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Nintendo has always been a customer-friendly company so I doubt they would do something like that. Anyways, we all know that Xenon and Cell suck - Anandtech had an article on it but that article was mysteriously removed from the website, no doubt because of Sony or MS putting (legal?) pressure on them. Luckily, you can read it here.

The revolution has a fair amount of features to satisfy us, and we don't have to deal with Sony and MS's shit. Quite possibly, GC is the only one that will deliver on their projected system specs seeing how Sony hyped up Cell just like they did the Emotion Engine back in the day.

Furthermore, most people don't particularly care about device convergence for a console, as the people who are buying a next-gen console already have something to play their music, movies, etc. The fact that Revolution will use a strange disc format is immaterial. And if you read the interview above, you will see that it has a (most likely) programmable controller so that you can play NES, SNES, N64, and Gamecube games comfortably - and no mention of fckin locking out 3rd parties.

All my hopes rest on Revolution. Nintendo, you are my only hope!

Considering that right off the bat they will be losing money for every Xbox 360 sold (probably not as much with the $399 or $349 priced model) as well as the enormous amount of advertising they're going to be doing over the Christmas holiday, when are they going to start seeing money coming back in?

Because that the PS3 will be just as technologically powerful as the Xbox 360 if not moreso in some regards, the Xbox 360 will have a harder time convincing people that it's the most powerful console out there. Additionally, with the Nintendo Revolution expected to debut at $200 (or less!) Microsoft may find itself in a tricky situation. They migth have more money than all slashdotters put together, but can they really afford to keep soaking up losses like this?

And now something like this comes out: "Microsoft has set up a fund (of sorts) to be utilized for subsidizing game development and promotion for the XBX360. We think the Company will provide financial incentives in the form of development dollars, sales and promotions, and reduced royalty structures. At the end of the day, expensive third-party product development (on key IP) could be subsidized in part by Microsoft's balance sheet."

The whole thing looks like a house of cards to me. It's understandable that Microsoft needs to sell consoles to get companies to develope games for it. In order to sell consoles they need to get companies to develope games worth buying for that console, exclusive if at all possible. However, if you're selling a console for a loss and hoping to make up for that by charging royalty fees to any company that releases a game on your console, it doesn't make sense to reduce that royalty rate as well as throw money for developement, advertising, and promotions. The only reason they're able to do this is because of the massive amounts of cash flow they have from other divisions. The only way this works is if they sell enough consoles where people buy games in a large enough volume so that royalties cover the costs. This only works in the long run, however, if enough people have bought the console where game sales reach that point.

I realize that this probably sounds like a lot of FUD, a troll, or an attempt to start a flame war, but you should understand that I have an Xbox and enjoy a lot of the games that it has made possible. Some of them might have come out for other platforms but I don't know if I'd've ever had the joy of playing Halo, KOTOR, or some other unique Xbox games if it weren't for what Microsoft did. However, I can't agree with their current strategy that will eventually cost them enough money so that they consider discontinuing future generations of the Xbox. They probably have enough money to support it indefinately, but will they?

I don't see what's to stop them from using a strategy similar to Nintendo's. If they sold every console for a profit, they'd be able to reduce the royalty rates which could result in games still being priced at $50. With a strategy like this and their installed base, I think they could do a much better job of carving out a larger market share in the future years. The only other concern I have is that the one million units expected at launch won't be enough to satisfy the demands of all consumers. If they launch in November, will they have enough units to satisfy the demand at Christmas? If this happens many consumers might just say to hell with the Xbox 360 and wait until a PS3 launch which is expected in March.

It seems to me that they've jumped the gun a little and it will probably cause them problems down the road. I hope they're able to keep things running smoothly as they do make a wonderful console and have some great games and an excellent online model to go along with it. They've done some innovative things in the industry and it would be a shame to see them have to drop out due to poor planning. Here's hoping for the best.

Wait.. what did I miss...

a game with 'full-blown sex sequences' on a Nintendo console?

Judging from the screenshots I have my doubts. It's artsy style give it less details than a game from 1995.

Check for yourself: http://media.cube.ign.com/media/495/495539/imgs_1. html

There has been tons of speculation about whether or not the videos that Sony had shown at their press conference were pre-rendered or done in real-time. Well, Epic Games's Mark Rein has gone on record to say that "in addition to the Sony demos being shown by Phil Harrison, the Epic and EA presentations were the only third party portions actually running on the PS3 in real-time." IGN: Killzone PS3

Hype machine.

The problem with Xbox 360 right now is that the only strong title it has for itself is Halo 3.

Huh? As a PS2 and Xbox 1 owner, Halo 3 is the least exciting title on the horizon for the 360. Have you even seen the list? There are over 80 announced title, and I already want to play at least 10 of them. I might not even pick up Halo 3 until it's reduced in price as a budget title in a few years..

"One Zelda game? ONE?"

More like three (and a half).
Every Nintendo console has featured no more than two Zelda games (the SNES only had one). GameCube is at least on par with that, even if you ignore FSA and OoT:MQ. Nintendo can't please everyone. For every person like you who wants more Zelda and Mario, there's another who's ticked that Nintendo keeps reusing the same franchises. It's kind of a lose-lose situation.

"One Zelda game? ONE?"

More like three (and a half).
Every Nintendo console has featured no more than two Zelda games (the SNES only had one). GameCube is at least on par with that, even if you ignore FSA and OoT:MQ. Nintendo can't please everyone. For every person like you who wants more Zelda and Mario, there's another who's ticked that Nintendo keeps reusing the same franchises. It's kind of a lose-lose situation.

"One Zelda game? ONE?"

More like three (and a half).
Every Nintendo console has featured no more than two Zelda games (the SNES only had one). GameCube is at least on par with that, even if you ignore FSA and OoT:MQ. Nintendo can't please everyone. For every person like you who wants more Zelda and Mario, there's another who's ticked that Nintendo keeps reusing the same franchises. It's kind of a lose-lose situation.

"One Zelda game? ONE?"

More like three (and a half).
Every Nintendo console has featured no more than two Zelda games (the SNES only had one). GameCube is at least on par with that, even if you ignore FSA and OoT:MQ. Nintendo can't please everyone. For every person like you who wants more Zelda and Mario, there's another who's ticked that Nintendo keeps reusing the same franchises. It's kind of a lose-lose situation.

This news piece was very, very likely generated from a message board posting... in which the OP did not state a specific store, provide photographic evidence, or any proof of any kind. Nor did they ever return to the thread.

That's what "unconfirmed reports" means.

According to IGN's release date list, the first online game will be Tony Hawk DS. Strange, because Nintendo hasn't really even discussed the title apart from a brief showing at their E3 press conference. IGN's list claims Tony Hawk will be released October 18, about two weeks before Mario Kart.
Of course, it's entirely possible that Tony Hawk will be delayed a bit. It doesn't seem very Nintendo-like to let a third-party game be the focal point of a new feature.

In other news:
In IGN's August 1 mailbag, Craig hints that Metroid Prime Hunters will likely be delayed into October, and possibly even November. It likely doesn't mean anything, but there was a small uproar when Nintendo announced that Metroid wouldn't be online. Perhaps it's been delayed to add online functionality?
Ugh... I just linked to IGN three times in one post. I feel dirty. :p

According to IGN's release date list, the first online game will be Tony Hawk DS. Strange, because Nintendo hasn't really even discussed the title apart from a brief showing at their E3 press conference. IGN's list claims Tony Hawk will be released October 18, about two weeks before Mario Kart.
Of course, it's entirely possible that Tony Hawk will be delayed a bit. It doesn't seem very Nintendo-like to let a third-party game be the focal point of a new feature.

In other news:
In IGN's August 1 mailbag, Craig hints that Metroid Prime Hunters will likely be delayed into October, and possibly even November. It likely doesn't mean anything, but there was a small uproar when Nintendo announced that Metroid wouldn't be online. Perhaps it's been delayed to add online functionality?
Ugh... I just linked to IGN three times in one post. I feel dirty. :p

According to IGN's release date list, the first online game will be Tony Hawk DS. Strange, because Nintendo hasn't really even discussed the title apart from a brief showing at their E3 press conference. IGN's list claims Tony Hawk will be released October 18, about two weeks before Mario Kart.
Of course, it's entirely possible that Tony Hawk will be delayed a bit. It doesn't seem very Nintendo-like to let a third-party game be the focal point of a new feature.

In other news:
In IGN's August 1 mailbag, Craig hints that Metroid Prime Hunters will likely be delayed into October, and possibly even November. It likely doesn't mean anything, but there was a small uproar when Nintendo announced that Metroid wouldn't be online. Perhaps it's been delayed to add online functionality?
Ugh... I just linked to IGN three times in one post. I feel dirty. :p

Well not square...but Grandia III is being done by the enix side of the company. So yeah, how about it???
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/637/637989p1.html

The ad in question, for those who didn't bother to click on the IGN article.

This campaign isn't too bad of an idea so far. The ad is a little obscure, but the launch of the WiFi network is still two or three months away. Something like this may pique the interest of fans, but it will be explained in more detail closer to the holidays. Besides, if the launch of Nintendo WiFi Connection is as successful as many people expect, news should spread rather quickly by word of mouth. I know a lot of people who are eyeing the DS to see how Mario Kart and Animal Crossing will turn out as online games.

i suggest you do some research as well.

early stages of one of the first playable games has already been shown running.
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/635/635525p1.html
[keep in mind that this game is months away from release]

may i add that the new unreal engine was playable and running on actual hardware at e3 as well.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/16/news_61249 95.html

also, just because many of the trailers at e3 were pre-rendered, that doesnt preclude that there is in fact a very real, and very good looking next generation engine that drives it.
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/09/ 2041203&tid=10

Is that so?

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/637/637794p1.html

The IGNCube article says something different:

"For Nintendo's April through June quarter, the company saw operating profit of 3.75 billion yen ($33.35 million), down from 17.47 billion yen in the same period last year. The company reports net profit of 14.12 billion yen ($125.6 million) compared to last year's net profit of 22.64 billion yen.

So which is it? Are Nintendo's profits down 80% (down 13.72 billion yen from 17.47 billion yen to 3.75 billion yen) or down to 80% (down 3.75 billion yen from 17.47 billion yen to 13.72 billion yen). There's a pretty big difference.

That's what Atari's Flashback 2 is for. http://gear.ign.com/articles/632/632883p1.html

http://ds.ign.com/articles/631/631268p1.html

Or the 30Mb trailer direct.

Right click, save target here: http://ffmovies.ign.com/filmforce/video/article/63 6/636398/doom_trailer_072505_qthighwide.mov ~30MB (Have not tried it yet, but it should work)
<rant>Had to search for this link in the source, since the flash-based download windows didn't work... Why can't people have simple links instead of javapopups, flash and all the other shit??? It's not as if HTML doesn't work!</rant>

Wow! this screenshot looks remarkable!

...or maybe they're just being honest - perhaps 440x330 is the only resolution you can afford to run it at.

Besides, higher resolution pictures here: IGN

No. Of course not. This guy.

Yep, and if you prefer .MOV to .WMV, here's the link: http://ffmovies.ign.com/filmforce/video/article/63 6/636398/doom_trailer_072505_qthighwide.mov

(this one's high res)

The teaser trailer seems to say that the discovery the of last 10 percent of the human genome is what makes the creatures into what they are. No mention of hell or portals at all. Hmmf.

Still, it doesn't look half bad.

The site seems broken, but this link worked for me: http://streamingmovies.ign.com/filmforce/article/6 36/636398/doom_trailer_072505_wmvlowwide.wmv

I was able to watch it high-res for free here: http://media.filmforce.ign.com/media/490/490104/vi ds_1.html

I disagree. Like all the Hawk games, THUG 2 has a great soundtrack. If the author of this article disagrees so strongly why don't they list games that they feel were slighted along with some kind of justification?

Yes, they're making a new Smurfs movie: New Smurfs Movie Announced -- From the article, assuming it is successful, two sequels are also planned.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/636/636018p1.html

Ouch!

Maybe this is why we aren't seeing anything from the 360? Sounds like the real 360 hardware is giving sub-E3 type performance.

Sounds like developers are having a real hard time with the 360 hardware. Only a few months away from shipping, this doesn't sound good for launch titles.

"street cred"???

Only someone who works in MS's PR dept could say something that lame - same retards responsible for the 360 nightmare on MTV.

PS3 Realtime demos - enjoy:

http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/748/748465/vids_1.h tml

http://media.ps3.ign.com/articles/635/635625/vids_ 1.html

Funny how there is nothing coming from MS. Are they ashemed to show any of their realtime demos?

"street cred"???

Only someone who works in MS's PR dept could say something that lame - same retards responsible for the 360 nightmare on MTV.

PS3 Realtime demos - enjoy:

http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/748/748465/vids_1.h tml

http://media.ps3.ign.com/articles/635/635625/vids_ 1.html

Funny how there is nothing coming from MS. Are they ashemed to show any of their realtime demos?

Or you could do this

From the review:

Dubbed REFLEX Control, the design is a console controller for first-person shooters that replaces the right analog stick with a trackball. Instead of having to use an analog stick to aim, you're given full speed control and precision over movement, essentially incorporating mouse control into a game pad.

Hmmm, on the Xbox you can buy one of these to get your keyboard/mouse support back (I hated FPS games on consoles before I bought this thing) http://gear.ign.com/articles/558/558944p1.html as well as one of these and you will get your precious monitor back and be able to play games in HDTV resolution on your monitor. http://www.x2vga.com/ And you will be left with a pretty good and cheap gaming console that runs with KB/Mouse/Monitor

here are some tips for optimizing your system for bf2.

http://gear.ign.com/articles/626/626714p1.html

DARPA Chief!

Outside of the guys who play online, is there any reason at all to get a 360?

Some people are PC gamers and don't touch consoles. If you've never owned a console, then maybe not. If you're a console gamer - sure.

I watched the MTV special, and I still don't know what the hell I saw.

I'm not suprised. MTV has sucked for over 10 years.

I don't give a shit about higher resolution textures. Where are the games? Four years of Halo is enough. Microsoft is always claimed to have the money to buy anything they want in the console market. But outside of Rare, where are the new games and developers?

Here are the Xbox 360 games. So far there are approximately 80 titles that have been announced. The more interesting highlights for me are:

Gears Of War, Perfect Dark Zero, Alan Wake, Condemned, Unreal Tournament 2007, Dead Or Alive 4, APB, Full Auto and Ghost Recon.

Those nine titles are my picks for most interesting titles so far. If they're all launch titles, I'm going to be very conflicted as to which two or three I should pick up first. My nine picks alone could keep me a busy 360 gamer for a year - let alone the other 70+ titles that are in development. And the 360 launch is still several months away. I don't think there will be a shortage of games.

Instead of reading pointless articles about large scanned photos of buildings, why aren't we reading about Microsoft taking Grand Turismo away from Sony?

Because they already did that with Forza Motorsport on the Xbox 1. But it'll probably be the next game that is a serious challenger in terms of popularity - even Gran Turismo didn't really take off until the third game (which was the first on the PS2).

Outside of the guys who play online, is there any reason at all to get a 360?

Some people are PC gamers and don't touch consoles. If you've never owned a console, then maybe not. If you're a console gamer - sure.

I watched the MTV special, and I still don't know what the hell I saw.

I'm not suprised. MTV has sucked for over 10 years.

I don't give a shit about higher resolution textures. Where are the games? Four years of Halo is enough. Microsoft is always claimed to have the money to buy anything they want in the console market. But outside of Rare, where are the new games and developers?

Here are the Xbox 360 games. So far there are approximately 80 titles that have been announced. The more interesting highlights for me are:

Gears Of War, Perfect Dark Zero, Alan Wake, Condemned, Unreal Tournament 2007, Dead Or Alive 4, APB, Full Auto and Ghost Recon.

Those nine titles are my picks for most interesting titles so far. If they're all launch titles, I'm going to be very conflicted as to which two or three I should pick up first. My nine picks alone could keep me a busy 360 gamer for a year - let alone the other 70+ titles that are in development. And the 360 launch is still several months away. I don't think there will be a shortage of games.

Instead of reading pointless articles about large scanned photos of buildings, why aren't we reading about Microsoft taking Grand Turismo away from Sony?

Because they already did that with Forza Motorsport on the Xbox 1. But it'll probably be the next game that is a serious challenger in terms of popularity - even Gran Turismo didn't really take off until the third game (which was the first on the PS2).

Outside of the guys who play online, is there any reason at all to get a 360?

Some people are PC gamers and don't touch consoles. If you've never owned a console, then maybe not. If you're a console gamer - sure.

I watched the MTV special, and I still don't know what the hell I saw.

I'm not suprised. MTV has sucked for over 10 years.

I don't give a shit about higher resolution textures. Where are the games? Four years of Halo is enough. Microsoft is always claimed to have the money to buy anything they want in the console market. But outside of Rare, where are the new games and developers?

Here are the Xbox 360 games. So far there are approximately 80 titles that have been announced. The more interesting highlights for me are:

Gears Of War, Perfect Dark Zero, Alan Wake, Condemned, Unreal Tournament 2007, Dead Or Alive 4, APB, Full Auto and Ghost Recon.

Those nine titles are my picks for most interesting titles so far. If they're all launch titles, I'm going to be very conflicted as to which two or three I should pick up first. My nine picks alone could keep me a busy 360 gamer for a year - let alone the other 70+ titles that are in development. And the 360 launch is still several months away. I don't think there will be a shortage of games.

Instead of reading pointless articles about large scanned photos of buildings, why aren't we reading about Microsoft taking Grand Turismo away from Sony?

Because they already did that with Forza Motorsport on the Xbox 1. But it'll probably be the next game that is a serious challenger in terms of popularity - even Gran Turismo didn't really take off until the third game (which was the first on the PS2).

Outside of the guys who play online, is there any reason at all to get a 360?

Some people are PC gamers and don't touch consoles. If you've never owned a console, then maybe not. If you're a console gamer - sure.

I watched the MTV special, and I still don't know what the hell I saw.

I'm not suprised. MTV has sucked for over 10 years.

I don't give a shit about higher resolution textures. Where are the games? Four years of Halo is enough. Microsoft is always claimed to have the money to buy anything they want in the console market. But outside of Rare, where are the new games and developers?

Here are the Xbox 360 games. So far there are approximately 80 titles that have been announced. The more interesting highlights for me are:

Gears Of War, Perfect Dark Zero, Alan Wake, Condemned, Unreal Tournament 2007, Dead Or Alive 4, APB, Full Auto and Ghost Recon.

Those nine titles are my picks for most interesting titles so far. If they're all launch titles, I'm going to be very conflicted as to which two or three I should pick up first. My nine picks alone could keep me a busy 360 gamer for a year - let alone the other 70+ titles that are in development. And the 360 launch is still several months away. I don't think there will be a shortage of games.

Instead of reading pointless articles about large scanned photos of buildings, why aren't we reading about Microsoft taking Grand Turismo away from Sony?

Because they already did that with Forza Motorsport on the Xbox 1. But it'll probably be the next game that is a serious challenger in terms of popularity - even Gran Turismo didn't really take off until the third game (which was the first on the PS2).

Outside of the guys who play online, is there any reason at all to get a 360?

Some people are PC gamers and don't touch consoles. If you've never owned a console, then maybe not. If you're a console gamer - sure.

I watched the MTV special, and I still don't know what the hell I saw.

I'm not suprised. MTV has sucked for over 10 years.

I don't give a shit about higher resolution textures. Where are the games? Four years of Halo is enough. Microsoft is always claimed to have the money to buy anything they want in the console market. But outside of Rare, where are the new games and developers?

Here are the Xbox 360 games. So far there are approximately 80 titles that have been announced. The more interesting highlights for me are:

Gears Of War, Perfect Dark Zero, Alan Wake, Condemned, Unreal Tournament 2007, Dead Or Alive 4, APB, Full Auto and Ghost Recon.

Those nine titles are my picks for most interesting titles so far. If they're all launch titles, I'm going to be very conflicted as to which two or three I should pick up first. My nine picks alone could keep me a busy 360 gamer for a year - let alone the other 70+ titles that are in development. And the 360 launch is still several months away. I don't think there will be a shortage of games.

Instead of reading pointless articles about large scanned photos of buildings, why aren't we reading about Microsoft taking Grand Turismo away from Sony?

Because they already did that with Forza Motorsport on the Xbox 1. But it'll probably be the next game that is a serious challenger in terms of popularity - even Gran Turismo didn't really take off until the third game (which was the first on the PS2).

Outside of the guys who play online, is there any reason at all to get a 360?

Some people are PC gamers and don't touch consoles. If you've never owned a console, then maybe not. If you're a console gamer - sure.

I watched the MTV special, and I still don't know what the hell I saw.

I'm not suprised. MTV has sucked for over 10 years.

I don't give a shit about higher resolution textures. Where are the games? Four years of Halo is enough. Microsoft is always claimed to have the money to buy anything they want in the console market. But outside of Rare, where are the new games and developers?

Here are the Xbox 360 games. So far there are approximately 80 titles that have been announced. The more interesting highlights for me are:

Gears Of War, Perfect Dark Zero, Alan Wake, Condemned, Unreal Tournament 2007, Dead Or Alive 4, APB, Full Auto and Ghost Recon.

Those nine titles are my picks for most interesting titles so far. If they're all launch titles, I'm going to be very conflicted as to which two or three I should pick up first. My nine picks alone could keep me a busy 360 gamer for a year - let alone the other 70+ titles that are in development. And the 360 launch is still several months away. I don't think there will be a shortage of games.

Instead of reading pointless articles about large scanned photos of buildings, why aren't we reading about Microsoft taking Grand Turismo away from Sony?

Because they already did that with Forza Motorsport on the Xbox 1. But it'll probably be the next game that is a serious challenger in terms of popularity - even Gran Turismo didn't really take off until the third game (which was the first on the PS2).

Outside of the guys who play online, is there any reason at all to get a 360?

Some people are PC gamers and don't touch consoles. If you've never owned a console, then maybe not. If you're a console gamer - sure.

I watched the MTV special, and I still don't know what the hell I saw.

I'm not suprised. MTV has sucked for over 10 years.

I don't give a shit about higher resolution textures. Where are the games? Four years of Halo is enough. Microsoft is always claimed to have the money to buy anything they want in the console market. But outside of Rare, where are the new games and developers?

Here are the Xbox 360 games. So far there are approximately 80 titles that have been announced. The more interesting highlights for me are:

Gears Of War, Perfect Dark Zero, Alan Wake, Condemned, Unreal Tournament 2007, Dead Or Alive 4, APB, Full Auto and Ghost Recon.

Those nine titles are my picks for most interesting titles so far. If they're all launch titles, I'm going to be very conflicted as to which two or three I should pick up first. My nine picks alone could keep me a busy 360 gamer for a year - let alone the other 70+ titles that are in development. And the 360 launch is still several months away. I don't think there will be a shortage of games.

Instead of reading pointless articles about large scanned photos of buildings, why aren't we reading about Microsoft taking Grand Turismo away from Sony?

Because they already did that with Forza Motorsport on the Xbox 1. But it'll probably be the next game that is a serious challenger in terms of popularity - even Gran Turismo didn't really take off until the third game (which was the first on the PS2).

Outside of the guys who play online, is there any reason at all to get a 360?

Some people are PC gamers and don't touch consoles. If you've never owned a console, then maybe not. If you're a console gamer - sure.

I watched the MTV special, and I still don't know what the hell I saw.

I'm not suprised. MTV has sucked for over 10 years.

I don't give a shit about higher resolution textures. Where are the games? Four years of Halo is enough. Microsoft is always claimed to have the money to buy anything they want in the console market. But outside of Rare, where are the new games and developers?

Here are the Xbox 360 games. So far there are approximately 80 titles that have been announced. The more interesting highlights for me are:

Gears Of War, Perfect Dark Zero, Alan Wake, Condemned, Unreal Tournament 2007, Dead Or Alive 4, APB, Full Auto and Ghost Recon.

Those nine titles are my picks for most interesting titles so far. If they're all launch titles, I'm going to be very conflicted as to which two or three I should pick up first. My nine picks alone could keep me a busy 360 gamer for a year - let alone the other 70+ titles that are in development. And the 360 launch is still several months away. I don't think there will be a shortage of games.

Instead of reading pointless articles about large scanned photos of buildings, why aren't we reading about Microsoft taking Grand Turismo away from Sony?

Because they already did that with Forza Motorsport on the Xbox 1. But it'll probably be the next game that is a serious challenger in terms of popularity - even Gran Turismo didn't really take off until the third game (which was the first on the PS2).

Outside of the guys who play online, is there any reason at all to get a 360?

Some people are PC gamers and don't touch consoles. If you've never owned a console, then maybe not. If you're a console gamer - sure.

I watched the MTV special, and I still don't know what the hell I saw.

I'm not suprised. MTV has sucked for over 10 years.

I don't give a shit about higher resolution textures. Where are the games? Four years of Halo is enough. Microsoft is always claimed to have the money to buy anything they want in the console market. But outside of Rare, where are the new games and developers?

Here are the Xbox 360 games. So far there are approximately 80 titles that have been announced. The more interesting highlights for me are:

Gears Of War, Perfect Dark Zero, Alan Wake, Condemned, Unreal Tournament 2007, Dead Or Alive 4, APB, Full Auto and Ghost Recon.

Those nine titles are my picks for most interesting titles so far. If they're all launch titles, I'm going to be very conflicted as to which two or three I should pick up first. My nine picks alone could keep me a busy 360 gamer for a year - let alone the other 70+ titles that are in development. And the 360 launch is still several months away. I don't think there will be a shortage of games.

Instead of reading pointless articles about large scanned photos of buildings, why aren't we reading about Microsoft taking Grand Turismo away from Sony?

Because they already did that with Forza Motorsport on the Xbox 1. But it'll probably be the next game that is a serious challenger in terms of popularity - even Gran Turismo didn't really take off until the third game (which was the first on the PS2).

Outside of the guys who play online, is there any reason at all to get a 360?

Some people are PC gamers and don't touch consoles. If you've never owned a console, then maybe not. If you're a console gamer - sure.

I watched the MTV special, and I still don't know what the hell I saw.

I'm not suprised. MTV has sucked for over 10 years.

I don't give a shit about higher resolution textures. Where are the games? Four years of Halo is enough. Microsoft is always claimed to have the money to buy anything they want in the console market. But outside of Rare, where are the new games and developers?

Here are the Xbox 360 games. So far there are approximately 80 titles that have been announced. The more interesting highlights for me are:

Gears Of War, Perfect Dark Zero, Alan Wake, Condemned, Unreal Tournament 2007, Dead Or Alive 4, APB, Full Auto and Ghost Recon.

Those nine titles are my picks for most interesting titles so far. If they're all launch titles, I'm going to be very conflicted as to which two or three I should pick up first. My nine picks alone could keep me a busy 360 gamer for a year - let alone the other 70+ titles that are in development. And the 360 launch is still several months away. I don't think there will be a shortage of games.

Instead of reading pointless articles about large scanned photos of buildings, why aren't we reading about Microsoft taking Grand Turismo away from Sony?

Because they already did that with Forza Motorsport on the Xbox 1. But it'll probably be the next game that is a serious challenger in terms of popularity - even Gran Turismo didn't really take off until the third game (which was the first on the PS2).

Outside of the guys who play online, is there any reason at all to get a 360?

Some people are PC gamers and don't touch consoles. If you've never owned a console, then maybe not. If you're a console gamer - sure.

I watched the MTV special, and I still don't know what the hell I saw.

I'm not suprised. MTV has sucked for over 10 years.

I don't give a shit about higher resolution textures. Where are the games? Four years of Halo is enough. Microsoft is always claimed to have the money to buy anything they want in the console market. But outside of Rare, where are the new games and developers?

Here are the Xbox 360 games. So far there are approximately 80 titles that have been announced. The more interesting highlights for me are:

Gears Of War, Perfect Dark Zero, Alan Wake, Condemned, Unreal Tournament 2007, Dead Or Alive 4, APB, Full Auto and Ghost Recon.

Those nine titles are my picks for most interesting titles so far. If they're all launch titles, I'm going to be very conflicted as to which two or three I should pick up first. My nine picks alone could keep me a busy 360 gamer for a year - let alone the other 70+ titles that are in development. And the 360 launch is still several months away. I don't think there will be a shortage of games.

Instead of reading pointless articles about large scanned photos of buildings, why aren't we reading about Microsoft taking Grand Turismo away from Sony?

Because they already did that with Forza Motorsport on the Xbox 1. But it'll probably be the next game that is a serious challenger in terms of popularity - even Gran Turismo didn't really take off until the third game (which was the first on the PS2).

Hudson has already released a DS Bomberman, although it supported only local multiplayer. From what I've read, it's a blast for multiplayer, but kind of a dud as a single player game (puns intended). Hudson is currently working on an online Bomberman game, so I'm holding out for that one. It'll probably end up to be a slight upgrade over this one.

Personally, I'm eagerly anticipating Worms for DS and PSP. If they support cross-platform online play, I'll be hooked for a long time. Portable Worms would be beautiful with the DS's touch screen.

Hudson has already released a DS Bomberman, although it supported only local multiplayer. From what I've read, it's a blast for multiplayer, but kind of a dud as a single player game (puns intended). Hudson is currently working on an online Bomberman game, so I'm holding out for that one. It'll probably end up to be a slight upgrade over this one.

Personally, I'm eagerly anticipating Worms for DS and PSP. If they support cross-platform online play, I'll be hooked for a long time. Portable Worms would be beautiful with the DS's touch screen.