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Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: Samwise on September 15, 2005, 12:03:53 AM
Yup, here\'s the official info:

Microsoft announced today that Xbox 360 will arrive on store shelves Tuesday, November 22 in North America, Friday, December 2 in Europe, and Saturday, December 10 in Japan.

Seems like MS is finally getting their stuff together. Sweet hardware, good price and finally a good time to launch. Kudos to MS (never thought I would say that).
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: Soul Reaver on September 15, 2005, 12:39:00 AM
yea pre-paid mine
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: THX on September 15, 2005, 12:41:20 AM
You getting one Sammy?  I didn\'t pre-order and I don\'t plan on getting one on launch.  The only launch game that interests me is PD Zero, but I\'ll wait to see how the reviews pan out.
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: Samwise on September 15, 2005, 12:44:02 AM
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Originally posted by THX
You getting one Sammy?  I didn\'t pre-order and I don\'t plan on getting one on launch.  The only launch game that interests me is PD Zero, but I\'ll wait to see how the reviews pan out.
Nah, not right away anyway. I\'m not much of a gamer... :sconf:

I might get one when they\'re like $150. :D
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: THX on September 15, 2005, 12:47:11 AM
hehe we gettin too old fo dis $#!+
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: Avatarr on September 15, 2005, 01:26:26 AM
this is so fucking gay, my sources say australia won\'t get it till march 2006. how fucking gay is that.
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: Knotter8 on September 15, 2005, 03:01:51 AM
Too old ? Hah ! I\'m 27 and gamer for life.

Chrome Hounds on the 360 looks great, so if that\'ll be an exclusive i might have to...
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: Eiksirf on September 15, 2005, 03:14:02 AM
Gives me a couple extra weeks... I started buying up furniture for a new entertainment center and I\'ll spring for the massive tv in a couple weeks. I\'ll probably check in here to see what you guys think of the tvs I\'m picking from.

-Dan
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: Living-In-Clip on September 15, 2005, 03:43:20 AM
Is it just me or are the launch dates being announced to late in the game? I mean, I remember back in the good ole\' days knowing the launch date way ahead of time. For example, I knew that 9/9/99 was the DC launch, MONTHS and MONTHS before the date. Same with PS2. Announcing a launch date just two months prior seems...odd.

As for buying one..Nah, this will be the first generation I skip out on. One reason is I am simply not excited by any of these consoles. Another reason is I have two kids on the way. Fact is, I guess I have lost interest in gaming. Since my fiance and I moved into our apartment, only one system has been hooked up, that is the Gamecube and only for she could play Super Monkey Ball.
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: Avatarr on September 15, 2005, 06:05:46 AM
TRAITOR!!!!!
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: mm on September 15, 2005, 07:17:14 AM
rushing it out the gate
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: Eiksirf on September 15, 2005, 07:44:17 AM
The Bill gate....s...

Eh.

-Dan
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: THX on September 15, 2005, 09:25:44 AM
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Originally posted by Eiksirf
The Bill gate....s...

Eh.

-Dan

heheheheh you homo (https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforum.maxima.org%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fsmashfreak.gif&hash=cb2b15cb77080d42b0ec67dfcf07c9e9710fd60b)
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: mm on September 15, 2005, 09:37:28 AM
i love how japan gets one SKU and they pick the anniversary of JFK\'s death to launch on

:rofl:

1. collect underpants
2. sell HD-DVD later
3. ???
4. profit
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: Riku on September 15, 2005, 02:26:43 PM
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Originally posted by mm
i love how japan gets one SKU and they pick the anniversary of JFK\'s death to launch on

:rofl:

1. collect underpants
2. sell HD-DVD later
3. ???
4. profit


How does the HD-DVD play a part?
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: Paul2 on September 15, 2005, 02:48:17 PM
it\'s believe that microsoft might implement HD-DVD drive to their XBOX360 in the future in later versions...

I wonder how that will play out if they did include it for later version because what about early adopter of XBOX360 version without HD-DVD?
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: mm on September 15, 2005, 02:59:38 PM
Riku, i find it shocking how little attention you pay to the industry aside from what occured 15 minutes ago
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: Living-In-Clip on September 16, 2005, 02:45:58 AM
Worst move possible. Not enough time to build proper hype. Not enough time to get a couple great launch games ready and just not enough time to incorporate some of the big things like HD-DVD. Oh and the fact that launching a year ahead of Sony will backfire, like it did for Sega.
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: Unicron! on September 16, 2005, 05:40:24 AM
After watching that CGI looking quality video of MGS4, PS3 seems like its a generation ahead of XBOX360\'s current technical offerings :eek:
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: Paul2 on September 16, 2005, 08:37:31 AM
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Originally posted by Unicron!
After watching that CGI looking quality video of MGS4, PS3 seems like its a generation ahead of XBOX360\'s current technical offerings :eek:

Like some people have said, too early to comment on that one.
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: Unicron! on September 16, 2005, 08:54:18 AM
current
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: Paul2 on September 16, 2005, 09:12:39 AM
Fine.  I see what you mean.  You are saying what you are seeing recently between games graphic between ps3 and xbox360 that PS3 looks "a gen" ahead of XBOX360.

You didn\'t mean to say that the XBOX360 graphic isn\'t that great.  Its just what you see "recently" isn\'t that impressive.  Doesn\'t mean XBOX360 can\'t have graphic that will shows it potential.  Its what you see "currently" on some xbox360 games.

There my English is somewhat worst than your.  But I hope I did a good job of explaining what you are trying to say.
Title: Xbox360 launch date announced
Post by: Unicron! on September 16, 2005, 09:25:20 AM
Yeah I am refering to what has currently been shown.I am not saying that PS3 is indeed a generation ahead of it and that XBOX360 will never ever achieve that quality.
 Actually I am still waiting to see what XBOX360 will do after developers get used to the hardware and what it will offer later.My opinion isnt finalized yet.
 I ll be watching how things will proove when both are released untill its finalised.

For now I dont know what to believe yet.