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360 Has Best Launch Lineup Ever?

Posted by Zonk on from the so-sayeth-the-cueball dept.

J. Allard had a chat with Edge magazine about the launch lineup of the Xbox 360, and makes the claim that they have the best launch lineup ever associated with a console. He also talks about the overall vision they had for the launch, and how well their expectations are being met. From the article: "I think it's pretty much spot on. I spoke with someone who was very involved in the planning about three years ago - he came over for about five minutes to drop something off and ended up spending three hours looking at all the capabilities of the machine, and he said, 'Son of a gun, if you guys didn't do 95 per cent of the original vision of the machine!' And I looked at him and said, 'Well, what was the other five per cent, what did we drop?' and he said, 'I don't know. I couldn't find it!'"

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  1. And yet, no blockbuster games for 2005 by Torgo's+Pizza · · Score: 3, Funny

    At least, that's what I read just a few stories down. Best launch lineup ever or the one of the worst years for games. Time to curl up into a little ball and wait it out until 2006.

  2. Wow. by aspjunkie · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nothing beats a great "Launch Linup".

    Go Spellcheck!

  3. I'll post a witty response... by Progman3K · · Score: 3, Funny

    As soon as I figure out what a "Linup" is...

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  4. Re:"Launch Lineup" includes titles not available by Gogo0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, no -its okay.

    MS has stated before that their "launch window" is 14-weeks long. So anything between Nov 20 to about February 18 is available at "launch"!

    Really, had they not defined "launch", I would have erroneously assumed that it meant "when it is released".

    It isnt spin, theyre just making their own rules. Wow, they really kick ass with their own rules!

  5. Re:This won't go over well on slashdot by steveo777 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, a bit offtopic, but playing Halo doesn't make you a 'gamer' any more than eating a taco makes you a mexican.

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  6. Re:Still no Ultramix DDR support! by Headcase88 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Look, those arrows are a lot harder to render than it looks, leave us alone!" -- Microsoft rep.

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  7. Xbox360 launches with best ever range of games... by Repton · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...shame they forgot to release the console at the same time :-/

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