The 360 wasn't designed from the ground up to take advantage of that kind of control scheme. At best they'll make a controller that's useful for a small handful of games and completely worthless for every current title. Granted they may be able to work in some kind of update distribution with the use of X-Box Live so current games can take better advantage of a setup like that. Final Verdict: I wouldn't hold my breath for a better design then what the Wii is already pushing and at a considerably cheaper price.
I think he means more like a Guild Wars thing. Where you can jump in and view any of the higher ranked pvp matches as a spectator "ghost" from anywhere. As well as chat with other spectators about who's kicking ass and who is biffing it horribly in that specific game.
I know most (if not all) of/. is technologically inclined so it's unlikely a/. reader would be tricked in that fashion. Still though I think it is part of the customers responsibility to do a little research. Especially if you plan to drop $500+ on a new PC. Again though as it's been pointed out Aero!= Vista. It's a feature, "window dressing" as it was mentioned. It interacts with the OS about as much as Minesweeper does. It's not like this is the first time Microsoft has done something along these lines.
Shame on the customers for being uninformed.
Shame on microsoft for using "questionable" marketing.
-NJT
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The 360 wasn't designed from the ground up to take advantage of that kind of control scheme. At best they'll make a controller that's useful for a small handful of games and completely worthless for every current title. Granted they may be able to work in some kind of update distribution with the use of X-Box Live so current games can take better advantage of a setup like that. Final Verdict: I wouldn't hold my breath for a better design then what the Wii is already pushing and at a considerably cheaper price.
I think he means more like a Guild Wars thing. Where you can jump in and view any of the higher ranked pvp matches as a spectator "ghost" from anywhere. As well as chat with other spectators about who's kicking ass and who is biffing it horribly in that specific game.
I know most (if not all) of /. is technologically inclined so it's unlikely a /. reader would be tricked in that fashion. Still though I think it is part of the customers responsibility to do a little research. Especially if you plan to drop $500+ on a new PC. Again though as it's been pointed out Aero!= Vista. It's a feature, "window dressing" as it was mentioned. It interacts with the OS about as much as Minesweeper does. It's not like this is the first time Microsoft has done something along these lines.
Shame on the customers for being uninformed.
Shame on microsoft for using "questionable" marketing.
-NJT
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