Week of January 27, 2002
Joybox Converter
>> Thats right! For about $15 USD you can buy the Joybox Converter. With the Joybox Converter you can connect any PlayStation or even PlayStation2 joypad to your Xbox console. It supports vibration function plus features a memory card slot for saving game data.
The main features of the Joybox Converter are:
- Use your PS or PS2 controller on the Xbox
- Supports vibration function
- With memory card slot for save game data
More info here .
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(Friday 01 February 2002 13:02 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Microsoft launched European Xbox Site
>> Microsoft just launched the official European "Xbox Online" site. Check it out
And you can check the latest European TV ad Here
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(Friday 01 February 2002 02:03 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Parental Control (VChip) only on US Xbox
>> Vchip parental control only applies to Xbox units sold to the US market - according to the Official Australian Xbox site.
Do US players need more protection , or it is just another *useless* american law ?
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(Thursday 31 January 2002 23:48 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Best Selling Titles Jan. 6-19
>> Here's the full run down of NPD Funworlds Best Sellers for Jan 6-19 2002
1 Grand Theft Auto 3 PS2
2 Final Fantasy X PS2
3 NBA 2K2 PS2
4 Madden NFL 2002 PS2
5 Halo Xbox
6 Metal Gear Solid 2 PS2
7 Max Payne Xbox
8 Max Payne PS2
9 Bond:Agent Under Fire PS2
10 March Madness 2002 PS2
11 Gran Turismo 3 PS2
12 Blood Wake Xbox
13 Ace Combat 4 PS2
14 THPS3 PS2
15 Super Mario Advance GBA
16 Driver 2 PSX
17 Super Smash Bros GC
18 Project Gotham Racing Xbox
19 Harry Potter GBC
20 Jak and Daxter PS2
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(Thursday 31 January 2002 23:46 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Sony Brings Linux for PlayStation to US
>> Sony today announced plans to release the first supported version of its "Linux (for PlayStation 2)," dubbed Release 1.0. A beta Linux kit was made available in Japan last July in response to requests by the Japanese Linux society. After an overwhelming positive response from the community, Sony decided to publicly release and support the development kit. Release 1.0 will go on sale beginning in May for Japanese customers and debut in June for the United States and Europe. The kit will retail for $299 USD ($215 in Europe) and include a 40GB hard disk, 100 Base T Ethernet interface, Linux Kernel 2.2.1, XFree86 3.3.6, USB keyboard and mouse, and a computer monitor adaptor. The kit will only work when connected to a monitor - not a television.
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(Thursday 31 January 2002 01:05 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Final Fantasy XI beta
>> Final Fantasy XI beta tests have started some weeks ago in Japan. Unlike what Microsoft tries to insinuate FF XI will be exclusivly for Playstation2. (conversion later could always be possible , but it will be first on ps2)
Better luck next time MS ...
Final Fantasy XI website
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(Wednesday 30 January 2002 17:58 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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GDCE Dates Confirmed
>> CMP Europe has confirmed that GDC Europe will be held on August 30th and 31st 2002 at ExCeL, London. The event will take place immediately prior to CMP’s flagship European games show ECTS, which will also be held at the same venue.
CMP Europe Ltd is a leading provider of business to business marketing services and information to the hi-tech markets of IT, electronics and games. The expanding range of events, publications and on-line services benefit from CMP's strong industry focus and, as part of CMP Media Inc, a unique global and regional reach. CMP Europe was formerly the IT, electronics and games interests of Miller Freeman UK. Further information about CMP Europe can be found at www.cmp-europe.com.
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(Wednesday 30 January 2002 17:37 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Xbox Online Interview
>> The interview centers around the Xbox European launch but probably the most interesting stuff is in some answers about the online network, Square and if Xbox is going to drag on Microsoft's profits.
Online Network
I have more engineers working on online on my team than I do working on the hardware. They've been working on online [for Xbox] now for 18 months.
(...) broadband providers hear what we're planning on the backend of they say, "This is the killer app".
Over 30 percent of people that own Xboxes have broadband (...) The early adopters of Xbox are the early adopters of broadband, which is great. You do the math, you have 1.5 million with Xboxes, so around 500,000 of them have broadband, or something like that.
Sega has committed to doing its sports line online.
We'll be doing our sports line online as well.
We don't see the need to put a Web browser on Xbox.
Manufacturing:
The reality was that we were far exceeding 100,000 [a week] before the US launch.
The real challenge is going to be ramping up for the holiday season. Frankly our biggest worry is that demand has exceeded supply by too far a margin so far so we really have to bring more manufacturing online.
We're in the works of doing that now and every day we're extending the capacity of Guadalajara and Hungary.
We brought Hungary online during the US launch and some of the units actually came over from Hungary.
Miscellaneous:
We've got 250 games in development right now.
We think we can have 6.5 million (Xboxes) by the end of our fiscal year worldwide. The end of our fiscal year is June.
The software attach rate actually surpassed our expectations: we sold 3.2 units of software for every console sold, which is an unprecedented success.
I'll say about that is that to play Final Fantasy XI on a PS2, you have to go buy a whole bunch of stuff, and they may not be able to sell as many copies as they want to.
We still have money in the bank. [Everyone laughs] We still have other products that sell really, really well, and frankly we're not thinking about Xbox doing anything else other than fantastic.
Read The Full Interview
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(Wednesday 30 January 2002 17:35 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Xbox Gets 6 Week Head Start in Europe
>> The final round of releases for consoles was announced as Nintendo finally put to rest the rumours about the European launch date of GameCube - naming May 3 as the big day, giving Xbox a six week head start. The European launch of the GameCube completes the release cycle of the latest generation of consoles pitching Nintendo's latest offering against the Xbox, which has a European launch of March 14, and Sony's PlayStation2 which has been on the market for almost 18 months.
Nintendo said on Monday it expected the GameCube to have a European pricepoint of about €249 ($215) making it the cheapest of the three consoles, and about half that of the Xbox, which is expected to be priced at about €479.
After a series of cuts from its launch price PlayStation2 is now selling at about €300.
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(Tuesday 29 January 2002 15:48 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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New Xbox Controller Converter.
>> Lik Sang
, the nr1 in console import & addons , released a new converter so you can use your ps1/ps2 controllers on the xbox. It's a updated version of the first converter with support for the vibration function & a memory card slot for save game data.
Check out Lik Sang (section XBox > Controllers)
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(Tuesday 29 January 2002 15:46 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Microsoft announces music partnership
>> Microsoft has announced an agreement with the band Linkin Park to promote the Xbox on the band's upcoming tour, Projekt: Revolution. Recognizing that neither audience wants to be overmarketed to, Microsoft has said that the promotion will only involve Xbox logos on T-shirts and cross promotion between the Linkin Park and Xbox Web sites. In addition, the band will sign several Xboxes that will be given away at radio stations located in cities on the tour.
"We're huge fans of the Xbox," Linkin Park guitarist Brad Delson said. "We've been playing it since before it came out, and we're excited about the opportunity to include the Xbox in the first Projekt: Revolution tour."
The Projekt: Revolution tour starts on January 29 in Colorado Springs and ends February 24 in Las Vegas.
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(Tuesday 29 January 2002 15:38 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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ATA-100 Speed Gain Fake ?
>> Several weeks ago websites told cd ripping was faster if the normal IDE cable of the Xbox was replaced by a 80pin ATA-100 cable.
This has been checked by someone on the xboxhacker forums , and he found no speed gain at all while ripping cd's to the Xbox HD.
This could be logic 'cause the Xbox uses ATA PIO transfers, not Ultra DMA transfers which require the 80-pin cable, so there can be no speed gain from an ATA/100 cable normally.
It could be that those previous sites a special method , but nothin' has been proven.
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(Monday 28 January 2002 16:41 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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XBox mobo compared to GameCube mobo
>> Here a nice picture made by Bunnie :
On the left side the GC motherboard , on the right side the Xbox motherboard.
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(Sunday 27 January 2002 03:34 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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All Xbox Same BIOS (?!)
>> Bunnie has updated his Xbox page. He made some pictures of a stripped Xbox and he even removed the celeron cpu (who is NOT in a socket like on normal mobo's).
He also compared the BIOS of 2 different Xbox consoles , they seem to be identical.
Check Bunnie's webpage
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(Sunday 27 January 2002 03:29 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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VGA adaptor + PSX Controllers on Xbox.
>> Lik Sang
, the Hong Kong based dudes who create and sell plenty of interesting gadgets for video games have come up with 2 cool new devices for your favorite black box - the Xbox Joybox Converter and the Xbox VGA Box.
Starting with the Joybox converter, this device allows you to plug your redundant PSone and PoS2 controllers to your powerful new Xbox, and even comes with a PS memory card slot so you can dump your saved games to the old PS memory cards....
The other device from Lik-Sang is the Xbox VGA Box - this little beauty allows you to plug your Xbox into a VGA monitor - it also auto switched between TV/VGA and supports PAL (Europe) and NTSC (USA). Check them out.
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(Sunday 27 January 2002 03:22 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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