Can I get one for $400? Are there at least 10 games that aren't on the Xbox 360 that I want to play. No and no. Still not the time.
I'm going to download 300 on 8/14 in HD via Xbox Live Marketplace. I don't need a $180 HD-DVD add-on or a $600 PS3 to play it. Just my premium 360 and an HDTV.
Massively craptacular. Don't publishers realize that there are gamers out here who want to play games in the summer too?
I was really hoping Lair could overcome the "flying on a dragon game sucks" syndrome. I mean, hell, even Square couldn't keep two versions of their dragon flyer from blowing chunks. So I'm not surprised, but definitely disappointed.
The Blue Dragon scores are certainly unexpected, seeing as how the game got such rave reviews when it released in Japan. I suspect this one will be an acquired taste, with some reviewers scoring in the 9s and some in the 7s, but I'll wager...
They may be in third at the moment, and they're likely to stay there through the holidays and well into 2008 (after all, not enough people are going to shell out $500 or $600 outside of the holidays to allow them to catch up), BUT... they're on the right track. They will have great software, and some of it will be exclusive. And eventually they'll hit a price point that more people will want ($300-$400).
With Microsoft tripping over the RROD issue (the warranty is nice, but it...
Given that OPM stopped at least a year ago, this appears to be an interesting method of keeping a subscription going. OPM claimed they were shutting their doors because in this day and age of digital distribution, a magazine with a disc was making less sense.
So I can only imagine that Xbox Live Marketplace has been slowly sucking the subscriptions from OXM (I know I stopped getting it because the demos were available on the Marketplace). However, with a deal to get some exclu...
Let's face it, the Wii has captured the mass market this generation. The 360 has XBLA to try and compete in the casual arena, but it's priced too high for the mainstream and most folks don't have cable connections yet. Now, are they well-positioned to succeed? Sure, eventually the 360 will hit the $200 magic price point, before Sony does, and at some point 3/4 of the population will have broadband access.
But the truth is, as much Mojo and moxy as Microsoft has, they and Sony ...
Pure genius post.
I still remember grade school, when everyone fought over Ford vs. Chevy (yes, I'm that old).
It's human nature to be retarded. At least for about 90% of the population, anyway.
XBLA is their entry into casual games, and they had this up and running before the Wii shipped. Heck, the 360 shipped with Hexic playable on the Arcade, and if that ain't a casual game, nothing is.
The problem is that people want to play casual games on their Wii because it's got that friendly family vibe to it. The 360 is still for hardcore gamers. Now, so far it looks like more of the hardcore gamers are picking the 360 over the PS3... but wasn't everyone saying "buy a ...
Moore's reasoning is based on planned shipped vs. actual shipped. What he's saying is (and I'm making up the numbers) "Sony expected to ship 5m units in Japan but they've only shipped 1m, so 20% of their target. We expected to ship 250,000 units in Japan and we've shipped 200,000, so 80% of target."
When you look at it that way, he's basically right. He never expected to ship millions and millions of consoles to Japan; he wanted to do better than the original Xbox the...
I think they likely have enough stock in the 60gb model to run through a few months. The real questions will be: 1, will the 80gb model be the only one available for the holidays? 2, will the PS3 return to a slump in 1h08 when the only available model costs $599?
I agree.
I also like how you managed to squeeze "wii fit" into a sentence without meaning the new boogie board controller. Bubbles!
Look, the Xbox 360 is selling about 40k units per week, the Wii is selling about 85k units per week, and the PS3 is selling about 20k units per week.
Maybe this price cut gets the PS3 into the 360 territory. But frankly, doubling their sales only gets them on par with the 360, which means they can keep pace with how far behind the 360 they are.
They need to leapfrog the 360... and at this point I don't think either of them is going to catch the Wii. The Wii is go...
As confirmed at E3.
For as popular as the DS is, you'd think there'd be more games coming for it. Phantom Hourglass is the only game of this mix that I'm looking forward to. My DS is starting to look like my PSP: empty.
Let's face it, the majority of people who are buying consoles don't know who Phil Harrison, Jack Tretton, Reggie Fils-Aime or Peter Moore are. Huge loss? Nah. Mattrick will come up to speed and slide into the face of the Xbox. But Moore leaving isn't going to change anyone's buying behavior. The 360 has a solid set of games to take it through the holiday season. How Mattrick works with Shane Kim to chart the 2008 and beyond will be for later discussion.
I'm beginning to think that Jack is following these forums and likes to see his comments given so much attention. He's getting funnier!
The only issue with that is that it says "we know better than the ESRB what our customers want." And in this industry, you don't want to get on the wrong side of the ESRB. Get in a war with them, and you're bound to have to create your own standards body.
Let's face it, this is censorship. "They" are censoring us for our own good. And for all of you out there who think you can live without Manhunt 2, the point is, would we be the people we are today if Elvis had been banned, if The Godfather had been banned, if Friday the 13th had been banned, if porn had been banned? Let's face it, it is human nature to push our limits. Otherwise we'd still be in caves smacking a couple of rocks together to make a spark.
The console m...
My son wants one for his birthday. A price drop to $149 would be nice.