The Xbox 360. Yes, I touched it.

So, I was at the mall today. And after watching Saw 2 (Catch the review later this week), we went to EB Games. And there I saw it - in all its glory. The Xbox 360 console. And not just a showpiece - it was a playable console!!! Fully equipped with 2 controllers, a host of demo games and an LCD TV! The demos available were Kameo, Call of Duty 2, King Kong, etc. while videos for a whole bunch of other games such as NFS, PGR3, etc. were on show. We got to try out Kameo, CoD2, and King Kong. And I must say, the games looked amazing!! Stunning visuals which looked even better on the LCD TV. The controller was very comfortable to hold and the grip was excellent. Buttons felt good and on the whole, the controller was an improvement on the older Xbox controller (which I like too). The console itself is not too big and should look great with the colorful faceplates. I really wanted to try out NFS and PGR3 but they had only videos. Still, it was a good time and I can say that Microsoft have a good product up for launch. Sony might have to pay for letting MS release their next generation console first. Frankly speaking, Sony have been trying to extend the life of the PS2 when they should have had a new system out already.Can’t wait until November 22.

7 comments so far

  1. Blade Runner October 31, 2005 12:30 am

    Woahh ! Lucky chap neme. I wish i was there to experience it first hand :D

  2. Anand October 31, 2005 6:15 am

    one thing.. don’t tell this to kak :P

    he’ll be kranky for sure :P

  3. busyanuj November 5, 2005 4:05 pm

    In my opinion, avid gamers will still wait for PS3 release since it will allow them to play older PS games too.

    btw, Jeba is thinking of buying PS2.

  4. Vivek November 5, 2005 4:41 pm

    It’s not confirmed whether or not the PS3 will be backwards compatible. After all, the PS3 is also a multi-core system which means games coded for single core processors will have a hard time running on it.

  5. Shwetanshu Srivastava November 9, 2005 9:57 pm

    me might buy PS2

  6. Zahir November 12, 2005 4:21 am

    yup the 360
    it looks awesome
    gameplay is great
    we’ll have one of our own very soon

  7. Jeba November 13, 2005 12:15 pm

    Exams are nearing so PS 2 plan is on hold. Agar PS 2 abhi le liya to exam me gooooooooooovinda :P so I will wait :D may be 360 itself :D

    Nemi lucky dude ;)
    ..:: peace ::..
    Jeba

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