Thread: are xbox going to do this?

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Where'd you get the idea that the 360 was a hit. The 360's success was because of Halo 3, and 360 sales are dwarfed by Wii and PS2 and PS3 sales.

Hahaha what on earth are you talking about? The Xbox 360 raped PS3 in sales. Show me your sources.

Originally Posted by Grod

Hahaha what on earth are you talking about? The Xbox 360 raped PS3 in sales. Show me your sources.

Ye, what he said. Except in Japan because of PS being a kind of national symbol for home gaming. Still, the PS3 had terrible games for the most part and really no relevant selling points... only more recently they had a better lineup, like LBP or Resistance2 or whatever else. But hell, even Final Fantasy has now gone XBox.

As for the OP, you can pretty much expect the next generation of consoles to basically be inflexible dumbed-down non-customizable PCs with 100% proprietary software and closed-architecture hardware. So, yes, you're gonna get your browser... although I fail to see why a video game console would need a browser.

Originally Posted by Serkat

As for the OP, you can pretty much expect the next generation of consoles to basically be inflexible dumbed-down non-customizable PCs with 100% proprietary software and closed-architecture hardware. So, yes, you're gonna get your browser... although I fail to see why a video game console would need a browser.

a video games console would be good to have a web browser because it would make it perfect, right now an xbox can do many many things, and one of the few things its missing is a web browser. it would just make it a really cool gadget. although i suppose ive always got my laptop anyway so that doesnt really make a difference. but it would still be cool, you have to admit.

Originally Posted by slash112

a video games console would be good to have a web browser because it would make it perfect, right now an xbox can do many many things, and one of the few things its missing is a web browser. it would just make it a really cool gadget. although i suppose ive always got my laptop anyway so that doesnt really make a difference. but it would still be cool, you have to admit.

Instead of having to take forever with a browser on a console... why not just go on a computer (gasp) ?

Text & pointer input?
you really want a keyboard & mouse hooked up to your games console?

I've got firefox loaded onto my media box (running MythTV)
and to be honest, I don't really use it all that often
I use the remote as a triple-tap keyboard (same as most phones do)

There's some things that just don't translate over too well to a games console (or similar TV connected device) - web access is one

well when my laptop was broken, i was very happy with my psp browser. even without keyboard or mouse. i could go on dreamviews and still post aswell.

Originally Posted by ThreeLetterSyndrom

<rant>
The xbox 360 makes scratches on your cd's and gets Red Rings of Death. When you do so, either MS refuses to fix it, or just sends you a new one which 'won't make scratches', but still does. Your games won't be compensated.

Ps3 has Metal Gear Solid, no problems and a lot of pretty good, non exclusive games like Haze and Mirror's Edge.
My choice has been made.
</rant>

So true! My Xbox has destroyed about $300 in games! Thankfully we bought most of them used, so they weren't full priced.