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Xbox 360 News by Robert Purchese
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer is "sorry" for saying that a new Xbox 360 will be on shop shelves next year.
"I confused the issue with my poorly chosen words," he told IGN. "There is no news in my comments. Things are as reported after E3. Sorry."
Ballmer told a room of suits that a new console with "a natural interface" and built-in camera was on the way. He, as Xbox bigwig Aaron Greenberg said over the weekend, was not talking about new hardware but Project Natal, which looks poised to be bundled with Xbox 360 for an effective console relaunch.
But direct confirmation has yet to be given, allowing developers, analysts and retailers to speculate about what Microsoft is up to. Perhaps not a new console, but one with minor tweaks and improvements?
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KrissAkabusi
22/06/09 @ 13:59
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I don't give a balls about an actual new console, but I wouldn't mind someone fishing around to see if they are redesigning the current one. That would be nice enough. The current version is way too big and sounds like me constantly swinging my genitalia in a circular motion.
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I wonder if there could be a setting for the previous comment styles. I am finding that, navigating with a screen reader is a bit harder. The original listings for comments were in a table that I can move down the comment rows, just reading the comment column. Is there any way of setting it back for individual users?
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@Kriss: yeah, it is a bit noisy, due mostly to the DVD on anfetamines, but it looks good, imo. I like the concave design, it does seem to be much smaller than it actualy is, due to its design.
Idk if it's true or not, but in a design magazine I browsed through, it was stated in an article that the company that design Xbox 360 made about 5 sketches and ran an inquiry where they asked not what ppl liked most, but what was the one that looked like an Apple device.
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I'll eat my chocolate hat if all these rumours of a new model of the Xbox 360 don't turn out to have some truth to them. I'd put my money on Microsoft releasing a smaller cased, better internally designed 360 at the same time at Natal launches. Both Sony and Nintendo have been doing this for years with their consoles and handhelds so why not Microsoft?
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groovychainsaw
22/06/09 @ 15:56
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A small model, yes. Possibly bundled with MS plug in camera and even the natal chips on board, yes. New console with significant upgrade over existing one? Highly unlikely, unless MS expects one of the other guys to jump into the next gen first (and sony's not going to any time soon...). I see Natal being a £99 (this is a guess!) bundle with a couple of games that gives you wii-like functionality, either on existing xbox or new, tiny, all-in-one natal+xbox (maybe launched at £199 - pure speculation here chaps, but seems logical)
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GamesConnoisseur
22/06/09 @ 17:24
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"Funny how Yossarian gets +17 and des -31 for saying essentially the same thing. "
ITS how you say it I think what will matters more, I would strongly suspect the grammar deficit posters will suffer the most! I would have loved to see how apologies etc would peform in the new comments section. Sure its a non news but a news that Ballmer is sorry for making this non news a big news that it was not! It was funny to see people like our beloved darren get too excited about the possibility of a new X360 as was getting jaded with the current one. Essentially a 'watch this space' for us to see how the actual refinements would work for the new X360 sku. |
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I'm sure there is a new Xbox 360 coming, most probably an Xbox Slim ( apparently the PS3 slim will be annoucned at the Tokyo Game Show later this year ), so he's sure let the cat of the bag on that one.
Now I'm thinking, why is the new Halo title to launch about the same time Steve mentioned the new console would launch actually is called Halo Reach!!? Could anyone imagine playing a version of Halo with their hands and or body!? :) |
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coolbritannia
23/06/09 @ 05:43
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aw dammit sniper, i know you put spoiler but i looked anyway. i've ruined the surprise now, i know exactly what's gonna happen.
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Ballmer: "I'm sorry guys, I honestly didn't mean to generate this much publicity for Microsoft and the whole Xbox 360 brand. I know this has kept pretty much anything PS3 [PSwhat? Entire world] related off the front pages when there wasn't even a story at the heart of this to begin with, but hopefully, you can forgive me.
Next week. When I do the same thing." |
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