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===== Microsoft X-Box 360 Launch FAQ =====
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Microsoft Hardware FAQ Version 0.92
12 December 2005
Copyright 2005 Mikael Forsgren (foppe_v @ hotmail.com)
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= Contents =
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0. Introduction
1. What is the X-Box 360?
2. Specifications
2.1. The Hardware
2.2. 2 Systems released
3. Launch Information
3.1. Launch Dates, Packages and Prices
3.2. Launch Titles
3.3. Launch Dates
4. Accessories
4.1. Accessories
4.2. Cables
4.3. Controllers
4.4. X-Box Live
4.5. Personalize
4.6. Storage
4.7. Wireless
4.8. 3rd Part
5. Games
5.1. Released Games
5.2. Unreleased Games
5.3. WTH did he say?
5.4. Backward Compatibility
5.4.1 Backward Compatibility USA list
5.4.2 Backward Compatibility Europe list
5.4.3 Backward Compatibility Japan list
5.4.4 Backward Compatibility Australia list
5.4.5 Removed Backward Compatibility list
6. Your TV
6.1. 720pi? 1080i?
6.2. What Video cables will I use?
7. Installing your X-Box 360
7.1. Place it out
7.2. Connecting the unit
7.3. Starting it up the first time
7.3.1 Offline Profile
7.3.2 I Am a Member of Xbox Live
7.3.3 I Want to Join Xbox Live
7.4. The dashboard
7.4.1 Xbox Live
7.4.2 Games
7.4.3 Media
7.4.4 System
8. Xbox Live
8.1. The Golden Silver
8.2 Xbox Live Arcade
8.3 Xbox Live Marketplace
8.4. Launch Marketplace
9. Media
9.1. Music
9.1.1 Official Supported Music Players
9.1.2 How The Heck Do I Stream Music From USB?
9.1.3 How The Heck Do I Stream Music From my PC?
9.2. Pictures
9.2.1 Official Supported Cameras
9.2.1.1 Unofficial Supported Cameras
9.2.2 How The Heck Do I Stream Pictures From USB?
9.2.3 How The Heck Do I Stream Pictures From my PC?
9.3 Use DVDs and CDs
9.3.1 DVD Movies and Audio CDs
9.3.2 Burned Music CDs
9.3.3 Burned Picture CDs
9.3.4 Burned Music And Picture CDs
9.3.5 Burned Movie DVDs
9.4 PSP
9.4.1 Music
9.4.2 Pictures
9.5 Movies
9.6 Dashboard Themes
9.7 Extern harddrive
10. Gaming Achievements
10.1. Ordinary Games
10.2. Arcade Games
10.3. Japanese Special
10.4. Special
11. Bad Microsoft
11.1. Change this Microsoft
11.2. I AM ERROR
12. Region Free?
13. The rest
13.1. FAQ
13.2. Credits
13.3. Legal Information
13.4. Email Policy
13.5. Version Information
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= 0. Introduction =
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The X-Box 360 is the first of the next generation gaming system to be released
with at least 6 months before Nintendo or Sony is releasing their Revolution
and Playstation 3.
The reason why I´m making a X-Box 360 FAQ is to make some people less confuse
about things that have to do with the X-Box 360.
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= 1. What is the X-Box 360? =
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The X-Box 360 is Microsoft´s second attempt to release a gaming system and rule
the world...
The first X-Box was not a flop but still not a big success. Now people will
start to send me angry emails saying that I´m a big idiot, but if you look at
the aw facts you´ll see that a big cut of the systems was modified and used
to play illegally downloaded games and used as media centers to play movies on,
This is something that Microsoft discovered, and decided to make it harder to
do the same thing with the X-Box 360.
They have gone down on a lower level this time to prevent piracy, and why would
you modify your X-Box 360 to be a media center when it´s already a media center
from the box?
And this is the really first step into trying to include the High Definition
into the gaming world.
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= 2. Specifications =
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- 2.1. The Hardware -
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The specs are truly looking good, and are getting fanboys drooling all over the
world. But remember, it´s the games that decides if the system is great or bad.
Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU
: 3 symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each
: 2 hardware threads per core - 6 hardware threads total
: 1 VMX-128 vector unit per core - 3 total
: 128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
: 1 MB L2 cache
CPU Game Math Performance
: 9 billion dot product operations per second
Custom ATI Graphics Processor
: 500 MHz
: 10 MB embedded DRAM
: 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically-scheduled shader pipelines
: Unified shader architecture
Polygon Performance
: 500 million triangles per second
Pixel Fill Rate
: 16 gigasamples per second fillrate using 4X MSAA
Shader Performance
: 48 billion shader operations per second
Memory
: 512 MB GDDR3 RAM
: 700 MHz DDR
: Unified memory architecture
Memory Bandwidth
: 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
: 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
: 21.6 GB/s front-side bus
Overall System Floating-Point Performance
: 1 TFLOP
Storage
: Detachable and upgradeable 20 GB hard drive
: 12X dual-layer DVD-ROM
: Memory unit support starting at 64 MB
I/O
: Support for up to 4 wireless game controllers
: 3 USB 2.0 ports
: 2 memory unit slots
: Built in Ethernet Port
Optimized for Online
: Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features, including Xbox Live
Marketplace for downloadable content, Gamer Profile for digital identity and
voice chat to talk to friends while playing games, watching movies or
listening to music
: Built in Ethernet Port
: Wi-Fi Ready: 802.11 A, B and G
: Video Camera Ready
Digital Media Support
: Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R,
CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD
: Stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras, Windows XP PC´s
: Rip music to Xbox 360 hard drive
: Custom playlists in every game
: Windows Media Center Extender built in
: Interactive, full screen 3D visualizers
HD Game Support
: All games supported at 16:9, 720p and 1080i, anti-aliasing
: Standard definition and high definition video output supported
Audio
: Multichannel surround sound output
: Supports 48 KHz 16-bit audio
: 320 independent decompression channels
: 32-bit audio processing
: Over 256 audio channels
System Orientation
: Stands vertically or horizontally
Customizable Face Plates
: Interchangeable to personalize the console
Parental Controls
: Parental Controls to restrict the games and movies that are played
: Xbox Live controls to manage Friends List, voice and video communication,
and Gamer Profile sharing
Physical Specs
: Height: 83 mm
: Width: 309 mm
: Depth: 258 mm
: Weight: 7.7 lbs.
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- 2.2. 2 Systems released -
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Microsoft decided to release two versions of the X-Box 360. The ordinary
System (called Premium) and the Core System. To say it easy, the Premium system
is a X-Box 360 with some accessories while the cheaper Core system only has
what you need to start and play the X-Box 360.
Some say that the Premium system is the luxury model.
I´m saying that the Core model is released just so Microsoft can say that the
releaseprice was lower, and to trick player that know nothing to later buy the
accessories for a higher price.
The difference between the systems are:
X-Box 360 Premium X-Box 360 Core
Console with Console
Premium Chrome Finish
Hard Drive
Wireless Controller Wired Controller
Xbox Live Headset
Component HD AV Cable Composite AV Cable
Ethernet Cable
The first launch of the Premium version will also get a Bonus Media Remote.
It´s smaller and have fewer buttons then the official one.
So exactly what can you do with your ordinary and Core system?
X-Box 360 X-Box 360 Core
Play X-Box 360 games Yes Yes
Watch DVD movies Yes Yes
Play Music CD´s Yes Yes
Connect an MP3 player Yes Yes
and listen to music*
Connect a Digital Camera Yes Yes
and view pictures*
Listen to music and view Yes Yes
digital pictures from a
Windows XP-based PC
Use up to 4 wireless
controllers simultaneously Yes Yes
Play X-Box games Yes No/Yes***
Save games and content Yes No/Yes****
Game online with Xbox Live Gold** Yes No/Yes****
Join Xbox Live Silver for free Yes No/Yes****
Voice chat with friends over Yes No/Yes*****
Xbox Live
* Not every single MP3 player and Digital Camera is supported
** 1-month trial of Xbox Live Gold included
*** Only Yes if you have bought a hard drive.
**** Only yes if you have bought a hard drive or memory unit.
***** Only yes if you have bought a headset and hard drive or memory unit.
So once again, you can play games with the Core system.
You can´t save, but you can play your games.
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= 3. Launch Information =
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- 3.1. Launch Dates, Packages and Prices -
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The North American launch date is November 22 2005. The official price will be
399.99$ for the Premium system and 299.99$ for the Core System (some stores
will just drop the 99 cents on the price).
I think that Microsoft are officially only releasing the Core and Premium
system, but a lot of resellers are adding games and accessories and are making
their own bundles/packages. I will try to list the most known bundles just for
fun.
Xbox 360 Premium System -399.00$
Xbox 360 Game Console
Wireless Controller
Combination High-Definition Component and Standard A/V Cable
20GB Hard Drive
Ethernet Cable
Headset
Bonus Media Remote
Xbox Live Silver
Xbox Live Gold 30-Day Trial
Xbox 360 Core System -299.00$
Xbox 360 Game Console
Wired Controller
Composite A/V Cable
Xbox Live Silver
Xbox Live Gold 30-Day Trial
Xbox 360 Ultimate Bundle (EBGAMES) -699.92$
Xbox 360 Premium System
Perfect Dark Zero Limited Edition
Call of Duty 2
Kameo: Elements of Power
Project Gotham Racing 3
Extra Wireless Controller
Play & Charge Kit
Extra Rechargeable Battery Pack
Xbox 360 Core Bundle (EBGAMES) -599.93$
Xbox 360 Core System
Perfect Dark Zero: Limited Edition
Call of Duty 2
Kameo: Elements of Power
Project Gotham Racing 3
Extra Wired Controller
Memory Unit
Xbox 360 Core Bundle (GAMESTOP) -689.91$
Xbox 360 Core System
Perfect Dark
Project Gotham Racing 3
Condemned
GUN
Call of Duty 2
Extra Wired Controller
Memory Unit
1-Year Product Replacement Plan
Xbox 360 EA Bundle (GAMESTOP) -839.90$
Xbox 360 Premium System
Madden NFL 2006
Tiger Woods 2006
NBA LIve 2006
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup
Extra Wireless Controller
Play & Charge Kit
G-Pack Travel Case
1-Year Product Replacement Plan
Xbox 360 Silver Bundle (GAMESTOP) -839.90$
Xbox 360 Premium System
Perfect Dark
Project Gotham Racing 3
Condemned
GUN
Call of Duty 2
Kameo
Extra Wireless Controller
Play & Charge Kit
1-Year Product Replacement Plan
Xbox 360 Ultimate Bundle (GAMESTOP) -1189.84$
Xbox 360 Premium System
Perfect Dark
Project Gotham Racing 3
Condemned
GUN
Call of Duty 2
Kameo
Quake 4
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
King Kong
NBA 2k6
Madden NFL 2006
Extra Wireless Controller
Play & Charge Kit
Xbox Live 12 Month Card
1-Year Product Replacement Plan
Ultimate with Dell Plasma Screen (GAMESTOP) -3689.83$
Xbox 360 Premium System
Perfect Dark
Project Gotham Racing 3
Condemned
GUN
Call of Duty 2
Kameo
Quake 4
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
King Kong
NBA 2k6
Madden NFL 2006
Extra Wireless Controller
Play & Charge Kit
Xbox Live 12 Month Card
1-Year Product Replacement Plan
Dell 42-Inch Plasma TV
REMOVED Xbox 360 Omega Bundle (GAMESTOP) -2000.00$
Xbox 360 Premium System
Perfect Dark Collector's Edition
Project Gotham Racing 3
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Dead or Alive 4
Call of Duty 2
GUN
Quake 4
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
Condemned
Madden NFL 2006
Kameo
Amped 3
Ghost Recon
NBA 2K6
NHL 2K6
Ridge Racer 6
Top Spin 2
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Tiger Woods 2006
FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup
Extra Wireless Controller
Extra Wireless Controller
Extra Wireless Controller
Wireless Network Adaptor
Memory Unit
Fuego Faceplates
Play & Charge Kit
Rechargeable Battery
Xbox Live 12 Month Card
1-Year Product Replacement Plan
They removed the Omega bundle because some of the games included in it (4 I
believe) got a later release date. It also existed a Omega Bundle with the Dell
plasma screen (like the Ultimate pack from Gamestop) for a price of 4499.68$.
It now seems that Gamestop still has a Omega bundle that is exactly the same
as the Ultimate pack, but it will be shipped some month after the release.
Xbox 360 Customer Choice Bundle (Walmart) -689.06$
Xbox 360 Premium System
One additional wireless controller
A Play and Charge Kit
Live 12-month Gold Card
Your choice of a faceplate
Three games
Xbox 360 Game Bundle (Walmart) -579.06$
Xbox 360 Core System
One additional wireless controller
A Headset
A 64 MB Memory Unit
A Play and Charge Kit
Your choice of three games
Xbox 360 Live Bundle (Walmart) -579.16$
Xbox 360 Core System
One additional wireless controller
A headset
A 64 MB memory unit
A Play and Charge Kit
Live 12-Month Gold Card
Your choice of two games
Xbox 360 Pro Bundle (Walmart) -719.24$
Xbox 360 Premium System
One additional wireless controller
A Play and Charge Kit
Live 12-month Gold Card
Wireless Network Adapter
Your choice of two games
Xbox 360 Bundle (Costco) -479.99$
Xbox 360 Premium System
One additional wireless controller
A Play and Charge Kit
Project Gotham Racing 3
Xbox 360 Turbo Bundle (Gamestop) -999.87$
Xbox 360 Premium System
Call of Duty 2
Condemned
King Kong
Madden NFL 2006
Need For Speed
Perfect Dark Zero Collectors Edition
Quake 4
One extra wireless controller
One extra wireless controller
A Play and Charge Kit
A Play and Charge Kit
1-Year Product Replacement Plan
Xbox 360 High Octane Bundle (Gamestop) -1499.38$
Xbox 360 Premium System
Amped 3
Call of Duty 2
Condemned
Fifa Soccer 06
Gun
Kameo
King Kong
Madden NFL 2006
NBA Live 2006
Need For Speed
NHL 2K6
Perfect Dark Zero Collectors Edition
Quake 4
Tiger Woods 2006
Tony Hawk American Wasteland
One extra wireless controller
One extra wireless controller
Condemned Official Strategy Guide
Quake 4 Official Strategy Guide
A Play and Charge Kit
A Play and Charge Kit
1-Year Product Replacement Plan
Xbox 360 Pro Player's Bundle (Toys R Us) -999.95$
Xbox 360 Premium System
Call of Duty 2
GUN
Kameo: Elements of Power
Perfect Dark Zero: Limited Edition
Project Gotham Racing 3
Quake 4
Ridge Racer 6
Tony Hawk American Wasteland
Two months of rentals from Gamefly.com
one-year subscription to OXM
additional Wireless Controller
a Play and Charge Kit
a Rechargeable Battery Pack
faceplate Xbox 360 Pro Player's Bundle
Xbox 360 Core Player's Bundle (Toys R Us) -999.95$
Xbox 360 Core System
Call of Duty 2
FIFA 2006
Kameo: Elements of Power
Madden NFL 2006
NBA Live 2006
Need for Speed Most Wanted
Project Gotham Racing 3
Ridge Racer 6
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2006
Tony Hawk American Wasteland
Two months of rentals from Gamefly.com
one-year subscription to OXM
additional Wired Controller
64 MB Memory Unit
faceplate
Xbox 360 Pro Player's Bundle II (Toys R Us) -999.95$
Xbox 360 Premium System
Call of Duty 2
FIFA 2006
Kameo: Elements of Power
Need for Speed Most Wanted
Project Gotham Racing 3
Ridge Racer 6
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2006
Tony Hawk American Wasteland
Two months of rentals from Gamefly.com
one-year subscription to OXM
additional Wireless Controller
a Play and Charge Kit
a Rechargeable Battery Pack
faceplate
Xbox 360 Core Player's Bundle II (Toys R Us) -999.95$
Xbox 360 Core System
Call of Duty 2
GUN
Kameo: Elements of Power
NBA Live 2006
Perfect Dark Zero: Limited Edition
Project Gotham Racing 3
Quake 4
Ridge Racer 6
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2006
Tony Hawk American Wasteland
Two months of rentals from Gamefly.com
one-year subscription to OXM
additional Wired Controller
64 MB Memory Unit
faceplate
The European launch date is December 02 2005. The official price seems to be
399,99 Euro (279.99£) for the Premium system and 299,99 Euro (209.99£) for
the Core system, unless it´s a bad translation done by Microsoft...
Xbox 360 Premium System -279.99£
Xbox 360 Game Console
Wireless Controller
Combination High-Definition Component and Standard A/V Cable
20GB Hard Drive
Ethernet Cable
Headset
Bonus Media Remote
Xbox Live Silver
Xbox Live Gold 30-Day Trial
Xbox 360 Core System -209.99£
Xbox 360 Game Console
Wired Controller
Composite A/V Cable
Xbox Live Silver
Xbox Live Gold 30-Day Trial
Xbox 360 Deluxe Paket 3 (Spelbutiken) -6295 SEK
Xbox 360 Premium System
Call of Duty 2
Perfect Dark Zero
Tony Hawks American Wasteland
The Japanese launch date is December 10 2005. The official price seems to be
37,900 Yen and it seems that they will only release the Premium system.
Xbox 360 Premium System -37,900 Yen
Xbox 360 Game Console
Wireless Controller
Combination High-Definition Component and Standard A/V Cable
20GB Hard Drive
Ethernet Cable
Headset
Bonus Media Remote
Xbox Live Silver
Xbox Live Gold 30-Day Trial
Final Fantasy XI beta disc
The Australia/New Zealand launch date is March 02 2006.
Everybody seems to forget Australia, even I did >_>
Since I´m not trusting the Australian version of xbox.com (they say that NO
game will support HDTV down under o_O ), I´m going to list more launch data
later.
The South Korean launch date is February 24 2006.
The launchdate in Taiwan and Singapore is March 02 2006.
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- 3.2. Launch Titles -
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USA:
Amped 3
Call of Duty 2
Condemned: Criminal Origins
FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup
GUN
Kameo: Elements of Power
Madden NFL 06
NBA 2K6
NBA Live 06
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
NHL 2K6
Perfect Dark Zero
Perfect Dark Zero Limited Edition
Peter Jackson’s King Kong
Project Gotham Racing 3
QUAKE 4
Ridge Racer 6
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06
Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland
Europe:
They believe these games will be launch titles
Amped 3
Call of Duty 2
Condemned: Criminal Origins
FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup
GUN
Kameo: Elements of Power
Madden NFL 06
NBA Live 06
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Perfect Dark Zero
Peter Jackson’s King Kong
Project Gotham Racing 3
Quake 4
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06
Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland
Japan:
(em) -eNCHANTarM-
Every Party
Fifa 06: Road to FIFA World Cup
Final Fantasy XI BETA
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Perfect Dark Zero
Project Gotham Racing 3 (delayed 2 days)
RIDGE RACER 6
Tetris: The Grandmaster Ace
Australia:
Unknown.
Games that Microsoft thought would be US launch titles but got a later release:
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Dead or Alive 4
Tom Clancy´s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
Top Spin 2
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- 3.3. Launch Dates -
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The X-Box 360 must be the first gaming system (if not THE first, one of the
first) that releases games and accessories weeks before the gamint system.
This way people could feel the controller and look at the DVD disc long before
they discovered that they would´nt get the gaming unit until January thanks to
the shortage. I will try to list the official dates for the things that was
released before the system, but they can be +- some days depending on where
in USA you live. Some stores started to sell some stuff earlier, som stores
started to sell some stuff later. This is the American dates.
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