actually some of us are [game] programmers:
DDSURFACEDESC2 ddsd;
ZeroMemory(&ddsd, sizeof(DDSURFACEDESC2));
ddsd.dwSize = sizeof(DDSURFACEDESC2);
ddsd.dwFlags = DDSD_CAPS | DDSD_BACKBUFFERCOUNT;
ddsd.ddsCaps.dwCaps = DDSCAPS_PRIMARYSURFACE |
DDSCAPS_FLIP |
DDSCAPS_COMPLEX;
ddsd.dwBackBufferCount = 2;
pDD->CreateSurface(&dds d, &lpPrimary, NULL);
Specially the rank servers.
I'm very impressed how smooth (No lag for me) the games when playing online. This is a perfect port from the original version with the extra goodies.
When the Xbox 360 came out people/developers said that the PS3 was going to look better than the Xbox 360 games. Now they say that because these are 2nd generation Xbox 360 games there will be no real difference. What Next? 2nd Generation PS3 games will be no difference because Xbox 360 will be 3rd generation? And on and on, and on. When does it stop? This happens all the time when new consoles are launched. I can't wait for the PS3 to come out so I can put it next to my Xbox 360 and wii and ...
Is it me, or all the hype abou the wii is slowly dying?
I think you mean the wii. Right?
"You bought a 400 console to play geometry wars and street fighter?" I bought the Xbox 360 to have fun; I don't expect you to understand but, you have no Idea how much fun a person can have playing UNO, Geometry wars, and now Street Fighter with people around the globe. You probably don't care about multi-play but many of us do. You can give me the best fighting game for any console, and if it does not allow me to play against/with my brother in Texas, cousin in Florida this means s...
ohh wait.. you can't ps3 does not exist.
This is just one of the many games to come that will not be coming out for the wii. The wii it's not only astronomically less powerful than the PS3 and the XBox 360, but the controls are totally different. Game developers are forced to spend a lot more money tweaking a game to work for the wii or leave it out and come up with a game that work only for the wiimote. This is good and bad for Nintendo; good: we will see some games that the other consoles will not have. We will see lots of games f...
@Karibu, you think this is nice? Wait till the PS3 comes out, it will make a nice $600 Tissue incinerator. It will be right next to my toilet, so when I wipe my ass (thank you Xbox 360 for the tissues) the PS3 can take care of the rest (burn waste using the blu-ray laser). That's what I call Innovation; thank you Sony!
All Sony fanboys should love microsoft for this; This can only be good for them. Sony would not be putting so much into the PS3 if microsoft wouldn't be arround. Microsoft set the standard/trap and the others were forced to bite. Nintedo didn't bite into it and decided to innovate while Sony got into a very expensive and risky game. If the wii does bad which I don't think it's going to happen; the company will be able to try next time with another console. But if the PS3 fails which I hope it...
I was looking forward to this game; but no more. Not Online Multiplayer no thanks. Thats like saying street fighter is coming out single player only. What a waste of a good game.
Why people keep saying, "MS" is loosing money due to the XBox 360. I think it would be more accurate to say, "Entertainment and Devices Division". How about the other division which are making more money because of the 360?
- MSN Messenger gets more money displaying ads now that lots of XBox users are installing Messenger to track their Xbox live friends list.
- Windows Media Center OS - people are buying it so they can use it with their xbox ...
If they make the PS3 as bad as the PS2 they will break within a year. This will force Sony’s loyal fans too buy a new one to be able to play new games like MGS7 and Final Fantasy 55. So they only need 25 Million fans worldwide by 2011. I believe these numbers are very realistic.
sucks for them, but just because it is more expensive somewhere else it does not mean it is cheap.
For many people the XBox 360 is just a console. But to microsoft it represent more than what you think. To Sony the PS2 was just a product that had little or no effect on other products. Now by combining 2 products (blu-ray and playstation) the PS3 can only help the blu-ray part of the business; while running the risk of killing the Playstation brand. Sony think is worth the risk.
This article only talks about losses from "Microsoft's Home and Entertainment" division...
I guarantee you that there is an exclusive contract between Sony and them. But aside from that it has the same effect on these developers; they become bias.
I didn't receive a dev kit from Sony. Aside from the fact that I'm a software developer with some game development experience (PC). I can tell you that you can't just say, "I'm only using 30% of the potential on this console.". Especially when you just received the dev kit.
I would be pissed too if I were them. Last time Microsoft used nVidia for the first XBOX and got screwed. This time Microsoft decided to use ATI for the 360. So, this is money nVidea it's not getting. So, for each Xbox 360 sold nVidia drops a tear.
"is only tapping 30% of the Playstation 3's potential.", They always say this on every new console. If they are able to measure how much power the console has and how much their game is using, then why don't they use 100% and make the game even better? Technically if they are only using 30% of the Playstation 3's potential; it's because they haven’t discover its full potential, so how can you know what you don’t know?, how can you measure what you haven’t discover?. So, when develop...
Now let the flame begin! You will not be seen any SNK game for the PS3 anytime soon.