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Well incase you all didnt know, the xbox 360 is set to start at 300$, with an advanced pack, among other things a 20gig HDD, for 400$.

These prices arent bad as far as im concerned. I didnt think the price would be under 400$. Im still not sure they advanced pack is such a great bargain, however.
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well thats why i think the xbox wil pawn the ps3.Cause its way cheaper.
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Still the PS3 is gonna be so much better, Id gladly pay more for it.
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jks wrote:Still the PS3 is gonna be so much better, Id gladly pay more for it.
I'm buying both. A xbox360 this year and a PS3 next year.
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when does it come out..... i HATE NEW GAME SYSTEMS cause whenever i have enough money to buy it, the next one is about to come out... i just got an xbox and halo 2 about 2 months ago....
and may i add that thier probably laughing at the ppl who buy it right away cause of its REDICULOUS AMMOUNT i bet the atari was about 10 bucks when it came out, yes i do realize that the xbox and ps3 have better graphics and crap lol, im just saying that were like thier worms so they can catch some big fish.... (for those w/ out imagination the thing i said about "were like thier worms so they can catch some big fish" means that we are just being used so they can get a lot of money) lol, but hell, u do whatever u want w/ ur money, i just wanted to say what i feel about high prices on these things...
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Post by gundamzuki »

I'm still waiting to find out if it's reverse compatable. Because if it's not, the chances of me EVER buying one (even for Halo 3) go down the tubes.
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Post by Simmons »

the xbox 360 is also supposedly said to be a computer so you can play computer games..but that is optional you dont have to get it...its also supposed to have an upgradable hardrive (120 gb). the computer version is about $500 - $600.
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WTF?! are you serious?! thats awsome, i tried that on my playstation 2 lmfao, i put a disc drive thing in the back slot thing and i put a game in there, but it didnt work
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Simmons wrote:the xbox 360 is also supposedly said to be a computer so you can play computer games..but that is optional you dont have to get it...its also supposed to have an upgradable hardrive (120 gb). the computer version is about $500 - $600.
I smell bullshit. I really doubt that will happen.
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xbox is basically a computer... so i wouldnt see y it would play comp games but then there would b a big differance in controlling the game
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well, the xbox and the xbox360 are esentially computers, the xbox a little more so. And you could put linux and such operating systems on the xbox, but modding was required. The xbox360 will be powerful enough to run both windows xp and vista.Im almost positive, however, M$ will not aid or abet in running these systems, in their entirerty on the 360. The moddibiltiy of the xbox360 is yet to be seen.
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Yes, linux can be ported because it's open source and can be recompiled with the xbox SDK. But Windows isn't, the only way that would happen is if Microsoft did it themselves. Which I doubt.
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Not really, not if the xbox arcitecture remains similar, x86.WindowsCE could be put on xbox.XP couldnt because of insuffisent RAM. The xbox's hardware design was so close to a pc's many programs can be run, with proper software systems setup..Very little is knowabout the internal arcitecture of the 360, though.
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Post by The_Hushed_Casket »

Isn't the 360 based on PowerPC architecture? Because I know the dev kits are based on G5's

And the Xbox meets the XP system requirements, 64 mbs of RAM, and a 233 mhz processor are the minimum.
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well only the dev kids but now they made there own.And after the dual core ones the g5 are nothing anymore
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its not that bad i would get it if it was 500
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They said that it would have backwards compatibility for the top selling games or something like that. And there's no way in hell that the 360 would play PC games unmodded. And even modded it'd be a hell of a task to make it work with the the hardware and peripherals.

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jks wrote:Still the PS3 is gonna be so much better, Id gladly pay more for it.
C'mon, jks. Stop with the rediculous. That's as Naive as saying "I know for a FACT that Windows 8.26.5300 will be WAY better than OS13."
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The 360 is backwards compatable, but you need the Harddrive for it.
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Post by FonzieD »

Ha.

I'll just stick with my cheaper Revolution and PC upgrading.

Fonzie wins.
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