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The Depth of the 360

Posted by Zonk on from the lots-of-shinies dept.

Kotaku has a long day's worth of hands-on information about the Xbox 360. Information covers packaging, hookup, the Interoperability, Multimedia, and Live interfaces. They also have hands-on impressions of some of the launch titles, including Kameo, PGR3, Amped, and NBA 2K6. From the hookup article: "I was surprised at how much I like the new controller. The design feels lighter that current gen stuff and the minor tweaks to the shape really help make holding it a pleasure. The button layout is mostly the same as with the xbox controllers with one major exception. The black and white buttons, always a pain in the ass to find in the middle of intense Xbox games, have been converted into two small rectangles located over the triggers, making them much more intuitive to use."

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  1. Have to Agree by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 2, Informative

    I tried one of the 360 controllers at a local Game Crazy and, I have to say, they were the most comfortable controllers I've used. I'm not a big fan of MS, or the XBox, but props to them (or whoever they hired) for the design.

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    1. Re:Have to Agree by RoadDoggFL · · Score: 3, Interesting

      They're compatible with PC games, too.

      Not to suggest you give up the mouse and keyboard... but it's an idea if anybody still plays platformers or sports games on the PC anymore.

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  2. Re:The brick by Fred+Or+Alive · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good lord! That is an impressively large power brick.

    That is from a debug kit though... has anyone actually seen a final retail unit, and can they say if that has an internal or external PSU? I seem to remember hearing the actual retail consoles were supposed to have internal PSUs, even though the various debug units etc. have external ones.

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  3. Re:The brick by Keeper · · Score: 4, Informative

    The brick is in the final retail unit as well. Though if you think about it for a second, it makes sense. The 360 probably has the same power requirements of a mid to high end PC. When was the last time you saw a tiny PSU for a PC?

  4. I saw one today... by tm2b · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The one I saw at Target today was really pretty.

    Very pretty, that is, until it crashed. Then it took a few minutes for it to restart and for the kid playing it to get back to the game (a Call of Duty game, I think), and then it was pretty again... until it crashed again.

    I think I'll wait a while before even thinking of buying one.

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    1. Re:I saw one today... by apoc06 · · Score: 3, Interesting

      there are actually quite a few articles out on the net that chronicle experiences like the one he has had. honestly from the way things sound its just that the x360 gets overheated easily and theres not enough ventilation in the demo kiosks.

  5. Re:More XBox 360 by fwitness · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "... followed by nothing for 6-9 months when no impressive games are released."

    So I should be getting my impressive PSP games about now?

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