This is why I got a 360, so I could play games from my couch on an hdtv. But I am one of the few who game on a PC still. The keyboard (or N52 in my case) and mouse is just much better for FPS games. For most other games I prefer a controller on my couch. It took a while for the exclusives to come out to justify a 360, but Kameo, PDZ, Gears of War, and Dead Rising looked like enough to start.
Yep, I saw this at E3, graphics were amazing and I think it will be a PC exclusive. I will probably upgrade to a DX10 card when this game comes out. I think I can get by upgrading just my video card but I plan on upgrading my processor soon to speed up multitasking when doing encoding for ipod movies.

Come on guys, let's not turn this into a console vs pc thread. There are obviously pros and cons to both pcs and consoles. A true gamer games on a pc, xbox 360, ps3, and a wii. That's what I plan to do.

Anyone have that video of Mass Effect. What is the story behind it? Release date?

I obviously didn't intend for that to happen and I personally agree with taffers points, well most of them but that still doesn't account for those on the fence. If someone is on the fence about switching from PS2 to the 360 and see that a half dozen of the best exclusives will make it to the PC, why not go with PS3 and snag those 360 exclusives down the road on the PC?

I know hardware is the biggest issue, but that aside, if there is a shred of chance that a Sony gamer can play the big 360 games without getting a 360 wouldn't you think they would stick with Sony and have the best of both worlds? That's my only point. Where's the incentive to take a chance on the 360?

Even starting up the gamercard and achievements on the PC can be seen the same way. Sony fans can still get a GC and achievements while still owning a PS3. Of course it could work the other way and once someone new to Achievements gets into them on the PC, they could easily end up getting hooked and going with the 360. We all know how addictive they are.

This, of course, is all assuming the barrier to entry of both systems, cost, is too high to own both.

linky

Well. Son of a bitch.

Holy shit. HDMI & 120GB hard drive? Plus cooler cpus... Brilliant!

No shit, I just bought an XBox 360 about a month ago.

Coworker of mine just got his on New Year's. Needless to say, he's mighty pissed about this as well. But it's just what I needed to see!

Meh, what are you gonna do. If you have one already and you don't have money to buy the new one the old version will still kick ass.


Hey, perhaps if our current units die down the line we'll get this "Zehpyr" as the replacement....yeah right.

Still no internal HD DVD drive

As someone who already has a 360, I dont care what improvements they add, it wont detract from my gaming.

wtf would I do with a 120 gig hard drive, really?

I don't have a TV that supports 1080p, so i really don't see the problem, at all. I guess if you JUST got the system, you might be jealous, but given the points I've already mentioned, it seems kinda childish.

Hopefully, it will get people that are sitting on the fence to get the system, based on those improvements

Man my cousin just got his 360 and was asking me about a hdmi port. He is going to shit bricks now.

HD Movies and TV shows.

but if you can only keep them for a week, I don't see how that would be an issue

besides I plan to buy another external drive someday OR get that gizmo that allows you to transfer files from your xbox to your computer.

Im getting an 800gb server soon, does anyone have experience with these:



http://gear.ign.com/articles/718/718315p1.html

Didn't someone pointed out earlier that the TV shows don't expire?


You know, people keep talking about Marketplace stuff like HD movies and TV shows filling up the Hard Drives. I've always worried about System Updates, Patches, Game Patches, New Content downloads, and other stuff like that taking up space. I mean correct me if I'm wrong but it seems like we're seeing more game patches this generation.

That new model is cool and all (pun intended), but since my TV is only 1080i, with no HDMI, and I have no interest in the bigger HD (don't care to download movies and shows), the only thing about it that tickles me is the cooler running processor, that might lead to less instances of "three rings of death".

I find this a total BS move by MS. Unless somehow they give current users an option to use HDMI....which I doubt.

I don't really care much though, since I have the same TV situation as above.

I wonder how much they will sell it for?

My TV says 1080i and it does have an HDMI port.

No mention if HD-DVD drive will be built in or not either.

I'll try to find the link, but I read an interview with two 360 developers, and they said there were no plans to include an internal HD-DVD drive for now.

They said that MS didn't want its customers to be stuck with a "betamax" machine.

If they could add an HD-DVD drive without increasing the cost of the unit, then sure, why not add it? It's only a bonus and if the format fails it'll still play DVDs. But if they can't add it without jacking up the price, keep it as an optional add-on.