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Smoke and Mirrors from Sony and Microsoft
An anonymous reader writes "History tells us: Don't believe what you're hearing about the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.There was a lot of hype last week about the next generation of game machines. Microsoft said the Xbox 360 will ultimately reach 1 billion consumers worldwide, while Sony gave a laundry list of features for the PlayStation 3, showing some jaw dropping footage along the way. (Nintendo promised a Revolution, but didn't go much further than that.)
I hate to be a wet blanket, but it's time to come back to reality."
...that ALL Xbox 360 gameplay demos were actually run on Apple Power Mac G5s.
Seems like they'd have prototypes at least stable enough to demo at the premier gaming and entertainment show of the year for something that's supposed to ship in less than a couple quarters...
In fact, I can't believe that TIME and all of the huge mainstream coverage that Xbox 360 has gotten hasn't mentioned this. All many of the articles say is that the Xbox 360 is using "a processor from IBM", something likely to not raise most anyone's eyebrows.
But to not mention that Microsoft's multi-billion dollar entry into the next generation of console gaming, heavily watched by many investors and financial sectors, uses the processor family that *Macs* have used since 1994, and most closely related to Apple's current computers, so closely, in fact, that their own Xbox 360 development and demos runs directly on Power Macs? I mean, yeah, I realize that Microsoft or anyone using the best processor architecture for a particular application isn't news; but Microsoft using *Macs* to develop AND demo their next generation console isn't worth a mention to anyone but C|Net?
...of all those who haven't seen it yet;
Here is an article where the chief financial officer of nVidia confirms that the supposedly "in-game" footage from the new PS3 is a load of cobblers, cos the RSX chip isn't finished yet and doesn't exist in a workable form.
Sigh... it's the emotion engine/missile guidance systems all over again.
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I really think it depends on the 30 year old. Many of them grew up playing nintendo mario games and have a fondness in their heart for them.
Also, many people look past the name "mario" or the hype of the "mature" look on another system, and look beneath...for gameplay. In my experience many games with "mario" in their name have really fun play mechanics and expand on the existing genre of that type.
Examples : Mario Power Tennis, upcoming Mario Soccer, Super Smash Bros, Mario Golf etc.
Nintendo finds a medium people like...fighting games, sports games, etc, throw in some first party licences to attract fans, and then add in new and inventive gameplay. (crazy power shots, interactive environments, great 4 player action)
It's a formula that has kept me buying their stuff...but has probably made some gamers lose out on fantastic games because they just see "Mario" and are turned off. I don't really know what to say other than "it sucks to be you" i guess...but really, give some of these games a shot.
Some of their development groups (Camelot most specifically) has been making cool new inventive games with new content (only splashing the big names like Mario). They made Mario golf for the gamecube, but the gameboy advance version didn't have any of the mario characters and instead focused on your main guy (whatever you chose to name him) and used graphics similar to their awesome Golden Sun series.
Perhaps it's time to start pushing the old "tried and true" characters a little into the back, and trying their new game mechanics with new characters, but it's pretty easy to see why they use the recognizable ones...they want to sell more copies.
This 30 year old (well not quite, but almost) will still be buying Nintendo Revolution. I'll probably buy the others as well!
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you misread the post, both those games are for the same console, the PS2. grand theft auto 3 and grand theft auto: san andreas, a sequal which isnt quite a sequal. the game is much more detailed, graphics much improved from the look of it. same developers, same hardware, just a lot more experience of working with it.
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