360plex Netcast #8 -- Best of 2006 and CES
360plex Netcast #8 -- Best of 2006 and CES
9 January 2007
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Highlight of the Past Year
Jeff - PS3 and Wii make major gains in market share, price drop for console, motion controlled controllers
Gunnz - Microsoft will get its act together with hardware issues and possibly release a new version of 360.
Some of the numbers:
IPTV - Channel browsing Watch TV on your 360 and Vista computer
Sharp is showing off a 108-inch LCD TV. The 108-inch LCD screen, which measures 93.9-inches wide by 52.9-inches high.
Blitz - another demo behind the release
Rally-X
Ms. Pac-Man - 1-10-07
Heavy Arms - 1-17-07
Gears of War bonus maps - The maps will be available on January 10th Patch out by January 09th. Raven Down places you in the desperate aftermath of a helicopter crash,while Old Bones drops you right in the middle of a Locust attack on Sera's Museums.
Virtua Fighter confirmed and Tekken 6 rummored for the 360?
Saints Row bugs as a Musical
Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD comparison
Xbox 360 top selling hardware this past Christmas season. Microsoft need to better show off the features of the 360
1 million ps3's produced
XFPS - use a keyboard and mouse on your 360
Rainbow 6 Vegas patched
Shadowrun Beta Responsible for Live Outage?
9 January 2007
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Best of 2006
Highlight of the Past Year
Darnnell - X06
Gunnz - Gears of War phenomena
Jeff - Warranty extension
Best Game
Gunnz - Gears of War
Darnnell - Ghost Recon
Jeff - Rainbow 6 Vegas
Best Arcade XBLA
Darnnell - UNO
Jeff - Small Arms super smash bros
Gunnz - Lumines Live, Geometry Wars
Best Trailers
Gunnz - Halo Wars
Darnnell - Halo III Commercial
Jeff - Gears of War - Mad World
Worst Game
Darrnell - Outfit
Gunnz - Project 8
Jeff - NBA Live 2007
Predictions for 2007
Darnnell - 360 price drop, Bigger hardrive, more third party titlesJeff - PS3 and Wii make major gains in market share, price drop for console, motion controlled controllers
Gunnz - Microsoft will get its act together with hardware issues and possibly release a new version of 360.
What we are playing
Darnnell - Gears Of War Street Fighter NBA 2k7 PGR3
Jeff RV6, Small Arms, PGR3, Burnout
Gunnz - Nothing (360 is Dead), Sim City 4 (PC)
CES
Microsoft's Keynote Address Bill Gates led the keynote. Vista,Some of the numbers:
- 10.4 million consoles sold
- Majority of new owners are new the the xbox platform
- 2.7 million Gears of War
- 160 titles today
- 320 titles by end of this year
- 5 million Xbox Live members
- 3 billion hours of gaming on Xbox Live
IPTV - Channel browsing Watch TV on your 360 and Vista computer
Sharp is showing off a 108-inch LCD TV. The 108-inch LCD screen, which measures 93.9-inches wide by 52.9-inches high.
Demos
Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Winning 11) - demo out 2 months after the releaseBlitz - another demo behind the release
Xbox Live Arcade
Novadrome
Rally-X
Ms. Pac-Man - 1-10-07
Heavy Arms - 1-17-07
Video Marketplace
Gunnz - Dave Chappell - Unforgiven
Jeff - Mission Impossible 3
News
Xbox warranty extended for a year. Xbox support and reliability still a problem (Crap-out poll )
Gears of War bonus maps - The maps will be available on January 10th Patch out by January 09th. Raven Down places you in the desperate aftermath of a helicopter crash,while Old Bones drops you right in the middle of a Locust attack on Sera's Museums.
Virtua Fighter confirmed and Tekken 6 rummored for the 360?
Saints Row bugs as a Musical
Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD comparison
Xbox 360 top selling hardware this past Christmas season. Microsoft need to better show off the features of the 360
1 million ps3's produced
XFPS - use a keyboard and mouse on your 360
Rainbow 6 Vegas patched
Shadowrun Beta Responsible for Live Outage?
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