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The End of the Original Xbox

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the the-xbox-is-dead-long-live-the-xbox dept.

Via eToyChest, a sobering look at the not so distant end of the Xbox. The article at 'Dubious Quality' also discusses the current/next-gen boundary for Sony, Nintendo, and the PC. From the article: "While there are already 40 Xbox 360 titles earmarked for release in 2007, the original Xbox has exactly zero titles currently scheduled with the retail chain. What does this mean exactly? Not much on its own, as company's could have things planned that are simply not in the system yet, but it sure does not paint a very rosy picture for the gigantic console that gave us so many fond memories."

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  1. So? by Per+Wigren · · Score: 4, Informative

    There are at least 573 games already released for it. I doubt you have already played through all of them...

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  2. Re:Ha! by snuf23 · · Score: 1, Informative

    Yeah, I've been wondering if I should pickup a second one before they disappear. In addition to being a great DIVX/XVID player, it is excellent for MAME, 8 bit and 16 bit emulation. I know you can run all that on a computer, but I prefer having the easy to console interface.

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  3. Re:Forcing Next Gen. by ad0gg · · Score: 3, Informative

    My gamecube wasn't backwords compatible with n64 games. Oh wait, we are bashing microsoft.

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  4. Re:XBMC forevar by no_such_user · · Score: 2, Informative
    If you're not using XBMC, you have every right to complain about the xbox being a poor "media center extender". It's not the MS-based app you seem to be referring to; it's MUCH, MUCH more than that. Go on craigslist, get a used xbox for $100, softmod it, and load up XBMC. It's simply the best "media center" I've come across.

    From their site:
    XboxMediaCenter is a free open source (GPL) multimedia player for the Xbox(TM) from Microsoft. Currently XboxMediaCenter can be used to play/view most common video/audio/picture formats such as MPEG-1/2/4, DivX, XviD, MP3, AAC, JPG, GIF plus many more less known formats directly from a CD/DVD in Xbox DVD-ROM drive or of Xbox hard-drive, XBMC can also stream files from a PC over a local network and even stream media streams directly from the internet. XBMC has playlist and slideshow functions, a weather forecast and many audio visualizations