Viewing Thread:
"X-box Hit : - ) or Miss ; - ( ??"

X-box is Microsoft’s first attempt at breaking into the console world, when it comes out in the US on November 8th it will retail at $299. This means that it will probably cost £299 when its finally released in Europe on the 15th March next year. One thing is certain, when it comes out it will be the worlds most powerful home console/entertainment system, but will it be any good?

What do you think of the X-box…? are you impressed by the specs, do you think the X-box will be worth getting just for WWF Raw is War or do you think that Microsoft have made a mistake that they will come to regret. Whatever your opinion, express it here :-)

For 299.99 yor getting higher powered chipsets, the hardware to play dvd, a hard drive. A slightly better deal than the ps2 when it was launched.

Well...Bill gates Should Learn from the mistakes of SEGA....tut..tut..

As you said PS2 was as dear as an X-Box when it first came out! Showing you how much of a better deal yuo are actually getting with X-Box. But then again you are very right! Its going to put people off buying an X-Box because of the price drop of PS2 and the amecube generally cheap launch price!!!

However I AM GOING TO GET AN X-BOX WHEN ITS PRICE DROPS TO £200!.. I hope it does well,because i want to get one.

Hmmmmmm tricky subject this.
While the XBOX is a very powerful machine i just aren't very excited about its games in the way that Nintendo games get me excited.
And how can Microsoft justify a $299.99 price tag? and if its £299.99 in the UK then there finished before they've even started as the PS2 is now £199.99 and will have games such as Final Fantasy 10,Devil May Cry,GT3 and the awsome Metal Gear Solid 2, and the Gamecube will be ready for launch and if the rumoured £150 price tag is to be believed then thats gonna make the XBOX look VERY overpriced.
I remember buying a SATURN for £400 and boy did i regret it,no decent launch games,expensive hardware ect now to me it seems Microsoft is going down this exact same rout and so untill they can justify such a high price i won't be buying one.

SonicRav wrote:
> sideshow buzz wrote:
> I saw a playable X-box in a games store today, the
> graphics are nice but I
> didn't bother playing it, possibly because I
> didn't really care about the demo
> game (the oddworld game), still I can't
> pass judgement on the system yet.


I highly doubt that... seeing as the
> console isn't out in any country!

errrrrrr

That's not true. Maybe this guy is from the US where demo stations are everywhere.

From what I saw the demo of halo was running smoothly with lots of action going on and some meaty gun animations/sounds. (forgot to write this on my last post)

This week it had a demo of Halo on it, I couldn't get to use the machine because some kid got there a few seconds before I did.

I think it is a demo version of the x-box and thus does not have the full games on it. Also a demo video would not show the character in oddworld standing still for 5 minutes.

More news on the demo machine next time I go back to the mall.

skidd said:
>>Oh yeah another thing how do you hold the game cubes controller in your hands. it has to analog sticks.

--erm.. so does the PS2 controller!! It works just fine.
(when you say,'to analogue sticks', do you mean TWO analogue sticks? Cos i may have got the wrong idea as to what you where saying.

sideshow buzz wrote:
> I saw a playable X-box in a games store today, the graphics are nice but I
> didn't bother playing it, possibly because I didn't really care about the demo
> game (the oddworld game), still I can't pass judgement on the system yet.


I highly doubt that... seeing as the console isn't out in any country!

errrrrrr

I saw a playable X-box in a games store today, the graphics are nice but I didn't bother playing it, possibly because I didn't really care about the demo game (the oddworld game), still I can't pass judgement on the system yet.