If the developer was going to build a DirectX backend for this game, why would he target the PC and not PC + Xbox 360?
Microsoft has already said that Developers could require a HDD for games, there is no upper limit on game data storage for Xbox 360 games.
Saying you 'need' blue-ray for a video game just betrays your lack of understanding about computer archetecture.
Creating game *data* costs money. Artists and 3D Modelers costs money. Games ar...
Bluray is just a data storage medium. nothing more. it enables nothing.
It is just a place where game data sits, it doesnt "enable" shiat. External Storage (CDs, DVDs, HDDVDs and Blueray) is infinately expandable. Multiple discs for more space. Thats it. Nothing more.
What this guy is saying is Inaccurate, and your an idiot for buying the BS PR.
Lionhead always does great work (loved Black & White and Fable), I really can't wait for Fable 2.
Why would you think MS should lower the price? They're just adding value to the bundle -- a great move for Xmass Gift-Giving.
Alliance is 8.2 / 10 and Forza is 9/10 on Metacritic (see the links above). But the point is basically, MS is putting in two Best in Genre games; AAA in both cases.
I've not played Marvel Alliance yet (but will, after I buy one of these for a gift this Xmass).
But, according to Metacritic it is pretty damn good. 8.2 / 10.
http://www.metacritic.com/g...
Forza 2 has 9 / 10 AVERAGE on Metacritic:
What? Are you joking? Sony is the KING of Failed proprietary formats:
Betamax lost to VHS.
DAT - stillborn
Memory Stick is a failure, sony still ramming it down its users' throats.
MiniDisc
UMD - see music or movies on UMD anymore? No.
ATRAC - stillborn
Sony Dynamic Digital Sound
Multi-Media Compact Disc
HiFD
Super Audio CD
Hi-MD
Professional Disc for DATA (PDD)
Sony is a laughing sto...
People who wait for Xmass shopping are more price sensative than people who buy at other times of the year.
People who shop for Consoles dont buy a machine because of what is going to be released in the future. They buy what is in front of them at the time.
Aunt Sally doesnt buy her sons' a Santa Claus PS3 because she knows 08 is gonna bring AAA titles.
Aunt Sally buys her son the box that costs a little less, ships with a couple games. THEN she ...
"In my opinion the console with 40 % failure rate (RRoD) is a failure. prove me wrong"
Where the mother fcuk did you pull that out of your arse? Care to provide a citation for that? You fanboys are *out* of your minds if you think that is remotely accurate.
Provide a reputable CITATION or STFU.
That said, when my PS2 burnt a motherboard -- did Sony replace it? No! I did. When the 2nd unit fried two drives, did Sony replace those?
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Lets not debate the two console's libraries. Ignore the prices.
The Xbox 360 has *much* going for it. Console to PC messaging rocks. The Guide plays music, from anywhere, in every game. Tonnes of HD Movies & TV (I cant see Music *not* being this fall). Internet TV(!) for free. Unified LIVE platform for every game. TrueRanking. A good Reputation system to thwart jackarses. Windows Media Center Extender puts your CableCARD, Radio Tuner, and TV Tuner's lets you use WMC...
You dont need to wait or worry about the heat issues any longer. Why?
Start here:
"Having identified a number of factors which can cause general hardware failures indicated by three red flashing lights on the console, Microsoft has made improvements to the console and is enhancing its Xbox 360 warranty policy for existing and new customers."
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Xbox 360 has tonnes of HD (and non HD) Movies and TV for download. Internet TV rocks and is free (it is currently beta, and it has the first 3 seasons of Arrested Development for free to watch).
MS has a Xbox LIVE only TV Series contest in production. You can play your own music in *every* game via the Guide from any device (ipods, zunes, network shares, the Xbox 360's HD). I expect that MS will unveil music purchases via Xbox 360 and music subscriptions on Xbox 360 with thi...
If what you are saying is true (and, I agree with some of it). Then why arent people buying the PS3?
The problem isnt just the price.
People _do_ know Sony's reputation and history with proprietary media formats, and Sony's crazy anti-customer DRM and fighting fair-use.
There are problems with Playstation Network, with the games library is lack-luster, 3rd parties struggling with development and their support is dwindling, the thing is big and ugl...
...funny, Ive seen you post that exact comment before...
The ties to those 100-odd million was Sony's "ace in the hole", it was a nod to customer loyalty. And Sony just flushed it.
Another interesting perspective (that I mentioned above) is that now Xbox 360 adopters -- who were former Sony customers -- will have access to all the original Xbox titles.
You know, all those great games that you couldnt play on your PS2... I am NOT trying to start a Xbox vs. PS2 library argument; it just goes without saying tha...
You'll have to play your PS2 games on your PS2.
But you'll now get to play original Xbox games on your Xbox 360. You get access to all those games on the Xbox that you couldnt play on the PS2 that will still have to sit in your living room.
This is going to explode in Sony's face, just like this article is saying.
The reason to have backwards capability?
To offer a nod to customer loyalty. To say, "Hey, you can just keep gaming with us, your old library will have value -- you can play it here".
This is a terrible move on Sony's part IMHO. If a PS2 owner *wont* have his library play-able in his new PS3, he has to keep his PS2 in the entertainment room.
Now that he has to have two consoles -- why not get a Xbox 360? He'll then have *ACCESS TO THE ...
"not that great a game"?
Well, the 4+ Million who've bought it so far disagree with you.
Not to mention the entire international gaming press who have given it 9.4/10 on metacritic.
Perhaps you can have the intellectual honesty to say "In your opinion" when you make such (clearly) out-of-sync with reality statements.
So, by what measure do we get to say a Game is "Killer"?
Bioshock, Mass Effect, Halo 3 and Gears are highly likely to sow up almost every Game of the Year award.
How about from Metacritic review scores (you know, the consensus on the Industry's professional press)?
How about sales? Halo 3 is the largest Entertainmnet opening in HISTORY. It sold $300 Million worth of copies in a fcuking week? Can that qualify it as "killer" en...
"PS3 is more powerful then x360"
You bought the 4D marketing hook line and sinker didnt you? Every article that has compared the two hardware wise has come out with the same verdict: different, but roughly the same hardware specs.
Developers have had the PS3 dev. kits since 2004, PS3 was late over a year, but that didnt affect the ability for the developers to work on their projects.
Whats with the excuses? The proof *IS* in the pudding...