bob269

MS have got it right, Sony and Nintendeo are relying on press and people physically searching on the net for trailers / info whereas 360 owners just need to switch on and a few clicks later have access to around 60 trailers / demos

Hanslow

Was there anything about there new hand-held that they are bringing out? Looks like a worthy challenge to the PSP Scheduled for 2007 I believe.

I can't deny the 360 is looking more tempting, particulary if ex-Final Fantasy people are working on games for it

Call me a hermit, but I still find Live uninspiring, unless it's against mates only. I don't really enjoy playing against people I don't know!!!!

bob269

There's the satisfaction of listening to some cocky **** telling you he's gonna wipe the floor with you only to turn around and kick his ***

Neanderthal

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...or he wipes you out in the last corner in some last ditch effort to pass knowing full well they'll use you as a brake

Still can't disagree, MS have really got the 360 marketing right. Sony are basically relying on customer loyalty for the PS3.

Hanslow

LOL @ bob, if only that was the case

Actually I remember playing against 3 or 4 nice chaps in America on PGR2 on the XBox. I turned off my headset mic as I just wanted to race. Took it cautious to start with, slowly crept up then left them all behind. I was being cursed in my ears which I found vaguely amusing, but then finished the race and went to another one with other folks.

Can't deny that MS have marketed their stuff really well and have got the Live stuff spot on for the people that like that. I like my 80+ hour role playing games evolving a single character, or team, through a whole unfolding story. Prefer them to the short burst blast games.

I'll be sorely tempted with a PS3 when the new Final Fantasy games come out, but I still may wait until the second revision when all the teething troubles are fixed and the price has dropped.

bob269

I've just got Oblivion yesterday, loving it already, this is gonna eat my life away

Hanslow

I got that on my PC. Sort of stopped playing it now at about 79 hours through. Done all the guilds and main quests and just can't be bothered with anymore side quests. That's the sort of game that I will readily buy to keep my interest. Not much of a story on it, but good freedom. Nothing to fill the gap yet though. I have Final Fantasy XII on order for my birthday pressie (birthday was beginning of Feb!) and it's hopefully due the end of this month after slipping continually That'll eat another 60-80 hours of my life away too

kingofturds

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Stuck my copy of oblivion on ebay,was thinking about starting again as a wizard, but the missus said another 100 hours on that game and she was out of here

STi wanna Subaru

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Put that last bit in the ad and it'll go for a bomb!!

bob269

I jumped straight in and tried to do the quest, came across a gateway pretty quickly and got killed by some impy demon type fellows. Am I better off wondering around looting and pillaging for a while to build up my strengths and equipment before attempting the missions ?

Hanslow

I wandered round for 70 hours before attemting the first part of the main quest after exiting the dungeon

DJ Dunk

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Looks like Frame City Killer has been scrapped, probably a good thing

Plus the long awaited dashboard update is on the way end of May. It will feature a download manager for 6 parallel downloads in the background. they also mention that there will be a lot more features in there but it will be a surprise and they won’t talk about it! The downloads will also run while a game is played . . . about time

DJ Dunk

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"In a denial that should come as a surprise to no one (what, like they were really gonna tip their hand this early?), Microsoft's Xbox chief for Northern and Eastern Europe told UK tech site T3 "that we're not even thinking about handhelds at the moment." Neil Thompson's remarks came just days after the Internet was buzzing about a claim made by author Dean Takahashi in his new book, Xbox 360 Uncloaked, that said half of the 360 development team immediately began working on a portable 'box right after the next-gen console was launched last November. Thompson went on to say that although the big M has no plans to release a PSP-like device, the huge mobile phone market offers the company a "really good opportunity" to connect people with "other entertainment experiences." You heard it here first, folks: instead of wasting all that money on hardware development, Microsoft is simply going to develop an Xbox emulator for cellphones that lets you pull content directly from the Live service (either that, or Thompson was just toeing the party line in order to keep the wraps on this supposed Xbox2Go -- you be the judge)."

ScoobyJawa

Excellent news re the dashboard

Hanslow

Cheers Dunk

kingofturds

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The baddies level up as you do so if you go into a gate at level 1 there will be scamps, and if you go into the gate at level 20 there will be some dadric lords. so it doesnt really matter when you start the quest, Helps to have some kick *** weapons though

Hepy

I was playin the motogp demo earlier and thinking how much better it would be if I was in a F1 car. Are there any F1 games being released on 360?

kernel

Doubt it Sony have the license to F1 for a few more years I believe

bob269

Quote:

We got confirmation from Boris Schneider-Johne (Senior Product Manager Xbox Platform and Accessories, Microsoft Germany) that a huge Dashboard Update will arrive at the end of May!

Features include background downloading and having multiple downloads at once.
The user marks a file to download and it will be put in an active queue downloadlist. There are 6 slots reserved in that queue. They will be downloaded sequentially not in parallel! If the Xbox360 sees there is bandwith available it will boost the download speed up. During online sessions the downloads will be paused to garantee no lags. It's also possible to turn off the console, after powering it back on the downloads will resume. When a download finishes the user will get a message that it has been downloaded.

He also mentions that there will be a lot more features in there but it will be a surprise and he won't talk about it!

Close Dunk, 1 D/l at a time, but hey, who cares as long as its in the background

DJ Dunk

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Thats the beauty of rumours

DJ Dunk

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This from joystiq:

Rumor: 360 wireless gaming receiver $20; wheel $130; headset $60; camera $20; Halo and Forza faceplates $20

Posted May 12th 2006 2:15PM by Dan Choi
Filed under: PC, Wireless, Microsoft Xbox 360, Online, E3, Peripherals, Business
360 wireless gaming receiver for the PCThanks to a reliable source from Microsoft, we've learned some important details about the new peripherals announced for the Xbox 360, including pricing and a few Halo faceplate (non)specifics. Check out the leaked info and prices below:

* 360 wireless gaming receiver (which enables wireless 360 controllers, headsets, and wheels on your PC): $20
* Wireless racing wheel: $130
* Wireless headset: $60
* Xbox Live Vision Camera (with headset, one month of Live Gold, and one arcade -- presumably Xbox Live Arcade -- game): $40
* New faceplates for Halo (with the Master Chief on 'em, but not Halo 3 specific) and Forza (no word on connections to the sequel): $20 each
* 256 MB portable memory unit (MU): no official price yet, but definitely not four times the cost of the older 64MB MU

Besides acknowledging that the PC is "the biggest gaming device of all," MS appears to be setting an agressive price for its most relevant new PC accessory, the wireless gaming receiver (at least in comparison to the outrageously priced 360 wireless networking adapter). Unfortunately, no price was revealed as of yet for the USB-based HD-DVD add-on.

We've speculated in our recent podcasts as to what would happen to the various 360 SKUs when price drops inevitably occur. An interesting theory bandied about by prolific Joystiq Contributor epobirs (on our earlier bump-to-256MB-MU post) was that a $20 price drop for the Core system, coupled with a $20 price drop on the 64MB MU, would finally allow folks to pick up a capable non-Premium bundle for the original $300 Core price point. (Not a bad way to undercut PS2 memory card prices, too.) We hope to get official confirmation on this info in the not-too-distant future.

DJ Dunk

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A good one from xbox-scene. . .

Assassins: Creed PS3 Demo at E3 Running on Xbox 360 ?
>> We don't really have much to back up this story except that it was posted on IGN for a short amount of time:
Was the article removed because it was false or because IGN got a call from Sony or Ubisoft? Guess we'll never know. Still a funny story to start the weekend