Xbox 360 hits the big screen at Cowboys Stadium
by Ben Gilbert 
{ Jun 21st 2009 at 6:30PM } 
Even better, footage emerged on YouTube as well (seen after the break), showcasing the screen in action, though playing Halo 3 as opposed to Gears of War 2. Other shots drop presumably Mr. Fatone (pronounce that as you will) playing Call of Duty 2 and, erm, showing everyone his Gamercard, paltry Gamerscore in-tow. But alas, congrats to you, Mr. Fatone, you've likely just played the biggest game of Halo 3 ever.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
embassy @ Jun 21st 2009 6:38PM
that's one potentially LARGE teabagging.
mark @ Jun 21st 2009 10:53PM
How are they controlling it? You would need a massively long usb extender and a wired controller depending where your hook up the xbox.
NinjaJesus @ Jun 21st 2009 6:41PM
It's doesn't get any better than that...
itbekevin2010 @ Jun 22nd 2009 2:04AM
wtf thats halo 3 footage ....
ignfan69 @ Jun 21st 2009 6:52PM
Call of duty 2! What an ass!
Shmil @ Jun 21st 2009 7:00PM
Reminds me when me and my friends would set up 4v4 games on two screens at the theater i used to work at. I miss being a projectionist. Easiest. Job. Ever.
Burning Mice @ Jun 21st 2009 7:03PM
It looks amazing for being shown on such a huge screen.
Shmil @ Jun 21st 2009 7:24PM
And it looks good even with daylight glare on the screen.
aristokrat @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:11AM
I don't know...it only looks like 576 lines of pixels if you ask me. I can totally count the jaggies in the diagonal lines.
/kidding
j.howlett @ Jun 21st 2009 7:18PM
epic is right.
Zexion_VI @ Jun 21st 2009 7:24PM
Anyone want to break into the Cowboys stadium for some splitscreen?
Rhamsey @ Jun 21st 2009 7:52PM
Even on a huge ass TV, splitscreen still sucks.
Trust me, I've played on the giant movie screens multiple times.
DiGiTAL SiN254 @ Jun 21st 2009 8:28PM
good thing the screen has two sides! Four actually I think but the other 2 are a bit smaller in comparison.
Vcize @ Jun 21st 2009 9:04PM
Yeah the problem with splitscreen is aspect ratio, not size.
Shmil @ Jun 22nd 2009 4:57PM
I'll take a crappier aspect ratio if it involves playing right there with my friends. I'd rather be in the physical company of them for something like this rather than online.
Hydrophobicfish @ Jun 21st 2009 7:24PM
That's pretty impressive.
A much better use than for a Jonas Brother's concert.
-Vexx- @ Jun 21st 2009 7:39PM
"Please reconnect controller"
nutman @ Jun 21st 2009 7:44PM
Remember at Sony's E3 press conference when they said that only the PS3 could do games on that big of a screen?
Yeah.
vidGuy @ Jun 21st 2009 7:55PM
Why would the size of the screen make any difference in system/game performance?
nutman @ Jun 21st 2009 7:57PM
When did I suggest that it would...?
I merely stated the fact that Sony claimed only the PS3 could run games on the screen as large as the one they had at E3 which is smaller than the screen in this video.
K1LLER HORNET @ Jun 21st 2009 7:59PM
Yeah - i remember that.
There is no reasoning behind that comment & Trenton is an idiot for saying something so absurd.
Both the PS3 & XBOX 360 output 1080p visuals, so i have no idea how anyone can come to that conclusion.
vidGuy @ Jun 21st 2009 8:10PM
That's what I mean, nutman - why would anyone believe Sony's comment? The game system isn't driving the projection of the image. Very stupid thing for Sony to suggest.
PN04 @ Jun 21st 2009 8:16PM
Remember when Microsoft said there was no need for HD gaming and took 2 years to get around to putting an HDMI port on the 360 after they were proven wrong?
Kinsey @ Jun 21st 2009 8:19PM
They meant the resolution for that particular demo was higher than 1080p. I think it was double the resolution or something. But either way the size itself doesn't mean anything either.
Kinsey @ Jun 21st 2009 8:21PM
@ PN04. You dont need to have an HDMI port to have HD. My 360 was the reason I bought a an HD TV with just component. Now that I have a newer Xbox with HDMI, it doesn't look any different but a hell of a lot more convenient.
nutman @ Jun 21st 2009 8:28PM
@PN04
What? You realize the 360 was the first HD game console right? You don't need HDMI to put out HD visuals. The 360 comes with Composite AND component cables.
Vcize @ Jun 21st 2009 9:05PM
PN04, are you serious?
You mean the 360 that was shipping WITH HD CABLES for an entire year before the PS3 (which STILL doesn't come with anything but SD composite cables) was even released?
Ignatius @ Jun 21st 2009 9:11PM
Actually, both the PS2 and the original Xbox were capable of HD (720p). There were only a few games produced that took advantage of it and finding the cables was a bit of a chore.
Vidikron @ Jun 21st 2009 9:17PM
Well, MS did downplay HDMI even though a ton of people were asking for it. They all say stupid things in support of their own systems.
Aguiluz @ Jun 21st 2009 10:15PM
Huh?
Sony said 4 PS3s ran at 240fps or 3840x2160 resolution.
http://kotaku.com/5093592/gran-turismo-5-prologue-running-at-240-fps--3840x2160-resolution
nutman @ Jun 21st 2009 10:51PM
@Ignatius
That's not true at all. Who told you that? The Xbox was suppose to be true HD, but it didn't happen. Xbox and PS2 can do 480p with the right cables.
Alistair Azimuth PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Jun 21st 2009 11:16PM
Nice trolling Nutman but your memory is incorrect. You are probably mixing up reality with what you want to believe is true. You are thinking of a GT:5P demonstration from October of last year.
http://www.gran-turismo.com/en/sp/d2788.html
You just made yourself look like a huge ass.
nutman @ Jun 21st 2009 11:51PM
@Dude with his PSN ID in his name
You're wrong. They said it this year.
Thanks for playing.
Alistair Azimuth PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Jun 21st 2009 11:55PM
What does a PSN link in my S/N have to do with you trolling?
If they said it then lets see a link and I'll admit I was wrong. Otherwise, you are trolling. Period. Back it up or it doesn't mean anything.
Tyler @ Jun 21st 2009 11:57PM
@ Nutman
Ignatius is right about the Xbox 1 (not sure about the PS2). I had HD cables for my Xbox and ran Halo 2 at 720p. It even says 720p on the Halo 2 box.
Alistair Azimuth PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:26AM
@Nutman
In a way his statement was true. I don't want to seem like I'm defending the statement (because now that I went back and re-watched I remember that now) but it's a fact that at their E3 keynote the only screen that size showing that resolution was from the PS3.
It's hard to believe anyone actually took that type of a statement seriously. I guess you must be an X-Box type of guy to be remembering that stuff. I had completely forgotten.
I don't think you were trolling so I apologize and I had my information mixed up for a moment. The statement is so absurd as not to be taken seriously as a matter of fact. It seemed more like E3 keynote chest beating that all of the talking heads tend to do. Hell, they play the Madden Nation finale every year on the big screen at Time Square in New York so I'm not sure why anyone would even think he was saying it like a fact.
It kind of befuddles me that people took that comment seriously ... maybe he meant it literally but I don't think thats the case. None the less you are right and he did say it and it could be interpreted that way. It could also be spun so that he is correct, though.
Vidikron @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:33AM
@Tyler
Halo 2 wasn't 720p on the original XBox. I have the box right here and it says "HDTV 480p". I think you're confused with the fact that the XBox 360 runs both Halo 1 and Halo 2 at 720p.
Anyway, there were actually 30 or so games on the XBox that ran at 720p or 1080i. Some actually looked better at 480p, IMO. Soul Calibur II, for example, ran at 720p, but it did so with a 4:3 aspect ratio. It ran 480p with a 16:9 aspect ratio. I preferred the latter myself. Just Google it up and you can find the list of games pretty easily.
Alistair Azimuth PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:35AM
The size of the screen and the resolution being displayed aren't one in the same. I just want to point out what he actually said is different than saying only the playstation 3 is capable of displaying on a screen that size. It's sort of splitting hairs depending on how you want to deduct what he meant.
BigFat @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:38AM
Actually the first xbox was the first HD console. There were a few 720p games on it.
nutman @ Jun 22nd 2009 8:59AM
Alistair it was just a joke man. :)
@BigFat
Yeah I guess you're right. The 360 was just the first to make HD resolutions mandatory.
jdawg @ Jun 23rd 2009 9:56PM
playstation 2 definitely ran some games in 1080i
xtremeholymuffin @ Jun 21st 2009 7:57PM
I dunno how it compares to the size of this screen, but I DID play the game in IMAX when it was first released. I only got to play like a 5-minute deathmatch but it was epic as hell.
PN04 @ Jun 21st 2009 8:14PM
even better...
http://gizmodo.com/5035456/blue-screen-of-death-strikes-birds-nest-during-opening-ceremonies-torch-lighting
nutman @ Jun 21st 2009 8:30PM
I prefer a stop screen to it just locking up for no reason
Chris @ Jun 21st 2009 8:49PM
So wait. I thought Sony said ONLY the PS3 was capable of showing games on screens that big? Hmm..more Sony PR BS? Yes.
Vcize @ Jun 21st 2009 9:06PM
Didn't that screen have a larger resolution than 1080p, and they said only the PS3 could play it on a screen of that resolution? That's very different than talking about the size of the screen.
Alistair Azimuth PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Jun 21st 2009 11:22PM
http://www.gran-turismo.com/en/sp/d2788.html
What's with everyone misremembering stuff tonight?
It was in reference to a GT:5P demonstration ... (from the link I posted) -
"One of these, was a time trial competition using Sony’s newest digital cinema projector, the “SRX-S110”. Gran Turismo 5 prologue is already in Full HD resolution at 1920 x 1080 pixels, providing the highest resolution possible in today’s TV content. However in this time trial, the Full HD image was increased to twice the resolution both vertically and horizontally (4x the surface area), enabling game play at an ultra high resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels. This was performed by connecting and synchronizing four Playstation 3’s outputting a quarter of the image each at 1920x1080 pixels, but you must remember this demands an extremely high quality image from the source that can withstand the ultra high resolution. It can be said that this demonstration was only made possible, because the source image was *********Gran Turismo*********
What supported this time trial on the display side, was the newest digital cinema projector from Sony, the SRX-110. This “4K”SXRD”(*1) projector is the next generation in projector technology, enabling a resolution of 4096 x 2160 pixels, equivalent to the high resolution image of 35mm film. The high 4000:1 device contrast ratio and a response time of 5 milliseconds, also adds to the level of breathtaking image expression introduced here.
The crowd was simply amazed by the clarity of the image displayed on the massive 220 inch screen, and the players who participated in the time trial expressed their excitement of how perfectly in focus the screen is even close up, and at the quality of Gran Turismo."
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Another demonstration showed the game running at an absurd 240 FPS. Click the link to read up on the technology.
nutman @ Jun 21st 2009 11:53PM
Alistair, this said it at E3 2009 as well. Remember when they were about to show the reel of games? Right before that they mention how only the PS3 can do it on that large of a screen.
So who looks like a huge ass again?
Alistair Azimuth PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:17AM
@Nutman
"You're gonna see a ton of live code on this screen that stands 40x80 and only the Playstation 3 can show you the resolution your going to see on a screen that size."
- Jack Tretton E3 2009
http://e3.gamespot.com/press-conference/sony-e3/
How was that a false statement?
Chris @ Jun 21st 2009 9:11PM
Sony's comment sounded like a load of crap, I wouldnt buy it. Its annoying though that theres tons of fanboys that would believe that its more special. I'm watching a Blu-ray on my PS3 and it doesnt look any different than an HD video on my 360.