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Sony's screwed

Microsoft will soon fall, they are a monopoly, and if they get to big, the government by law HAS to slit them back up. I hope it happenes soon.

They're not a monopoly. Don't be silly, and don't hijack threads.


Other fun factoids from the Xbox 360 webcast:

Xbox 360 will be fully backwards compatible

TES Oblivion will be a release title and looks truly amazing (Patrick Stewart as the Emperor)

FF Online for Xbox 360 (exclusively on consoles I think)

Call of Duty 2 exclusively for Xbox 360

Looks great

That was a cool presentation. Certainly a good all rounder the Xbox 360 looks to be. It managed to convince me, a well documented non-fan of the xbox.

From what I am gathering about the Square - MS relationship is that it is FFXI (the online one) only. Dosen't seem to be any other games... But it is still a large whack at the Sony Fanboys

Edit: Though I won't doubt seeing Front Mission Online on the XBOX too, as it is confirmed on the PC already.

Some Square news from the Xbox 360 front:

* Square Enix, a longtime partner with Microsoft rivals Nintendo and Sony, will be bringing Final Fantasy XI to the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live.
* More Xbox 360 games from Square-Enix are expected in the future! They showed footage of what seemed to be an unnamed Xbox 360 game.
* Xbox 360 users will be able to play Square-Enix Live-enabled games against PC players.

And here a general overview of yesterdays conference.

* No exact launch date and price yet, but it will be launched this year (2005) and simultaneously in US, Europe, and Asia.
* Between 25 and 40 games for the system launch (within first ~90 days) and +160 in development.
* The Xbox 360 will be backward-compatible with top-selling Xbox games. It's unknown yet which Xbox games will or will not be compatible.
* Square Enix, a longtime partner with Microsoft rivals Nintendo and Sony, will be bringing Final Fantasy XI to the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live.
* More Xbox 360 games from Square-Enix are expected in the future! They showed footage of what seemed to be an unnamed Xbox 360 game.
* Xbox 360 users will be able to play Square-Enix Live-enabled games against PC players.
* Electronic Arts will have the largest commitment of games at launch in console history. At least 6 will be out this year: Need For Speed: Most Wanted, The Godfather, Fifa 2006, NBA Live 2006, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 and Madden NFL 2006. They have +25 games in development for Xbox 360, with more to come.
* Every game will have a minimum of 720p resolution (some will have 1080i), 16:9 aspect ratio and 5.1 surround sound.
* Microsoft will have 2 million Xbox Live Subscribers by the end of this fiscal (June).
* Xbox Live memberships will transfer seamlessly from Xbox to Xbox 360 when the new system launches.
* The free Xbox Live 'Silver' level will include Xbox Live Marketplace to download demos and trailers along with new game levels, maps, weapons, vehicles, skins, classic arcade games, card and board games, community-created content, and more to the detachable Xbox 360 hard drive. Players can also voice chat with friends as well as send and receive text and voice messages.
* The paid Xbox Live 'Gold' subscription will add online multiplayer gaming, online tournaments, Spectator Mode (example: watch a PGR3 race) and exclusive, original programming.
* P. Moore proposed a PGR3 tournament where thousands of gamers could pay $10 to compete in a race tournament for the chance to win $million.
* All Xbox360 owners will get 1 month of Xbox Live 'Gold' for free.
* Microsoft expects to connect half of all Xbox 360 consoles to Xbox Live.
* Xbox Live Arcade (with 'old school' games for casual gamers) will still be there (free?).
* iPod and PSP integration! Unknown yet what exactly you will be able to do.
* Xbox 360 is "digital entertainment amplifier" for other devices. You will be able to connect many digicams and music players to transfer/stream your pictures and music to your Xbox360. The console will also interact with Windows Media Center-equipped PCs. (Stream HD music/video, ...)
* J. Allard: "Xbox 360 is also the product that's going to push gaming back into the mainstream"
* Microsoft premiered footage for the anticipated 3D fighter Dead or Alive 4 (Xbox 360 exclusive), it 'wowed' the audiences with crisp, clean visuals running at 60 frames per second. Read More
* They talked about and showed several Xbox360 games, xbox.com has a short overview of each game.
* The original Xbox will get 200 new titles this year, with hundreds more in 2006 and later.

They already have, Microsoft World and Microsoft US.

What was that?

'Microsoft is square'

they sure are. LOL.

Microsoft had to split the company up into different sections, but they're still allowed to be controlled by the Corporation.

Kinda like instead of 1 Microsoft Entity.. we have Microsoft then 12 different sub-entities.

like X-Box, Game Studio, Windows, Office, etc.. Each entity is still part of the bigger conglomerate.
all the end result does is allow them to dodge some taxes actually.. also means the helpdesk can be even less helpful too.

opersation wise it's still the same.

Poor sony, not only this but according to the article at yahoo Halo 3 will also launch at roughly the same time as the PS3 lol . I quote bill gates reaction:

I doubt that the Square-Microsoft thing is going to go much farther than the current Nintendo-Square deal. IIRC, Square is still obligated to make the big games for the Playstation (FF, KH, etc.), with the exception of FFXI. I can see a problem with Microsoft slowly buying out Square's stock and then taking over the company entirely (*coughBungiecough*), but Square is probably too big for them to do that.

Sony fans have little to fear.

ahh man... Call of duty with Microsoft huh.. Well this is why I stick to the PC.
They need to make another FF tactics on a Next gen

So, you're going to run Call of Duty on your linux machine?

Anyone would think the Sony fans were part of a cult or something.
God you follow what they were doing when they heard Resident Evil 4 was going to be GameCube only.

The abuse you get from them is ridiculous, and they talk like there aren't any consoles. Like the only choice IS Sony.

Yup the Playstation certainly is a way of life..
Shame it doesn't have as much fun in it as the other consoles

But it was probably designed to do just that.



I like to think I got my hands on a PS2 when they were still 'the best' and it's true, I would really like an xbox, but looking back on it I'm glad I waited for this to happen. I've got no idea what I'll be buying but I'll wait until it's a bit closer to the release date and there aren't so many rumours floating around before I decide.

After completion, Black and White 2 is going to be ported to Xbox 360 (it was xbox 1, but they changed their plans )