http://spong.com/detail/news.asp?prid=8086
An amazing article. Really. Well amazing in how crap it is.
An amazing article. Really. Well amazing in how crap it is.
Spong.com said:As ever, expect the best analysis from across the games industry, right here, as it breaks.
And Sonys original plan for PS2 w/HDDjarrod said:Sounds like Nintendo's original plan for Famicom.
Blimblim said:Spong = Journalism at its best
Talk about a cheap way to get some hits. I actually thought Spong was getting a tad better these (or maybe it was just the propaganda that's spread here by some people), but that was really low, even for their former self.
OMGBBQ MS SAID IT WAS ALL ABOUT GAME BUT IT WAS A LIE !!!111
Blimblim said:Spong = Journalism at its best
Talk about a cheap way to get some hits. I actually thought Spong was getting a tad better these (or maybe it was just the propaganda that's spread here by some people), but that was really low, even for their former self.
OMGBBQ MS SAID IT WAS ALL ABOUT GAME BUT IT WAS A LIE !!!111
Ghost said:Please dont let me network my media! ITS SO CONVENIENT I CANT STAND IT!
Microsoft quite simply got away with telling perhaps the biggest set of lies the technology sector has ever seen and certainly the most astounding lies in the games sector.
No, I seem to remember how they announced it would also be able to rip CDs to the HDD so you would be able to use the XB as a digital jukebox, as well as announcing it would offer DVD playback as an add-on option.Now SPOnG would like regular readers to cast their minds back to around this point in the pre-release phase of the original Xbox. Can you remember how the entire Xbox project was only about gaming.
Bombshell? I guess spong doesn't have access to the latest versions of XBL...And in a final bombshell hidden away at the end of the interview Bach uses the T word for the first time in relation to Xbox operations. Communications turns out to be a very important scenario as well, whether that's chat, messaging, blogging or telephony.
MS REVEALS SPONG CATALOGUE OF LIES
Computer Software Giant Sheds Light on Spong Deceit
REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 6, 2004 - "Well... It's spong", proclaimed Microsoft founder, Bill Gates.
For more information about Microsoft visit their website at www.microsoft.com
bitwise said:better MS than SOny.
DarienA said:Where is Folder? Spong threads not created by him usually attract him like a firefly....
Blimblim said:Spong = Journalism at its best
Talk about a cheap way to get some hits. I actually thought Spong was getting a tad better these (or maybe it was just the propaganda that's spread here by some people), but that was really low, even for their former self.
OMGBBQ MS SAID IT WAS ALL ABOUT GAME BUT IT WAS A LIE !!!111
boutrosinit said:RE4 Xbox announcement?
Of course... Sony's* best ideas usually come from somewhere else.PhatSaqs said:And Sonys original plan for PS2 w/HDD![]()
Fowler said:Even though this was blindingly obvious from the start, Spong are totally wrong. Microsoft never said the Xbox was ONLY about gaming -- they said gaming FIRST. That was their justification for not allowing you to play DVDs without the remote, anyway: We don't want a half-assed machine that does everything, we want a great gaming machine that you could also use for... other stuff.
Find the quote, please.Dave Long said:Robbie Bach, Blackley, Fries, Allard... they all said it was a games-only device and would never become anything else.
Odysseus said:Spong? MS a catalogue of lies?
Pot, kettle, perhaps?
MrPing1000 said:best thing was when someone from gaf sent them stuff that they just made up. Good times
MrPing1000 said:best thing was when someone from gaf sent them stuff that they just made up. Good times
Really? How about this from Bill Gates' GDC Keynote Address, March 9, 2000, in which he officially announced the Xbox for the first time?Dave Long said:No, you're wrong there. Microsoft did categorically deny the possibility of Xbox being some kind of home networking hub. They didn't just say "gaming first", they really did say GAMING ONLY. Of course, anyone with half a brain knew they were fibbing. That didn't stop many folks from defending them on messageboards though. Believe me, I was on one in particular where the entire board was convinced that Microsoft would NEVER use the Xbox as a trojan horse to become a set-top box.
Robbie Bach, Blackley, Fries, Allard... they all said it was a games-only device and would never become anything else. But even at the beginning you had Ballmer accidentally speaking about Xbox as media convergence machine in interviews or off the cuff comments and then later those comments would be retracted. This was a carefully managed information plan by MS. Now that they've got a large group of gamers on board, they can talk more openly about it.
As far as I'm concerned though, set-top box is still a dirty phrase. Give me games only and stop marginalizing the hobby into some tiny segment of a larger home entertainment category.
Bill Gates said:Our goal is to create a platform that allows wonderful applications to be built for all of them. And, in fact, in many ways, those devices need to work together. If you have preferences. If you have communications, you don't want to have to manually move that data around. You want that to happen automatically because of the platform. And so Microsoft's vision statement talks about great software anytime, any place and on any device. And so the announcements we're making today really fit into that "any device" vision.
Bill Gates said:And it's a DVD drive, you can stick in a DVD movie and get automatic playback
Bill Gates said:Keep in mind, this is a traditional game console. It will look great in the living room, it will be priced like a game console, it's got the traditional software royalty model of a game console.
Id say it's more a "The Sun" headline. And I mean this as an insult.Any1 said:The title is nothing more than a "National Enquirer" type of headline used more for shock to generate hits, than to convey any real news.
Dave Long said:There were numerous instances of Microsoft specifically distancing the Xbox from the "set-top box" ideal by constantly pointing out its use only for games. If you all choose to have selective memory, that's not my problem.
You haven't singled out and quoted any of these "numerous instances". You're the one working from memory here. Metatron actually has quotes supporting his assertions about MS's past stance.Dave Long said:There were numerous instances of Microsoft specifically distancing the Xbox from the "set-top box" ideal by constantly pointing out its use only for games.
border said:You haven't singled out and quoted any of these "numerous instances". You're the one working from memory here. Metatron actually has quotes supporting his assertions about MS's past stance.
The modest tag line here is "the future of console gaming." So this is the device for the living room. It's a device that will come out in Fall 2001. We're here today announcing it for a simple reason, we need your best efforts to take what's in this platform and create amazing game products around it. Now the X-Box is quite an amazing product. I want to go through a little bit here what actually is inside the box. Keep in mind, this is a traditional game console. It will look great in the living room, it will be priced like a game console, it's got the traditional software royalty model of a game console.