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| WHAT IS X-BOX? WELL, IMAGINE BILL GATES WALKING INTO YOUR ROOM AND ASKING YOU TO MAKE THE IDEAL GAME CONSOLE. HE HAS THE TECHNOLOGY, THE RESOURCES, THE ENGINEERS, AND THE CONNECTIONS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. YOU JUST HAVE TO TELL HIM WHAT TO BUILD. SO YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS GET TO WORK. IT HAS TO BE POWERFUL, IT HAS TO HAVE A COMFORTABLE, FUNCTIONAL CONTROLLER, WITH AMAZING GAMES. YOU WANT A FULL-BLOWN BROADBAND TO SEND YOUR PLAYS, YOUR COMBOS, AND YOUR PLASMA BLOBS ACROSS THE GLOBE AND BACK. YOU WRITE IT ALL DOWN, AND GIVE IT TO BILL GATES. "OUTSTANDING" HE SAYS. SINCE HE'S GOT THE SMARTEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WORKING FOR HIM, THEY ADD A FEW IDEAS TO YOUR LIST, LIKE 4 HIGH-SPEED CONTROLLER PORTS AND DVD CAPABILITIES. AND THEN HE TELLS YOU HE'S GOING TO CRAM ALL THIS GAMING GOODNESS INTO A COOL-LOOKING BLACK BOX THAT LOOKS LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN A MEGA-WATT AMPLIFIER AND BATMAN'S BREIFCASE. HOW COOL IS THAT?! AS IT TURN OUT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT MICROSOFT DID. WHICH IS CREATE A GAMING DREAM MACHINE DESIGNED BY GAMERS. THAT'S X-BOX. PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD ARE ANNOUNCING THAT THEY ARE JOINING THE X-BOX BRIGADE. BE PREPARED FOR ROCKING- X-BOX VERSIONS OF YOUR BEST LOVED GAMES, LIKE TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER/2, SSX, ODDWORLD AND METAL GEAR SOLID. MICROSOFT IS RECRUITING THE WORLDS BEST DEVELOPERS TO BE A PART OF THE X-BOX EXPEIRIENCE. SOON YOU'LL WONDER WHY YOU EVER CALLED YOURSELF A GAMER , HOW YOU EVER LIVED BEFORE PLAYING NEW MIND-SHREDDING TITLES LIKE HALO AND MALICE. |
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| MORE THAN 200 COMPANIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR COMMITMENT TO X-BOX., INCLUDING SEGA, ACTIVISION, CAPCOM, EIDOS, INFOGRAMS, KONAMI, MIDWAY, THQ, AND ELECTRONIC ARTS. WHY ARE THEY SO EXCITED? THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REASONS. ONE IS THAT MICROSOFT CREATED A POWERFUL CONSOLE, A NITRO BURNING GAME ENGINE THAT WILL PUNCH THROUGH THE LIMITS OF ANY CONSOLE BEFORE IT. ANOTHER REASON IS THAT X-BOX IS DEVELOPER FREINDLY. IN OTHER WORDS, DEVELOPERS SPEND LESS TIME WRESTLING WITH COMPLEX HARDWARE, AND SPEND MORE TIME CREATING COOL GAMES. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE GAMES. WE KNOW IT, YOU KNOW IT, AND MICROSOFT KNOWS IT. MICROSOFT LEFT NOTHING TO CHANCE WHEN THEY DESIGNED THE X-BOX. EVERYTHING ABOUT IT, FROM THE BLAZING GRAPHICE PROCESSOR, TO THE BLACK EXTERIOR, TO THE LENGTH OF THE CONTROLLER CORDS -- IS INTENDED TO MAXIMISE YOUR GAMING EXPERIENCE. THEY TALKED TO 5000 GAMERS IN THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN, AND EUROPE, TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY WANTED. THEY ALSO TOURED THE HOMES OF 130 GAMERS TO SEE WHERE THEY PLAY THEIR GAMES, HOW THEY STORED THEIR CONSOLES, AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER STUFF THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULDN'T BOTHER TO NOTICE. THEY WERE IN SEARCH OFTHE RIGHT VIBE. SO IT'S NO COINCIEDENCE THAT THE RAISED RIBS ON THE X-BOX REMIND PEOPLE OF THE HEAT-DISSAPATING FINS OF A POWERFUL STEREO AMPLIFIER. IT'S ALSO NO COINCEIDENCE THAT THE SLEEK CONTROLLERS, SUPPORTING MORE BUTTONS AND TRIGGERS THAN ANY OTHER CONSOLE, ARE CONNECTED TO THE X-BOX BY EXTRA LONG CABLES THAT EMIT AN INCADESCENT GREEN GLOW. AND THAT'S JUST THE OUTSIDE! JUST CHECK OUT THE SPECS ON THE RIGHT FOR A LIST OF FEATURES THAT READS LIKE A GAMERS WISH LIST. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE X-BOX IS THREE TIMES A GOOD AS ANY GAME CONSOLE OUT THERE, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO CRACK ONE OPEN TO BE CONVINCED. |
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