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Re: New Xbox info
Posted By: Jägermeister <kablam@edmail.com>	Date: 11/19/00 1:33 a.m.
In Response To: New Xbox info (Dan Rudolph) And now, to provide an examination of the unbiased description of Microsoft's behaviour: > Last night I went to a talk sponsored by Microsoft about the > Xbox. They're very generous and provided tons of pizza for their > guests. People put cheese on mousetraps because it's something the mice like. Then the mice end up caught and dead. Everyone mull over that analogy for a while. If you don't see it as logical in any way, then kindly go suck eggs. > The talk was given by Brian Schmidtt, audio and media director > for Xbox. Apparently, he and Marty go way back. I'm not going to accuse him of lying, but I am going to suggest that, with Microsoft and it's employees, the probability can at least be considered. > Here's the info: > xbox365 is on crack. He didn't put it in those words, but that > was the just (sp?) of it. Anything you read there is probably > false. > The DVD drive will likely have a single laser, but they aren't > sure yet. > They aren't sure about video DVDs either. The PS2 can run video DVDs. Other DVD consoles in the future will probably be able to (assuming other consoles take advantage of DVD, of course). Does anyone realize how LAME it would be if the X-box COULDN'T? A Microsoft product not being able to do something that any basic-featured whatever-that-product-is(in this case, a DVD console) should be able to do?...Well, I guess it's happened before (with nearly every thing they've released). Don't worry, I'm sure they'll toss in some bloated, resource-wasting feature no one needs to take that one's place. Just like weather tracking in Windows! > They're planning a cool CD player, with visual effects ala > WinAmp, plus the ability to play with the audio. What did I tell you? I believe this sums up my previous statement pretty well. > He wouldn't say whether or not it was going to support Dolby > 5.1, but I got the impression it would, or at least something > along those lines. It better if they want to sell, well, ANY. > They aren't sure if they're going to force developers to support > widescreen, or make it optional. Microsoft FORCING people to do something? Why...NO! That's just...totally UNHEARD of! > That demo reel is a lot more impressive on a big screen is > hi-res. You mean the one run on theoretical hardware? > While the Xbox won't ship with a keyboard, there may be one at > some point. Yeah...when M$ decides they need some new way to extort money out of the consumer for something that SHOULD be included anyway. They'll probably charge a bundle for it too. > There's an ethernet port right on the box. You won't have to buy > an add-on like all the other consoles. Not EVERYTHING I can say is bad. This seems like a good idea. >While he didn't say it, I > got the impression dial-up users are SOL. Well, in Microsoft Business Class, that makes sense, since they can then create an overpriced service for dial-up people to use shortly after launch! Hey, while they're at it, maybe they'll just do that with ALL users! It certainly wouldn't be SURPRISING if they made X-box only work with some special, M$-only ripoff service. Lucky for us, there are hackers out there who can remedy problems like this. Only fools would feel bad about somehow screwing over Microsoft. > The audio processor does all kinds of cool things in hardware, > including distorting sounds that are going through barriers and > pitch-shifting. Well, hopefully they'll stick with that feature as-is, instead of tinkering with it such that it's buggy and unstable and causes more trouble than good (thus creating a market for add-ons that they can overcharge people for!). > While the hard disk size may change down the road if they can't > get a supplier for 8 GB anymore, it's very unlikely it will > change before launch. > It's unlikely Microsoft will allow Ao games, but he wouldn't > rule it out completely. Microsoft pioneering adult games...that brings up a hilarious vision. Did he say anything about launch date? My estimate puts it no time before about November 2001, at the earliest, no matter what Microsoft and their spineless flunkies say to the contrary. Jäg "'Give Yourself, Your Life, One Last Chance. Call Me for Help.' Then my phone number."

Message Index

New Xbox info	Dan Rudolph	11/17/00 8:42 a.m.
Re: New Xbox info	dilbert	11/17/00 11:15 a.m.
Re: New Xbox info	Dan Rudolph	11/17/00 12:27 p.m.
thanks NT	dilbert	11/17/00 12:29 p.m.
Damn.	Psyrixx	11/18/00 2:17 a.m.
Re: New Xbox info	Jägermeister	11/19/00 1:33 a.m.
Re: New Xbox info	Louis Wu	11/19/00 7:49 a.m.
HOORAY! -nt-	Funky J	11/19/00 10:09 a.m.
Re: New Xbox info	Mark Levin	11/19/00 12:45 p.m.
Re: New Xbox info	Forensic	11/19/00 1:02 p.m.
Re: New Xbox info	Louis Wu	11/19/00 1:22 p.m.
Re: New Xbox info	Forensic	11/19/00 1:45 p.m.
Re: New Xbox info	Mark Levin	11/19/00 2:11 p.m.
Re: New Xbox info	Freewill	11/20/00 1:38 a.m.
Re: New Xbox info	mnemesis	11/20/00 1:42 p.m.
Re: New Xbox info	mattd	11/20/00 2:30 p.m.
LOL!	ax	11/21/00 2:38 p.m.