It really burns you PS3 fans up to see the Xbox 360 taking the PS3 to the cleaners doesnt it.
You just have to hold onto your one last knife dont you?
Well, you're out of date there sonny-boy. Your FUD is out-dated and inaccurate. Why?
The Xbox 360 heat issues have already been fixed, and we already were told. And we've been seeing the improved hardware for months now.
Motherboard Version 1.1. This Motherboard has fewer components...
No one can touch the Xbox 360 @ $280.
What does IGN have to say about the two machines?
"Hardware shootout CONCLUSION: When you break down the numbers, Xbox 360 has provably more performance than PS3. Keep in mind that Sony has a track record of over promising and under delivering on technical performance. The truth is that both systems pack a lot of power for high definition games and entertainment. "
Its all about the Online in this title.
It looks like the lighting on the fighters in the Xbox 360 version is more accurate and active. The PS3 models look dark, with less contrast and the light is 'blocky' and less nuanced.
VRML
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Active Worlds
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Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson.
Home isnt original in any sense.
These could be more than just 'virtual lobbies'. MS Virtual Earth is nothing like Second Life.
But Second Life and Home are similar. And I think that that if Sony allowed developers to inject Objects and code into Home as a Platform (similar to Second Life), then Sony could be onto something.
Think about Home as World of Warcraft. The Consoles and players have avatars. But instead of a fantasy hack and slash RPG. The game can be "anything".
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I am going to presume they are bringing Virtual Earth to the Xbox 360.
It is aimed at the general market, more of a casual all-purpose Earth-Map platform than a "Game Centric".
http://www.microsoft.com/vi...
The two things are vastly different animals. One is fantasy (Second Life, HOME), the other is a replica of reality (Virtual Earth).
Here: http://www.microsoft.com/vi...
Virtual Earth isnt a Home clone. Home is a clone of Second Life. Virtual Earth is neither. It is a 3D map of the planet. Not a game lobby.
Who knows what MS would do with a Virtual Earth client on the Console. What Virtual Earth (on the PC) is becoming is totally unrelated to Home.
Home == a virtual shopping mall, a 3D game l...
You'll be happy to know that the Xbox 360 no longer has any heat issues. How do we know this? And we've been seeing the improved hardware for months now.
Motherboard Version 1.1. This Motherboard has fewer components, smaller components, new layout, and a new CPU/GPU mounting methodology.
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"Having identified a number of f...
Im with you. For afew bucks, I can see this giving many hours of fun gameplay.
Local co-op is going to rock in this game, your fortune depends on the proper play of your partner. Its going to get a lot of people really excited.
Japan knows that the creator of Final Fantasy has made them a new game, and its called Lost Odyssey.
The new FF is like Chrysler bought Porsche to put an emblem on the hood of a Neon.
Sakaguchi-san and the rest of the intellectual and creative talent from FF have moved to exclusive Xbox 360 development.
Kotaku _always_ reports good Microsoft (Xbox or otherwise) news with and adds a negative spin. Same thing is true of Gizmodo.
Maybe they know that the next Final Fantasy is actually called Lost Odyssey and want to play Hironobu Sakaguchi's games?
Cant do that on a PS3 in Japan. Maybe they also see the worldwide sales numbers and rightly know that if the PS3 exclusives dont go multi-playform, they wont sell anywhere outside of Japan because the install base is half the Xbox 360 and the gap is widening in favor of the Xbox 360?
Maybe the tide is turning somewhat. The TGS was a pretty bi...
Halo 3 is a Mature rated title. You dont pack those in. Further, its the biggest game of the year -- why give it away?
Further, you dont need a HD to play Xbox LIVE titles. That is why they included the memory card.
Microsoft was adding value to its console in the form of Internet TV which is presently in Beta and has 3 Seasons of Arrested Development to watch. For Free.
These boxes are just computers, and Microsoft *is* a software company... and these machines are more than just "insert disc and play game" now.
They've got to do so much more, and other than a Playstation 2, I have and never will buy any electronics from the MPAA / RIAA electronics company Sony.
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Of the games you have, these are the exclusives and their Metacritic score.
Resistance 86 / 100
Warhawk 84 / 100
Heavenly Sword 80 / 100
Motorstorm 82 / 100
LAIR 53 / 100
Perhaps all the people who regret their PS3 are looking for killer AAA 90+ games? These arent really a good argument in favor of the PS3 compared to the Xbox 360.
The Xbox 360 has 10 exclusives that score 86 or better.
Outside of the Bluray movie player, the PS3 is totally uncompelling at any price.
The games catalogue is lackluster, and that is being kind. The PSN is second rate. The downloadable content is minimal. Their is no in-game equivalent to the Xbox 360 Guide for uniform cross game invites, friends, communications, DLC and custom music.
I could go on and on about the things that the Xbox 360 does that the PS3 cannot.
The problems are more than just t...
"BC only matters the first 2 years of a consoles life because of the limited software"
I disagree. I owned (a couple) Playstation 2s. But there were games on the Xbox that I coveted. But, I have a "one console per gen" policy.
So, I decided to leave Sony and goto Microsoft's Xbox 360 this gen - for many reasons I wont repeat here.
I bought some used Xbox games that I had seen and wanted but didnt have a Xbox to play. There a...
"all the M$ hate out there"
Do you not see a problem with our cunning use of $ there? MS is no different than any other company in that it's purpose is to make money, it just happens (in my opinion) that MS is far better to its customers than most other companies.
That is why it is sucessful, and then all the "hate" comes from counter-culture morons just looking to pretend to be unique by disliking the dominant paradigm.
And, i...
"the funny thing, that's where a ton of consoles move"
But not as big a market as America. And that is where MS is headquartered.
The fact is that Japan is notoriously and widely know to be xenophobic. They dont want no gaijin electronics. They dont want gaijin anything, its part of their culture.
If the Xbox 360 said "SONY" on the front, it would be a hands-down success in Japan, no question. And the Microsoft-PS3 would be ...