New Xbox 720 is actually called Xbox.
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Microsoft's not stealing ideas at all...
Seriously, they did NOT come up with a touchscreen controller on their own, just like Nintendo didn't come up with 7-gen motion controllers first. It was GOING to be the Wii Power Glove until they saw (and prevented through lawsuit) Sony's Move project.
Seriously, they did NOT come up with a touchscreen controller on their own, just like Nintendo didn't come up with 7-gen motion controllers first. It was GOING to be the Wii Power Glove until they saw (and prevented through lawsuit) Sony's Move project.
Yes, copying Apple. Because Apple isn't the biggest thief of ideas outside of China. They also couldn't have stolen the idea of a touch controller from NINTENDO, who invented the DS before the iPad was even an idea and was constantly bugged by fans to incorporate DS functionality into their console. I didn't ask for this...Adam Jensen said:
If is Microsoft needs a mascot with some serious 'tude.TheRightToArmBears said:
OT: MEh, seems dumb, but I'm not interested in Microsofts hardware anyway.
This leak comes courtesy of Nintendo announcing a bunch of awesome stuff and poising themselves to win E3 this year with no doubts.TizzytheTormentor said:
Microsoft already hinted that they wanted to go for a more closed set of systems with Windows 8. It's basically far less friendly than W7 when it comes to third party stuff. Xbox is already like that, all games coming through Microsoft. And now they want to add tablets and other devices too. They really do want to become like apple, which sucks big time. As apple and it's "If you use apple, everything needs to be from apple to work together" mentality.
Anyway, as for them going back to the name X-Box - does this mean we are getting a gritty reboot of the "franchise"?
Strikes me as being rather bland, kind of makes me miss the days where each new console that turned up actually had a new name, not just the previous one with a number slapped on the end. If they're going with this X-something naming convention, how long before they come out with a streaming service, which I could worryingly imagine them calling "X-Stream". Because that would be so cool, of course.
Why start this post with "anyway"? Well, I had something in before that initially then deleted it and just couldn't be bothered to reword.
Strikes me as being rather bland, kind of makes me miss the days where each new console that turned up actually had a new name, not just the previous one with a number slapped on the end. If they're going with this X-something naming convention, how long before they come out with a streaming service, which I could worryingly imagine them calling "X-Stream". Because that would be so cool, of course.
Why start this post with "anyway"? Well, I had something in before that initially then deleted it and just couldn't be bothered to reword.
They are copying Apple's business practices and marketing, not their products. That was my point.
Are you mad? Apple always does everything first! Sure, the first tablet was launched by Microsoft a decade before Steve Jobs announced his, but the Surface is totally ripping off the iPad, and using an X-Branding is just ripping off the i-Branding!Nero18 said:
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That's no XBox
I'm disapointed they aren't calling it the XXXBox.
Serious Time: I'm hoping I get a job before this comes out 1) This whole set up sounds really expensive 2) I want to have money to drop on all the old 360 games that'll drop in price almost completely.
I'm disapointed they aren't calling it the XXXBox.
Serious Time: I'm hoping I get a job before this comes out 1) This whole set up sounds really expensive 2) I want to have money to drop on all the old 360 games that'll drop in price almost completely.
I know the whole thing is rubbish, but the idea of them calling it just "Xbox" got me thinking...
If they name it the same as the original console, could they also herald in the return of the old controller as well?
God I wish they would. I know "everyone" hated them, but I actually loved the gigantic controllers. They fit my hands well and the analog sticks felt much more sturdy than todays sticks.
Oh well. A man can dream.
If they name it the same as the original console, could they also herald in the return of the old controller as well?
God I wish they would. I know "everyone" hated them, but I actually loved the gigantic controllers. They fit my hands well and the analog sticks felt much more sturdy than todays sticks.
Oh well. A man can dream.
so can yous can finally stop calling it xbox 720, that never made sense in the first place. oh its the next revolution of angles, but if it was called xbox 720 it would suggest that the resolution only went up to 720p.