Newell on CSX

[CSN NewsBot]

HomelanFed has posted an interview with Gabe Newell all about the Xbox version of Counter-Strike. Here's a taste:

HomeLAN - What kind of content can we expect from this version of Counter-Strike? Will it be just a direct port or will there be new content exclusive for the Xbox version?



Gabe Newell - There is going to be new content exclusive to the Xbox. The starting point is going to be Condition Zero but we are also trying to figure out how to take advantage of a couple of the characteristics of the Xbox. The fact that you have a NV-25 in the graphics, that you can guarantee that all of your customers have that, the fact that you can guarantee that everybody have a broadband connection, the fact that everybody has a controller with more flexibility in a lot of ways than a keyboard….we are going to rethink some stuff and look for opportunities to really take advantage of those. It's just an opportunity to move Counter-Strike forward that we really wouldn't have in a PC environment.

Sounds interesting. Read all about it.

[M00]

EGAD!

[[Deadprez]Cleveland]

I smell Cs's first Flop a brewin'

[f0liage^]

This will be lame, but unfortunatly popular.

[GrandMasterLethal88]

CS on xbox? thats such crap...xbox sucks anyway :P

[M00]

How are you supposed to play cs with a controlller?



The answer is, you are not. You are not supposed to play cs with a controller.

[cheetarah654]

hahahahahahahaha.......HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAha
hahaha



i cant imagine aiming with a controller, i need my mouse~!~!~ although i do know some damn good cs players who use a joystick.



will these x box freaks be playing in the same servers as us?

in unrelated news im finally getting a new computer~!~!~!~~!~!

[David Johnston]

I wanna make Dust for the Xbox. Then I could add all the extra detail I couldn't in the original.

[The Village Idiot]

From the article..

the fact that everybody has a controller with more flexibility in a lot of ways than a keyboard….

controller = more flexible than a keyboard? Ok, maybe more flexible than JUST a keyboard, but no way than a keyboard and mouse!

[[Deadprez]Cleveland]

Dave: I wanna make Dust for the Xbox. Then I could add all the extra detail I couldn't in the original.



Yup more boxes and spray paint on the walls :) Just messin'

[FLeK0]

New X-Box controllers by Ferrero Design. It's called The Claw. Left side: You can use it like your keyboards W-S-A-D part and other keys. Right side: You can connect any USB mouse (a Microsoft one recommended :))







It's a good way to play first person shooters on X-Box!

[Mr. Lugosi]

Oh, i thought it had a full keyboard. But I had heard before that microsoft didn't want to add a keyboard because then people would say its an 'incompatible with everything else computer' and not a console.

[Spoonman]

Consoles.... CS.... Bad combination.

[Half-Pint]

Well I just borrowed my friends xbox and tried out Halo and it's pretty cool. I imagine and Xbox CS would let you and a friend play co-op on CZ and that would be pretty cool. While the controls aren't and never will be as good as a mouse they are a helluva lot better than any other console game I've played. Course if the xbox doesn't link up with PC servers there really won't be the same community development and while there might be plenty of players I question how many dedicated servers will be out there for people to play on.

[FLeK0]

Spoonman wrote..

Consoles.... CS.... Bad combination.

No, it's not. Really. An X-Box is only 199$! And a new PC is about $600 or more.. It have a GeForce3 video card, a big hdd, and everything, and you dont need a monitor..