The Xbox 360's Home Debut

[ezzkmo]

Xbox 360 Image and Information Leak.

Late Sunday night a forum user on Gamespot.com posted a few images of himself playing Halo 2 on a (test) Xbox 360 and spilled some beans on the console.

Check out Xbox Core (http://www.xboxcore.com/news/707.html) for the pictures and the story on this.

Looks real enough, and I'm sure units are out there and being tested, but who knows...could just be looking for attention. Gotta love the haircut though.

[Mr_Snuffle]

God... reading that guys post is like be anally raped by a burly man named Bruce...

[Deadend]

wow, that was some bad writing.

[B_Money]

God... reading that guys post is like be anally raped by a burly man named Bruce...
Is it a guy named Bruce Campbell? Cause a lot of geeks are into that.

[KarmaGhost]

I was going to say that someone needs some furnature, but it's the first comment in that link, soooo....

[Mr.Green]

You didn't need to make the same typo, though.

[Plac1d]

Some of the comments following the news post is almost as bad as CarrotTop's writing. I'm thankful our forums hasn't gone along a similar path into those depths of hell yet. Flaming free since '63.

[Derwin]

Gotta love the haircut though.

Or lack thereof...

[MosBen]

Teh Retarn of Jeff K.!!!1!1!!

[Reanimated]

Hope his dad doesn't get fired because his kid is a dumbass.

Although... I'm inclined to believe that this is just another viral marketing stunt.

[if76]

Way to get your dad fired carrot top.

[Taco]

Yeah, that kid posted his fathers ID and Security badge from MS to proove to his l33t internet buds he's for real. Folks, he is as smart as his writing would suggest.

[Tricky Thumb]

Looks like Microsoft has got themselves a new mascot.

[Zeal]

lol dumb motherfucker.

The voice of Gamespot's forum users, ladies and gentlemen.

[darkwarrior]

Its nothing but publicity really, people already know what the console looks like and most of the dashboard so hopefully they won't take it out on the father because his son inherited too many alcohol strands from that one night the old man forgot to wear protection.

[DevDict]

ilovebees was a more interesting move.

This guy is just an idiot. Nobody likes them and nobody cares about them.

[Heretic Machine]

This is a publicity stunt... it's not real people.

[superherotaco]

If this is real, I'm feeling kind of bad for the kid. He's a 14 year old kid and he's getting torn up by these forum people about his looks more than anything even xbox related. That's gotta hurt, especially at that age.

[Furious Wang]

This reeks of underground marketing. I call shenanigans.

[snubber]

I do not believe this is a publicity stunt.

But I do believe that guy's dad had the worst Monday of his career today. "CarrotTop Sr., please report to HR."

[Kagger]

Is that four different cords to attach the harddrive?

[Gorilla800lbs]

That little doohikey almost obscured by TV... what is it? Looks like Wi-Fi adapter add-on.

[Heretic Machine]

The wires are for testing, they won't be there on the retail model.

[BabyJesus]

Looks like a scam to me.. The walls of his house are empty...Too empty..

[Achilles]

Is that four different cords to attach the harddrive?Nope, the hard drive is internal on the 360 (as pictures have shown), whatever unit those cables are for was on that black dev kit that was leaked a couple days ago. Probably a unit with ports for emulation on it.

I feel sorry for the father if this isn’t viral marketing, it looked like they just moved in and already his kid has screwed up his career. Not that it's a bad thing that people can see Halo 2 running on the 360. Along BabyJesus’s line of thinking, if this is the kid’s livingroom, even if they just moved in, where’s the suit cases and the moving boxes? Gotta be a stunt.

[if76]

Along BabyJesus’s line of thinking, if this is the kid’s livingroom, even if they just moved in, where’s the suit cases and the moving boxes? Gotta be a stunt.

Because clearly the PR department that launched the nationwide, multifaceted ilovebees game doesn't have the resources to get a ROOM with STUFF in it. Are you guys retarted?

[gojira]

I call fake. fIrst, teh writing iz jst tu stoopid tu beleive. Then, no parent would be dumb enough to do this. Prototypes are BIG secrets. I'm surprised one is outside of a secure lab. No engineer or manager would be dumb enough to let a kid test this, let alone let them do this and not say "DON'T talk about this to ANYONE."

If it's viral marketing, it's the most idiotic ploy I've ever seen.

More likely, it's a couple of dweebs who Photoshoped up some pics to looke like a shot of an XBOX 360 screen. (That controller he's hold looks suspiciously like a Dreamcast controller to me.)

[Heretic Machine]

Ok, it's -not- photoshopped... I can almost promise that. Besides, if it were just a couple of assholes, why would they not have any furniture?

I'm saying it's a publicity stunt.

[Savok]

Bigger secrets have been leaked by parents trusting their children. Deepthroat's secret indentity was blown by one of his kids, lucky for him no one believed his kid's friend.

[Achilles]

Because clearly the PR department that launched the nationwide, multifaceted ilovebees game doesn't have the resources to get a ROOM with STUFF in it. Are you guys retarted?Well alright, good point. Though I think Bungie had more to do with ilovebees than MS did, just based on how well thought out it was. It's just a weird setting don't you agree?

[Mr_Snuffle]

This is a publicity stunt... it's not real people.

Thanks for clearing that up.

What makes you say that? It's not like it's an impossible situation. I mean, sure, it's possible that it's fake, but I don't see any good reason to think that. Things like this do happen.

[snubber]

Yeah, I love how people just KNOW it's a publicity stunt. Right, first ilovebees and the ant colony, and next, a retarded post on one site's forums.

Occam's Razor retards. Look it up. Does it surprise you actual human beings are actually working on this product? And that one actually might -- especially at this late stage (devs have kits, etc) -- take one home one night for some reason? And that his son would be dumb enough to take pics and make a post?

No, clearly it must be a brilliant marketing post, one so brilliant it promotes the product by knocking the power cord, calling the included (or accesible) arcade games "cheesy", and warning that the official network bridge might be the only one you can use. Nope, no other explanation!

[rein]

If it's viral marketing, it's the most idiotic ploy I've ever seen.



Is it as bad as the planted crowd at the Xbox 360 premier?

[sTubbs]

Hell of a nice TV. If this is an MS marketing stunt, I guess they have abandoned the 'HD Era' line of promotion.

/sarcasm


Anyways, I think it is most likely the real deal. I mean, MS is planning on releasing this thing around the world in 4 months. I would be more surprised if the 360 was not going through estensive testing.

[51|RandoM]

Because clearly the PR department that launched the nationwide, multifaceted ilovebees game doesn't have the resources to get a ROOM with STUFF in it. Are you guys retarted?

I love when people manage to mispell retarded when referring to OTHER people.

You could've been using the slang phrase 'a retarted', but then you would've said, "Are you a retarted?" So I don't think that was the intention.

:D

Just imagine if it actually was 'retarted'? Then if we use the traditional short form of 'tard', it'd come out as 'tart', which could get VERY confusing.

:eek:

[Rafer]

Yeah, I love how people just KNOW it's a publicity stunt. Right, first ilovebees and the ant colony, and next, a retarded post on one site's forums.

So what'll happen next? We find out he's been kidnapped and we have to decipher clues from his webpage? Does he turn out to be some sort of A.I.? I'm on the edge of my seat :) .

[Expugnare]

Yeah, I love how people just KNOW it's a publicity stunt. Right, first ilovebees and the ant colony, and next, a retarded post on one site's forums.

Occam's Razor retards. Look it up. Does it surprise you actual human beings are actually working on this product? And that one actually might -- especially at this late stage (devs have kits, etc) -- take one home one night for some reason? And that his son would be dumb enough to take pics and make a post?

No, clearly it must be a brilliant marketing post, one so brilliant it promotes the product by knocking the power cord, calling the included (or accesible) arcade games "cheesy", and warning that the official network bridge might be the only one you can use. Nope, no other explanation!
AND he admits that he hates XBox and loves ps2 and that some of the funtions are useless. OMG must be marketing ploy

[Furious Wang]

Come on guys. Really now. There is a difference between "viral" marketing and a simple persuasive post in some message board.

The narrative here is that the kid comes off as PS2 fanboy who is won over by the "tons" of features the 360 has.

You think this was just some kind of accident? That an adult working on the 360 is just going to bring home a system and give his teenage video game freak open access to it? Who is taking pictures of the kid? Why does the house look like they just moved in? How do they already have Internet access but haven't even moved in any furniture yet? Why is the adult bringing home a 360 to work on if he is just moving in? What's he going to work on it with? Why would a preproduction model already include the emulation patches for Halo 2? Why would someone who works for Microsoft have such a crappy TV? Even for his kid? The adult clearly talked to his kid about it "i wasnt aloud to copy anything to the HD" don't you think he would also have given the child a stern "And don't go telling anyone about this either or you'll get daddy fired." And the dad works for Microsoft and yet his son is strictly a PS fan? Ok lets say his dad was testing Halo 2 on the 360. He works in Seattle and yet he has to make a trip down to mexico to get a 360?

Sure, you could come up with reasonable answers for any of the above questions. But all of them together? Its a bit of a stretch.

[Kagger]

Nope, the hard drive is internal on the 360 (as pictures have shown),

The harddrive for Xbox 360 is external and detachable

[NACIONAL]

Ohh my god.. if this is a stunt is the worst I've seen....

And thank god that I write better english than this kid... (considering that I learnt english by myself)

OH MY GOD!.. i was blind 5 minutes after seeing his post.

[gojira]

Is it as bad as the planted crowd at the Xbox 360 premier?

OK, I'm wrong.

SECOND most idiotic ploy.

Seriously, I hadn't heard about the planted crowd thing. Got a link?

[TrackZero]

Hope his dad doesn't get fired because his kid is a dumbass.

Although... I'm inclined to believe that this is just another viral marketing stunt.

I'd figure he'll get in some trouble over it, considering the boxes identification numbers are clearly labeled down the side.

Unless of course, this was done on purpose to drum up some hype by the Xbox PR team. </conspiracytheory>

[Adam Blue]

Microsoft should do anything they want as far as I'm concerned. We need to keep the mass gaming appeal of Sony and MS at an even 50/50. Stronger competition, better games.

[IndependentGMR]

OK, I'm wrong.

SECOND most idiotic ploy.

Seriously, I hadn't heard about the planted crowd thing. Got a link?

I think he is referring to the MTV premier, where the crowd was full of a bunch trendy folk that probably never play video games.

[TheEpicOfTyler]

I think I remember the planted crowd thing being at the E3 press conference where they were behind the speaker making X's with their arms.

http://www.vgamin.com/screenshots/e32005/microsoft/ss09.jpg

Those folks in the back of the stage.

[ophiuchus]

Anyone else notice that the "Ring of Light" isn't on?

[*Legion*]

I call fake. fIrst, teh writing iz jst tu stoopid tu beleive.

Been to GameFAQs lately? Well, I guess not.

[Savok]

I used to practically live there before the takeover. What's happened to them now?

[BabyJesus]

Because clearly the PR department that launched the nationwide, multifaceted ilovebees game doesn't have the resources to get a ROOM with STUFF in it. Are you guys retarted?

No, because I can actually spell "retarded". :D ;)

[Heretic Machine]

I used to practically live there before the takeover. What's happened to them now?

It's the worst place... ever. It's like a nexus of every kind of person you don't want to see on the internet.

[Mr.Green]

...

yeah. ok.

Anyway, stunt or not, who gives a flying truck? Is that supposed to hurt Microsoft in anyway? Cave dwelling geeks around the world can take out their anger and frustration on some red headed kid while talking Xbox 360. It's all good if you ask me. ;)

[Savok]

It's the worst place... ever. It's like a nexus of every kind of person you don't want to see on the internet.

It's always been like that. From console boards trolling each other, to the Square fanboys trolling everyone. The religious flame wars that broke out on LUE, along with people whining about how they don't have women (though they may all have LJs now) then describing their bowel movements.

The special interest boards being isolationist to the point anyone new scared them into random flaming, then various game series' social boards would declare war on each other.

What's changed recently is my question :p

[Furious Wang]

The thing I despise most about the Gamefaqs forums are the banal "Who could kick more ass? Ryu or Ken?" style posts that flood every board.

[Kefkataran]

Ugh. I missed this post and tried posting it again. Hopefully someone else catches that.

[Roc Ingersol]

Well, the whole ant thing was craptastic compared to the quality level of ilovebees.
This would actually seem to be quite in line with it... right down to the hip webtron lingoz.

[Whodaknown]

As far as the planted crowd in the pictures goes, it is completely real. I was lucky enough to get a ticket to the microsoft event and sat about 4 rows back from the stage. There was a group of about 70 young "adults" that sat behind the speakers and acted like hypemen. Anytime they talked about the latest and greatest feature of the 360, they would cheer, Oohh and Ahh.

[Himsa II]

WHOS TAKING Teh PICTURES OF TEH KID!!!!

That is teh question. Does anyone have teh anser? :O

Ive got it.

HES RON FUCKING WEASLEY!!!!!!111!11

It all makes sense now: I think this is a ploy, not for MS (or Bungie rope for that matter) but for JK Rowling, and the latest Harry Potter book.


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:)

[Kefkataran]

WHOS TAKING Teh PICTURES OF TEH KID!!!!

That is teh question. Does anyone have teh anser? :O

Ive got it.

HES RON FUCKING WEASLEY!!!!!!111!11

It all makes sense now: I think this is a ploy, not for MS (or Bungie rope for that matter) but for JK Rowling, and the latest Harry Potter book.


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A noble attempt to have a post even more annoying than the post by that stupid kid.

[Savok]

The thing I despise most about the Gamefaqs forums are the banal "Who could kick more ass? Ryu or Ken?" style posts that flood every board.
Ah yes, the vs topics, made all the worse by the constant battle polls on the front page now. Very forum specific (Dragon Ball being the worst, at least back in my day), but also very annoying. Of note it annoys the hell out of most of the GameFAQs people as well, at least back then, they may have all packed and left like me by now though.

[Expugnare]

A noble attempt to have a post even more annoying than the post by that stupid kid.
and it was such a close attempt lets give him a piece of candy and a pat on the back

[Achilles]

The harddrive for Xbox 360 is external and detachableNo it’s internal and removable. Here’s a picture (http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/8112/Xbox-360-Exposed/) of one. It’s the thing that says “40GB” on the side.

Maybe you’ve got a different definition of internal, but what I mean is that it slides into the case. The Xbox in the kid's picture has one.

[Cyrano]

Yur publick edumakashun sistm @ werk.

Think about that the next time you pay your property tax bill.

[Zanzibar]

No it’s internal and removable. Here’s a picture (http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/8112/Xbox-360-Exposed/) of one. It’s the thing that says “40GB” on the side.

Maybe you’ve got a different definition of internal, but what I mean is that it slides into the case. The Xbox in the kid's picture has one.

Doesn't slide into the case; it's a 2.5" HDD that connects right there. The entire 'piece' that the 40gb is marked on is the HDD. It's like a cell phone battery that locks into place on the back of the cell phone. If you consider that internal, then yes, it's internal. But otherwise it's on the outside of the X360.

[Zeal]

I also don't get why everyone keeps calling the thing an internal harddrive. It's not.

The thing snaps onto the outside of the top, exactly like a battery. You hold down a little groove on the front and pull it out from the back.

[Himsa II]

and it was such a close attempt lets give him a piece of candy and a pat on the back
:eek:

Thanks. Saddening that I wasnt the best, but this is great. *Eats candy* Delicious. This is the greatest day of my life!! :D

[Achilles]

Doesn't slide into the case; it's a 2.5" HDD that connects right there. The entire 'piece' that the 40gb is marked on is the HDD. It's like a cell phone battery that locks into place on the back of the cell phone. If you consider that internal, then yes, it's internal. But otherwise it's on the outside of the X360.Oh strange, I hadn't looked at it like that before. I thought the part with the 40MB printed on it was the end of it and the rest was inside. Either way those 4 cables that Kagger was originally talking about aren't to the hard drive, and the hole they come out of isn't going to be on the retail units.