to add a finishing touch, www.xbox360.com has been reserved by a guy with a @yahoo.com email, xboxnext has been registered by
Do your homework next time.
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"Buy the Xbox 360 becasue its 120 times better then the PlayStation 3!"
Great! Will it will run OS/360 MFT? Time to dust off those JCL decks.
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Just for a bit of historical perspective, SPOnG found out the new name almost a month ago.
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With an anonymous source, shouldn't the word "confirmed" have some kind of air-quote modifier applied to it? It's not like MS has admitted anything.
MS have rethought their console strategy and after a 360 degree turn are heading off in completely the same direction - lets try to buy market share.
Whoever put that seporation in the middle [of the PlayStation D-pad] needs to be flogged, seriously.
That would be Nintendo, whose patent on the Control Pad was still in effect in 1994 when the PlayStation digital controller was first sold.
The number in the name is exactly that, part of a name. The processor itself isnt reflected by this.
Try telling that to AMD, which had to renumber its Athlon CPU line in terms of equivalent performance on the old T-bird core because Intel's "more GHz" mentality was leading buyers to prefer more GHz over higher instructions-per-clock.
Consumer: "I have a Nintendo 64 and a GameCube. Why would I go for an expensive Xbox 360 if it's only six times as powerful as my N64?"
I'm waiting for Microsoft's Pocket PC gaming handheld, the Xboy.
they could name their product "Xbox Reloaded"
Matrix Revolutions came after Matrix Reloaded. Consoles that come with a connotation of "after" are thought to be more powerful. Nintendo Revolution vs. Xbox Reloaded, now what?
Good Lord!! Gigantism!
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"Xbox Next" is a bit awkward.
It's no coincidence that the new consoles will be:
PlayStation Three
Xbox Three..... Sixty