Xbox on pc

[SpeedyDonkey 0]

A representative for Microsoft Officially acknowledged that you will be able to play Xbox games on you PC within a not too distant future, and then obviously meet other Xbox players through the Live-service (only if you have broadband that is) A official Xbox controller is also in development for the PC.

pcgamer.se

I also saw something about a Xbox computer but it could be two different things.

What do you think?

[ozanzac 0]

I can't read spanish, but I find it a bit speculative.

Whilist it would be nice to straight out play x-box games on your PC. One wonders how this will come about. IE, an 'X-Box' operating system on your PC, or a new feature to become standard on windows, or an official emulator that you can buy. It's very vague.

[bonko the sane 1]

and how about getting X-Box to work in Linux? Cant remember which linux, but my brother is making one.

That makes the cheapest pc around with a good performance and good graphics.

[Tamme 0]

That means I could play Virtua Fighter 4 (or is there already 5?) and other good fighting games on my PC I say it's a good idea to make X-Box games work on PC. But I would like to know how they're going to do it.

[Badgerboy 0]

The Xbox OS is a stripped down 2K kernal. I imagine it shouldn't be so hard to implement.

[SpongeBob 0]

Hope they can do this soon so I can try out OFP for XBox without having to buy an XBox.

[Postduifje 0]

Hope they can do this soon so I can try out OFP for XBox without having to buy an XBox.

exactly what I was thinking

[mr burns 109]

Hope they can do this soon so I can try out OFP for XBox without having to buy an XBox.

exactly what I was thinking

WORD!

[ale2999 0]

I heard about this too a couple of weeks ago, but it was only a concept I thought. Anyways, it would be like a media pc, but an xbox at the same time. it would be kinda really neato for ppl that want more out of their xbox, heck it could be a cheap computer affordable for any1. I think that hp and dell should watch it....

[GoOB 0]

I can't read spanish, but I find it a bit speculative.

Spanish?!

Well it sounds quite nice, and it would indeed be nice to be able to try OFP:XBOX without having to buy or rent one of those clumpsy pieces of plastic

[Mister Frag 0]

I can't read spanish, but I find it a bit speculative.

That's OK, since the article is in Swedish.

Anyway, the XBox is essentially a low-end PC with an NT-based kernel (based off Windows 2000), and DirectX. The graphics core is from NVIDIA.

[SpongeBob 0]

Found this on CNN last week about this XBOX/PC

http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/26/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/

Quote[/b] ]<span style='font-size:16pt;line-height:100%'>Xbox 2 + PC = ?</span>

Microsoft thinking about a machine that would play both console and PC games.

May 27, 2004: 10:58 AM EDT

By CNN/Money staff writer Chris Morris

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Two months ago, Microsoft spoke glowingly of bridging the gap between the PC and Xbox. Now the company is considering erasing that gap completely.

While Microsoft has publicly avoided discussing its next generation machine, it has been quietly conducting studies on the consumer appeal of a hybrid device that would play both PC and Xbox games.

"We would be remiss if we didn't look at consumer scenarios that take advantage of our strengths," said Peter Moore, corporate vice president of worldwide marketing and publishing for Microsoft's home and entertainment division. "[but] this is one amongst many, many other consumer scenarios that we're looking at."

The B/R/S Group, a California-based market research company that lists Microsoft and the Xbox division specifically as clients, has been gathering consumer feedback on a device it refers to as Xbox Next PC – "a videogame console system with a hard drive and a built-in fully functional PC." Mention of the device came on one of several slides shown to focus groups.

One slide describes the unit, which would require a PC monitor or high definition television, as being backward compatible with current and next-generation Xbox titles. It would also play PC games and include a fully functional version of Windows, CD burner, DVD player (with remote control), built-in access to Xbox Live and a hard drive. Control-wise, the system would come with both a keyboard and mouse and a standard Xbox controller. The price point this particular study tested was $599.

B/R/S officials declined to comment for this column, citing a strict confidentiality agreement with Microsoft.

The point of the study that included the Xbox Next PC was to determine what consumers want to see in next generation machines – and what they're willing to pay for those features. Gathering pricing sensitivity data for products is one of the most challenging market research projects for hardware developers.

It's important to note that any product looked at in these sorts of studies is conceptual and may undergo dramatic feature changes before hitting the market – if, in fact, it manages to emerge from the doors of the R&D labs.

"If you put two and two together, there's no doubt there's a great opportunity to put the two platforms together," said Moore. "Obviously with a company like Microsoft this is something we have to look into and ask about. Is it actionable today? Probably not, but it's something we need to look at."

 

There is, of course, a greater question of whether consumers would have any interest in a console/PC hybrid. Game machines, historically, have evolved rather slowly. Large leaps haven't been rewarded. Sony learned this lesson with the introduction of the PSX, a combination PlayStation 2/Digital Video Recorder, which sold poorly in Japan and has yet to receive a U.S. launch date.

Microsoft first showed interest in bringing the PC and Xbox closer together in March at the Game Developer's Conference, when it unveiled XNA, a software development platform meant to allow developers to skip writing boilerplate code that often bogs down the time it takes to create a game.

The same platform would open up cross-platform integration opportunities, letting PC and Xbox owners play in the same world, though each would have different experience. (PC gamers, for example, could act as virtual generals in a strategy game, coordinating troop movements, while Xbox players playing an action version of the same title would fight the battles.)

"There will come a day – in the not too distant future – that [PC] games will be interchangeable between Windows and the Xbox," Moore told me at the recently completed E3 trade show.

Should Microsoft move forward with a hybrid machine, it will likely come after a standalone Xbox 2 unit is released. As for when we'll see next generation Xboxes on store shelves - officially, Microsoft isn't commenting, but it has been giving publishers guidance to plan for a 2005 launch.

That's a short time frame, which might raise some questions about why the subject of Xbox 2 is being so studiously avoided. The answer's simple. Xbox has momentum right now – and its holiday line-up of games (led by titles such as "Halo 2") is strong. Talking about Xbox 2 would distract consumers, which could significantly cut into sales across the board.

"Xbox has got so much going for it as we go into the holidays that anything that disturbs the ecosystem for us is bad for business," said Moore.

"There will come a day – in the not too distant future – that [PC] games will be interchangeable between Windows and the Xbox," Moore told me at the recently completed E3 trade show.

So PC to XBox only, not XBox to PC?

[Postduifje 0]

doesn't interchangeable mean both ways

[SpongeBob 0]

He's talking about PC games working on both XBox2 and PCs, I don't see where he says XBox games will work on PCs.  Unless in the future there's only PC games that can be played on both XBox2 and PCs, but that probably won't happen.

[Baron Hurlothrumbo IIX 0]

He's talking about PC games working on both XBox2 and PCs, I don't see where he says XBox games will work on PCs. Unless in the future there's only PC games that can be played on both XBox2 and PCs, but that probably won't happen.

IN- TER - CHANGE- ABLE

Admitting of exchange or mutual substitution.

[drewb99 0]

Saves me $149 and I still get to play PGR2

[toadlife 3]

Since the X-box is not much more than a stripped down PC with Win2k installed, all that would be required to play X-Box games on your PC is an emulator that runs on top of Windows. I don't think Microsoft would have trouble coding one.

I think it's a good idea.

[Master_Chief 0]

A official Xbox controller is also in development for the PC

The Xbox controller can already be attached to the pc. It is just a usb controller, all you need is the drivers. I have my controller working on my pc, all I had to do was cut the end of the xbox cord and a usb cord and solder them together. The colors of the wires even match up. If you want to use your controller for pc go to xbox-scene.com and hit the forums! If you are lazy you could just buy something called Action Replay for Xbox, it does the same thing and comes with a xbox2usb cord. You can download the action replay software sepatately and use it with your homemade controller adaptor and it works just the same, the memory card even works and it is designed so that you can download saved games from the internet to your memory card for use on your xbox.

[ozanzac 0]

I can't read spanish, but I find it a bit speculative.

That's OK, since the article is in Swedish.  

lol.

I have to remember.

.se= Sweden

.es= Spain

and San Jose is just a Spanish name, and not part of the language.....Someone was bound to make a mistake.

[Mister Frag 0]

Just be glad a certain Swedish moderator isn't going to PR you.

[R. Gerschwarzenge 0]

Just be glad a certain Swedish moderator isn't going to PR you.

There are no Swedish moderators on this forum.

[Mister Frag 0]

What happened to Denoir?

[ale2999 0]

short story. He stepped down. long story, search for it hehe I'd tell you but I dont know all details and might give a not exact story to u. I dont know where he is now, I havent seen one of his posts in a bit