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Microsoft Xbox core system
July 1, 2005 04:42 PM EST | Microsoft , Xbox | Email to Friend
Microsoft has entered the video game world with the introduction of a future-generation dedicated video game console, code-named Xbox, designed to deliver intense, action-packed games. Building on the company's software expertise and advances in PC technology - such as 3-D graphics and Internet connectivity - Microsoft is developing a high-performance, easy-to-use platform that will enable developers to create better games, faster.
"Building on our strengths as a software company, Xbox will offer game developers a powerful platform and game enthusiasts an incredible experience," said Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect at Microsoft. "We want Xbox to be the platform of choice for the best and most creative game developers in the world."
Features:
- Choose from over 450 games
- Get incredible exclusives and blockbuster titles
- Compete with gamers across the street or across the globe with Xbox Live(tm)
- Xbox Live sold separately.
- Four game controller ports that allow easy multiplayer gaming and enable other peripherals, ranging from game pads to voice-activated headsets
- A front-loading DVD tray
- A multisignal audio-video connector that allows for easy hookup to televisions and home theater systems
- An Ethernet port for rich, fast-action online gaming via a broadband connection
- An NVIDIA graphics processing unit (GPU), delivering more than three times the graphics performance of other consoles
- An Intel 733MHz processor, the most powerful CPU of any console
- An internal hard drive, for massive storage of game information — a first in the console gaming industry
XBOX. Way beyond ordinary entertainment. Are you ready to redefine the way you play? GAMES, MOVIES, MUSIC AND MORE...now you only need one system to share the good times with friends or face challengers from around the world.
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