He's now faced with either spending $499 to get back on live or spend $100 bucks more to get a ps3.
What Xbox 360 SKU is $499? Do you have a link or are you just trolling? Oh, of course you're trolling because you refer to the core console that "your friend" would obviously be interested in if he's looking to get back on Live cheaply:)
Yes, your (friend's) content will still work on a new core console with the old HD, that how all of us who are on our 2nd(3rd, 10th, whatever) console do it, you just have to be signed in to live.
Vista requires a certain level of 3d graphic card & cpu power... by limiting Halo 2's release to Vista, MS doesn't have to code the game to run on older hardware.
You mean older hardware like a Celeron/PIII 733 and GeForce 3 with 64 mb of ram shared between em?:-P I think that combo runs it fine already, no need to recode anything...
I respectfully disagree. Whatever Sony does is necessary. Necessary to protect corporate profits and d@mn the consumer in the process, since the true pirates are the ones who actually have bought our product in the first place!
Did you follow my link? That's exactly the attitude the "Sony exec" displays in the comic, as evidenced by the following quote from it:
"Everybody wears pants! We're Sony! Fuck pants!"
Side note:Ctrl-Alt-Del is a great comic, for anyone who somehow missed it.
Look at Jobs. He even sells DRM (FairPlay) as a good thing.
Well, DRM is a good thing from his prospective since iTunes wouldn't have had the confidence(and thus the back catalogs) of the record labels without it, and for all intents and purposes it is really easy to remove for the consumer. Not that I agree that DRM is a good thing, that's for sure.
Isn't the common opinion that they'll have a small, removable hard drive as an ( undoubtably expensive ) option, i.e. not included in the base price?
Yes, that was my point, the article was trying to say that the PS3 would include a hard drive, which is not the case as I understand it.
I always assumed that was the whole reason behind the Xbox 360 Core, so that people would go to the store and see a 360 Core for $299 and a PS3 for $499(good luck even getting that low!) with identical hardware(minus blu-ray*) and make the simple decision to get the Core+3 games for the same price as the PS3 with no games.
I'm massively confused by that sentence.
Sorry about that, I was writing it quickly during my lunch break, but you guessed right I was referring to the Core model's lack of BluRay.
With that clarification, I'm going to have to say I'm not sure the choice between a 360 Core + 3 games and a PS3 with no games is a "simple" decision, especially if you have an HD display and/or a library of PS2 games.
I don't think the backwards compatibility holds as much sway this generation as last. If, like you said, you have an HDTV then you're probably not going to want to play PS2 games anymore(even upconverted Xbox1 games don't look so hot in HD, and most multiplatform games from the last generation look better on Xbox than PS2). I wouldn't recommend buying a $500+(estimated) console to play games I can currently play on another console I already own, I'd wait until there are enough good games on the new console worth playing before taking the dive(for me that was DOA4, Condemned, and Perfect Dark Zero). I certainly didn't get my 360 to play xbox games, and I wonder if Sony is going to have the same problems emulating their old hardware that Microsoft is having. It was my understanding that the entire PS1 was built in to the PS2 so back compat was a no brainer, but I don't know that they'll be able to include a PS2(and PS1?) inside the PS3. I guess we should know by E3, though, assuming Sony actually talks about it(unlike at CES).
The PS3 will also feature other pricey items, such as a hard drive
That's news to Sony, AFAIK...See here and here, although I admit that they haven't come out and said that "it won't have a hard drive built in" they certainly haven't said that it will either.
I always assumed that was the whole reason behind the Xbox 360 Core, so that people would go to the store and see a 360 Core for $299 and a PS3 for $499(good luck even getting that low!) with identical hardware(minus blu-ray*) and make the simple decision to get the Core+3 games for the same price as the PS3 with no games.
* - Who has blu-ray movies? When the PS2 came out DVD had been on the market for years and people already had DVD collections and the ability to rent them at the local video store, so it made sense to get a console that also played DVDs. I don't see the same happening for BluRay or HD-DVD. It will take years for the hardware to come down enough in price to catch on in the mainstream so it won't be as big of an advantge(if at all) this generation.
1Up has a nice High-Def trailer on this page(2nd download is the HD one), if you wanna see an approximation, although even at 247mb you can still see some compression artifacts.
Not having played Tekken 5(I don't own a PS2 nor do any of my friends) I can't say for sure, but I do know that screenshots don't do DOA4 justice. It's all the little details, like the hundreds of cherry blossoms floating in the air on one stage, or the water reflections, or as Zonk mentioned, the way Jan Lee's veins bulge when he's doing his posing at the end of the match. Not to mention the jiggly boobies;) And all of it running at 1280x720p@60FPS with no slowdown. By definition it has to look better than 640x480@30FPS, doesn't it? There's only so much you can do at NTSC resolution.
Having played the solo game extensively(just have to unlock Tengu and his outfits to complete my collection), I may have a couple of tips that will help with that last boss*. Oddly enough punch, punch, punch seems to be the best combo. Any time you try to get fancy on her she just warps, but the constant punching seems to take care of her pretty quickly. Sometimes delaying a bit between each punch helps as well so that you don't knock her down. Close distance with her as soon as possible if she gets away from you, otherwise you're gonna get tossed. Also, if you do manage to knock her down be sure to back off or she'll warp behind you and kick your ass some more.
[rant] I'm all for hard bosses in fighting games(especially in the arcade, where the machine is trying to suck up as many quarters as possible), but cheap, gimmicky bosses have no place in a console-only game. Make her as hard as you want(especially on the harder modes to challenge veterans), but there's no joy in losing to a cheezy boss. I mean, come on, 2 grabs and you're dead? It doesn't make the game more challenging, just frustrating. I expect more from Team Ninja.[/rant]
* - Side note: Not everyone fights Alpha-152 as the final boss. Also the review was wrong in that there are specific people that each character fights along the way, but there are also some random matches where different people will show up, usually the first couple of matches(but not always).
Bingo, it's amazing how the MoveOn.org types are quick to jump all over the current president while overlooking all of the glaring problems with the previous administration, including the handing of terrorist attacks on American ships, and passing up the opportunity to apprehend OBL.
I believe all of the competitors used GPS in some form or another, I was just trying to point out the extensive preprocessing done by humans on the CMU team(and they still lost by 11 minutes). Doesn't seem like an autonomus vehicle should need all that help, kinda defeats the purpose of being autonomus.
But since you're an expert in the field, I'm sure you know why that's the case.
I never claimed to be an expert, I only claimed to have RTFA.
By the way, on that link, the Odometry is a joke. It is absolutely useless in this application.
I agree that the Odometry is a joke on Stanley, especially on sand and other surfaces where the wheel may be spinning, but not going anywhere. I like the solution that a bunch of high school kids came up with for their "Doom Buggy", but I don't see any mention of them finishing the race. They used the same technique that is used for optical mice. I don't know how effective it really was, but it seems like it would be a much better idea than seeing how far the tire rotated over a certain period. That article is here. They talk about the "Doom Buggy" on page 2.
It really helps if you RTFA before you comment. Stanley tailgated for a while, then decided that the hummer was going too slow and passed it. Kinda hard to win a race by tailgating the whole way, no?;)
Also, the hummer from CMU was using all the GPS data and some data that the team gathered about the route beforehand. Kinda cheating if you ask me. Stan uses a combination of lidar(for under 30 meters) and visual recognizion via camera to extend its viewable range to 80 meters. But on page 4 of the fine article, you can read a more detailed explanation.
If only MS would support usb mouse and keyboards on the 360...
They do (well keyboards, at least). Any time there is an onscreen keyboard displayed(like when you recover your gamertag) you can plug in a USB keyboard and it will let you type. See here for the first example I found with a quick search at google. So it is a conscious decision by MS or the developers not to support keyboard and mouse input, not a compatibility issue.
Besides, how are you going to write e-mails and type in URLs when they release MSNTV for 360?:-P
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SCREAM is the right word for that lady...She does seem to confuse christians and jedis tho, constantly going on about the dark side...
Maybe you're so 'olde' that you forgot how to count, but at launch I see at least 2, with at least 6 more in the 'launch window'(before '06):
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Kameo: Elements of Power
'Launch Window'
Dead Rising
Demonik
Full Auto
Saint's Row
The Darkness
The Outfit
That still leaves out Mass Effect, Gears of War, Enchant Arm, Ninety-Nine Nights, Too Human, Chromehounds and JAllard-only-knows what else I'm forgetting for next year. I wouldn't worry too much about there being original, fun to play games for the 360. Caveat emptor, though, I'm going to Zero Hour this Sunday so I may be a little bit biased on this one.;-)
How about a device that 'does video' via tv-out, rather than on a tiny little lcd screen? It could even have tv-IN as well - a mobile tivo kinda thing. That'd be real useful.
Now go ahead and post links to the already existing devices that do this, but that I am unaware of:)
With a powerful dual core CPU optimized for multimedia processing, a 3.6" 65,000 color TFT display, and a 40 GB hard drive, the 442 has the processing, display and storage power to handle any multimedia task you could want in a handheld. With composite video inputs and outputs, you can easily connect to your TV and home entertainment system to watch and record from any source.
Google Talk currently does not encrypt chats or calls. But we are working hard to make many improvements to Google Talk while it is in beta, and we plan to fully support encryption of chats and calls before our official release.
Really? I'm pretty sure the last time I played Halo2 about 3/4 of the people had no headset(or at least didn't have it plugged in). A lot of the people just play with the 3 month free card that comes with H2, and they love to play team-based game types. So you end up on a team with 3 people that you can't communicate with!
Maybe the 2nd SKU is the rumored HD-DVD version. I would pay extra for that, although I don't see 80% of 360 buyers thinking the same way. The way the analyst describes it sounds suspiciously like the bundles that retailers try to shove down your throat at launch, which is pretty much standard at launch anyway. Not that I'd ever get the bundle, as it almost always includes useless filler to drive up the price.
Try a sidekick2. Its biggest downfall, I think, is the camera, but everything else works surprisingly well for an all-in-one device. It has SSH, e-mail, AIM, and the interweb(albeit really slowly and with a crappy resolution). If the SK2 played mp3s, had a 2gb microdrive, and a >1 megapixel camera then I think it would be the perfect phone.
Did you try sending your modified source to his g-mail account? I'm sure he'd be happy to add your stuff in, as it looks very nice. If he's not interested, maybe you could post it on your web page somewhere so I can download it and take a look?
Either way, looks cool, thanks for the neat alternative!:)
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He's now faced with either spending $499 to get back on live or spend $100 bucks more to get a ps3.
:)
What Xbox 360 SKU is $499? Do you have a link or are you just trolling? Oh, of course you're trolling because you refer to the core console that "your friend" would obviously be interested in if he's looking to get back on Live cheaply
Yes, your (friend's) content will still work on a new core console with the old HD, that how all of us who are on our 2nd(3rd, 10th, whatever) console do it, you just have to be signed in to live.
You mean older hardware like a Celeron/PIII 733 and GeForce 3 with 64 mb of ram shared between em?
"Everybody wears pants! We're Sony! Fuck pants! "
Side note:Ctrl-Alt-Del is a great comic, for anyone who somehow missed it.
Well, DRM is a good thing from his prospective since iTunes wouldn't have had the confidence(and thus the back catalogs) of the record labels without it, and for all intents and purposes it is really easy to remove for the consumer. Not that I agree that DRM is a good thing, that's for sure.
No, that's Sony you were thinking of, not Apple...
Yes, that was my point, the article was trying to say that the PS3 would include a hard drive, which is not the case as I understand it. I'm massively confused by that sentence.
Sorry about that, I was writing it quickly during my lunch break, but you guessed right I was referring to the Core model's lack of BluRay.
With that clarification, I'm going to have to say I'm not sure the choice between a 360 Core + 3 games and a PS3 with no games is a "simple" decision, especially if you have an HD display and/or a library of PS2 games.
I don't think the backwards compatibility holds as much sway this generation as last. If, like you said, you have an HDTV then you're probably not going to want to play PS2 games anymore(even upconverted Xbox1 games don't look so hot in HD, and most multiplatform games from the last generation look better on Xbox than PS2). I wouldn't recommend buying a $500+(estimated) console to play games I can currently play on another console I already own, I'd wait until there are enough good games on the new console worth playing before taking the dive(for me that was DOA4, Condemned, and Perfect Dark Zero). I certainly didn't get my 360 to play xbox games, and I wonder if Sony is going to have the same problems emulating their old hardware that Microsoft is having. It was my understanding that the entire PS1 was built in to the PS2 so back compat was a no brainer, but I don't know that they'll be able to include a PS2(and PS1?) inside the PS3. I guess we should know by E3, though, assuming Sony actually talks about it(unlike at CES).
Cheers!
The PS3 will also feature other pricey items, such as a hard drive
That's news to Sony, AFAIK...See here and here, although I admit that they haven't come out and said that "it won't have a hard drive built in" they certainly haven't said that it will either.
I always assumed that was the whole reason behind the Xbox 360 Core, so that people would go to the store and see a 360 Core for $299 and a PS3 for $499(good luck even getting that low!) with identical hardware(minus blu-ray*) and make the simple decision to get the Core+3 games for the same price as the PS3 with no games.
* - Who has blu-ray movies? When the PS2 came out DVD had been on the market for years and people already had DVD collections and the ability to rent them at the local video store, so it made sense to get a console that also played DVDs. I don't see the same happening for BluRay or HD-DVD. It will take years for the hardware to come down enough in price to catch on in the mainstream so it won't be as big of an advantge(if at all) this generation.
1Up has a nice High-Def trailer on this page(2nd download is the HD one), if you wanna see an approximation, although even at 247mb you can still see some compression artifacts.
Not having played Tekken 5(I don't own a PS2 nor do any of my friends) I can't say for sure, but I do know that screenshots don't do DOA4 justice. It's all the little details, like the hundreds of cherry blossoms floating in the air on one stage, or the water reflections, or as Zonk mentioned, the way Jan Lee's veins bulge when he's doing his posing at the end of the match. Not to mention the jiggly boobies ;) And all of it running at 1280x720p@60FPS with no slowdown. By definition it has to look better than 640x480@30FPS, doesn't it? There's only so much you can do at NTSC resolution.
Having played the solo game extensively(just have to unlock Tengu and his outfits to complete my collection), I may have a couple of tips that will help with that last boss*. Oddly enough punch, punch, punch seems to be the best combo. Any time you try to get fancy on her she just warps, but the constant punching seems to take care of her pretty quickly. Sometimes delaying a bit between each punch helps as well so that you don't knock her down. Close distance with her as soon as possible if she gets away from you, otherwise you're gonna get tossed. Also, if you do manage to knock her down be sure to back off or she'll warp behind you and kick your ass some more.
[rant] I'm all for hard bosses in fighting games(especially in the arcade, where the machine is trying to suck up as many quarters as possible), but cheap, gimmicky bosses have no place in a console-only game. Make her as hard as you want(especially on the harder modes to challenge veterans), but there's no joy in losing to a cheezy boss. I mean, come on, 2 grabs and you're dead? It doesn't make the game more challenging, just frustrating. I expect more from Team Ninja.[/rant]
* - Side note: Not everyone fights Alpha-152 as the final boss. Also the review was wrong in that there are specific people that each character fights along the way, but there are also some random matches where different people will show up, usually the first couple of matches(but not always).
Bingo, it's amazing how the MoveOn.org types are quick to jump all over the current president while overlooking all of the glaring problems with the previous administration, including the handing of terrorist attacks on American ships, and passing up the opportunity to apprehend OBL.
Happy New Year everyone!
Perjury in the US comes with a sentence of at least a few years in prison.
:-D
Unless you're President Clinton and lying in front of the entire nation.
So you are saying Stanley didn't use GPS?
I believe all of the competitors used GPS in some form or another, I was just trying to point out the extensive preprocessing done by humans on the CMU team(and they still lost by 11 minutes). Doesn't seem like an autonomus vehicle should need all that help, kinda defeats the purpose of being autonomus.
But since you're an expert in the field, I'm sure you know why that's the case.
I never claimed to be an expert, I only claimed to have RTFA.
By the way, on that link, the Odometry is a joke. It is absolutely useless in this application.
I agree that the Odometry is a joke on Stanley, especially on sand and other surfaces where the wheel may be spinning, but not going anywhere. I like the solution that a bunch of high school kids came up with for their "Doom Buggy", but I don't see any mention of them finishing the race. They used the same technique that is used for optical mice. I don't know how effective it really was, but it seems like it would be a much better idea than seeing how far the tire rotated over a certain period. That article is here. They talk about the "Doom Buggy" on page 2.
It really helps if you RTFA before you comment. Stanley tailgated for a while, then decided that the hummer was going too slow and passed it. Kinda hard to win a race by tailgating the whole way, no? ;)
Also, the hummer from CMU was using all the GPS data and some data that the team gathered about the route beforehand. Kinda cheating if you ask me. Stan uses a combination of lidar(for under 30 meters) and visual recognizion via camera to extend its viewable range to 80 meters. But on page 4 of the fine article, you can read a more detailed explanation.
Besides, how are you going to write e-mails and type in URLs when they release MSNTV for 360?
SCREAM is the right word for that lady...She does seem to confuse christians and jedis tho, constantly going on about the dark side...
Maybe you're so 'olde' that you forgot how to count, but at launch I see at least 2, with at least 6 more in the 'launch window'(before '06):
;-)
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Kameo: Elements of Power
'Launch Window'
Dead Rising
Demonik
Full Auto
Saint's Row
The Darkness
The Outfit
That still leaves out Mass Effect, Gears of War, Enchant Arm, Ninety-Nine Nights, Too Human, Chromehounds and JAllard-only-knows what else I'm forgetting for next year. I wouldn't worry too much about there being original, fun to play games for the 360. Caveat emptor, though, I'm going to Zero Hour this Sunday so I may be a little bit biased on this one.
With a powerful dual core CPU optimized for multimedia processing, a 3.6" 65,000 color TFT display, and a 40 GB hard drive, the 442 has the processing, display and storage power to handle any multimedia task you could want in a handheld. With composite video inputs and outputs, you can easily connect to your TV and home entertainment system to watch and record from any source.
Maybe the 2nd SKU is the rumored HD-DVD version. I would pay extra for that, although I don't see 80% of 360 buyers thinking the same way. The way the analyst describes it sounds suspiciously like the bundles that retailers try to shove down your throat at launch, which is pretty much standard at launch anyway. Not that I'd ever get the bundle, as it almost always includes useless filler to drive up the price.
Hey, great tip! I use WinSCP all the time and I didn't know you could do that. Sweet. Thanks!
Paris uses a Sidekick II, like all the cool kids, not a blackberry. ;) Those are for the stuffy, suit-and-tie type. Geez, get it right! :-D
Try a sidekick2. Its biggest downfall, I think, is the camera, but everything else works surprisingly well for an all-in-one device. It has SSH, e-mail, AIM, and the interweb(albeit really slowly and with a crappy resolution). If the SK2 played mp3s, had a 2gb microdrive, and a >1 megapixel camera then I think it would be the perfect phone.
Nice KOTOR2 reference ;) Looks like I'm not the only one who gets a kick out of him saying that repeatedly.
Did you try sending your modified source to his g-mail account? I'm sure he'd be happy to add your stuff in, as it looks very nice. If he's not interested, maybe you could post it on your web page somewhere so I can download it and take a look?
:)
Either way, looks cool, thanks for the neat alternative!