This was originally ripped from GA Forums, and I ripped it from MoDojo.
- PS3 development is running behind schedule, the cause is the disc medium.
- As a result, hardware will not be at E3, and software will only be shown as movies.
- Koei, From, Capcom, Konami, Namco, Sega etc are on board.
- Developer tools are somewhat of an improvement over 1st gen PS2's, but nowhere near as easy to use as 360's.
- Wireless LAN and HDD will be included.
- Revolution development is going well. There'll be playable titles at E3.
- 3rd parties include Konami, Namco, Sega, Square Enix etc.
- DS can be used as a controller and some software will make use of the touch panel.
- DS online service starts this year. FFCC and Animal Crossing will be ready for launch.
- Xbox360 dev tools are good in the eyes of developers.
- More than 50 titles will be announced at E3, including some that are only announced by title (i.e. no video / demo)
- Will be released in US and Japan this year. Europe and other regions will be next spring.
- Hardware comes in two flavours: one comes with a 60G HDD and includes B/C with current Xbox. Other one has no HDD and no B/C. HDD will also be sold separately so you can upgrade later.
- Price of HDD model $369, regular model $299.
- Xbox360 will be compatible with MSN Music, and a memory-based audio player that uses the memory unit slot will be sold by MS.
- Audio player will be $99 for 512 MB version.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Ripped in the same manner as the info above
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Hunter
Thanks to beyond.3d
This was posted at GAF. Take this as you will but news is news.
Quote:
|
I'm gonna bury this here to avoid too much attention, but Xbox360 CPU performance is only 60-70% of what MS was expecting. Some early design decisions to knock out some key CPU logic is biting them in the ass now. That and IBM cannot yield as fast of cores at they thought they would be able to. Some developers are scrambling to get their games back up to playable in terms of FPS because of it.
|
That being said, I expect PS3 and Revolution to be easily more powerful than Xbox360. |
Quote:
|
Ya, I think MS just wanted too much too fast. Their cores aren't even 3.0gHz...which is the minimum they planned. By the time Sony/Nintendo come out, the technology will have come into its own.
|
Quote:
|
I just do..but I'm done talking about it..I don't want to get anyone in trouble. It's not worth it when all this information will be public in just over a week.
|
http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22671
http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=46301&page=2
So, anybody else think that Microsoft rushed the Xbox360 a little? I was always under impression that it is too early for a new Xbox to come out.