"So you will have new exclusive IPs coming?
Absolutely, absolutely."
This is where Microsoft really need to knuckle down - Halo,Gears and Crackdown are all nice but to really dominate they need to have some more first party IP's that they can have in the pipeline at all times.
At the moment i think this is where they are slightly behind Sony.
Good Luck to the new guy though, hope you've got the determination to extend the 3...
Digital downloads maybe the future,perhaps 10 years away in a truly viable form but people will still like hard copys - especially of games.
Also when you buy a game now you get the booklet with instructions, history of the game - and they always smell good!
With a DD game im not sure how they would replicate the booklet, more menus to wade through i guess.
Perhaps with the PS5 and the like Digital Downloads will take off big time.
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In before the fanboys.
This article could have been posted 5 years ago and still say the same.
As a veteran of XboxLive and someone who likes to talk online (i know i know i never shut up) about tactics and the state of the world this isnt entirely true.
In my experience players who muck up in team games are usually subject to being called F@gs or R3tards.
I would like the age of users on xboxlive to be monitered though - perhaps with some system in place that lets the m...
In hardware they would appear to be slowly chipping away at Microsoft - though Nintendo have no worries at the moment.
In software quality Microsoft reigns supreme still, with an awesome unmatched Winter line up this trend looks set to continue.
Sony are second in software quality,whilst Nintendo are seriously lacking :This Winter:;
Gears 2,Fable 2 = 10/10
LBP,Resistance 2 = 8/10
Wii Music,Monkey Madness = 3/10
Rare are an incredibily diverse group, Kameo,Viva Pinata,Banjo,Perfect Dark etc
This gen they are giving 360 owners alot of choice with titles that although arent AAA - are very fun to play.
Wonder if they could maybe team up with someone like Gearbox and do Halo4 - i know that alot of the Goldeneye bods have left but still,these guys are talented.
I think its because Nintendo have shifted the most Hardware that people have turned against them.
Ask yourselves this question - If Nintendo were in last place with console sales at the moment would you still feel negativity towards them?
Probably not - Myself and alot of friends are just annoyed that the Wii games dont rate against the best PS3 or 360 games yet people are still raving about it.
Home is Sonys answer to the old xbox live we are currently enjoying and have been enjoying for years.
Home is a catch up to this service - hats of to Sony,theyve really concentrated on the online aspect which was pitiful on the PS2.
Ms's new live experience leaves Home for dead - seriously MS have just raised the bar yet again.
An analogy if you will.........
Old xboxlive service is like the record holder of high jump at 2.30 metres ...
Everytime you think Microsoft have got its online the best it can be they go and unleash this.
I feel sorry for their competitors - they show how they are going to do their online service and hype things in a real big way.
Just as its coming up to their competitors release date Microsoft go and move the goal posts.........heck theyve just moved the pitch.
Ease of use,intergration and fun seem to be what MS are going for and boy,theyve nailed it.
My flopstation3 is Looking mighty Floppy if I do say so myself
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flop
(flŏp) pronunciation
v., flopped, flop·ping, flops.
v.intr.
1. To fall or lie down heavily and noisily.
2. To move about loosely or limply: The dog's ears flopped when it ran.
3. Informal. To fail utterly: The play flopped.
4.Too Human
5.Haze
6.Lair
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By all accounts it seems you can have a decent version at the end of 09 when it will be ready or you can have a version now - major features missing.
Sony have caved in to pressure to get it out this year and now are releasing a service that although is free, is also lacking due to broken promises..........
They really need to learn to not super-hype things - they end up with egg on their faces and more importantly the consumers are let down - yet again.
My video stuttered alot to - and i buffered the entire lot before viewing it.
Still looks very nice though - theyve got that gritty feel down to a t.
Like the achievements also - 'psychotic prankster' i think it was when he stuck a grenade on someone and it blew him away.
Graphics looked very detailed aswell - i thought it was a high end pc version until i saw the first achievement pop up - 360 power is definitely there and being used by some!
GOT IT
When you hit a bad shot and it lands in the water Phelps dives in to retrieve it for you?
Could i get a copy of Alan Wake/ Duke Nukem Forever and FF13 early aswell.........
As long as Zangief is still the big camp wrestler and Ken shouts out 'Hadoyuken' im ok.
Infact i might buy the 360's SF2 HD on the marketplace for a few MS points - just to hear those sound effects again.........
EDIT - Disagree LOL.Apparently i wont be downloading this from the marketplace.
Did the disagree come from me or someone else..... *starts thinking paranoid thoughts*
Reminded me of the old Hammer Horror movies - cheesy but strangely very atmosphoric.
Looks hectic yes but a bit repetitive - sitting on the fence for the moment.
Balrog was the boxer type guy - i think!
"oh and arrrgh.....stating that 10vs10 would cause chaos would just mean that the devs didn't or couldn't add much scale to the online aspect of gaming which sucks. "
The developers have already stated that to retain the feel and flavour of Gears in this instalment then they wanted to keep the multiplayer tight,upclose and personal - thus 5 vs 5.
Bungie did the same with Halo3 - they were going to have 16 vs 16 at one point but because it wasnt 'right' ...
"Perhaps they both do?
I actually have no idea who these guys are and dont want to read the story. "
Oasis were a massive brit pop band from the 90's who have been likened to 'The Beatles'
Some of their music is awesome.
Try - Wonderwall,Half a world away,stand by me,look back in anger,champagne supernova.
Mind you why their opinion counts on gaming is beyond me......