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CNN: Microsoft to show Xenon three days ahead of schedule

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According to CNN, Microsoft will be yanking the black velvet cloth-sample off the next Xbox three days ahead of schedule. The original plan was to throw the console in front of our faces at E3. But if Chris Morris, of CNN’s Game Over, is correct, we’ll get a view of the little silver and black box a little early. The piece also verifies that the machine is probably going to be called the Xbox360; but we already knew that, didn’t we?


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In line with the colony site's timer? That'd also put it before the PS3 unveiling..I'm surprised they wouldn't hold off until after it for any last minute tweaks to their presentation.
 
They don't need to tweak anything. Sony probably found out from a mutal dev what the 360 can do and are scared now! :D
 
:lol MS and SONY will keep on one upping each other until....

PS3 to be revealed TOMORROW

xbox360 to be shown in FIVE HOURS!
 
you know this whole thing will be silly if sony calls the new ps "Playstation 4" and nintendo calls the revolution the NES5 thus making the 360 moniker kinda nonsensical.
 
Azih said:
:lol MS and SONY will keep on one upping each other until....

PS3 to be revealed TOMORROW

xbox360 to be shown in FIVE HOURS!


I'd be okay with this.
 
Why are people trying to infer how "scared" either company is from its presentation timing? It could be read either way, it's pointless (I just noticed a lot of that in the other thread, and a little in here too).
 
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IT HAS BEGUN!
 
It's true, but it's not something they just did because Sony moved their PR conference before MS'. It's been planned for quite some time now, and it will be quite huge.
 
Blimblim said:
It's true, but it's not something they just did because Sony moved their PR conference before MS'. It's been planned for quite some time now, and it will be quite huge.

So, it's on May 12th?
 
Should just force Sony, Nintendo and MS to introduce their new consoles all at once, on stage together, debate format :)
 
Vieo said:
What does the 360 stand for?

Someone posted that via a conversation:

The next Xbox will be called Xbox 360. "3" so it doesn't sound inferior to the Playstation 3 and "360" for a full revolution, since Nintendo's system is called the "Revolution". This is almost 100% guaranteed. My source has told us new marketing slogans have already been passed around the game industry with the name "Xbox 360", such as.... "Xbox 360.... the real revolution"

Take that as you will...
 
For the record:

Over the forthcoming years the name "XBOX 360" will be accepted as standard nomenclature but it is nothing less than retarded.
 
Well, thats what happened with Xbox...and Dreamcast and Playstation to some extent. Nintendo are pretty much the only company that name their consoles sensibly.
 
MassiveAttack said:
For the record:

Over the forthcoming years the name "XBOX 360" will be accepted as standard nomenclature but it is nothing less than retarded.
What makes it so much more retarded than Xbox?
 
That's bad for international journalists, who have probably booked their flights around the 14th or 15th - usually the pre-show conferences start Monday...

Haven't seen the CNN story - could they just mean that Xbox 360 (urgh) will be shown three days before the start of E3 proper e.g. on Monday (maybe this is just wishful thinking)?
 
Ghost said:
Well, thats what happened with Xbox...and Dreamcast and Playstation to some extent. Nintendo are pretty much the only company that name their consoles sensibly.

...
 
Vieo said:
What does the 360 stand for?

It represents everything you've ever wanted in life. It's the pinnacle of every piece of technology and entertainment that's ever been produced. It will be everything to everyone and nothing to no one. It represents features not yet understood by the human intellect. It will have more ram and hertz and pixels and dixies than you can fathom. And ninjas. Lots of ninjas.
 
So when is this big announcement that will leave everyone in shock, the one Blimblim and someone else were talking about in the crazy E3 prediction thread?
 
sol5377 said:
It represents everything you've ever wanted in life. It's the pinnacle of every piece of technology and entertainment that's ever been produced. It will be everything to everyone and nothing to no one. It represents features not yet understood by the human intellect. It will have more ram and hertz and pixels and dixies than you can fathom. And ninjas. Lots of ninjas.

:lol
 
sol5377 said:
It represents everything you've ever wanted in life. It's the pinnacle of every piece of technology and entertainment that's ever been produced. It will be everything to everyone and nothing to no one. It represents features not yet understood by the human intellect. It will have more ram and hertz and pixels and dixies than you can fathom. And ninjas. Lots of ninjas.

...but what about pirates and monkeys?
 
Vieo said:
What does the 360 stand for?
Do you really not know or are you setting up for trolls?

If the former:
It is said that MS thought "Xbox 2" made the system sound inferior to "Playstation 3." So they didn't want to use the number 2. 360 degrees is also a revolution.

I think its retarded to base the name of your console off of the codenames of the competition. Nintendo probably won't use Revolution as a title and Sony could easily call their new console the Playstation 4 (justfied by reffering to the PSP as the official PS3) or even Playstation 3000.

Secondly, using fancy numbers behind the console title is so '90/early '00.... random letters are so much cooler!



If the latter:

360 is the number of days before they stop production.

360 is the price for the optional HD

360 is the size in cubic meters

360 is the average offered moneyhat in millions

360 is the amount they plan on lossing in billions

360 is the length of my penis in inches.
 
LMAO. Let's just cancel E3 and all of their press conferences as there won't be anything worth showing by the time E3 is here.
 
Redbeard said:
So when is this big announcement that will leave everyone in shock, the one Blimblim and someone else were talking about in the crazy E3 prediction thread?

I'm going to say: GTA (timed) Xenon exclusive.
 
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