First Real Xbox 2 Picts are out! Aka 360

[jeepnut24]

Heres the link

 

Remember, wireless controllers so no controller ports.

 

Looks fairly nice Id say. Other than the huge power button.

 

XBOX 2

 

Larger Picture

 

Colony pict from today

Edited April 23, 2005 by jeepnut24

[CPUWIZ]

That is rendered.

[Clint Thompson]

Umm.. how ingenious! or something....

 

 

Green... then I thought about it Green = $ = M$.

I don't like green very much however...

[spacecadet]

Heres the link

 

Remember, wireless controllers so no controller ports.

 

Looks fairly nice Id say. Other than the huge power button.

 

XBOX 2

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Doesn't fit in at all with the image posted at ourcolony.net (which is pseudo-confirmed real, and we do know that that site is MS-affiliated). And that image was an actual photograph.

 

I'd say this rendering is just another bad artist's conception. TXB is pretty well-known for just posting up pretty much everything they lay their hands on and calling it news, calling it confirmed, etc... some of the time they're right but that's bound to happen sometimes when you just put everything on your site. I can pretty much guarantee this is not one of those times, though.

[jeepnut24]

That is rendered. 

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If this is fully rendered that they are real good. Either way, its the real thing.

 

Larger Picture

[jeepnut24]

Heres the link

 

Remember, wireless controllers so no controller ports.

 

Looks fairly nice Id say. Other than the huge power button.

 

XBOX 2

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Doesn't fit in at all with the image posted at ourcolony.net (which is pseudo-confirmed real, and we do know that that site is MS-affiliated). And that image was an actual photograph.

 

I'd say this rendering is just another bad artist's conception. TXB is pretty well-known for just posting up pretty much everything they lay their hands on and calling it news, calling it confirmed, etc... some of the time they're right but that's bound to happen sometimes when you just put everything on your site. I can pretty much guarantee this is not one of those times, though.

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The link I just posted is XBOX-Scene and they got it elsewhere. Not to mention if you read up on it, they figured out the pictures form the colony.

 

Oh, one other thing, if you compare it to the picture that was revealed today from the colony, its the same color, and the picture shows the console standing on end. THe earlier pictures simply show a controller, not the console.

Edited April 23, 2005 by jeepnut24

[sega saturn x]

Man that is one butt ugly design they have there. Note to microsoft if your going to make a video game system dont make it look like a computer.

[JB]

Man that is one butt ugly design they have there.  Note to microsoft if your going to make a video game system dont make it look like a computer.

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Especially not an iMac.

[Shaggy the Atarian]

It looks a lot like the indreama console design. Interesting...

[spacecadet]

Yeah, now I'm convinced the design is real, even if that one image is a render

 

It's a really goofy design if you ask me. Indrema was the first thing I thought too, though even a little goofier (it's even more stretched out in various directions). I guess they did warn us it would be "concave" (not sure why they think that's a selling point).

 

I remember seeing another quote from MS that said something like "once people see the big round nexus, they'll get it". I'm guessing they mean the, uh, power button. Which just looks unnecessarily large. Maybe it's got built-in LED's or something that spin around when it's on - otherwise I don't see why that power button is so big or what's special about it.

[msaeger]

I think the console looks neat much more original than the current xbox. Now they need to show some games.

[Albert]

Here's a link to an ad that appeared on MTV earlier today:

 

http://www.darkhak.com/videos/XBOX_Final_30_with_audio.mov

 

If you look at the Xbox logo at the end of the ad, it exactly matches the text on the media tray (minus the "360"). I don't know if this new Xbox logo has been revealed before this ad. I'm guessing that this is the real deal as well, but we may not know for sure until May 12th.

 

If this is the design, I'm wondering where all the controller ports are, or if the controllers are daisy chained or the ports are on the side opposite where the hard drive plugs in. Or the controllers are all wireless. Did I read something about the controllers being wireless somewhere?

 

..Al

[Jess Ragan]

It looks like the love child of an XBox, an iPod, and some Ikea furniture.

 

"Enjoy your Swedish crap!"

 

JR

[MegaManFan]

The correct quote is "Enjoy your affordable svedish crap!"

[Clock]

I hope that is the design of the new xbox. I don't like my consoles looking like kiddies toys anymore.

[PuddWakkr]

Where is the handle?

[onkyo_emu]

I'm going to go with fake, but close to concept. This however is definately a render. Just look at the text/engraved logo on the drive tray. It looks super fake. Don't get me wrong, it's a billion times better than anything I could even pretend to do, but it's not a real pic.

 

I think most of the ideas in this (and other) pictures are dead on, but the actual end product will differ. The pic that shows the HDD sliding into a notch on the side/top (position dependent) seems really cool to me.

[BydoEmpire]

I don't mind the iPod/iMac-style design. Except this has no design. It looks pretty hacked together, like someone with no artistic or design skills was told "make it look like an iMac." Still, I don't think it's too bad. It's tough to judge wihtout seeing the actual unit, and it's definitely sleeker and cooler than the Xbox. Anyways, I really couldn't care less what it looks like. Let me see the games.

[sega saturn x]

On the bad ass scale the original x box wins by a knock out. I think my large green x box is one of the coolest looking systems i own. Maybe because its not made out of anything shiny so it dosent collect marks or smudges.

[Foxy Cleopatra]

Where is the handle?

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That will be on the purple and pink Hello Kitty version.....

[Lost Monkey]

Where is the handle?

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That will be on the purple and pink Hello Kitty version.....

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Great! Maybe I'll buy one of these.. nothing like having the inside scoop!

[jeepnut24]

There is another picture up showing the removable hard drive... Use the link again and see. Clearly not a render either....

 

 

Clearly the real thing...

 

 

XBOX 2

Edited April 23, 2005 by jeepnut24

[jeepnut24]

If this is the design, I'm wondering where all the controller ports are, or if the controllers are daisy chained or the ports are on the side opposite where the hard drive plugs in.  Or the controllers are all wireless.  Did I read something about the controllers being wireless somewhere? 

 

..Al

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Its all but confirmed that the controllers will be wireless.

[sega saturn x]

Well i hope they come with some kind of way to know which is which without looking at the channel.

[Atarifever]

I will need to see the full thing before I make any real judgements about its appearance, but I don't think it looks as cool as the current xbox. Still, the original 2600 looks like a station wagon, so you can't judge a console by its pannelwood, right.