Comments on: Photos: Xbox's coming-out party

No more speculation needed, game fans. Microsoft is officially showing off the Xbox 360.

[kms007]

Two words...

....butt ugly. The original X-Box was much better looking in
appearance. That said, I like the idea that the box can be
customized.

"two words"

YOUR AN IDIOT!!!!!!!! are you kidding me? this is incredible. it is the most beautiful gaming console yet. all wireless....all silver......all powerful.

[Sboston]

Yup.

You hit the nail on the head there. Don't like the looks, but like the idea of upgrades.

Now this is a great organic style

Finally a real nice looking case, much more orgainic more natural
curves, I love it, anyone who thinks this is ugly I hate to see what
their house looks like.

Black box not easy to fit in.

honestly, I have a hard time trying to adjust my eyes to the black box fitting in my entertainment rack next to my 50 inch plasma TV...Did you ever tried that, 'cause I'd really rather have the wireless silver box with the neon green logo in front...besides, the humming of the CD tray bothers a hell lot of me and the rest of the viewers...the new one is very quiet!...later!

ps3 all the way

ps3 is going to rip the x-box
long live playstation

[blackeye]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder....

and its what's inside that really counts.

[Bob_Barker]

I Don't Like it Either

When I think "XBOX", I think, hard, edgy, sharp, industrial.

But, you have to keep in mind that they didn't design it to appease the hardcore gamer. They have joe-consumer in mind. This design reflects the appeal of today's most popular gadgets. So, they're trying to appeal to the broadest audience they can. Trying to appeal to demographics that haven't been into gaming as much as say males between the ages of 10-32.

By the way, that MTV special... Lame. The marketing department had a field day. It was all glitz, celebrities, and flashing colors. Did it educate the viewer about the console and Microsoft's vision for it? Not really. In fact, it barely brushed the surface. I think you got to see the console itself 2 seperate times for about 5 seconds each.

[Jill_Gates]

They ***paid*** for that design?

Seriously, it looks like some feminine hygiene dispensing container
(admittedly a high tech version).

O_O

Imho this design is nice.
And obviously most companies who wants a good design on their console or product pays some outside design specialist to help them since a designer working for them 24/7 would cost more.

Take Care
Cibo Sakaki

[notagumshoe]

Nintendo Controller?

Sony steals the playstaion, and now Microsoft makes a copy of their
controller. Nintendo gets it from all sides, but they are the best.

Pitchoop - X2 lands with a plop

Wow, its really bland an inoffensive. They must have spent ages trying to make sure it would appeal to 30-40 year olds - I guess we're comfy with laptop styling. Its a PC in xbox clothing as we know - but xbox'ing is about great games and graphics - shooting things, being reckless - fun! Not about fitting in with the blandness of suburbia - lets hope that the stuff it spits out is top notch. MSoft should have saved their bux from the pretentious designers and bunged a few quid to the guys who did the superb mock X2s. Can't wait to see if the PS3 is ultra-conservitve.

30-40 year olds

Those 30-40 year olds are likely buying your toys. I guess appealing to Mom's & Dad's taste isn't really a terrible idea. I'd say Microsoft is trying to make everyone happy. Smart marketing.

[valorfive]

Compinsate?

Why such the large power button....what's microsoft trying to compinsate for

Compinsate

Bill Gates is compinsating for his dire need to rip off his custumers

[DigitalFL]

Fanboys Unite!

I actually think it looks really great. Too bad only PS2 Fanboys have responded until now for the most part.

[David Arbogast .]

"Fanboy" user

The next quasi-hip dufus that uses "fanboy" needs to slpped
across the head. Be a little more original in the future, OK, John?
You are so "3l33t".

[Sboston]

Hey

I am a X-box owner. While I think the upgrade options are good, I still don't like the style.

"fanboy?"

i have both PS2 and xbox and its not about "fanboys" its about gamers in general, i hate the new xbox, too bulky, when one's sees how everything its getting smaller on the tech-world its hard to picture xbox like that big, then again i dont like the design of the first one, but i do like the black color,(hate the gray-white color now)and looks matter when it comes to a console, who wants to have a powerfull machine that looks lame on you entertaiment center? not me. -j

[Microbreak]

Ugly

Reminds me of the throw away cell phones, or a concept car in very
early stages....i wish they would make it smaller instead of bigger.
like the ps2 now is sold in a slimmed down box. that is how they
should do it from the beginning. i dunno...have they released a
price yet?

It is smaller!

I don't know what you people are thinking, or what you are seeing, but it is significantly smaller than the XBOX 1. I think because they show pictures of it being horizontal, people automatically think it is bigger, but it is smaller in every dimension than the XBOX 1. Geesh.

The coolest thing is...

that it runs on a PowerPC!!!!! Intel blows, PowerPC rules! Oh, and the PowerPC will be in the P3 and the Nintendo game systems!

In fact it was rumored that Microsoft was supplying dual processing Macintoshes as there development system. I see Microsoft dropping Windows development, and supporting MacOS X soon. Hopefully, all games written to the XBOX 360 can be ported over to the Mac platform.

PC platform is dead. Long live the Mac!!!!

[Sboston]

In a dreamworld.

NT

You're Crazy, put down the crack pipe.

If you honestly believe that...
Sure it would be nice, but it won't happen. Serious games don't buy Macs, so even though ther IS possability for ports, do you really think microsoft will license a game from any vendor to it's systems without making a port to the mac a deal breaker. It'll happen with large franchise titles that are big enough on their own to cut a deal (EA's Maxis has done this well). But don't expect much else.

[Terrence Koonce]

Microsoft copying Apple AGAIN!!! Copying iPod & iMac White Color!

Microsoft copying Apple AGAIN!!! Copying iPod, eMac & iMac
white color!

Or maybe trying to be diffrent from Sony, PS2because of it being
identified by it's black case design.

Maybe next Microsoft will be doing blue see-through versions!

[David Dudley]

The other XBox 360 Colors

Don't forget the other new XBox 360 colors: DalmatianX and BondiX Blue.

And of course the XXXBox will be flesh colored and play the newest games by the newest XXXBox developer Vivid Studios.

[blacklab579]

Ohhh Please...

Yes it may be a little coincidental that its white, but people are going to say that companies are coping Apple every time they release an all white product.

[bob blob]

OMG!!!

OMG!!! the PS2 is black! they ripped off Dell!!! OMG!!! my sony vaio is black! they ripped off IBM!!! OMG!!! my new car is all white! they ripped off Apple!!! OMG!!! my undies are all white! they also ripped off Apple!!!

The reason for a BIG power button

The reason has to do with the new GUI design from Microsoft.. The Longhorn version of windows will have a Start button that will use half of the screen. ;P

Well at least they are consistent in some way JEJEJE ;) ..

I'll like to see how Linux can be installed on this one.

If it's Power Pc Based then maybe.. yellow dog Linux JEJEJE

[David Dudley]

No Longhorn

Longhorn will never be released. If and when Longhorn does come out, the only feature that will still be available will be the sidebar with everything else coming out in service packs, scheduled for 2008, but actually being released in 2010, after Reverend Hutch threatens to lead a christian boycott against them for lying about the release date, which as we know, is a sin.

And a little known fact - the reason Apple changed the Apple logo from a pseudo rainbow to all white? Reverend Hutch. He thought the old logo was too "flamboyant" which as we know, means it is gay which in the eyes of a vengeful and angry god, is a sin and tempts the fates.

Three Words...

What? No floppy?

[David Dudley]

Painfully bland

The XBox is one ugly and BLAND piece of crap. After watching the 30 minute infomercial on MTV, I can honestly say I think owning and XBox 360 would be an embarassment.

The MTV infomercial was painful to watch. Seeing J. Allard do his homie handshake with some rap gangstar and making sure the camera focused squarely on it was yet another example of corporate America putting every effort forth to appear hip. Microsoft should have hired some street thugs to front as developers of the XBox 360. "Aww yeah, yo them APIs we made for the SDK 4 this ***** are straight dope m4d l33t ****!!!"

The MTV infomercial had no content, just kids they paid to dance around and Frodo really truly trying to act like he actually cared about a gaming console. It all takes me back to the Sprite.com "release party" that Sprite paid MTV to do years ago.

it is a fucking hell of a job to do this

i think it is so cool, its ******* crazy

So... Customizable?

So, not only the face of it is customizable, but the menus and GUI are customizable? So, basically, they banned all the modded XBoxes on LIVE for doing the SAME DAMN THING, and have now incorperated it into their newest console. PFT.

I'm definately hacking this thing.

my thought

It's no guess that Sony has the gaming world locked with PS2/PSP, but that doesn't mean that Microsoft should be left out of the loop. After playing Xbox 1, I?m ok with the size, but I truly hope the features and graphics warrant the ~300 price range of the system. Time and sales will tell.

[David Dudley]

Just another "Me Too" console

It will be purchased by the early adopter segment of the market, which are the people who always pay the price initially and spread the word. Now, let's see what the PS3 and Nintendo Revolution have to offer. Now that MS has mostly laid out it's cards for everyone to see, we can see what the other players have to offer. My feeling is that the PS3 will beat it in gameplay and game offerings and that the Nintendo Revolution will beat it in cool conceptual designs. And the XBox will just be another "me too" console system (just like everything Microsoft does).

Microsoft says it's all about the software, stupid. Yet they have yet to make a useful global interface for MP3 players to challenge the iPod (though rumor has it they are working on something to challenge the iPod that should be released by November).

David Dudley - Acting Member #66909 of the Microsoft Freedom to Imitate Network

[nitewatch]

i'd hit it

i'd hit it

[Christopher Hall]

The question is...

With what?

[tazmarchetti]

Xbox 360 design...

Dude - looks like a DELL! I am anti-Microsoft anyhow, so OF COURSE, I would not like it, but REALLY, it looks like a Dell PC...

against microsoft?

Even though you might be against the company, like so many others, just keep in mind that even though their principals might be questionable, but the software titles they produce are great. My point being, if you use any such titles, please refrain from abusing their name.

[sgtbrooks]

New XBOX game compatibility

Will the XBOX 360 be compatible with current XBOX console games?

Microsoft???

Why would Microsoft do such a thing as backwad compatibility??
You Remember the first unvailing of XP when it crashed just
starting explorer. Well same thing except the Xbox 360 will
probably self destruct 1 minute after inserting the disk. Just
wait until apple releases a gaming system Thats what im waiting
on.

My computer History

5 years ago 5 PCs and No Macs
4 years ago 7 PCs and 1 Mac
3 years ago 5 PCs and 2 Macs
2 years ago 3 PCs and 3 Macs
1 year ago 2 PCs and 3 Macs
This year 2 PC in use 1 is a server the ohter is collecting Dust
and 3 Macs currently in use!
Plans for Next year Thro out all PCs and get another Mac Im
thinking a G5 DP 3.0 GHz when Released! and oh yeah almost
forgot F*** Microsex oh i mean Microsofty sorry i will get it
right soon Microsuck oh thats right Microsoft Man that was hard
my pc i am writing this on sux Just like Microsux!

[Stan Johnson]

not compatible

NO

[Stan Johnson]

NO

NO --- Go Sony

[jmcbratn3]

Does looks matter?

The shell really does not matter is it in how does it function and what are its limits. These are the things that really matter in gaming. Then comes the fluff. So what can it do? Everyone is talking about its looks not not what it has or can do?

Ugly XBOX.

Just look how ugly the xbox 1 is, and how dumb the name is. But no one cares about that after the system comes out and you're used to saying the name. People will eventually adopt a universally accepted nickname, and move on. Except with the XBOX, you couldn't really come up with any type of acronym i.e. PS2, N64, PSX (not to be confused witht he all in one DVR version of the PS2, but the originally dubbed Playstation system). So, maybe we'll call it the X360, or just 360.

Looks Matter... a little.

Apparently... looks do matter. If you're buying something, you'd rather buy a nice looking piece of hardware. You're going to be stuck with it for a few years. If looks really didn't matter then why did Sony, Microsoft, or Nintendo make design their consoles the way they do. They could have just chosen a box with different colors if looks didn't matter. But I think the Xbox 360 defeats the purpose of its title: Xbox. Not really a box anymore is it?