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Video Games : Xbox Console
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Xbox Console from: Microsoft |
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Binding: Video Game Brand: Microsoft EAN: 0659556602369 Label: Microsoft Manufacturer: Microsoft Manufacturer Maximum Age: 18 years Manufacturer Minimum Age: 36 months Number Of Items: 1 Platform: Xbox Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: August 27, 2004 Studio: Microsoft Sales Rank: 669 MPN: F23-00067 Accessories:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: With the Xbox Microsoft got it right first go. It has stunning graphics, immense power under the bonnet and little quirks to give it the edge. You can tell that every component of the Xbox has been scrutinised and all the elements play-tested so that this really is a machine created by gamers for gamers. The main processor is powered by Intel while the graphics are dealt with by NVIDIA and both have been specifically designed for the system. What this gives you is a machine with PC power and equivalent graphics that plays on your television screen. Imagine a P4 2 GHz machine with buckets of memory and a GeForce 3 card with all the extra options--such as tri-linear, bump mapping and shadows--turned on and you might start to get close on the graphics. The set video pieces are like something out of the Final Fantasy movie and are far above anything previously seen on a console. The eye candy doesn't stop with the cinematic sequences. Once you start playing the games themselves they ooze creativity and atmosphere. Titles such as Halo and Oddworld: Munch's Odyssey show a graphical style that make them simply the best-looking console games you will see on your TV. It is not only graphics that Microsoft has gone to great pains to get right. Sound plays a huge part in the immersive atmosphere that the console is aiming for. To this end the Xbox boasts 256 audio channels as well as supporting Dolby Digital and Dolby Surround which all combine to give you an unrivalled audio experience. You will almost feel the bullets whizzing over your head from all directions in Halo. The system also supports DVD playback which is accessed by a remote control sold separately. This is a good thing because you don't have to faff around pausing movies with the right trigger or left d-pad. In Xbox you get the gaming capabilities of a top of the range PC with all the extras. You can't do your monthly accounts on it or edit your home movies but this machine is for playing with and that's what it excels at. --Jason Denwood Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - I like it!i have owned and xbox for 4 years now and it has finally given up the ghost but it has been v. reliable and i have had no problems. only problem is that htere r no good platform games but drving, shooting and evrything else r great . got xbox 360 now its not that much bigger than a ps2 and its ghot the same amount of buttons! Rating: - Excellent multi media centre (but not in the way Micro$oft intended it)I bought my main xbox over a year and a half ago and now own two of them! - And I still use both of them quite extensively! Why would you want to buy an xbox these days when there are so many alternatives like the psx 2, or xbox 360? - well I bought mine with the intention of using it as a multi-media centre (no, not the default rubbish that micro$oft gives you!) - I had a lot of divx & dvd backup movies of dvd's that I owned on the pc and mac that I wanted to watch in the living room. Back a year ago the only options was to add a `mod chip' to the system that would allow you to run other software (other than micro$oft approved), nowadays you can `soft mod' the xbox which means you don't even have to buy a mod chip or open ... Read More: Rating:  - a great console but only 4 starsit rely is a great game console but there is one problem the xbox it over heats and wen it does it stops playin games well mine does an there is a massive variety of games on the xbox startin from rely crap ones to awesome games like halo, hitman, call of duty, project gotham racing, etc etc it goes on and on and to be fair not all ppl like action games so u might want games that i call crap but if u love em then gd for u but if u want a wide variety of games and dont mind that your xbox overheatin then get one but jus make sure u get a new one or one that has been refurbished by a compant that specialises in it and jus dont buy a second hand one for very little money cos you will be disappointed Rating: - Great but not the bestI have all three "sixth generation" consoles - Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube so I review the Xbox on how I compare it to the other two consoles. I bought my Xbox just before Christmas 2002 and had to buy a replacement in 2005 as my first Xbox broke down - the first console to ever break down on me. Despite the breakdown, though, I still find the Xbox a great console that's potential was sadly very short lived. But the main weakness, in my opinion, when comparing it with the PS2 and GameCube are the games. While I have some great games for the Xbox, I have always found, in my opinion, there have always been more "must have" exclusives on both the PS2 and GameCube. There ... Read More: Rating: - It Was The Strongest Console Among The Three, But Even With Power, Did It Stand A Chance?!The Microsoft XBox Console is the first video-game homing console that the Microsoft Computer Company has released on the market. It was released in Europe on March 14th 2002 (Roughly 54 Days before the Nintendo Gamecube), and it has currently so far sold 24 Million Units, which has slightly beaten the Nintendo Gamecube, as it had sold 21 Million Units! According to internet calculations, when the Playstation 1 was released on the market, Microsoft were getting very anxious during the late 90's as the Playstation 1 was rapidly selling loads of units out worldwide, and Microsoft looked to see that Sony may have had the power to eliminate Microsoft itself! Because of this, when the Playstation 2 was on the market, Microsoft designed a homing ... Read More: |
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