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http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=55819

No European date as Microsoft shows online Eye-Toy equivalent for Xbox

by Patrick Garratt

Microsoft Japan has released the first images of its Video Chat system, a package comprising a webcam, the ordinary Live chat headset and a year’s subscription to Live.

It's a webcam....with a green flash!
Microsoft has made no noise on a European release as yet, but is expected to comment in the next 24 hours.

The system, first shown at E3 in May, will allow five people to talk simultaneously on-screen, while offering features such as backgrounds, music and the ability to ‘rumble’ other people’s controllers remotely. Now, our minds are clean as the driven snow, but surely this isn’t as innocent as it sounds?

Costing around £35, the system is rolling out in Japan first due to broadband being the normal for Japanese households. Video Chat is expected to launch in Japan towards the end of this year, so Europe shouldn’t expect a release until well into 2005.

No announcements have yet been made for Eye-Toy style software. But given the remote-rumble function and the fact the Xbox audience is “adult”; well, our minds are boggling, frankly.

Look back for Microsoft Europe comment later today.

 

[Drexon]

Better come with game or be $15 or no sale.

 

[Redbeard]

 

[Daxter Too]

Once they integrate videochat into game lobbies it should be pretty interesting.

 

[FightyF]

ROFLMAO nice pic Redbeard!

 

[Wario64]

This shit is old

 

[jiggle]

And because we just know japanese chicks(not only cute, but naked) are gonna be drawn to this.

Can't wait!







yeah, I'm bored

 

[Daxter Too]

Hehe nice!

 

[xsarien]

I like the fact that there's a "Fun" button. Must go along with the Fun Chip that's on the XBox's motherboard.

(Right?)

 

[cvxfreak]

Oh great, opportunities for indecency!

 

[LuckyBrand]

good point about the videocam in lobbies! never thought of that!

going to be pretty amazing if they can allow more than 5 videocams on screen at once in a lobby, that would rock.

as is, the software/features sound pretty cool.. i am in.

 

[Culex]

X-Porn: Make your own smut...online. Only on Xbox.

It's good to jack off together.

 

[impirius]

I like the fact that there's a "Fun" button. Must go along with the Fun Chip that's on the XBox's motherboard.

(Right?)

OMG FUN SHADING VIDEO CHAT

NO POWER GREATER THAN X

 

[mj1108]

OMG FUN SHADING VIDEO CHAT

NO POWER GREATER THAN X

:lol Beat me to it.

 

[dorio]

Do people use the eyetoy for the ps2 for video chatting?

 

[Agent X]

Do people use the eyetoy for the ps2 for video chatting?

They will, soon.

 

[ManaByte]

"Duuuude, we're like sooooo stoned man."

 

[LuckyBrand]

damn the PS2 interface looks good too..

i think MS has a better chance of making the Xbox Eye thing more integrated because of their centralized approach to online..

it would be sweet if xenon had an eye function built in... every xenon live subscriber would have their eyetoy and then game develoeprs would truelly find exciting ways of integrating it..