UKNM: RE: X Box

[John Braithwaite]

I was just wondering whether anyone had seen the tech spec for the X Box and

be able to answer, I think, the most salient and important question about

it's design: Will it have a Ctrl-Alt-Del Button as standard?

(Answers on a post-it note)


IMHO the future of the console market looks like this (i.e. more clouded

than ever!): Dreamcast has failed because it's made by Sega and although

it's got a lot of great software they never quite got those 6 billion

networked customers (oops - online fiasco alert!). Playstation 2 is

launching with, let's face it, mediocre software, a difficult development

platform, poor DVD capabilities, unfulfilled promises and supply problems

(have they fumbled it?!) and XBox is being made by Microsoft - traditionally

a software producer who cut corners and produce PC-ports (although, of

course, they will claim differently!!). Which leaves the GameCube from

Nintendo which will probably end up producing the best software, most

creative games - but in small quantities for a niche market.


What will you be wanting under/next to your TV in the next 12 months?



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