The ONLY reason crap like this continues to get posted is to try to convince people of something that isn't true. A classic case of using "statistics" to create a false impression.
On average, if a person has had a console for 2 years, you would expect them to have more games than the person who's had their console for 1 year. Why is this so hard to understand? The other even mentions this, then dismisses it as irrelevant. Pathetic.
Let's see some d...
"I never played this game but I understand why halo 3 deserves a 9.5. It brought many more millions into the FPS genra than any game ever before. not hard core gamers at all. Just look over 4 million sold in 5 weeks in US."
I get it now! A game gets a high score if it sells a lot. That's so simple - thanks for explaining the gamespot review process. Of course, I guess you can't really review a game until you see how it sells, though.
You actually man...
"Since when did reviewers have to start defending their reviews?"
Go to the head of the class!!!
Why, indeed? The fact that they felt the need to write this ridiculous "defense" says a lot. It says that they know that this was a hack job, way out of the consensus for this title, that shoots their credibility as a source for fair reviews all to hell.
And I don't deny for a second that reviews are subjective. So why fabricate t...
Yeah, this is old news at this point, but it's also hilarious that gamespot felt the need to create this ridiculous "Chewbacca defense".
"This isn't school, and a 7.5 doesn't translate to a C+. We're effectively saying that fans of these sorts of action platformers, and to an even greater extent, fans of the Ratchet series, will probably have a blast. But we're also saying that its appeal might not extend so far beyond that group due to issues mentioned in the re...
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Nice reading comprehension there, Timmy. It's the so-called "developer" Xbot who's throwing around all the (incorrect) specs. And he's being called out on his BS.
Hehehehe. This guy actually does a very good job of proving that crappy ports ARE the fault of ignorant developers.
"The fill rate on the PS3 is significantly slower than on the 360, meaning that games either have to run at lower resolution or use simpler shader effects to achieve the same performance."
Here he's simply comparing numbers based off the GPU performance. This is the exact same, tired, PC-centric view that is causing the crappy ports. You only...
Ah yes - another day, another thoughtful analysis of the state on the PS3. Of course, it doesn't do this guy's credibility any good that he can't form a coherent sentence: "...worries about innovation to sacrifice quality..." - what? Is this a bad translation from Japanese, or something?
"...I have gripes..." - obviously. Perhaps you have a brain tumor, as well there, Mark.
"basically identical to Xbox Live" - so now we're bashi...
Just so you don't have to go hunting for them:
Q1 06 -$173 M
Q2 06 -$286 M
Q3 06 -$402 M
Q4 06 -$423 M
Q1 07 -$142 M
Q2 07 -$289 M
Q3 07 -$315 M
Q4 07 -$1,199 M ($1.2 Billion)
Q1 08 +$165 M
I'm not buying for a second this "I'm so hurt that you put words in my mouth" cop-out. And the whole "I know you are but what am I?" rhetorical tactic is obvious: keep changing the subject rather than having to defend your statements.
"Only an idiot would assume..." If you read what I wrote, I was giving you the benefit of the doubt, that you might be misled but "rational". This, in spite of your statements like:
"The rig...
Let's pretend for a moment that you're not just another hate-filled idiot, and answer some of your points as if you're just a rational human being with some misunderstandings.
"Someone please explain how sex has anything to do with a game that isn’t about sex?" Ok. If you can't come up with examples of implicit, casual references to sexuality - which is what Barker was talking about - then you're not trying very hard. GTA? Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball? I'm sure...
It's hard to tell if you're kidding, or are really that far gone:
"Don't get me wrong I think some people are born gay but some chose that because it's the "cool" thing to do."
Yeah, it's all about being cool. Remember when all of those people were into choosing to be left handed? Then it was all about choosing to be black. But that wore out when all the cool kids at school decided they wanted to have blue eyes. Yeah, I know it's a pointle...
"My belief is that audiences are perfectly comfortable with it already." Oh Clive, you knucklehead, if only it were so.
The only good thing about articles like this getting posted is reading some of the comments people make. Like those above, for example. "I can't relate to a gay character, as a straight person. I can relate to a character that's a woman, a lesbian, a black person, a mass murderer, a little Italian plumber, a fluffy little bunny, any form of ...
Dude, if you can't make your point without using words like "queer" and "homo", you should be banned. You should also get some help resolving your bigger issues.
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Wow, a single phone call, and the limitations of DVD vanish! Those guys at Microsoft really are technical wizards.
Or maybe by "compression" they mean the way the elbow and shoulder joints get compressed as the arm is twisted behind the back.
Hmmm...
- A gaming machine
- A built-in HD drive
- Wireless networking
- Dual TV tuners with EPG
- 1080p playback
- Upgradable HD drive
Why does this console sound so familiar? Oh yeah, it's called "PS3". So when MS kills off their current botch-job in record short time (beating their own record for their last gen orphan), then I'm sure you suckers will be lining up. Or will we hear all those tired old arguments tha...
Note to Sony: Please stop improving upon your product!
Stop updating the firmware and adding new features and improving upon existing ones. Stop releasing more and more games. Stop dominating the HD format war with Blu-ray. Stop coming up with new ways to let people interact, such as the user-generated content of Little Big Planet/Singstar/Eye Create, or a virtual space such as Home. Please stop putting the lie to former claims of the PS3 not being able to handle physics...
"they should just release the whole enchilada at a reasonable price"
Of course, that's it! How could they not see it when it's staring them right in the face!
So you want (1) full BC, (2) to eliminate machines from your home theater, (3) next-gen games, (4) HD movies, and (5, presumably) free online gaming. And to get all this, a price significantly less than what it costs to make is not "reasonable"?
And somehow Nintendo's th...
"I just think that its getting to the point now whereby people are just looking for excuses to criticise Sony."
Of course they are, and it's been at that point from the very beginning. It keeps them from having to defend the indefensible - a hunk of plastic that doesn't work.
"As I keep implying (and as many, many others keep saying), we WANT BC compability. At least 30% on polls (or at least ones I've seen), says so."
Puh-leeze. 30%, is that it? So we're not supposed to make a less-expensive version of the console available at all, which is what every developer and penny-pinchin' mofo has been asking for, because someone may actually want to play a PS1/2 game? Oh, that's right, "give me everything for free, and I want it yesterday...
Way to go, Microsoft. True to form, yet another whispering campaign.
"Did you hear that the new PS3 has an even BIGGER defect rate than our crappy console? Really! And for each one they make, ten baby seals are killed!"
Why oh why does every pathetic anti-PS3 smear end up given credibility by far-and-wide re-posting on sites like this? Because FUD works on the weak minded.