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This is where we can put together a list for all confirmed and non-confirmed ideas for the XBOX 360.

Updated 5/17/05 : 2pm

Post here, in this format:
"Xbox 360 Wireless Controllers : CONFIRMED"

And then post a link of proof. READ the article! Dont say its confirmed until MS says its confirmed. Not just IGN or Gamespot confirms it.

I'll post it in the Original Post as Fact/Confirmed - or - Fiction/Not Confirmed.

CONFIRMED:

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Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU:

-3 symmetrical cores at 3.2 GHz each
-2 hardware threads per core
-1 VMX-128 vector unit per core
-1 MB L2 cache

CPU Game Math Performance:
-9 billion dots per second

Custom ATI Graphics Processor:
-500 MHz
-10 MB embedded DRAM
-48-way parallel floating-point shader pipelines
-unified shader architecture

Memory:
-512 MB GDDR3 RAM
-700 MHz DDR

Memory Bandwidth:
-22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
-256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
-21.6 GB/s frontside bus

Audio:
-Multi channel surround sound output
-Supports 48kHz 16-bit audio
-320 independent decompression channels
-32-bit processing
-256 audio channels

Xbox Live -subscriptions:
Xbox Live Silver (free) and Xbox Life Gold (paid).

Features for Gold service:
(S) Also for Silver
(O) Also for Offline

-Seamless transition to Xbox Live account from Xbox to Xbox 360
-Access to MMOs (additional fees may apply) (S)
-Free Xbox Live weekends (S)
-Multi player online game play
-Avatar for gamer profile(S)(O)
-Motto for gamer profile (S)(O)
-Personalized look for Xbox System Guide (S)(O)
-Offline achievements (S)(O)
-Online achievements (S)
-Access to other players' Gamer cards via Live (S)
-Cumulative gamer score (S)(O)
-Location/language profile (S)(O)
-Reputation (S)
-Enhanced matchmaking using above
-Skill level matchmaking
-Game play style profile (casual, competitive, etc.)
-Recent players list (S)
-Free and premium download game content(S)
-Free and premium downloadable movies, music, TV (S)
-Downloadable demos/trailers (S)
-Micro transactions (S)
-Custom play list in every game (S)(O)
-Play music from portable devices (S)(O)
-View images from digital camera (S)(O)
-Stream media from Windows XP (S)(O)
-Interactive screen savers (S)(O)
-Track info for CDs (S) (O)
-Communication with voice, video or text (S)

Newest Updates:
Square Enix commits to Xbox 360
limited backward compatibility ("Starting from Halo and down the line?")
160 Xbox 360 titles in development
full EA support

Game listing in Development:
PGR 3, Ghost Recon 3, Frame City Killer, Kameo : Elements of Power, Call of Duty 2: Big Red One, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, Gears of War, Test Drive Unlimited, Full Auto, Condemned, Need For Speed : Most Wanted, Tiger Woods PGA Golf Tour 2K6, Quake IV, Perfect Dark : Zero, Saint's Row, Unreal 3, NBA 2K6, Madden 2006, and The Darkness, Phantagram's Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes, Mistwalker's Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, Dead or Alive 4, Dead Rising, The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, Burnout Revenge, Final Fantasy XI, Star Wars Battlefront II

NOT CONFIRMED : "Fiction-for-now"

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Full Backwards Compatiblity??

Halo 2.5 will be a launch title and come pre-installed on the Xbox 360’s hard drive

Cool Pictures Area:

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Backwards Compatiblity is still in the air. Still making decision buy XBOX 360 if it w/o Backwards Compatiblity.

don't forget:
-a 20gb hd - from most reports and articles...it'll be in the box with the ability to get a bigger one down the road.
- wireless controllers will be rechargable via USB 2.0 connectors on box or standard batteries can be used.

Partial BC confirmed in the second sentence of this article.

"The company also confirmed that some of the top-selling current Xbox games will work with the forthcoming Xbox 360, due out later this year."

http://www.forbes.com/personaltech/2..._0516xbox.html

XBox 360 will have a built in music visualiser/interactive lightsynth, called Neon, coded by Jeff Minter and Llamasoft.

Pictures and videos are available here: Llamasoft

I never got Xbox, so if it is backwards compatible, that will be a big plus for me.

Full backwards compatiblity is confirmed by both Gamespot and the Microsoft conference tonight

Originally Posted by Scorch Full backwards compatiblity is confirmed by both Gamespot and the Microsoft conference tonight

You have a link to that? All the articles i see say "top selling xbox games" not complete BC.

Originally Posted by Ruined You have a link to that? All the articles i see say "top selling xbox games" not complete BC.

Yeah. I've never fully trusted GameSpot or IGN, but IGN says limited BC.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/614/614498p1.html

Originally Posted by Ledhed Yeah. I've never fully trusted GameSpot or IGN, but IGN says limited BC. http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/614/614498p1.html

some clarification:

http://news.com.com/A+gaggle+of+new+...html?tag=st_lh

"At Monday's event, Microsoft also announced plans to make all games from its previous console compatible with the upcoming Xbox 360. However, few details were given regarding how, or when, updated support for Xbox titles would be achieved. Microsoft representatives did say they would start with more popular titles such as "Halo," then move down the line."

Now thats what I like to hear! I bet you money each game will likely need a "profile" of sorts to be stored on the hard drive in order to work right, and users will be able to download more profiles as time goes on over XBOX Live. As long as MS plans to keep up work to make most games BC eventually through Live updates, I'll buy the console.

Added more info to the Original Post....thanks for adding info guys!

You can confirm that these titles will eventually exist for the 360, just not when they'll be released. Very important, since people still throw out the age old, "it has no games besides Halo".

Updated.

Updated the pics as well...easier on the eyes now.

Did you not add mine because I didn't post a link, or because it's not important enough?

Originally Posted by PaulEMoz Did you not add mine because I didn't post a link, or because it's not important enough?

I didnt post yours because the link you posted said nothing of it....I'm trying to this very close to the real truth...

You can check out other users threads and they say shit is confirmed when its clearly not...so I'm asking for proof before I post it in the Original Post.

Link to interview with Barry Steinglass and Ryan Gunn, confirming Jeff Minter provides music visualiser/lightsynth for XBox 360.

Link to the Llamasoft page for Neon, the music visualiser/lightsynth built into XBox 360.

Link to the thread on the Llamasoft forum where Jeff Minter announces Llamasoft have provided the music visualiser/lightsynth built into XBox 360.

Meh, this thread died....guess people care more about the PS3. ;-)

Backwards compatability explained...

http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=8996

Xbox 1 titles will need to be recompiled for 360...no native support. If you want to play your 1st gen titles, keep your xbox or repurchase them... :(

Originally Posted by mcwilliams132 Backwards compatability explained... http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=8996 Xbox 1 titles will need to be recompiled for 360...no native support. If you want to play your 1st gen titles, keep your xbox or repurchase them... :(

They got it completely wrong.
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...2&postcount=58