Ironically, when it comes to last generation it boiled down like this...
There were MORE games on PS2 that I enjoyed and considered games every gamer should play, however my FAVOURITE games from last-gen were for the most part on Xbox. In addition, the Gamecube had some FANTASTIC games on it as well, but didn't have the same amount of quality or same number of titles that got me excited as either teh box or the ps2.
I think the reason why the PS3 is bothering me so much...I LOVE having a wide swath of games spread over multiple systems...every system has a very different "feel" to it, and I like experiencing a myriad of games on a myriad of consoles....
Unfortunately, with the exception of so few games I could count them on one hand, the 360 (for me anyway) is "winning" this generation hands down...I would say around 90% of the games that have come out for the 7th generation systems that I love have been on the 360...that bothers me that my enjoyment has been confined to that extent on just one system...
I do worry about what the PS3 has for a couple reasons...for starters, I spent 600 bucks on the damn thing. I KNEW when I bought it that there wasn't much for it, but I figured that after the first year or so would be when the real good stuff would start coming out...BZZT wrong.
Another reason why is because I really do like the system. I like the graphics, I like the "feel" of it, I overall enjoy the system. I just don't have much in the way of games that I can enjoy it with.
See, that's just the thing though....look at what is coming to 360 or 360/PC in the next year (I'm including BioShock in that which, by the way, is one of the best games ever made)
Now look at what is coming to the PS3 in the next year.
I gotta say, just looking at what is on the schedule to be released in the next year, unless something unannounced comes out, it appears my 360 will continue to be putting in overtime while my PS3 takes vacations for months at a time...
I love the PS3 for all of it's capabilities (especially since I also have a PSP) I think it's a very well built, very well designed machine that has a lot of potential. It's non-gaming feature list is extensive and USEFUL.
So why do I still very much prefer my 360 over my PS3?
Games. The fucking games.
Come on Sony. We all know that it's a powerful beast of a machine, we know it can do a lot of cool shit...but how about investing in some more quality GAMES? My 360 gets FAR more playtime than my PS3...why?
I know IE is causing the problem...the only thing is for a VERY VERY long time, slashdot worked PERFECTLY FINE with IE...then, one day, for seemingly no apparent reason, it fucked itself. A few weeks later, for seemingly no apparent reason, it fixed itself. And now, (once again) a few weeks later, for seemingly no apparent reason, it fucked itself.
Ok seriously slashdot....wtf is going on with your front page? I only have access to IE at work (use Firefox at home), and your page fucks IE with a sideways spiked baseball bat.
All the record companies are interested in is maximizing profits.
Not to omgwtf support the RIAA, but isn't that all MOST non-profit organizations are interested in?
I mean, I know some companies care about their customers more than others, but at the very crest of it all, their goal is to take your money...this is not unique to the music industry.
Never said anything wasn't different, I said I preferred Windows over the other options (and I have tried various Linux distros, from things as complicated as Gentoo to things as simple as Ubuntu...and yes, I tried both KDE and Gnome)
Like I said in my OP, it's likely because it was what I was raised on, but for whatever reason my preference is still Windows.
"Dad, why is American government the best government?" "Because of our endless appeal system."... .... "Wait, you're not actually writing that are you?"
And they are entirely correct, tobacco doesn't cause cancer.
All the extra shit that is put into cigs do (this includes any pestacides used on the plant itself), but organically grown tobacco (just like weed or just about any other herb) will only cause lesions on your lungs...but not cancer.
Again. Tobacco the plant is not what harms you. It's the other shit in a cig that does. I'm not saying that suddenly makes cigarettes "better", I'm simply saying that it's a common misconception that tobacco is what gives you cancer.
The Tobacco companies are a bunch of rich white ex slave owners that sell an addictive product that kills people
And stop with the slave owning bullshit. Slave ownership in the way you are referring to it was gone LONG before they were even born. I can assure you, the fat suits (at least the ones living now) have never owned slaves.
Alcohol in my opinion is bad. It exasperates many social ills and is often abused by minors. If you want to "protect kids by not selling product at all instead of restricting it then yes don't carry alcohol.
In moderation I find nothing wrong with alcohol. Like Bill Hicks said though, if I were to choose a drug to make legal it sure as hell wouldn't have been alcohol.
Guns. Well guns to kill lots of people and again if you are going to not sell a product based on it danger factor then guns would be on that list.
I suppose that means we should stop selling cars too? Lawn equipment? Ladders? Power Tools?
Tobacco is just evil. Selling it is evil and the tobacco companies are just evil. I have watched two friends die from lung cancer that was probably caused by tobacco.
Tobacco is not evil. Hell, to the Native Americans it was once one of their most sacred herbs. If you wanna be pissed, be pissed at the red man for it, not the fat man in a suit. And by the way, your friends didn't die from tobacco; they died from all the other shit that was thrown in there. But don't act like they didn't know what they were getting themselves into. I'm not trying to downplay the death of your friends (my grandmother died from lung cancer as well) I'm just saying don't act like they didn't know what the risks were.
That would be like going to the running of the bulls in Spain and then suing the government when you get gored.
I agree with you...hell, I still use Office 2000 at home for exactly the reasons you just listed: it's stable and quite functional. Same goes for XP (although, in my opinion, XP wasn't nearly as bad when it was first released as Vista was when it was first released)
See, that's the most frustrating part for two reasons. One, it took them 5 years to get Vista where it was when it was released. Five years.
Two, that means that there is still hope for the OS and as such it keeps people like me strung along (which is getting really annoying...I WANT to not care about Vista, but I can't help it....)
But after the Halo saga is complete, where do you think Bungie will go? What do you think will be their next project?
Or has this been known for some time and I was just never told about it?
See, that's just the thing...some of the stuff that MS propsed with Vista could make very big leaps, in all regards...security, performance, gaming, you name it.
Somehow or another, they managed a repeat of Windows ME...HOWEVER. Their one saving grace is that Vista isn't broken beyond repair upon delivery...it's just going to take a lot of tweaking and working to get it where it should be.
I hope for both MS's sake and the sake of users like me that they don't squander the chance.
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Ironically, when it comes to last generation it boiled down like this...
There were MORE games on PS2 that I enjoyed and considered games every gamer should play, however my FAVOURITE games from last-gen were for the most part on Xbox. In addition, the Gamecube had some FANTASTIC games on it as well, but didn't have the same amount of quality or same number of titles that got me excited as either teh box or the ps2.
I think the reason why the PS3 is bothering me so much...I LOVE having a wide swath of games spread over multiple systems...every system has a very different "feel" to it, and I like experiencing a myriad of games on a myriad of consoles....
Unfortunately, with the exception of so few games I could count them on one hand, the 360 (for me anyway) is "winning" this generation hands down...I would say around 90% of the games that have come out for the 7th generation systems that I love have been on the 360...that bothers me that my enjoyment has been confined to that extent on just one system...
I do worry about what the PS3 has for a couple reasons...for starters, I spent 600 bucks on the damn thing. I KNEW when I bought it that there wasn't much for it, but I figured that after the first year or so would be when the real good stuff would start coming out...BZZT wrong.
Another reason why is because I really do like the system. I like the graphics, I like the "feel" of it, I overall enjoy the system. I just don't have much in the way of games that I can enjoy it with.
See, that's just the thing though....look at what is coming to 360 or 360/PC in the next year (I'm including BioShock in that which, by the way, is one of the best games ever made)
Now look at what is coming to the PS3 in the next year.
I gotta say, just looking at what is on the schedule to be released in the next year, unless something unannounced comes out, it appears my 360 will continue to be putting in overtime while my PS3 takes vacations for months at a time...
I love the PS3 for all of it's capabilities (especially since I also have a PSP) I think it's a very well built, very well designed machine that has a lot of potential. It's non-gaming feature list is extensive and USEFUL.
So why do I still very much prefer my 360 over my PS3?
Games. The fucking games.
Come on Sony. We all know that it's a powerful beast of a machine, we know it can do a lot of cool shit...but how about investing in some more quality GAMES? My 360 gets FAR more playtime than my PS3...why?
BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING TO PLAY, SONY.
I know IE is causing the problem...the only thing is for a VERY VERY long time, slashdot worked PERFECTLY FINE with IE...then, one day, for seemingly no apparent reason, it fucked itself.
A few weeks later, for seemingly no apparent reason, it fixed itself. And now, (once again) a few weeks later, for seemingly no apparent reason, it fucked itself.
Seriously. What the hell.
Ok seriously slashdot....wtf is going on with your front page? I only have access to IE at work (use Firefox at home), and your page fucks IE with a sideways spiked baseball bat.
FIX YOUR FUCKING CODE.
How would that go?
"No god? How do you plan to sell bibles if you don't believe in god?!?!?!"
Good luck with that.
Is that what you tell yourself so you can sleep at night?
And that has what to do with the price of tea on the bottom of a harbour?
Not to omgwtf support the RIAA, but isn't that all MOST non-profit organizations are interested in?
I mean, I know some companies care about their customers more than others, but at the very crest of it all, their goal is to take your money...this is not unique to the music industry.
Never said anything wasn't different, I said I preferred Windows over the other options (and I have tried various Linux distros, from things as complicated as Gentoo to things as simple as Ubuntu...and yes, I tried both KDE and Gnome)
Like I said in my OP, it's likely because it was what I was raised on, but for whatever reason my preference is still Windows.
I would imagine if you treat your butler like shit and without respect, he will shank you in a dark hallway when you get up for a midnight piss.
"Dad, why is American government the best government?" ... ...
"Because of our endless appeal system."
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"Wait, you're not actually writing that are you?"
See that bold part? Your post is a perfect example of why I said that.
All the extra shit that is put into cigs do (this includes any pestacides used on the plant itself), but organically grown tobacco (just like weed or just about any other herb) will only cause lesions on your lungs...but not cancer.
Again. Tobacco the plant is not what harms you. It's the other shit in a cig that does. I'm not saying that suddenly makes cigarettes "better", I'm simply saying that it's a common misconception that tobacco is what gives you cancer.
And stop with the slave owning bullshit. Slave ownership in the way you are referring to it was gone LONG before they were even born. I can assure you, the fat suits (at least the ones living now) have never owned slaves.
In moderation I find nothing wrong with alcohol. Like Bill Hicks said though, if I were to choose a drug to make legal it sure as hell wouldn't have been alcohol.
I suppose that means we should stop selling cars too? Lawn equipment? Ladders? Power Tools? Tobacco is not evil. Hell, to the Native Americans it was once one of their most sacred herbs. If you wanna be pissed, be pissed at the red man for it, not the fat man in a suit. And by the way, your friends didn't die from tobacco; they died from all the other shit that was thrown in there. But don't act like they didn't know what they were getting themselves into. I'm not trying to downplay the death of your friends (my grandmother died from lung cancer as well) I'm just saying don't act like they didn't know what the risks were.
That would be like going to the running of the bulls in Spain and then suing the government when you get gored.
Where dey sell thaht, o'er dere bah th' Marlin 39A's? /redneck
.22 of any sort)
(I can't lie though, the Marlin 39A is my favourite
I agree with you...hell, I still use Office 2000 at home for exactly the reasons you just listed: it's stable and quite functional. Same goes for XP (although, in my opinion, XP wasn't nearly as bad when it was first released as Vista was when it was first released)
See, that's the most frustrating part for two reasons. One, it took them 5 years to get Vista where it was when it was released. Five years.
Two, that means that there is still hope for the OS and as such it keeps people like me strung along (which is getting really annoying...I WANT to not care about Vista, but I can't help it....)
Had nothing to do with the interface. Had to do with the way settings are done, with the way things are done in general in the OS.
Being vendor-locked into (overpriced) hardware isn't all that appealing, either.
And yes, I'm aware of Halo Wars...I'm referring to something that has NOTHING to do with Halo in any way.
But after the Halo saga is complete, where do you think Bungie will go? What do you think will be their next project? Or has this been known for some time and I was just never told about it?
See, that's just the thing...some of the stuff that MS propsed with Vista could make very big leaps, in all regards...security, performance, gaming, you name it.
Somehow or another, they managed a repeat of Windows ME...HOWEVER. Their one saving grace is that Vista isn't broken beyond repair upon delivery...it's just going to take a lot of tweaking and working to get it where it should be.
I hope for both MS's sake and the sake of users like me that they don't squander the chance.