First Details on Microsoft's Next Xbox

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  As long as it does component and it's HDTV out of the box (COMES WITH THE DAMN COMPONENT CABLES) I'll be ... : abrasion
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    Component is more common, but by the time HDMI comes out, DVI users (which there won't be many of) will b... : hardfl1p
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      By the time HDMI comes out I better return my HDMI projector and DVD player. They are using unrelease... : jake
      • :O Must be us slow UKers who don't have it. : hardfl1p
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  i hope not, I only have one hdmi input : ventro
  • Yeah, most TVs do. I have no problem swapping, if need be. Or I'm sure someone will make an HDMI swap box... : Terpfen

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  doesn't quite work that way. : Dan 101
  • 3 ^ 3 = 27GHz? : Sarcastro
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  More like 3 x 1Ghz ppc : mblissp
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    More like 3 x 3 GHz PPC ? : bostrov
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      No way man, cant see that. Dose IBM even make procs that high yet .... So how the hell are they going t... : mblissp
      • ppc != g5 ... xbox2 will use a higher-clocked cut-down version, just like cell : jcupitt

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• Rumor is that Xbox2 has a VGA output. : Terpfen

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  I can't wait till they analog the right things and digitize the other High Res Digital Camera ---> Hig... : ShadowRam
  • So you want like 10 million bit color? : DinK
• As do I - this system could be the catalyst for making HD with DD5.1 the standard for audio and visual ca... : Waverider
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  Yeah, it's almost like HDTV is something new and exciting. EXCEPT COMPUTER MONITORS HAVE BEEN HIGHER Q... : FlatlineDixay
  • How ur anti-console troll? : abrasion
  • My couch is more comforatble than my computer chair. : SqueegyTBS
  • Yeah and the Space Shuttle can go tens of thousands of miles per hour faster than your car. Why don't you... : armaduck
  • oh shut up. : Dan 101
  • MY PC monitor is just *slightly* smaller than my big screen HDTV : fr0x

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• The official name will have the word Xbox in it somewhere. They're not about to just drop the name they'v... : derelict515
• The author of the Periodic Table of Elements is gonna make a mint. : Ride-My-Rocket

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• Agreed...a dollar is not a micro transaction...0.0099 dollars is a micro transaction. I keep thinking peo... : limabone-jlp
• If you're paying $300 for a console, and $60 for a video game, and a few hundred to a few thousand dollar : Ride-My-Rocket

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• it's more geard towards stat junkies and hard core competitive gamers, it doesn't hurt to have. : Dan 101

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  agreed.. especially crappy when you've shelled out $50 bucks and then have to purchase this stuff to be c... : heff
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    $60 actually; publishers have been strongly indicating for months that next-gen titles will launch at thi... : Crusader
    • I agree with the above posts, and am expressing chagrin to the one directly above this post. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
    • That's aight. I'll just hold off for a bit, until the prices fall or the PS3 comes out. ;) : Ride-My-Rocket
• Yeah that sucks, I also don't like how quickly Xbox 2 is coming out compared to the PS3. Sony "wrangle... : abrasion
• I think you are right. Be affraid! : ease_one
• the nerve of these guys wanteing to make MONEY! : dumptruck
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  I see a lot of benefit to Microsoft and the developers, very little to the end user. I really hope peopl... : Thresher
  • That was the major comparison J. Allard used to announce the X2 marketplace. IMO it's not such a bad i... : MrLobo
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    I don't think it's that bad of an idea at all. You can call me an idiot if you want that's fine with me. ... : armybob
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      You are missing the point. Five bucks for real content, I have no problem with, especially if the origin... : Thresher
      • i'll play a wait & see approach. So far with my experience on purchased content through live I have no pr... : armybob
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      The developers would hardly benefit from this. Microsoft, yes. The publishers, yes. But the develop... : Rice-Rocketeer
      • why not? they get paid just like MS and the publishers. Sure the ratio will be different depending on whi... : armybob
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      Yes but what about the FIRST PGR pack which WASN'T good value for money? They can just keep shovelling... : abrasion
      • I had no problem with either PGR2 pack that came out. Both I thought were worth my $5 since PGR2 was real... : armybob
• I can see a possibility, but this topic has been covered in the past and I don't feel they've been abusin... : dmiller
• It's certainly possible, but Xbox isn't number 1 yet, and I'm sure they aren't going to be number one as ... : Dan 101

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  but HD is still so expensive :( : darkT
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    not so much for traditional CRT tech, which looks better IMO, just not as small physically. oh and anythi... : carnivore
    • I just bought a 46" HD Sony RPCRT for $1198 two months ago. It's cheap. : sixfoot6
  • No it's not. Go here: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6407836&type=product&productCa... : intoxxxicated
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  I thought he meant hard disk. Couldn't figure out what all the fuss was about. hangs head in shame : thaperfectdrug
  • leave your gamer card at the door please. : Dan 101

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• all because people actually pay for it : m4yhem
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  Yep, that's why I've already made my mind up about NOT buying a Xbox 2. Their main thing is going to be o... : scarb
  • THAT is your reason?.. so based on a demonstration and one feature mentioned, you are dismissing it? ... : dmiller
• Maybe if they release the game for free and make you pay for your cars you want to drive for a buck a pie... : spl
• You don't have to buy such things, but other people will. Offering them for a price is better than not o... : digweed014

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  I don't think they'll pull it off honestly, but if they do, more power to them. I'd rather have an insane... : Madwacker
  • I'm not hugely interested in laying out for an Xbox just to play the three or so games I'm interested in ... : SpiderMonkey

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  You noticed how current HD Xbox games fit on 1 dvd fine? DVD movies? Etc : derelict515
  • No I didn't :P seriously, though, like i said i was under the impression that DVDs had enough room for al... : Backspace
• because games are not movies. All games will support 720p. That has nothing to do with what the media f... : ease_one
• Game rendering in HD - not necessarily playing HD movies - since that standard war is a @#%ing mess. : abrasion

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  The link to the zip is wrong, or I'm missing something... : punchdog
  • At the bottom of the page. Works fine here. : Carnivac
• The pics lend credence to the camera claims, there are headshot images of the people next to their gamer ... : Carnivac

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• i think it mainly represents on how as the informed gaming consumer, we put more emphasis on the speed of... : bosst0ne
• translation: " in the HD era the wallet required is bigger than previously" : eNgram
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  http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9680607 ? : SatansFist
  • Hah well he's definately right but I don't know if this is a GOOD thing for Microsoft or good for Sony - ... : abrasion
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  translation: "we will have the weakest console of the next generation, but buy an xbox anyway because we ... : moonbreaker
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    Replace "Xbox" with "Revolution" and you'll be right. : Terpfen
    • we don't know anything about the revolution do we? i mean there have been some rumors flying around about... : Backspace
• It could be hinting that a good optimizing and development toolset will help deliver more performance fro... : bostrov

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• That's the interest they earn on their cash reserves after waiting 1/10 of a second. More giveaways plz! : Ride-My-Rocket

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  what are you talking about?! What he meant was that the developer support and 1st party software will be... : STURM Mr Grey
  • DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! : Ride-My-Rocket

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• Possibly games like (these might be launch games) Perfect Dark Zero, Call of Duty II, Unreal III?, and ot... : STURM Mr Grey
• halo3, online racing titles......thats all i need. : broly1718

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• you're funny.... GO XBOX NEXT! : STURM Mr Grey

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  Me too. But I'm going to wait until Sony and Nintendo show up their offerings... These next generation... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    ... the second coming of Jesus. Hey, it looks like they're packing as much as they can into the Xbox2,... : crummynz
    • I can't wait for the "walk on water" power up for only 99 cents!!1oneone : monikerdaven

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• no man it's .99 cents! : jvox
• it's like console i-tunes. : kingdepork