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May 12th, 2005, 17:47 Posted By: wraggster
Tonight, Microsoft officially stops refusing to comment on rumour and speculation and starts talking cold, hard fact about Xbox 360 - the next-generation Xbox console, which will launch later this year (possibly November) according to Bill Gates.
The console will be unveiled in a 30-minute broadcast on MTV in North America, taking place at 21:30 EDT, which, just to clarify, is around 02:30 British Summer Time and 03:30 CEST for anybody reading this from Europe who plans to stay up and follow the inevitable coverage of the show on the Internet.
Microsoft has already said that it will demonstrate "the Xbox vision for the next generation," which "ensures that the user experience is always connected, always personalised and always in high definition".
Xbox VP Peter Moore recently demystified that somewhat by stating: "We'll talk name. We'll show the hardware - as much as you can do in a television show." He then added: "You'll get a little glimpse of the games, but we're saving most of that for [specialist press] at E3."
Realistically, the video footage of games is likely to prove the most significant to avid followers of the console, who have been treated in recent weeks to leaked details of the name and even photographs of the console and its accessories. Microsoft has never officially commented on any of the leaks, but hasn't rushed to damn them either.
Microsoft's also said it will show insider footage of the making of the system.
The show is being given a glitzy edge, with actor Elijah Wood taking the role of presenter, and chart-topping band The Killers interjecting now and then with performances. We're also told to expect backstage celebrity interviews.
After the show, MTV.com will take over and supply extended coverage of the system including behind-the-scenes video, photos, and "other special extras".
Viewers outside America, meanwhile, will have to wait until tomorrow evening to catch the MTV show on TV. A full list of regional timings can be found at the bottom of this item.
The full list of regional timings for the show follows:
North America: Thursday, May 12, at 9:30 p.m. (21:30)
Japan/Asia: Friday, May 13, at 11:30
Europe: France: Friday, May 13, at 19:00
Germany: Friday, May 13, at 19:00
Italy: Friday, May 13, at 23:30
Netherlands: Friday, May 13, at 19:30
Poland: Friday, May 13, at 21:00
Portugal: Friday, May 13, at 20:00
Romania: Friday, May 13, at 20:00
Scandinavia: Friday, May 13, at 22:00
Spain: Friday, May 13, at 21:30
U.K.: Friday, May 13, at 20:00
Australia: Friday, May 13, at 19:00
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May 10th, 2005, 18:44 Posted By: wraggster
Developers working on the Xbox 360 hardware have expressed doubts at the validity of a "leaked" bullet-point list of specifications purporting to be those of the Xbox 360 next-gen console and the accompanying Xbox Live service.
The console specifications, which were posted to the Internet this week, are largely consistent with previous leaks about the Xbox 360 hardware - but a number of unusual flaws in the document, pointed out by development sources, suggest that this is not an official Microsoft document.
"It's most probably a list made by someone who knows more about the official spec than the average hack, but I doubt it's an official Microsoft spec sheet," we were told by one developer who has experience of the new format.
"It's probably broadly in line with the spec that will be announced, but may be off on some of the finer details," he added.
One example is the mention of a 20GB detachable hard disk, when a 40GB unit is clearly visible in last Friday's leaked photographs.
The hardware spec sheet offers details on the central and graphics processing unit architectures, memory details and bandwidth potential, and claims that Xbox 360 will support a host of CD and DVD derivatives, output in widescreen and the much vaunted high-definition resolutions as standard, boast a trio of USB 2.0 ports, support for four wireless controllers, and the aforementioned detachable 20GB drive.
It will also be "Wi-Fi ready", the spec sheet claims, although whether that is intended to imply that the system actually has Wi-Fi hardware (as is widely expected) or that it's simply ready to plug an additional Wi-Fi module into is not clarified.
The Xbox Live spec included on the sheet is arguably more interesting, mentioning a pair of subscription options (one free, and one paid-for) and some key concepts like the ability to access Live to download premium content without actually being a paid up subscriber who can play games online.
We must stress that Microsoft has made absolutely no comment on this information, and is unlikely to do so if past form is anything to go by. We don't have long to wait, however, with the MTV special which will officially unveil the console planned for Thursday evening in the USA.
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May 10th, 2005, 17:59 Posted By: wraggster
A well-known games forum on t'net posted what they claimed to be the specs for the Xbox 360 - including the LIVE 2 features. The post included a list of hardware features and very thorough details on two kinds of Xbox Live service - Gold and Silver.
One thing that can be said for the large number of forum leaks this past few weeks, is that they've almost all turned out to be the real deal. So maybe this is too, though no-one at Microsoft was on-hand for comment.
The 'details' are as follows, courtesy of the Gaming-Age forums.
Xbox Live Silver (no subscription required)
Xbox Live Gold (subscription benefits)
Features for Gold service
* Also for Silver
# Also for Offline
- Seamless transition to Xbox Live account from Xbox to Xbox 360
- Access to MMOs (additional fees may apply) *
- Free Xbox Live weekends *
- Multiplayer online gameplay
- Avatar for gamer profile * #
- Motto for gamer profile * #
- Personalized look for Xbox System Guide * #
- Offline achievements * #
- Online achievements *
- Access to other players' Gamer cards via Live *
- Cumulative gamer score * #
- Location/language profile * #
- Reputation *
- Enhanced matchmaking using above
- Skill level matchmaking
- Gameplay style profile (casual, competitive, etc.)
- Recent players list *
- Free and premium download game content *
- Free and premium downloadable movies, music, tv *
- Downloadable demos/trailers *
- Micro transactions *
- Custom playlist in every game * #
- Play music from portable devices * #
- View images from digital camera * #
- Stream media from Windows XP * #
- Interactive screen savers * #
- Track info for CDs * #
- Communication with voice, video or text *
360 HardWare:
1. Support for DVD-video, DVD-Rom, DVD-R/RW, CD-DA, CD-Rom, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 cd, JPEG photo CD
2. All games supported at 16:9, 720p and 1080i, anti-aliasing
3. Customizable face plates to change appearance
4. 3 USB 2.0 ports
5. Support for 4 wireless controllers
6. Detachable 20GB drive
7. Wi-Fi ready
Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU
- 3 symmetrical cores at 3.2 GHz each
- 2 hardware threads per core
- 1 VMX-128 vector unit per core
- 1 MB L2 cache
CPU Game Math Performance
- 9 billion dots per second
Custom ATI Graphics Processor
- 500 MNz
- 10 MB embedded DRAM
- 48-way parallel floating-point shader pipelines
- unified shader architecture
Memory
-512 MB GDDR3 RAM
- 700 MNz DDR
Memory Bandwidth
- 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
- 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
- 21.6 GB/s frontside bus
Audio
- Mulitchannel surround sound output
- Supports 48khz 16-bit audio
- 320 independent decompression channels
- 32 bit processing
- 256+ audio channels
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May 10th, 2005, 17:05 Posted By: Jdemon
I've noticed alot of extra hardware type stuff for the Xbox and was wondering...
1) What kinds of Mods do people do to their Xboxes?
2) Do I need to chip to play we dont mention such things Or just imports?
3) Do I need any modifications to run any homebrew/emulations type stuff?
TIA!!! 
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May 9th, 2005, 19:17 Posted By: wraggster
We beat gi.biz but heres their report:
Pictures of the Xbox 360 hardware have been posted to the Internet following a launch party in Los Angeles on Friday, confirming previous reports about the design of the console and revealing the existence of an Eye Toy style camera.
The pictures of the console, its controller and some of its accessories were reportedly taken by an attendee at the party using a camera phone and forwarded to technology blog site Engadget, and can be found in this gallery along with some previously leaked shots of the hardware.
They confirm that the unit does sport the concave design we reported on some weeks ago, and can either lie flat or stand up on its end, much like the PlayStation 2. The distinctly Apple-inspired hardware uses a platinum white colour scheme.
The joypads, meanwhile, look very like the existing Xbox pads but are wireless and come in white rather than black, and the console is pictured in one shot with a (white) Xbox Live headset and a (white) videocamera device, similar to Sony's Eye Toy.
A final shot shows off the system's media remote control, which will allow users to play DVDs and access Windows Media Centre - and possibly WebTV - content from their system, although it's rumoured that this functionality will be heavily restricted for users of the console who don't buy the removable hard drive component.
The pictures also reveal the logo of the system at last - not the "swirl" design which was rumoured a couple of weeks ago, but a green X emblazoned onto a silver sphere.
In a separate development, an official website promoting the public unveiling of the Xbox 360 on MTV later this week has pegged the launch date of the system as November, only days after Microsoft chairman Bill Gates confirmed that it would definitely launch in 2005.
The MTV special, which promises to include actual footage of next-generation games, will air on May 12th in the United States, with broadcasts planned on May 13th around the rest of the world.
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May 7th, 2005, 21:57 Posted By: wraggster
On Monday at the convention of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in Seattle, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates accidentally confirmed that Microsoft's next-generation console was coming this year. Just days later, MTV has apparently confirmed the month the device, which will almost certainly be called the Xbox 360, will hit the market.
Today, MTV's advance schedule began running a listing for MTV Presents: The Next Generation Xbox Revealed, the special that will see the Xbox 360 shown to the public for the first time. Besides saying how the show will feature "tours of the design labs Interviews with the designers Behind-the-scenes and inside scoop" the listing promises to feature "trailers of the newest games that are due out in November for the new Xbox" (emphasis added).
The listing appears to cement suspicions that the next Xbox will launch on the fourth anniversary of the original Xbox's release in mid-November 2001. However, despite the clear wording of the MTV listing, Microsoft representatives said they could not comment on it for the time being.
In the meantime, gamers have less than one week to wait until Microsoft and MTV show off the Xbox 360. MTV Presents: The Next Generation Xbox Revealed airs next Thursday at 9:30pm Eastern Time and Pacific Time. Microsoft could not confirm Central or Mountain times for the special (presumably 8:30pm and 9:30pm).
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May 7th, 2005, 21:50 Posted By: wraggster
Apparently at a Microsoft 360 Launch party last night somone sneaked a cameraphone in and took a photo of the Xbox 360, the joypad and something that resembles an eye toy type device. Heres the pic:
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May 5th, 2005, 19:23 Posted By: wraggster
Edge, Future's internationally respected multiformat videogame magazine, celebrates its milestone 150th issue later this month with a world-exclusive expose of Microsoft's next videogame console.
The first videogame magazine in the world to deliver details of the next-generation Xbox hardware, Edge hits newsstands on Tuesday 17 May with unparalleled coverage of the new technology.
Before the global MTV unveiling was announced, Edge was given access to the next-gen console, its peripherals and Microsoft's massively ambitious strategy for the platform. In true Edge tradition, the unveiling of the new console gets a comprehensive eight-page rundown. Both hardware and software shots feature heavily, as Edge gets to grips with the concepts behind the hardware and explains how its feature set means videogaming will never be quite the same again.
Also helping to make Edge 150 an issue to remember, the magazine heads to Nintendo's Kyoto HQ to meet Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma. The enigmatic creative discusses the as-yet-untitled latest instalment in the long-running Legend of Zelda series, and Edge also delivers all-new information on the game and reveals the latest tantalising screenshots.
Edge's 150th issue also includes a new edition of the magazine's popular 'Get Into Games' series of supplements. This updated 32-page guide offers comprehensive practical advice to anyone wanting a career in the videogame industry, insider tips from those already at work within it, and details of educational courses and options available across the UK.
Tony Mott is Editor of Edge:
"Our readers have come to expect us to be first with details of new gaming hardware – we were first with next-generation Xbox specs in issue 148, and we're first again with images of the finished hardware and actual game shots in issue 150. But we're not ignoring current hardware, and I know readers will enjoy our eight-page article on the new Zelda. This is an exciting time to be editing Edge, and it's only going to become more exciting as the videogame world continues to evolve."
Matt Pierce is Publisher of Edge:
"We're delighted that Edge can celebrate this major publishing milestone with a duo of heavyweight videogaming exclusives. Edge remains the only videogame magazine with a remit to reflect the full scope of gaming's widening cultural impact, and these unveilings are a testament to the consistent high quality of Edge's editorial and its position as the uncompromising, respected voice of authority in the games industry."
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May 3rd, 2005, 17:57 Posted By: wraggster
Speaking at a business writers' convention in the United States, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has confirmed that the next-generation Xbox console will launch this year, and once again promoted the new system's multimedia capabilities.
Breaking with the company's policy of staying silent in public on the question of when the new console, widely believed to be called Xbox 360, will launch, Gates told the Society of American Business Writers and Editors that the system will ship in the current year.
Speaking about high definition displays, he asked rhetorically when the "year of high definition" will be - and followed on to say that it would be "this year, because we're going to ship this next Xbox."
His comment is the first public acknowledgement by the company that it plans to ship Xbox 360 before the end of the year, although it's been generally accepted around the industry for some time that the console will arrive in October or November.
Gates also talked briefly about the multimedia functionality which will be offered by Xbox 360, comparing it to the firm's Media Center PC software. "If you're used that menu, when you use this Xenon [the codename for Xbox 360], you'll see a menu a lot like that, that lets you get photos, TV, music and all those different things," he explained.
It's still not clear, however, whether Xbox 360 will offer this functionality in all of its retail versions. Several reports have indicated that the system will ship with two configurations, one of which, lacking a hard drive, will be less capable as a multimedia device.
Many questions about the new console are expected to be answered next week, when MTV broadcasts a television special about the Xbox 360 - airing on the evening of May 12th in North America, and on May 13th worldwide.
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May 3rd, 2005, 17:55 Posted By: wraggster
Xbox 360 is about to replace Sony's PlayStation as the world's favourite games platform, according to Bill Gates.
The man who built Microsoft into the giant it is today went on record last week with his plans to overtake Sony in the games console race.
"Our goal in the last generation was to be in the game," said Gates in a presentation to the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, "and we came out of this round a strong number two. Now people are looking at Microsoft and Sony at a pretty much equal basis."
Microsoft only entered the console market in 2001 with the Xbox. The Xbox 360 is expected to beat both Sony's PS3 and Nintendo's Revolution (which, interestingly, was not even mentioned by Gates as a legitimate competitor) to the living room. It will be unveiled during a MTV special on May 12/13 and should be on sale later this year.
Gates also discussed Xbox 360's multimedia capabilities and offered a glimpse into the console's start menu. "When you use Xenon you'll see a menu that lets you get photos, TV, music and all those different things," he said.
He also mentioned that your Xbox Live account would be automatically linked to your system startup, letting you instantly see if any of your friends are online and chat with them straight away.
Finally, more interesting info straight from the Gates: in an interview with tech weblog Engadget he reiterated Microsoft's intentions to avoid the portable gaming market, but suggested that a Nokia N-Gage-style gaming phone could be on the cards.
"I think you'll see us do flavours of the phone that are better for gaming and have an affinity to PC gaming and Xenon gaming," he said. "We see a generation of phones coming that really can do this without too much compromising being available in the two to four year time frame."
And in case you were wondering, he does have a PSP - compliments of PlayStation godfather Ken Kutaragi. "He sent me one, so that was nice," said Gates. "I'm not sure if he'd have done the same with PS3, though."
No, probably not. We're gearing up for the full unveiling of the Xbox 360 at E3 in a couple of weeks and of course a first glimpse of PS3 and Revolution. Stick with us for the latest.
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May 1st, 2005, 22:37 Posted By: wraggster
New version of the ScummVM interpreter, heres whats new:
As well as supporting all the latest updates to the main ScummVM core, I've
also added in a couple of things to enhance the ScummVM experience on the xbox.
Most noticeable is support for a virtual keyboard - hit the left trigger to show/hide that. It's very similar to the one used in the Dreamcast port, just tidied up a bit.
The other main change is the addition of some code that should improve the performance of some of the larger games when run from a dvd (Curse of Monkey Island for example). They won't be perfect, but they should be much better
than with any previous xbox version of ScummVM.
Also this release does support Roland MT32 midi emulation. If you have the correct rom files (do NOT ask me where to get them) just drop them in the folder with the xbe, then you can select MT32 emulation in the options screen. But be warned - it sounds ace, but the xbox is not powerful enough to emulate the MT32 and run the game engine. It's included more as a curio than anything.
More info on Xbox ScummVM <a href="http://xbox-homebrew.dcemu.co.uk/scummvmx.shtml" target="_blank" >Here</a>.
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April 30th, 2005, 19:32 Posted By: wraggster
Sure, we’ve received tips about this “leaked” Xbox360 logo. People have been talking about it a lot, going over the fine points of the concentric circles and the font choice. Personally, I’ve avoided the thing. I don’t want to look at it. I refuse to believe this is genuine, especially since I’m really liking what I see of the console itself.
For the sake of argument, let’s assume it is the official design…
It looks absolutely awful. The font is clumsy and bulky. The circle design looks like it was slapped together by a bad wed designer circa 1997. Whoever made it was trying to be clever with the thinner lines; they ended up doling out headaches. If the logo is hard to look at, people won’t look at it. Is that the point of this thing?
What do you think of it?
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April 30th, 2005, 11:00 Posted By: wraggster
Rockstar Games gave IGN some of the first details on the Xbox port of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Thanks to the superior hardware, the game will see upgraded graphics, 480p and 16:9 progressive widescreen, high-res textures, and increased draw distances. Gamers can customize their own soundtracks and a 30-second instant replay feature is being included.
http://xbox.ign.com/articles/608/608722p1.html
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April 29th, 2005, 22:05 Posted By: wraggster
Software giant Microsoft has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2005, revealing that while the company overall saw solid profit growth, the Xbox division slipped back into the red with a $164 million operating loss.
Revenues in the Home and Entertainment Division, which primarily houses the Xbox project, actually grew year on year - rising to $583 million from $519 million in the same quarter last year.
The operating loss in the division also dropped year on year, falling to $164 million from $204 million, which could be seen as very positive - but can equally be interpreted in light of the fact that the previous quarter, ended on December 31st, saw the division post its first quarterly profit since the launch of Xbox.
That profit, $84 million on revenues of $1.27 billion, was largely driven by sales of Halo 2, while the first calendar quarter of 2005 has been much quieter for Microsoft on the software front. The firm will undoubtedly be hoping that the current quarter will be healthier, however, thanks to the launches of Jade Empire and Forza Motorsport.
In terms of Microsoft's overall performance, a little hit from the Xbox division certainly hasn't made any dent in the giant's progress. Overall revenues of $9.62 billion were reported for the quarter (up from $9.17 billion last year), with a gigantic operating income of $3.3 billion (up from $1.3 billion).
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April 29th, 2005, 21:49 Posted By: wraggster
Following a spate of recent leaks, none of which Microsoft has been prepared to comment upon, news reaches us from the USA that the Xbox 360 next-generation console logo will feature swirly green lines on a white background.
Microsoft is, er, unprepared to comment, reminding this website that a logo has not been revealed.
"We have not announced the logo for our next-generation platform. I would recommend you tune in to MTV on the 13th of May if you're curious," a spokesperson told us this morning.
What's interesting about this particular "leak" is that the swirly design is very similar to that emblazoned upon the shiny invites Microsoft has been distributing to the press for its pre-E3 press conference on May 16th. It also matches up with an image seen in the trailer for the MTV show.
You can take a look at the logo - originally posted on GamerCentric - and a photo of the Microsoft E3 invite side by side over at our sister site, Eurogamer.net.
As you can see, there's an uncanny resemblance. The question, of course, is whether someone's simply taken a look at that and fashioned an image to fit. We'll know for sure on May 13th.
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April 29th, 2005, 21:33 Posted By: wraggster
It's barely two weeks until Microsoft finally unveils the Xbox 360 to the world and yet we're still discovering scraps of info to sink our teeth into.
It doesn't help when Xbox Live's director of programming Larry Hryb, also known as Major Nelson, chucks out little teasers like this. Apparently he's just been privy to the 360's start-up screens and it's looking pretty sweet.
Writing in his weblog, Hryb said, "A lot of what I see and do during the day I can't talk about, but I am going to break that theme for just a moment. Today, I became one of the very first people to see the opening animation for the next generation console. That's the animation that you see when you turn the unit on. I can't say much more then that...but I will say this: it's really cool and goes by very quick... So quick that I asked to see it again."
Despite the pleading cries from Hryb's forumites the man would not be budged for more information. It has already been suggested that the start-up animation could resemble the end of the MTV commercial trailing May 12's unveiling. You can see it here.
It's a pretty weird state of affairs when the boot-up animation of a console gets us all excited, but such is our desire for the latest Xbox 360 details we can't help it.
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April 29th, 2005, 21:31 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft and Samsung, sitting in an HDTV, K, I, S, S, I, N, G. That's how we'd describe the newly announced love-fest between the Seattle-based computing giant and the Korean consumer electronics company if we were five years old.
But, alas, we're not. So we should say that Microsoft has announced that Samsung will be the preferred supplier of High Definition television sets (HDTV) for the Xbox 360.
Microsoft is making a big deal about the whole High Def thing, with J Allard's keynote speech at March's GDC discussing how HD technology will be an important part of the next-gen Xbox experience. "In the HD Era the platform is bigger than the processor," he said, "[this] new technology will redefine entertainment as we know it."
The Xbox 360 will be specially designed to exploit the greater quality and resolution available on HDTV sets, leading to more immersive and impressive game experiences. Thanks to this partnership Samsung will be the recommended manufacturer of these HDTV sets.
"Samsung is a natural partner to showcase the richness of the next-generation Xbox," said Peter Moore, Xbox's corporate vice president of worldwide marketing and publishing. "Samsung HDTVs will provide Xbox enthusiasts with the truest high-definition gaming experience available."
Samsung HDTV sets will be installed in over 25,000 Xbox 360 retail pods around the world to give gamers a taste of the HD love.
Technically speaking, Samsung's HDTVs offer super-fast 12 millisecond pixel switching speed, which means more stuff can happen on screen without blurring or ghosting. The Fixed Pixel Device eliminates scan lines, consigning judders and flickers to the bin. And improved audio technology means sound will be crisper, deeper and richer than ever before.
Of course, this announcement is more commercial than technical in nature. The partnership is essentially a marketing tool for both companies, and indeed huge cross-promotions on TV, cinema, and print media are planned. Interestingly, Microsoft states that the first Xbox 360 High-Definition game will "incorporate Samsung-branded products as well as instances of Samsung's logo as part of the overall HD gaming experience". Perfect Dark Zero, perhaps?
It's all very cosy, but surely the real question is how many people are willing to splash out on a new, expensive TV to go with their new games console? Let us know what you think in the forums.
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April 26th, 2005, 19:17 Posted By: wraggster
Today, NEC Electronics has confirmed that Microsoft will incorporate leading-edge embedded DRAM (eDRAM) technology from NEC Electronics in the Xbox 360.
This custom memory has been created mostly to perform anti-aliasing operations and help overcome today's biggest problem in graphics: memory bandwidth. By using this embedded RAM, which is similar to a processor's cache memory, the Xbox 360 will be able to run games at 720p HDTV resolution, that is 1280x720, with full screen anti-aliasing and almost no impact on framerate.
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