A GameSpot story is carrying the first known confirmed pricing estimates of the Microsoft X-Box. They are quoting $315 as the 'price ceiling' of the console as of right now.

When contact for comment a Microsoft spokesperson told GameSpot that the prices discusses by Bach were only approximate price ceilings that the company hopes to maintain, and not the official price of the console. Microsoft will officially announce specific pricing and launch details for the North American Xbox at the upcoming E3 in Los Angeles. The North American launch is slated for this fall. The Japanese release will follow a month later. [screenshots]

It looks like Microsoft is having some troubles with the X-Box and developer support, enough that it cause the stock market to shake up a little bit. (Of course I could light a fart and they would panic in the stock market) but anyways here you go.

Matt Smith sent in this link of a bunch of X-Box footage that he seemed pretty hot and bothered about (his words) Have a look-see at what MS was showing off at their recent Gamestock event.

A couple of days ago the announcement came out that Sega will be producing 11 titles for launch of the MS X-Box console system. Here's an interview with the VP of Sega marketing on the topic.

Looks like the Xbox got Sega's full support as Bill Gates (at the Tokyo Game Show) has announced that 11 Xbox titles are in development at Sega. People were worried about Japanese support for the console but it looks like at least Sega will bring all it's popular properties to the Box

Among the games will likely be Sega's most prominent franchises including Sonic the Hedgehog and Visual Concepts' plethora of quality sports titles. Other games said to be in the works from Sega include “Jet Grind Radio Future,” “Panzer Dragoon,” “Sega GT2” and “Gun Valkyrie.” Stay tuned for more details. There will also be several Sega titles made exclusively for the Xbox.

Microsoft has announced that they and NTT Communications will be working on online gaming services for the XBox in Japan. NTT will be offering ADSL for this service which will launch in 2002.

A report over on FGNOnline kind of states the obvious that Microsoft is going to be creating an online network for the X-Box. Apparently a not-so-confidential document detailing some specifics was handed out at a recent Japanese developer conference. Thanks Eric

CNet has conducted an interview with Seamus Blackley of Microft. Seamus is the XBox tech director over there and he talks about working at Microsoft, Bill Gates (and what he thought of the Xbox), why the Xbox is a real gaming machine, how they will stop cheap PC ports of games and several other things.

According to Daily Radar, the Xbox harddrive will now be 10gb instead of the previously announced 8gb. The hdd will be used for patches, enhancements and save games. Saw that on Stomped.

It came from GDC: Gamespot has an interview with Seamus Blackley. Blackley is the Xbox technology director. They talk about the launch games and date, Japanese support and other things.

There are some Xbox writeups at XBox.IGN and Gamespot. The Xbox was announced at last year's GDC and they look at what has happened since.

A lot of people have been waiting on the X-Box presentation at GDC, well it just concluded a little while ago and Joystick101 has a bunch of new information on the upcoming MS console system.

He asserted that the box is still on track for a Fall launch. There are over 165 developers working on Xbox games. [...] Other details spilled is that the system is booting now at under a second. Seamus asserted that at launch, the system will have 14-20 games, with a second wave following at Christmas.

About as close as I've seen to a game publisher or developer saying anything negative about X-Box. This Konami rep is saying that they wont be putting much effort into X-Box as they see the MS project as "Risky" right now. Thanks Jason Ellis.

HappyPuppy (they are still around?) has put together a big bunch of coverage of the recent MS GameStock event (Thanks Stomped) predictably going over a bunch of the upcoming X-Box titles.

Aurora @ Stomped pointed the way to this comment thread which is bringing some of the MS screenshots of X-Box games into question. Wouldnt be surprising if they spruced up some of the images.

According to a ZDNet story, it will take Microsoft about 4 years before the Xbox console is no longer a loss for Microsoft. It's expect that they'll lose about $2 billion first, eek. Thanks Blues News.

XBox.IGN has put together a pretty comprehensive guide to the majority of known games that will be shipping (Thanks VE) for the MS X-Box system. Metal Gear X, Tony Hawk 2X, Malice, Halo... mmmm...

Although not exactly filled with new info, Wired has a nice overview of the NVidia components in the Xbox, also offering quotes from NVidia and Jon Peddie Associates on the functionality.

AVault has a lengthy article examining the potential of the Microsoft X-Box and how it will be a tool in Microsofts plans for world domination.

NVidia has announced that they have reached a critical milestone with their XBox chips as both the GPU and MCP processors have been released for fabrication. The GPU will provide the graphics power, while the MCP will be used for the network functions, sound and controllers.