[Woodsea]

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Xbox Ultimate – the gaming daddy?

We’ve already had the Xbox 360 Premium and Elite. Both are, of course, fine gaming machines with the best games catalogue in the next-gen field. But come autumn 2008, we reckon both will be rendered obsolete by the Ultimate.

This PS3-killer will benefit from almost three years of Xbox development, featuring 1080p HDMI output, built-in Wi-Fi, hi-def audio output, cooler 65nm hardware architecture and a near-silent fan.

It’ll also have the ability to make the most of the by-then established Xbox IPTV service, which will mean recording TV shows to its vast 320GB hard disk and watching live TV shows via your broadband provider.

But the piece de resistance? It’ll have a built-in HD DVD drive. Let Round 12 with the PS3 commence...


I did not take the plunge yet.  So maybe this will be the replacement to my old Japanese model.  Plus, I just received my copy of the Ultimate Blade Runner!

[jqp]

Face it- you don't want an XBox   

[mcrespo71]

Face it- you don't want an XBox :Px 

Geez, why didn't they make this from the beginning! 

[Rob Babcock]

Face it- you don't want an XBox :Px 

Geez, why didn't they make this from the beginning! 

I also have to wonder.  They claimed early on there wouldn't be "editions," but there are several.  They swore on a stack of bibles there'd never be a version with an internal HD-DVD drive.  While I applaud the "ultimate" edition in finally giving us what the PS3 did right from the beginning, I'm a bit disturbed that they're messing with the one thing that differentiates consoles from PCs:  stability.  It's nice to be able to buy a game or other peice of software and not have to look at the flap to see if your "version" will play it.

[jqp]

I did not take the plunge yet.  So maybe this will be the replacement to my old Japanese model.  Plus, I just received my copy of the Ultimate Blade Runner!

So, tell us about Ultimate Blade Runner