To have some recognition for the earned achievements there should be an incentive from microsoft/publisher/developer like clothes for the avatar, points or free dlc .... what ever you can think of. this would be very nice and a form of a give back. Depending on the grade of the achievement (1000P in one Game should be more honored than 1000P over different games) the give back is different. This would be a mix between Achievements and Trophies.
... the differentiators (or in other words "key success factors") are "friends" AND "price" AND "released games". Changes in one of this parameters can change the play for PS3 and 360. For example: if the 360 lineup next years will be weak, "friends" and "released" games factor will go up for PS3 --> PS3 will gain share. If 360 line-up will be like 2007 then 360 will hold or gain more share.
Absolutely cool trailer. Very different to the japanese ones, but absolutely fantastic.
I don't understand that pixel comparison. a game that sucks can have the best graphics ever, nevertheless the game will suck. so whats the deal. for me its not the graphics its the gameplay, the story, the twists, the fun. best example is Left 4 Dead. Old Engine but a lot of fun. i always prefer little less graphics in favor for steady 60fps game performance.
so the only important thing to me in that comparisons are the frame rates.
@militant: because I live in europe and the game isn't released in europe yet.
... with a launch machine. Repair was totaly free. After only 1 week I got a new 360 + 1 month free gold live. So this error seems to be covered by the 3 year warranty too.
Begin 2006 i was supposed to buy the PS3 because of the CELL. But then they slipped the release of the PS3 in Europe to Doomsday. That caused that I bought a 360. And you know what, I am happy with my decision because of the games I played and can play. Today, on the PS3 there are only 4 released games which I interested in: MSG4, Uncharted, White Knight Chronicles and Valkyrie Chronicles.
On my 360 I had the most fun with:
Splinter Cell Double Agent
RS Vegas 1 + 2 <...
It's a shame that ME didn't got more DLC releases. I hope they will get the elevator a little bit faster LOL
I assume XBOX 360 games sells better because ...
1) There is a little chunk of customers that uses the PS3 mainly as a BR player (let it be <15% those people dont by any games)
2) XBOX users can only play games on the 360, so if you buy a 360 then you will probably buy 1 or 2 games a year (I Know Netflix, but not in Europe so far)
3) 360 owners who have purchased gold live membership will rent or buy more games because of the fee they have already paid
4) I assume (...
I hope the graphics has get some more polish compared to UI and some of the slow-downs during massive combats are eliminated. Nice to hear that you have only 7 characters instead of all the characters you had in IU. As far as I know the battle system should be better than in IU (that connect skill thing was really annoying). If they have learnt all their lessons from IU than SO4 will be an awesome JRPG. I hoping in same quality like Lost Odyssey was!
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I didn't know this.
Funny, I only got disagrees. Because I wrote something that isn't hyping Home ??? I don't get it.
@chrisnick:
Second Life has no cost, you can invest some real money to build your own building or island. Major companies did this already. Second Life is running on every Mac or PC with NO additional cost.
Macs. Ok they cost about $1K but if you need to invest in professional conferencing systems you will pay 20 to 100 times more per location. if you use Macs, the...
you can hold such meetings much cheeper in Second Life. Second, if you need video conferencing than the cheapest solution will be the use of Apple MacBooks or iMacs that comes all with a inbuilt camera and software soliution for video-conferencing up to 3 connections (maybe more?). To invest in PS3s is a dumb idea besides if the managemt would like to watch Blu Ray Movies oder play games!
I am placed in Germany/Europe and have 2 Xboxes (2 Launch Boxes, btw).
1st: Those NXE problems that causes hardware issues is a joke, isn't it? How should a software update cause RRODs ?????? As far as I know, the problem is caused by overheat or something like that, how should NXE cause such a problem? Do you think NXE utilizes the xbox 360 so much???? I don't think so.
2nd: The only time I experienced any problems with the NXE was in the beginning with that error...
If all this rumors are true this game will suck some time of my life. The first game already was my personel GOTY. But for me they should focus on a larger campaign or better sidemissions instead on Coop or Multiplayer.
There they also always tell you the move you are doing if it is a special attack. So thats nothing new. For me it is ok. The only thing I am not sure about the game is the camera. What I have seen in videos the camera will maybe not help in your fights ....
... and he doesn't like JRPGs very much, he is more a western RPG fan. Ask him about Mass Effect (indeed very good) or Fallout 3 you will get hyped answers. If this Review would be done by Erik Brudvik the Score would be higher. For me, I will buy it .....
... are just a expansion of the gamer tag. those can also be used in those primetime channel games. it is really to appeal the casual gamers and if its true that there is a price cut in september for the arcade and the arcade also comes with a motion controller (also rumored) than it is clear that hey will open the battle with the Wii. Nevertheless, I am waiting for the update because of the new functions like 8 player chat rooms and matchmaking system outside game and the hd-copy option. tha...
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Do you really believe that MS will charge that type of royalties to a XBox360 exclusive ???? I cannot believe it. Lost Odyssey was on 4 discs. If the royalties are so high the game got never to break even ...
... its another shooter. Who cares on what system it is, its just a shooter. What I want see are more quality RPGs --> hopefully SO4, Mass Effect 2 or Lost Odyssey 2 or FFXIII for my 360.