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Live Picture of the Next Xbox
n0ethics writes "A live picture of the Xbox 360 was leaked from Microsoft's Xbox 360 launch party held last night. The culprit appears to be a privately-owned cameraphone. Engadget Reports... Also included in the leak was the new Xbox Live headset, a new Xbox 360 controller and the new Eye-toy-ish Xbox 360 peripheral. Now the question is: was this intentional, or should we fear Bill?"
Why do they call it a "live picture"? What is "live" about it? What does that mean, if anything? And why do people keep regurgitating it even though it doesn't mean anything?
Looks like a standard Micro-ATX case. Can't really tell if it's much smaller than the current Xbox either.
My guess is they were trying to go iPod with the white, but gosh, it's hopelessly not sexy.
Microsoft has gone batshit crazy with astroturfing the Xbox 360 so far. (Ourcolony?) If the leak wasn't planned by them, I'd bet they at least don't really care.
Looks like it'll go really well next to an iMac :)
Neko
You can hold down the "B" button for continuous firing.
at least it's less bulky and ugly than the first one.
What was that? It's from Microsoft? Well, that is the ugliest piece of crap I have ever seen!!!
At least its a moderately original design, they realised their original Xbox model was too bulky, and have redesigned to make it smaller.
We all have to remember, it's not how it looks, it's how it plays that counts, and I hope thats what will make people buy it.
Business Voyeur
where are the Xboxen 3 to 359?
And like a long list of celebrities including Tiger Woods and Michael Jackson, Microsoft today decided to make the move from Black to White.
Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
An old pic?? But this is /. How is this possible..
'cos with any luck, that'll mean everyone'll be selling off their old XBoxen, and that means more Linux on the XBox for me. Seriously, can't wait 'til the old ones are $50 a pop...and I also can't wait to see Linux running on the new version.
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Why?
I hope for M$ it doesn't break when knocked over...
Check out the middle inner edge of the controller. Is that a headphone jack? I remember thinking how much of a badass addition that would have been to the original Xbox to have headphone ports on the controller in that same place.
Wow...this is similar to other screenshots of the XBOX 360 that have been floating around the internet (side view, 3-4th view, etc). Those screenshots can now be found at gamespot's website here.
I have to say that it will fit in nicer with other electronic equipment that sits on our entertainment center but this seriously lacks a cool factor. Its colors are too passive, and the curves are all way too smooth...replacing the silver finish with a jet-black polished finish alone would make it look ten times better. Oh well. BTW does anyone else think the name XBOX 360 sounds lame?
Can you say "Dreamcast Copy"?
It doesn't look so bad. Of course its not a masterpiece of engineering, but Microsoft probably chose that safe white case to make it more appealing to an audience other than hardcore teenage gamers. My concern is that those paperwhite controlers are going to turn a disgusting brown as dirt and skin acids build up over a couple of months. Grey would have been a better choice, cause nobody is gonna want to touch the thing after a year of use.
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That's a matter of taste, I suppose. Some people have commented that they like the design. Personally, I am not that fond of it either... but then again, I'm not in the market for a game console.
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Maybe I'm behind on the times, but that seems like one hell of a good picture to be taken from a camera phone.
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Just a hint.
Read the article (the first link) and look at the comments posted to the story.
I guess he is making fun of those idiots.
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to me, it sorta looks like a pippin.
.. not .. sure thats a good thing though .. and isn't this supposed to have PPC's in it? sooooper weird ..
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It took you how many years to notice?
See the original Xbox controller (not the later S controller). It is a dead-on copy of the DC, except with no windows for the memory cards to show their displays through.
For that matter, the entire Xbox was a DC offshoot.
Look at a Japanese DC, it says on the front "designed for Microsoft Windows CE". Look at a US (later) DC, it says on the front "compatible with Microsoft Windows CE". Early on, MS had made a Win CE API for DC. The DC browser and Sega Rally used it. However, Sega learned that MS had done this with the hope of making their own "super DC" that would be able to run (or at least port) a large number of DC titles, and thus enter the marketplace with a lot of games on day 1. When Sega heard of this, they withdrew the Win CE API for DC to thwart Microsoft.
So this is why the Xbox controller is so similar to the DC, it was designed to be a "super DC" from the start.
Since when did Apple gain exclusive rights to white? Ohmygod! The PS2 and Xbox both are black! They are ripping off ENIAC!
Would you kindly mod me +1 insightful?
Exaclty, and I congratulate Apple for releasing this awesome Xbox killer into the gaming console market
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Not enough emphasis on the ugly. It should be a bit more like this:
"I have seen the new X-Box, and it is ugly. And I mean UGLY. Take it out back and put it out of it's misery ugly. Hit with not only an ugly stick, but an ugly pole and an ugly mace. It's like they tried to steal Apple's iPod white with none of Apple's design taste. Again, it's ugly. "
"For years, I struggled with reality... but I'm happy to say I finally won out over it." -- Elwood P. Dowd
what is it with people saying this looks like an apple product? Just because it is white does not mean it is an apple product. Last time I checked the color white was used on many items. OMG!!! my fridge is so APPL!!!!!!1!11one!!!
OMG!!! lOLOLOL my toilette is SO APPLE!
seriously people. Get a grip.
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Let's see here...
Console: Current Wintel PC technology with Apple's sense of style.
Controllers: Nintendo already showed us that first party wireless is the way to go. Way to be #2 Microsoft!
Camera: Oh Look! It's Sony's Eyetoy in white!
Headset: At last, something borrowed straight from their own previous product. Doesn't look like any innovations were made here though.
And this is supposed to be the NEXT generation of console gaming?!?
At least they got the name right... XBox 360! Bringing gaming full circle to where it is today!
Funny; Playstation's nearly white controllers, SNES's white (but purple tinted) controllers, and the PSOne's white controllers never had any issues. Of course they got some grit in the seams, but that's about it. Come to think of it, I've never had any brown-ness occur on any of my white computer mice from the late 80's through early 2000's (I have a silver mouse now - still no brown). All of my friend's iBooks (white) still look..... white. Even the (white) keys. Sounds like you're spreading FUD.
moox. for a new generation.
Those aren't controller ports... those are memory card slots. There are no controller ports, because the controllers are wireless.
this smells like a planned PR scam to me. the pics are to hi-res and well-lit to be taken with some crappy mobile phone cam.
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The Xbox360 looks a lot like a white version of the Dell Optiplex GX PCs that can be found in office cubicles everywhere.
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PR guy 1: "how can we promote our console to the /. crowd?" /.ers' days by painting our console white like apple" :-P
PR guy 2: "we could tell them that it is absolutely impossible to install linux on it."
PR guy 1: "good idea but we haven't released the console yet."
PR guy 2: "maybe we could brighten up
PR guy 1: "yeah that's great they'll be flaming us for days and talking about every aspect of our product and how it rips off this company and that company."
PR guy 2: "that and they'll be trying install install linux onto the system"
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well it could happen
Some people believe 1-1=3 and for the sake of being politically correct, we should respect their differences
There's no subscription fee.
You get 2 games a month free.
The console itself is undersold.
But the wireless controllers run on proprietary Microsoft batteries which run out of power after 10h of use and you can obtain a new set for $30 from your local Microsoft Golden Partner dealer.
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First of all, it looks fine.
Secondly, who cares what it looks like? How good are the games?
I'm just amazed at the hate for Microsoft. The Xbox is the coolest console at the moment. It does pretty much everything right. Shouldn't we be a little excited by the Xbox 360? Isn't competition GOOD?
it's not like everyone and their dog are releasing white electronics products this year...
white as a product is plain ugly IMO.
reminds me of those godawful 50's 60's style garbage they used to sell.
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So... this is gonna run all my IBM DOS/360 software right?
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I call bullshit.
from tfa: Can't tell you how we got our hands on this image, but what you're looking at is a real live shot of the Xbox 360 that someone sneakily snapped with their cameraphone at Microsoft's Xbox360 Revealed launch party in Los Angeles last night.
several things give it away.
1. the image quality is too good for a camera phone
2. they can't tell us, yet they go on to say where it was got and how.
3. the launch party/reveal was supposed to be live on MTV.
4. this looks really, I mean really, crap.
5. if it wasn't a public reveal, MS would have banned cameras and cellphone cameras.
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Evidently you are a robot, or wear gloves a lot. I work in a school computer lab sometimes, and the paper white apple eMac keyboards are crap colored after two weeks. Even the eMacs themselves start to brown after a little while.
Nah, I just wash my hands once or twice a day :) I do remember the LCIIs having grimy as hell keyboards back in elementary school though.
moox. for a new generation.
Idunno, once you get passed the fisher-price appearance, I think the gamecube is decidedly hot. How many consoles have a carrying handle? The PS2 is pretty smooth, I've always thought. Nobody's ever made a sexy controller tho.
Ps3 outperforms Xbox2
Thank you, Zymano, reporter from the future!
Nothing smacks more of fanboysim than crowing about which product is best even before it and its competitors have been released.
Being bitter is drinking poison and hoping someone else will die
Nobody's ever made a sexy controller tho.
I beg to differ.
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The width of the black disc tray is around half the size of the console. Using that as a guide, this thing looks only a little smaller than the current XBox. Unless of course that is a laserdisc tray...
But pictures are never a good indication of size -- I was amazed the first time I saw a tiny PSTwo with my own eyes.