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Unveiled for the first time on mtv, May 13th

 

MTV presents: The Next Generation Xbox Revealed 次世代 Xbox プレビュー・スペシャル

 

New console wars start here!

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Well no-one in the world likes the design of the current xbox. Appealing to Japan is an important thing for them this time around apparently (not just the gaijin in Japan lol.gif )

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It must be a tough market for an U.S company to break. Not only are Nihon gamers very loyal to Japanese companies and game developers, I have always found the taste of gamers in Japan to be a bit......weird.

 

The new design for the xbox looks sleek and small. From the look of it maybe no HD this time around as reported previously on the forum. Does anyone know if this is still true?

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I heard it will come in 2 flavors - with HD (and backward compatable with current games) and without HD (in which case you can use memory cards). On some of the images doing the rounds, you can see the HD attached to the top (or left hand side if it is horizontal)

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The numbers for the current xbox really are scarily bad.

 

This was last week:

 

PlayStation 2: 30,572

PlayStation Portable: 28,950

Nintendo DS: 21,698

GameBoy Advance SP: 10,529

GameCube: 3,376

GameBoy Advance: 397

Xbox: 315

 

And for 2005 until now:

 

PlayStation 2: 755,273

PlayStation Portable: 724,872

Nintendo DS: 579,119

GameBoy Advance SP: 254,692

GameCube: 85,120

GameBoy Advance: 8,724

Xbox: 5,977

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Dims, reports from that MTV filming say it isn't as small as people wanted it to be. Hopefully they are wrong. You'd think with the bashing the current brick has got they'd do all they could to make it sleek.

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i never quite got this thing about games consoles having to be small. the nintendo gamecube even had handles on it for easy portability. surely you just buy it and put it under the TV, never to move it again until it breaks or you move house? why does it need to be so small and portable? its not a walkman!

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I agree, but you never wanted things to look good, bobby12? The current xbox is just a terrible terrible thing to look at.

 

And the Japanese market likes small things, for whatever reason.

 

That new one looks better.

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So it looks like it is going to be Xbox 360.

Check out these other names they were considering before launching the original one for a laff

 

MAX

Microsoft Action Experience

 

AIO

All In One

 

MIND

Microsoft Interactive Network Device

 

FACE

Full Action Center

 

MITH

Microsoft Interactive Theatre

 

XON

Experience Optimised Network

 

MVPC

Microsoft Virtual Play Center

 

TAC

Total Action Center

 

MARC

Microsoft Action Reality Center

 

LEX

Live Entertainment Experience

 

M-PAC

Microsoft Play and Action Center

 

RPM

Real Performance Machine

 

MOX

Microsoft Optimal Experience

 

E2

Extreme Experience

 

MTG

Microsoft Total Gaming

 

VIP

Virtual Interactive Player

 

PTP or P2P

Powered To Play

 

VIC

Virtual Interactive Center

 

MARZ

Microsoft Active Reality Zone

 

TSO

Three, Six, Zero

 

EHQ

Entertainment Headquarters

 

O2

Optimal Ozone or Optical Odyssey

 

MIC

Microsoft Interactive Center

 

R&R

Reality and Revolution

 

MEA

Microsoft Entertainment Activator

 

AMP

Active Microsoft Player

 

VPS

Virtual Play System

 

MAP

Microsoft Action Play

 

MEGA

Microsoft Entertainment & Gaming Attendant or Microsoft Entertainment & Gaming Assembly

 

CPG

CyberPlayGround

 

VERV

Virtual Entertainment & Reality Venture

 

OM

Odyssey of the Mind

 

P2

PowerPlay

 

IS1

Interactive System In One

 

MET

Microsoft Entertainment Technology or Microsoft Entertainment Theatre

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Do they intentionally come up with a whole bucket load of totally bollocks names just to make one seem decent. You'd wonder why naming a console was so difficult. I mean come on, Dreamcast, wtf?

 

Sony has the best and simplest idea I reckon. build that ps brand.

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'Playstation' is a terrible name though. You can tell it was thought up in Japan - it's bordering on jap-lish. It would suit a Nintendo product much more, given their pre to early-teen target market.

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