Xbox 360 pre-loaded content revealed by BBFC submission News
Xbox 360 News by Games Industry.biz
The Xbox 360 will ship in the UK with over 100 minutes of audio and video already on the system's hard drive, it has emerged, after Microsoft submitted the planned content to the British Board of Film Certification to be rated.
The content, which has been passed without cuts by the BBFC, consists of 22 separate files - the majority of which are between three and five minutes long, and appear to be music videos or movie clips, with titles such as "PUNK ROCK SUPERSTAR.WMA" and "1ST_TITANICTESTSEQUENCE_SINKING_8MBPS.WMV".
However, one stand-out piece of content is a 22 minutes 59 second long item described as "DVD OF GAME", which seems likely to be a trailer reel for upcoming Xbox 360 games.
The fact that the Xbox 360 ships with video and audio content pre-loaded is further proof of Microsoft's commitment to pushing the console as a multimedia platform for the living room rather than simply as a games device.
It's expected that users will be able to download multimedia content - as well as things like game demos and add-ons - through retail systems on the Xbox Live service, and Microsoft is thought to see Xbox 360 as central to its ambitions in the digital video and audio space - where competitor Apple has a strong first-mover advantage thanks to the success of iPod and the iTunes Music Store.
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groovychainsaw
26/07/05 @ 09:32
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This would be great if they released game demos over xbox live... for free? (Never gonna happen, but publishers could get som many more sales this way, especially for games the general public would normally avoid... a BG&E demo could have sold more copies :-(
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sickpuppysoftware
26/07/05 @ 09:47
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"1ST_TITANICTESTSEQUENCE_SINKING_8MBPS.WMV"
What? It sinks? Where's the spoiler tags? ;o) |
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Carrybagma
26/07/05 @ 09:57
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Oh that's clever - filling the hard-drive up with pre-loaded crap to encourage people to upgrade to a bigger disk
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"This would be great if they released game demos over xbox live... for free? (Never gonna happen, but publishers could get som many more sales this way,"
Why wouldn't they? You can already get free demos on magazines, so why wouldn't publishers use the Live service to distribute the same OXM demos? It seems like a great way of cutting out the middlemen. |
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groovychainsaw
26/07/05 @ 10:38
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Well, that would be nice if they did, but i remember them saying this about the current xbox....wouldn't be difficult to do, yet they havent ever got round to it.
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effinwooly
26/07/05 @ 12:14
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"Please, if they released Playable demo's for download, who would buy their Official Magazine?"
Errrrr for the actual Magazine !! I play the demos on the official mag for about 20 mins and then read the mag which takes ages ! |
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The Bodybuilder
26/07/05 @ 12:39
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>""Gamers officially love the price of the X360!""
Wow, that's just great. Now could you tell me how much the x360 costs again? |
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I just don't get it. What motivates you to come up with this tired old crap? Are Microsoft paying you for this? Do you benefit from their success or failure given that MS have seemingly infinite pockets, so commercial success or not you will be supported as a user?
I'm thinking about getting a 360 at launch, but knowing that people like your good self are the apparent 'core market' is really putting me off. |
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Derblington
26/07/05 @ 13:48
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Calling it a PSX2 is talking shit thought. I know it seems cool and funny, like spelling Microsoft with a $, but it's really not. It's called a PS3.
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Derblington
26/07/05 @ 14:19
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"I can't believe Balor's still coming to this place the way he gets treated.
To be honest I hope everyone keeps it going so he can become disillusioned and fuck off for good." I think he should stay, providing he wants to, but stop with the blatant MS/Xbox c***sucking. Then everyone would stop jumping down his throat as soon as he arrives. He is a smart, civilised guy, and fair play to you Balor, you keep coming back for more :) "Balor it's your own fault. You can't praise xbox or halo here without getting flamed." Know your audience." This is true. "Fanboys" aren't tollerated here, for whatever reasons. If you like one console over the rest just keep it to yourself and enjoy playing it, don't wind everyone up pointing it out. |
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What's worse a HDD full of deletables, or no Hard Drive at all! :)
That must suck, especially when you've just payed at least £399 for a PSX2 and your mate got the X360 with a Hard Drive included for £249. "Gamers officially love the price of the X360!" Ta ra! Excuse me but what in that statement was so offensive?? We know a hard drive is better than none (already announced by sony). We also know Xbox will be cheaper when PS 3 is released (agreed qouting prices is streching it) Sorry but I know who sounds like a fanboy here.
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Derblington
26/07/05 @ 14:29
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No-one said it was offensive, did they?It's just constant "MS/Xbox is better than Sony/Playstation" rubbish. Have you read more than just that one post?
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As others have said, it's not that it's Microsoft he prefers, if you went back in time and he replaced 360 in all his posts with PS3 or Revolution for that matter, then it would still be a completely tiresome and pointless exercise.
Seeing one or two posts it may not seem that bad, but to make it your goal to come back to the same place every day with a massively biased agenda (whichever way) with the seemingly only desire to annoy people it gets a bit much. I for one wish he'd stop and resort to treating people like adults rather than children who need to be taught what's best for them.
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"1ST_TITANICTESTSEQUENCE_SINKING_8MBPS.WMV" - WTF? The Titanic sunk? Well, there goes this years holiday trip...
" Oh that's clever - filling the hard-drive up with pre-loaded crap to encourage people to upgrade to a bigger disk " - Hmm, more like an encouragement for ppl to buy the HD xb2 instead of one without. Depending on how you feel about this stuff of course. (/Has had an xbx sinse the beginning and has lots of savegames & cd's on the HD and it still hasnt reached max capacity) |
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