Xbox 360 Peripherals - Sneak Peak
Posted by Brian Blasius on 03 June 2005 - 05:29 · 36 comments & 11539 views
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#1 Posted by bennett™ on 03 Jun 2005 - 05:58
- They look wicked
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#2 Posted by stezo2k on 03 Jun 2005 - 06:34
- they look nice
not that keen on the camera though..
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#3 Posted by mr_skrilla on 03 Jun 2005 - 06:37
- hell yeah
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#4 Posted by versiondub on 03 Jun 2005 - 07:30
- How much bandwidth is it going to take up to do video chat and play games and voice chat at the same time? Methinks that microsoft is asking a bit much considering the average speed of today's cable modem.
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#4.1 Posted by njlouch on 03 Jun 2005 - 07:49
- I disagree. The X360 is not released "today". Also, I have the bandwidth needed, and consider myself representative of the type of person who will buy these things.
Sure, the casual gamer may not - but the X360/gadget enthusiast will most likely have a good enough connection. -
#4.2 Posted by kl33per on 03 Jun 2005 - 09:36
- Well outside of select locations in America, Europe, and Asia, high speed internet is very difficult to get. The fastest most people can get in Australia is 1.5mb. Some people can get 8mb (less then 1 million I would estimate), and even fewer can get 24mb (very few people who can get ADSL2+).
I'm stuck on an Unlimited 256kbps plan because all the 1.5mb plans suck. They have download caps. -
#4.3 Posted by ThunderRiver on 03 Jun 2005 - 13:03
- I fully agree with your statement. Even in USA, most cable services are regional with high degree of monopoly. It means that whatever service they offer you, you take it and pay preimium or else eat dial-crap.
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#4.4 Posted by o_87 on 03 Jun 2005 - 17:55
- The video chat is not likely going to be used in games that require a lot of bandwidth, like Perfect Dark 0.
Instead it will be used for the LIVE Arcade while playing Texas Hold 'Em and games like that...
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#5 Posted by -scorpio- on 03 Jun 2005 - 09:10
- are these all free with the x360 or do you have to buy them if so what about people who already own a xbox headset ?
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#6 Posted by mikash on 03 Jun 2005 - 09:47
- they look amazing
cant wait for it to come out
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#7 Posted by Face-T on 03 Jun 2005 - 10:47
- Ewww. The camera looks ugly and the remote is HUGE!
Still. that won't stop me from gettin a 360
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#8 Posted by shao on 03 Jun 2005 - 10:50
- some actual photos would be nice. design-wise, they look pretty solid though.
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#9 Posted by deNuo on 03 Jun 2005 - 11:39
- Wow those look sweet! hope to see some real pics sometime soon! nonetheless they look amazing (cept the camera)!!! i cant wait to get one
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#10 Posted by p00t on 03 Jun 2005 - 12:29
- why why why are they putting the windows logo on the remote?!!!
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#10.1 Posted by cryptic on 03 Jun 2005 - 12:44
- Probably because its compatible with WinXP media edition. And its probably running some form of Windows OS for the dashboard.
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#10.2 Posted by EWC on 03 Jun 2005 - 13:47
- The current XBOX Media Center Remote has the same green Windows logo button...
You push the green button to start up the Media Center Extender Software built into the XBOX360 which then connects to your Windows XP Media Center PC to access recorded TV, Live TV, Pictures, Video, Music, Etc...
View: Current XBOX MCX Remote Picture
I think the new remote looks much nicer then the current version.
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#11 Posted by ShellShock on 03 Jun 2005 - 13:12
- It's... beautiful *tears up*
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#12 Posted by noping on 03 Jun 2005 - 13:42
- Still think, memory card is crappy idea for a next gen console.
wtf... it will have HD (right?) why did it put memory slots on it? People should have been able to use USB/SD/CF flash cards instead. -
#12.1 Posted by threedaysdwn on 03 Jun 2005 - 14:43
- The probably are SD cards. In fact, I think even the current MUs are, but not sure.
The thing is, they change the packaging so that only specially designed and supported cards work. It's a tried-and-true revenue stream. There's also a quality control aspect, and concerns about what happens if someone buys a really slow SD card and complains tha the X360 takes too long to save games - or even stutters during autosaves.
On the other hand, I do agree with you. Having a traditional SD slot would be preferrable (even if they only officially supported "approved" cards). -
#12.2 Posted by FightingChance on 03 Jun 2005 - 17:43
- I also agree about the SD slot. The Nintendo Revolution and PS3 are both supposed to have a pure SD slot on the unit somewhere, if I remember correctly.
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#12.3 Posted by ghos on 03 Jun 2005 - 19:22
- I agree its a mistake to not make them SD cards or at least an adaptor that SD cards fit into. To be sure it is a revenue stream, but why not make it easier. It could potentially be possible to view content from an SD card then directly via the Xbox.
Not that I'm terribly interested in the Xbox or the PS3 for that matter. Impressive graphics isn't going to get me to buy a system. I want games I can play and enjoy. Their focus is on the numbers, statistics and how it looks. -
#12.4 Posted by Jstphish on 03 Jun 2005 - 20:26
- From what I understand about SD cards they have very fast read and write rates ... even the cheapest cards.
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#12.5 Posted by eminem213486 on 04 Jun 2005 - 00:29
- uhm you guys, you do know that you will probably be able to hook up your cardreader to the 360 right? the thing supports mass storage media, (digital cameras, the psp, etc.) so it will read your special sd cards no problem, why is this such a big issue? id hate to have all those slots on the 360, i wish it iddnt even have the memory slots and just used a usb flash drive for all the savegames, it would be easier on us and them but i can see why they opted for memory cards, its a nice revenue stream. but they mightallow us to save to usb flash cards, its all storage media afterall (but then again there is that uncompatability problem, usb1.1 and usb 2.0 drives. one will be slower to write to blah blah)
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#12.6 Posted by Devlin on 06 Jun 2005 - 14:56
- THe reason you would want a memory card would be so you could take your Madden Team and Stats, Created Wrestlers, MVP Baseball Team ect, over to your friends house, so you could play aganst each other, not everyone has XBOX Live and even if the do the may still want to play offline against each other.
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#13 Posted by terryb on 03 Jun 2005 - 13:48
- it all looks so cheap
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#14 Posted by Jstphish on 03 Jun 2005 - 20:19
- I've never understood why remotes always have seperate play and pause buttons. They should be combined.
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#15 Posted by carpediem on 04 Jun 2005 - 08:35
- The controller is beautiful!

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#16 Posted by TGD on 04 Jun 2005 - 13:52
- The controller is the XBox controller in white. It's really not all that "beautiful".
It intrigues me that "The Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote was engineered to serve as your integrated control center for the entire Xbox 360 experience. ". There I was thinking that a controller may be a good thing to get the full experience from a games console -
#16.1 Posted by Pc_Madness on 05 Jun 2005 - 08:22
- Mmm, thats what I was thinking.
lol, Player a First Person Shooter on a remote
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#17 Posted by atomicski on 04 Jun 2005 - 18:33
- this stuff looks cool, i thougt it had wifi built in, but there were pics floating around of a wifi adapter
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#18 Posted by HummerT30 on 05 Jun 2005 - 19:41
- looks nice
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#19 Posted by Devlin on 06 Jun 2005 - 14:51
- controler looks awsome, remote was as expexted, headset - nothing new or special
now what is the problem with the camera?? I mean it looks cool to me
as far as the memory card, where has anyone heard that it would be able to be put on your keychain?? and then again why would I, it''s just as big as the last one,
and for the one person who said why would I need one - how else are you going take your madden stats and team, or your created wresteler or your MVP Baseball team over to your firends house.
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