I have seen some XGI banner ads around. That's about it... still, if their drivers are completely open source now, I might need to give them a better look. Has anyone here used their cards before? How do they compare to Nvidia and Ati as far as quality and power go?
That still doesn't mean you have to sell it for $700. The market has shown in the past that any console over $300 will be over looked by 99% of the people. This console would be no different. Consumers aren't going to care about the reasons it costs more. Thus we would have to agree on a hardware spec that everyone could produce for less than 300. Even if they're just making $50 at first...prices of manufacturing would eventually go way down, especially if multiple companies were using the same chipsets and whatnot...
Watching things very closely. You? Seriously, look at the Gamecube right now... it's not doing so hot, no matter what kind of spin people want to put on it. The majority of multi-platform games are just coming out for PS2 and Xbox now as if the GC didn't even exist. Nintendo hasn't really released any games for it in quite a while, with the exception of the up coming Zelda game. Even though I think the GC is a great piece of hardware...I'll be honest that it's days are numbered much shorter than the other guys.
"This year we're going to have an E3 topic for your browsing convenience."
Does this mean that there will be an entire section on Slashdot for E3 links? This brings to mind an idea I've had for a while...Slashdot needs sub sections. Just as games is a "section" of slashdot.org, there should be different sub-sections of the games dept. Like this for example could be either e3.games.slashdot.org (maybe a lil too confusing?) or you could have games.slashdot.org/e3/?
Sadly enough, the games section of Slashdot doesn't get nearly the attention it deserves. The games section should have as many posts as the rest of the site combined (because there really is that much news/reviews/etc everyday in gaming) if not more... I want a fps.slashdot.org, a rpg.slashdot.org, a platformers.slashdot.org, and more. Over half the "tech" news on the internet involves gaming, so how come there's so little on here? [/rant];)
3DO just did it wrong...lol. No, seriously...the $700 price tag was the number one problem, you have to make this thing cheap enough to compete with the other guys. The second thing they did was to still try to retain the royalties on games, that's just a bad way to do business. If you want to make money off of software, make some software yourself. Lastly, 3DO was a company, not a cooperative organization like OpenGL or my proposed group would be. I have quite a few ideas on how to make it successful, and I guess one of these days I need to put it all on paper.
Well, you know MS is planning on having 3 different versions of the Xbox2 right? I wouldn't be surprised if the plain jane Xbox2 (w/o harddrive) was released for $250, and then the Xbox2 w/ harddrive (whether it's built in, or an attachment bundle) for $300. That'd be the smart move... a bad move would be for the plain one to come out at $300 and the harddrive edition for $400. I guess we'll know in a month;)
I wouldn't be surprised if the standard output cables that come with the Xbox are some sort of HD format like HDMI, and then you have to buy a seperate one for older Composite(RCA) or RF connections just like you do with the current generation for RFs.
Right...because I have to buy a Sony DVD player to watch Sony DVD Movies, and a Mirimax DVD player for all my Mirimax DVDs huh? It's possible...it's just a matter of getting these bullheaded companies to see the longterm benefits over the shorterm profits.
With the exception of Halo and Mario 64, all those games were bland, medium quality games. Launch titles usually suck these days and the good one's don't come out till the following christmas. And I agree the DS and PSP have to be out over a year or two before we can pass an honest judgement on them. I won't make be buying any of the new consoles until all 3 have been out for at least a year and I really know which one's the best. I bought the Dreamcast at launch, and we all know what happened there:(...I got the Xbox at launch and it's served me well, but I'm still a little disappointed at the game selection. It's hard for tech lovers to wait, but I'm gonna try...
As for Sonic Adventure, that was a horrible travesty compared to the orignal Genesis games. Sonic just doesn't work in 3D it seems. (For reference, Sonic 2 is one of my favorite games ever...so I may be a little biased)
The market will not support 3 consoles. It isn't right now, and no one but those big three want it. We need an Open Console Standards group to form and create an open format so that all games work on all systems.
In 2006, the US gov't will require all TV broacasters to use digital HD format. HDTV sales will be going through the roof next year, and this is the perfect time for MS to take advantage of that.
As the parent mentioned, the 32" 16:9 is smaller vertically than the 4:3 32". I really wish companies would quit using the diagonal dimensions to make consumers just go "Wow! a 32" screen" even though it's the same size as a regular 25" vertically (just guessing). They need to just tell us the width by height instead. I'll probably end up trying to wait off a year or two with a cheap HDTV convertor until prices go a little further down though;)
Probably not, we'll get numerous FPS that sell tons of copies, while the few innovative/original titles get overlooked:( More than one "hit" FPS a year is too many IMO.
You can't be serious about that Madden is different stuff right? Anyone with the slightest amount of sense can clearly see it's the same game with different teams and stadiums...and usually the NCAA one is last years engine to boot.
So that's it now huh? EA owns the rights to all the football teams that matter. Wow... I don't play football games, but I really feel for all the poor bastards doomed to play a rehash of Madden 2000 for the next 5 years. Way to innovate EA...
I just RTFA myself... I can't believe no one has commented on this White Xbox thing... I sure hope that's not true. Damn rasist crackers over at Microsoft:P
Seriously though, I don't want another white console..I thought we did away with that in this last generation:/
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Hopefully this will be fixed quickly in light of the new situation.
I have seen some XGI banner ads around. That's about it... still, if their drivers are completely open source now, I might need to give them a better look. Has anyone here used their cards before? How do they compare to Nvidia and Ati as far as quality and power go?
That still doesn't mean you have to sell it for $700. The market has shown in the past that any console over $300 will be over looked by 99% of the people. This console would be no different. Consumers aren't going to care about the reasons it costs more. Thus we would have to agree on a hardware spec that everyone could produce for less than 300. Even if they're just making $50 at first...prices of manufacturing would eventually go way down, especially if multiple companies were using the same chipsets and whatnot...
Watching things very closely. You? Seriously, look at the Gamecube right now... it's not doing so hot, no matter what kind of spin people want to put on it. The majority of multi-platform games are just coming out for PS2 and Xbox now as if the GC didn't even exist. Nintendo hasn't really released any games for it in quite a while, with the exception of the up coming Zelda game. Even though I think the GC is a great piece of hardware...I'll be honest that it's days are numbered much shorter than the other guys.
"This year we're going to have an E3 topic for your browsing convenience."
;)
Does this mean that there will be an entire section on Slashdot for E3 links? This brings to mind an idea I've had for a while...Slashdot needs sub sections. Just as games is a "section" of slashdot.org, there should be different sub-sections of the games dept. Like this for example could be either e3.games.slashdot.org (maybe a lil too confusing?) or you could have games.slashdot.org/e3/?
Sadly enough, the games section of Slashdot doesn't get nearly the attention it deserves. The games section should have as many posts as the rest of the site combined (because there really is that much news/reviews/etc everyday in gaming) if not more... I want a fps.slashdot.org, a rpg.slashdot.org, a platformers.slashdot.org, and more. Over half the "tech" news on the internet involves gaming, so how come there's so little on here? [/rant]
3DO just did it wrong...lol. No, seriously...the $700 price tag was the number one problem, you have to make this thing cheap enough to compete with the other guys. The second thing they did was to still try to retain the royalties on games, that's just a bad way to do business. If you want to make money off of software, make some software yourself. Lastly, 3DO was a company, not a cooperative organization like OpenGL or my proposed group would be. I have quite a few ideas on how to make it successful, and I guess one of these days I need to put it all on paper.
Well, you know MS is planning on having 3 different versions of the Xbox2 right? I wouldn't be surprised if the plain jane Xbox2 (w/o harddrive) was released for $250, and then the Xbox2 w/ harddrive (whether it's built in, or an attachment bundle) for $300. That'd be the smart move... a bad move would be for the plain one to come out at $300 and the harddrive edition for $400. I guess we'll know in a month ;)
I wouldn't be surprised if the standard output cables that come with the Xbox are some sort of HD format like HDMI, and then you have to buy a seperate one for older Composite(RCA) or RF connections just like you do with the current generation for RFs.
Right...because I have to buy a Sony DVD player to watch Sony DVD Movies, and a Mirimax DVD player for all my Mirimax DVDs huh? It's possible...it's just a matter of getting these bullheaded companies to see the longterm benefits over the shorterm profits.
With the exception of Halo and Mario 64, all those games were bland, medium quality games. Launch titles usually suck these days and the good one's don't come out till the following christmas. And I agree the DS and PSP have to be out over a year or two before we can pass an honest judgement on them. I won't make be buying any of the new consoles until all 3 have been out for at least a year and I really know which one's the best. I bought the Dreamcast at launch, and we all know what happened there :( ...I got the Xbox at launch and it's served me well, but I'm still a little disappointed at the game selection. It's hard for tech lovers to wait, but I'm gonna try...
As for Sonic Adventure, that was a horrible travesty compared to the orignal Genesis games. Sonic just doesn't work in 3D it seems. (For reference, Sonic 2 is one of my favorite games ever...so I may be a little biased)
The market will not support 3 consoles. It isn't right now, and no one but those big three want it. We need an Open Console Standards group to form and create an open format so that all games work on all systems.
In 2006, the US gov't will require all TV broacasters to use digital HD format. HDTV sales will be going through the roof next year, and this is the perfect time for MS to take advantage of that.
;)
As the parent mentioned, the 32" 16:9 is smaller vertically than the 4:3 32". I really wish companies would quit using the diagonal dimensions to make consumers just go "Wow! a 32" screen" even though it's the same size as a regular 25" vertically (just guessing). They need to just tell us the width by height instead. I'll probably end up trying to wait off a year or two with a cheap HDTV convertor until prices go a little further down though
Maybe they meant that they'd have 3 million by the end of this fiscal year....which is probably around Feb. or March for them...
true...
People still make innovative games in their garage. With Open Source tools and engines growing up, you should start to see alot more too.
"Will this year be any different?"
:( More than one "hit" FPS a year is too many IMO.
Probably not, we'll get numerous FPS that sell tons of copies, while the few innovative/original titles get overlooked
I agree as well, as much as I dislike alot things MS does, they're making alot of good decisions with this new system.
You can't be serious about that Madden is different stuff right? Anyone with the slightest amount of sense can clearly see it's the same game with different teams and stadiums...and usually the NCAA one is last years engine to boot.
Funny you mention the Dreamcast. Sega debuted their marketing campaign for it during 1999's Mtv Video Music Awards ;)
How's anyone ever gonna beat 9.9.99? Maybe PS3 will come out on 06/06/06?
So that's it now huh? EA owns the rights to all the football teams that matter. Wow... I don't play football games, but I really feel for all the poor bastards doomed to play a rehash of Madden 2000 for the next 5 years. Way to innovate EA...
Note to self: Continue boycotting all EA products
I just RTFA myself... I can't believe no one has commented on this White Xbox thing... I sure hope that's not true. Damn rasist crackers over at Microsoft :P
:/
Seriously though, I don't want another white console..I thought we did away with that in this last generation
They should just call it "Bob" or Xbob for marketing reasons...
In Japan, they can call it the XBoob b/c the only people who bought the first one were big DOA fans.
But I bet you they've got broadband, so they can just download and watch this thing whenever...
You gotta love Best Week Ever though... Besides that...yes, crap.
Nope, whore's get paid money for sex. She's just a slut ;)
Go ahead, mod me down...I can take it.