Counter-Strike XBox Q&A

Posted by Rob at 17:55 21/5/2002.

HomeLAN have interviewed Gabe Newell in regard to yesterday's announcement which stated that Counter-Strike is to be released on the XBox. Here's a piece:

HomeLAN - First, how did the idea of bringing Counter-Strike to the Xbox come about? Did you approach Microsoft or did Microsoft approach you?

Gabe Newell - Well, we have been talking with the guys who have been developing the Xbox for a long time now. When you look at the Xbox and you look at the hardware that is there, the fact that it is always connected, the fact that it is a broadband connection , the fact that it has a hard drive were all things that we were looking for in the right platform to deliver Counter-Strike. So really ever since they started building the Xbox we have been thinking about the best way to take advantage of it and Counter-Strike will be the first thing we try to really exploit the capabilities of Xbox.

Interesting news. Read up on it.

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	DaKid 19:45 21/5/2002	I've never been a fan of FPS games on consoles. Who here could say that they'd happily be able to play CS with just a joystick/joypad? Ah well, anything that opens the game to a wider community, all luck to them, but one would hope they'll be able to play against PC players, and they'd be at a huge disadvantage if they ever did. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	t0m 19:50 21/5/2002	jipiii $$ :) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	iron 20:14 21/5/2002	its impossible to aim using those fiddly console nobs, look how s*** the quake3 console players are compared to the pc quake players are. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	PeaKster 21:29 21/5/2002	i dont know s* bout xbox but a m8 says it will be extremely hard to make cheats - that sounds cool as for joypad - i assumed u could get a keyboard and mouse for xbox ? for email and s* like that - dont they do it on other consoles? 1 other q i av bout xbox is will ms release the driver for ms usb products to work on xbox as i got a ms forcefeedback wheel and keyboard and mouse all usb - would be nice if they all worked id consider getting one ;p [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	-m0o.Rob- 23:06 21/5/2002	cheats made for console games (I.E. ones that run from the CD) are MUCH harder to impliment (and often require hardware backup ala' action replay.) If you get a keyboard + mouse the xbox would be ace, especially considering the proportionally excellent performance/cost ratio (amazingly smooth with HL engine.) This said though, PC to console port-overs hardly have a good history. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	XLNC/Dr_Evil 00:23 22/5/2002	There was an interesting artice on Geekboys about X-Box being the choice for LAN gaming etc. With it being very like a PC but a standard hardware platform it would be a great level playing field for Pro gaming world wide. Read that once GB is back up. Only problem is that X-Box is pretty much dead in the water at the moment and unless another game of the standard of Halo comes along fast its not gonna last much longer. Agree with the Joypad argument too, u need mouse and keyboard to play FPS and on consoles thats about £50 for a 2 button mouse and £30 for a £5 keyboard... [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Growl 00:39 22/5/2002	Cheats will still be made though I mean it's Microsoft so there probably put every cheat in the game anyway. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Jimmy/ 01:52 22/5/2002	Yeh, u could use a mouse and keyboard but that would use alot more FPS than the control stick thing so that u lose performance. prob be much easier for pc users. And if the xbox is like a pc (ie using direct x and s***) wouldnt it be jus as easy to make xbox cheats that work??? i dunno what im talkin about im jus asking [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Grom- 09:47 22/5/2002	Halo works very well with the joypad, but that's Halo. They would need to bring out a kb/mouse combo if they wanted XBox players to compete with PC players. However they may keep it with no interoperability - ie the XBox players play other XBox players and the servers are incompatible. MS are not keen on releasing kb/mice peripherals - they do not want the XBox to be seen as a PC in a black box, they want it to be a console, fullstop. The only problem you have is physical compatibility, as the ports are standard USB just with different plugs. Drivers would likely be in the software rather than the console. DrEvil I think you're being a bit melodramatic - the Xbox hasn't got the kind of success sony has enjoyed but it is hardly 'dead in the water'. I suppose all those developers making xbox games for release before xmas are just having a bit of a laugh with obselete hardware? KB/mouse would probably be sold together for about £40 I would guess. And Jimmy you're right with your last sentence - KB/mouse using more FPS - wtf? Advantage with the Xbox is that they are all the same. You haven't got some lamer fiddling with console settings to get an advantage, or pumping up their gamma or any rubbish like that. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	=THX=Student 12:10 22/5/2002	They're not releasing a KB for the Xbox, but there's a device called The Claw which is out for FPS games. Do a search on Google for it, I'm too hungover to find a lik. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 12:24 22/5/2002	Don't know about you, but I'm quite looking forward to n00bling the X-Box players. Like when the Q3 multi-platform servers were launched, with all the DC players claiming they would own the PC players from their 2 hours of experience on DC servers. Needless to say, they got owned. PC users will always win. Always. Nick [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	The Oracle Lord of t3h b0ys UKTerrorist 12:46 22/5/2002	Because of the simple fact that we have a keyboard and mouse. We won't 'always win', we just have better fragging tools in first person shooters.... I heard that they aren't going to intergrate pc and xbox.... -The Oracle [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DaKid 13:00 22/5/2002	Gonna try to put an HTML link in .... if it don't work, then the link is : http://www.claw.com.au/xbox.html Try clicking here if it does work :) [Edited by alpha at 15:41, 22/5/2002] [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]

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