Will the Xbox 360 Have
An Achilles Heal?
by: Jay Turner
The Xbox 360 is promising to be a phenomenal
console. But despite all the bells and whistles and
an improved game selection, it may still have an
Achilles heel that keeps it from grabbing new buyers
from Play station.
Not only will
the slick Xbox 360 design build on the green
and black of the original, you will be able
to snap on customizable face plates for your
own look. In answer to the dismay over the
apparent lack of an included hard drive, it
was recently announced at
http://www.videofungames.com
that attachable hard drives will be available.
No harm done.
The Xbox 360
will include a much hyped "Ring of Light"
and Xbox Guide Button on the Xbox
controller. This button will " connect you
to your games, digital media, and the world
of Xbox Live™ ", but I still see the
controller as having a potential
deal-killer. It's about control.
The Xbox 360
controller appears to still hae the same
button configuration at the previous
incarnations. That setup, the adequate for
many games, doesn't work well with one of
the best selling game franchises of all
time, the madden football series. Altho the
Xbox controller's trigger works extremely
well for 1st person shooter games, it lacks
2 additional buttons in the trigger areas,
which means fewer control options.
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For instance,
Madden football games on the play station
consoles use the 2nd button for additional
audible, and quick decision options during
any play. The Xbox 360 controller, lacking
those two buttons, means any Madden player
will be limited.
Let's cross
our fingers and pray to the powers that be
that the Xbox 360 controller is as versatile
as the Sony counterpart.
