Umm, no. Games are still games, with exceptions like Kojima and Miyamoto and CliffyB, there aren't celebrities in our industries. TFA is tring to downplay Jaffe's harsh words about gaming journalists by saying that he's just one man that's part of a team that makes games and thus, his words shouldn't hold any more significant value than anybody else's.
You know, everybody keeps saying this... I remember reading that MS chose to sell the 360 for a profit from day 1 after the hit they took on the Xbox...
I still play Halo (better than Halo 2) to this day. The only thing keeping me from playing religiously is that I'm in Hawaii and my friends who play are back in FL. But you bet your ass I'll jump into another 4-hour 16-man CTF match on Blood Gulch only to be followed up by 6 hours on Sidewinder.
MS didn't want the Xbox to be a PC because Kevin Bachus and Seamus Blackley were onboard. Don't fool yourself, this isn't the Xbox. It's the Xbox 360, and with it MS is playing Sony's game and inching console gaming towards the PC.
Umm... "a far more affordable price than current hits" isn't quite free. This is the same company that charged $20 for decade (and a half)-old NES ports on the GBA. But don't get me wrong, I can't wait.
But then publishers say "oh crap, there's 30 million Xboxes out there." And then all the big games start coming out on the Xbox and people say "hey, maybe I'll get an Xbox after all."
Gamers have their games. Developers have a platform designed around their needs. Publishers have their money. And MS is a few steps closer to their goal of world domination. Everybody's happy (almost).
But that's already been covered for PC's. And since the controllers only plug in through the USB 2.0 ports, such an article would be uncharacteristically redundant for such a fine, fine establishment as slashdot.
Amped 3, Condemned, Kameo... the launch lineup's not as barren as you imply. It's not like any other consoles have ever launched with anything impressive. And for god's sake, Smash TV is available for the thing!
It would. The article he linked to made the mistake of associating the terms first person shooter and third person shooter with the literary terms first, second, and third person.
Again, the term used in gaming is more akin to the grammatical use of first, second, and third person in refer to the placement of the camera. Both articles linked (by the grandparent and TFA) use the term wrong since TFA seems to think it means that the camera's closer than third person but you can still see the character so it's not first person.
Following that advice would almost ensure the PS3's success. Publishers see that the 360's not selling and move all of their titles in production over to the PS3, the news of that prompts more people to get PS3's, and we get the last generation all over again.
You're right. I guess the better course of action would be to join the crowd and point out the obvious, that Xbox 360 is a stupid name. The name is ridiculous and the design is atrocious. Ok, are you done?
If nothing else I'd prefer to explain what could've been going on in the heads of the people who came up with the name. The 3 in 360 - the 3 in PS3, 360 = Revolution, nothing hard to grasp here.
I personally don't think any of the 3 (MS, Nintendo, and Sony, for those still wondering) are taking console gaming in the right direction but Nintendo's the closest to getting it right so I'm sticking with them. And at least MS isn't calling their console an all-out PC (though they're getting there) so what the hell, they'll keep my support for another few years. Is that ok with you?
LAN play works on existing networks and for all we know, free trials will continue. And you seem to think that the majority of Xbox owners are on Live, which isn't the case. Also, Silver will be free and while it won't allow online play, it will nevertheless be comprehensive and add to the gaming experience at no extra cost.
Xbox Live subcription fees aren't as damning as you seem to think. The point remains that even if the Xbox 360 isn't cheaper than all of those listed consoles, it's not as ungodly expensive as people make it out to be (if not as cheap as the original post made it out to be).
The only game that's worth buying seems to be PGR 3 and is that enough to buy a 400$ console for it? Sure, there's going to be more games in the future but that's not a reason to buy the system NOW.
"The only game worth buying" is a matter of opinion. I personally can't wait for NHL 2k6 on the 360, but I don't expect you to feel my sentiments (I know, that's such a novel approach to these kinds of things, isn't it?). Yes, I own it on Xbox but I also want it on the 360. Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo both look interesting, as well. Rentals, at least.
Well, they're not that useful without games to play on Live.
Yes, Live is going to be more than just to play games online now. And taking advantage of the demos online looks like it'll at least be interesing. Again, just because you don't care doesn't mean nobody cares.
Perhaps but once again I wonder what that's going to help when you don't have any games.
Oh, so now there aren't any games? That's cool, I guess even PGR3 can disappear during the course of a single/. post. Here's a thought: Maybe people will buy it out of support, showing console manufacturers that a well-designed, easy-to-develop-for, powerful console is actually a good thing. Maybe buying now can help send the message that gamers will buy a machine when there's thought put into it (still saddened that the Xbox was received so coldly when MS did everything right with it except being MS). But again, that's crazy talk.
Um, is there anything new? Okay, so it takes streams from PCs but didn't some XBMC thingamajig add that to the XB already?
Interfacing with peripherals is new, but you can't be bothered with looking things up, you're on a roll. I don't know the extent of the XBMC's features and capabilities, but I know with a Media Center XP (XP Media Center Edition? I don't know, this doesn't really interest me personally) you can stream HD content. That can be a huge deal to some people.
In closing, you don't have to buy a 360. But that doesn't mean that everybody should follow your lead.
The games, the new features of Live, the marketplace, the new controller, the (unfortunate) multimedia capabilities?
And whether or not you're seeing the very best visuals your Xbox 360 can produce, they'll still be better than what the Xbox and PS2 could produce on the same setup. So why must people continue to bitch?
He's complaining that your games won't look best unless you get expensive hardware. Well no shit, your PS2 games look best on expensive hardware, playing God of War on an HDTV in progressive scan thanks to component cables looks better than playing on a 20" TV with composite cables. Is that any reason to bitch?
Do you think PS3 and PC games don't look any better at higher resolutions? And on a final note, my "spooge machine" isn't coming for a while since the Revolution's launch date hasn't been announced yet.
And Xbox 360 connected to Composite cables passing through the VCR and to the TV will look better than an Xbox or PS2 connected to Composite cables passing through the VCR and to the TV.
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Umm, no. Games are still games, with exceptions like Kojima and Miyamoto and CliffyB, there aren't celebrities in our industries. TFA is tring to downplay Jaffe's harsh words about gaming journalists by saying that he's just one man that's part of a team that makes games and thus, his words shouldn't hold any more significant value than anybody else's.
That was still written in response to a post that claimed the games would be free. Kthxbye.
You know, everybody keeps saying this... I remember reading that MS chose to sell the 360 for a profit from day 1 after the hit they took on the Xbox...
I still play Halo (better than Halo 2) to this day. The only thing keeping me from playing religiously is that I'm in Hawaii and my friends who play are back in FL. But you bet your ass I'll jump into another 4-hour 16-man CTF match on Blood Gulch only to be followed up by 6 hours on Sidewinder.
What were you getting at again?
MS didn't want the Xbox to be a PC because Kevin Bachus and Seamus Blackley were onboard. Don't fool yourself, this isn't the Xbox. It's the Xbox 360, and with it MS is playing Sony's game and inching console gaming towards the PC.
Umm... "a far more affordable price than current hits" isn't quite free. This is the same company that charged $20 for decade (and a half)-old NES ports on the GBA. But don't get me wrong, I can't wait.
But then publishers say "oh crap, there's 30 million Xboxes out there." And then all the big games start coming out on the Xbox and people say "hey, maybe I'll get an Xbox after all."
Gamers have their games. Developers have a platform designed around their needs. Publishers have their money. And MS is a few steps closer to their goal of world domination. Everybody's happy (almost).
Well of all the countries in the world we're only at war in two. My god, you surely do have plenty to be jealous of!
Shut up.
Aww, somebody's jealous.
But that's already been covered for PC's. And since the controllers only plug in through the USB 2.0 ports, such an article would be uncharacteristically redundant for such a fine, fine establishment as slashdot.
Amped 3, Condemned, Kameo... the launch lineup's not as barren as you imply. It's not like any other consoles have ever launched with anything impressive. And for god's sake, Smash TV is available for the thing!
It would. The article he linked to made the mistake of associating the terms first person shooter and third person shooter with the literary terms first, second, and third person.
Again, the term used in gaming is more akin to the grammatical use of first, second, and third person in refer to the placement of the camera. Both articles linked (by the grandparent and TFA) use the term wrong since TFA seems to think it means that the camera's closer than third person but you can still see the character so it's not first person.
Jeez.
Following that advice would almost ensure the PS3's success. Publishers see that the 360's not selling and move all of their titles in production over to the PS3, the news of that prompts more people to get PS3's, and we get the last generation all over again.
You're right. I guess the better course of action would be to join the crowd and point out the obvious, that Xbox 360 is a stupid name. The name is ridiculous and the design is atrocious. Ok, are you done?
If nothing else I'd prefer to explain what could've been going on in the heads of the people who came up with the name. The 3 in 360 - the 3 in PS3, 360 = Revolution, nothing hard to grasp here.
I personally don't think any of the 3 (MS, Nintendo, and Sony, for those still wondering) are taking console gaming in the right direction but Nintendo's the closest to getting it right so I'm sticking with them. And at least MS isn't calling their console an all-out PC (though they're getting there) so what the hell, they'll keep my support for another few years. Is that ok with you?
Gets you nowhere except heading in the same direction with a new perspective (after observing your surroundings). Just shut up about the name.
Satan. Or really anybody from Hell's customer service desk could get that list to you if you'd like.
Why stop there? Stop even talking to people who buy Sony products. Hell, cease to acknowledge their existence...
But in all seriousness, wouldn't that get rather confusing?
Both?
LAN play works on existing networks and for all we know, free trials will continue. And you seem to think that the majority of Xbox owners are on Live, which isn't the case. Also, Silver will be free and while it won't allow online play, it will nevertheless be comprehensive and add to the gaming experience at no extra cost.
Xbox Live subcription fees aren't as damning as you seem to think. The point remains that even if the Xbox 360 isn't cheaper than all of those listed consoles, it's not as ungodly expensive as people make it out to be (if not as cheap as the original post made it out to be).
In closing, you don't have to buy a 360. But that doesn't mean that everybody should follow your lead.
He knows it's erroneous. It's a joke, that's why he starts his actual post with "In all seriousness, though..."
The games, the new features of Live, the marketplace, the new controller, the (unfortunate) multimedia capabilities?
And whether or not you're seeing the very best visuals your Xbox 360 can produce, they'll still be better than what the Xbox and PS2 could produce on the same setup. So why must people continue to bitch?
AC... figures.
He's complaining that your games won't look best unless you get expensive hardware. Well no shit, your PS2 games look best on expensive hardware, playing God of War on an HDTV in progressive scan thanks to component cables looks better than playing on a 20" TV with composite cables. Is that any reason to bitch?
Do you think PS3 and PC games don't look any better at higher resolutions? And on a final note, my "spooge machine" isn't coming for a while since the Revolution's launch date hasn't been announced yet.
If graphics are your holy grail in gaming then no, you're not missing anything at all.
And Xbox 360 connected to Composite cables passing through the VCR and to the TV will look better than an Xbox or PS2 connected to Composite cables passing through the VCR and to the TV.
What's your bloody point?