Yep, I caved. It's no secret I adore the Playstation 3 as it's no secret I think the 360, on various levels, is a tad bit overrated. As a gamer (an old one at that), I find it harder and harder to NOT play games I fully know, good and damn well, I want to play. Peep game: I traded my Daxter PSP bundle and 4 games in for an Arcade. My PSP had more dust on it than my Wii. Don't get me wrong, it's a great product. I'm just not a mobile gamer. I like my couch. I like it a lot. I still hate the nickel and diming that comes along with the 360, but with the help of friends (friends determined to get me back on XBL and gaming with them) I got a free 20GB HDD, headset and charge n play cable. Next up, the games. So I come to you, the N4G communtity of level headed gamers, fierce debaters, realistic thinkers and trolling asshats to suggest some games to compliment my new broken console. So far I know what I'm going to rent (Left4Dead, Mass Effect and Gears of War 2) but what should I BUY?! I'm open to XBLA games too (minus Braid). Thanks!
-AB
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
As far as XBLA games get Carcassone. Best game I played on there. however it can only be fully enjoyed if you have a friend to play with. Friend, GF, Wife or whatever. Great game. I think it even has a demo.
AS far as regular games I hated Mass Effect myself but many liked it... but I would say rent crackdown before buying unless you get a cheap used deal. It's fun enough and apart from that it's hard to say.
See there aren't too many 360 exclusives out there for me. I play them on PC...
So im just ripping off a list off the top of my head...some are multiplats so you may have played them already. Anyways here we go.
Dead Rising
Bioshock
Halo 3
COD 4
Gears (both of them)
Forza
Braid
Dead Space
Viva Pinata...yes I said it, much cooler then you would think
I don't think there's anything wrong to own both systems (PS3 and 360), especially since it helps you understand the strengths of each system and its respective library. I just have too large of backlog with my PS3, PS2, PSP, and DS games to even consider another system.
I had a 360 at launch and up to my 6th RROD on 3 different consoles ("fixed" by MS). I've really only missed out on the last 2yrs of 360 gaming. I had Gears, I beat Gears, I know what Gears 2 is about...I'll rent it. Beat Dead Rising. Beat Crackdown. Beat Dead Space (PS3). Own COD4 (PS3). All your suggestions are appreciated!