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Robert P Holley wrote:
> Is this possible? Apparently the Xbox360 demo kiosks weren't running
> actually Xbox360 hardware at all, but less powered Apple G5s?
I can vouch for this. While the kiosks appeared to have an Xbox 360 unit in
them, if you peered through the grill you could see the devkits tucked away
in there (or as tucked away as a pair of massive G5 towers can be inside a
small box like that.) Most also had standard living room style fans running
at full power to direct warm air out of the kiosk.
In most non-MS behind closed doors demos tho, they didn't make any effort to
hide the fact that the games were running off G5s, with the controllers
plugged directly into the G5 towers.
> Could this be a legitimate reason for their lackluster showing?
I'm not sure if I buy the line that the devkits are running at one-third the
power of the final hardware, but it's pretty clear the hardware isn't mature
yet. One non-MS-affiliated developer I talked to said they were hoping to
get beta devkits soon and begin adding a bunch of additional features to the
game while also pumping up the framerate.
I hope it's true, because very few of the Xbox 360 games on display were
really next-gen impressive. Full Auto roxored tho. Damn what a hoot that
game is. Burnout + guns + Prince of Persia time rewind + physics system that
affects every single object in the envrironment = fun. I hope it's a launch
title.
-Z-
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