Yeah, but I don't know how EA currently holding the James Bond (and thus, Goldeneye) license affects redistribution of games under that license.
I know that Rare only retained the rights to IPs they created, which is why there's are Rare-developed Conker and Perfect Dark games on MS's consoles. But does Rare even have a say in granting Nintendo the rights? Does EA? Or is this something to take up with Hollywood?
It's all really a matter of how Nintendo's publishing deals went. If they somehow had the foresight to afford Rare the time they needed to ship quality games under the condition that future Nintendo consoles could re-release them, then there's no problem.
It wouldn't be unlike Nintendo to have that in a large number of the games on its consoles to keep on the back burners until a time like this arose when they needed to ignite some nostalgic fire under their next platform.
Rare's working on DS games and even AoE is seeing a DS incarnation. Also, Goldeneye's particularly tricky because it was a Nintendo-published game on a Nintendo console, developed by Rare, but the license is owned by EA.
I hated Goldeneye too. Autoaim sucks and I was never happy with the N64's controllers. But bitching about the controller accomplishes nothing, just because he sucks at using it doesn't mean anything.
I was so hopeful of Live and Reloaded but Rare games just aren't the same without that Nintendo touch. Online play for all these splitscreen gems would be a blast, too.
Everything that built up to the Xbox's release just seemed perfect. A group of gaming purist able to convince Bill Gates to put money into making the ultimate console. They focused on gaming and left PC-only capabilities excluded, they asked developers and gamers what they wanted, and they took all that and used it to make a console (Except for the controller, I have no idea who they asked when they designed that. Even though I didn't hate it... almost everybody else did). But then the Xbox launched, the slashdot crowd could see that it was just a tool for MS (but can't see that the Playstation brand is only a tool for the almost-as-evil Sony) and the console couldn't shake the low-end PC rep that came with its hardware and manufacturer. Not to mention the fact that Fries, Blackley, and Bachus all left. So now as far as I care I only prefer the 360 for a few choice titles and I can only help that Nintendo pulls ahead this round, for the sake of console gaming.
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"Poor devtools mixed with very poor hardware design is crippling the system. It's why 360 developers seem to always be making excuses and complaining about bottlenecks in the system."
Uhh, that fits the PS2 pretty much perfectly... but do you have any links complaining about bottlenecks in the 360? How about blaming poor visuals on bottlenecks?
Right, because American consumers are so smart. If that were so, we wouldn't have heard any "low-end PC" remarks about the Xbox. Everybody just saw MS and branded it a PC.
What makes a console a console? Well it's not the brand of the parts inside of it, I can tell you that much. It's the intentions with which it was designed. The Xbox team set out to make a platform for developers, now I realize that this platform was just going to be used as a tool by MS, but that's exactly what Playstation is to Sony. Kutaragi has no loyalty to the market. If people did some research and read up on what people like Seamus Blackley had to say about the Xbox, they wouldn't have been so quick to brand it a PC.
And the worst part is that the whole time MS is fighting to prove it's not trying to make a PC and call it a console, Sony's parading around planning online media downloads and AIM and a Linux distribution. But anyway, my point is that Americans don't make as informed decisions as you think we do. Just thought I'd let you know that.
By the way, is Slashdot giving anybody else problems today?
So you're saying that you hate when marketing (hype) makes a console successful and wish that great gaming machines would succeed (you know, the kinds of machines tailored to the needs of developers and with extensive development tools to ease the process)... but you're rooting for Sony? They're pretty much the opposite of what you asked for.
Those were in retaliation to the already-circulating PS2 links drawn. Anyway, several games did approach tha level of detail in certain aspects, mostly character detail. The environments still have a while to go but the claims aren't completely unfounded.
Right, so still no links with even any implications. And I'm sure you're quick to dismiss the Toy Story claims that have been attributed to the PS2, as well. It doesn't work both ways, I don't recall any implications whatsoever.
1) Yes. I've only seen one malfunctioning unit.
2) Still haven't seen proof for the US.
3) Sick of the stories of people getting shafted and paying $600 for a picture of an Xbox 360.
Ahh, there it is. The comparison to the Dreamcast. And to think, I almost took you seriously.
Wait, so for years all the PC gaming fanboys claim that the PC is so superior and you can get the same experience on a more capable machine only to have them switch sides now? Is this an anti-Halo thing?
Actually, BluRay was claimed to be extremely sensitive to harmful scratching but Sony and (I think) Toshiba followed up those claims almost instantly with the announcement of a coating they developed that would significantly increase the discs' resiliance to scratching. Apparently they're more scratch-resistant than CDs and DVDs, but I can't help but wonder if the coating will be made available for HD-DVDs should BluRay not become the new standard.
Aside from the obvious fact that my post only requests a single store showing that nobody cares about the 360, as has been said, and yours requests proof that every premium 360 is sold, I'll go down to a few local game stores and take pictures of where the 360s would be. If you'd do the same and show where they are, you can talk.
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Yeah, but I don't know how EA currently holding the James Bond (and thus, Goldeneye) license affects redistribution of games under that license.
I know that Rare only retained the rights to IPs they created, which is why there's are Rare-developed Conker and Perfect Dark games on MS's consoles. But does Rare even have a say in granting Nintendo the rights? Does EA? Or is this something to take up with Hollywood?
So does that mean that because cars exist, foot races are trivial?
Right, keep on attacking console FPSs because you keep getting slaughtered whenever you attempt to pick one up.
Is a level playing field really that scary to you?
It's all really a matter of how Nintendo's publishing deals went. If they somehow had the foresight to afford Rare the time they needed to ship quality games under the condition that future Nintendo consoles could re-release them, then there's no problem.
It wouldn't be unlike Nintendo to have that in a large number of the games on its consoles to keep on the back burners until a time like this arose when they needed to ignite some nostalgic fire under their next platform.
Rare's working on DS games and even AoE is seeing a DS incarnation. Also, Goldeneye's particularly tricky because it was a Nintendo-published game on a Nintendo console, developed by Rare, but the license is owned by EA.
Interesting, indeed.
It's also gonna be one of the first Blu-Ray drives on the market. The market won't be there like DVD was.
I hated Goldeneye too. Autoaim sucks and I was never happy with the N64's controllers. But bitching about the controller accomplishes nothing, just because he sucks at using it doesn't mean anything.
Conker's Bad Fur Day.
I was so hopeful of Live and Reloaded but Rare games just aren't the same without that Nintendo touch. Online play for all these splitscreen gems would be a blast, too.
Or, you know, you could just get better at using a controller like the rest of us and stop bitching...
Everything that built up to the Xbox's release just seemed perfect. A group of gaming purist able to convince Bill Gates to put money into making the ultimate console. They focused on gaming and left PC-only capabilities excluded, they asked developers and gamers what they wanted, and they took all that and used it to make a console (Except for the controller, I have no idea who they asked when they designed that. Even though I didn't hate it... almost everybody else did). But then the Xbox launched, the slashdot crowd could see that it was just a tool for MS (but can't see that the Playstation brand is only a tool for the almost-as-evil Sony) and the console couldn't shake the low-end PC rep that came with its hardware and manufacturer. Not to mention the fact that Fries, Blackley, and Bachus all left. So now as far as I care I only prefer the 360 for a few choice titles and I can only help that Nintendo pulls ahead this round, for the sake of console gaming.
Good, then don't buy one.
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Doom 3, Ninja Gaiden, Far Cry Instincts, and even games like Conker and the Otogi series looked damn good to me.
Right, because American consumers are so smart. If that were so, we wouldn't have heard any "low-end PC" remarks about the Xbox. Everybody just saw MS and branded it a PC.
What makes a console a console? Well it's not the brand of the parts inside of it, I can tell you that much. It's the intentions with which it was designed. The Xbox team set out to make a platform for developers, now I realize that this platform was just going to be used as a tool by MS, but that's exactly what Playstation is to Sony. Kutaragi has no loyalty to the market. If people did some research and read up on what people like Seamus Blackley had to say about the Xbox, they wouldn't have been so quick to brand it a PC.
And the worst part is that the whole time MS is fighting to prove it's not trying to make a PC and call it a console, Sony's parading around planning online media downloads and AIM and a Linux distribution. But anyway, my point is that Americans don't make as informed decisions as you think we do. Just thought I'd let you know that.
By the way, is Slashdot giving anybody else problems today?
But the Blu-Ray market today is nowhere near where the DVD market was in 2000.
It was a selling point for the PS2, but it'll only be a feature for the PS3.
So you're saying that you hate when marketing (hype) makes a console successful and wish that great gaming machines would succeed (you know, the kinds of machines tailored to the needs of developers and with extensive development tools to ease the process)... but you're rooting for Sony? They're pretty much the opposite of what you asked for.
Those were in retaliation to the already-circulating PS2 links drawn. Anyway, several games did approach tha level of detail in certain aspects, mostly character detail. The environments still have a while to go but the claims aren't completely unfounded.
Right, so still no links with even any implications. And I'm sure you're quick to dismiss the Toy Story claims that have been attributed to the PS2, as well. It doesn't work both ways, I don't recall any implications whatsoever.
1) Yes. I've only seen one malfunctioning unit.
2) Still haven't seen proof for the US.
3) Sick of the stories of people getting shafted and paying $600 for a picture of an Xbox 360.
Ahh, there it is. The comparison to the Dreamcast. And to think, I almost took you seriously.
Care to show any proof? I still haven't seen any Xbox 360s in West Palm Beach, FL or on Oahu, HI.
Years? Uhh, pre-May 2005 link, please?
Wait, so for years all the PC gaming fanboys claim that the PC is so superior and you can get the same experience on a more capable machine only to have them switch sides now? Is this an anti-Halo thing?
Actually, BluRay was claimed to be extremely sensitive to harmful scratching but Sony and (I think) Toshiba followed up those claims almost instantly with the announcement of a coating they developed that would significantly increase the discs' resiliance to scratching. Apparently they're more scratch-resistant than CDs and DVDs, but I can't help but wonder if the coating will be made available for HD-DVDs should BluRay not become the new standard.
Aside from the obvious fact that my post only requests a single store showing that nobody cares about the 360, as has been said, and yours requests proof that every premium 360 is sold, I'll go down to a few local game stores and take pictures of where the 360s would be. If you'd do the same and show where they are, you can talk.
If smallpox is eradicated, then why am I going to have to get a vaccine before going to Korea?