'Noisy as hell'? Have you ever been near a working PS3? 'Disc Scratching'? I'd need a source on that one.
I have both. Price is not an issue (other than the fact they are both expensive). My Xbox with wireless/live sub/rechargable battery totalled more than my PS3 which comes with those things included in the price. I haven't bought the HD drive add-on yet, but if I do, it will make the price difference greater than the difference between a 360 core and a premium PS3, and I still won't be able to play HDDVD's in 1080p, due to a lack of HDMI.
And MS *are* ripping people off for peripherals. The Logitech DFP steering wheel I bought for my PS2 will work perfectly with my PS3. It won't work properly on a 360 though. You need to buy MS's wheel for any force feedback. You need to buy the MS wireless adaptor, too, despite it being a USB device. And don't get me started on hard drives.
Also, my 3 month old 360 has been crashing a lot lately, telling me I need to wipe my pristine copy of Forza with a soft cloth, or make sure it's actually in the drive.
Microsoft definitely won in the early release stakes, but you can tell the hardware was rushed out. A win-lose situation, really. The things they missed are a shame, and proof that the PS3 team were thinking far further ahead. Built-in wifi, Bluetooth, HD disc format, easily replaceable hard drives, you can buy anything with the right interface format, and just plug it in.
All that said, of the two, I currently play the XBox more, because of Forza2. But on the hardware front, I'm not blind to the fact that it is a piece of shit, and I'll probably have a different unit within 6 months.
The only good side I can see to these achievements is to judge the age of a particular gamertag. In theory, it stops people from a lot of fucking around in online games.
Take Forza 2 for instance. Your main GT is the one you use to play through the game, and unlock all the goodies/cars/money. If you want to fuck around and wind people up online, you have to switch to another GT. To play with your car of choice, you either have to level up the new GT, or send your car over from your other account. For a lot of retards, this is far too difficult a proposition.
The PS3 is a better piece of hardware by a large margin. Most of the things I need are default (HDMI/Wi-Fi/HDD/Wireless controllers/bluetooth) and the whole thing seems to be well put together. It's quiet, and it matches the rest of my AV setup (black). 3rd party hardware addons are well supported (wheels/headsets, and you can put any size/brand HDD in the thing.
The 360 is noisy, and was only cheap because of the things that you have to buy as addons (rechargable batteries for controllers/wifi/Live! gold). Cheap, however, covers my opinion of the hardware itself. The dvd drive sounds like it's trying to take off. The power supply is external, huge and hot. It looks like a panty shield too, which is only made worse by the fact that's it's white. Oh, no HDMI either, which means I won't be getting the HD-DVD addon, as I will be limited to 1080i. The HDD was also non-default, so most games aren't written to take full advantage of one. Microsoft are total wankers for upgrades though. Only the microsoft wheel will have full functionality, only the MS wifi adapter will work, gay, gay, gay, etc.
Hardware aside though, the 360 kicks the PS3 in the balls for online integration. It's seamless. I was constantly amazed by how well they managed this.
Desktops are personal preference, but I think the XMB has the upper hand.
The rest is just down to small things, like streaming music from my PC when playing 360 games, and most games recognising the fact, and happily coexisting with my tunes. I'm sure the PS3 will pick itself up in this area, but so far, it has not.
Choice of games is still an issue for the PS3, but it will be picking up over the course of this year, and until then, I have Forza Motorsport to occupy my time. Resistance still gets more net play that Gears though, due to the ability to get a 20v20 TDM game in a huge map.
So, in closing, I'm very fond of both of them, but for different reasons.
And in the end they both cost the same. (this includes live gold/wifi/rechargable battery for wireless controller, but not the actual recharger).
On Top Gear back in the day, they even gave you a step-by-step of how to save 20-30% on the price of a brand-new British-built Rover, by ordering it from a garage in Denmark/Germany (can't remember which).
There was also the car thing a few years ago, where you could get a UK designed/built Rover cheaper from the netherlands, even including your flights to go out there, order it to your exact specification, get it shipped back to the UK and have it registered. I don't know if this is still possible.
I've just started buying HD movies from the US because they're cheaper, and actually exist in decent quantities. the 20-30 titles you can get in this country are 90% crap, too.
I even managed to get the Planet Earth Bluray (A BBC production) from the states before it's even released over here. And probably cheaper than it will be here, too.
The same goes on with Beer runs to France/Germany, and cigarette imports from pretty much anywhere else in the world.
Around my area, the actual discs themselves are stored seperately from the cases. So unless you dive behind the counter with the appropriate key, you get.. empty cases.
Either way, I'd look forward to the day a record shops 'de-chipper' fails. They might as well close the doors. After all, it's not like they'll be selling any of their second-hand stock either (In Florida (so far)).
Also, people still actually steal physical CDs? For the love of black Jesus, why? We have the internet for that now.
As impressive as Farbrausch's stuff is, I think having a loading time even close to the texture/model generating time of an FR demo would but a severe downside.
Their Debris demo is astounding. But it wouldn't translate well to a game environment.
I don't disagree with punitive damages. I do disagree with them going to the claimant.
Punitive damages should go to a third party, like a charity/organisation that both parties can agree on. So, in a case against MS, rather than one person getting $5M, the money should be given to a related organisation (EFF, etc.).
Having these sort of payouts go to a single person is crazy, and only encourages lazy people to get sue-happy in the hopes of getting a jackpot payout.
This hasn't started in the UK yet, but I can see it on the horizon.
What he's saying is that if you listed the handful of people in the HD-DVD camp, you'll find that they are willing to go BR if the market demands it. I know MS have said they would, and they are the 'big' name in the HDDVD camp.
From my understanding, the extra capacity will be better in long (>2hr) films, as the extra space can be used to store an uncompressed audio track. ie. LOTR on HD-DVD will either be on two discs, or have compressed audio and fit on one.
But IANAF, so I'm going to end up with both, and I doubt I'll notice the difference.
Also make sure to notice you can open multiple items at once which is much faster than opening things one at a time on Windows.
While you're there, you may also notice that you can open multiple items at once in Windows too, and strangely enough, it's faster than opening things one at a time on another OS, Windows included.
And no, I'm not really defending Win Explorer here, I don't even use it myself anymore. I switched to a 3rd party version (Directory Opus), and it blows explorer out of the water.
The recording/scripting feature sounds pretty sweet though.
10.0 is a closer match to Windows 2000. As in, a huge change from the previous version, like from OS 9/Windows 9x forwards.
Mac users try to downplay anything before OS X, so can't Windows users do the same?
Much like the early Mac OS releases, early Windows releases were like 'OS Practice' for both companies. OS X and Windows 2000 are huge milestones for both companies. They both represent the time when both companies 'got it'.
They can't "drop the ball on this" unless Microsoft or Sony creates their next-gen system right now with a motion-sensitive remote controller.
You mean like Sony did? Or are we talking about something completely different here, like the controller should be a 'remote control-looking' thing, rather than a two-handed device?
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I'll give you a couple of those, except
'Noisy as hell'? Have you ever been near a working PS3?
'Disc Scratching'? I'd need a source on that one.
I have both. Price is not an issue (other than the fact they are both expensive). My Xbox with wireless/live sub/rechargable battery totalled more than my PS3 which comes with those things included in the price. I haven't bought the HD drive add-on yet, but if I do, it will make the price difference greater than the difference between a 360 core and a premium PS3, and I still won't be able to play HDDVD's in 1080p, due to a lack of HDMI.
And MS *are* ripping people off for peripherals. The Logitech DFP steering wheel I bought for my PS2 will work perfectly with my PS3. It won't work properly on a 360 though. You need to buy MS's wheel for any force feedback. You need to buy the MS wireless adaptor, too, despite it being a USB device. And don't get me started on hard drives.
Also, my 3 month old 360 has been crashing a lot lately, telling me I need to wipe my pristine copy of Forza with a soft cloth, or make sure it's actually in the drive.
Microsoft definitely won in the early release stakes, but you can tell the hardware was rushed out. A win-lose situation, really. The things they missed are a shame, and proof that the PS3 team were thinking far further ahead. Built-in wifi, Bluetooth, HD disc format, easily replaceable hard drives, you can buy anything with the right interface format, and just plug it in.
All that said, of the two, I currently play the XBox more, because of Forza2. But on the hardware front, I'm not blind to the fact that it is a piece of shit, and I'll probably have a different unit within 6 months.
The only good side I can see to these achievements is to judge the age of a particular gamertag. In theory, it stops people from a lot of fucking around in online games.
Take Forza 2 for instance. Your main GT is the one you use to play through the game, and unlock all the goodies/cars/money. If you want to fuck around and wind people up online, you have to switch to another GT. To play with your car of choice, you either have to level up the new GT, or send your car over from your other account. For a lot of retards, this is far too difficult a proposition.
Luxury.
I had to write my first blog by hand.
In binary.
And then take a sack full of paper two towns over, barefoot, to have it moderated.
Getting your post flamed back then was a whole different story.
sigh.
Having been a Gran Turismo whore since release day of GT1, I can safely say that Forza 2 is totally fucking awesome.
I can only hope that GT5 will match it or better yet, surpass it. But I'm not getting my hopes up yet.
GT5 will look better, that's a given, but Forza plays like a dream, online play is seamless, and the tuning options are legion.
Agreed. If it's just missions, it's a waste of a lot of money. If it's whole areas, then that's a different kettle of fish.
Despite having the choice, I'll still probably plump for the PS3 version.
I'll never play that new Pacman, the Atari VCS2600 has awful switches, and the cartridges get full of carpet fur.
(You could never break those joysticks though. Awesome engineering there)
I got both.
The PS3 is a better piece of hardware by a large margin. Most of the things I need are default (HDMI/Wi-Fi/HDD/Wireless controllers/bluetooth) and the whole thing seems to be well put together. It's quiet, and it matches the rest of my AV setup (black). 3rd party hardware addons are well supported (wheels/headsets, and you can put any size/brand HDD in the thing.
The 360 is noisy, and was only cheap because of the things that you have to buy as addons (rechargable batteries for controllers/wifi/Live! gold). Cheap, however, covers my opinion of the hardware itself. The dvd drive sounds like it's trying to take off. The power supply is external, huge and hot. It looks like a panty shield too, which is only made worse by the fact that's it's white. Oh, no HDMI either, which means I won't be getting the HD-DVD addon, as I will be limited to 1080i. The HDD was also non-default, so most games aren't written to take full advantage of one. Microsoft are total wankers for upgrades though. Only the microsoft wheel will have full functionality, only the MS wifi adapter will work, gay, gay, gay, etc.
Hardware aside though, the 360 kicks the PS3 in the balls for online integration. It's seamless. I was constantly amazed by how well they managed this.
Desktops are personal preference, but I think the XMB has the upper hand.
The rest is just down to small things, like streaming music from my PC when playing 360 games, and most games recognising the fact, and happily coexisting with my tunes. I'm sure the PS3 will pick itself up in this area, but so far, it has not.
Choice of games is still an issue for the PS3, but it will be picking up over the course of this year, and until then, I have Forza Motorsport to occupy my time. Resistance still gets more net play that Gears though, due to the ability to get a 20v20 TDM game in a huge map.
So, in closing, I'm very fond of both of them, but for different reasons.
And in the end they both cost the same. (this includes live gold/wifi/rechargable battery for wireless controller, but not the actual recharger).
I had that. And the £100 512Mb upgrade. Good times.
On Top Gear back in the day, they even gave you a step-by-step of how to save 20-30% on the price of a brand-new British-built Rover, by ordering it from a garage in Denmark/Germany (can't remember which).
apologies for lack of formatting. Blank lines cost extra here.
There was also the car thing a few years ago, where you could get a UK designed/built Rover cheaper from the netherlands, even including your flights to go out there, order it to your exact specification, get it shipped back to the UK and have it registered. I don't know if this is still possible. I've just started buying HD movies from the US because they're cheaper, and actually exist in decent quantities. the 20-30 titles you can get in this country are 90% crap, too. I even managed to get the Planet Earth Bluray (A BBC production) from the states before it's even released over here. And probably cheaper than it will be here, too. The same goes on with Beer runs to France/Germany, and cigarette imports from pretty much anywhere else in the world.
Around my area, the actual discs themselves are stored seperately from the cases. So unless you dive behind the counter with the appropriate key, you get.. empty cases.
Either way, I'd look forward to the day a record shops 'de-chipper' fails. They might as well close the doors. After all, it's not like they'll be selling any of their second-hand stock either (In Florida (so far)).
Also, people still actually steal physical CDs? For the love of black Jesus, why? We have the internet for that now.
it *should* lower the markup. It won't though. It will decrease loss of profit. Prices will remain the same. I'm calling this now.
As impressive as Farbrausch's stuff is, I think having a loading time even close to the texture/model generating time of an FR demo would but a severe downside.
Their Debris demo is astounding. But it wouldn't translate well to a game environment.
I prefer GTA games on the PC. They are easier moddable, and a source of hours of non-storyline entertainment. Here is an example:
Bridge jump
With a free Zep clip for the basement crew.
I don't disagree with punitive damages. I do disagree with them going to the claimant.
Punitive damages should go to a third party, like a charity/organisation that both parties can agree on. So, in a case against MS, rather than one person getting $5M, the money should be given to a related organisation (EFF, etc.).
Having these sort of payouts go to a single person is crazy, and only encourages lazy people to get sue-happy in the hopes of getting a jackpot payout.
This hasn't started in the UK yet, but I can see it on the horizon.
What he's saying is that if you listed the handful of people in the HD-DVD camp, you'll find that they are willing to go BR if the market demands it. I know MS have said they would, and they are the 'big' name in the HDDVD camp.
From my understanding, the extra capacity will be better in long (>2hr) films, as the extra space can be used to store an uncompressed audio track. ie. LOTR on HD-DVD will either be on two discs, or have compressed audio and fit on one. But IANAF, so I'm going to end up with both, and I doubt I'll notice the difference.
Well put. I can agree with that.
So you are saying that being able to resize a window from, say, the top-left is WRONG?
Also make sure to notice you can open multiple items at once which is much faster than opening things one at a time on Windows.
While you're there, you may also notice that you can open multiple items at once in Windows too, and strangely enough, it's faster than opening things one at a time on another OS, Windows included.
And no, I'm not really defending Win Explorer here, I don't even use it myself anymore. I switched to a 3rd party version (Directory Opus), and it blows explorer out of the water.
The recording/scripting feature sounds pretty sweet though.
10.0 is a closer match to Windows 2000. As in, a huge change from the previous version, like from OS 9/Windows 9x forwards.
Mac users try to downplay anything before OS X, so can't Windows users do the same?
Much like the early Mac OS releases, early Windows releases were like 'OS Practice' for both companies. OS X and Windows 2000 are huge milestones for both companies. They both represent the time when both companies 'got it'.
They can't "drop the ball on this" unless Microsoft or Sony creates their next-gen system right now with a motion-sensitive remote controller.
You mean like Sony did? Or are we talking about something completely different here, like the controller should be a 'remote control-looking' thing, rather than a two-handed device?
Of course it's supposed to work, it's got electrolytes and shit.
You mention everything except for the other people in the theatre.