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Thursday, September 21, 2006

TGS: Xbox 360 Mheh-ness?

UPDATE: A regular reader (who I shall call "headcrab", and who I shall call a "rabid fan", because it makes me sound like I have rabid fans) pointed out my post could be a little confusing as to what I'm "mheh" about.

The content is cool. Actually, it rocks. Lost Odyssey gameplay? Whoa. Blue Dragon gameplay and character designs? Whoa, Whoa. All of the Lost Planet stuff? Whoa, WHoa, WHOA!

It's just that downloading them through Xbox Live isn't necessary (or pain-free enough), since I can get the content elsewhere faster, and store it with more space on my PC. Now if demos come out (like that freaking Lost Planet multiplayer demo I'm jonesing for) -- that would rock (and make me leverage Xbox Live more than I am). I mean, I did download the Xbox Japanese-only Tenchu Senran demo (hopefully I'll post a video later).

That said, all of the Microsoft Xbox 360 (and to a lesser extent, Windows Vista) content flooding the Web is a hugely effective way to say, "Ooh, you should own an Xbox 360."

Back to the original post ...

So, I've been a little underwhelmed by the Tokyo Game Show/Xbox 360 Live/"Bringing it Home" stuff.

I mean, the 1080p announcement is significant.

But the availablility of the content through Xbox Live has been kind of ... underwhelming. It's mostly been stuff from E3 (??), stuff that's been available from TeamXbox.com or GameTrailers.com (though in higher def than typically available from the latter), or the content shows up concurrently on those two sites (and others). I've got more room on my PC than my Xbox 360's undersized hard drive (what, we can put 80 Gig in an iPod, but we're stuck with a 20 Gig drive on a next-gen console?), which makes the slow Xbox Live downloads non-compelling. Again, the content's good, but I have no reason to wait to get it on Xbox Live -- unlike the E3-exclusive content.

But I got to thinking about it, and realized Microsoft's probably not done.

Sony's press conference is in like 5 hours, so there's a possibility another Microsoft shot from across the PS3 bow could come thereabouts.

Also, only a few days after TGS wraps up, Microsoft's own X'06 industry event is another chance for them to make a case for their self-professed dominance.

I'm just hoping things get more awesome, and less mheh. I've got queuing and background download on Xbox Live Marketplace, and I don't really care so far this week.

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Thursday, September 21, 2006

TGS: Xbox 360 Mheh-ness?

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