Alright. I didn't clarify myself. The proplem I have with most "cutting edge" games is that they require a comparitively huge amount of dedication to learn even a button masher feels like it has too many variables and time committement for basic play.
The 360 is a fantastic piece of technology but by the very complexity and cost of entry to get involved in the experience it is going to at the very begining at least only appeal to the serious fans that commit the time and effort to get the resulting gaming exerience. The xbox is marketed towards that kind of player pure and simple. That is the hard core player!
Despite what you may think I am a gamer. I have been for well over twenty years now but not the kind of player that Xbox is marketed towards. I play some kind of game every day one some kid of equipment be it console, p.c. or even my phone. I'm not a Nintendo fan boy. I have owned an N64 but have also owned systems by Atari, Coleco and Sony and p.c.s all the way back to my Commodore 64.
I stand by my statement that Nintendo has a good concept in going after a broader less hard core audiance that still wants to play.
I have a HD set and all the necessary goodies to make the 360 go to the limit (but not at 1080i). Will I buy it? No way. I have a full time job and a social life with real live human beings that don't have controllers glued to their hands. I want a gaming experience that doesn't require a novel length instruction manual and memorizing 50 button sequences to make it to even the opening level. The uptick in quality isn't worth it if I can't learn and enjoy the game within the limits of my available time. The current crop of 360 games look like rehashed splatter button mashers. Not every gamer is 13 with huge amounts of free time. The price of entry to play is too high for the amount of time I have available. The Revolution should fit the bill nicely particularly at the $199.00 price point combined with the huge amount of games available on line. I think Nintendo has created a new market segment with their usual creative thinking. Will they outsell Sony or Microsoft? Probably not but I think a lot of hard core gamers will have it as a second unit.
The argument that space research helps technology in general is at least somewhat true. My partner was a chemistry student during the space race working on perfecting liquid crystal desplays as they were safer and used considerably less energy than any other available technology. People probably didn't even consider such uses of LCD until it was needed for space travel. We have NASA to thank for the displays you are probably reading this on.
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Alright. I didn't clarify myself. The proplem I have with most "cutting edge" games is that they require a comparitively huge amount of dedication to learn even a button masher feels like it has too many variables and time committement for basic play. The 360 is a fantastic piece of technology but by the very complexity and cost of entry to get involved in the experience it is going to at the very begining at least only appeal to the serious fans that commit the time and effort to get the resulting gaming exerience. The xbox is marketed towards that kind of player pure and simple. That is the hard core player! Despite what you may think I am a gamer. I have been for well over twenty years now but not the kind of player that Xbox is marketed towards. I play some kind of game every day one some kid of equipment be it console, p.c. or even my phone. I'm not a Nintendo fan boy. I have owned an N64 but have also owned systems by Atari, Coleco and Sony and p.c.s all the way back to my Commodore 64. I stand by my statement that Nintendo has a good concept in going after a broader less hard core audiance that still wants to play.
I have a HD set and all the necessary goodies to make the 360 go to the limit (but not at 1080i). Will I buy it? No way. I have a full time job and a social life with real live human beings that don't have controllers glued to their hands. I want a gaming experience that doesn't require a novel length instruction manual and memorizing 50 button sequences to make it to even the opening level. The uptick in quality isn't worth it if I can't learn and enjoy the game within the limits of my available time. The current crop of 360 games look like rehashed splatter button mashers. Not every gamer is 13 with huge amounts of free time. The price of entry to play is too high for the amount of time I have available. The Revolution should fit the bill nicely particularly at the $199.00 price point combined with the huge amount of games available on line. I think Nintendo has created a new market segment with their usual creative thinking. Will they outsell Sony or Microsoft? Probably not but I think a lot of hard core gamers will have it as a second unit.
The argument that space research helps technology in general is at least somewhat true. My partner was a chemistry student during the space race working on perfecting liquid crystal desplays as they were safer and used considerably less energy than any other available technology. People probably didn't even consider such uses of LCD until it was needed for space travel. We have NASA to thank for the displays you are probably reading this on.