Week of November 18, 2001
Square to MS ?
>> Xboxgamers.com's 'The Rumour Mill WEEK 2' :
"our source over in the gutters beside Squaresoft HQ has informed us that the Squares first entry to the xbox may not be in the Final Fantasy series but could be the extremely renowned Bushido Blade sequal.Details appear to be very sketchy at the minute but as soon as we get them, you'll be the first to know."
Square Soft to Microsoft ... not in a million years.
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(Saturday 24 November 2001 20:51 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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3 Ways to Win in Japan for Xbox ...
>> Xbox365 wrote an article about how MS plans to convince japanese gamers.
Honnestly , without Square & Enix , I think MicroSoft makes no chance to become Nr1 in Japan ...
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(Saturday 24 November 2001 20:37 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Xbox Gateway : Netplay without usign VPN
>> Well, it's been a little while since the XBox was released and people are already playing online! The folks at xboxgw.com have written a program to create an ethernet bridge between xbox's over the net, fooling the xbox's into thinking they're on a LAN. 1v1 seems to create no major lag and reports have come in like this one that claim up to four xbox's work fine.
This is a much better solution then the VPN-server some people used before.
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(Friday 23 November 2001 18:41 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Step by Step: How to play Halo online.
>> Dennis Tadin aka: MrHack made a website who teach you in detail how to play Halo via internet (using VPN). Check his website here
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(Thursday 22 November 2001 21:49 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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New Microsoft Pressrelease.
>> Xbox Rings Up Big Sales for Retailers as Holiday Shopping Season Opens
Cash registers are ringing in response to unprecedented demand for the much-anticipated Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft Corp. Thousands of gamers lined up at stores across the country beginning Thursday, Nov. 15, to be among the first to purchase Xbox, resulting in a near sellout in its first day at retail. Early reports also show a huge demand for games and accessories, with most customers leaving stores not only with an Xbox, but with more than three games and accessories.
Read Full PressRelease Here
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(Thursday 22 November 2001 21:38 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Sega’s losses in line with expectations
>> Sega Corporation has reported $169 million in losses for the first half of its current fiscal year. Increases in revenue generated by its core video game business were offset by the tumbling value of its investments. Following several consecutive years of losses, the company had hoped to turn a profit for the current fiscal year, but now it expects a loss of $122 million for the full year ending March 2002. Still, the financial situation at Sega is considerably rosier than it was at this time a year ago--the company reported $424 million in losses for the previous fiscal year. Sega plans to continue its focus on developing games for the three major hardware manufacturers and on such ventures as driving simulators, PDA and wireless games, and on-demand Internet products. The company is also considering the acquisition of additional development studios in order to expand its game-development reach further.
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(Thursday 22 November 2001 15:17 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Xbox Dissected @ Anandtech
>> Anand is the latest to take a look at the Xbox. It's quite in-depth, and although he doesn't perform any modifications, he still hints at what can be done (USB, debug jumper, etc).
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(Wednesday 21 November 2001 13:44 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Xbox Operating Frequency
>> It appears the operating frequency of the nVidia GPU has been reduced from 250MHz to 233MHz. The GPU was originally announced at 300MHz. If I am not mistaken, nVidia's site has only been updated to the 233MHz speed in the last few days.
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(Wednesday 21 November 2001 13:40 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Dreamcast for less then a Xbox game.
>> Sega of America announced Wednesday that it is dropping the price of its discontinued Dreamcast video game console to $49.95--around the price of a single game for consoles from Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo.
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(Wednesday 21 November 2001 13:38 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Xbox Easter Egg Revealed
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(Wednesday 21 November 2001 09:57 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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What happened 1 year ago with the ps2 ....
>> ... happened again today with the Xbox.
Someone sold a Xbox box for 366$.
Check it out here (and make sure to check the description ... you can't blame the seller this time)
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(Tuesday 20 November 2001 22:14 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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More news on icrontic.com
>> "Good news is Evilboi managed to get the USB working on the box. We also found that an uncut ATA100 cable will WORK in the Xbox. CD ripping times have decreased and the HDD works a lot faster now that it's running at ATA100. More info on that later, too. Anyway, that's what's goin' on, and expect a Part 2 soon."
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(Tuesday 20 November 2001 19:45 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Play Halo on internet !
>> Well , it seems like some people found out a way to play Halo on iternet. (using a system known by people trying to play pc games using IPX through internet).
It mainly means u have to run a VPN server and let the xbox login on that network.
More info here
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(Tuesday 20 November 2001 19:40 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Xbox Success? Not So Fast
>> Forbes.com wrote a very interesting article.
"Microsoft will sell the $299 Xbox consoles at a loss that's been estimated to be as high as $100 a unit. It hopes to make it all back on what it hopes will be a huge library of games that sell for about $50 each."
"The notion that they won't make money for two or three years doesn't scare them at all. If they see a long-term strategic benefit, they'll ride that horse as long as it takes."
"It's no accident that the word "Microsoft" doesn't appear in Xbox ads."
"Remember the Microsoft curse. It usually takes three versions of a Microsoft product before the company gets it right."
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(Tuesday 20 November 2001 19:36 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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FSB speed ?
>> "Although Intel informally told us several months ago that the Xbox CPU's FSB would be 133MHz, this would mean that the memory would run asynchronously in a fractional harmonic (200/133). Since this would be inefficient and yield only mixed results, the BGA Mobile Celeron might only have a 100MHz FSB and performance would not be impacted much (yielding a more favorable 2/1 ratio). Ah, but the 733MHz CPU speed would not be possible because the multiplier would not work, so the FSB must be 133MHz like we originally concluded."
Read the full article here
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(Tuesday 20 November 2001 19:26 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Xbox DVD Remote = RCA DVD Remote
>> vanshardware.com writes the the remote of the RCA works on the Xbox and the Xbox remote works on the RCA DVD player.
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(Tuesday 20 November 2001 19:20 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Another Xbox Dissected
>> Yet another hardware site that opened the Xbox : check their article here
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(Tuesday 20 November 2001 19:04 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Game industry continues to thrive
>> The video game industry generated revenues of $4.9 billion dollars in the first nine months of 2001, up 34 percent from the same period a year ago, according to a new report by the NPD research group. Naturally, the nine-month results don’t take into account the launches and resultant sales of the Microsoft Xbox and the Nintendo GameCube. By year’s end, analysts predict that the industry will generate a record year in revenues, surpassing the $6.1 billion in revenues it recorded in 1999. In terms of software sales, Nintendo leads the pack with five out of the top 10 best-selling games, followed by Sony, Activision, and Electronic Arts.
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(Tuesday 20 November 2001 18:52 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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No progressive-scan
>> Microsoft has confirmed that the XBox will not include the progressive-scan function in its DVD movie playback function. A newer technology for HDTVs, to allow cleaner picture quality by showing one frame of video in a single pass, instead of double pass in regular interlaced decoding method
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(Monday 19 November 2001 22:46 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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EU/Jap/Korean Xbox launch
>> Xbox launched in the US last week. Having initially promised to ship the console globally on day one, Microsoft more recently delayed the Japanese launch to February 2002. Xbox arrives in Europe the following month.
But Korean buyers will have to wait until October 2002 - almost a year after the console's US launch, a Microsoft Korea source claimed, according to the Korea Herald.
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(Monday 19 November 2001 13:40 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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2 different HD's ...
>> It seems like the Xbox has been produced with 2 different brand of HD's :
-A 8gig Western Digital Protege WD80EB
-A 10gig Seagate ST310211A U Series 5
Nomatter what HD you got , u will only be able to use 8gigs.
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(Monday 19 November 2001 00:53 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Space for an extra 64MB RAM
>> 
This picture shows there is space for an extra 64MB DDR ram chip...
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(Monday 19 November 2001 00:45 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Already Xbox hacks ?
>> Icrontic.com has taken apart, examined, and modified an Xbox. In their latest article, they point out some debugging leads on the Xbox, and a possible USB , extra-RAM & update-HD hack. They are also working on a program to read the XBox HD filesystem. The Xbox is looking more and more like a PC.
note: The site is very very busy , so if u can't get in , try again later
Hardocp.com also examined the Xbox , check their review here
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(Monday 19 November 2001 00:13 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Outrageous Prices for Xbox.
>> Several sources confirm that some stores ask Outrageous Prices for the Xbox. Up to 500USD for a Xbox without games.
So if you will buy a Xbox , keep in mind the official prize for the Xbox is 299USD and no dollar more!
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(Sunday 18 November 2001 16:57 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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In game movies
>> XboxGate made some ingame movies. No more FMV like most MS-demos :).
Check the movies of Bloodwake , Halo & NHL HITZ here
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(Sunday 18 November 2001 16:43 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Xbox Communicator
>> Xbox Communicator is a device that will end up being a key element in the Xbox Online Gaming experience. This revolutionary voice recognition product will hopefully be a large boost for the console industry. The Communicator is perfect for Internet gaming, chating, voice navigation, speech recognition, and command and control style operations. The posibilities are endless with this high tech piece of equipment.
Read the preview over at TeamXbox
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(Sunday 18 November 2001 16:36 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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