Xbox 360, and the future
Okay, the new Xbox has been revealed, and boy howdy does it look pretty. It also is pretty powerful, with the absurd 3 3.2 processors with a total of 6 processor lines.
I mean, come on, this is a bit ridiculous!
For a bit of perspective, the current Xbox is a 700 mghz machine. The only reason why its so pretty is because developers can optimize for one hardware set.
Wow.
Anyway, I've been thinking, and besides the obvious improved graphical capacity I think that there are a lot of things that will greatly improve with this next generation for the Xbox:
1: Better processing abilities. I'm not just talking about the even prettier graphics, although those will be nice. There will be gameplay effects. One that I'm sorta thinking of has to do with bodies. I mean, in game, a dead body is just this piece of art. It doesn't affect gameplay at all. But with the ungodly power, the game might be able to remember that, yes, there's this 200 lb bag of meat in your way that you sorta have to step over, limiting mobility, and also possibly providing some cover against grenades.
2: I like the introduction of a free layer of Xbox Live, if only so that badly needed patches can be downloaded by non-subscribers.
3: Moving the black and white buttons to the shoulders was an excellent move. Hell, they were only down on the face to make it look different than the PS2 controller.
4: I really like the addition of standard wireless controllers. I've sorta fallen in love with my logitech wireless ones, just because they're wireless!
Hey, less clutter.
5: The xbox live headset slot will now be compatible with all standard cell phone headsets. Which just makes sense.
6: it will supposedly be backwards compatible, even with respect to xbox live support. This is a major thing, since three xbox live game came out in the last six or so months with just superb online support: Halo 2, Unreal Championship 2, and Splinter Cell Chaos Theory. Without these three killer apps, Live for Xbox 2 will severly suffer, as there will be no reason for Xbox 360 users to use live. And, with huge power boost, you better be able to write a decent emulator!
By the way, for the tech people out there, here are the Xbox 360 specs: Xbox Specs from GameSpot
And, for comparison, the current Xbox specs: Xbox 360 specs from GameSpot
Dayumn.
I mean, come on, this is a bit ridiculous!
For a bit of perspective, the current Xbox is a 700 mghz machine. The only reason why its so pretty is because developers can optimize for one hardware set.
Wow.
Anyway, I've been thinking, and besides the obvious improved graphical capacity I think that there are a lot of things that will greatly improve with this next generation for the Xbox:
1: Better processing abilities. I'm not just talking about the even prettier graphics, although those will be nice. There will be gameplay effects. One that I'm sorta thinking of has to do with bodies. I mean, in game, a dead body is just this piece of art. It doesn't affect gameplay at all. But with the ungodly power, the game might be able to remember that, yes, there's this 200 lb bag of meat in your way that you sorta have to step over, limiting mobility, and also possibly providing some cover against grenades.
2: I like the introduction of a free layer of Xbox Live, if only so that badly needed patches can be downloaded by non-subscribers.
3: Moving the black and white buttons to the shoulders was an excellent move. Hell, they were only down on the face to make it look different than the PS2 controller.
4: I really like the addition of standard wireless controllers. I've sorta fallen in love with my logitech wireless ones, just because they're wireless!
Hey, less clutter.
5: The xbox live headset slot will now be compatible with all standard cell phone headsets. Which just makes sense.
6: it will supposedly be backwards compatible, even with respect to xbox live support. This is a major thing, since three xbox live game came out in the last six or so months with just superb online support: Halo 2, Unreal Championship 2, and Splinter Cell Chaos Theory. Without these three killer apps, Live for Xbox 2 will severly suffer, as there will be no reason for Xbox 360 users to use live. And, with huge power boost, you better be able to write a decent emulator!
By the way, for the tech people out there, here are the Xbox 360 specs: Xbox Specs from GameSpot
And, for comparison, the current Xbox specs: Xbox 360 specs from GameSpot
Dayumn.
posted by Wraithy at 5/14/2005 01:40:00 AM
1 Comments:
The backward compatibility question seems to still be hanging out there... But, yeah, it's hard to believe that it won't be there.
Post a Comment
<< Home