Also, Need for Speed: Most Wanted and Condemned was two very good launch titles for the X360. NfS:MW is even better than the most recent NfS. Even King Kong had its moments.
It certainly had a much better lineup than the PS3, and IMO, better than the Wii. The Wii has Zelda. That's it. Everybody raved about Rayman, but I found that particular game a huge disappointment. Wii Sports was fun for a couple of days, but the novelty has worn off. If not for the virtual console, I wouldn't boot the console as often as I do (my kids love those old classics).
In Norway, Wiis are plentiful, and I've seen it on sale in Denmark (at almost 20% off). The PS3 is due out on the 23rd, but I can't imagine it will be sold out due to the extreme pricing.
That's not solving it at all. It's good for the seller, no doubt, but it aggravates the problem with shill bidding, and the buyer can never be sure when the auction finally ends.
I'm currently playing "And then there were none", which is a pretty good take on an Agatha Christia mystery done as a point and click adventure. I definitely recommend it if you like adventures.
People don't demand free cars. They demand cars, and car makers are providing them with whatever they can offer at the best price they're getting away with.
OTOH, many people may want a free car, but that doesn't mean they're going to get it.
Learn the control scheme. Its hardly uncontrollable, and you're missing out on a great game if you won't bother spending a few minutes learning how to play it.
I have an extensive collection of UMD movies. They can be gotten real cheap now, so there's no reason not to buy them (about $6 per movie).
I haven't really been impressed with the games output. I got Wipeout and Lumines with the console, and have tried a few others, but for the longest time, games for the PSP was boring stuff. Then along came Vice City Stories...:)
I keep wondering why it's either-or with so many with regards to console ownership. While the Wii is a nice console, and it's fun for children and for playing together with others, the Xbox 360 provides a good single-user and online multiplayer experience. In short, you can have both. What's stopping you?
Yeah, I'm not counting the ps3. Being an european, it's a non-entity to me as long as it's only available in the US and Japan.;)
Oh, yeah, the d-pad is bad. I never use it. I heard that MS are consdering a live arcade stick with decent d-pad controls, so I guess we're not going to see improvements on the base controller if they go that way.
Good point. I'm in Norway, which isn't part of the EU. It's true you have to add a duty fee to the total cost, but there are ways around that. One is simply having it sent to a EU country, and pick it up there. This works if you live close to the border (to Sweden or Finland), or you can make a trip out of it, and take the ferry to Denmark and pick it up there. Duty is 25%, which is steep, but wold bring the total cost to the retail price Sony has set for its european launch.
No adapter is necessary - the power supply is universal. And the games are region free. As for BD- well, the number of titles released for region 1 is far greater than for region 2.
I've been running games on the PC for at least twenty years, and I've tried a shitload of gamepads. In all that time, none has been decent. Not a single one. I'm quite happy about MS finally forcing a standard here. The Xbox controller is a hell of a lot better than decent, and it's not hard for Logitech or any other producer to create a pad using the X360-controllers control scheme.
Consider this then. If I really wanted a PS3, I could go on ebay and find one. I see they're going for around $700 now the for premium version. Shipping to my country is around $130, which brings the price up to say, $850, to round it off. Now, Sony is planning on releasing the console in march, and the price? $900-$950. Warranty issues aside, it'd be pretty stupid to wait for the european launch, if I wanted it badly. Alas, I don't right now, as there doesn't seem to be any interesting, exclusive games for it just now.
Nice layout, but all those blue lights seem awfully distracting.
Re:The 360 is console done right, Wii is console .
on
Two Weeks with the Wii
·
· Score: 1
While I love my 360, I agree with most of your points, though I've never had a disc getting scratched. But it *is* loud, it does crash every now and then, and the fact that it can't play xvids from my Media Center PC is f***ing annoying.
Achievements are cool though. It's a way of providing positive reinforcement that's been implemented really well.
Congrats. You mentioned the single game that took advantage of Mode 7 and actually made it work.;) The Snes allowed bigger games and decent console ports. It was still the same old, same old.
It's still a cheat, though.
You know you can win money on horse racing? Just bet on the horse with the highest oddds, and pretty soon you are rolling in dough.
SM64 was a great game for its time, but it was overrated then, and since it's now canon that it not only broke ground but also was the greatest 3D platformer of all time, you'll find many who adore this game to no end. I thought it was a good game on the N64, and I liked it on the NDS, but I certainly do not consider it to be the pinnacle of 3D platforming. Plus, towards the middle and end, it gets boring and repetetive.
I believe it was Iwata who said that it wasn't a good idea to reduce the price of a system too early or too often because customers would begin to anticipate price drops.
And those who bought it first would feel seriously ripped off.
Slashdot Mirror
Also, Need for Speed: Most Wanted and Condemned was two very good launch titles for the X360. NfS:MW is even better than the most recent NfS. Even King Kong had its moments.
It certainly had a much better lineup than the PS3, and IMO, better than the Wii. The Wii has Zelda. That's it. Everybody raved about Rayman, but I found that particular game a huge disappointment. Wii Sports was fun for a couple of days, but the novelty has worn off. If not for the virtual console, I wouldn't boot the console as often as I do (my kids love those old classics).
In Norway, Wiis are plentiful, and I've seen it on sale in Denmark (at almost 20% off). The PS3 is due out on the 23rd, but I can't imagine it will be sold out due to the extreme pricing.
That's not solving it at all. It's good for the seller, no doubt, but it aggravates the problem with shill bidding, and the buyer can never be sure when the auction finally ends.
I'm currently playing "And then there were none", which is a pretty good take on an Agatha Christia mystery done as a point and click adventure. I definitely recommend it if you like adventures.
Most demos written for the A500 utilized hardware specific features, so no, most demos won't run.
Except you're talking about the classic Amiga. Amiga OS4 is a native PPC app, with an emulation layer for Motorola stuff.
People don't demand free cars. They demand cars, and car makers are providing them with whatever they can offer at the best price they're getting away with.
OTOH, many people may want a free car, but that doesn't mean they're going to get it.
Learn the control scheme. Its hardly uncontrollable, and you're missing out on a great game if you won't bother spending a few minutes learning how to play it.
I have an extensive collection of UMD movies. They can be gotten real cheap now, so there's no reason not to buy them (about $6 per movie).
I haven't really been impressed with the games output. I got Wipeout and Lumines with the console, and have tried a few others, but for the longest time, games for the PSP was boring stuff. Then along came Vice City Stories... :)
Bleh, it's only money.
Yeah, I'm not counting the ps3. Being an european, it's a non-entity to me as long as it's only available in the US and Japan. ;)
I got a book like that -- 100-odd pages describing unix commands and administering your account via telnet and ftp. Good times.
Oh, yeah, the d-pad is bad. I never use it. I heard that MS are consdering a live arcade stick with decent d-pad controls, so I guess we're not going to see improvements on the base controller if they go that way.
Good point. I'm in Norway, which isn't part of the EU. It's true you have to add a duty fee to the total cost, but there are ways around that. One is simply having it sent to a EU country, and pick it up there. This works if you live close to the border (to Sweden or Finland), or you can make a trip out of it, and take the ferry to Denmark and pick it up there. Duty is 25%, which is steep, but wold bring the total cost to the retail price Sony has set for its european launch.
No adapter is necessary - the power supply is universal. And the games are region free. As for BD- well, the number of titles released for region 1 is far greater than for region 2.
I've been running games on the PC for at least twenty years, and I've tried a shitload of gamepads. In all that time, none has been decent. Not a single one. I'm quite happy about MS finally forcing a standard here. The Xbox controller is a hell of a lot better than decent, and it's not hard for Logitech or any other producer to create a pad using the X360-controllers control scheme.
Consider this then. If I really wanted a PS3, I could go on ebay and find one. I see they're going for around $700 now the for premium version. Shipping to my country is around $130, which brings the price up to say, $850, to round it off. Now, Sony is planning on releasing the console in march, and the price? $900-$950. Warranty issues aside, it'd be pretty stupid to wait for the european launch, if I wanted it badly. Alas, I don't right now, as there doesn't seem to be any interesting, exclusive games for it just now.
Eh, you're not in the loop. There's more RDA on the show now than there's been for the last two seasons. :)
Nice layout, but all those blue lights seem awfully distracting.
Achievements are cool though. It's a way of providing positive reinforcement that's been implemented really well.
How many of them were girls, though?
Congrats. You mentioned the single game that took advantage of Mode 7 and actually made it work. ;) The Snes allowed bigger games and decent console ports. It was still the same old, same old.
It's still a cheat, though. You know you can win money on horse racing? Just bet on the horse with the highest oddds, and pretty soon you are rolling in dough.
SM64 was a great game for its time, but it was overrated then, and since it's now canon that it not only broke ground but also was the greatest 3D platformer of all time, you'll find many who adore this game to no end. I thought it was a good game on the N64, and I liked it on the NDS, but I certainly do not consider it to be the pinnacle of 3D platforming. Plus, towards the middle and end, it gets boring and repetetive.