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Yeah, you read it right guys! Team Xtender has been working on this killer product for sometime now, and today they released some cool production pics.
For those of you still wondering what this is all about, the XFPS 360 is an adapter for the Xbox 360. This cool device lets you connect a mouse and keyboard (both USB and PS2!!) to your Xbox 360, in addition to an Xbox 360 controller and even a Sony
DualShock controller.
Well, this may not appeal to many of you out there, but for guys like
me who have been into gaming on the PC for years (with a keyboard and a
mouse ofcourse), this is one real cool product to wait for. I heard many of my friends who moved to console gaming complain about the difficulty involved in using a console controller, especially in Third Person/Shooting games.
So this will be a welcome product atleast for a few, if not for all. Stay glued, we will keep you updated with more info as its available.
DIRECT URL: http://www.teamxtender.com
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"Its the first birthday of the 360 today, and Microsoft has taken its new Xbox Live Video Marketplace live. For those of you who don't know what this is or who were wondering what the addition of a Video Marketplace button on the Media blade with the recent November update was for, well, now you know.
Xbox Live Video Marketplace will provide gamers with easy access to
hundreds of full-length TV shows for download to own and movies for
download to rent from CBS, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Turner
Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), Ultimate Fighting Championship
(UFC) and Warner Bros.
This feature is available to gamers with a free Xbox Live Silver subscription or a paid Xbox Live Gold subscription and a broadband connection. It is currently available only to gamers in the US. Pricing is also announced and it varies based on format, media type, and whether its a new release."
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"Finally, heres some ray of hope for those who wanted to pair that Xbox 360 wireless controller with your PC. The guys at Gearlog were able to get their hands on the yet to be announced wireless receiver.
The USB receiver allows you to connect up to four wireless controllers and four wireless Xbox headsets and has an effective range of 30ft."
DIRECT URL: http://www.gearlog.com
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"Sandisk, well known for developing solutions for newly released devices, released SD Memory Cards for the just released Nintendo Wii.
The Wii SD Cards come in the same snow-white color as the Wii itself and are availabe in 512MB, 1GB, 2GB configurations."
PRODUCT URL: http://www.sandisk.com
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"With the firmware 3.00 released for PSP, the much awaited Remote Play feature of the PS3 has been tested.
By switching the PS3 into Remote Play mode from the Cross Media Bar
(XMB), players will be able to access a number of features and content
types from the PS3 on their PSPs. For example, you'll be viewing the
PS3 XMB on your PSP. You'll be able to watch your video trailers
(resuming exactly from the same point you left off from your PS3 mind
you), listen to music and view photos stored on your PS3 units."
FULL URL: http://blog.wired.com/games
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"After the amazing success of the Wii's launch in America, Nintendo of
Europe is working with retailer Gamestation in the UK to give throw a
huge, unforgettable launch party for the Nintendo Wii.
One report indicates that despite being available in larger quantities in North America, eager customers quickly snapped up all the available consoles. Wii is scheduled to be released in Japan on December 2 following its great success in North America.
Meanwhile, Amazon UK started pre-orders today and after TWO MINUTES, all of the available pre-orders were gone!
FULL URL: http://rpgsite.net/news/159.html
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The power consumption reports have come in, and it's not looking so good for Sony. The PS3 has a rated power consumption of about 380W. As a few points of comparison, the Xbox 360 takes less than half that, at 160W, and the PS2 took only 45W. What's funny is that the Wii comes in at about the same power consumption as the GameCube did, at right around 20W.
380W of power usage translates to an increase of $40 in your electric bill for a year of playing two hours a day. Now, in all seriousness, if you're paying $500 or $600 for a console, does it really matter? Nevertheless, Nintendo is using these numbers to their advantage, pointing out that "with a smaller chip and minimized power consumption, Wii can be left on 24 hours a day." That's all fine, but I wouldn't recommend buying a Wii and playing it 24 hours a day.
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You have to wonder how long the loading times will be on the PS3 if Sony plans to let games install parts of themselves onto your hard drive in order to reduce the time you spend waiting on the game, though it's definitely understandable, given Blu-ray discs can hold a lot of data, and at some point or another in the game you'll have to load that data into memory.
Two games, Ridge Racer 7 and Genji: Days of the Blade, will utilize this ability. Ridge Racer 7 has the option of taking up to 5GB of disk space for game files, while Genji will take up to 4GB of storage. These one-time transfers will take only a few minutes, but they'll save you a large percentage of your loading times throughout gameplay.
Sony has been hinting for a while now that they too are getting tired of optical discs, and that the PlayStation 4 may not have a disc drive at all. Instead, it may just have the ability to download entire games using your Internet connection. This way, you don't ever have to worry about finding the right disc or switching discs in your console, and if there are ever any bugs found patching the game is a piece of cake. Large amounts of built-in storage are required, but that's pretty easy anyway, especially if you don't need the room for an optical drive. Hopefully there will be more developments on this in the near future.
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Nintendo has announced that there will be a total of 62 games available for the Wii by the end of 2006. Sounds pretty impressive, but be warned that 30 of these are "virtual console titles," which are classic games that you can buy and play on the Wii. But the other 32 are brand new titles.
See the complete article for a listing of available games.
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