Re: UKNM: RE: X Box

[Ben Thompson]

Easy, Pace's XTV box. Everything that Tivo claims to be but with two tuners

(so it can tape Sky 1 when I'm watching the footy) merged with everything

Time Warner was promising from Cable 10 years ago (Targetted Adverts,

Instant Replays....).


Strangely I was reading about Tivo and their elk in this weeks (November

13th) Red Herring, it felt like I was reading Advertising Age Interactive

circa 1993 (and for reference, yes I was around then). Of course, costs are

somewhat different (now, consumer buys �400 box, then Cable Company spends

$1bn on computer hardware and $500+ a box).


As for games, Dragons Liar and Time Traveler are now available on DVD.

Having never finished them in the Arcade I might just give them a go

sometime. Other than that next year's game will be the network version of

The Sims. Trust me I've seen a preview.


Ben



On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 04:18:15PM -0000, John Braithwaite wrote:

> 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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