ExciteTruck has MP3 option Comments by Tom Bramwell

nice alternative to the hd option.

But will it allow you to play an iTunes bought track ?

Thank you very much for that MICROSOFT !

...why not just put your own hi-fi or MP3 player on in the background?

Why is it so important for tracks to be played through the console?


"But will it allow you to play an iTunes bought track"

Almost certainly not, Apple goes out of its way to make sure that iTunes tracks can only work on Apple or Apple-approved hardware. They make next to no money on iTunes, it's just there to promote Apple hardware, so there's just no point in opening the service up to non-Apple players.

Because you can....

chupachups - it works seamlessly on the xbox - think about playing, say gta, where you have your own music drowning out any cut-scene narrative...having the game control the player allows it to pause at the appropriate points and just make use of your music as a replacement library to the games' own.

"...why not just put your own hi-fi or MP3 player on in the background? "

That's what most people do, except rather than having it in the background they tend to mute the TV. Or if the console is running through the hifi then they have to switch sound source thus turning off the game sound and that's the problem. Microsoft wanted to avoid that and give more choice to users in how they listen to their games so it's a mandatory requirement that all 360 games support user soundtracks (in the same way that games must support friends lists, rich presence, achievements etc.).
If you have a 360, you can buy any game and know for sure that it will definitely support all of that, which is nice.

On Wii, this isn't something you get as standard but the fact that it's possible for some games to support it is nice. In fact Excite Truck is probably the exact type of game that's suited to having custom soundtracks, whereas you probably wouldn't want to do that when playing Zelda.

*readies Millencolin discography*

Heh, I put the OoT orchrstral soundtrack on in Oblivion.

Hmm..that's actually quite interesting. I didn't think Nintendo would go in for that sort of thing. I mean, it's not an option I would really use, I don't think - for me, a game's music is a very important part of the presentation - but who knows? Maybe if the music is appalling, I can just stick on something from my roster of untouchable classic albums, like Billie Piper, or The Best of Showaddywaddy.

Streaming via wiresless Lan would be killer. I really love that feature with the 360.

And connecting an external harddrive via USB would be nice too.

"All you have to do is insert is put some MP3 files onto an SD Card and then pop the card into the Wii"

oops, someone made a mistake

So, basically, this game does what the ps3 and 360 do standard everywhere, out of the box and with more options. :\

MS and SONY go for the "entertainment machine", whereas ninty doesn't mind calling the Wii a games machine... in other words, Nintendo didn't make many multimedia promises for their console.

Havind said that, other USB storage support and maybe a Music channel would be very welcome indeed...


pretty pleeeeeease?

I hope this becomes an option in all games not just Exite Truck.