Xbox 360 Press Event News

by Maarten Goldstein, May 16, 2005 8:00pm PDT

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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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No HD-DVD is gonna hurt this beast

May 16, 2005 8:21pm PDT

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No HD-DVD is gonna hurt this beast : ErneX
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- How, it would have costed too much at launch. : tension
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  ...not sure. Does a game that has 12-15 hours of gameplay really require 500 GB of storage? Unclear... : BulletPro
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    I'm not saying this for the games, but for the HD movies : ErneX
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      I'd rather have Blu-Ray over HD-DVD, so that doesn't bother me @ all. : aethyr
      
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      For film that is. : aethyr
      
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      yes, blu-ray indeed's better, my point was in noticing the lack of a next-gen reader, Sony coming out lat... : ErneX
      
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      Who knows who will win the format war though? Far too early to gamble on one and possibly lose : tbreffni
      
      exactly. Sony's going to have to rush the PS3 out the door. I'm betting they'd like to release in Holiday... : edgewise
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  no it won't. HD-DVD doesn't mean shit to 99% of the people who are still eagerly buying up standard DVD's... : edgewise
  - I agree completely. lack of a HD-DVD won't hurt Xbox 360. If anything, they can upgrade it with new ha... : dmiller
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    Agreed. HD-DVD is going to be the Laserdisc of this generation for movies. High enthusiast support, low general consumer support. Most people just won't see the advantage over the DVDs they just bought.
    
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    Agreed. HD-DVD is going to be the Laserdisc of this generation for movies. High enthusiast support, low... : Carnivac
    - I'd say for a true mass-audience, something like HVD will finally replace it. (holographic video disc) : dmiller
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    HOWEVER if the spec is finalised before Sony release the PS3 and it has it.................. : abrasion
    - then? edgewise is right, people don't want to buy their DVDs over again this soon. bluray will be the ... : dmiller
    - it still wont matter... well, I should say in a practical sense. They'll hype the shit out of it and some... : edgewise
  - I think this depends on how much the movie industry will be pushing HD-DVD. If they go all out and convin... : dodob
  - Agreed. Lack of HD-DVD hurts the format more than it does the console. HD-DVD just doesn't offer the amaz... : sgtsanity
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    correct! 12x dvd is pretty quick and 8.5 gigs of space should be enough for even some of the larger ga... : Jayx77
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      I believe someone mentioned that it does in fact do progressive scan, Allard or one of the MS dudes. : freshview
      
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      good because at this point, not including that would let all the air out of their all-HD ad blitz... : Jayx77
      
      that would be sort of hilarious actually. : freshview
  - MS is pushing up this whole High Definition idea for games but it doesn't push it for its video playback.... : bluk

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