With only nine days to go before Microsoft officially reveals the next major version of its Xbox game console family, it's almost hard to believe that the current Xbox 360 is almost eight years old. Indeed, it was eight years ago today that Microsoft first announced the Xbox 360 via a special on MTV.



The TV show was basically a 30 minute infomercial for the successor to the original Xbox, and aired just a few days before the 2005 E3 trade show in Los Angeles, where Microsoft held a 90 minute press conference. We couldn't find that special at first on YouTube but thankfully someone at Neowin (thanks Nathan Weinberg_305451) found that special which was hosted by Elijah Wood and was heavy on the MTV promo stuff in addition to the Xbox 360.



The first Xbox 360 E3 2005 press conference, which again was held just a few days later, has also been uploaded to YouTube.



By the way, all of the Microsoft executives that were on stage during that E3 2005 press conference, (J Allard, Peter Moore and Robert Bach) are no longer with Microsoft.



There's also this intro video that showed off some of the first Xbox 360 games, including titles like Gears of War (which wouldn't be out until fall 2006) and Frame City Killer, an action game from Namco that ended up not being released at all.



Finally, check out this early Xbox 360 video with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Chairman Bill Gates who are both shown in line waiting for Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith to open but are still talking about the Xbox 360. As you can see, Ballmer is interested in talking about about the Xbox 360's games and connectivity features while Gates, the true uber-geek, would rather talk about the high end hardware features of the console. Good times.

Well, we definitely wouldnt have Iron Man, Cap, Thor or an Avengers movie. No way them niggaz would've been first out the gate from Marvel/Disney.

We would just now be on Spider-Man 3, X-Men 2, and Fantastic Four 2.

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Also, Chris Brown hasn't done the R&B/Hip-Hop shit in a minute. Dude is a full blown pop artist nowadays.

People keep saying this, lets look at the singles from his last 2 albums...how is he a "full blown pop star" who "hasn't done the R&B/Hip-Hop shit in a minute" ?

Pop
Yeah 3x
Beautiful People (which is dope)
Turn Up the Music
Don't Wake Me Up (also dope)

R&B/Hip-Hop
Deuces
No Bullshit
She Ain't You
Look at Me Now
Till I Die
Don't Judge Me
Strip
Sweet Love

Microsoft Confirms Next-Gen Xbox Announcement for May 21st
Event to be held at company's Redmond campus and streamed online.
by Scott Lowe APRIL 24, 2013

After weeks of rumor and speculation, Microsoft has confirmed that it will be holding an event on Tuesday, May 21st at 10am PST to unveil its next-generation Xbox, commonly referred to as Durango or Xbox 720. The event will take place at the company's Redmond, Washington campus.



In an official blog post, Microsoft says that the event will "mark the beginning of a new generation of games, TV, and entertainment," and will come accompanied with a live broadcast on Xbox.com, Xbox Live, and Spike TV. Interestingly, the post goes on to say that the event will serve as only an initial "taste," but that it will save its larger lineup of games for E3.

"On that day, we’ll share our vision for Xbox, and give you a real taste of the future. Then, 19-days later at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, we’ll continue the conversation and showcase our full lineup of blockbuster games."

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/24/microsoft-confirms-next-gen-xbox-announcement-for-may-21st

Thread is getting derailed. Everyone knows PSN sucks, thats not an unpopular opinion...unless this thread is only Arcade specific, then that makes sense.