Author Topic: Microsoft's slim Xbox (Read 22549 times)

WrikaWrek · « **on:** June 13, 2010, 07:27:48 PM »

Man, 5 years late no?

Beezy · « **Reply #1 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:29:19 PM »

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #2 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:32:53 PM »

Hilarious.

TripleA · « **Reply #3 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:35:26 PM »

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #4 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:39:18 PM »

[youtube=560,345]wxJ16-8KKfw[/youtube]

brawndolicious · « **Reply #5 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:40:28 PM »

The design looks all right but how much did they actually slim it down?

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #6 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:41:01 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on June 13, 2010, 07:34:35 PM

Don't like it, don't buy it.

It's a fucking game system. You play video games on it.

The 360 Fan tears

Tucah · « **Reply #7 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:43:03 PM »

And Kinect is Natal's final name

Design's alright. It's not as bad as the original Xbox's, so there's a plus.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #8 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:44:16 PM »

any word on faceplate backwards compatibility? I'd like to get this, but if my faceplate collection isn't BC, then fuck this shit.

TripleA · « **Reply #9 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:45:50 PM »

The design is absolutely terrible, it looks like something that belongs in the Ps2 era.

That's why I still have my doubts, Microsoft wouldn't design such a horrible looking device especially after the excellent Zune redesign.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #10 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:46:54 PM »

Quote from: Tucah on June 13, 2010, 07:43:03 PM

And Kinect is Natal's final name

Design's alright. It's not as bad as the original Xbox's, so there's a plus.

Well, I'm predicting major bombing from this whole MS thing they got in the cards.

The redesign doesn't do anything to improve the image and it doesn't even look Slim, the new Natal name is borderline distinguished mentally-challenged and won't fly with casual consumer at all.

Man MS sucks so hard.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #11 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:46:58 PM »

I think you mean 3D0 era.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #12 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:49:03 PM »

Nah, the original PS2 was butt ugly.

TripleA · « **Reply #13 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:50:00 PM »

And Kinect? Really?

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #14 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:53:08 PM »

Microsoft ripping off sony once again.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #15 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:53:20 PM »

Quote from: TripleA on June 13, 2010, 07:50:00 PM

And Kinect? Really?

I think time has proven that there's no name for a product that doesn't sound distinguished mentally-challenged. Playstation, Xbox, move, wii, ipod, natal, anything...it all sounds kinda distinguished mentally-challenged. Nintendo Entertainment System is so sterile that it works, though. and at the time, that sounded high tech.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #16 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:53:49 PM »

HOLY SHIT SAME FONT TOO

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #17 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:55:54 PM »

Quote from: Methodis the Incorrigible! on June 13, 2010, 07:53:49 PM

HOLY SHIT SAME FONT TOO

EXCEPT THAT "KINETIC" IS ACTUALLY A WORD THAT EXISTS AND "KINECT" ISN'T BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU DROPPED OUT IN THE THIRD GRADE

TripleA · « **Reply #18 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:56:17 PM »

Quote from: WrikaWrek on June 13, 2010, 07:46:54 PM

Quote from: Tucah on June 13, 2010, 07:43:03 PM
And Kinect is Natal's final name

Design's alright. It's not as bad as the original Xbox's, so there's a plus.

Well, I'm predicting major bombing from this whole MS thing they got in the cards.

The redesign doesn't do anything to improve the image and it doesn't even look Slim, the new Natal name is borderline distinguished mentally-challenged and won't fly with casual consumer at all.

Man MS sucks so hard.

If this is real, man, what are they thinking?

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #19 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:57:04 PM »

Quote from: Don Flamenco on June 13, 2010, 07:55:54 PM

Quote from: Methodis the Incorrigible! on June 13, 2010, 07:53:49 PM
HOLY SHIT SAME FONT TOO

EXCEPT THAT "KINETIC" IS ACTUALLY A WORD THAT EXISTS AND "KINECT" ISN'T BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU DROPPED OUT IN THE THIRD GRADE

DONT YOU SEE THAT ~~NATAL~~ IS DOING THE SAME SHIT AS KINETIC?

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #20 on:** June 13, 2010, 07:59:36 PM »

Quote from: Methodis the Incorrigible! on June 13, 2010, 07:57:04 PM

Quote from: Don Flamenco on June 13, 2010, 07:55:54 PM
Quote from: Methodis the Incorrigible! on June 13, 2010, 07:53:49 PM
HOLY SHIT SAME FONT TOO

EXCEPT THAT "KINETIC" IS ACTUALLY A WORD THAT EXISTS AND "KINECT" ISN'T BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU DROPPED OUT IN THE THIRD GRADE
DONT YOU SEE THAT ~~NATAL~~ IS DOING THE SAME SHIT AS KINETIC?

ONE FITNESS GAME VERSUS A PLATFORM

but I gotta stop before it looks like I'm defending natal. This neogaf tendency to link EVERYTHING to something is just annoying. "OMG there's a spelling mistake on p.8 in the instruction manual for Wrecking Crew for the NES that has the word 'Kinect' thus MS stole it from Nintendo lawlllllll!!!!"

especially when you don't even need to reach that far to find the forgery--lest we all forget this is all rooted in Sony and MS actually believing that motion controls are the future

Shurs · « **Reply #21 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:00:33 PM »

If it has Wi-Fi, I'm getting one.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #22 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:02:55 PM »

lol alienware

TripleA · « **Reply #23 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:03:10 PM »

Quote from: Don Flamenco on June 13, 2010, 07:53:20 PM

Quote from: TripleA on June 13, 2010, 07:50:00 PM
And Kinect? Really?

I think time has proven that there's no name for a product that doesn't sound distinguished mentally-challenged. Playstation, Xbox, move, wii, ipod, natal, anything...it all sounds kinda distinguished mentally-challenged. Nintendo Entertainment System is so sterile that it works, though. and at the time, that sounded high tech.

Why not call it Wave?

Wave sounds organic, Kinect sounds like....well it sounds like shit only a level 100 nerd would think sounds cool (I'm a level 50 nerd btw).

Wii, Move, Kinect. Ugh...I'm sure the tech is impressive but that's a horrible name for the product.

chronovore · « **Reply #24 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:04:15 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on June 13, 2010, 08:02:55 PM

lol alienware

Yeah, pretty much this.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #25 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:04:40 PM »

They really should've gone with Wave.

Specially with the whole wave redesign they have going on for the games cases.

Tucah · « **Reply #26 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:06:04 PM »

I think Wave would have been a fantastic name for Natal. Simple, easy to market, easy to remember.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #27 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:07:30 PM »

Quote from: TripleA on June 13, 2010, 08:03:10 PM

Quote from: Don Flamenco on June 13, 2010, 07:53:20 PM
Quote from: TripleA on June 13, 2010, 07:50:00 PM
And Kinect? Really?

I think time has proven that there's no name for a product that doesn't sound distinguished mentally-challenged. Playstation, Xbox, move, wii, ipod, natal, anything...it all sounds kinda distinguished mentally-challenged. Nintendo Entertainment System is so sterile that it works, though. and at the time, that sounded high tech.

Why not call it Wave?

Wave sounds organic, Kinect sounds like....well it sounds like shit only a level 100 nerd would think sounds cool (I'm a level 50 nerd btw).

Wii, Move, Kinect. Ugh...I'm sure the tech is impressive but that's a horrible name for the product.

wave is still cheesy though it does feel a bit closer to the core of the functionality of natal (using your hands to do shit.) Maybe i'm poisoned at the root knowing that all of this shit is decided on with 1000s of focus groups and millions in research about what's "cool." the corporate process for coming up with the name for something naturally arrives at something that feels patronizing. So anything they choose is like pre-ruined for me.

Tucah · « **Reply #28 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:15:08 PM »

Kinect is official:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2010-06-14-vidgame14_ST_N.htm

Games, including such gems as Kinectimals, were also announced:

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•Kinectimals lets you train and play with 20 different virtual cats, including a lion, cheetah and tiger.

•Joyride, a racing game, lets players use their hands to hold an imaginary steering wheel — pull your hands toward you and push back out for an acceleration boost — and their bodies to execute jumps and tricks.

•Kinect Sports has six activities including boxing, bowling, beach volleyball, track and field, soccer and table tennis. To serve a volleyball, you mimic the real motion; in soccer, you can kick the ball or do a header.

•Kinect Adventures includes a river-raft time trial and obstacle course, playable by up to four players. On the raft, playing as a duo, you and a partner must lean one way or another to steer. Jumping helps the raft reach special areas for extra points.

•Dance Central, in development by MTV Games, brings a So You Think You Can Dance experience home.

•Star Wars characters and iconic Disney favorites will be featured in separate new games being developed at Microsoft in conjunction with LucasArts and Disney.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #29 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:19:36 PM »

Kinectimals

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #30 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:19:41 PM »

I don't think Dance Central is by Harmonix, but by another MTV Games team.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #31 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:20:24 PM »

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Kinect Sports has six activities including boxing, bowling, beach volleyball, track and field, soccer and table tennis.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #32 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:23:24 PM »

Kinectimals

Seriously though, I don't find the redesign to be that awful - not great but not awful.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #33 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:24:08 PM »

Kinectsticles

archie4208 · « **Reply #34 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:24:46 PM »

PC gaming is looking more and more attractive every day. Fuck this motion fad.

Quote from: Methodis the Incorrigible! on June 13, 2010, 08:19:41 PM

I don't think Dance Central is by Harmonix, but by another MTV Games team.

Does MTV Games have a development studio other than Harmonix, though?

Crushed · « **Reply #35 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:24:52 PM »

um this thread is about ms's new totally radical pimped out rig (from dell), not kinectimals

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #36 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:25:21 PM »

This is so hilarious.

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Does MTV Games have a development studio other than Harmonix, though?

Backbone are liscenced by them, along with Demiurge Studios and some others.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #37 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:25:33 PM »

Remember MTV Games is a publishing branch.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #38 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:25:48 PM »

this board needs a culling, real talk

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #39 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:26:06 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on June 13, 2010, 08:23:24 PM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on June 13, 2010, 08:20:24 PM
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Kinect Sports has six activities including boxing, bowling, beach volleyball, track and field, soccer and table tennis.

Come on, did you expect anything LESS than a wii sport type release from Microsoft?

It'd be funny if it came from Rare - still having to make Nintendo knock-offs all these years later.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #40 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:27:08 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on June 13, 2010, 08:25:48 PM

this board needs a culling, real talk

Mos Def.

E3 brings out the worst even on bore. And by worst I mean Methodis.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #41 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:28:27 PM »

E3's the one time of year I can legitmitely laugh at 360 fans without looking like a total troll. :'(

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #42 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:28:51 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on June 13, 2010, 08:23:24 PM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on June 13, 2010, 08:20:24 PM
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Kinect Sports has six activities including boxing, bowling, beach volleyball, track and field, soccer and table tennis.

Come on, did you expect anything LESS than a wii sport type release from Microsoft?

I just think it's funny that they actually called it "Kinect Sports".

Crushed · « **Reply #43 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:29:52 PM »

yeah at least sony named Move Sports "Sports Champions" or whatever

TripleA · « **Reply #44 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:30:36 PM »

It's real.

It's fucking real.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #45 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:30:58 PM »

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #46 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:35:18 PM »

i don't know if that slim system picture is real, but it sure is ugly

TripleA · « **Reply #47 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:37:07 PM »

Quote from: WrikaWrek on June 13, 2010, 08:30:58 PM

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MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #48 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:37:21 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on June 13, 2010, 08:34:01 PM

That's a good ad.

The purple & green go together a lot better than I thought.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #49 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:38:24 PM »

it doesn't really matter, though, it could be even uglier than that and it would still be the system to buy for this gen

Raban · « **Reply #50 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:38:48 PM »

dude looks like a black Jeff Goldblum, real talk

And Methodis? smh
Why are you on this forum

brawndolicious · « **Reply #51 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:40:08 PM »

Knowing Microsoft, Kinect is going to be marketed as just a subset of different genres that encourage a casual but still "kinnected" experience. Remember, the Wii's name didn't stop its momentum. If somebody's going to invest in motion-control just for the sake of the gimmick then they're not going to care about the name.

And I actually like the slim's design. It looks subtle.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #52 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:41:36 PM »

do what i did with the wii, hide it behind the tv

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #53 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:43:19 PM »

i actually just didn't have room for it anywhere else

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #54 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:48:07 PM »

Quote from: startselect on June 13, 2010, 08:38:48 PM

dude looks like a black Jeff Goldblum, real talk

can't unsee it. wow!

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #55 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:52:42 PM »

pretend he's flying a computer virus into the mothership

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #56 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:54:33 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on June 13, 2010, 08:43:19 PM

i actually just didn't have room for it anywhere else

same reason mine's behind my tv too!

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #57 on:** June 13, 2010, 09:00:31 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on June 13, 2010, 08:52:42 PM

pretend he's flying a computer virus into the mothership

i'd like to give whoever came up with this a virus, alright

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chronovore · « **Reply #58 on:** June 13, 2010, 09:15:18 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on June 13, 2010, 08:25:48 PM

this board needs a culling, real talk

Actually, this is the most coherent thing he's posted in a year. MTV Games/Viacom can go wherever they want for titles, and I hear Viacom has some money. Yeah, HMX is the biggest one we've heard from so far, yeah Demiurge and Backbone have been lapping at the teat of HMX's assets and pipeline for Unplugged and Green Day, but it doesn't mean that it's going to be all Rock Band, all the time.

Quote from: Tucah on June 13, 2010, 08:15:08 PM

Kinect is official:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2010-06-14-vidgame14_ST_N.htm

Games, including such gems as Kinectimals, were also announced:
Quote
•Kinectimals lets you train and play with 20 different virtual cats, including a lion, cheetah and tiger.

•Joyride, a racing game, lets players use their hands to hold an imaginary steering wheel — pull your hands toward you and push back out for an acceleration boost — and their bodies to execute jumps and tricks.

•Kinect Sports has six activities including boxing, bowling, beach volleyball, track and field, soccer and table tennis. To serve a volleyball, you mimic the real motion; in soccer, you can kick the ball or do a header.

•Kinect Adventures includes a river-raft time trial and obstacle course, playable by up to four players. On the raft, playing as a duo, you and a partner must lean one way or another to steer. Jumping helps the raft reach special areas for extra points.

•Dance Central, in development by MTV Games, brings a So You Think You Can Dance experience home.

•Star Wars characters and iconic Disney favorites will be featured in separate new games being developed at Microsoft in conjunction with LucasArts and Disney.

So, wait, Joy Ride went from being a free-to-play online, cooperative race game to a hand-waving spaz festival?

Quote from: Don Flamenco on June 13, 2010, 08:07:30 PM

wave is still cheesy though it does feel a bit closer to the core of the functionality of natal (using your hands to do shit.) Maybe i'm poisoned at the root knowing that all of this shit is decided on with 1000s of focus groups and millions in research about what's "cool." the corporate process for coming up with the name for something naturally arrives at something that feels patronizing. So anything they choose is like pre-ruined for me.

Adding "pre-ruined" to my lexicon of clever phrases.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #59 on:** June 13, 2010, 09:16:22 PM »

i forgot it was E3, culling suggestion rescinded because i want to troll, too

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