Ok, so Bioshock is great. The story line is a bit cliche, the graphics are really good, but not great, and it has no multiplayer, but it is a wonderful all around experiance.
MP3 is a different story. It doesn't really break any new ground, in spite of setting a new standard for FPS controls and having a story you don't really see anywhere else. And its too confusing to have to point and click to shoot, so it takes longer to learn than a FPS with standard, hard to get used t...
It's a gimmick like the D pad (I know most people on here don't know this, but the D pad on the NES was considered a gimmick).
It seems as though ever couple of generations Nintendo changes how we play games. NES had the D pad. SNES had it too, without a change.
N64 featured the first modern analog stick, and the GC followed.
Wii has motion control.
It remains to be seen what will happen with the Wii "gimmick," but the ot...
People who say something like that are most likely bluray owners who didn't mind buying an unfinalized design of bluray player that bluray rushed out so they didn't totally lose to HD DVD before they could get out their own format.
No, I don't believe it will last 20 years. I think it will last longer than 5, and I was just talking until the next thing comes out. To me, DVD's reign is over, even though most people still buy them.
However, the point is that DVD would have replaced betamax or VHS, either one. HD DVD will not have a shorter life than bluray if it wins the war, because the next thing will be so much better than either that it would replace them, regardless.
We just don't kno...
It's been bloody. Exclusive studios on both sides, prices still out of the reach of your average consumer (until this), and prevailing ignorance of the general public...this war as been brutal already.
It just needs to end now.
I really can't see this happening on one hand, but it makes perfect sense on the other.
We know Warner has the total HD thing, with bluray on one side and HD DVD on the other, but, and they could stand to make a fortune off that if the format war drags on, which would mean staying neutral. It seems staying neutral would be best for them both short and long term, rather than go exclusive to either side.
On the other hand, they never released those discs. They we...
And therefore no reason for them to buy a PS3, really. It's far too expensive as just a game system, and if you have enough money to buy it, at all, you probably have an HD TV.
People don't go to the library, sit at the computers, and watch movies in school. Heck, in my whole time in school, including college, most of it was in the era of DVDs, at least they were around, but in that whole time, I never saw a movie on DVD. I saw VHS and filmstrips.
I don't see how getting bluray players in computers in schools does anyone any good. I can see how it could be bad, given the cost of bluray players and the budget of schools, but, what the heck, making s...
One big reason that I see that the PS3 is likely to fail is from a site...this one. It seems PS3 fanboys love to say the 360 will fail, and if you look at 360 and PS3 sales worldwide, they're following much of the same trend. The PS3 is to the PAL regions as the 360 is to NA. It seems if the 360 is failing, the PS3 has the same fate comming in one year, with neither being strong in Japan, and each having their strong area.
That being said, I don't buy it at all. Sony gamble...
I would guess its probably a shorter wavelength to get that much data on a disc. Shorter wavelength shouldn't make much of a difference, but when you have really big numbers, a really small difference can be huge (think if a space probe was lauched at Pluto but was 0.1 degrees off...its going to miss by a lot).
I'm not sure I buy that wavelength would make that much of a difference, though, all things considered. I mean, we're talking about the difference of just a few nanome...
And it is. But, hey, if you want an HD experiance without taking out another loan from the bank (the first loan being for the HD TV), a player for as low as $150 is just what the doctor ordered. Sure, you'll want to replace it later, but it should last at least a few years so prices can come down and you can get a better HD DVD player.
It's amazing someone disagreed with you.
I would agree that studios should stay neutral, though I do have to say I am happy to see HD DVD fighting bluray, when battle lines were drawn.
Before bluray gets to a price I'll pay for a player, a new format will be out.
Why would any studio cut off very nearly as many people as Paramount?
DVD is 95% of movies sold, while bluray is 3% and HD DVD is 2%. Why is it you think someone would willingly cut out 2% but need cash for 3%? Being exclusive doesn't make sense for any studio, because there is more money to be made, and very nearly equal money to be made, on both sides.
As far as Warner goes, we have reports of them going bluray exclusive, and we have reports of them going HD ...
So Nintendo is ignoring the hardcore gamer by not showing their hardcore games?
I've seen that argument a lot, and I have to say, I guess I'm the only person who thinks most hardcore gamers will look up what games are comming while the casual has to be told what's comming.
Does anyone here not know about No More Heroes yet? Now, find a casual gamer that knows about it...go on, you have a few years. You know why you know about it and they don't? The casual game...
It's quite funny, that you tell me once I go HD, I don't go back, but I was thinking the same about the wiimote and FPS.
So I guess your opinion on the matter is really no more valid than mine, and we must agree that neither high end graphics or the wiimote are the end all and be all of FPS.
That being said, in all seriousness, without being able to read the reasons, I still think MP3 would come out on top. The story is less cliche and it was always meant to be ...
The Wii is actually following in the footsteps of the PS2 and DS, it seems, with games. All 3 had a slow start, then developers started jumping on board, and they ended up with games that cater to everyone.
The PS2 had a miserable start with games, but it got them, before too long, and it became the best selling console of all time.
The DS was said to be a gimmick and took a good year before anyone really hopped on board to make the great, original games we see ...
Since I can't read it, I'll assume MP3 is the better game for one simple reason.
You've never heard anything bad about MP3. The day after Bioshock came out, you heard nothing good about it, and two days after, you heard nothing about it.
Yeah, sure the Bioshock ordeal had to do with everything but the actual game, but since I can't read it, I have to assume. Oh well.
I didn't think the first one was bad at all. Mario isn't your average plumber, so his pants aren't half down, so its ok.
The new one looks much better, though. Of all the reasons I can see, though, the pose Mario is in is just about the last improvement that comes to mind.
Oh my, uninfrmed Wii owner!
Let's list all the good games comming out for the Wii. I'll cut out the games already out, but it seems you haven't tried Super Paper Mario, RE4, or the like, which are great games.
2007: Bleach, Battalion Wars 2, Manhunt 2, Fire Emblem, Ghost Squad, Mario Galaxy, RE: Umbrella Chronicles, and there are a lot of others that you might look at, depending on your tastes (I can't wait for Trauma Center, for instance)
2008 h...
I really hope this game does well, because it looks really goos so far. I just fear the "hardcore" gamers will never give it a chance, leaving it with low sales. I'm looking forward to it though, and I hope it does well enough to make it to the DS!