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Rumor Mill: X06 Details Leaked? >
2006/09/26 18:28:09: Posted by Josh
Okay, it's the day before a big gaming convention, which means it's time for high caliber rumors to come up out of nowhere. According to the linked post from NeoSeeker, X06 could be a very good show for Microsoft and make their showing at TGS look like a polite gesture. Purported announcements (please note, these are completely un-sourced):

-HD-DVD drive priced dated at $199 w/bundled remote dropping Nov. 24.

-Black 360.

-New system bundles (potentially the removal of a 360 w/out HDD)

-New Halo 3 trailer and details.

And a lot more, be sure to read the post and get your hopes up.

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Written by Sino (23) on 2006/09/26

The real secret, new Rare game will be revealed.
Written by Sharky5 on 2006/09/26

Sino my bro,how do YOU know this?
Written by blah on 2006/09/26

I cant wait for the new Halo3 trailer 8)
Written by Sky (325) on 2006/09/26

i cant wait for them to announce halo 3 in 1080p.... watch
Written by Yakuza on 2006/09/26

all bs cept maybe bundles and hd-dvd price but halo in 1080p lies and all those demos plz all bs there will be like 2-3 demos but if it is true ill probably skip school and not got to work.

I HOPE ITS TRU!!!
Written by Smarty Pants (245) on 2006/09/26

Halo in 1080p would be an incredible technological feat; esp. if there is no loss in visual effects (compared to 720p) and have it running at 60 fps.

Halo3 trailer would be expected.

So much for the $99 HD-DVD drive rumours. MS needs to make profits where it can so that it can continue to subsidize the 360 until it becomes profitable on its own.

There will probably be a Core + HD-DVD 'media' combo going for less than 500 USD ..to have the appearance of undercutting the PS3 (no HDD).
Written by hoe (173) on 2006/09/26

After TGS, this doesnt wow me at all...
Written by Sky (325) on 2006/09/26

halo @ 60fps vs 30 wont even be noticeable.. its not even a fast past game
Written by bob (262) on 2006/09/26

I'm calling BS on this simply because it's info coming from a guest on some random forum. The guy has no cred whatsoever, some of these news are just plain stupid (black Xbox 360, 50 player Halo, etc), and frankly there's no way in hell MS is going to release so many demos so suddenly.
Written by blah on 2006/09/26

Halo at 60fps would be awesome. A big problem with Halo and Halo 2 was the frame rate, it was sluggish when those you have the action packed fire fights during the single player campaign. If Bungie could just make the frame rate perfect this time around, the game would be much more enjoyable in the single-player campaign.
Written by mike_mgoblue on 2006/09/26

RE: Sky,

You are 100% correct. Halo is not one of those fast paced games. Halo is a strategic form of combat first-person-shooter! You need to think in order to do well at Halo! This is something that Halo and Gears of War have in common.

I think that there is an excellent chance that Halo 3 will run at 30 frames-per-second rather than 60 frames-per-second. It would be VERY difficult to keep a frame-rate of 60 frames-per-second with that many people online at the same time. Plus, there is simply no need to have Halo 3 run at 60 frames-per-second. It would make more sense to have the game running at 30 frames-per-second; that way, twice as many polygons per frame could be displayed, and the frame-rate would be smooth and steady at all times.

Also, I have to say, I am not wild about the idea of 1080p resolution for Halo 3. I think it makes more sense to devote hardware resources to having the game run at 720p/1080i, especially if the game is going to run at 30 frames-per-second! Devoting hardware resources to polygons that can be easily seen, rather than pixels that are virtually unnoticed is not a good thing, especially when you consider that so few people have a 1080p HDTV.

I want Halo 3 at 720p/1080i at 30 frames per second, just like Gears of War. I believe that would be the best use of hardware resources. The new Xbox 360 fall update would give developers the ability to create the Xbox 360 in 720p/1080i in a customized way that would be aware of the fact that the game may be upconverted to 1080p on certain televisions. THAT would truly be the best use of all of the Xbox 360 hardware resources.
Written by optaviusx on 2006/09/26

If bungie makes Halo 3 1080p it would be the stupidest thing they ever do. Target the game for 720p make it look as impressive as possible THEN try to make it somehow playable at 1080p... No more no less if the performance sucks at 1080p who gives a damn give us the best damn game possible at 720p (they wouldn't do something that stupid as making halo 3 1080p)

Also if the game isn't 1920x1080 60fps then its the SAME thing as 1080i. If the game runs at 30fps at 1080p then 1080i and 1080p will look exactly the same to make a difference the game has to run at 60fps, but as I said I expect a graphical powerhouse at 720p :)

The black xbox 360 is no surprise (yes its true, but I don't know if they are announcing it at X06) This black version is suppose to come with an HDMI port.

They were actually considering putting the HD-DVD drive internally in the black version, but I doubt it.

Oops correction I asked somebody the black 360 will have a built in hd-dvd drive when they announce it.
Written by Sky (325) on 2006/09/26

SMH @ ms for tryna be exactly like sony ... "black" "Hd- Drive" "hdmi"..that tells me MS isent confident in there current hardware.. or else that SKU would be out of the question
Written by optaviusx on 2006/09/27

Sky it was planned from the beginning. Also the original xbox was black.. its no surprise to see them embrace the color again. Remember Microsoft has said from the jump that the 360 is future-proof aka the 1080p surprise and currently sony has no idea what to even think. They've made a price drop on the ps3 in japan before it was even released and added hdmi to the lower end model so they can say "we don't cheat to achieve 1080p" Only someone who doesn't know about pc gaming (which is quite few compared to most console gamers) would fall for that so sony's strategy may indeed workout for them.

HDMI was planned from the get go, hd-dvd was planned from the get go, but Microsoft had a choice release as late as the ps3 is releasing due to diode issues and other things or get a year headstart on the competition. I'd go with the headstart everytime.

Written by RyoHazuki (2) on 2006/09/27

"SMH @ ms for tryna be exactly like sony ... "black" "Hd- Drive" "hdmi"..that tells me MS isent confident in there current hardware.. or else that SKU would be out of the question"

That was the dumbest and lamest shit i've ever heard in my life. Trying to be like sony? You make me laugh. Just cause its black and they're trying to put in HDMI? lol you moron. What an excuse to say they're copying sony. Say they're adding motion sensor to the remote than maybe you got something but because of a black hd drve and hdmi?
Written by optaviusx on 2006/09/27

You do realize the 360 may not have gotten gta4 or re5 had it not launched early? Microsoft now has the dominant market position guaranteed to them until 2008 and 2007 has an incredible group of games releasing for the 360 its almost unreal.

The headstart wasn't something they could pass up and surprisingly the decision wont be hurting them a xbox live dev compressed a 1GB game to 50MB just a sign of how far compression has come and why Microsoft is in a good position currently with DVD.

Didn't need to react like that ryo he just made a simple statement and it while I don't believe thats the case he's entitled to his opinion.
Written by whYte420 (99) on 2006/09/27

Black 360 is already out, it's the dev kits =D
Written by Matt (105) on 2006/09/27

Sonic demo out on Market place now :)
Written by D (9) on 2006/09/27

@opta

DO U REALY THINK THAT XBOX360 WILL WIN THIS WAR?

i tell u what: the sony fan base is huge like hell , people in some parts of the world are more familiar with the sony playstation brand than anything else on the market + u are understimate sony marketing muscle that blows away MS.

to end up to your hater coments I JUST give u MGS4 , GT5, GTA4 , devilmecry, tekken , finalfantasy...etc TOPSELLERS....

now that u heard the truth go cry louder to u mentor,,MR IDIOT BILL GATES.

@XNOX

yOU ARE a moron. u dont even have arguments.

dsaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Written by Matt (105) on 2006/09/27

D, oh how I wish you were smart enough to realise the irony of your statement, "yOU ARE a moron. u dont even have arguments.". You can't spell properly and you can't use proper grammar so you have no right to call him a moron. You also say he doesn't have any argument when you clearly don't have one yourself.

MGS lost my interest after the original which was great fun - I didn't enjoy 2 at alll; Grand Turismo is just another racing game really - nothing that would sell me a very expensive console; GTA4 is available for 360 too; Devil May Cry also lost my interest after the original - 3 is disgustingly bad; Tekken is just another fighter; Final Fantasy XIII is the only game that really has my interest for the PS3 now.

Final Fantasy 13 appears to be going more towards the real time combat which will perhaps stop me buying it - I'm considering not getting 12 if the gambit system sucks.

Written by killallthewhitepeople (43) on 2006/09/27

they can market the PS3 all they want. it's not going to put an extra 600 bucks in my wallet to buy one.
Written by djjsin (44) on 2006/09/27

if they announce a black xbox with hdmi and dont announce a fucking hdmi cable for those of us who bought the xbox when it was first released, i'm going to be pissed.
Written by Yakuza on 2006/09/27

ill tell you this right now the PS3 aint gonna win the console war and not withthout a fight and thats for sure.
Written by cyrix_0 on 2006/09/27

What exactly has Xbox360 done since it launched...

I mean it does not have many great games...Still waiting for those Definitive Next-Gen games...its been a year already...How much longer??

Also New SKU's Planned to bring in new format, function and new platform are just bound to piss people off...furthermore an indication that the launch of Xbox360 was premature...and its main strategy lies with what PS3 is doing...

Its been around a year since release and its still seems like second trailing behind its own expectations and hype...

I've playing better games on Xbox and PS2 than Xbox360 atm...
Written by Yakuza on 2006/09/27

cyrix lol you will see them there not gonna release big games until they have competition just wait ull shutup once you see them :)
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