maybe I'll buy one next year!

 

thats kind of jacked up for people with the 1st gen Xbox 360s, pretty much means the 500-700 they spent on it was sorta useless, cause the newer ones for the same price are cooler running and better performance..

 

Woot a pc esque port that isn't a fps.. Screen and vid at the link
I'm shure most of us here have seen GTR screenshots though.

http://features.teamxbox.com/xbox/15...lusive-GTR/p1/
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THQ’s MotoGP franchise has long been considered one of the superior video game racers on the market ever since it debuted on the Xbox in 2002. Never a company to rest on its laurels, THQ continues its aggressive approach in next-gen game development. Today, THQ has announced a partnership with Swedish development studio SimBin Development Team AB to bring their award-winning GTR franchise to the Xbox 360.

This multi-title deal kicks off with the release of GTR on the Xbox 360 in Q1 2007, specifically focusing on the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) GT Championship - a European-based racing series that includes world class automakers such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Corvette, Porsche and Aston Martin.


GT cars are the crčme de la crčme of road racing vehicles, with mere skins of their production-based brethren. We’re talking turbocharged or big displacement tube-frame beasts; carbon-on-carbon brakes, sequential trannies, and pretty much every other type of techno-gadgetry you can think of.

GT cars aren’t for the faint of heart or lack of skill. It takes precision and full attention to pilot one of these asphalt terrors. But perhaps it’s even tougher for a developer to properly pull off a racing game that is so genre-specific; every detail must be perfect, not only for the rabid fans of Grand Touring racing, but also to satisfy the stringent specifications of the FIA. Luckily, SimBin - heralded for its work on GT Legends and GTR for the PC - already has a vast amount of experience in making GT racers look and feel right. There is no doubt in our mind that SimBin and THQ will do GTR on the Xbox 360 right, which makes us even more excited for its worldwide launch.

Today, TeamXbox.com is proud to give you the first glimpse at GTR, including never-before-seen video footage and in-game screenshots.

 

^^^ wow... great news. Finally Xbox gets a decent racing sim

 

http://xbox360.qj.net/GT-Racing-Raci...g/49/aid/31705

 

^^^ merged, man.

 

Sol Good mang.

 

By the way, for all with 360. Top Spin Demo is out!!

 

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/...dexplained.htm

Wow, talk about propaganda....MS is riding Toshiba's nutsack big time. I don't buy into the bullshit for an second.

And its going to connect through the USB???

Way to fuck it all up MS. I am not really that shocked.

 

Ok I didn't get a chance other than to briefly skim over that, but did they mention anything about an HDMI cable?? To play HD DVD's I would figure they would need to have an HDCP solution, and knowing Microsoft they aren't going to just output the video through the regular Components!!

Should be interesting, but I figure something else you'll haveto buy to play HD DVD's (unless they decide to include the HDMI cable in the HD DVD kit).

 

No mention of HDMI.

And I think this should get its own thread. Its an XBOX acces. but also a vergence into a new technology...one that is in the beginnings of a big format war.

 

Interesting that they mentioned 1080p, As you can't even change the resolution in the dashboard to that size. I guess they are relying heavilly on the all powerful patch.

 

Sarlacc, I am still holding out hope that this add on will be worth it. Hell, if they price it well it could be a pretty good deal than buying a standalone player.

BTW, here is the thread on this https://acurazine.com/forums/console-computer-gaming-13/hd-dvd-coming-360-a-328430/

 

Well all HD-DVDs are supposedly native 1080P...whether the player/TV can decode that info is the questions...right now there are neither that do.

Like I said. The article is pure cocksucking on MS's part. On paper Blu-Ray is the superior format.

Either way, like I said before, I am staying away from both formats for the time being. As far as I'm concerned right now they are both dead.

And yeah, I would expect a firmware upgrade once the player hits shelves.

 

What's wrong with USB?

Both HD-DVD and Blu-ray, using H.264, should come in at around 33-36Mb/s.

The high-speed USB2 ports on the XBOX are capable of as much as 480Mb/s. At it's slowest, it still comes in over 100Mb/s.

There's plenty of head room for the transmission of data encoded at 1080p.


As for the duck speak in the press release, what do you expect? It's a PRESS RELEASE.

Everyone in PR & Marketing is full of shit. In both camps... Sony or MS.


Take it easy.

 

I am reading alot of post about HALO 3 trailer now available in the market place.. Anyone at home can confirm this ?

 

Engadget & Joystiq's live coverage of Microsoft's Xbox 360 E3 event

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/05/09/en...box-360-e3-ev/

 

interview with Peter Moore - discusses HD-DVD strategy, GTA4, shares some opinions on the PS3 (controller, pricing etc), and more.

http://www.eurogamer.net/tv_video.ph...ist_id=460&s=l

 

The Xbox 360 Uncloaked


http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl...40226&from=rss

 

I am fucking pissed with the 360 already. The game delays are killing me. I was all happy that test drive was coming out in time for my B day. which is a few weeks away. Then a few days ago they change the damn release date to october. By that time i will be saving for the Wii and PS3.

 

So, there was one game delay...OK.

Could be like Sony with system delays

 

Remote for $9.99 shipped.
http://www.surpluscomputers.com/stor...&item=CES11151

 

what does the remote do that you can't do from a wireless controller?

 

Nothing, but you don't need a controller turned on to play or control DVD's. I use the 360 as my dvd player and its annoying to always have to turn on a controller and open the control screen just to pause a DVD.

That controller is a knock-off though, my bad...I thought it was the Microsoft branded remote. Its probably junk.

 

Reminds me of the old one.

 

^ yeah... probably not a good deal even for $10.

I'm now bidding on the Logitech 360 universal remote...looks sweet.

 

most universal remotes will work, the one i use for my computer works with my 360...

 

...okay, so I was one of the lucky ones that got picked in a lottery on the release day @ Costco... and last week, it died on me while playing "Battlefield 2"... well, it started freezing on me... then it just frozed... so I packed everything up (I kept the box), walked into the same Costco... and when I approached the customer service counter... I barely utter "...it frozed on me..." they knew right away the problem... and immediately started the returning process... got cashed out -no problems, I didn't even have a receipt but they looked me up (cause they keep records of everything you buy)... anyway I bought another bundle... which is way I buy (just about) everything from Costco...

 

Yeah supposedly there were problems with the very first batch of 360's. Newer machines should be fine.

 

Is it just me or there aren't that many 360 games to get excited about yet?
I want to get Call of Duty 2, but $60 is steep for just 1 game. How long do you think until Microsoft starts issuing platinum hits when the games become $20?

 

^^^ you can find plenty of "previously played" copies (COD2) for around $45...

...some kid at Best Buy told me that "Gears of War" is a really good game coming out... but I can't recall when he said the release date is...

 

check out these videos... I can't wait... this game looks f^&ing awesome! (sorry if it's repost)

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/7...91/vids_1.html

 

When does the HD DVD player come out for 360?

 

check out Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter....

 

Answered this for you in the other thread you asked in over in H&T

 

this game is suppose to be out next week.... looks pretty good... and it's ALL about robots, YES Moog.... ROBOTS!

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/6...81/vids_1.html

 

That looks pretty cool. I haven't been into Mech games since MechWarrior 2.

 

So many damn games out I want to play... just got The Outfit, MotoGP, Over G Fighters, and Dead or Alive.

The Outfit is a blast. Its a huge change of pace from the fighting sims (GRAW, COD, BF2). This is like an arcade game. Very fun.

 

 

Over G Fighters is absolutely the worst game for the 360. No kidding, the graphics look like something from Sega Genesis. The gameplay is horrible also...you fly around and orange boxes highlight the bad guys, you just hit a button and it launches missiles that blow up the boxes.

MotoGP is pretty bad too. The graphics are terrible.