In a recent conference,Bill Gates presented a review of the new Xbox and he specificly said that the new controller will be rechargeable,
and can be plugged into the usb (if prefferred) so the battery will not run out at those crucial gaming moments.
The controller will also feature an Xbox symbol (which will light up!) that can be used to navigate the Xbox vast inventory of files and accessories.
Sadly though,Microsoft says that you will NOT be able to play normal xbox games on the new console, but they might make an emulator, in the future so this is possible.
They reason why old games cant be played is not a scam so that Microsoft can make more money, it is because the old Xbox used nVidia graphics chips. In the new console these chips would not be powerful enough to cope with the new Xbox games.

So, I would sell your Xbox and games sooner rather than later (if you are going to that is...) because the second that the xbox 360 comes onto shelves, your Xbox consoles value will steeply decline.

Thanks for reading this review!

Chris


The Xbox 360 - a true review   July 26, 2005
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First off, lets start by sorting this mess bettween the ps3 and the xbox 360, ok... there both consoles that do exactly the same thing, i'm sure many of you are worried about how good the ps3's graphics compared to the 360's... DON'T BE both consoles will have outstanding graphics, ive seen trailers of ps3 games, where the graphics are amazing=killzone and lame=the fall of man,same thing applies for the 360 gears of war amazing the outfit is lame, both consoles have excellent selling points and all sorts of stuff to offer, what i', saying is that the ps3 will win some battles and so will the xbox 360, there both as good as one another.... rite i hope thats helped you.

Now the 360, Fine piece of Microsoft engineering , outstanding design, very cool indeed, the controllers are well swish!, perfect everything realy, the graphics are brilliant, the software has also been brilliantly done, everything bout the 360 is everything a gamer needs! well done microsoft!