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[url="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002495776_bizbriefs15.html"]Xbox 360 to go on sale Nov. 22[/url]

That's the day before my birthday, happy birthday to me! Hopefully Madden Next Gen will be out the same day!

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i'm excited too, but Madden 360 isn't looking so hot

[url]http://gametrailers.com/player.php?id=7531&type=mov[/url]

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Can't wait for it myself!! :) It's hard to get too excited or down about a trailer since more often than not the actual game play looks different.

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[QUOTE=illdefined]i'm excited too, but Madden 360 isn't looking so hot

[url="http://gametrailers.com/player.php?id=7531&type=mov"]http://gametrailers.com/player.php?id=7531&type=mov[/url][/QUOTE]

wow, it looks like 2001, who would have thought...

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XBox 360 games and release dates. This is was leaked from EB games but should be fairly accurate. Enjoy and don't forget to preorder your system!!!:headbange

[url="http://www.xboxsolution.com/article2469.html"]http://www.xboxsolution.com/article2469.html[/url]

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I have no clue how i will be able to aford this in 2 months. Better save up or do something.

I like the video because it was fun to watch the eagles get owned.... AGAIN by the pats. I think Mcstink looked just a little sick at the end

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[QUOTE=Wanga Skins]Can't wait for it myself!! :) It's hard to get too excited or down about a trailer since more often than not the actual game play looks different.[/QUOTE]

unfortunately, looks like it's a recent version close to the release..

[url]http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3143540[/url]


"So, what's the deal? Is this an old build? Did EA have to deliver the footage way ahead of time for Burger King's promotional campaign, and resort to an older, less polished version of the game? Nope. I contacted EA about the video and confirmed it's most definitely new. What I'm being told strongly suggests this is the Madden NFL 2006 you'll have running on your Xbox 360 later this year."

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Yeah. I noticed that Amazon had pre-priced a barebones system at $400 recently, but they took down the price. Now they are just selling $800 bundles. I'm seriously thinking of waiting to see the price on the new Playstation and maybe switching. Maybe someone will pay $800, but not me.

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If the new Madden is really going to look like that it's pretty disappointing and I'll be saving my money.

Why are they rushing out these new systems if they obviously haven't figured out how to harness it's true power yet?

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I'm hoping that is early development footage of the game as well, either way I'm there. I already reserved my 360 three months ago as well as Madden and NFS, both of which I was told would be available on the launch date.

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I just can't wait for Oblivion, Full Auto, the Marvel Comics MMORPG, and most of all Gears of War. If u r a fan of FPS and u haven't seen the actual gameplay footage of GOW, check out team x-box's website and find the chat with Cliffy B from around 7-29-05 or u r doing yourself a disservice. Plus I'm excited to see what the creators of Chrono Trigger have in store for the 360.

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real-time pics

[url]http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/sports/maddennfl2006/screenindex.html[/url]

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The graphics do look improved, but it's not the dramatic upgrade they were trying to sell us earlier in the year with the computer renderings.

I'll wait and see, but right now it looks disappointing.

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think those second round of pics is same engine, just not with heavy compression. here's a third round, make sure to click on em:

[url]http://boards.ign.com/Madden_NFL/b5973/99106262/?18[/url]

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[QUOTE=illdefined]think those second round of pics is same engine, just not with heavy compression. here's a third round, make sure to click on em:

[url="http://boards.ign.com/Madden_NFL/b5973/99106262/?18"]http://boards.ign.com/Madden_NFL/b5973/99106262/?18[/url][/QUOTE]

Nice details on the jerseys and ball, but again, is this really "next-gen"??

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i don't think so. and its certainly not "better than the conceptual E3 video" like EA promised.

it looks eerily like what ESPN2k6 would've looked like

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[QUOTE=illdefined]i don't think so. and its certainly not "better than the conceptual E3 video" like EA promised.

it looks eerily like what ESPN2k6 would've looked like[/QUOTE]

Yeah pretty disappointing.

I doubt I'll be lining up on Nov. 22 to get an Xbox now.

The player models definitely look more like 2K... aren't the ESPN and EA development teams working together now on Madden or did I just make that up?

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72]Yeah pretty disappointing.

I doubt I'll be lining up on Nov. 22 to get an Xbox now.

The player models definitely look more like 2K... aren't the ESPN and EA development teams working together now on Madden or did I just make that up?[/QUOTE]

pretty sure you made that up. the 2K developers were bought by another publisher (now 2K Games). EA bought the ESPN license not the developers.

but yeah the lighting and models look so 2K. nothing's been announced, maybe EA bought the 2K assets or some key guys on the team, they did have to develop two games this year. sigh i hate EA

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While it would be nice to have an Xbox 360 right away, they will not have that many games out yet and it seems the only way to get 360 it is through pre-ordering bundles, which are even more ridiculously priced and will probably have 1 out of 5 games I might want. I'll just stick to my current Xbox for now. There's no shortage of games right now.

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[QUOTE=redrock-skins]While it would be nice to have an Xbox 360 right away, they will not have that many games out yet and it seems the only way to get 360 it is through pre-ordering bundles, which are even more ridiculously priced and will probably have 1 out of 5 games I might want. I'll just stick to my current Xbox for now. There's no shortage of games right now.[/QUOTE]

the bundles r just through websites of the companies selling them and from the looks of how they r put together u only save around $20 or so bucks especially @Gamestop where it looks like the money u save equates to u getting the warranty of the system for free.

I know personally, the more screen shots I see of certain games, the more excited I get. The latest to peak my interest is a very very dark game called Condemned.

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honestly though, the games will only look significantly better on an HDTV. a 360 on a normal TV wont be near the graphical jump from the last generation jump.

the games certainly won't play any better for a while. all the early games are simply high resolution versions of current games, and if you can't see all that resolution, you're going to be pretty disappointed.

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Well, I have a HD TV that supports 720p and 1080i resoulutions. This new system is going to be incredibly good. It may take a few months for the game makers to figure out how to maximize the power of this thing, but I think if you have an HDTV, the shit will be leaps above what you see now.

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[QUOTE=jbcjr14]Well, I have a HD TV that supports 720p and 1080i resoulutions. This new system is going to be incredibly good. It may take a few months for the game makers to figure out how to maximize the power of this thing, but I think if you have an HDTV, the shit will be leaps above what you see now.[/QUOTE]

HDTV is 4x as many pixels, so its going to take a LOT of extra cpu (which the 360 hopefully will have) to use it.

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there are a handful of XBOX1 games that can do 720p. difference is night and day. and thats the minimum for all 360 games.

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Did you see the new screenshots for Tiger Woods 06 for the 360? Holy shit, it looks like you are there! I think this will just be incredible.