klingon 10 Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 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! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 so they're not giving up on Japan then? I wonder if it will look as goddam ugly and big as the current one. Link to post Share on other sites
roswell43 0 Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Rumor has it this might be it http://media.xbox.ign.com/articles/607/607001/img_2735955.html Link to post Share on other sites
happyhappy 0 Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 That looks good. Sure looks way better than the monstrosity that is the current xbox. Link to post Share on other sites
sachiko 0 Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 That looks like it might be it as well roswell. I like it. It might be more popular with Japanese. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted April 27, 2005 Author Share Posted April 27, 2005 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 ) Link to post Share on other sites
nagoid 4 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 That is looking sleek. Interesting how the first unveiling will be in Japan as well.... Link to post Share on other sites
Dims 0 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 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? Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 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) Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Here http://xbox.ign.com/articles/607/607265p1.html Link to post Share on other sites
NutteyCubey 0 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 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 Link to post Share on other sites
little eyebrows 0 Posted May 1, 2005 Share Posted May 1, 2005 PlayStation 2: 755,273 Xbox: 5,977 That is quite a difference! They are gonna need to see big big changes to convince Japanese gamers. Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted May 1, 2005 Share Posted May 1, 2005 I like the look of that. I also read somewhere the more expensive version might have some kind of web browser on there. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted May 8, 2005 Author Share Posted May 8, 2005 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. Link to post Share on other sites
---- 0 Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 You'd have thought so, but it doesn't look that way. Anyway its the games that matter of course. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 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! Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 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. Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 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 Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 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. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 I wonder when Apple will release their i...something game machine! Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 '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. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 I thought playstation was terrible at first, but funny how it has become part of the language and it doesn't seem so bad now. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted May 12, 2005 Author Share Posted May 12, 2005 Has there actually been a console with a good name? I can't think of one. X-Box 360 is completely lame. Link to post Share on other sites
Dims 0 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 I thought the name "Sega Mega Drive" had some balls Link to post Share on other sites
NutteyCubey 0 Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 Things revealed (5 min vid) http://msxb.wmod.llnwd.net/a274/o2/ourcolony/TheColony_v1_750k.wmv Link to post Share on other sites
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