interesting pre-E3 rumors

Nothing But Cup · 04-21-2006, 01:42 PM

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note ~ this comes from a "supposed" microsoft employee, but none the less, these are interesting rumors

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- The premium pack will cost $100 less in october.
- The core system will cost $80 less.
- Gears of War will be out in the last week of October with a huge budget for the advertising.
- HD-DVD out in September $100.
- New hard disk (100GB) But no price and date available.
- Webcam "My Eye on You" (September $50-$70 bundled with a game).
- More than 50 new Xbox games in June compatible with the 360.
- The bandwidth of the server will be increased by 5.
- Halo 3 will be in the market in March 2007, first video at the E3.
- Possible exclusive right for an "urban game" think Grand Theft Auto, Microsoft in working on it.
- The price of the Xbox Live Gold will be reduced or even free with commercials on the dashboard for October.
- The production of the Xbox 360 is increasing 2x in all the factories.
- Exclusive agreement with Paramount picture for High definition content for Xbox Live.
- Agreement with NBC, to see all the Xbox Live tournaments as a spectator.
- Agreement with Epic record for exclusive content in Xbox Live.
- New dashboard for kids.
- Kameo 2 is on the way.
- New feature, download and play is coming.
- Before October the Xbox 360 will be virtual console, playing all sega games.
- A lot of Arcade Xbox Live games are coming.
- New dashboard is coming.

if the price drop and 100 gig hdd is true, i know what i'll have by the end of the year

GeN · 04-21-2006, 03:29 PM

I thought SEGA games were exclusive to Nintendo's "virtual console?"

PureEgo 03 · 04-21-2006, 04:04 PM

I don't need to read a rumor about price drops to have figured that out, when Nintendo and Sony release this coming fall, MS would be stupid not to drop their prices, its a classic bussiness move.

As for the rest of it, i'm taking it all with a grain of salt, except perhaps for the Halo3 and Gears of War rumors, those are entirely possible.

***Col Blair*** · 04-21-2006, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by GeN

I thought SEGA games were exclusive to Nintendo's "virtual console?"

That rumor seems to be accurate Sega did not make the library Exclusive with Nintendo. I think they did with the TG-16 ones as far as the rest of the rumors I find a few highly unlikly to happen but a few like Ego said are common sense. Maybe the Halo Movie is the one that was supposed to appear during the Superbowl?
I hate to see a price tag for that 100 gig hard drive if that is true though!

Nothing But Cup · 04-21-2006, 06:38 PM

ya, i thought the price drops were a given too, but this just adds more fuel to the rumor and gives a price range. i also hate to see the price of the 100 gig hdd, but to me, the current 20 gig drive is useless seeing as more and more downloadable content is on the way.

PureEgo 03 · 04-21-2006, 11:01 PM

hmm,,,just got finished reading the newest weekly whats what update at bungie...and along with what they "hinted" at in this one, and quite a few others about thier current project, it could very well be that we will hear something about halo 3 @ this years E3 ...I'd be very surprised if the movie is brought up at all though,,,just doesn't seem like the kind of thing they would show off at E3.

FrazzledSunTzu · 04-26-2006, 03:16 PM

$100 HD DVD drive!

Sure, I'll be getting the 100gig hard drive too but this is the real story.

Xbox 360 Camera!

Hey, for $50-70 with a game? Depending on the game, this could be cool. I remember a post I made a looong time ago suggesting some awesome things that MS could make with the xbox 360 camera. Microsoft research lab has been working on gesture recognition but that uses two cameras, of course. I still want one.

As for that "urban game" I think MS will steer clear of this one due to all the bad press from GTA and other similar games (what was the one set in the wild west?). MS needs a clean, family friendly image for its games so I don't look for this to happen.

Commercials on the dashboard?!? No thank you. I hope there is an option to keep the price of Gold the same and get NO commercials. If *you* want to watch the latest weight loss or Viagra ad on your xbox 360 then go ahead. None for me, though.

Finally, I like the idea of being able to watch the xbox live tournaments. I haven't seen much coverage at all of that on the net or tv. Will probably be a "Webcast" of the game(s)? Or do they mean that NBC will televise it? That'd be wild.

PureEgo 03 · 04-26-2006, 05:44 PM

[quote=FrazzledSunTzu]
As for that "urban game" I think MS will steer clear of this one due to all the bad press from GTA and other similar games (what was the one set in the wild west?). MS needs a clean, family friendly image for its games so I don't look for this to happen.

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MS has marketed their consoles for older, mature gamers from the very start, why would they want , or need to change that now? The only console I veiw as clean and family safe is Nintendo, and look how their last console did in sales.

***Col Blair*** · 04-26-2006, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by FrazzledSunTzu

$100 HD DVD drive!

Sure, I'll be getting the 100gig hard drive too but this is the real story.

Xbox 360 Camera!

Hey, for $50-70 with a game? Depending on the game, this could be cool. I remember a post I made a looong time ago suggesting some awesome things that MS could make with the xbox 360 camera. Microsoft research lab has been working on gesture recognition but that uses two cameras, of course. I still want one.

As for that "urban game" I think MS will steer clear of this one due to all the bad press from GTA and other similar games (what was the one set in the wild west?). MS needs a clean, family friendly image for its games so I don't look for this to happen.

Commercials on the dashboard?!? No thank you. I hope there is an option to keep the price of Gold the same and get NO commercials. If *you* want to watch the latest weight loss or Viagra ad on your xbox 360 then go ahead. None for me, though.

Finally, I like the idea of being able to watch the xbox live tournaments. I haven't seen much coverage at all of that on the net or tv. Will probably be a "Webcast" of the game(s)? Or do they mean that NBC will televise it? That'd be wild.

I doubt MS will release the 100 gig HDD for 100.00 since they still sell the 20 gig for 99.99. I think they will sell it with something bundled at 250.00 the camera sounds like they could sell it at that I doubt it would come with a game and MS just give away the camera though? Everything is still just rumors. When we get to the press confrence I will make sure that everyone knows what was revealed and pricing if announced. I also have to agree with Ego the Xbox 360 is a mature system and MS has not backed away from the Mature themed games so why now? If it sells they will put it out. I never heard MS say they want a clean family image and since most games are now geared for the 29-49 age group parents still need to decide.

_xNiCk3Lx_ · 04-26-2006, 08:00 PM

wow..some of these things sound awesome..the 100 gig hard drive seems to me like it will happen..since sony is supposed to have one that big if i can remember right.