Get a life?? We should all have it so tough! He has THE life. Get real.

Oops, sorry for double-posting that quote from Vergs' post.

This is one of the funnier things I've read in a while.

One source close to Redmond was shocked when PCFormat asked about the HomeStation: "I can't say a thing. Listen, the thing is, Microsoft is sidestepping this so as not to distract from the Xbox. It's really hush hush hush - I don't know where you heard this!" Well, heard it we have. And we've had people from Microsoft, Intel, AMD and nVIDIA all alluding to the HomeStation, but refusing to 'fess up on the record. When pressed, Microsoft's Senior Vice President (Games Division) Robert J Bach insisted, "This has nothing to do with me." One flustered Microsoft analyst stumbled: "I haven't heard of HomeStation, but I know that Angela has."

I mean, come on. Is anyone gonna take "journalism" like that serious? Heard about it? No, but my best friend's mom's mother has.

Gimme a break. Also I'm surprised this is a UK deal - this seems more like something us americans would do.

Bill Gates.. Get a Life!

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One source close to Redmond was shocked when PCFormat asked about the HomeStation: "I can't say a thing. Listen, the thing is, Microsoft is sidestepping this so as not to distract from the Xbox. It's really hush hush hush - I don't know where you heard this!" Well, heard it we have. And we've had people from Microsoft, Intel, AMD and nVIDIA all alluding to the HomeStation, but refusing to 'fess up on the record. When pressed, Microsoft's Senior Vice President (Games Division) Robert J Bach insisted, "This has nothing to do with me." One flustered Microsoft analyst stumbled: "I haven't heard of HomeStation, but I know that Angela has." And an insider at a potential partner said, "It's no secret to anyone in this industry. The first thing people say is you're not even supposed to know about it, let alone its name."
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I am going to sue these people for making me read this dribble--intentional infliction of written excrement. This is the gayest thing I have ever fucking read. I will never visit that website again. EVER.

I forgive you Blues News

--Vergs

http://www.bfd-tfc.com

Yes, this is a hoax. Having seen many photoshop jobs, that grey box is definitely one. There's also the obviously bogus quotes, and the fact that Microsoft doesn't like Bluetooth, etc...

You guys are lame.

The homestation sounds like a fun idea, it is basically what one could consider a sequel to the Xbox, and I would not be surprised [even if the actual homestation never came about] that the "xbox2" or whatever, would be very similar to this machine.

You guys really don't know your asses from your elbows, nor what makes a good entertainment system.

A phat PC w/ TV tuner, whatever GeForce/Radeon, Vid-in, SPLive!5.1, good speakers, and console of your choice gives you the exact same thing, with much more flexability/visual quality, and from the specs stated in this utter load, it probably wouldn't cost you much more either.

As hilarious as the extremely obviously made up quotes from imaginary microsoft employees were, I still can't believe it took two people to write this garbage. My ass could write a better article.

Why would you want an X Box. Ew.

~Jedi

Oops, looks like it's pretty common knowledge that Seamus Blackley is working on the XBox. I must have been out of circulation for a while.

Maybe it's calculating the volume of ellipsoids that's getting to me.

Lighten up. No need to bitch slap Blue around. Happens everyday (Or every other day).

On an lighter note, I found this:

Seamus Blackley, chief Xbox technical officer for Microsoft, was equally skeptical of using a game console for non-gaming tasks.

Seamus Blackley? I thought he programmed game physics! Why is he here!

Officer? Oh no! Microsoft is becoming a military organisation! Lol @ Admiral Gates!

Finally, someone else who questioned the authenticity of this article.

The article is more flimsy than a Daihatsu Charade. Notice how if you replace "Microsoft" and "Xbox" with "Sony" and "PlayStation 2", the article still mostly makes sense...just an attempt by PC Format to get the ol' hit counter (and ad view counter) up...

I expect more from Blue's News than this. This is obviously some hype dreamed up by the author at PC Format. His sources are nothing more than his imagination. Just look at the way the article is written and you can see that it is obviously a farce.

It doesn't take much of an imagination to guess that Microsoft is going to be moving in to home entertainment.

However, Microsoft couldnt make a "HomeStation" that runs Xbox games that is based on the nVidia nForce using GeForce graphics for the same reason that PC users will not be able to emulate Xbox games.

Xbox uses a unified memory architecture which MIGHT be emulated in the future, however each game would have to be individually emulated because each game can allocate the memory any way it wants. You simply cannot do this AND have WindowsXP, or a hybrid OS. It's one or the other.

Also, it has been said time and time again that the Xbox's graphics chip is NOT A GEFORCE. The nForce is an OEM solution made by nVidia, not a home entertainment marvel.

Haven't you guys ever heard "dont believe everything that you read"?

Too bad that we had a computer which shared a lot of these ideas since sixteen years ago, called Amiga. Too bad Microsoft bribed Commodore officials and helped it go bankrupt, and that it will continue its immoral practices thanks to the Bush administration.

And HomeStation sounds gay. Does it come with a free closet?

BTW: I don't have a problem with people being gay.

JCC



"It's the only thing the voices in my head can agree on!"

``You have just entered a videoplus+ code. You must reboot for changes to take effect.''

Oh yeah sounds like fun.

Soon everything will crash. Turn on the hoover for it to squeal - out of virtual memory! Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

JCC



"It's the only thing the voices in my head can agree on!"

this will suck because i want xbox and this is just to make u buy more shit from microsoft or its just some stupid j/k
it better be a j/k because i will be pissed

I smell bacon too.
Let's see if he's wearing a wire.

As far as I know, it is a load of crap. We're working on some titles for the Xbox launch where I work, and if this was real, we'd be testing against it to ensure compatibility.

"Assimilate you we will" - Yoda Gates of Borg