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Prepping For The 360
An anonymous reader writes "The Xbox 360 launches on Tuesday, and ZDNet talks to some of the folks who are already prepping for it. John Dvorak also has commentary on the new console, and he seems to like it." From the Dvorak article: "Luckily Microsoft's Xbox 360 crew, and other game developers, are working on cool stuff that will cross over to PCs. When game developers retake their rightful place on top of the hill of progress, we'll all be better off. Needless to say, I am impressed by the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 explores new menu structures with a unique and pleasant GUI. One often-overlooked element that the Microsoft games group brings to the party is its unique GUIs that are unlike the folder/desktop metaphor that Xerox and Apple developed."
There are a lot of articles about it because it is coming out in 2 days. Are there any consoles coming out this week, month, year? No? OK then!
Have we seen anything substantial from Sony or Nintendo that accurately depicts what we will be playing on their new hardware sometime next year? No? OK then!
Have we already had countless stories about the Cell, Revolution controller, etc despite a near total dearth of information since E3? Yes? OK then!
There are reasons why you are seeing so much about the 360, and you can count on Slashdot. going batshit next year when the Revolution and PS3 arrive. Hell, I've had people telling me left and right that the 360 and PS3 are completely boring and that the Revolution is 100x more interesting and cool since over a year before the Revolution was even unveiled. How is that for bias?
Typical.