8bitjoystick: More on Valhalla, Stock Issues, Codenames, IPTV Options

[Xbox-Scene]

8bitjoystick: More on Valhalla, Stock Issues, Codenames, IPTV Posted by XanTium | February 16 22:15 EST | News Category: Xbox360

8bitjoystick posted an update about his recent article about the Xbox360 'Jasper', 'Opus' and 'Valhalla' designs: [QUOTE] I just want to point out that the Valhalla Xbox 360 is probably a year or so after the Jasper Xbox 360. After Jasper is out the door Valhalla is the next big thing for the Xbox 360 hardware team. If Jasper is going to be out in time for the holiday shopping season in October/November 2008 then Valhalla might be under the Festivus pole in 2009 at the earliest. For the record I don't think that the development of Jasper, Opus and Valhalla had any impact on their supply problems keeping Falcon based Xbox 360s in store shelves. My theory is the supply shortage of Xbox 360s might be from the Chinese New Year vacations and all the Chinese assembly plant workers had the week off to play Halo and eat moon cakes. I am dead serious check the calendar dates and compare to the shortages. Chinese New Year is as big a really deal in Asia could affect production at the factories. It could just be as simple as the holiday break slowed production and the demand for Xboxes surpassed the supply. Happy Year of the Rat! The names are usually from the project managers in the Xbox teams, I guess Robbie Bach has the final say but these names are never meant for public consumption. These are names to be thrown around in internal meetings and such. You will probably never ever hear the words Opus and Valhalla from official Microsoft PR sources. Also sometimes they shorten them to Xe, Ze, Fn, and then probably Js, Op and Ve but that's internal meeting stuff. I do know some secret project codenames for some gaming accessories that they are working on. Expect to hear about some new Xbox 360 accessories by E3 Expo and PAX. Now Microsoft is working on their IPTV system for Xbox 360 and it's going to bedone in software or a breakout external box that plugs into the 360 via the USB ports in some markets like with British Telecom. It will let the 360 be used as a digital TV tuner if your local tv provider supports it and is broadcasting IPTV. So if they ever do an "Xbox Ultimate" it will be a hardware bundle and not new motherboard design. [/QUOTE] Full Story: 8bitjoystick.com

[djtonic]

Well, it is news.

Good news for me if my first run 360 finally gets RROD. i know now to wait a bit before I buy a new box.

~Dj~

[bucko]

I just hope IPTV isn't limited to BT, please go to TalkTalk as well.

Maybe if companies didn't totally rely on Asia to produce stuff things like "Chinese New Year" wouldn't affect things!

[88 Ecko Unltd 88]

^^^^what he said^^^^^

[ca102455]

Good news for some i guess but for such a faulty console i'd rather stick with digital satellite TV & keep my 360 purely for gaming

This post has been edited by ca102455: Feb 18 2008, 09:08 AM