More Real X box 360 info {NEW INFO just added}

[Silent_Hill]

A lot of reading eh? Link to it is below (for those who think i lie) NEW info below

Celebrating the dawn of a new era in entertainment, game fanatics across the globe came together for the televised unveiling of Xbox 360, the future-generation game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

An audience of millions watched MTV: Music Television as celebrities, professional athletes, musicians and Xbox officials took the wraps off the much-anticipated system, ending months of intense speculation and satiating consumers worldwide.

The new Xbox 360 places players at the center of powerful next-generation games and entertainment experiences. The elegant design features a breakthrough wireless controller and an array of Faces, interchangeable face plates that let gamers personalize their console. The unveiling spotlighted some of the groundbreaking Xbox 360 games in development for the new system, advancements for Xbox Live—the runaway leader in online gaming services—and new digital media experiences that only Xbox 360 can deliver.

"With the first generation of Xbox, our ambition was to change the way people think about video games," said Robbie Bach, Microsoft's chief Xbox officer. "Starting today with Xbox 360, our ambition is to revolutionize the way people think about fun."

Xbox 360 will unleash the greatest game lineup in the history of video games when it launches in North America, Europe, and Japan this Christmas holiday. The games that captured the color, drama, and fun of high definition game play at the MTV unveiling included: 2KGames' NBA 2K6, Activision's Call of Duty 2, QUAKE 4 and Tony Hawk's American WastelandTM; Electronic Arts' Madden NFL 06, Need For Speed: Most Wanted and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06; Majesco Entertainment's The Darkness, Microsoft Game Studios' Perfect Dark Zero, Kameo: Elements of Power, Project Gotham Racing 3, and Gears of War; THQ'a Saint's Row, and Ubisoft's Ghost Recon 3.

Xbox 360 Xbox 360 ignites a new era of digital entertainment that is always connected, always personalized, and always in high definition. It is the only system designed with a singular platform vision that combines the most-powerful hardware with intelligent software and services.

Every Xbox 360 game is optimized for a minimum of 720p high definition output with anti-aliasing. Regardless of the TV Xbox 360 connects to, gamers will experience smooth, cinematic experiences that far exceed anything they've seen or felt in games before.

Xbox 360 also features software so smart it remembers what gamers have achieved. The Xbox Guide Button is the launch pad that connects gamers to their games, friends, and music from the wireless controller.

With more than one teraflop of system-floating point performance, a three-core PowerPC-based CPU for the most-advanced artificial intelligence and physics processing, a custom ATI graphics processor and more than 512 megabytes of memory for the ultimate in visual fidelity, the Xbox 360 hardware is a perfect blend of power, elegance, and balance. When combined with unrivaled XNA software development tools, game creators can produce truly believable, thriving worlds..

Fabled game studios such as BioWare, Bizarre Creations, Bungie Studios, Rare Ltd., as well as legendary Japanese game creators Hironobu Sakaguchi, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, and Yoshiki Okamoto are harnessing the powerful Xbox 360 platform to create exclusive games for Microsoft Game Studios. Equally commanding, game-changing publishers like 2KGames, Activision Inc., Capcom Co. Ltd., Electronic Arts Inc., Tecmo Ltd., Namco Ltd., Rockstar Games, SEGA, THQ Inc., and UbiSoft Entertainment—just to name a few—are flocking to Xbox 360.

"Xbox 360 marks the beginning of a renaissance in video games," said Don Mattrick, president of Worldwide Studios for Electronic Arts. "The unbelievable Xbox 360 games in development at Electronic Arts will accelerate the industry's mission to make video games the preeminent form of entertainment."

"With Xbox 360, a new chapter in video game history is being written," said Kathy Vrabeck, president of Activision Publishing. "The platform liberates us to achieve new levels of graphics and game play so our audiences connect emotionally with more riveting stories, more believable characters, and more open, living worlds."

Connect Xbox 360 to a broadband connection, and it's on. With a free level of Xbox Live service, players can share their Gamer Profile—comprised of user-generated information such as Achievements (rewards players have earned in games), Gamerzone (style of play), and a custom-created Gamertile (a visual icon to represent the gamer online)—with their friends in the community. And with the free level of Xbox Live, players can send and receive text and voice messages to friends, as well as engage in Xbox Live voice chat anywhere, anytime, even if one person is playing a game while the other is watching a progressive-scan enabled DVD movie. Also available is the Xbox Live Marketplace, a one-stop shop to download demos and trailers, new game levels, maps, weapons, vehicles, skins, community-created content, and more to the detachable Xbox 360 hard drive.

Xbox Live members who subscribe to the premium service can experience the thrill of multiplayer online game play. Gamer Profiles will provide a foundation for intelligent matchmaking, so players of similar skill levels and interests can quickly and easily connect and the Xbox Live Camera peripheral will let gamers add their own faces into games and see their friends while they play. Other Xbox Live features for premium members include video messaging, online tournaments and ladders, and exclusive, original programming such as playing with celebrities online and joining sponsored tournaments to win prizes. And all Xbox 360 owners who sign on to Xbox Live for the first time can kick-start their experience with a free month of the full subscription service, which will let them experience the full power of Xbox Live.

With Xbox 360, gamers are always on. At its core, Xbox 360 is an amazing game machine with a wide selection of titles. But it is also an entertainment system that lets people power new experiences. Every Xbox 360 system has built-in progressive scan DVD movie, CD music and photo playback support. The integration of Xbox Live into the system lets players receive game invites from friends while they're watching movies or listening to music. And every MP3 player, digital camera, and Windows XP PC plugs right into the Xbox 360 USB 2.0 ports to stream music and photos through any home-entertainment system.

Additionally, with built in Windows Media Center Extender functionality in every system, Xbox 360 players can access recorded TV and digital movies, music, video and photos stored on Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005-based PCs .

Xbox 360 also opens the door to incredible, new high definition entertainment. In addition to optimizing all Xbox 360 games for high definition, Xbox 360 will stream high definition TV and movies stored on Windows Media Center Edition PCs starting this holiday. As high definition entertainment becomes more pervasive, Microsoft will offer more ways to experience high definition TV and movies in any room in the house, any way people want it. Whether dropping an opical disc in a drive, streaming to Xbox 360, or through broadband distribution, Xbox 360 will let players choose how to light up their HD content.

"Xbox 360 is a revolution that promises to ignite new levels of creativity, community, and competition," Bach said. "Tonight's unveiling is a signal to the world that this is our industry's greatest moment."

The offical specs of the Xbox 360 are as follows:
Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU
Three symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each
Օ Two hardware threads per core; six hardware threads total
VMX-128 vector unit per core; three total
Օ 128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
1 MB L2 cache

CPU Game Math Performance
Օ 9 billion dot product operations per second

Custom ATI Graphics Processor
500MHz processor
Օ 10 MB of embedded DRAM
48-way parallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines
Օ Unified shader architecture

Polygon Performance
500 million triangles per second


Pixel Fill Rate
Օ 16 gigasamples per second fill rate using 4x MSAA

Shader Performance
48 billion shader operations per second

Memory
Օ 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM
700 MHz of DDR
Օ Unified memory architecture

Memory Bandwidth
22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
Օ 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
21.6 GB/s front-side bus

Overall System Floating-Point Performance
Օ 1 teraflop

Storage
Detachable and upgradeable 20GB hard drive
Օ 12x dual-layer DVD-ROM
Memory Unit support starting at 64 MB

I/O
Օ Support for up to four wireless game controllers
Three USB 2.0 ports
Օ Two memory unit slots

Optimized for Online
Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features with broadband service, including Xbox Live Marketplace for downloadable content, gamer profile for digital identity, and voice chat to talk to friends while playing games, watching movies or listening to music
Օ Built-in Ethernet port
Wi-Fi ready: 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g
Օ Video camera ready

Digital Media Support
Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD
Օ Ability to stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras and Windows XP-based PCs
Ability to rip music to the Xbox 360 hard drive Օ Custom playlists in every game
Built-in Media Center Extender for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Օ Interactive, full-screen 3-D visualizers

High-Definition Game Support
All games supported at 16:9, 720p and 1080i, anti-aliasing
Օ Standard-definition and high-definition video output supported

Audio
Multichannel surround sound output
Օ Supports 48KHz 16-bit audio
320 independent decompression channels
Օ 32-bit audio processing
Over 256 audio channels


System Orientation
Օ Stands vertically or horizontally

Customizable Face Plates
Interchangeable to personalize the console

Link:http://news.gamewinners.com/index.php/news/2888/

NEW INFO
From Microsoft, " Xbox 360 gives you flexibility around where you store your music. You can still rip CDs to the console's hard drive. But you can also store music on your PC and stream it to Xbox 360, or you can stream it from any portable media player, a Rio Carbon, or an iPod."

"We know that a lot of people have spent a lot of time organizing their music on their PC or portable player. We see the Xbox 360 as replacing your CD player in your entertainment center, but also as the best digital media amplifier available. Your PC is a great place to manage your music, but it's not always the best place to enjoy it. With Xbox 360 you've got one central place to listen to all your music on the best sound system in the house."

"You can listen to your music while you view a slideshow of digital images stored on your PC, CD, or USB Storage device. DVD playback will be automaticno need to buy a remote. We are packing Xbox 360 with around five times the media capabilities of the first Xbox. This will truly be the best digital media amplifier available."

Im not saying anymore about X-box (it seems to piss people off when i give my opinion )

LINK:http://news.gamewinners.com/index.php/news/2903/

[Magnum Force]

I didn't even read that article because I hate Xbox THAT much. I hope PS3 burns Xbox...you can delete this post, but I had to say it.

I HATE XBOX

Guys, keep the flaming to a minumum...stay away from pointless crap (i.e. XBOX SUX0RZ!) and try and give at least reason for your flame, if not...BAM!
-øtter
800th post...w00t!

[Silent_Hill]

Originally Posted by Cr@zy Snipa!

I didn't even read that article because I hate Xbox THAT much. I hope PS3 burns Xbox...you can delete this post, but I had to say it.

I HATE XBOX

I feel your pain man, i feel your pain.

[Erg]

oh boy...the world going to be singing to a different tune when the PS3 is unveiled

[The mOBSCENE]

Why didn't you just post this inside of your old thread instead of makign a completely different topic?

Anyway, I think I know what X-Box is trying to do here. They are going to come up with an upgraded system from the old X-Box quicker than Sony releases the PS3 in hope of having more people buy the X-Box 360 because they can't wait for a better system. With this, some people wont ever buy or can not afford both systems so they could only have the 360 if those people weren't patient enough to wait for the PS3. :P

[LuFeng]

i have to give props to xbox for coming out first.....but its not always about whos out first but who puts out the bulk of qaulity products.this is wht hurt xbox up until now and we will see if they capatalize on this.theres room for everyone (game consoles) with so many people interested in them now and ofcourse peoples opinions will vary. i did get a good laugh out of the one comment about game publishers flocking to it...ummm duuuuh! i mean its a new console and ofcourse they will want to make some games for it...its called MONEY folks. at 30 now i consider myself a casual gamer.ive got rid of the older games i use to own (never have time to play them or the want to) and only have socom2. i myself have no problem waiting for PS3 and it could be another year or 2 for that matter and it wouldnt bother me or sway my opinion on the OWNAGE the name Playstation exudes.they have been number one for a reason....sheer bulk and greatness of the vast game library.this is where all systems success is judged.you can have the best system "spec": wise there is...but if you dont have game publishers takeing advantage of it your screwed (hence the enter and exit of the atari jaguar, etc)


so once again were back to what is at the point of the "console war" CHOICE because it comes down to what you prefer and like.also this could actually help sony with the xbox launching first because they can watch how its accepted and see what the downfalls are.with every new system launch there are always shortages and problems associated with some so this could be great for sony to beef up even more.


i would also like to add this.in no way do i think the xbox is trash...i mean bill gates is behind it (atleast his money :P ) and that can take you a long ways.they do have some qaulity games but im still partial to playstation series.i will make a prediction though some may disagree with but i feel is nastrodamis(sp?) like :P

the top companies in years to come will be microsoft(xbox) and sony(playstation).

nintendo will do what sega has and just publish games and concentrate on handhelds as well to make up for losses of not selling as many home game consoles (this could be a blessing in disquise)

just an observation, and i could be wrong but how i see things working out.

[Wabba]

Stupid idea, imo

Though they want to get a jump on their competition, people arent buying right now. Its right before summer, people have jobs or they want to get off their azz and into the nice weather.
Sony and Nintendo, however, are waiting until xmas to release (or around that time) which is when stores are more active. This shows which companies dont have their heads lodged in their azzes.

I dont think the 360 will do well. Microsoft is focusing on alot more other than their gaming systems. Google is going to go into the software market, they gotta take care of that, Microsoft is building an effective search engine to counter google, and also, they have NO idea what their competition is doing. They are giving sony and nintendo the oppurtunity to see what microsoft has come out with, find the faults and counter.

Nice decision Gates, you mediocre motherfacker.

[discombobulate]

That playing with celebrities thing sounds kind of cool. But i'm not going to buy it simply because the controller is too goofy.

[Cincy~Keebs]

Xbox is more known, Ive been hearing so many things about Xbox 360 but I barely hear anything about Ps3 unless I choose to go look it up on the internet. I mean if Sony would be more open to what their doing and had feedback it could blow away Xbox. I have to agree though Microsoft people are smart as hell.

[Big Red 11]

I hate xbox because of its chunkyness. The control is the size of my testicles for pete's sake!