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 X2VGA by Neoya reviewed! It's a must have purchaseDate: 9/26/2003 5:07:09 PM Author: Mr. XXBOX.1 has just finished reviewing a cool new accessory for the Xbox that allows the Xbox to connect to a VGA monitor complete with full HDTV support. All of you who bought the Xbox because you knew it was a powerful system will now have proof that you've made the right choice. All of you who have Xbox Lan parties now have another option other than lugging around a grainy old tv set. Take a look. Read MoreRapidPrint RapidPrintLor
  | Assassin's Creed has better AI on Xbox 360 over PS3Date: 9/30/2006 12:23:43 AM Author: Mr. X
In an interview with Ubisoft from IGN, it's discovered that the Xbox 360 version will have improved AI for the crowd over the PS3. How is that possible when the PS3's cel is suppose to be superior? Oh wait, that's right, it really isn't when it comes to games..
"While the PlayStation 3 and 360 versions of Assassin's Creed are virtually identical, Raymond did say that on the 360 the team is putting a special emphasis on achievements. The hardware also allows for improved threading, which will improve even further the crowd AI."
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 | PlayStation Mag Editor Opts For Xbox 360Date: 8/17/2006 11:42:04 PM Author: Mr. X
Official PlayStation Magazine editor Dana Jongewaard has written quite a piece on why she doesn’t intend to fork over $600-plus to Sony for the PS3 this November. She does, however, intend to buy an Xbox 360.
Jongewaard cites what appears to be a lack of big-name titles upon the console’s release as her main reason and adds the fact she just isn’t impressed by Blu-ray. She doesn’t seem to be impressed by TV technology in general, but that’s another story.
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 | Watch out for falling Cell processor speeds!Date: 7/1/2006 9:33:10 PM Source: Xbit Labs
It turns out that the 3.2GHz to 3.5GHz processor speed promised by Sony may end up dropping down to 2.8GHz. Say what!?! Sony wouldn't do that now would they? Well, it seems that the heat put out by the untested Cell CPU is way too hot. It also seems that there will now be an external brick power supply just like you would find with the Xbox 360. Oh wait, the external power supply for the Xbox 360 is only 203 Watts while the Sony PS3 power supply is 400 WATTS!
But, at least you get twice the power of the Xbox 360. Wait, nope, scratch that. You get the same or even less than the capability of the Xbox 360 for $200 more and twice the power consumption.
Sony, you've got a winner there. I sure hope you can at least hold paper down on tables when it's windy. Oh wait, nope, scratch that too, there's a risk of paper catching fire with that 400 Watts. Hmmm, I guess you shouldn't buy a PS3.
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  | Sony's marketing campaign: over promise and under deliverDate: 6/12/2006 9:33:07 AM Source: Yahoo
I knew it! I just knew it.
Sony has this reputation of over promising and under delivering and I think it is part of their marketing campaign. Remember when they said there would be two video outputs? Rembember when they promised that the PS3 would do 1080p video output which is twice what the Xbox 360 could do as far as HDTV support? The president of Sony even went on saying stupid stuff like "I guess we'll have to wait for the PS3 to come out to see true next generation games". They promised so many things that it would do that people were salivating.
Now, here's what Yahoo had to say about the PS3:
"Missing from both versions is the promised dual-screen, 1080p support (that's 1920x1080 resolution in progressive scan), as well as the multiple Ethernet ports. The controller has also been changed. Last year's boomerang design is out and the standard Dual Shock is back in. Only now the controller has gone wireless and it's lost the "shock" (the rumble feedback)."
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| Xbox 360 and PS3 games will be 'impossible to tell apart'Date: 5/4/2006 9:32:38 AM Source: ars technica
Interesting stuff. It seems that with the extra year to "get it right" the PS3, by Fony, wont have much or any advantage over the Xbox 360. A developer at StarBreeze AB, formerly known as StarBreeze Studio's, has reported that the Xbox 360 will have some advantages and the PS3 will have its own as well. The end result is that you wont be able to tell the difference between the same game on one console versus another.
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| Evil Sony: Sony Pisses Off Online Korean DevelopersDate: 2/27/2006 9:27:33 AM Source: Kotaku
Sony, in an effort to mimmick the success of Xbox Live, has approached the Korean online gaming community for help. Sony Computer Entertainment Japan and KIPA (a Korean government agency that promotes IT) co-organized a business proposal PS3 event for developers in Korea. Everything would have went pretty well except that Sony wanted to own everything that was produced including the source code (even if the game was not published), they would own all rights to a sequel and initial profit will go to Sony.
In the immortal words of Seinfeld, "good luck with allll of that!"
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| The great lie unfoldsDate: 2/11/2006 11:30:34 PM Source: Kikizo.com
I can't help but snicker as I write this. As always, the great hype machine known as Sony has been caught. Why is it that they have earned the title of "over promising and under delivering"? Well, because that's exactly what they do and it seems to work for them. It suits them too but in the end "liars" is what I call them.
What I'm talking about is the first hands on with the PS3 from Kikizo games. In the end they were "dissappointed" but still believe it has "barely" a little bit more power than the Xbox 360. That's great for a machine that will most likely cost $200 more than the 360. And all of those game trailors that you have been drooling over, well, they're just CGI animation. Sony's promise of 1080p graphics is being met with 720p by most developers because the hardware truely can't handle it. That big metal box that they show with the ugly ass big boomerang controller is just a hollow shell. In fact the final version will most likely be bigger admits a developer. Anyways, nice lies Sony. I mean "marketing".
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  | Sony employee says Xbox 360 is better than PS3Date: 1/11/2006 8:02:49 PM Source: GameShout
You know something is wrong when someone working with your product is casting doubt on it. That's exactly what happened when 3D artist, Josh Robinson, posted on his webpage that the with his experience of working on the Sony PS3 and talking to technical people on both sides of the fence, the over all comment he is getting is that the Microsoft Xbox 360 is going to be better.
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| Sony is Evil and continues to flog spyware infected musicDate: 12/26/2005 10:52:49 AM Source: tinfoil
Contrary to Sony's recall of infected CDs, Sony's own stores continue to sell the infected CDs to unsuspecting children and grandparents. From The Consumerist:
I just got back from the Sony Style store in the Westchester mall, (White Plains, NY) and I saw that the had many CDs in the shelves that had the XCP rootkits. I asked the manager about this and they said they were, and I quote, “still allowed to sell them”.
From Sony’s website (http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/) “2. SONY BMG is working with its retail partners to withdraw compact discs with XCP software from distribution and retail chains. It has asked retailers to cease sale of those discs and to return them to SONY BMG. This withdrawal program has been and is being widely communicated.”
I guess it asked 3rd party retailers to return the CDs to Sony so they can sell them in their own stores?
Bah humbug, Sony!
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  | Microsoft Xbox 360 Marketing Has Screwed Up!Date: 12/4/2005 4:14:37 PM Author: Mr. X
This morning I was looking through the HUGE pile of Christmas shopping advertisements including Best Buy, Circuit City, Fry's, Sears, CompUSA, Radio Shack, etc. In all of those I only found ONE that had the Xbox 360 advertised in it. On top of that, it wasn't an advertisement for the unit but an advertisement for Microsoft Media Center and that is could communicate to the Xbox 360!
So this gets me thinking of all of the negative aspects of having a "not in stock" type of sales status:
- None of the big stores will advertise it because they can't keep it in stock. This can't be good for general public awareness.
- Non-gamers don't know what the Xbox 360 is because there are no advertisements for it in the paper and there are about ZERO commercials out there for the unit.
- Regular Xbox systems seem to have disappeared from those advertisements because the new "Xbox 360" has replaced the Xbox unit.
- If Xbox 360 and Apple iPods are the top of the Christmas list, why do store commercials such as Circuit City show an iPod, a PSP and a bunch of other electronics other than the Xbox 360?
- If Microsoft had another 1 million units to sell they would have sold them and increased their base by that 1 million.
Who was it that said having a low stock was good for a product? I can only imagine that when the PS3 finally hits land it will be front page of store advertisements. So, does this point to a bias of these stores? Does it boil down to what makes money? If a store doesn't have more than 20 units to sell are they going to make money off of it or waste more from people clogging their phone lines asking if they have it in stock? Either way, it seems that Microsoft is blowing it once again with presenting their product because really there isn't any presentation out in the general publics eye.
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| Xbox 360 on ViaGrA (VGA) - Build Your Own CableDate: 11/21/2005 7:32:30 PM Author: Mr. X
ciao, over at "The Soft Life" has figured out the pin-out of the Xbox 360 and created a tutorial on building your own Xbox 360 to VGA connector. It is of course easier to shell out the money for the pre-manufactured one but sure not as fun.
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| PS2 Games to be run on Xbox 360?Date: 11/12/2005 11:09:29 AM Author: Mr. X
Knowing that emulator configuration updates can be downloaded and burned to a CD means that the world will be able to pull apart this file and analyse it. This also means that possible PS2 emulator files could be created allowing PS2 games to be run on the Xbox 360. And why stop there when you could create the same thing for the Sega Dreamcast or whatever. Here is the snipet that details the process:
"you can get the latest software updates from Xbox Live, burn a CD from xbox.com or sign up on Xbox.com for a CD that can be delivered to your home at a nominal shipping and handling fee. Once you get the CD, put it in your Xbox 360 and you're ready to go."
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| PS3 developers jump ship and board Xbox 360Date: 10/15/2005 2:27:26 AM Author: Mr. X
GameShout put together a little article (theory) about PS3 devlopers jumping ship. Of course this is fueled by reports of difficulty in creating their advanced "Hello World" programs on Sony's not ready for prime time offering. Looks like Microsoft not only did it right with the power of the Xbox 360 hardware and a good line of communications with the developers. They also created a programming environment that is easy to use and helps manage their code effectively. Good work Microsoft.
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 | Tecmo releases Tecmo Classic Arcade (Only on Xbox!)Date: 9/28/2005 9:53:04 PM Author: Mr. X
LOS ANGELES, Calif. September 13, 2005 — Tecmo® announced today that Tecmo® Classic Arcade for the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft, has shipped today hitting store shelves this week at retailers across the nation. Featuring one of the most popular football video games of all time, Tecmo Bowl™ , for the first time on Xbox, along with a plethora of other Tecmo Classic Arcade titles such as Rygar™, Solomon's Key™, Bomb Jack™, Tecmo Cup™ , and more, Tecmo Classic Arcade is a must-have video game compilation for Fall 2005 with a low price point of $29.99. Bringing all of Tecmo's classic arcade titles back to life and on Xbox for the first time, Tecmo Classic Arcade is a must-have collectible for the nostalgic gamer who yearns for the yesteryears of gaming. Gamers that order it online at Tecmo's official site at www.tecmogames.com will also receive a collectible Tecmo Bowl sticker.
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  | YOUR TURN: Xbox 360 Poll on SoftPediaDate: 9/27/2005 8:36:05 AM Author: Mr. X
SoftPedia is having a poll on which console system you plan to buy. So, it's time that we stand up and show some support for the new Xbox 360. Send the world a clear message that we're a next-gen console to be reckoned with.
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| Xbox 360 Game Titles and Screen ImagesDate: 5/24/2005 1:59:15 AM Author: Mr. X
Hey, this site has been pretty much dead but I wanted to share some Xbox 360 screen images with you. Lik-sang.com has a bunch of Xbox360 games and actual screen images for most all of them on their site. Take a look.
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| Xbox 360 outperforms PS3Date: 5/21/2005 7:40:13 AM Author: Mr. X
I was just thinking this morning about how Sony usually doesn't tell the truth by overhyping their products and decided to do some searching.
"When you break down the numbers, Xbox 360 has provably more performance than PS3. Keep in mind that Sony has a track record of over promising and under delivering on technical performance."
Yeah, I thought so. What jerks that they have to continue their campaign of trickery to try and win. Microsoft, hate them or love them, has been dead on with their estimates, delivery of capabilities, online features and more. Sony, has seemed to NEVER deliver as promised and this is just one more instance of the same ol, same ol. Sony, go home.
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 | To our friends in New ZealandDate: 5/20/2005 11:11:54 PM Author: Mr. X
A promised photo to three friends in New Zealand. Enjoy! Click here for the image
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 | Rogue Ops with T-Shirt for $6.99!!!!Date: 5/3/2004 12:29:29 PM Author: Mr. X
Dang!!! Rogue-Ops for the Xbox is only $6.99 over on EBGames. Plus you get a free t-shirt to boot. It's probably a mistake so you better take advantage of it before it is too late.
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 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Black Arrow to ship for Xbox in AugustDate: 4/7/2004 9:30:02 PM Author: Mr. X
Ubisoft, one of the world's largest videogame publishers, announced today that Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Black Arrow for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft will launch in August 2004. Developed by Ubisoft Montreal, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Black Arrow improves upon the most successful Xbox Live game of all time with new single- and multiplayer missions, new online modes, split-screen for cooperative gameplay, and a host of new features that maximize the possibilities of Xbox Live. In fact, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Black Arrow will be the one of the first games to deliver new Xbox Live features to the gaming community.
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 | Xbox's X-clusivityDate: 4/6/2004 7:41:15 PM Source: Motley Fool
Bill Gates is used to monopolies, and he's got one with the video game Halo. The game, which received rave reviews from Electronic Gaming Monthly, is touted by Microsoft as a "futuristic odyssey that challenges players to save humankind from extermination by aliens." Microsoft announced plans to produce a relatively small run of 200,000 Xbox systems packaged with the title, along with a controller and game unit that will be shaded in "Halo green" later this month. While new users are obviously being targeted, die-hard collectors are also expected to be very interested, at least according to Microsoft.
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 | Microsoft cancels this year's Xbox sports video gamesDate: 4/6/2004 7:38:27 PM Source: AZCentral
Microsoft Corp., which is fighting Sony Corp. for dominance of the video-game console market, won't release new versions this year of six sports video games it makes for its money-losing Xbox machine.
Microsoft won't release new versions of "NFL Fever 2004," "NBA Inside Drive 2004" and four other games previously released for Xbox, Kevin Browne, sports studio manager for Microsoft Game Studios, said in an e-mailed statement.
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| TSMC to make Xbox chips for MicrosoftDate: 4/6/2004 7:33:03 PM Source: ITworld
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., the world's largest contract manufacturer of semiconductors, will make chips for the next generation of Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox game console. TSMC will manufacture system-on-chip (SOC) semiconductors for future versions of Microsoft's Xbox console, according to a joint statement released Tuesday. SOCs are highly specialized chips that integrate multiple electronic components required for a product on a single piece of silicon.
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 | NBA Ballers available today!Date: 4/6/2004 7:28:26 PM Author: Mr. X
NBA Ballers is the only basketball videogame to deliver the pure essence of basketball by highlighting the excitement and intensity of the one-on-one confrontation, set within the alluring fantasy lifestyle of the NBA superstars. Featuring 60 current and 24 all-time player legends, NBA Ballers takes the game out of the arenas and into some of the most lavish NBA player fantasy "cribs" for an up-close and personal one-on-one experience. NBA Ballers features current NBA stars such as Tracy McGrady, Chris Webber and Kobe Bryant, and NBA Legends including George Gervin, Magic Johnson and Wilt Chamberlain.
Click here for info on NBA Ballers with Bonus!
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 | ESPN Major League Baseball available today!Date: 4/6/2004 6:52:53 PM Author: Mr. X
ESPN Major League Baseball raises the bar with Power Pitching, Online Gameplay and a stellar ESPN presentation featuring Jon Miller and Karl Ravech. A new name, a new season, a new way to play!
Click here for info on ESPN Major League Baseball
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| Student wins trip to San Antonio for Xbox skillsDate: 4/5/2004 10:56:37 PM Source: Daily Orange
When the Syracuse men's basketball team reached the Sweet 16, Kris Burgos rooted a little bit harder than the rest of campus.
Earlier in the year, Burgos, a sophomore film major, won the Hoop Madness II Tournament, a competition sponsored by ESPN and Xbox Live that pitted students against each other in the ESPN College Hoops video game. For his victory he received a new Xbox and copy of the game, which he had never played before the contest.
"I picked up the controller for the first time and did some tooling on everyone," Burgos said. "I just gave it a chance and ended up winning."
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| Games Interview with Microsoft's senior vice presidentDate: 4/5/2004 8:52:43 PM Source: PCPro
Despite going to remarkable lengths in order to avoid the specifics of next-generation hardware, Microsoft did, to all intents and purposes, show the first Xbox 2 software demos, albeit running on a souped-up PC.
Today we have the concluding part of our interview in which Bach makes startling claims for Xbox's future success, speaks on the possibility of a handheld console and outlines his vision for the future of gaming.
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 | Fight Night 2004 now available!Date: 4/5/2004 8:32:16 PM Author: Mr. X
Prepare to be knocked off your feet as EA SPORTS Fight Night 2004 brings you fist-first into the fast-paced world of modern-day boxing like never before. Own the ring with all-new Total Punch Control—this feature revolutionizes the way you show your ring skills by completely eliminating button mashing.
Click here for info on Fight Night 2004
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 | Alias for Xbox now available!Date: 4/5/2004 8:23:15 PM Author: Mr. X
Alias is a third-person action adventure containing a unique blend of action and stealth that puts you under fire and under pressure. Whether you're up against the clock or being hunted by the enemy, fighting against the odds or fleeing for your life, the action is relentless. Utilize your incredible spyware and array of disguises to complete the most dangerous covert missions across the globe. Experience all the heart-stopping action and tension of the award winning TV series.
Click here for information on Alias
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 | Volvo commercial utilizes RalliSport Challenge 2 footageDate: 4/5/2004 8:06:51 PM Source: GameSpot
Volvo has licensed the use of footage and music from Microsoft's upcoming Rallisport Challenge 2 and is using them in its latest television advertisement for the Volvo S40. The ad is unique in that it only uses footage generated by the game, or as the disclaimer in the ad reads, "Animated driver on animated course." Furthering the cross-promotion, the S40 ad features the music track "2 Days Or Die" by (also known as musician/producer Tom Salta), the same track used for the opening cinematic in Rallisport Challenge 2.
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