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Thinking Positively About The X-Box : - )
OK, many of you know that I’m not the biggest Microsoft Fan. However Microsoft’s new machine the X-box is starting to look like something special, and even I'm impressed. So instead of Focusing on the negative I've decided to focus on the positive things about the X-box.
So what is there to know about the X-box, well when it comes out in the US this November it will be the worlds most powerful home console/entertainment system. It will cost $299 stateside, so this means it will probably cost £299 by the time it arrives in the UK in early 2002.
The Games look impressive with Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, Dead or Alive 3, Star Wars Obi-Wan, Crazy Taxi, Panzer Dragoon, The Simpsons Road Rage, Jet Set Radio Future, SegaSports NBA 2K2, Sega Sports NFL 2K2, Sega GT, House of the Dead 3, Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2X, Dino Crisis 3,Genma Onimusha, Madden NFL 2002, F1 2001, a new FIFA game, and WWF Raw is War to name but a few of the titles that are being developed for this machine
However what interested me the most was the new features Microsoft has put into the X-box’s basic user interface (Called the X-box Dashboard). Not only will their be parental controls that will allow parents to prevent their children from playing games/or sections of games with a violent or mature content. The dashboard will also allow gamers for the first time to play the music they want in their favorite games. Normal audio CDs can be put into the X-box, and the music can be stored on the X-box’s 8GB hard drive. This means for the first time that gamers will be able to take full control of a games music. This is something that was on my wish list for a next generation console, and surprisingly it now looks like someone at Microsoft was listening to the voices of the gamers everywhere.
There are some grey areas with regards to the X-box, most notably what internet connectivity features will be available in the final machine, and if the machine will play DVDs. I have just visited www.xbox.com and so far there seems to be no official line on this.
However Microsoft has said that they expect a broadband hardware add on to be available for the machine in the second half of 2002, so hopefully by the time the X-box reaches the UK this feature may be built in.
Microsoft certainly have the power, money and influence to deliver broadband Internet access to gamers, they own are large share of the UK cable company NTL so perhaps an online future isn’t that far away. :-)
OK, many of you know that I’m not the biggest Microsoft Fan. However Microsoft’s new machine the X-box is starting to look like something special, and even I'm impressed. So instead of Focusing on the negative I've decided to focus on the positive things about the X-box.
So what is there to know about the X-box, well when it comes out in the US this November it will be the worlds most powerful home console/entertainment system. It will cost $299 stateside, so this means it will probably cost £299 by the time it arrives in the UK in early 2002.
The Games look impressive with Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, Dead or Alive 3, Star Wars Obi-Wan, Crazy Taxi, Panzer Dragoon, The Simpsons Road Rage, Jet Set Radio Future, SegaSports NBA 2K2, Sega Sports NFL 2K2, Sega GT, House of the Dead 3, Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2X, Dino Crisis 3,Genma Onimusha, Madden NFL 2002, F1 2001, a new FIFA game, and WWF Raw is War to name but a few of the titles that are being developed for this machine
However what interested me the most was the new features Microsoft has put into the X-box’s basic user interface (Called the X-box Dashboard). Not only will their be parental controls that will allow parents to prevent their children from playing games/or sections of games with a violent or mature content. The dashboard will also allow gamers for the first time to play the music they want in their favorite games. Normal audio CDs can be put into the X-box, and the music can be stored on the X-box’s 8GB hard drive. This means for the first time that gamers will be able to take full control of a games music. This is something that was on my wish list for a next generation console, and surprisingly it now looks like someone at Microsoft was listening to the voices of the gamers everywhere.
There are some grey areas with regards to the X-box, most notably what internet connectivity features will be available in the final machine, and if the machine will play DVDs. I have just visited www.xbox.com and so far there seems to be no official line on this.
However Microsoft has said that they expect a broadband hardware add on to be available for the machine in the second half of 2002, so hopefully by the time the X-box reaches the UK this feature may be built in.
Microsoft certainly have the power, money and influence to deliver broadband Internet access to gamers, they own are large share of the UK cable company NTL so perhaps an online future isn’t that far away. :-)
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The Future of Gaming Commercials has been revealed, to see these rough designs for an Xbox TV advert follow the links below:
http://www.designinmotion.com/ Movies/FreestyleXbox0723.01.Movie.html (remove spaces)
http://www.designinmotion.com/ Movies/FreestyleXbox0723.02.Movie.html (remove spaces)
The commercials are designed for MTV, although their rough at present and show gamers fighting it out in a virtual world, for the full story and the ability to download the commercials in a different format visit the link below
http://www.designinmotion.com/ article/mainv/0,7220,29101,00.html (remove spaces)
http://www.designinmotion.com/ Movies/FreestyleXbox0723.01.Movie.html (remove spaces)
http://www.designinmotion.com/ Movies/FreestyleXbox0723.02.Movie.html (remove spaces)
The commercials are designed for MTV, although their rough at present and show gamers fighting it out in a virtual world, for the full story and the ability to download the commercials in a different format visit the link below
http://www.designinmotion.com/ article/mainv/0,7220,29101,00.html (remove spaces)
I think Microsoft are trying hard to make the Xbox the best console around, whether it will or not, well we will just have to wait until November... Microsoft are in a funny situation, everybody hates them so they have to offer something new to gamers and at a discounted price in order to succeed.
Ive seen what theyre offering and so long as they get the online part correct and make the games cheaper then Ild consider the Xbox.
The Xbox is targetting the online world, and Microsoft are arguably the only company that has the cash to make online gaming cheap and accessible to the masses.
If online gaming on a budget becomes a reality with the Xbox then it will be a big success!
Ive seen what theyre offering and so long as they get the online part correct and make the games cheaper then Ild consider the Xbox.
The Xbox is targetting the online world, and Microsoft are arguably the only company that has the cash to make online gaming cheap and accessible to the masses.
If online gaming on a budget becomes a reality with the Xbox then it will be a big success!
The X-box is a scam which know's will do well cause of Gate's with his cash he can make it as good or bad as he like's and get away with it!!!!!!
I believe that DVD box sets containing a film, extras and a game would be cool. Particularly if it was cheaper to buy the set than everything separately.
It could also encourage people who dont usually play games to start, and perhaps it would force games to become more realistic and emotional! However this would need every DVD player to have some standard game playing hardware. This will only happen if the Dreamcast chipset is in every new DVD player, or the PS2 or Xbox become extremely popular.
It could also encourage people who dont usually play games to start, and perhaps it would force games to become more realistic and emotional! However this would need every DVD player to have some standard game playing hardware. This will only happen if the Dreamcast chipset is in every new DVD player, or the PS2 or Xbox become extremely popular.
Microsoft Matrix Simulator?
Ummm, sorry but you could say that about a lot of film games.
looks can be decieving, but surly this has to be a great game right? they cant make a b******t game out of somthing as great as the matrix.
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