RKMBs Forums .::Robegories::. Games and Tech sholy hit!!! the x-box is frickin huge!!

I remember seeing an earlier prototype for it. It was featured in Time Magazine. It was basically an "X" in a bulky 3d pattern. Hence the name, X-box. Now it looks more friendly, but still very large. Obviously they are trying to learn from Nintendo and PSX2 on the concept of multiple ports.

There were all kinds of problems with Microsoft's original designing phase. I am not sure it won't have some level of success, but similar to PSX2, they don't really offer any in-house developers, which was something that Nintendo had for ages, and also offered as a sign of strength, in terms of the Rare division and Mario, Zelda, and the various spin-offs.

but... you dont buy a system for the system. you buy a system for the games.

and, bottom line, nintendo will have the best games, both from their exclusive first and second party designers, as well as their (now) ability to have designers do cross platform games, bringing every game from the ps2 onto the gamecube.

but, based on systems alone, xbox is probably the most powerful. it also has a price tag of 100 bucks higher. and, lets not forget, with mircosoft backing it, it will, by far, have the most advertising / hype behind it -- more powerful than every existing system, combined.

so, traditional japanese designers (70% of the market) are either completely upset, or just not-too enthralled with the system, before they even check it out.

but, yeah, the system is definitely much more difficult to design for than the gamecube, a system quoted as "a designer's dream."

and, tho i'd never buy one, i still say that the xbox looks pretty cool, and i think it'll be one amazing system. but fortunately, i already have a computer.

I know there were some other doomed systems out there... Atari Jaguar, or was it the Panther? Some company made something I saw at Electronics boutique, but I can't remember what it was called... I think it had a bunch of triangles on the pad as part of the symbol. Didn't really launch too well.

I remember the Neo-Geo. Then came the Neo-Geo CD, which was less pricey.

Atari Jaguar, Jaguar CD, Real 3DO, and Phillips CDI were the short-lived game systems.

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lil Napoleon said:
Je do not like anything bigger than moi! Zat es correct! [image]images/icons/mad.gif" border="0[/image]

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Rob Kamphausen said:
and, bottom line, nintendo will have the best games, both from their exclusive first and second party designers, as well as their (now) ability to have designers do cross platform games, bringing every game from the ps2 onto the gamecube.

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