Sick of the X-Box yet? Don't worry, there are only 18 more months until its
tentative release date! Here's the roundup of today's X-Box stories:
- PC.IGN has posted their detailed
write-up of Bill Gates' keynote address from GDC, as well as an
interview with Microsoft's Kevin Bachus, Director of Third Party Relations,
and Donald Coyner, Director of Marketing.
- The biggest news yesterday (besides the official announcement, of course)
is that the processor will be manufactured by Intel, and not by AMD (as many
people were expecting). ZDNet
has an article up examining how Intel beat out AMD for this key role in
the X-Box' rollout.
- ZDNet also has a
report from GDC up, where they quote Bill Gates as saying the X-Box is,
"three generations beyond the graphics that PCs are capable of today."
- Well-Rounded News has posted screenshots
from the "giant robot" X-Box demonstration movie, for those
of you who haven't seen it in motion.
- How four
renegades persuaded Microsoft to make a game machine is the name of an
article at MSNBC's site that covers the announcement, but also features a
close-up shot of the demonstration hardware and controller that were on-stage
with Gates (thanks Wipeout).
- Daily Radar has posted their
impressions of the system, which are remarkably levelheaded and coherent
(they don't fall for the hype, instead focusing on facts).
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