How will X box 360 influence gaming?

One Hundred Seventy Fifth Post: How will X box 360 influence gaming?

The X box 360 comes out tonight 2005-11-22, but how will it due? There are already people standing in line and many who pre-ordered the system. This is common when a new system comes out. Is it worth the money?

It is fast with a processor with 3 cores each running at 3.2 GHz. (From the specs on the Amazon description.) The system is going to be sold out for awhile and Microsoft has an advantage by using “Direct X”, the same thing PC’s use. The system hasn’t really changed the way we play games, but it does add features to how the console will be used like a media system. There have been attempts to create such a system with the best attempt about 15 years ago. It was the “Philip’s CD I.” It played video cd’s and had some great games, but it didn’t sell. There have been many great systems that didn’t make it including: Sega Dreamcast, 3DO, Sega Saturn, NEC Turbo Graphics 16, Atari Links (a portable system), Nintendo Game Cube, etc.

Maybe it is time that a system bridges the gap between computer and game system. I think PC’s are the best system anyway. The games are cheaper, enabled for online, and the games are usually more diverse. The only advantage a console has is its ability to be designed specifically for games so that it is manufactured more powerful and cheaper than a PC. However PC’s catch up fast. The only reason the system will be successful is that Microsoft is behind it. Compare how fast the computer is and how powerful its graphics now today and how the graphics have changed one year from now. It is too early to speculate what Sony will build. However, Nintendo has to build and awesome system to avoid the same fate as the Sega Dreamcast. The good thing about Nintendo is that they support their system so the Game Cube will still be used, leaving then a lot of time to build that perfect system.

Was the X-box used to its full potential? The main point is to watch how fast the technology changes in graphics and processing power. Then we will see the impact of the X box 360.

But until you get your own 360.... May the Creative Force be with You