http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/I think they should have stuck with the black, but at least this isn't so huge that you could work out with it, though that was a plus...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/
The cheesy font on the tray looks horrible

one thing to note though is if this did turn out to be it notice the lack of controller plug-ins...wireless baby]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/
Its ok. And I guess I will by it. If there is no major nerf for Mac users.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/
Memory cards. :/]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/ It takes a good deal of skill to blend in curves with straight lines. I'm not sure I would say this thing really hits the mark. Doesn't really matter though, I think in theory you're gonna spend more time looking at your screen and video games of choice than you are at the console itself.

I will say I still prefer a top loading design to a tray (it makes inserting boot discs easier :) )

Why all the hype over wireless controllers ? I got nothin' agaisnt them (even though I wouldn't choose to have them), but I find something vaugely disturbing about NOT having the option to use wired ones, which I prefer. Is the XBox2 slated to have USB ? Cause if it is that pretty well nullifies that fear. Maybe I'm just too old school in my thinking...I don't even like cordless phones...

This design ain't too bad...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/
it seems that the design that was speculated about as related to the xbox website is much more likely. I doubt that microsoft would release something this simplistic. There are a ton of really poor choices in this product design. Like why would you put the name of the product on the cd drive? and why would all of the lables be printed horizontally if it was meant to be stored vertically?

I really hope to god that this is not the final planned design.

anybody have more pics? or is this the only one?

also, I wish I could get a mirror of that something aweful forum. that would be sweet.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/
I have a feeling the PS3 design will be more next gen.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Man, for such a long dev. time and hype, THIS is the best they can come up with? I surely hope this is one of SA's photochops, cuz it looks lame. Forget the Apple bite-off, it doesn't even have a polished final feel to it... blech...

I'm sure it'll be up there in the forefront of technology and such advertising jumbo, kinda like if police commissioned a futuristic robot and were given one with the brains of ED209 and the look of Bender...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/
Wow, you must not play too often. The manual says the battery life is 90-100 hours for that controller.

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Quit being such haters and dissing MS because it's the "cool" thing to do. IMO it look great. And for whoever asked, the big glowey orb is the power button. As for wheels etc, I'd say there's probably one port on the back or something.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/
Looks like something Apple would design.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/
No, that's an IR port.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/
Not only is this disgusting, it's disturbing.

Next thing they will say is Apple created the human being, and "God" stole that from Steve Jobs. Grow up.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/
Personally, I'm gonna reserved judgement on the design. Whilst it is plausable that could be it, if you look at the picture (and the alternate link), then the writing is one way, but the power logo isn't the same way up as the text!

Is that a fault on design, or the photoshoppper?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/
http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/8101/Xbox-360-Revealed/

Go photoshop.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/
So now when anyone makes something that looks cool, they copied Apple? What in the world does Apple make that looks ANYTHING like that? And don't even say the G5. I'm already laughing at you, but that would put me over the edge.

Does anyone know how big this thing is?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/
Now THIS I would have in my house, unlike that huge piece of tacky black plastic.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/
1. That power button is fcuking HUGE, i mean, WTF.. !?

2. I did some rough mental measurements, and comparing the size of the tray to a cd, the console is kinda small, Nifty!

3. On one end of the console there seems to be a kind of, flat base, where it seems the console would stand on. and if we were to put that base on the bottom, and make it stand up, the power button would be upside down!

I dont think this is real, as I dont think much thought has been put into it.

Its god-darn beautiful though...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/
That's gotta be BS, that looks nothing like the picture we have seen today from ourcolony.net...

ttp://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/8101/Xbox-360-Revealed/

Plus I think MS will have more sense when it comes down to the styling of the 360 than this... hopefully!!!

I reckon a good fake.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/the little hatch/panel thingie at the top (if it were standing upright) might open up to be ports to usb thingies, an add-on hard drive, steering wheel/lightgun/eyetoy addons etc, or maybe even AV in! Dunno why i thought of that, might just be that some tvs on the front they have a little openable panel/hatch that open to reveal AV in ports.

Call me stupid.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/
(anyone with a correctly calibrated monitor want to really measure the thing, or has this been debunked in the time ive written this?)]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/
The oval on the right side, BTW, is where the $100 HD add-on goes, which gives it backwards compatibility and WebTV. Notice how small it is...like, say, the size of an iPod.

And, yes, the controllers are wireless.
]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/
remember here guys, dont judge what it looks, look on what it can do!!!(graphics, memory, and other features)

i like xenon os (browser) looks on the xbox360 and looking forward what ps3 features...

(note: i own ps2 n xbox consoles and dont want to begin any argument whether the new console- xbox360 or ps3 is good, this just all my opinion)

i respect ur opinion, u should respect mines ;)]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/22/xbox-360-this-is-it/I read that MS is planning the next upgrade to have a lot of new capacities as a PC substitute. The developers are using Apple G5 Powermacs with a MS OS for their products. I'll bet there will be someone who could make their games work on Apple's multi-core G5s coming out this year.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AM