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Old Nov 24, 2005 | 09:46 AM
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Xbox 360 to flop?

Before some of you go and claim OT... it is Electronics.

Originally Posted by Gameshout.net
If these unconfirmed reports turn out to be true, then the Microsoft Xbox 360 just might be known as the worse planned launch ever in video game console history.
Here's the full article... if this turns out to be true... I'll be laughing my **** off for the next YEAR!!!!

http://www.gameshout.net/news/112005/article1738.htm
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 10:00 AM
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here's a pic of a crash/bug from Project Gotham Racing 3 .

Old Nov 24, 2005 | 10:04 AM
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My friend has the 360 and is like it has better graphiccs than the ps3 (Which is still in it's development stage) I wanted to tell him to STFU but he was happy that he waited in line for 7.5 hours in the rain instead of reserving his like most people.
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 10:19 AM
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Bill Gates has enough money to fix them back at no cost
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 10:20 AM
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waitin for halo 3 ....
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 10:36 AM
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ps3 has much better graphics thatn xbox because of the way it is produced on the screen im not gonna get into technical stuff


but i dunno what you are talking about...if you can launch a system like this how could it flop?

people spoil their kids too much
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 10:39 AM
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Saw one on ebay earlier for $8k... and one guy selling it for $21k
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 10:47 AM
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tbheres one buy iot now for a mill, the guy will dress up like santa, bring an elf, the biggest plasma tv he can find and i quote "the best surround sound system possible" come to ur house install it all and leave no matter where you live.
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 10:49 AM
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And the madness will only continue.... and eventually die off. Then it'll start all over again when the PS3 is released
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 11:19 AM
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Not only are there problems with the 360s, but Mircosoft really rushed to make sure they would come out for the holidays. Stores are getting only a few new 360s every week and after this batch for the holidays is sold out, there wont be another shipment for a couple months. Looks like Microsoft tried to stick it to Sony and is getting screwed in the process
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 11:55 AM
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at the prices people are paying on eBay for these 360's
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 06:44 PM
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Well there was a rumor that personnel from Sony were leaving and going to Microsoft. And the possibility of the PS3 being dropped due to lack of funds.
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 07:02 PM
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meh, original game boy with ***ris ownz all
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 07:05 PM
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Forget that... Nintendo... Duck Hunt is still the shizznit
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by kcidmil
Forget that... Nintendo... Duck Hunt is still the shizznit

You old enough to remember that young man?
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 07:09 PM
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t-e-t-r-i-s

why the hell did the thingy blocked that word out? anyhow...duckhunt isn't portable
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 07:34 PM
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Here's the break down, there are three critical performance aspects of a console:

The Xbox 360 CPU architecture has three times the general purpose processing power of the Cell> (PS3).
The Xbox 360 GPU design is more flexible and it has more processing power than the PS3 GPU.
Memory System Bandwidth in the Xbox 360 exceeds the PS3’s by five times.

The Xbox 360’s CPU has more general purpose processing power because it has three general purpose cores, and Cel >(PS3) has just one.The Xbox 360 GPU has more processing power than the PS3’s. In addition, its features contribute to overall rendering performance. Xbox 360 has 278.4 GB's of memory system bandwidth. The PS3 has less than 1/5th of Xbox 360’s 48GB's of total memory system bandwidth.

Ok enough of the geek talk I'm gonna personally wait at least one moth before purchasing the 360* almost every time a new console is introduced 90% of the time there's something wrong with the software.
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 07:53 PM
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think ill stick with my ps2 and modded xbox till prices are way way way low
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 09:33 PM
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Yeah but there's one flaw the 360 has that PS3 won't have a problem with. The ability to play previous generation games. Microsoft has already said the 360 will not be able to play all the old Xbox games. While the PS3 will have the capability to play all 3 generations of consoles, PS1, 2 and 3.

Though according to Sony, the PS3 supposedly won't be able to use PS1 or 2 memory cards.
Old Nov 25, 2005 | 11:41 AM
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I'll stick with my Sega and Master system, yes I am a SEGA guy, but I still rock with the PS1 and N64. I have no need for another system ..yet but when I do it'll be the PS3 fo sho.
Old Nov 25, 2005 | 11:44 AM
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i still rock the N64 and emulators for nes and super nes
Old Nov 25, 2005 | 12:17 PM
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Man I miss my old Genisis. I used to have General Chaos, one of the most addicting multiplayer games I have ever played.
Old Nov 25, 2005 | 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Pearl96Max
You old enough to remember that young man?
I still have it... I got it from my brother. heck I still have one the ORIGINAL Nintendos, the first ones to come out. Pain the butt to get working, but it still works.
Old Nov 25, 2005 | 12:39 PM
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I still want one...
Old Nov 25, 2005 | 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by kcidmil
I still have it... I got it from my brother. heck I still have one the ORIGINAL Nintendos, the first ones to come out. Pain the butt to get working, but it still works.
Yes! lol, I still have mine with the garage door flap...ya they're a real pita to get working but whatever tho, still fun even tho the graphics suck by today's standards. I think I'll pop in DD2 and kick some @ss right now...
Old Nov 25, 2005 | 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by MannyNJ2k2max
I still want one...


Seriously, I can't wait to get it...but I am going to wait until Halo 3 come out...hopefully it won't cost 4-figures by then, either!!!
Old Nov 25, 2005 | 12:59 PM
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maybe i should get a the box from xbox360 and fill it with deodorant and sell it on ebay for a gran

Old Nov 25, 2005 | 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by kcidmil
Yeah but there's one flaw the 360 has that PS3 won't have a problem with. The ability to play previous generation games. Microsoft has already said the 360 will not be able to play all the old Xbox games. While the PS3 will have the capability to play all 3 generations of consoles, PS1, 2 and 3.

Though according to Sony, the PS3 supposedly won't be able to use PS1 or 2 memory cards.
Xbox 360 is backwards compatible w/ about 200 Xbox titles.
Old Nov 25, 2005 | 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Pearl96Max
You old enough to remember that young man?

I still have that game .


The game console does not work any more though .
Old Nov 25, 2005 | 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by kcidmil
Man I miss my old Genisis. I used to have General Chaos, one of the most addicting multiplayer games I have ever played.
+1000 on that man!!!
Old Nov 25, 2005 | 08:04 PM
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Hmmmmm....

Time to dust off the old Atari system.....

Space Invaders, Missile Command, Centipede........
Old Nov 25, 2005 | 08:43 PM
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The old Tank battle... oh man the good ole days. I think Atari still had it right. You hardly ever had to do anything to get them to play. Maybe a quick blow once in awhile, but then it would start right up. Not like Nintendo, where you about blew a lung just trying to get a game to work. Or clawing your face when a disc gets scratched, and the game chops up like on Xbox and Playstation.
Old Nov 25, 2005 | 09:17 PM
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don't forget river raid!
Old Nov 25, 2005 | 10:13 PM
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who started the whole blowing thing for Nintendo games? i seldom had to do that, and my games started up just fine.
Old Nov 25, 2005 | 10:53 PM
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i did it too for my genesis games, i guess its like commone sense for us gamers
Old Nov 25, 2005 | 11:14 PM
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actually..the reason people started blowing games was because when paperboy came out for nintendo..there was some kind of bug in the game and people seemed to "fix" it by blowing at it and wiping the cartridge pci-slot part down with rubbing alcohol..i swear it worked every time...
Old Nov 26, 2005 | 01:18 AM
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I always played Double Dragon with my bro on Sega Master system...sigh...countless hours of fun!

Anyhow, the PS3 is actually a superior system in every aspect in comparision to the Xbox 360, but honestly that does not matter; what does matter is your preference in games because those extra few kiloflops of power, added realism...screw it PS3>360 =P

Honestly though, pick the system based on what games you like, though expect the Cell Processor to the be a new standard even for PCs and such
Old Nov 26, 2005 | 01:12 PM
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yea Double Dragon biches! inspired by no other movie than Enter the Dragon...great all-time fave and I just beat DD2 yesterday for nes, it was a good time!
Old Nov 28, 2005 | 04:35 PM
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Get one of the bad xbox 360's? Good news!!!! Looks like they've released a "glitch fixer" incase you spent a grand or over and got one of the xbox's not functioning properly......

http://cgi.ebay.com/Xbox-360-Glitch-...QQcmdZViewItem
Old Nov 28, 2005 | 11:38 PM
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lol good one! smash that bish up



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