Talk:Xbox (console)

Talk: Xbox/Archive 1

The needs major cleanup. It looks improfessional, and non objective. "soft mods" also break the xbox live TOS, that should be clarified.

One other thing, this article is loaded with weasel words and fanboy type talk. 99.246.68.233 (talk) 03:15, 31 May 2009 (UTC) And stuff

Microsoft all in all has lost 8 million dollars thanks to the Xbox

Is it still $8 mill?

-G —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.67.113.177 (talk) 04:56, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Dunno, but I would like to say, if anyone can find this man (or woman) a answer, please give them one. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool (talk) 21:22, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

I would like to see some actual figures here. $8,000,000 seems a bit vague with the now long history of XBOX. If anyone has some actual numbers that would be great. --WaynePacelle (talk) 08:54, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

what about adding that picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Future_Force_Warrior_2007.jpg ?

what is this guy on the left playing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.177.119.94 (talk) 21:14, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Xbox processor

Some time ago, the Processor was stated as being a Pentium 3, not a Pentium Mobile Celeron. I'm not sure wich one is correct, but I would presume that it is indeed a Pentium 3 since Celerons are lower end. There aren't any sources mentioned stating that it's a Celeron. Does anyone know more about this? 195.23.216.233 16:53, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Its a Pentium3 - M I think (chose the laptop version for power/cooling reasons) - James Bennet (29 July 07)

Not an M, Just a standard P3 in all the consoles I have opened. - 210.79.21.2 (talk) 13:04, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

It IS a pentium III with a reduced cache, because it has 8-way set associative L2 cache, a feature ONLY Pentium IIIs have, instead of the 4-way set associative L2 cache that Coppermine based Celerons have. Therefore, I believe it should be changed to a Pentium III, and I have an article to use as a reference. -AbJ32 (Drop me a line) 02:49, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Taken from an article on AnandTech: "...the Pentium III Coppermine used in the XBOX is a little different than a normal Pentium III. In fact, the XBOX Pentium only has half the L2 cache of a normal Pentium III, but the 8-way associative paths are left on the processor whereas on the Celeron variant, these paths are disabled. This puts expected performance between a Coppermine Pentium III and a Coppermine Celeron." http://www.anandtech.com/linux/showdoc.aspx?i=2271&p=4 They refer to it as a Pentium III, which seems to make more sense, but performance wise it's a cross between the two. Perhaps this should be explained in the article... Icingdeath88 (talk) 17:32, 24 January 2008 (UTC) -icingdeath88

That would be good to add to the article. I agree. --AbJ32 (Drop me a line) 02:42, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

It was noted from previous links that were in the article at one point (were they taken down? Why?) that the CPU in XBox is a hybrid of sorts of a Celeron and a PIII. At base it's a Celeron with some aspects of design taken from PIII. It isn't a modified PIII with things taken away (reduced L2 cache), but a modified Celeron with additions taken from the PIII line (the 8 way associative paths, for instance). Therealspiffyone (talk) 23:34, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

I happen to know an engineer that designed the Xbox one, Do you want me to ask them about it? --8bitJake (talk) 01:20, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

It is a custom Intel 733MHz Pentium III but not a standard P3 or Celeron according to Dean Takahashi's book Opening the Xbox.--8bitJake (talk) 19:07, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I don't think at all it could be a mobile processor. Leaving my xbox alone makes it heat up to 40+ celsius!! Crazyfrengi (talk) 16:07, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Dreamcast games

Doesn't the Xbox support Dreamcast games?

Think about the question you're asking first. Why would they have a separate system called a Dreamcast if the games could just be played on the Xbox? They have a Dreamcast system! Also, Microsoft made the Xbox, and Sega made the Dreamcast, so that's two separate companies that would illogically interact their games with each other. You should already determine the answer! JustN5:12 23:15, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

It's not that illogical. You can download Sega games from Nintendo.com for the WII and yes in my 360 I can play dreamcast games. You can in any of them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.176.59.4 (talk) 01:14, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Fact: You can download Mega Drive/Genesis games for the Wii. Not Dreamcast.

Fact: Dreamcast uses a proprietry GD-ROM 1GB disc format which is unreadable by standard CD/DVD drives. The Xbox 360 uses a standard DVD drive. Not to mention that even if the 360 could read the Dreamcast discs, we are talking about the origional xbox.

There are instances where a dreamcast disc has been dual formatted for standard data content as well as the proprietry dc content (Sonic 2 adventure) as it came with extra content. GD-ROM is part of the Wikipedia here. I'd suggest you read up on it.

Xbox operating system

The article states that the XBox uses a stripped down version of Windows 2000. However, according to this blog article by XBox Team, this is a myth. Please correct this wiki accordingly. (However, since the date of the blog article is Feb 2006, is not quite clear to me whether the author is referring to the XBox 360 or the original XBox.)

Thats true as i read it on a MSDN blog

My current ICT teacher is a former microsoft employee and he reckons that its a heavily modified version of WIndows CE NOT 200....can someone clarify —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.141.9.130 (talk) 18:25, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Definitely not CE, it's closest relative is indeed Windows 2000. The kernel resembles Windows 2000, as many of the API's are identical. I doubt it was built "from the ground up" as the above blog states, as the Xbox did not have the the luxury of ample development time. - 210.79.21.2 (talk) 13:09, 11 December 2007 (UTC) you are a liar sir.no dreamcast on the xbox. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.81.212.96 (talk) 05:19, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

It is a highly stripped down custom version of the Windows NT kernal but with most of the Windows APIs removed. It is a custom OS that shares a similar starting point as Windows NT but that is about it. --8bitJake (talk) 01:25, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

The process as outlined at http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS3988467635.html indicates that the Xbox team made a source code branch from Windows 2000 and streamlined/modified it specifically for the Xbox, becoming Xbox OS. The Xbox OS branch is itself branched to derive the Xbox 360 OS, which is heavily modified to support the radically different hardware of the 360. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.31.92.6 (talk) 09:01, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Release in Australia

Yeh, it says that the xbox was release in April 2007 in Australia. We're not that slow. I remember getting the xbox when I was like 6. Could someone please change this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.49.193.97 (talk) 03:10, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

References

I think the "References" sections far to overloaded. And there are even uncommented links. Thats not very professional. Whats the link to the parked domain japan(dot)com good for? Anybody knows?

Modding

I'm removing the sections contains modding information, they are not part of what the Xbox is supposed to do, and if we start adding things like these, that should apply to every other console's "alternative usages" which personally I think is just rediculous. Kenimaru 06:54, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

I completely disagree and I've reverted your edits related to modding. I don't even own an Xbox and I know how important and widespread modding is for this console. The information also appears to be relatively (and surprisingly) well sourced. Please continue to discuss this and seek input from other editors. --ElKevbo 07:05, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Modding is a vital part of the xbox community which can be clearly demonstrated by the Xbox Linux and XBMC project. I agree with ElKevbo that the modding section should stay. - 210.79.21.2 (talk) 13:11, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

I think that we should add a blurb about modding the console itself, including case mods, upgradable HDDs, and other relavent info. There is a surprisingly large xbox communitee, and many only deal with case-based mods. Info can be found at www.xbox-scene.com User:TR4G- 8:01, 26 March 2008 (EST)

Mods and other little things that where not intended by the makers are mainly what drives me to get them i know someone who just recently got an xbox just to soft-mod it and run emulators(which i helped with) and this wiki used to provid me with some helpful info + if it wherent for mods and exploits i would never had bought Sony's PSP Somebody2D (talk) 23:59, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Clarification

I think to clarify for users who may be put under a different notion, that the Xbox's GPU being similar to the GeForce 3 / 4 series GPUs should be more like 'GeForce 3 / GeForce 4 Ti series GPUs'. Just a passive observation I've made; some people may think this falls into the 4 MX series.

Obsolete

This system is obsolete, Right?? HIYO

THIS SYSTEM OWNS THE XBox 360. IT DOESN'T HAVE NEARLY AS MANY PROBLEMS THAT THE 360 HAS. Obsolete I think not. :P

Well Microsoft doesn't support the Xbox or produce it anymore, so I guess it is obsolete. --WHRM3 18:13, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

some games are still being released on the console and it does still sell games so it isn't relly obsolete just fasing out. anyway it's relly open to conjecture 30/september/07 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.237.228.133 (talk) 07:56, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

The console is obsolete, but the games aren't. Some play on the 360.1yodsyo1 14:56, 25 October 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 1yodsyo1 (talk • contribs)

Actually, Madden 08 was released for the Xbox. However, that will probably be the last game. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bradwart (talk • contribs) 01:49, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Yup, EA released details about Madden 09 and no more Madden for the original Xbox. MechaKnight (talk) 05:59, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Xbox

who collaberated with microsoft to form the xbox? atari or sega? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.158.24.97 (talk) 21:17, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

No One. It was a soley developed project from Microsoft. Originally they wanted Dell or Intel to design the hardware but that deal fell through. Xbox Developer Kit information —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.165.207.63 (talk) 06:12, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Sales

So... how many Xboxes were sold? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.68.70.186 (talk) 19:41, 21 November 2007 (UTC) About 24 million.Chaos Stein

System Storage

Original Xbox uses an original Xbox hardrive, some memory cards and an HDD disk. There I said it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Darth Vader 3 (talk • contribs) 00:29, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Xbox Live section needs overhaul

I have no idea where the information in the first paragraph of the "Xbox Live" section came from, but I think it should be removed. The main reason for this is the fact that it provides no citations for its material (some of which I have never heard of before and some of which even contradicts itself). I also think that any information in that paragraph that is correct could be integrated into the other paragraph because the section is currently quite redundant. If no objects, I will remove the information that I do not know to be true and rewrite the rest of the section. Thingg (talk) 21:46, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

As an alternative, you could reduce the section to a couple of sentences, since there is a wikilink to an entire article on the subject right there. Carl.bunderson (talk) 22:29, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Citation for info on Custom Soundtracks

I would like to insert the following link from the Microsoft website as a citation for the info on Custom Soundtracks:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909942

If someone can make this edit to the fourth sentence in the first paragraph under the heading Hardware in the Hardware and Accessories section, as below, I would appreciate it, as I don't have access to edit semi-protected articles yet.

'Some games support "custom soundtracks", another unusual feature allowed by the hard drive.[citation needed]'

Oh, and if I'm not doing this right, could you please assist, as I am a noob at Wikipedia. :-)

Thanks a lot. Parkyourcar (talk) 01:29, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

 Done Good job and welcome to Wikipedia - kollision (talk) 07:51, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

T&L and polygons

They need none, they are done using the same math that was done on each console that experts use. The third needs to be told the fact those are the T&L polygons under only perspective. To me T&L are actual polygons, because this is where they are calculated, raster polys ARE the FAKE ones, you may R2T them, but you can't do anything about your T&L number. The citations need to be removed. Numbers never lie, only slightly off from rounding.BobtheVila

Take them down plese, the citation is there. The mhz x's the pipes gives the fill rate, then divide by 32 (a generally used number) for the number for polys.BobtheVila

Sorry i'm not sure if i should had removed the citation needed thing, put it back if you wantBobtheVila —Preceding comment was added at 12:57, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Technical Specifications

According to this section, the Xbox console is capable of producing High Definition graphic outputs up to 1080i. Somehow I think this needs some attention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.66.175.81 (talk) 20:26, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

What seems to be the problem? The original Xbox is capable of Hi-Def output through an optional component video cable. A few games were released for the Xbox which support Hi-Def output. Mostly they were 720p but there were also some 1080i ones, such as Enter The Matrix[1].Thebrid (talk) 22:16, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

MS-DOS

Shouldn't it be mentioned anywhere? it was made by the same people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.119.77.9 (talk) 04:05, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Controllers

The article is locked, so someone please read and implement:

Perhaps it should mention that some of the prototype Duke controllers with a green jewel and alternate labeling made it to the market. The cables were more transparant and the connector had indentations on both sides. It was also lacking a ferrite core noise filter. I obtained and sold two of these.

Also, the sections says that the Duke controllers were made for "foreign" hands. This appears to be from the perspective of Eastern/Japanese, and not from the native English-speakers that will be reading this article primarily. It would be better to say that they were designed for larger Western/European hands, considering that only Japan originally got the "Type S" controller.

Another blunder I saw but could not fix is calling the "Duke" the "standard" controller. It once was standard, but the "S" controller replaced it and has been the standard for much longer. Because they just mis-used "standard," the article then calls it "originally the normal" controller. Instead, it should be worded like this: "The older and larger Xbox controller (also known as the Duke controller), originally the standard Xbox controller for all territories except Japan, has since been quietly discontinued and replaced in Xbox packs by the Controller S." Instead of: "The standard Xbox controller (also known as the Duke controller), originally the normal Xbox controller for all territories except Japan, has since been quietly discontinued and replaced in Xbox packs by the Controller S." That is a WORLD better.

Also, mention should be made of the Limited Edition Japanese Controller S that was sold at Best Buy and Gamestop (personally seen new-in-package at both; purchased at Best Buy for $25). Though the US S Controller was already available at the time and packaged in the same plastic which differed from the Japanese packaging, it had a green jewel like the Japanese controller, some Japanese writing on the package though it was clearly intended for North American distribution, and a slightly shorter cord. I could never get clarification on the Japanese controller's official length (not the one sold in the US), so it may not have been the same length. Despite being shorter, it was still much longer than Japanese controllers typically are for other consoles. For example, my import Super Famicom and Sega Genesis controllers are MUCH shorter than their US counterparts due to their tendancy to play games on the floor while sitting with thier legs folded "Indian style" (is there a better word for that?). Though I hate the series and most anime in general, I'll take a popular example from Neon Genesis Evangelion: There is a scene showing one of the girls playing what is supposed to be a Sega Genesis, though the logos are changed. She plays it with herself and the console sitting exactly as described, and this is how thier media typically presents game console use. The extra length in comparison to other Japanese controllers was likely because XBOX consoles are not designed to be used on carpet or rugs and must be placed on a hard, flat surface for venthilation. 72.15.79.28 (talk) 01:59, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Pressure Sensitive Buttons

The XBox controller does have pressure sensitive buttons (A, B, X, Y, Black, White, TriggerL, TriggerR) just like the Playstation2 controller. Does anybody know if the pressure sensitivity was ever used in a single game? That the triggers where used in many games, but I can't remember a single game ever using the sensitivity of face buttons. One can test the sensitivity on a PC with a USB adapter and an unofficial driver, details at:

http://euc.jp/periphs/xbox-controller.en.html

-- Grumbel (talk) 16:06, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Original Xbox is not a Media Center Extender

The article appears to imply than an original Xbox can be used as a media center extender, I don't think it can, only the Xbox 360 can do this. However it can be used as a media center in its own right with XBMC software. --80.177.233.98 (talk) 09:49, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

with certain mods and other 3rd party apps you can actually connect your xbox to your media center i havent had much experience with it as it wasn't very good back when it came out...now however it might be good Somebody2D (talk) 00:05, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

But still, the article is all about the unmodded XBOX. There is a part for modded XBOXes at the bottom but please don't get people confused.Crazyfrengi (talk) 16:03, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

The Xbox (unmodified) was officially supported by Microsoft as a v1 Media Center Extender. LobStoR (talk) 09:26, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Xbox

What do share your knowledge and help to improve Xbox and Xbox 360. Then join WikiProject Xbox. Thanks. BW21. --Blackwatch21 (talk) 01:22, 4 April 2008 (UTC)not as good as gamecube

Xbox Live

Can someone change the Xbox Live section? There is no Gold membership for original Xbox users, it is only for the 360. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.106.249.254 (talk) 14:47, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

transfering music off xbox to pc.

just wondering if any one would know how to get my cd colection off my xbox and if possible what do i need.cheers 01jacks01jacks (talk) 12:11, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

This isn't the place for that, and it is also not possible. Once you put CDs on there, you can only erase them off. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.106.249.254 (talk) 17:43, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

IBM PC criteria?

What other technical criteria besides an x86 processor and a modified version of Microsoft Windows does the XBOX have that conforms to the IBM PC compatible specification?

Do the XBOX controllers act as USB joysticks recognizable by regular PCs (with the right adaptor)? Or do they conform to USB or IBM PC keyboard scancodes? --Roadstaa (talk) 04:23, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Actually, those controllers if you have a USB adaptor, will work just fine on your computer (with rumble) with some drivers. Look up XBCD on google and go to the first page to download them. Have fun!Crazyfrengi (talk) 16:01, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

The XBox also uses standard ATA133 for it's hard drive/DVD interface, though the DVD uses a unique power and control (eject button) connector. The 4 controller ports are in fact USB with a unique connector, but otherwise standard (USB 1.1 I think). It is however prevented from being "PC Compatible" due to lack of a compliant BIOS, and no workaround exists that I am aware of. Therefore, it cannot boot a standard IBM PC operating system. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DustNbone (talk • contribs) 23:00, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

HDD size/Wireless controllers Incorrect?

I've noticed that two of the specification points in the box at the top of the page look wrong.
Firstly, it says that the size of the hard drive is between 8-20GB. I've never heard of an xbox hard drive larger than 10GB, and all xbox drives have a usable capacity of 8GB, regardless of the size.
Secondly, it says that there can be up to 4 wireless or wired controllers. I am aware that third party wireless controllers do exist, but these require an adaptor to be plugged into the console, there is no built-in support for wireless controllers.
I was going to just edit the article, but I want to check that what I have said above is correct, before proceeding with the edit.
Z897623 (talk) 19:19, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

well it depends you can format any hard drive to...umm...i forget what the Xbox format is but it is possible with a modded Xbox to have whatever size hard drive you want but i dont think the officials ever went over 10Gb —Preceding unsigned comment added by Somebody2D (talk • contribs) 00:08, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Actually if you look, there were these Seagate hard drives that had a black vinyl-like cover called a Seashield and was probably the clickiest noisiest hard drive I've ever heard. But still, Microsoft formats them to 8 GB so that no one notices. Why? I don't know. To make sure that it was formatted to 8, I filled 2 XBOXes up with the same data, both with different hard drives and they both filled up at the same time... I got both consoles brand new at separate times and were unopened until I softmodded them. One had was a SeaGate, and the other was the Western Digital Protege. I can take a picture and post it when I get the Hard drive back, it's being used in another one of my XBOXes that I'm loaning to someone. I put it in another XBOX because I wanted to put a less noisy hd in and I wanted more capacity. I have 40 GBs on my Halo edition XBOX (yes, another) and it works a lot faster on loading some games and it has tons of room for any apps or games. I hope this helps. Crazyfrengi (talk) 15:59, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Dolby Digital 5.1

I would like to add the folloowing extrenal link, to the text: "This was the first console to grace the gaming community with Dolby Digital 5.1 in games."

http://www.dolby.com/assets/pdf/press_releases/841_co.pr.0104.xbox.pdf

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Menmau (talk • contribs) 17:52, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Y Done. --Silver Edge (talk) 21:10, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Writing

Does anyone know how long a article has to be so no one will delete it? Marshall T. Williams (talk) 17:13, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

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I'm very happy with the info given

I'm very happy with the info given to such an important article as the Xbox, i'm very happy that a user has put a relevent focus to this article, because wikipedians who log on to this article need to know, that 'discontinuation seems to only have been put in effect for the shipments of the console and not its games as the Madden football series and other games are still releasing on the Xbox console' as that is a very important piece of infomation, and i'm happy that this has been put on this page, and I take my hat of to the very helpful wikipedian who has made these contributions, that infomation has helped me alot. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool (talk) 10:12, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Glad that you like it. Here's another article that I recommend: Period (punctuation). Enjoy! LobStoR (talk) 09:33, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Who Did that edit?

Who edited the section of the article, revolving round Madden and some other devolpers are still suporting the Xbox after being discounied? I am shocked that has been changed, as a gave much praise to who ever put it there in the first place. Can there be a possible investigation? Thankyou, mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool (talk) 15:23, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

As of 23.12.2008, no one has been able to answer my question, if someone could, it would be nice if someone could answer my question. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool (talk) 21:17, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

A quick google search shows Madden 09 is available for XBOX 360, but EA has only been doing Madden because of the huge community response to the game on XBOX Live. Im also a moderator on the EA Forums (JasCarver9) and I might be able to get more information about this from sources available to me. JasonHockeyGuy (talk) 04:17, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

You can find all the answers to your questions on this page. Wikipedians, though usually generous, are not your personal army of researchers. LobStoR (talk) 09:42, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Why Can't Anyone Put Up XBOX720?

Everytime, someone tries to put do that it gets deleted, Wikipedia is a unreliable source, you know that's what my school says! They should! But I won't! User:panicpack121

You'll need a source, in this case probably Microsoft itself, announcing the Xbox 720. We're all quite sure Microsoft will release another console, but just assuming that they will and that it will be called the 720 is both original research and crystal balling. Useight (talk) 02:18, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Price history?

Where is the information? I was hoping for a chronicle of price cuts, but the section merely says 'blah blah blah, it sold well.' I want to know what the Xbox sold for at launch. I think it was $400. 76.115.103.76 (talk) 22:00, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

This is a little late, but it was nowhere near $400. Xbox 360 was higher in everything, and started at $200. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.208.85.211 (talk) 00:35, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Xbox Crystal

Why isn't this mentioned?!86.40.109.48 (talk) 01:00, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

What is it ? --Mjbauer95 (talk) 06:55, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Cock  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.39.230.187 (talk) 18:39, 10 January 2010 (UTC) 

Xbox extension

Xbox extension redirects here. Where is the real page of it? --Mjbauer95 (talk) 06:55, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

If it redirects here, it doesn't have its own page. Carl.bunderson (talk) 19:53, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Japan Sales

Can someone confirm that in Japan the Xbox sold 500,000 units, I belive that is correct. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool (talk) 12:18, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

I belive it is 2 million. BW21.--BlackWatch21 19:43, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Plagiarism?

There seem to be some parts of the "History" section that are blatantly copied from a cited article http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/january04/xboxtimeline/

From the article on Wikipedia:

Microsoft made a few crucial errors at the launch of Xbox, most notably in its efforts to impress Japanese consumers. Seeing the importance of a good showing in Japan, Microsoft went hard after the Japanese market, delaying its European launch. Europe was unquestionably the more receptive market.

This part was copied word-for-word. There are other fragments that also seem 100% copied.

75.61.141.116 (talk) 11:14, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Competed with dreamcast?

I was under the illusion that the Xbox was released after the Dreamcast was discontinued by sega as Peter Moore became head of the Xbox division. Perhaps this should be changed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.151.192.236 (talk) 12:26, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Launch era manufacturing

The article says Launch-era Xbox gaming units were manufactured in Hungary, while the controllers were manufactured primarily in Indonesia.

I've got a launch era system. It was made in Mexico, the controller in Malaysia. OR, yeah, but this

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:hDyDI0REr1kJ:vig.pearsonptr.com:8081/samplechapter/0672326833.pdf+xbox+manufactured+mexico&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us The first Xbox, 1.0, was produced in Hungary and Mexico in early to mid-2001.

confirms my info, at least for the system itself. I just don't know if it's a good source.76.226.206.151 (talk)

Discontinue date

Does anyone know the discontinue date of the Xbox in Europe and Australia? --AimalCool (talk) 09:59, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Dolby Interactive Content-Encoding Tech

Right now we have this: "The Xbox was the first gaming product to feature Dolby Interactive Content-Encoding Technology, which allows real-time Dolby Digital encoding in game consoles. Previous game consoles could only use Dolby Digital 5.1 during non-interactive "cut scene" playback."

I don't know what that means. Could someone describe how this affects the gamer's experience? --Preston McConkie ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:03, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

I would assume that means that the Xbox can output true Dolby Digital 5.1 sound during normal gameplay, given that the developer put that functionality in, as opposed to other consoles, that could only output Dolby Digital 5.1 during a pre-rendered cutscene (which require less system resources). This was probably because the Xbox was very powerful system compared to the other consoles in its generation. Whether or not its true, I'm not sure. I don't have an optical out adapter for my Xbox to test this theory. Demache (talk) 00:24, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Where did the name Xbox come from?

Can anyone tell me where the name Xbox comes from? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.101.144.26 (talk) 17:37, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Here you go:

The meaning of Xbox; Microsoft.(Xbox 360) | Economist (US), The

InternetMeme (talk) 12:14, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

I am going to edit the list of Xbox games

I'm just letting wikipedia know I will carry on editing video game lists, and the next one I will edit will be for the MS Xbox. Just check my wikiproject on my talk page to find out more. mcjakeqcool 15:29, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

in warranty repairs

As per the changes to the in warranty repair scheme as posted on the official xbox repairs page, no further repairs will be made, and an exchange scheme is now in place seen here: http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/support/xbox/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.96.82 (talk) 12:02, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

EvoX (BIOS)

Can someone knowledgeable in this stuff see if that (soon to be deleted) modchip is worth mentioning here? Pcap ping 05:35, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Six controllers?

Is this real, or just a typo(or unnoticed vandalism)? I don't remember seeing an Xbox with 6 controller ports. For the moment, I'm going to change it. --96.60.54.195 (talk) 23:50, 14 January 2010 (UTC)