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X05 Reveals Many 360 Details 28

Posted by Zonk from the shiny-green-news dept.
StocDred writes "GamesIndustry.biz has an interview with Microsoft's Robbie Bach stating that Halo 3 may not be out in time to smackdown the PS3 after all, despite what Bill Gates said to Time Magazine in May." He also had things to say about the Live marketplace and MMO plug-ins and their hopes for Japanese success. From the Gamasutra article: "Finally, Bach gave details on anticipated MMORPGs for the Xbox 360. The already-announced Final Fantasy XI will have a large beta test, such that any Xbox 360 owner with the necessary hard drive will possibly be able to participate. Apart from that, Bach said there would be no new MMORPG in the launch window due to the logistics of setting up a new service, but there would be a new entry in the genre two to three years after launch." Several MMOs are planned, though, such as the MMOFPS Huxley.
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  • Halo 3 may not be out in time to smackdown the PS3 after all, despite what Bill Gates said to Time Magazine in May

    Bill Gates, I've got three words for you: FACE Gates, FACE!
  • Of course MS couldn't guarantee Halo 3 would be out in the spring unless they sacrificed quality, something I don't see Bungie letting happen. I sincerely hope no one out there really thought that Bill was giving a set launch date. It's crazy talk.
    • Three cheers for Bungie, a game development company that has put out quality games and insists on doing so in the future. If more of the game development companies were able to do this we wouldn't have so many buggy, almost finished games rushed to the market.
    • Come on, you know he was dead serious about it. He was probably cackling with joy when he said it. And you know what he did when he got the bad news that it wouldn't be out in time? He ordered three babies in small, South American villages killed, thats what!
    • History suggests the PS3 "spring" release date is likely to be for Japan only. History also suggests that Sony will be late in getting it out to US and Europe. I'd say Bungie has an excellent chance of making the *US* PS3 release, which will probably be this time next year.

  • WHY are they talking about FFXI at all? (Score:1, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Final Fantasy XI is going to be four years old at the XBox launch ( according to the Wikipedia [wikipedia.org]). So, what they're saying, is that the XBox will be receiving a four-year old port of an MMORPG, and then nothing else for another two to three years after that. Um, yay?

    Not to mention that it's a PORT from a console that's popular in Japan (the PS2) to a new one, from a company that failed to gain any real popularity in Japan. According to some earlier Slashdot article, FFXI will be a flat port to the XBox 360
  • Look, Halo3 may end up being right on schedule, with a respectable development time, but it just sounds like it'll never be released when you can say that it sounds like it will be released *AFTER* Duke Nukem Forever.

    Old habits die hard, I guess.

  • I might participate in this one (if I was going to buy a 360, of which I have no plans yet except to turn around and sell it on eBay 2 weeks before Christmas just because I'm an evil bastard) if they included voice chat.

    It seems that voice chat is a missing feature in a lot of MMORPGs. I wouldn't mind having a "ignore all by default" feature, and be able to turn it on for individuals that I get to know. This would reduce the vocal asshattedness (you know - people screaming out "You nigger asshole" and oth

  • Um, WHERE'S THE BEEF? (Score:4, Interesting)

    by larsoncc ( 461660 ) on Tuesday October 04, 2005 @04:26PM (#13716734) Homepage
    Hey, where is my backwards compatibility announcement? If it was GOOD news, don't you think they'd be announcing it during the keynote?

    What are they waiting for?

    How about reports from real gamers about Perfect Dark Zero?

    IGN says they HOPE the framerate will get all the way up to a whopping 30 FPS?

    WHAT?
    • Do you have a magic TV that gets more than 30 frames per second?
      • First, the concern here is that it dips below 30 ACCORDING TO A JOURNALIST. Now, they don't have a "frames per second meter" that they can hook up to the kiosk's LCD, now do they? So, this is shorthand for "this game is choppy."

        Second, many people most certainly DO have a TV that displays more than 30 frames per second. That's a property of progressive scan. In interlaced modes, 30fps (actually 60, but each frame is only HALF the screen), in progressive modes, 60fps. Look it up. This is a high def g
        • I am quite familiar with what the term "framerate" means when applied to gaming. I am also familiar with the fact that final builds are not shown at trade shows. I am additionally very well aquainted with how televisions work.

          And finally, I was trying to be sarcasticlly funny. Relax. You'll live longer.

          KTHXBYE
  • It starts October 5th (tomorrow). The Title of this article is bullshit. All the interviews are Pre-X05 too.

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