Typical Mircrosoft BS

[BIGDOGquake3]

I got an Xbox for x-mass and was playing it alot. I just got Splinter Cell a cupple of weeks ago, and I love it, but its very hard, but any way. I can play this game hours on end and when I do that the box freezes up, Ahhhhhh. I can only save my game on check points. So if im allmost at the end of a very hard check point, well, I have to do it all over!

PS: Don't you guys think that Apple should come out with a system?

[Sogni]

Congrats (?) on your new Windows PC in a small black box!

Sorry - I can't help myself! hehe

[Decado]

Pippin, or what was it called? you old folk know what i mean

[symphonix]

I remember when Windows CE came out and I observed "Only Microsoft could come out with an organiser that crashes regularly". Even after 3 revisions, they still crash doing basic tasks on a standard install.

So, when they announced the PC-based X-Box, I decided I'd rather gnaw my arm off than hand over money for such a machine.

I was also disgusted about what MS did with Halo. The Mac OS X version was in beta testing and was demonstrated at MacWorld, there were even a few demos for the Mac platform, and then M$ bought out the company and ceased development on every platform but X-Box. That sort of behaviour is what makes them so widely hated as a corporation.

I wouldn't mind seeing Apple team up with Nintendo or Sony on a project. Even if they just came out with a more consistent game hardware API for developers, with support for force-feedback and all the modern wheels, sticks and pads, and then coupled that with a nice, Apple-branded controller, then it would show that they really take their games seriously.

In the meantime, I'd be happy with a PS2 or a Nintendo. I've always rather liked Nintendo. :-)

[chemistry_geek]

Well keep this in mind, M$ loses something like $200 for every XBox sold. It has to pay royalties and licensing fees to the DVD world AND make a "special" PC for $200 or whatever price they sell it for. And I think it uses an NVidia or ATi graphics card which isn't going to be cheap, so buy as many XBoxen as you can just bancrupt M$. The intel processor alone is worth the price of the unit, plus there's RAM inside, oooooooo.

[BIGDOGquake3]

Yep it is a very impresive box, but there is still room for improvment! LOTS

[Pengu]

Guys. As much as i hate Microsoft, the XBOX is by far, the best game console out their today, when you take into account, all the features. Sure, i've seen one crash whenever trying to play Hitman 2, but nothing is crash proof. And sure, it uses a stripped down Win2k kernel. But. What other game console can you save games, and import music to a hard drive with? What other console uses a STANDARD (for once, a first for MS) port for network play, meaning the same cables/switch/hub etc used to play xbox games can also be utilised to play games and share files between computers. What other console has built-in (buy a different audio/video cable) support for HDTV & Dolby 5.1 sound? Sure. I'd prefer if Sony came out with something like this. But. They didn't. By the time PlayStation 3 comes out, Sony might have learnt from this mistake, and make an absolute killer console, that puts anything Microsoft have on offer to shame. But. As I've said before. Once i get money coming in, when it comes time to buy a console, unless there are new alternatives, it's gonna be an xbox for this little black duck.

Pengu

[chevy]

The uniXbox ?