Xbox 360 seen in UK

By Eurogamer staff Published 13 April, 2005

British sources confirm previously rumoured details about Microsoft's new console.

British sources have confirmed that the next generation Xbox is indeed called Xbox 360, that the logo is a simple, round nexus, and that the console itself has a concave design. And it's white. Maybe.

Many rumours have been circulating in the past months regarding Microsoft's next generation system, but let us now lay them all the rest. The name of Xbox's successor is Xbox 360, we can confirm, and the design of the machine is indeed a concave shape.

Speaking under conditions of strict anonymity, a British source privy to Microsoft's marketing documents has today confirmed the machine's name and previously rumoured details of the actual design.

The machine can stand upright and hollows in at the middle, like it's "sucking in its cheeks," our source told us today. Previous rumours had put the console as silver, although fresh information says the final design may be white. It's impossible to tell from the documents, the source went on to say.

According to the source, the rumoured slot for the hard drive - which was apparently at the top of the machine - is not obvious on the document, and the person was unable to clarify where the slot for discs actually appeared.

The logo is described as a simple, round nexus with "Xbox 360" written inside it. Previous rumours had simply the numbers "360" in the disc.

Microsoft will show the console for the first time in a half-hour special on MTV on May 12, a week ahead of E3. The company's press conference, on Monday, May 16, will be the first viewing of the console to the trade en bloc.

Xbox 360 is expected to receive a global release in late 2005.

When contacted today, Microsoft simply said that it does not comment on rumours and speculation relating to next generation product.

Picture of Eurogamer.

About Eurogamer staff

Read more articles from Eurogamer by visiting the Eurogamer staff archive page.

You may also like...

Comments (139) Latest comment 6 years ago

Comments threads automatically close after 30 days, but please feel free to continue chatting on the forum!

  • Natalio #1 7 years ago

    Concave? That will never look good.

  • mattigan #2 7 years ago

    Crap name, sounds like an iffy design too.
    Edited by 1 at 13/04/05 @ 15:53

  • Artemus #3 7 years ago

    Stupid, stupid name.

  • IronGiant #4 7 years ago

    If that is the name then i think it's bloody awful, not that it has any bearing on the machine itself.

  • drumbaby #5 7 years ago

    Pale, sunken, sometimes able to stand up.

    Sounds a bit poorly.

  • Blerk #6 7 years ago

    Crap name. White is a bad choice.

    And where's my prize for spotting this early via the sly change to the forums, eh? Tch. :-)

  • andrewfromdoncaster #7 7 years ago

    Shit name

  • rauper Verified Managing Director, Eurogamer Network #8 7 years ago

    )(box !

  • ssuellid #9 7 years ago

    How come occasionally articles are by 'Eurogamer Staff'?

  • countlippe #10 7 years ago

    wow lets all bang on about the name of the console as if it matters and then complain about the design that you have never seen.

    WOOHOO!!

  • [maven] #11 7 years ago

    If I see another XBox Whatever news-post on this site today, I'll not post in the forum again EVER*!

    *may apply only to the next 15min

  • Spanky #12 7 years ago

    What shape is a nexus?

    And i guess with the concavity it will sit nicely on top of the Xbox 1, then the xbox 720 will be convex as to follow the stacky stuff?

  • IronGiant #13 7 years ago

    If it was deemed worthy of a story then it's worthy of opinion.

  • Blerk #14 7 years ago

    (.)(.)box

  • ST.. #15 7 years ago

    Microsoft Bum box

  • Tiger_Walts #16 7 years ago

    SponGamer?

  • Spanky #17 7 years ago

    *tisk again! (oYo) 360

    Nexus? What shape is a nexus, tell me!

    ... please, i've came over all Rodney5

  • Milk #18 7 years ago

    White plastic? Where did they get that idea from?

    /looks at ipod and ibook on desk

    Soooo, if there is a removeable HD thinger that doubles as a music player, that would have to be all white too....


    Hmmmm.

  • kebab #19 7 years ago

    They should have called it xbox "two pi radians"
    Edited by 1 at 13/04/05 @ 16:12

  • Mike_Hunt #20 7 years ago

    (.)(.)box

    LMAO!

    [MH]

  • old_skool #21 7 years ago

    concave ? white ? simple round nexus ? why not call it the dreamcast

  • Derblington #22 7 years ago

    After a quick check of other sites, EuroGamer is FIRST with this news so people can stop moaning.

    And yes the name is shite.

  • Blerk #23 7 years ago

    Nexus... :-)

  • drumbaby #24 7 years ago

    Ah yes, concave like Japanese rice bowl. White, like Geisha face. Standy uppy like noble Samurai (or PS2).

    This thing's sell million in Nippon!

  • tengu #25 7 years ago

    Unless it has Shenmue III, I don't give a rat's fanny.

  • Poona #26 7 years ago

    So is it backwards compatible? Or backwards compatible through an add-on?

    That's what I want to know!

  • jumpdeveraux #27 7 years ago

    As long as it doesn't sound like a hairdryer like current XBox.

    Hmmm, all white? shapely design? Can't wait to see the size of the click-wheel, iBox.

  • #28 7 years ago

    /meh

    The only thing left for the xbox to 'reveal' would be that it's gay... and pregnant... or something

    /can't find anything interesting in these 'revelations'!

  • Teeth #29 7 years ago

    Terrible, terrible name.

  • drumbaby #30 7 years ago

    They're honouring Xbox 1 'til 2007 (allegedly) so it's probably not backwards compatible.

  • Bertie Verified Senior Staff Writer, Eurogamer.net #31 7 years ago

    Xbox 'coffee table'! A nice round design, perfect to sit a glass surface accross, or a sturdy wooden slab. You'd never even know it was there, your friends will both admire your stylish sitting room, and your super games console.

  • Kru #32 7 years ago

    Couldn't give a shite about the name, but if Burnout 4 and the likes use some of the stuff that is rumoured for the next xbox ill be buying one!

  • #33 7 years ago

    Move over Jizmondo... We have a new idioticly-named device...

  • IronGiant #34 7 years ago

    As PS3 will use Blu-Ray johnny public's perception will be that the 360 is using old tech in DVD anyway.. though the pirates will be hoisting the jolly roger even higher!

  • IronGiant #35 7 years ago

    Rumoured as in what?

  • LittleJohn #36 7 years ago

    Xbox 360 makes sense against PS 3. So Nintendo 450 up next?

  • Spanky #37 7 years ago

    So a nexus is a ring then? You'll be calling squares Qu4dr0ids next?

    They can stick that name in there ring! ho ho! he!

  • Captain Fetid #38 7 years ago

    In my feeble mind I have the impression I just had my xbox, and they're showing me the new one already?

    Forget it, I won't join this race. For me, the new generation'll only begin in 2007.

  • Tweakmonkey #39 7 years ago

    /wonders what they mean by 360

    /wonders if 360 will come with wheels

  • ABXY #40 7 years ago

    Think we should all watch MTV on the 12th and then comment, its worthless commenting about a design we havent yet seen.

    For some reason most peoples comments are negative on the design and name, it may look pants when released but lets get the official preview 1st tho!!!! after all M$ are riding a lot of $ on this and they can't afford to fail so i reckon it'l be a blinder of a console.

    Still quite happy with my original xbox, glad doom3 may only be xbox only... wicked.

  • Shivoa #41 7 years ago

    So it is concave to sit perfectly on the convex top of the xbox then. Maybe a sign of no backwards compatability

    /stirs :)

  • LittleJohn #42 7 years ago

    Actually all I wonna know is: is it a sensible size?

  • Blerk #43 7 years ago

    It's so funny I just had to post it again! :-D

    "According to one alcohol-fueled conversation overheard by a GameSpot editor, the moniker is "99 percent certain" and stems from American consumer testing of nongamers (that is, parents), who were asked to pick from a list of potential Xbox 2 names the one that they found superior to "PlayStation 3." True to Spinal Tap-ian "but these go to 11" logic, those surveyed reportedly picked "Xbox 360" since it's like "3," only "60" better."

  • Tweakmonkey #44 7 years ago

    lol @ blerk
    Edited by 1 at 13/04/05 @ 16:40

  • ABXY #45 7 years ago

    You can get clip on skins / external mods like mobile phones, only bigger and in the shape of the new xbox, obviously. some individuality for the player so no need just to have a white box, if thats true.

    Mines got a 160gb hard disk, green fractal skin. hehe.

  • BEAR-ONE #46 7 years ago

    As long as 360 is'nt the price tag... 'specially in £!!

    Or maybe it's the weight loss in a) grams b) ounces when compared with the Xbox 180, er... XBOX.

  • Blerk #47 7 years ago

    Isn't 360 degrees essentially a 'revolution'? :-)

  • #48 7 years ago

    Let's be honest, they could have called it anything at all and some people on this forum would still have declared it naff.

    If they called it 'XBox2' NO-ONE would have complained...

  • BeDevil #49 7 years ago

    What, still no chrome 'X' ?!

    Useless name, sounds like 'full circle', sounds regressive not progressive. Xenon is a much cooler name, and everyone's going to call it Xbox 2 anyway.

    White is old news - i bet it has a blue light too, which used to be ace, but is old hat now.

    A round design would be good though, with the add-on hard-drive slotting into the top somehow [reminiscent of the Jaguar CD] but better. And the dvd drive could be a slot loader on the front face.

    Either way I'll [probably] be getting one.
    Edited by 1 at 13/04/05 @ 16:56

  • ABXY #50 7 years ago

    I agree Djini..... how much is this new xbox experiance going to be???? £200-300 i guess?

  • pollster #51 7 years ago

    "Still quite happy with my original xbox, glad doom3 may only be xbox only... wicked"

    Would be fun to see it on a PS2 though!

  • tonynibbles #52 7 years ago

    Concave?

    Can it hold cereal, milk and sugar?

    Oh! Goody!

  • UK NINJA #53 7 years ago

    Djini - I agree mate! That's exactly the point!! I can't see anything up with the name, and as for the design it sounds intresting and u cant say that its not pure inovation!

  • Beano #54 7 years ago

    LOL

  • jumpdeveraux #55 7 years ago

    It's actually 'conclave', it's powered solely by cardinals that J Allard locks into each and every Xbox 360 by coaxing them in with communion wafers...

    /topical

  • drumbaby #56 7 years ago

    Isn't 360 metres the depth at which the brain starts going gah-gah during a dive?

    Isn't 360 miles the depth at which the oldest fossil resides in the Earth's core?

    Isn't travelling 360 degrees in a circle far more effort than just standing still?

  • teabagger #57 7 years ago

    " how much is this new xbox experiance going to be???? £200-300 i guess?"

    New hardware is, always has been, and probably always will be pricey.

  • Dant #58 7 years ago

    An all white console?
    I`d give it a week before mine was covered with ribena stains

  • Artemus #59 7 years ago

    "Thats not the final name trust me..."

    Er why should anyone believe you when Eurogamer has more creditability.

  • #60 7 years ago

    An all white console?
    I`d give it a week before mine was covered with ribena stains

    If it's REALLY GOOD, expect stains of a different kind!

    /gets his coat

  • Derblington #61 7 years ago

    It makes sense to put the 360 against the PS3 but apparently Sony aren't calling it that.

  • Dant #62 7 years ago

    "If it's REALLY GOOD, expect stains of a different kind!"

    Yeah but they would blend in well to a white console........

  • Natalio #63 7 years ago

    Horrible name.

  • rock27gr #64 7 years ago

    There is an article on GamesIndustry concerning the price of the X-Box Next (much better name, no?)
    Apparently between $250-$300. So as much as a PSP!

    On an other note, why does GamesIndustry and Eurogamer seem to print half the news each?

  • Nige #65 7 years ago

    "I don't like white" "I don't like the name" "Concave is my least favourite shape"...

    And there we all were complaining that it was actually the gameplay experience we were interested in.

  • smelliot #66 7 years ago

    Concave? AKA dust collector?

    Plus, I'm sure they could have come up with a better name. I thought Xenon was awesome.

  • IronGiant #67 7 years ago

    "And there we all were complaining that it was actually the gameplay experience we were interested in."

    For gods sake lighten up.

  • Bertie Verified Senior Staff Writer, Eurogamer.net #68 7 years ago

    Games Industry is a sister site of Eurogamer

  • Realtime #69 7 years ago

    What on earth are you lot complaining about, the name and shape you haven't even seen the machine to make your decision yet. Was anyone in here upset when you bought the massive black block called the XBOX? I didn't think so, sure it was damn ugly but it played some execellent games, I wonder if they called it the "Crapbox" would you buy it, or would you look past that. I'm sure any real gamer doesn't care what it's called or what it looks like, I mean are you going to use it as a statue to idolise or are you going to play games on it. If the machine can bring some awesome games to this gamer then that's all that matters.

    Anyway as I hear it's going to be sold in different colours so there you go another problem solved

  • York #70 7 years ago

    Microsoft has leaked this info on purpose to test the reaction.

    Fact. (Or not.)

  • VibratingDonkey #71 7 years ago

    I hope it looks like a vaccumcleaner!

  • rock27gr #72 7 years ago

    I know they are sister sites Bertie, that is why I was wondering why not post the article on both sites. I am sure the comments page for it would make for an interesting reading!

  • IronGiant #73 7 years ago

    Realtime, come on get a grip.

  • Roamer #74 7 years ago

    360, eh?

    Well, since the design is what will differentiate the Xbox360 from the PS3, I guess it's a smart move to make it look completely different from the most likely PS3 design. Wait, doesn't that mean that the PS3 will look completely different from the Xbox360 as well, effectively ruining the effect. Hence the name I guess, they made a revolution and ended up where they started :)

    (This post sounded a lot more clever in my head, but oh well :)

  • Menace #75 7 years ago

    "Yes because Gamecube, Playstation, Dreamcast, Gameboy & Nintendo 64 all sounded like great names when they were announced...Give me a break lol"

    GameCube is a perfect name! Playstation is not bad either.. Dreamcast was.. not so great (Console rocked, name sucked)..

  • VibratingDonkey #76 7 years ago

    "Xbox 360 seen in the UK"
    Uh...no. That's a Ferrari 360. Geez..some people.

  • Realtime #77 7 years ago

    IronGiant (great film), I just don't know why people rag on about something they haven't seen yet thats all. Who knows they might call it the Crapbox with all the moaning thats going on in here.

  • IronGiant #78 7 years ago

    Well to be fair aside from the Tards most people are just having a laugh.

  • Mant #79 7 years ago

    Being white at least it wont show up the dust as much... ¬_¬

  • IronGiant #80 7 years ago

    Hmmm, care or just like to take the piss?

  • skybluesam86 #81 7 years ago

    Yes because Gamecube, Playstation, Dreamcast, Gameboy & Nintendo 64 all sounded like great names when they were announced...Give me a break lol

    Bar Dreamcast, they're all good names. They describe what it is.
    Gamecube - a Cube that plays games
    Playstation - a station, on which to play games
    Gameboy - a small (boy-like) device on which to play games
    Nintendo 64 - a console from Nintendo, that harks back to when the number of bits was important. So it's a 64 bit Nintendo console.

    XBox 360 - It's an XBox, essentially back where it started, is what it essentially suggests.

  • skybluesam86 #82 7 years ago

    You say that the design is concave. But than say the following "The machine can stand upright and hollows in at the middle, like it's "sucking in its cheeks,""

    That sounds like Convex to me if it's sucking inwards. Concave is when the middle bulges outwards.

    No, that's concave. The hint is in the 'cave' part. So it's like a cave in the surface.

  • Krun #83 7 years ago

    So its white eh. For as long as I can remeber elecritical goods have been in two catogories.

    White goods = functional domestic to save you time (fridge, dishwasher. Oven).
    Black goods = entertainment (hi-fi, Television, Video players).

    A white games console breaks this, people dont really like change. Most are happy with stuff they've learnt already. Its a dangerous gamble to go against standard perseptions, however somethimes it pays off as it makes your product stand out.

    We'll see what real punters think once its in the shops.

    But I do get the feeling many will say. "I'd prefer a black one"

  • skybluesam86 #84 7 years ago

    It's vaguely allowed to suck. It was their first foray into the console market, they just had to establish a brand around the name.

    As for the colours, I've always considered black to be quite an outdated colour for a consumer electronics product (think early vcrs, etc.). Silver seems to be the fashion at the moment, the metallic look sells. Personally, that's what I'd have gone for.

  • Scimarad #85 7 years ago

    So, as a matter of interest, does anybody like the name?

    Personally I'm on the "What the F*** are they on?" side.

  • mal #86 7 years ago

    I don't mind the name. So it doesn't mean anything. What does Megadrive mean?

  • Pirotic #87 7 years ago

    this almost reminds me of when they first announced the xbox, all the flames over how "nobody would by a microsoft console, just imagine all blue screens!" and so forth.

    im not convinced xbox360 is the name, i am however convinced it'll probably be white or silver rather than black - as microsoft love to cash in on trends and at the moment (thanks to apple) white is very much the new black.

    so round two goes to sony, but let the next gen battle begin i say.

  • davyuk #88 7 years ago

    There are 2 meanings to the word revolution. 360 does not ascribe to the definition Microsoft would like to think the new nomenclature suggests. In fact, they couldn't be more diametrically opposed.

  • Syrette #89 7 years ago

    i couldn't care less about the name as long as the games are good. that's all that matters.

  • Scimarad #90 7 years ago

    "Eh. You oughta read the thread through, Scimarad, unless of course you have us black-names ignored (in which case, "fuck you" ;). "

    Well I didnt have you on ignore...

  • mal #91 7 years ago

    Who cares what it looks like ?

    You gonna play games or sleep with the damn thing?

    No, I'm going to park it under my TV. And occasionally play games on it. But while I'm not doing that, I expect it to look good, or at least, as unobtrusive as possible.

  • The-Bodybuilder #92 7 years ago

    >"Unless it has Shenmue III, I don't give a rat's fanny."

    Indeed.

  • tiddles #93 7 years ago

    It will look good as a fruit-bowl sitting on top of my washing machine.

  • Syrette #94 7 years ago

    http: //www.engadget.com/entry/1234000370040046.

    they seem quite upset with Eurogamer.

  • Roamer #95 7 years ago

    Strange how some people get so mad about some funny comments about a future console's strange name and design :)

  • kenty #96 7 years ago

    it will look like this:

    http://file.mydrivers.com/photo/MAN-MINI-BOARD-9B.jpg
    except.. somehow.. concave

  • valli #97 7 years ago

    Shaped like a ring/donut you say? I hope they'll make it brown then.

  • Pots #98 7 years ago

    360 is WAY too 'trendy', down with the skateboard/ snowboard kids that were the 'in' fad, what, 5 years ago? Xtreme man!

    Xbox 2 - its obviously the best choice!

  • Master Cheif #99 7 years ago

    um guys the design should be the least of ur problems as in the XBox it was (and still is MASSIVE) but who cares? it sits under your tv for months and it hardly every gets moved, so why care about the design wen all u need is a controller port, on/off button, open disk drive & an network adaptor. i dont understand why ppl need it to look good?!?

  • penhalion #100 7 years ago

    Is it just me or have they just described the Dreamcast?

    I have to say I don't believe a word of this story. I'll wait until the MTV thing to see what the machine will actually look like.

    Penhalions rating SMCD or non SMCD....me thinks SMCD (smelly male cow droppings)

  • Beano #101 7 years ago

    Xbox 360 is a name mostly decided on because it sound more advanced than PS3... the read kicker is when Sony announces the next PS will not becalled PlayStation 3 but some other "clever" name :)

  • EVERYGAMER #102 7 years ago

    As I've said from the release of the original Xbox its the "Halo player", they should just call it the "Halo player MKII" and have done with it.

  • asphaltcowboy #103 7 years ago

    Well, it sounds nice... I'm not too bothered by the name if it plays well...
    *Looks forward to seeing it*

  • vpin #104 7 years ago

    You know, wouldn't it be wrong to call it an "Xbox" altogether when the shape of it is now concave?

    Personally, the name is not what matters most to me, it's the aesthetics that do. Can't wait to see how it looks on May 12th.

    Edit: To elaborate, actually, I don't care how it looks. Just bring the games on!




    Edited by 1 at 14/04/05 @ 07:55

  • #105 7 years ago

    'Why are there 2 Xbox types?' she asks. She's puzzled. She finds out eventually from an eager young assistant that one won't play the other's games. Oh dear, what a quandry. 'So the expensive one doesn't play all those old cheap games? And the new one's games won't play on the nice cheap one?'

    Actually, there may be 3 types of xblock 2's on the market... Remember... So that *could* mean Mrs Rocketscience can pick 1 of 4 xblobs, or just 'play it safe' and get him a PSP, DS, PSTwo, (maybe the N-Revolution?) insted.

    Way to go M$... 4 consoles from you this Christmas! Good move!

  • Blerk #106 7 years ago

    Did my own 'non-gamer market research' last night... the missus!

    Me: "You know the Xbox, right?"
    Her: "Er... yeah. That big one that Richard's got?"
    Me: "Yeah. The new Xbox is apparently going to be called the Xbox 360"
    Her: "What? Why?"
    Me: "I dunno. I hear they asked non-gamers to pick a name that sounded better than Playstation 3"
    Her: "That's stupid!"
    Me: "Why?"
    Her: "It sounds like it's 5 days short of a year."

    I don't think people are picking up the 'circle' reference - everyone's thinking of 'time' instead. :-)

    Better hope they've actually named it after something more obvious.

  • Les #107 7 years ago

    The principle of different versions of a console really sucks in my opinion. The beauty of consoles used to be that you don’t have to read system requirements when buying a game, that you don’t have to wait 5 minutes before the OS has booted up and that you don’t have to navigate menus to get to play a game.

    I’m still a little afraid that M$ in the end will try to convert the console into a PC. I hope Sony and Nintendo will not follow this path, although it seems Sony has a similar view on the future with the PlayStation functioning as a home server for all things multimedia.
    Edited by 1 at 14/04/05 @ 10:09

  • Tiger_Walts #108 7 years ago

    Concave? That's another console you can't stack.

  • drumbaby #109 7 years ago

    I think it's sheer genius myself. :)

  • Blerk #110 7 years ago

    But don't you think with MS spending a billion US on marketing this thing they would snagged the damn domain more than a month from E3?

    The company that owns the domain is based in Reading. So is Microsoft UK.

  • ST.. #111 7 years ago

    Terrible name - and it doesn't really lend itself to future iterations of the console either. The public - bless 'em - can easily grab P23, PS3, PS4 but there is no such nice easy to market naming convention here.

  • tiddles #112 7 years ago

    Actually, there's nothing original about having a concave console...

    The original and still the best

  • Derblington #113 7 years ago

    I'd be suprised if any of the next gen don't support 4 controllers as standard.

  • IronGiant #114 7 years ago

    "This is one of the most retarded threads I've read in a while."

    That's because you haven't started any lately ;) Lighten up people, it's only a name so let everyone take the piss if they want.

  • Genji #115 7 years ago

    Xbox 360? Gnarly!

  • skybluesam86 #116 7 years ago

    Then the PS1/PS2 controller still remains No.1 ^_^

    Except that both the N64 and Gamecube controllers are far more comfortable to hold.
    Clearly, the Cube controller was inspired the the PS controller, but it gets much more right that Sony did.

    And those pics imply that that it's wireless - which manufacture actually did that properly first?
    No doubt the innovators of that will get overlooked, as with the D-pad, shoulder buttons, analogue stick, rumble feature, face buttons. etc.

  • jumpdeveraux #117 7 years ago

    /pushes the thread one comment closer to 200

  • jellyhead #118 7 years ago

    Whoever posted that first comment on engadget read my mind...
    "Sounds like a numerical version of Nintendo's "Revolution""

    Heh, are microsoft trying to release the "MS Revolution" before Nintendo release theirs?

  • Les #119 7 years ago

    "So stop thinking u r all style guru's when u r sitting next to ur own square turd that u know and love."

    I presume that most of the posters are currently ‘working’. So we have little choice with regards to the looks of the box we use. But a console will most likely be located in one’s living room and there design counts.

    By the way, turning 360 degrees is the same as not turning at all.

  • jumpdeveraux #120 7 years ago

    Looks and name aside, the area I'm most interested in is a strong catalogue of AAA titles, first party MS can control but the sheer volumes of derivative crap on the market for the current consoles doesn't bode well for any brave new wave of innovation and exciting gameplay.

    Concave or convex, white or silver, 360 or whatever, if you put turd on a disk into it it will still play like sh1t.

  • DaveLondon #121 7 years ago

    To me, 360 sounds limited - that's like thinking in a two dimensional plane of existence. XBox 4x4 would have sounded better, giving it a "go anywhere" type of name, and at the same time making the PS3 sound like it was a generation behind.

  • Lutz #122 7 years ago

    In that case why not xbox 4D?

    Or Xbox, the Fourth Place?

  • skybluesam86 #123 7 years ago

    Sky Blue Sam the first analogue stick controller was for the MegaDrive

    Fine, that's one point against. Although I never remember that.

    And I'm not joking about the controllers. The PS controllers are generic. The N64 and GC controllers are more moulded to fit the majority of people.
    Having done some product design in my time (A level stuff), I at least know that you design between the 5th and 95th percentiles. Nintendo have done a great job of that on the last two controllers.
    If you have unusually large hands, that's not their fault. At least statistically speaking, it makes you a 'freak' (not that I mean that in any derogatory manner)

  • skybluesam86 #124 7 years ago

    erm....which way is concave again? is it like contact lenses and the like?

    Concave is, as I pointed out earlier, like a 'cave', ie. it goes inwards, rather than bulging out.

  • drumbaby #125 7 years ago

    Like a toilet bowl, for example.

  • Teeth #126 7 years ago

    My mate went wandering about for ages last week in london looking for a special pub, he's about to send me a map of it.

  • prettyboytim #127 7 years ago

    I found a picture of it!
    Edited by 2 at 14/04/05 @ 17:41

  • #128 7 years ago

    NES worked, SNES worked, N64 worked, Gamecube failed!

    PSX, PSone,PS2 Worked

    Xbox bairly worked and XBOX 360 is like so sk8tb0arDer dude...

    SHow me the pics man!

  • Corben_Dallas #129 7 years ago

    PrettyB<
    Thats a pic of the 'Phantom' Console

  • redzero #130 7 years ago

    its the games that would sell it to me - theres no chance of a Halo 3 for launch, yeah... PGR3, but what else to sell me a console? what sort of IP?
    Sod the name, sod how it looks, lets see some software!

  • The-Bodybuilder #131 7 years ago

    >"(if looks dont matter why does everyone make fun of the gamecube for being purple?)"

    Because nobody is proud of pluggin thier pads into barny's hole.

  • Kami #132 7 years ago

    I take it 360 is a reference to it's (probably) circular design?

    Still a strange name...

  • Xerx3s #133 7 years ago

    Oke, is it just me or does X2 Xbox2 or XBX2 sound way better than Xbox 360? And about the PS2 beeing able to stand up....Well, the Xbox can do that too! In multiple ways actually! HA! The PS2 cant do THAT eh?

  • Kami #134 7 years ago

    No, because Gamespot are s***.

    edit: Besides, I agree with you in part, but I think 360 is more a design reference, rather like DS originally was.

    edit#2: BTW, my Gamespot comment is my opinion blah blah blah, not the opinion of Eurogamer yadda yadda excess legal jargon here please.
    Edited by 2 at 16/04/05 @ 00:50

  • maded #135 7 years ago

    EVERYBODY>........... this is the real XBOX 360 http: //www.engadget.com/entry/1234000293041091/

  • icmb7 #136 7 years ago

    some of the comments here are so pathetic..."bumbox" PS2 stood up years ago, xbox is only 5 years too late..

    if i remember correctly, the PS2 stood up and ruined scratched the game discs..looked pathetic with it's radiator gril, rectangle design, not smooth or good looking and was black..yawn.

    xbox360 is a good colour, fits in with my tv and does many things sony are going to have nightmares about:

    xbox live 360, removable hard drive, 512mb memory, 64mb memory cartridges, wireless control pads, and will be released long before the ps3 (WHERE HAVE I HEARD THAT ORIGINAL NAME FROM?!!!!), plenty of time to that it's what's inside that counts...

    You wanna wait for PS3, which nobody knows anything about, fine..I'll be playing next generation class on xbox360 while u still play on your ancient PS2, waiting, until 2006..

    Happy Gaming..fanboys.

  • Jimmymd2 #137 7 years ago

    "Xbox 360 is expected to receive a global release in late 2005."

    Global release, Global release! Hehehe! Unlike the fucking idiots at sony!

  • Xboxrulz_728 #138 7 years ago

    GO to the link that the guy put on the forum ..totally fake so fake i wanna puke thats bs everythings fake no one will acually now till the mtv preiview thing .

  • Trexy #139 7 years ago

    Concave is ok, but not the best of ideas. It is white as i have seen it, it has a green light, all in all it looks ok, won't buy it yet though, what's the point, it's out to early, besides i have only just got my Xbox (1) as it will be called now.
    Edited by 1 at 25/05/05 @ 16:23

  • Volvo #140 6 years ago

    (.)(.)