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I've found out some info about the next Xbox console...
Apparently it's called the Homestation - its like a PC / entertainment machine. Check out this website for more...
http://www.pcformat.co.uk/news/detail.asp?id=30803
Theres another site, which is...
http://theregister.co.uk/content/archive/21536.html
Hope it works!!!
:)
enough slaggin off , i reckon it will have some kind of asdl cable in it that you have to unwind and is 4 miles long , then you have to fit it your self (to a telegraph pole) just so you can go online.
DVD, it wont use these anymore it will use those new blue discs that are on the gameaday homepage , that can hold up to 50 gb !
Hard drive , you will have to buy this as one of those discs , as that way it will hopefully bring the price down.
Screen , it will have a 50 foot fold out screen that comes out the xbox hydrolically. why 50 foot ? because the xbox 2 will be 60 foot (for all those extra fans and stuff to fit inside)
Graphics , it will claim to be the most powerfull and have the best graphics , when basically it wont.
Control , will be the size of the original control , but with less curves and some kind of massage thing inside so that your hands wont cramp up after an hour of playing.
Games , it will have alot of support from xbox developers , but not many new developers coming onboard , why ? read on and find out ...
COST - the thing we all dread .... i expect the total hook up for an xbox will be :
Console £250
Games £40
Blue disc thing for hard drive which you need to run the games and the dvd's - £80
Petrol and time taken to conect the asdl line 7 days 46 minutes and 12 seconds , while petrol wise it will cost £100 as you need to take the xbox with you which you will need to hire a 70 foot truck to fit and carry it with , not mentioning that it weighs 2.7 tonnes , and petrol will be used up rapidly.
and finally a mansion with big enough rooms to hold it - £2 million (10 million if you live in london)
or you can buy the gazibo for £60 to house it in so it dosent get wet (as it has to live outside)
so total cost :
with mansion - £2 million 470
without mansion , with gazibo - £530
thats with only one game !
if what i see is correct then the futures could be a bad time for all of us , unless the lottery starts giving away £100 million a day , and you only need one number to win it ,then we'll all be fine ! ;-)
> yeah, and don't forget we will need twice as much lifting power from a fork-lift
> truck to actually transport it home. God i hope there is not an x-box 2,
> microsoft have invented a console and had a go at the console market, failed,
> now they should go back to microsoft with their tails between their legs. Shame
> on them. :p
No, don't go back to Microsoft, quite whilst there behind!
:D