I find there is one problem with PC gaming as of late: too much choice of hardware. Not only is there a low, midrange and high-end graphics cards coming from each company, there are about 5-10 different models in between over the course of that particular class thoughout it's generation. On top of that, different companies make different versions of every card as well and some make their own special versions. Some have more RAM then the standard version, some are factory overclocked, some ha...
This is a nice solution for most people, but at this price most people could just go out and buy a separate HD-DVD player and a Blue-Ray player, and get all those free movies both players get. Does buying this player get you free movies from both formats? I doubt it. Bring the price down to just over Blue-Ray's price and it should sell. People could go into the stores, buy a movie and either format and not give a crap what colour the case is. In a perfect world.
Actually, you coul...
Taking Call of Duty 5 back to WWII but in the Pacific might not be such a bad thing. It's a part of WWII that Call of Duty hasn't touched yet. We'd get new weapons to use, on both sides (there where several weapons in the hands of the US Marines that got used almost exclusively on the Pacific front, like the Reising SMG, the Johnson rifle, Johnson Machinegun, they even used the Springfield as a main line weapon instead of the Garand for awhile, ie not with a scope). It wouldn't be too bad. ...
The PC versions play similarly to the old style Ghost Recon. If you want, try them out, they're not too bad. Different developers too. First person and all.
The 360/PS3 versions just make better console games.
I've seen this posted before, but its still hilarious.
Now, I know the Wii's have been a little overpriced lately, but this takes the cake. Whoever (if anyone) buys this either has too much money, or is a complete idiot.
I'm happy for GRAW 3. I thought they where quitting the Advanced Warfighter series and moving Ghost Recon into another story line. It's good to hear they are going to finish the trilogy. KOTOR3, Tomb Raider, and another Star Wars FPS, great. I always liked the last one, Republic Commando, except for the fact it was far too short. Looks like we are going to have some great gaming over the next couple of years.
Oh would I ever love another Mechwarrior game (not MechAssault, but real Mechwarrior). Used to play that way back when it came out on Windows 95 without 3D acceloration and it (Mechwarrior 2) was one of the best games ever. And it's expansion pack and the spin-off sequel, Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries, where great in their own rights. Cross your fingers.
Here here, the most important thing a games console should do.
I have to agree with some of those points the article makes. The lack of an HDD in all models really hurts what developers can do with the system. They have to support the lowest common denominator, namely the Core and now the Arcade SKUs. What where they thinking when they came out with the Arcade unit, never mind the original Core? Caching data onto a hard drive was a great step forward with the original Xbox, why take that away from the newest version. And if I want to upgrade, I have to ...
Admittedly, HD-DVD playback was an afterthought for the 360, obviously. It puts a pretty big strain on the hardware, especially launch consoles (like mine). They should have had a better plan from the get go I think. Microsoft designed a decent system (hardware flaws aside), but it could have been better.
I have to agree about addons always losing. Look back at the sega-CD, and all those other CD attachements for the various consoles of the 90s. None of them faired very well at all. The only addon to every really penetrate an installed console based was probably the N64 expansion pak. That would be it. And even then, only 2 games ever required it (3 if you count in Perfect Dark for it's single player mode. Maybe even 4, can't remember if Conker needed it too?????).
However, the ...
But then it comes down to the main argument the article has: the price. The Wii is supposed to be a low cost system, yet stores and ebay scalpers are charging 400-500 dollars and upwards for the system. That is just too much for a low cost form of entertainment. Oh well, I know what I'm willing to pay.
I'm saying, for me, right now the Wii is a gimmick. Do I want one? Yeah, sure I do. I've always liked Nintendo's games (for the most part). Last generation, I went solely with the gamecube as my console of choice (PC was still the main platform for me though) and I enjoyed it for the most part. But I wasn't convinced by the Wii, and bought the Gamecube version of the newest Zelda. The game roster of the Wii, right now, just does not appeal to me. That of the 360 does though. And I like some o...
It's probably also do to the fact that in the older players they just don't have powerful enough hardware/where not designed to handle playback of multiple video streams at once. The PS3, no problem, there is hardware power to spare there so no worries for those users. But those that bought stand-alone blue ray players, are left out. But does anybody really even use those features on either format?
That's where the PS3 pulls ahead of the 360 as a stand alone player, it's the audio department. Video, if you've got HDMI or VGA, your fine for the most part. Audio though, not so well. But read one of my above posts for my opinion on that.
I guess your right there. We know everyone buying the HD-DVD add-on are doing it to watch HD-DVD movies. I highly doubt Microsoft will ever market it to play HD-DVD games, never. If worse comes to worse, we'll see games on multiple discs, like Blue Dragon does already.
As for the PS3, it seems most users don't even realize it can play Blue-Ray discs, which is a shame. Either format delivers excellent picture and sound, and with 51 Gig HD-DVD discs coming out sooner or later, th...
It is only limited to 1080i when you are using component cables. If you are using VGA or the HDMI in the newer models to connect to your TV, you need not worry about getting 1080p content to display (and if you own an older 360 with no HDMI, VGA is the way to go, depending on your TV). VGA/HDMI also let you upconvert DVD titles as well, maybe even streamed movies as well (not sure on the last one)? The only downside is that you cannot output the lossless audio codecs from you HD-DVD movies to...
how can people be willing to pay those prices just to get one? I mean, for those prices, you could get a 360 or PS3. And both of those systems have a very decent roster of games (which right now, I would give the advantage to the 360, next year, who knows). The Wii has some great titles, like Mario Galaxy, Zelda, Metroid Prime 3, RE4 Wii, Wii sports and uhhhh..... hmm......uh......hmm.... Yeah, right now, that's about it. Smash brothers will be great but it isn't even out right now. I just do...
Totally agree with all of those suggestions. Most of that stuff just plain makes sense. I doubt Live will ever be free, though.