...it's more like Serious Sam than Serious Sam II was.
Um, $130 is a little steep, Legendary Edition or not. I can see that kind of price if it came with all the goodies like Japanese special editions: A big thick art book, tee shirt, figurines, the helmet, making of featurettes, extra maps, Red vs. Blue episodes, etc. If all you get is a lousy miniature helmet, my money is going to the bare bones version.
There can only be a limited market for downloadable games of this size. The Shivering Isles expansion will take up a sizeable amount of space on the hard drive, and is unlikely to ever be deleted, because no one will want to lose it. There can only be so many games of this type stored on the paltry 11 Gigs or so of available space on the XBOX 360 hard drive. Besides, don't game stores make a pretty slim margin on games and systems, anyway? The real money is in used games.
*Look for Unreal Tournament 3 to drop sometime before the holiday season, and many virtual bodies to start dropping soon after.*
I really hope they don't launch this game in a time frame that will put it up against Halo 3. The Unreal games are amazing in their own right, and don't deserve to be eclipsed by another game on buzz alone.
I wonder if the 360 version will support the same setup? I have been a big fan of the Unreal series since its inception, but felt a little put off by the console versions because of the frustrating controls. Joystick control might be okay for the slower paced Halo games, but the quicker UT games require pinpoint accuracy. I sincerely hope it is an option for us 'Box fans, as well. I also wonder if players can match up against each other across different consoles online...
I came here to say exactly what OLD SCHOOL GAMER said. This has absolutely nothing to do with the rendering power of the PS3 alone. It does, however, have everything to do with the computational power of the cell processor. It can piece together one heckuva tech demo.
...what would happen if Microsoft WON, and everyone just flat refused to pay the "royalties." I mean, Wal-Mart and IBM are some pretty big players. They won't just be slapped in jail if they refuse. What should happen here is an industry wide boycott of Microsoft's products, in retaliation for patent lawsuits. Oh, and all these frivolous patent filings over every snippet of code or tiny idea are the industrial equivalent to a three year old screaming "MINE!!!".