[AuroraProject]

http://features.teamxbox.com/xbox/11...he-Xbox-360/p1

Specs, pics, and features. First party wireless!! It will come with a 20gig removeable/upgradeable hard drive. Release still scheduled for Holiday 05. Backwards compatibility not yet confirmed.


Personally I can't wait, how about you headfi gamers?

 

[fr4c]

hottness

 

[GoRedwings19]

Does anyone know what;s the price gonna be?

 

[The Actual]

Well, I am not planning on buying it now as I am not a fan of Microsoft, and don't really have the money to buy a new video game even a couple times a year, but after reading reviews for Halo 3 I will probably break down and get one.

 

[AuroraProject]

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoRedwings19 Does anyone know what;s the price gonna be?

This is completely off the top of my head, but I would guess it'll be around $399 at launch, and will then drop over time of course.

 

[saturnine]

Cant wait till someone hacks it. That would make one hell of a linux box...

 

[MrSlacker]

i am not getting it. may be in a year or something. i am too cheap to pay $50 for a game and still play more on PC.

 

[Gigabomber]

i heard the console prices are going to be around 500 and the games are going up 10 bucks a piece.

 

[acedriver]

http://msxb.vo.llnwd.net/o2/ourcolon...ny_v2_750k.zip

 

[GokieKS]

Quote:

Originally Posted by saturnine Cant wait till someone hacks it. That would make one hell of a linux box...

I want to run MacOS X on it (It is PPC, after all) - hopefully PearPC Project will be in an advanced enough stage by that point.

~KS

 

[socrates63]

Quote:

Originally Posted by AuroraProject This is completely off the top of my head, but I would guess it'll be around $399 at launch, and will then drop over time of course.

Most business analysts anticipate the launch price to be $300.

 

[MikeB06]

Quote:

Originally Posted by socrates63 Most business analysts anticipate the launch price to be $300.

Just a quick thought that popped into my head after seeing the specs and watching the "Our Colony" video and then considering the price possibly being only $300. What does this say about the future prices of mp3 players? The 20gb iPod is $300 and the Xbox 360 has a detachable 20gb hard drive as well as a complete entertainment console with a wireless controller. If that type of technology is priced at $300, will we see any drops in the price of portable devices of much less technology? Ehh, who knows, I'm just hopped up on caffeine working on finals and these thoughts just kinda flow out of my head at times like this. Do I pose a valid argument... maybe, maybe not

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[Edwood]

I'll believe those graphics when I play them in person.

Hopefully they will have playable demoes at E3 next week.

I'll be sure to hang out at Microsoft's booth alot next week.

-Ed

 

[mightyacorn]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeB06 Just a quick thought that popped into my head after seeing the specs and watching the "Our Colony" video and then considering the price possibly being only $300. What does this say about the future prices of mp3 players? <big fat snip> Do I pose a valid argument... maybe, maybe not .

Well it is a valid question, but you have to factor in that the manufacturers sell the game consoles at a loss and make up for it in game sales.

 

[AlanY]

They'll never make money on this. Their current Xbox division is still losing $1.2 billion/yr, even after shipping 20 million units and collecting the licensing fees for games sold to those customers. And the current Xbox is a heck of a lot cheaper to produce per unit than this new one. 3 PPC cores, 512MB, liquid cooling! Even in quantity and with the higher price, they'll be losing money on every unit, and they're not going to sell as fast as the old Xbox given the substantially higher price.

That said, what an amazing gift! It's a dream machine, and even at $399 it would be an incredible bargain. Liquid cooling with the ability to shut off two cores when not in use could mean a very quiet living room media machine. (I am worried about the specs showing only 48kHz audio output, but hopefully it can also do 44.1kHz without resampling.) This could kick serious butt for audio use, and it's a natural for HTPC applications.