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  Posted 26th Jul 2005 7:19am |
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MICROSOFT'S new version of the Xbox will have a feature that will enable parents to stop their kids playing racy, violent or "adult" games.
According to the Mainichi Daily News, Miss Vole's next generation game box will come equipped with an age restriction feature.
The kids’ ages will have to be entered into the console in advance and software that has an age restriction above that age cannot be played.
Spinsters from the Redmond Vole’s nest told the Daily News that the console reads data from the DVD when the software is loaded, including the age restriction for that software. It will also restrict access to voice-chat sites.
The censorship feature will be introduced in consoles in Europe and the United States. Working out how to bypass the feature will probably the first thing every young European hackers’ to-do list.µ
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This could help parents everywhere keep kids from playing Mature rated games such as Playboy: The Mansion. Or even violent FPS games. |
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SkipRat  |
Posted 26th Jul 2005 11:22am |  |
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heh. not a bad idea.
I was gonna say i might lock the xbox so no one in my flat can mess up my stats over xbox live. But i already have a password for that.
I hope they keep that feature. |
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| ishakmustafa |
Posted 26th Jul 2005 3:12pm |
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| FuryThor |
Posted 26th Jul 2005 4:00pm |
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Hopefully that feature really comes as standard since o_o who's responsibility it in last hand to watch what kind of games their kids play ?
Also manual howto use this feature has to be clear enough and function has to be a part of system installation inorder to make this feature to work propely ?
PS. For what that moderation things get applied ? Just asking because I want to avoid it. |
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| SkipRat |
Posted 26th Jul 2005 5:06pm | |
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His marked as a troublesome user for his actions on this site.
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| darragh |
Posted 26th Jul 2005 6:23pm |
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Ah 'tis a good idea although i'd say alot of parents wouldn't know how to turn an xbox on.  My Da can't even use a mobile.  |
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| Predalienator |
Posted 27th Jul 2005 12:29pm |
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I dont even no how xbox360 looks like can someone be kind enough to give me a link?The restriction for xbox 360 to stop kids like me from playing violent games suck i dont even play playboy the mansion or any adult game.My parents dont even complain about me shooting peoples head of or zombie heads of in Doom 3 or Half-Life 2.I even play GTA San Andreas (without using hot coffee)and my dad likes the game to. |
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| SkipRat |
Posted 27th Jul 2005 12:48pm | |
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Anything xbox related im your man
Just properly noticed. Theres no black and white buttons! From what ive seen of the back of the controller it only has a L and R trigger.
Maybe theres gonna be a ps2 like L1 L2 R1 R2?
Product Overview
The Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system places you at the center of the experience. Available this holiday season in Europe, Japan, and North America, Xbox 360 ignites a new era of digital entertainment that is always connected, always personalized, and always in high definition.
Xbox 360 gives you access to the games you want to play, the people you want to play with, and the experiences you crave—when and where you want them.
Key Highlights
* Hardware, software, and services: Unveiled to the world on MTV on Thursday, May 12, 2005, Xbox 360 represents a dramatic leap forward in high-definition gaming and entertainment experiences. Fusing powerful hardware, software, and services, Xbox 360 fully engages you in a gaming experience that is more expansive, dramatic, and lifelike, where the possibilities are limitless and your imagination knows no boundaries. The next generation is here.
* Industrial design: A merger of form and function, Xbox 360 wraps powerful technology in a sophisticated exterior. Two of the most innovative design firms in the world—San Francisco-based Astro Studios and Osaka, Japan-based Hers Experimental Design Laboratory Inc.—came together to craft a sleek, stylish system that conveys the very essence of Xbox 360.
* Xbox Gamer Guide: The Xbox Gamer Guide is an entertainment gateway that instantly connects you to your games, friends, music, movies, and downloadable content. Available at a touch of the Xbox Guide Button, the Xbox Gamer Guide gives you instant access to the experiences and content you want, from the gamer card of the player that just invited you to play online to new downloadable content for the game currently running.
* Personalized interface: Xbox 360 lets you create your own unique system and experience. With interchangeable Xbox 360 Faces, it's easy and fun to change the appearance of your console. Switch on your system and customize the look and feel of the Xbox Gamer Guide and Xbox System Guide with unique "skins." From sleek and sophisticated to fun and funky, pick the Faces and skins that show your personality.
* Ring of Light and Xbox Guide Button: Divided into four quadrants, the glowing Ring of Light and Xbox® Guide Button visually connect you to your games, digital media, and the world of Xbox Live™, the first global, unified online console games service. Featured on both the wireless and wired controllers, the Xbox Guide Button puts you in control of your experience. In addition to bringing up the Xbox Gamer Guide and the Xbox System Guide, the Xbox Guide Button lets you turn the system on and off without ever leaving the couch.
* Xbox Live: Xbox Live is where games and entertainment come alive, the only unified place where you can play with anyone, anytime, anywhere. And the best just got better. Connect your Xbox 360 to your broadband connection and get instant access to Xbox Live Silver. Express your digital identity through your Gamertag and gamer card, talk with others using voice chat, and access Xbox Live Marketplace—all right out of the box, at no extra cost. Upgrade to Xbox Live Gold and enter the exciting world of multiplayer online gaming. With intelligent matchmaking, access to all your achievements and statistics, video chat and video messaging, and an enormous selection of games, Xbox Live Gold delivers your competition, on your terms.
* Xbox Live Marketplace: Keep your favorite games fresh with instant access to new content. Xbox Live Marketplace is a one-stop shop to download new game trailers, demos, and episodic content, plus new game levels, maps, weapons, vehicles, skins, and more. Accessible to everyone who establishes a broadband connection with their Xbox 360, Xbox Live Marketplace lets you personalize and extend your experience, on demand.
* Games: Xbox 360 redefines what games look like, sound like, feel like, and play like to engage you like never before. With Xbox 360, epic worlds are alive with detail, from thunderous skies rumbling over a mountain range to tiny blades of grass rustling together in the breeze. Vibrant characters display depth of emotion to evoke more dramatic responses, immersing you in the experience like never before. You’ll see all Xbox 360 titles at 720p and 1080i resolution in 16:9 widescreen, with anti-aliasing for smooth, movie-like graphics and multi-channel surround sound.
* Digital entertainment: Amplify your music, photos, video, and TV. Watch progressive-scan DVD movies right out of the box. Rip music to the Xbox 360 hard drive and share your latest digital pictures with friends. Make the connection, and Xbox 360 instantly streams the digital media stored on your MP3 player, digital camera, Media Center PC, or any Microsoft® Windows® XP-based PC.
Xbox 360 System Performance Specifications
Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU
* Three symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each
* Two hardware threads per core; six hardware threads total
* VMX-128 vector unit per core; three total
* 128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
* 1 MB L2 cache
CPU Game Math Performance
* 9 billion dot product operations per second
Custom ATI Graphics Processor
* 10 MB of embedded DRAM
* 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines
* Unified shader architecture
Polygon Performance
* 500 million triangles per second
Pixel Fill Rate
* 16 gigasamples per second fill rate using 4x MSAA
Shader Performance
* 48 billion shader operations per second
Memory
* 512 MB of 700 MHz GDDR3 RAM
* Unified memory architecture
Memory Bandwidth
* 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
* 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
* 21.6 GB/s front-side bus
Overall System Floating-Point Performance
* 1 teraflop
Storage
* Detachable and upgradeable 20GB hard drive
* 12x dual-layer DVD-ROM
* Memory Unit support starting at 64 MB
I/O
* Support for up to four wireless game controllers
* Three USB 2.0 ports
* Two memory unit slots
Optimized for Online
* Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features with broadband service, including Xbox Live Marketplace for downloadable content, gamer profile for digital identity, and voice chat to talk to friends while playing games, watching movies, or listening to music
* Built-in Ethernet port
* Wi-Fi ready: 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g
* Video camera ready
Digital Media Support
* Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD
* Ability to stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras and Windows XP-based PCs
* Ability to rip music to the Xbox 360 hard drive
* Custom playlists in every game
* Built-in Media Center Extender for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
* Interactive, full-screen 3-D visualizers
High-Definition Game Support
* All games supported at 16:9, 720p, and 1080i, anti-aliasing
* Standard-definition and high-definition video output supported
Audio
* Multi-channel surround sound output
* Supports 48KHz 16-bit audio
* 320 independent decompression channels
* 32-bit audio processing
* Over 256 audio channels
Physical Specs
* Height: 83 mm
* Width: 309 mm
* Depth: 258 mm
* Weight: 7.7 lbs.
System Orientation
* Stands vertically or horizontally
Customizable Face Plates
* Interchangeable to personalize the console
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| Predalienator |
Posted 27th Jul 2005 2:30pm |
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Edit : not much point in quoting that making the page massive
fuhweeeeeeeee looks sizzling hot pss.Sweeet console how much does it costs 200$ 300$ or what please let it be 96$ in another 2 years. |
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| SkipRat |
Posted 27th Jul 2005 5:26pm | |
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heh should be like £200. I doubt it will ever be 96$ coz thats like £50 aint it even the psone isnt that cheap |
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| Assaultman67 |
Posted 27th Jul 2005 5:28pm | |
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You would think if they call it Xbox they would make it a box ... not a sphere. |
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| Mono |
Posted 27th Jul 2005 10:42pm |
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It is a box, just a slightly curvaceous box. It's not however whatever that thing that Skiprat posted is, despite the fact that would be very cool. |
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| Pickles |
Posted 28th Jul 2005 6:42am |
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Yeah the old site had a bunch of pictures of all 3 new consoles... from E3. I thought that those were the final designs. That thing he posted looks nothing like the one shown at E3. The one at E3 was square-ish and the middle was curved in. |
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| LordSeafood |
Posted 28th Jul 2005 8:28am | |
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Yes the Xbox360 control has an L1 L2 R1 R2 thing like the PS2 because the black and white buttons were a major upset on the Xbox Control and it has been predicted it will cost about $300(US) on launch |
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| SkipRat |
Posted 28th Jul 2005 11:36am | |
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| Quoting Mono | | It is a box, just a slightly curvaceous box. It's not however whatever that thing that Skiprat posted is, despite the fact that would be very cool. |
Heh thats the one from xbox.com... and the one in all the mags at the moment.
And thats the same one that some kid posted on the internet that his dad brought home because he was a tester... was all over gamespot.
So yeah it is |
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| Predalienator |
Posted 28th Jul 2005 12:48pm |
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The Xbox 360 controller needs grip pads to avoid the controller falling out of your hands.Hope they put grip pads on the controller when its released. |
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