Pics of X-box 360

Protodude · Post by **Protodude** » Mon May 09, 2005 4:18 pm

To early to release a new system if you ask me

Ancient · Post by **Ancient** » Mon May 09, 2005 4:54 pm

Even though I didn't ask you... I agree

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Mon May 09, 2005 4:59 pm

Looks rather like a Bandai Pippin.

-wyvern · Post by **-wyvern** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:11 pm

"We didn't steal that design style off Apple, nosiree bob!"

Come to think of it, didn't Apple have a hand in the creation and rapid demise of the pippin as well?

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:21 pm

All I know about the Pippin is that it was a power mac marketed by Bandai as a console.

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:26 pm

Looks shit.

-wyvern · Post by **-wyvern** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:27 pm

There's not really much to say; Apple and Bandai wanted to launch a joint assault on the booming console market to rival newcomer Sony's playstation. The pippin was the result; armed with a modem, a drive that doubled as a CD player (complete with naff play buttons on the front), and a housebrick of a remote/joypad.

It was scrapped partly because it looked like a grey sandcastle that had been sat on, but mostly because the general public, presented with a machine that was more expensive, had fewer games and wasn't nearly as well designed as the playstation did not hesitate in buying the latter.

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:43 pm

Old!

But yeah, it sure looks funky. I like the comparison Ngangbius has mentioned about it looking like a bone. =ÃƒÅ¾

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:45 pm

So just outa curiousity, why the hell does it matter what the thing looks like? You stare at the TV, not the bigass thing underneath it.

Handhelds are what need to look sexy.

DarkPrime · Post by **DarkPrime** » Mon May 09, 2005 6:27 pm

Xbox 360 Specs

Good tech. in this one.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Mon May 09, 2005 8:11 pm

Yeah, it pretty much is a gaming PC with all the non-gaming functions tore out. Pretty much what I predicted.

DarkPrime · Post by **DarkPrime** » Mon May 09, 2005 8:21 pm

Zeta wrote:Yeah, it pretty much is a gaming PC with all the non-gaming functions tore out. Pretty much what I predicted.

Which could be said of all current next-gen consoles.

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Mon May 09, 2005 8:42 pm

Light Speed wrote:So just outa curiousity, why the hell does it matter what the thing looks like?

It doesn't. But that does not keep us from praising or mocking a console design anyway.

On the bright side, it does look better than the original Xbox.

Also, the lack of any mention of backwards compatiblity in the specs concerns me.

Post by **Pepperidge** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:00 pm

No Blu-Ray or TiVo features?

Post by **Squirrelknight** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:10 pm

I believe that both the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD formats have been scrapped so that Sony and Toshiba can work together on one unified format to rule them all.

Post by **Pepperidge** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:23 pm

Yeah, that's what I just read too.

But chances are, this isn't going to support that.

Post by **Esrever** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:26 pm

There's no way it could... not with a 2005 release date. It has to use regular DVDs.

Neo Yi · Post by **Neo Yi** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:30 pm

X-Box 360? What the hell is that?
~Neo

DarkPrime · Post by **DarkPrime** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:39 pm

Backwards compatiblity doesn't really concern me. I already have an Xbox, why would I need to have a new system that can play the old games? Besides saving shelf space, I don't really see a benefit.

The only thing that does bother me is the HD as an add-on. Just as I was getting used to not having to use memory cards.

Kishi · Post by **Kishi** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:43 pm

The benefit for them would be that the XBox 360 wouldn't have to compete with the original in sales. And for the consumer, it's just convenient.

Microsoft said a while ago that they were having trouble incorporating backwards compatability into the 360, and so far it looks like it's going to go without.

Cuckooguy · Post by **Cuckooguy** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:44 pm

I find the trackball on the controller of the XBox 360 kinda interesting. Not sure how many games will utilize it, but the option is there, and it's not going to make game developers wreck their brain trying to find a way to utilize it. We also might have a more genuine SegaSonic the Arcade experience, if a port ever makes it.

It seems the <a href="http://www.theapplecollection.com/desig ... tml">Apple Pippin</a> also had a trackball on it.

Kishi · Post by **Kishi** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:49 pm

What trackball? If you're talking about the thing in the center, that's a button that takes you to the XBox Live menu at any time.

http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=4828

Cuckooguy · Post by **Cuckooguy** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:52 pm

Oh, oops, silly me.

If it was a trackball, it would fit in nicely with the console's name.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Mon May 09, 2005 10:32 pm

Wouldn't it be awesome if there were a controller with dual trackballs and a joystick right in the middle?

tornadot · Post by **tornadot** » Mon May 09, 2005 11:16 pm

Looks okay to me but like Light Speed says, I could care less about it's design...I don't even stare at my PS2 while playing games, only if it decides to not work and I kick it...