System discussion: Xbox 360

[AgtFox]

Out of the three new systems this is the only one that we for sure know the final name and specs of.  What we don't know are how good the games are, what the full launch lineup will be, what the price and date will be and if the system is backwards compatible (along with many others I am sure).

What are you guys looking forward to out of the Xbox 360?  Chances are they will announce whether it has backwards compatibility or not, but supposedly they will not announce the price or date (although that could change if Sony comes out with the information for their system).  Is this truly Microsoft's E3 to lose or are people overhyping it a bit too much on that point?

Microsoft's pre-E3 conference is tonight at 7:30pm PT

[Kevin Grey]

I'm most curious to see Perfect Dark Zero.  There has been so much different media released on it the last few days, with different graphical styles, and different Joanna Dark models its rather hard to figure out what to think.  An excellent PD0 probably has the best chance of selling me a 360 at launch and I'm really hoping they have something at E3 much more impressive than we saw last week.  

Also, hoping that Bioware announces their RPG using the Unreal 3 engine which I would presume to be 360 bound.

[Gedd]

What are you guys looking forward to out of the Xbox 360?

Oddly enough, I'm interested in what it can do outside of games.  There's a lot of talk about it communicating well with Media Center, or possibly other capabilities along those lines.  Supposedly you can watch TV through it as well, so I'm wondering if it's just a straight pass through or whether there might actually be a tuner it, and if there's a tuner, we could also be talking PVR. So any specifics about what it can do in non-gaming functionality will be very interesting to me.

Also, any news about the peripherals or what's bundled and what's not (WiFi, hard drive, bigger hard drive, etc.).

[phormio]

What are you guys looking forward to out of the Xbox 360?

Also, any news about the peripherals or what's bundled and what's not (WiFi, hard drive, bigger hard drive, etc.).

That's what I'm most interested in, apart from things like release dates and price points.

[farley2k]

What are you guys looking forward to out of the Xbox 360?

Oddly enough, I'm interested in what it can do outside of games.  There's a lot of talk about it communicating well with Media Center, or possibly other capabilities along those lines.  Supposedly you can watch TV through it as well, so I'm wondering if it's just a straight pass through or whether there might actually be a tuner it, and if there's a tuner, we could also be talking PVR. So any specifics about what it can do in non-gaming functionality will be very interesting to me.

Also, any news about the peripherals or what's bundled and what's not (WiFi, hard drive, bigger hard drive, etc.).

I would like to hear more about this as well.

I use my current Xbox (modded) to play video off my PC as well as play games.  Will the 360 let me do that as well?

[Hetz]

I want to know if Oblivion is going to be a launch title or not!

I would also like to know a final price point for the system and date.

[AgtFox]

Should be starting in about 10 minutes...5 minutes ago the lady said 15 minutes.  Video likes to jump a lot on Microsoft's site...sheesh, richest software company in the world and they can't open up the pipes a bit?

[Rob_Merritt]

From ign

"Xbox 360 officially will be backward compatible with the prior system's top-selling games, said Microsoft's Vice President Peter Moore. Microsoft will pick and choose only the most popular Xbox titles from its huge backlist of games and will most likely use emulator software for those limited titles."

[AgtFox]

OK...10 minutes now...I guess they're getting a bit later.

That sucks on the "selected" titles...wonder what they will be.  Like I said in the Console forum, maybe only ones with Live.

[AgtFox]

Program is about to begin...

[Chaz]

Looks that way, but it's got to be them teasing us.

[AgtFox]

Showing a video right now...video and audio can be jumpy from time to time.

[wonderpug]

Is there anyplace to stream this for free besides the xbox.com feed?  The download is so choppy, it's like watching it at 1 frame per 5-10 seconds.

[Chaz]

Time to time?  I'm lucky if I get a quarter second of anything.  I'm giving up and waiting for someone to put up the Cliff's Notes.

[Rob_Merritt]

WTF  is the deal with carry the system in a duffle bag. They did it with the MTV special. And again with a rock video with people doing things other than playing games.

my connection is smooth btw. (and I'm probably cursing it by bragging)
/edit: ha, it just locked up.

[Chaz]

I shut it down and tried it again, and now I've got a good feed.

[Hetz]

From ign

"Xbox 360 officially will be backward compatible with the prior system's top-selling games, said Microsoft's Vice President Peter Moore. Microsoft will pick and choose only the most popular Xbox titles from its huge backlist of games and will most likely use emulator software for those limited titles."

Interesting...I thought they might do something like that.

How are they going to pick the titles though. I can see a bunch of pissed off people if their favorite games are left off the list...

[AgtFox]

Lots of Xbox 1 games shown...I'll get the list after the show is over.

[jersoc]

guess i'll be downloading this from gamespot. why, oh why did they think this would be a good idea?

[stiffler]

why, oh why did they think this would be a good idea?

Probably so they could say "X number of people watched it live."  They will have a much more accurate number.

[Rob_Merritt]

Now showing Dead or Alive 4 as an exclusive. With the feed, iits too blocky to see if it cool or not.

[AgtFox]

Dead or Alive 4 is being shown right now...HOLY SHIT!

[Vesper]

My connection is just terrible...  man.

MS needs to learn how to do this from Apple.

[Rob_Merritt]

There are a lot of background sings in DoA4 saying "Xenon launch" for some reason

[stiffler]

Why am I trying to watch what should be beautiful next-gen game demos on a two inch screen pulling choppy, artifact-ridden, 5 FPS video anyway?

Looking forward to reading your report, AgtFox!

[AgtFox]

Oh my God...you can fight in a street with cars going by...AND YOU CAN GET RUN OVER!  DoA4

[AgtFox]

yeah, I'm getting some crap reception...I do see cool stuff here and there though.  I have not heard if it is a launch title or not.

[AgtFox]

25-40 titles ready by the end of the year for Xbox 360...I believe he just said 160 titles in development.

[AgtFox]

Allard is about to talk about the High definition basis of Xbox 360...he's going through 2D and 3D and he'll go into HD...he's done this before.

[AgtFox]

So far, only game shown is DoA 4

[Rob_Merritt]

18 to 34

I feel so old...

I like geeky games too.

[Chaz]

Allard is sounding very hippie cruchy at the moment, going on about "Unlocking the power of people energy."  I'm half expecting him to bring out that treadmill controller next.

[AgtFox]

Crapola...I'm getting buffering message now...dammit!

[Chaz]

Controller is "lighter, smaller, and more comfortable than the current Xbox controller."  No mention of battery life.

[AgtFox]

OK...I'm back...and it looks smooth again  :shock:

[AgtFox]

Talking about Xbox Live Silver (free with box) and Gold (subscription)

[Rob_Merritt]

Getting really choppy. Now they are talking about  keeping in contact with your buddy like on xbox 36. We. My TV will be paging me.

[AgtFox]

Try restarting the stream...I think they bumped it down to 100k instead of 300k.

[Chaz]

Confirmed free online with Silver, didn't cover what gets added with Gold.

[AgtFox]

I think I have the changes somewhere...oh yeah...Right here on our site.  You can also reach it via the feature graphic on the front page.  I forgot we did that last Thursday night...things have been hectic.