Whatever is posted on the financial statement is what it is dude. You can't make up excuses like that. MS could have "continued" their line of xbox consoles to 'supplement' the 360 losses... but the first gen xbox was probably an even bigger loss leader. This is why quality control is so critical. They've sold more 360s than sony has sold ps3s. They CHARGE for Xbox live (online) and accessories. The attach rate is a ridiculous 8 per owner. So it has to be that 54.2% repair ra...
I think Heavy has the highest... but they need to work on the animation and framerates a bit...
MS has realistically one move. Another price drop. Its already done that.
Natal isn't ready. It doesn't have the games to back up the technology yet.
Short of some fantastic exclusive coming out, MS has played out their hand.
Its all about how Sony responds now.
Oh wait, I forget MS has TONS of Sony PR bashers. Like right now and the last couple of days. Funny how they come out only during huge Sony announcements.
what the...? What about newly totally revamped from the ground up game splinter cell conviction?
hahah only you would think like that. 8 bit thinking. how about reuse of practically every graphical asset from the first game, sound, animation,engine, with very few "real" improvements like lighting.
To me the $12 mill budget represents why not too many people in the biz believe this was a "HUGE" graphical upgrade that Epic kept selling to gamers. Cuz it wasn't.
There are pretty much two types of gameplay like the review says. A stupid simplistic brawler with "exp" add-on moves, and a pseudo stealth take down "detective" mode.
I think the story must be pretty good, because I seriously as heck did not see 9.0+ material in the gameplay. I'm sorry but to me it plays like gears of war melee and the batarangs in the demo didn't do much. I guess they explode later on... but to me it looks like one of those, "select...
Your analogy works when there's a pricing discrepency of $100. When its the same? The consumer isn't stupid enough to ignore which product is more well known or the product with more features. The barrier is down. Its all fair game at this point (or would be if MS didn't just announce their new price cut lol). If MS is so sure about their product, they wouldn't need to lower the Elite's price in response to the PS3 Slim. My question is how can be you so confident when even MS is playing ...
hardly.
The grass blades in flower are individually rendered... not 'clumped'.
Finally, why don't we make the discussion fair and also throw in an impressive console title from the 360 or Wii consoles? Can you think of any?
Agreed, while this is probably a gen behind what crysis "could" do on a high end rig, I believe Uncharted 2 would look better than crysis IF we did a comparison of a PC running with 512mb shared system AND GP memory.
I think both Uncharted2 and KZ2 are both in their own right, a generation above what we've seen coming out from any console title so far. Let's face it, the PS3 has the most graphically impressive games this gen. Short of crysis, it is definitely in the re...
Would you give a kid who repeatedly gest caught stealing property from others a break? NO. Would they go to jail after a second or third offense? YES!
So where is it logical to give a company that continually steals intellectual property from other companies a break? Here's the rub, MS, gets slapped a little fine and... that's it! Where's the jail time after the 20+~ patent and trademark infringmenets?
How about giving the shoplifting kid in jail the break?
Yes PS i can download FF7 too . what's your point?
uh... are you joking Sunil? Where do you come up with your arguments when I can go straight to xbox live marketplace and find "intellivision lives!" for 1200 MS points ($15)...and 28 other xbox original titles ripping you $15 holes... oh wait, there's a subscription fee to pay to download this crap?
Intellivision Lives! Repeat after me... Intellivision Lives!
uh... u could have bought the whole 'bundle' it was an option from the start... Even at $20 it is a far more comprehensive, very high quality title that you can't even find on XBL (due to download size limit).
To throw a wrench into your lame slippery slope argument All-3, lets put some clear unmistakable arguments up for consideration:
- Do your paid-for premium themese for pre-NXE still work post NXE
Y or N?
- Did you pay $20 (1200 pts) for Battlefield on XBL when everyone paid $14.99 on the Ps3?
Y or N?
- Did you tack on that $49.95/ year cost on top of all XBLA purchases?
Y or N?
- Do you happen to forget "premium" themes on Live cost a...
Xi... thats was very sad that you had to pull a PC Gary's Mod LD4 screenshot as your Uncharted character comparison... I mean did you honestly have to sink that low to make your point?
I think Forza3 is a great example of what the 360 can pull with polygons. I don't think what the 360 can pull in terms of polys has ever been disputed from the ps3 camp. What has been disputed and is quite noticeable from 1st party development on the ps3 is the sheer number of physics and particl...
I'm sorry but playing Geow2 AND Geow1... I don't think the 360 studios have been pushing the hardware anywhere near what the 1st developers at Sony have done. Geow2 = Geow1 with better lighting... that's about it. Those hordes were nothing more than scripted puppets walking in one direction while you fired at the 3-4 that were "actually" attacking you.
Its not about just different "settings". The graphical effects on gow3 are still superior even given the "different" art direction.
Actually, to me its completely opposite to what you've stated. The art style is close to if not exactly the same as its predecessors in keeping with the game "world" including the washed out lighting, anime-like characters, building architecture, etc. The feathers acting and reacting to touch, wind, elements, etc is pure Graphics and physics. The extreme amounts of complex lighting going in to shadow the guardian's complex body correctly. That is no mean feat. There are so many ...
Character design is amazing. Graphics are great too, (character detail, dialogue, animation). But i can't help feel after watching the gameplay action that it's more generic than Gears of war1 or 2. My reasoning is this and you may disagree but that's what gamer zone is for anyway. It has to do with the fact that there are these generic shooting sequences with generic cover blocks where you move from place to place until you reach the destination. Its like playing one of those randomly g...