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WSGrundy 
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Posted on: Apr. 13 2005,20:52 |
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The Revolution will be there too.
Also Xbox 360 will also be show on MTV about a week before on some half hour special event.
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Leisher
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Posted on: Apr. 13 2005,22:04 |
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| Quote | | The Revolution will be there too.
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At E3, yeah, but that doesn't start until May 17th.
| Quote | | Also Xbox 360 will also be show on MTV about a week before on some half hour special event. |
I had heard about that, and there's speculation that Sony will somehow try to beat Microsoft to the punch by announcing PS3 first. It should be interesting.
Personally, I think its Sony's battle to lose despite Microsoft gaining some ground in the last year. (Yet are still behind by about 30 million units.)
I don't get the MTV show. 18-35 year old males are not MTV's core demo. Microsoft is making a mistake putting their big announcement on there. MTV's audience is primarily young female teens, not exactly the biggest gaming crowd.
If Microsoft is smart, they'll have their timeslot locked in and start promoting in during shows on other networks. If I were them I'd advertise during Sportscenter, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Wrestling, South Park, The Chapelle Show, the NBA playoffs, Scrubs, The Office, Survivor, and The Apprentice. Those shows have the X-Box's core demo and it'll get them to tune in.
It just seems like Microsoft's marketing people still have that "video games are for kids" mentality despite all the surveys, sales figures, and studies that have proven otherwise. Its no wonder their console performed so poorly.
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TheCatt
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Posted on: Apr. 14 2005,05:39 |
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| Quote (WSGrundy @ Apr. 13 2005,11:52) | | The Revolution will be there too. |
But it wont be televised.
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WSGrundy
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Posted on: Apr. 14 2005,10:10 |
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| Quote | | At E3, yeah, but that doesn't start until May 17th.
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No it will be shown before E3 also. Sony, MS, and Nintendo always seem to show the new systems and big games at special media events a day or two before the doors open.
| Quote | | Personally, I think its Sony's battle to lose despite Microsoft gaining some ground in the last year. (Yet are still behind by about 30 million units.) |
Sony has already won the console war for the upcoming generation. MS will be a big player now but even if sony just sits around their past success will be enough to hype them through one more generation. Plus it also looks like the PS3 will be the most powerful this time around and that always impresses the casual gamer.
| Quote | | I don't get the MTV show. 18-35 year old males are not MTV's core demo. Microsoft is making a mistake putting their big announcement on there. MTV's audience is primarily young female teens, not exactly the biggest gaming crowd. |
It does seem a bit strange but if they want the unveiling to be on TV I'm not sure what other network they can go to. ESPN or Comedy Central would have been my choice but after that not sure where else they could go with beyond MTV.
Edited by WSGrundy on Apr. 14 2005,10:11
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Leisher
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Posted on: Apr. 14 2005,10:49 |
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| Quote | | No it will be shown before E3 also. |
Interesting. I haven't seen that reported anywhere.
I love this time of year. E3 is quickly becoming a nerd holiday.
| Quote | | MS will be a big player now |
If Bill Gates is to be believed, "big player" won't cut it. I've heard MS was willing to take a loss on the X-Box (and they did), but if the X-Box 2 doesn't make money, that's it. They'll pull out of the console business.
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Paul
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Posted on: Apr. 14 2005,12:00 |
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I haven't been following the Xbox 2 or PS3 rumors, so I just looked up the difference between Xbox 2 (the only name I'd heard) and Xbox 360.
I see now that Xbox is calling the Xbox 2, "Xbox 360" because "2" will sound inferior to Playstation's "3." It's like AMD not naming their chips after their MHz anymore.
Whenever Microsoft officially announces the Xbox 360, PlayStation should name their next product after their processor speed.
Microsoft announces the Xbox 360.
Sony announces the PlayStation 4000.
Or how'bout the Playstation Pn3D!
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WSGrundy
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Posted on: Apr. 14 2005,12:05 |
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| Quote | | Interesting. I haven't seen that reported anywhere. I love this time of year. E3 is quickly becoming a nerd holiday. |
There probably won't be any big announcement. The article you linked to was kind of strange because showing it early isn't something new. Usually the day before the doors open but with 3 new consoles all coming out before next summer they are probably jockeying and pushing each other to move it up to get the first announcment of E3.
I would say Nerd Holy Day.
| Quote | | If Bill Gates is to be believed, "big player" won't cut it. I've heard MS was willing to take a loss on the X-Box (and they did), but if the X-Box 2 doesn't make money, that's it. They'll pull out of the console business. |
IMO there are enough Americans to make the next Xbox profitable even if Japan ignores it again. The won't sell more then the sony but I could see it being a 41%, 39%, 20% share of the market for Sony, MS, and then Nintendo. Plus is sounds like MS is making the Xbox cheaper this time around by removing the HD or making it a add on that you will have to purchase if you want backwards compatability and such.
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WSGrundy
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Posted on: Apr. 14 2005,12:09 |
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| Quote (Paul @ Apr. 14 2005,12:00) | I haven't been following the Xbox 2 or PS3 rumors, so I just looked up the difference between Xbox 2 (the only name I'd heard) and Xbox 360.
I see now that Xbox is calling the Xbox 2, "Xbox 360" because "2" will sound inferior to Playstation's "3." It's like AMD not naming their chips after their MHz anymore. |
Yeah for awhile it seemed to be that it was going to be Xbox Next to avoid the whole 3 is greater then 2 thing that you mentioned but when Nintendo announced that their new console was going to be called Revolution they moved to 360 to cover the whole 3 is greater then 2 problem that they saw and a jab at Nintendo since 360 degrees is a revolution.
I guess I can kind of see the not wanting to name it 2 thing since there are enough stupid people out there but I would just go with names and ditch the whole number thing to begin with. PS3 sounds so boring.
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Posted on: Apr. 14 2005,12:16 |
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They should call it the "XBox if you don't own this you're a big pussy" or something.
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Paul
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Posted on: Apr. 14 2005,12:46 |
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Xbox 1337.
A lot of grannies get this for their gandkids at Christmas, and 1337 is bigger than 3 so it's obviously better.
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Posted on: Apr. 17 2005,12:51 |
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| Quote (WSGrundy @ Apr. 14 2005,10:10) | | MS will be a big player now but even if sony just sits around their past success will be enough to hype them through one more generation. |
That's what the folks at Word Perfect, Lotus and Novell thought, too. 
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Posted on: Apr. 22 2005,22:57 |
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you people are so stuped i would like for anyone to come up with one spec that the ps2 was suposed to have that when it came out it did do you remeember what the megapixels were supost to be 66 millon what did they do 7 so if you take the bull crap that there fedding us this time you should get something that workes like a tolit set the olny thing its good for is to open it up and crap in it as for the game cube they said 8 and with the new zelda the are pushing 18 they allways give a conservitev number so when you buy it and you start playing it you say WOW this is alot better than i thought and so you like it and then theres the MS i shur hope that they make a bigger profet than last time and for yalls info they lost 500 dollers on every one that they sold am shur glad they they had a lot of good and exlusive title that came out for it o what never mind they just had 2 over rated ones hole1 and 2 and as for who won the consol race this time im sorry guys but we have to enclude profet made off the system MS lost money so that would be last sony sold over 30 million i do have to give them some credite for selling that many but then theres nintindo who solled about 10 million and they made WAY more money then sony so yea i would have to say that nintido won that because if you look at how would stay in bussniss longer it what be nintendo and they have proven it they are the longest lasting game hardware compeny ever and if you look what has come and gone in the whay of hared ware that is huge not even billgates has been able to make a profet in the market but the big N can and they dont even have to sell that many and i am really looking forward to a new way of playing a game because the last new thing to come out that has not just been a bost in graffics is ps1 and 64 and sorry guys but thats all xbox 360 and ps3 will be and all of you have to admit that we as a gaming comunity should be ready for somthing new and the only nex gen that will give it to us is nintindo and if we really support it then it may teach sony and ms that they to need to be looking at new ideas for game play not just a new graffics chip because thats all your getting and for more money
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Posted on: Apr. 23 2005,06:54 |
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I'm sure that whatever you said, I disagree with. I mean, I struggled through the first few lines and didn't have any disagreement with what you stated. But seeing that the entire looooong paragraph was going to be a gramatical nightmare where you weren't even going to try to follow the rules of punctuation, I had to quit.
Today's lesson: When you hold down the shift button, and press a key, it capitalizes that letter.
Once you get that down, I'll teach you about punctuation marks. Or perhaps you'll get to that in 6th grade.
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Posted on: Apr. 23 2005,12:36 |
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What in God's name?
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TheCatt
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Posted on: Apr. 24 2005,05:55 |
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Dunno, but Ogre got a little wordy.
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Posted on: Apr. 24 2005,10:21 |
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What the deuce?
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WSGrundy
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Posted on: Apr. 27 2005,16:26 |
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It is being reported that this is what the new Xbox will look like.
Not from MS themselves but the more trustworthy Xbox sites have info that they say leads them to believe this is it or close to what the final will look like.
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Posted on: Apr. 27 2005,16:49 |
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Heh, I just read this thread for the first time... some newb came in here and flamed in a video game discussion.
"stuped"
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WSGrundy
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Posted on: Apr. 27 2005,18:27 |
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The new Xbox controllers will also be compatible with the new/next version of Windows.
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