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A leaked BestBuy document has been floating around on the net and looks to be the most up to date list of games that will be on the shelves the same day the XBox 360 launchs. Here is the list:

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Activision Call of Duty 2
Sega Condemned
EA FIFA 2006: Road To The FIFA World
Activision Gun
Microsoft Kameo Elements of Power
Peter’s Jackson’s King Kong
Madden NFL 2006
NBA 2K6
NBA Live 2006
Need For Speed Most Wanted
Perfect Dark Zero
Perfect Dark Zero (Limited Edition)
Project Gotham Racing 3
Quake 4
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2006
Tony Hawk: American Wasteland

1up.com has put together an interesting list of similarities between the dreamcast and the xbox 360. The writer does not think that Xbox 360 will share the dreamcast’s fate. Just to sum it up for you here is the list go to the full article if you want pictures to go along with them.

1. Launched a year before the competition.
2. Faced a “far superior” next-generation PlayStation console that wowed gamers with fancy tech demos.
3. Sleek white console following in footsteps of bulky, black console.
4. Made its American debut on MTV.
5. Games ran on a Windows-derived OS.
6. Dreamcast’s marketing mantra. (Dreamcast: “it’s thinking” Xbox 360: “a living entertainment experience”)
7. “Dreamcast will evolve much more into a network environment rather than a standalone system. It’s not about you and the machine any more. It’s about you competing against your friends, your enemies.”
   “Xbox 360 is driven by the passion of a worldwide community. It’s a product that will bridge vast distances through shared stories and experiences…It’s about the ability to connect with your communities.”
8. Big selling point: Online for all with packed-in modem and SegaNet.
9. Unable to play the latest in cutting edge movie media (HD-DVD/Blu ray).
10. Big selling point: Hi-def monitor output.
12. Big proponent of customization.
13. Peter Moore spearheaded the marketing.
14. Played previous generation games under emulation.
15. Tetsuya Mizuguchi worked on highly anticipated First Party title
16. Exclusive promotional partner leading up to launch: Pepsi.
17. Highly anticipated First Party racing game from Bizarre Creations.
18. Unique selling point: Microphone peripheral.
19. Software medium criticized as having not enough capacity by some developers.
20. Promised to be an evolutionary system - to someday play the next type of video disc
21. Crazy rich bald guy spotted at several promotional events leading up to launch.
22. Planned to eventually offer larger storage capacity with a Zip drive.
23. Metal Gear Solid trailer stole much of its next-generation thunder.