Xbox 360 Press Event News
All sorts of fun facts coming out of Microsoft's E3 2005 Xbox 360 press event. Story will be updated as they come in.
- Xbox 360 will have limited backward compatability. Only the most popular Xbox games will be supported, through an emulator.
- Square Enix is releasing Final Fantasy XI on the 360, with Live support. First of several Square Enix games on the platform.
- More than 160 games are in development.
- During a 90 day launch window Microsoft hopes that between 25 and 40 Xbox 360 games are released.
- You can buy movies and music online through the 360
- All games must support 720p, a 16:9 aspect ratio, anti-aliasing and 5.1 multi channel sound.
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selective backwards compatiblity? wtf?-
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Already have one but it's first generation and I'd like to upgrade and with 100% compatibility there's no question I'll buy Sony again. There'll be a few titles in the first 6 months of course but there are games that beg to be played and I don't want to wait for years for the next sequel ... you know what I mean.
The MS has some nice specs but no HD-DVD, limited backwards compatibility and the white box which doesn't fit in with the rest of my entertainment centre... well, suffice it to say that I was leaning Sony anyway but this is the proverbial straw that broke the dinosaur's back. -
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yea, and I'm guessing you've already got your PS2, which is still backwards compatible with the PS1. I know it's nice to have it, but I rarely use it. It's DEFINATELY a feature I wouldn't care THAT much about. Not to mention Sony's track record of shitty unreliable hardware for the first gen. Anyone I knew that bought a PS2 Launch has sent the thing back for the DVD Drive being dead.
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I seriously doubt this. They really didn't improve that much for PS1 games on the PS2, so it's highly doubtful for the PS3. Some games depend on the graphics to look certain ways and I don't think they even want to increase the framerate because some games depend on certain timings. You get the games as they were originally intended (or at least developed).
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No. I would expect they are doing HLE (High Level Emulation). The only way to rapidly develop an emulator is to do it this way. Additionally, when you develop a HLE, you're bound to run into tons of compatibility issues.
The emulation need to make different "exceptions" to run games correctly. Therefore, instead of spending tons of time working on patches for games that aren't very widespread. So, it's logical from a time standpoint to only emulate games that are extremely popular (READ: Halo).
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Easy. I sold my ps1 for a sizeable chunk off my ps2. This allowed me to upgrade much earlier in the cycle. I'll do the same with ps3. You can keep your xbox and your xbox 360 if you want, but you'll need a new entertainment center because with both stacked there you won't have much room for anything else.
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I dont need both because I dont see myself playing any xbox games when I've got my 360. Plus they said they are having selective compatibility anyways. Do you REALLY think that you are going to find some random xbox game you just HAVE to play that it wont support? I highly doubt it. You can pretty much guarantee its going to support any game that was worth playing (OMG no air force delta emulation in xbox 360! PS3 FOR ME!).
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