X-Box Online

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Looks like Microsoft is going to attempt to lead the way for the whole taking consoles online. The Sega Dreamcast does this a bit but not at quite the scope that Microsoft is attempting to do. You can read the article over at MSNBC (Thanks Stomped). The competition is like.. not very big though considering GameCube hasnt even announced any plans to support online play (Or made any indication) and PS2 owners need to buy the online adapter separately.

We are drawing up a scheme to convince people that Xbox is the one, not PlayStation or GameCube, when playing online games, Ohura said in an interview with Reuters.

The rumor mills are saying that Microsoft is planning on building an "online network" for the console players, and given the hand MS has in the PC market it's not much of a stretch of imagination that they would work towards letting PC gamers interact with their console playing couterparts. Now lets all hope the X-Box turns out to be good... That $300 price tag is a little stiff.

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