Ever since Sony announced PlayStation 2 would be backward compatible with PlayStation in 1999, gamers, consumers, and pundits alike have seen the hardware component as a must-have feature in all new consoles. Backward compatibility makes a lot of sense. Gamers might want to pack their old systems in a cabinet somewhere, but their favorite games will still have life with a system that hasn't rendered them dead.
Seems like the 360 may just have a shot in japan.
Not only will the console probably be cheaper and of the same quality as the PS3, but two Xbox 360 games were on the Japan's Most Wanted Chart in the week of July 31, 2005-
The games Blu Dragon and Dead or Alive 4 appeared on the charts.
While both games have been on the chart before, only one has been consistently on the chart, while at the same time the game has always been low on the chart. The chart this week shows Blu Dragon all the way up at 14 and Dead or Alive 4 at 17. Blu Dragon is from Japanese developers that have worked on projects as varied as Panzer Dragoon Orta and Final Fantasy.
The 360, set to launch on December in Japan, and has more support from Japan than the Xbox.
Major Nelson just posted the results of his Xbox 360 faceplate contest. The top plate being one entitled
"No Sleep"
There were more than 1,200 entries trying for a shot to win a Xbox 360 faceplate that were given away at the 2005 E3 convention. Go to the site to check out the runner ups, some are pretty cool.
A few weeks back, we shared with you the first Xbox 360 ad, which appeared on the back of Japan's Famitsu Xbox. A new issue of the magazine has just seen release, and with it, a new X360 ad, seen here.
Once again, the source for this ad is Tecmo, and the game being advertised is Dead or Alive 4. One of the new characters, Kokoro, stars in the ad, this time with the camera zoomed out some ways, allowing us to get a look at her clothes and hair, both of which are fully animated in the final game.
Famitsu Xbox will soon give way to Famitsu Xbox 360 (the current September issue includes a preview of the new magazine) and with that, we expect to see some non-DOA advertising for Microsoft's new box.
According to Gamefront, at the GamesConvention on August 17th in Leipzig Germany, the Xbox360 final pricing and release date will be revealed. According to the Gamefront article, the console is set to be released on November 4th, 2005, with a price of $299.96. Price sounds a bit unconventional to us, but we bring you the news so you can decide. This ones going in the rumor mill for now.
' Once again, new Xbox 360 material has been leaked onto the Internet. This time, a Spanish presentation of the Xbox 360 that includes the console, the peripherals, the XNA tools and some other goodies '
Most of the info in these slides is already known but to our surprise, one of the slides has revealed the existence of a first-party QWERTY key pad, similar to those found in the BlackBerry handhelds.
The info for the Text Device says:
- QWERTY Keyboard
- Connects to controller
- For sending text messages or in-game chat
The info for the Xbox 360 Camera says:
- Captures video @ 640x480, 8 frame per seconds
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