GamesIndustry.biz: Five Years of Xbox Comments by Games Industry.biz
On its 5th birthday, GI.biz looks back at the console's history.
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TheMoonRat
15/11/06 @ 12:13
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"Shipping a console with a hard drive was a big step," explains Jaime Griesemer, a designer at Bungie Studios.
So shipping xbox360 without one was therefore a big step back? |
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Eighthours
15/11/06 @ 13:30
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"Xbox Live was a phenomenal success on Xbox," reminisces Microsoft’s senior director for UK home and entertainment, Neil Thompson. "The attachment levels were 40 to 50 per cent, which in anybody’s universe is a phenomenal install basis."
That is just blatantly untrue. The attach rate was under 10%. It's only with the 360 that Live takeup has got much higher. |
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schoozzzmmii
15/11/06 @ 14:17
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Regarding the Xbox hard drive:
" It was crucial to Halo. We couldn't have had those giant levels, thousands of lines of dialogue, no load times and checkpoint saves without it." Does that mean Halo 3 will be lacking in these particular departments?
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Psychotext
15/11/06 @ 22:04
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Grom: Not our fault they have tiny tiny hands! Saying that though, I hardly have shovels and the original monster control was by far the best for me.
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So, a 'renowned' Microsoft 'boldly' releases a 'much vaunted' xbox with 'vastly superior system specs' and 'outstandingly successful' games, beginning 'a new era for console gaming' - say hallejuyah with me, brothers and sisters! And, apparently, this clearly superior console was massively outsold by the PS2 solely because of a price drop and franchise exclusivity left over from the PSone.
Don't get me wrong - loved my old 'box, have the new 'un, and usually enjoy GI.biz's analyses. This swaggering, superficial mess is a far cry from their usual thoughtfulness, however - it wouldn't sound out of place coming from J Allard at his bombastic, pulpit-pounding worst. |
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viperfoxbat
16/11/06 @ 13:25
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Even though Xbox support is disappearing there are a ton of used games in the shop that can give years left of gaming alone. I still have my Xbox and plan on looking for some titles I missed. I still need to finish Fatal Frame the first one. I still have Xbox games that have not been complete. I never got to play Rally Sport Challenge 2 because at the time it was released I did not have the money and just settled for the first one I had. I'm going today to find some of those used games I never got to play. :)
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I think 360 was rushed and all units should have had hard drives, this is a big mistake in my view from M$. I don't think they were looking much into the future when they created the 360, HD-DVD add on... so M$ still has a lots more to learn. Good luck to all of them, I hope they do well because competition is good for us gamers.
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