personally, xbox is one of the most best systems around!
but i have my doubts on xbox 360
can someone reasure my feeling towards this system?
Why have doubts? It's new it's fresh. When the Xbox Released I could only name a few worthy games of purchasing. Same goes right now with the 360. It's new and very hard to get a hold of. There are a ton of great games planning to come out in the future and more systems will be in abundance. Sony has downgraded their PS3 hardware to try to compete which has basically killed any superior hardware.
The 360 is a decent system and maybe working it's way towards greatness. While we anticipate games like Halo 3, A new GTA, Resident Evil 5, Final Fantasy XI, Gundam, DOA 4, Oblivion, KOTOR 3 perhaps, there are some games to hold you over. Personally I can tell you Call of Duty 2 for the 360 is far superior, Perfect Dark is worthy of purchase and I believe PGR3 and Kameo are too. Another great deal with the 360 is most of the better games are backwards compatible and later on all the Xbox Games will be compat. So if you enjoy Halo 1 or 2 or basically any star wars game or GTA then you can play it. Theres a huge list of games you can play from your xbox and I can personally tell you that it works.
The 360 will be huge. I almost garuntee it'll sell better than the Xbox did. We'll just have to wait and see. Failure in Japan but it's slowly gaining respect. In time when more games are out and developed that the Japanese want, there will be a gradual building fanbase there.
Trust me Microsofts not going anywhere anytime soon.
Oh and one more thing. The Recall thing is just a rumor. We got news in at work thats it's all just a big rumor as of now most likely started by people who didn't get one that want one. There are no recalls right now. Just blatent rumors those bastards!
IT'S NOT FRESH THOUGH. It's identical to the previous xbox save a complete drought of modding and a boost in graphics. There's nothing new nor fresh about it.
El Gigante, if you're a competitive gamer, the Xbox 360 is for you. Any 360 and 360 arcade game you play on it will have Achievements, which are gained whenever you accomplish a particular goal in the game. Say, if a new Ninja Gaiden comes out for the system and you want to prove to everyone how awesome you are for beating the game in Hard, you won't even need to tell them. People can simply look, with their Xbox Live account in the comfort of their home, at your gamercard and see that you have completed the game in that difficulty level. That's the big selling point for the 360. I'm more than likely now to play games I normally wouldn't play just to get the title's achievements and get my gamerscore up. I'll finally be renting games again. If you find that fun, like me and others, then jump right in.
As for the actual games, the launch lineup is as good as any other. Perfect Dark Zero is a solid, fun single player FPS, and its online multiplayer is incredibly addictive. It's certainly the game to get for the new console. Call of Duty 2 is also quite fun in multiplayer, offline or on, and I can bet the game is just as fun in single player if it's anything like the original Call of Duty. I can't speak from experience for other games, as I want to focus on each game separately. However, I've spent hours playing arcade games on the 360 as well, with Hexic HD coming free with the system. Then again, unless you get the enjoyment from playing all these classics (and new) arcade hits in a single console where everyone can see your scores, this may not be such a big selling point for you.
Essentially, if you want to be part of a tangible gaming community, the 360 will likely offer that in a way the PS3 and Revolution won't. The launch lineup has enough variety to satisfy all gamers, (unless you only like RPGs and fighting games).
If you liked Xbox you'll LOVE Xbox360. It has exactly everything that xbox has, but now with better graphics.
And a larger lineup of RPG's, and hopefully better quality in RPG's.
Huge Online Gameplay
More RPG's
Awesome FPS's
Better graphics and Speed
It's not like the Xbox. It'll probably be better than the Xbox. Just give it time. I'm not promising it'll be great because it could totally flop, but if all goes as Microsoft plans, it'll be a lot better.
Not much more, I guess.
The 360 is, to me, a re-done Xbox, and I won't be buying it.. But then again, The PS3 is basically an upgraded PS2, yet I'll be getting that. Why? I have no idea.
Because you are faithful to sony? :)
So the Revolution is a downgraded Gamecube. Same basic hardware just charging you to play old games. Very different *cough's* Sounds like backwards compatibility to me. Thats innovative right Sony and Microsoft? Oh wait they've already done that hahaha.
And the controller is nothing.
Also, I think it has about a 2.5 better times processor. How is that a downgrade? Don't be stupid for the sake of being stupid.
The controller is nothing? Prove it? Thats opinion not fact. I personally think the 360 controller is the best ever. It has the best grips and perfect button location.
It is an upgrade but not like Sony and Microsoft. Nintendo says they don't want to compete hardware wise so they devote their time to innovation. Ok so the DVD remote is half their innovation. Ok so you have a DVD remote as your controller and it allows you to turn it sidways like a normal controller and if you need to you can use that joy stick thingy to do FPS. ok so Basically they cut 1 good controller in half and made it into something goofy?
Second innovation is their backwards compatability with all their systems. Not so innovative.. Yeah sorry Nintendo Sonys planned that for the PS/PS2 compat with the PS3 for a while. I don't find it extra innovative.
And they want to go online. Good job ninty your only a few years behind. Nice job with the innovation though. Y'know I think it's doing really great and all... *sarcasim* at least you have great holiday bundles that'll surely sell (Not sarcasim).
So hows the Revolution really different from the Gamecube. I think it'll be the same thing only with a goofy looking remote and backwards compatibility. The 360 has back compat. The Revolution will go online which is different I guess. Touche there! But uh...... whats really different about it? Seems like a gamecube to me. Probably play new Mario, Zelda and Metroid Games. Same with Sony. I'm sure we'll see a few Metal Gears and 2,000 other games nobody will buy mixed in with some GTA's and some Final Fantasy's. I mean wheres really the difference in any of it? It's just a hardware upgrade for all of them.
No buts about it.
Out of all them, Nintendo is the only one trying anything MORE than Sony and Microsoft. Will it be good? Who knows. But at least they are trying.
And where has anyone said they were being innovative by having backwards compatability or online?
We don't know much about the Revolution, so SomebodzyRandom should just shut it.
Downgrade........................?
One thing first:
The Revolution itself is about 3DVD cases stuck together.
WOHO! no need to upgrade your floor,bookcase, etc to be able to have the console in your house- HUZZAH!
And well you see, the "innovation" of Nintendo is not the backwards compatability (or well yeah it is) nor the Wi-Fi connection.
It's the controller, and i'm sure Nintendo's "Big Secret" ain't going to be small!
[quote=SomebodyRandom]The controller is nothing? Prove it? Thats opinion not fact. I personally think the 360 controller is the best ever. It has the best grips and perfect button location.
It is an upgrade but not like Sony and Microsoft. Nintendo says they don't want to compete hardware wise so they devote their time to innovation. Ok so the DVD remote is half their innovation. Ok so you have a DVD remote as your controller and it allows you to turn it sidways like a normal controller and if you need to you can use that joy stick thingy to do FPS. ok so Basically they cut 1 good controller in half and made it into something goofy?
Second innovation is their backwards compatability with all their systems. Not so innovative.. Yeah sorry Nintendo Sonys planned that for the PS/PS2 compat with the PS3 for a while. I don't find it extra innovative.
And they want to go online. Good job ninty your only a few years behind. Nice job with the innovation though. Y'know I think it's doing really great and all... *sarcasim* at least you have great holiday bundles that'll surely sell (Not sarcasim).
So hows the Revolution really different from the Gamecube. I think it'll be the same thing only with a goofy looking remote and backwards compatibility. The 360 has back compat. The Revolution will go online which is different I guess. Touche there! But uh...... whats really different about it? Seems like a gamecube to me. Probably play new Mario, Zelda and Metroid Games. Same with Sony. I'm sure we'll see a few Metal Gears and 2,000 other games nobody will buy mixed in with some GTA's and some Final Fantasy's. I mean wheres really the difference in any of it? It's just a hardware upgrade for all of them.
No buts about it.
You are a fucking imbecile.
First off, 2.5 times a Gamecube processor would beat the hell out of Sony and Microsoft's trash in single-threaded performance hands down. They are upgrading it's graphics capabilities, they're just not supporting HD. You haven't seen what the graphics look like, so you're not in any place to complain anyway.
You haven't used the controller either, so you can't say it's "goofy" or "just a normal controller cut in half". You're also ignoring everyone who HAS used it. All developers, all gaming journalists and even regular journalists from places like MTV all agree that it's an amazing, intuitive and groundbreaking peice of kit. Oh, and none of them was waving it around like a retard either.
They never said their backwards compatibility was innovative, they're just touting it as one of it's cool features. Comparing it to PS3's compatibility is fucking bullshit and you know it, Sony have only made 2 goddamn systems; this is about to be Nintendo's 5th. Plus, it's extremely likely that Sega will offer their games on the download service too. That's over 25 years of amazing games in one small box. That's why it's a decent feature.
You have no clue how amazingly ignorant you are about Nintendo's online experience. They've been trying to go online before the internet existed. In fact, every single one of their home consoles has been able to go online in some way. The 64DDs Randnet kicks the crap out of Xbox Live any day of the week, by the way. Which just goes to show how ambitious Nintendo have been with online play before broadband even existed. They are definately not late into the game with this, and they more than anyone else know when the right time to do it is.
How is it different to Gamecube? How is it similar to Gamecube, you mean? Here's a nice list of differences:
1) Different design aesthetic
2) Better hardware capabilities
3) New controller
4) Better online service built into it
5) Better for the games industry
6) Best platform for games designers
7) Reaches new markets
8) Backwards compatible with 25 years of games
9) Backed by a new, much more aggressive president
10) It's not 18 months too late
There's a crapload more, but 10's enough to prove that you're a moron.
[QUOTE=SomebodyRandom]The controller is nothing? Prove it? Thats opinion not fact. I personally think the 360 controller is the best ever. It has the best grips and perfect button location.
The 360's controller is a GC ripp-off!
[quote]It is an upgrade but not like Sony and Microsoft. Nintendo says they don't want to compete hardware wise so they devote their time to innovation. Ok so the DVD remote is half their innovation. Ok so you have a DVD remote as your controller and it allows you to turn it sidways like a normal controller and if you need to you can use that joy stick thingy to do FPS. ok so Basically they cut 1 good controller in half and made it into something goofy?
How stupid are you?
They don't upgrade the harware more than necessary.
Because that's just stupid and it's more expensive for the buyer.
It's not a DVD remote, it's a controller you tard.
FPS, Adventure, RPG, Survivial Horror....... FPS? pfffffttt!
[quote]Second innovation is their backwards compatability with all their systems. Not so innovative.. Yeah sorry Nintendo Sonys planned that for the PS/PS2 compat with the PS3 for a while. I don't find it extra innovative.
Nintendo was first out with backwards compatability.
And it's not 10 or 15 years, but 25!
.....Innovative, no?
[quote]And they want to go online. Good job ninty your only a few years behind. Nice job with the innovation though. Y'know I think it's doing really great and all... *sarcasim* at least you have great holiday bundles that'll surely sell (Not sarcasim).
Seemingly you know shi- about Nintendo.
[quote]So hows the Revolution really different from the Gamecube. I think it'll be the same thing only with a goofy looking remote and backwards compatibility. The 360 has back compat. The Revolution will go online which is different I guess. Touche there! But uh...... whats really different about it? Seems like a gamecube to me. Probably play new Mario, Zelda and Metroid Games. Same with Sony. I'm sure we'll see a few Metal Gears and 2,000 other games nobody will buy mixed in with some GTA's and some Final Fantasy's. I mean wheres really the difference in any of it? It's just a hardware upgrade for all of them.
A FF: CC is in the making for Rev, and as you said:
Zelda, Metroid Prime, etc (That's more than enough really.)
HAH! so you are saying... the same games will be coming?
So you... don't think the "Your-so-called-DvD-remote" will offer all kinds of new INNOVATIVE games?
You really are stupid :dunno:.
[quote=SomebodyRandom]It just hasn't been upgraded like the other systems. Sure the hardware inside isn't everything, it is the games that make the console but still. I love to upgrade graphics.
HOW
THE FUCK
DO YOU KNOW?
Did you even read my post? Carry on totally ignoring people and you're well on your way to being banned again.
The Xbox controller is not a rip-off of the GC controller. Nobody would even want to steal that idea, simply because it's rather uncomfortable for a lot of 3rd Party games (Madden is awful on GCN). Sorry, this is one aspect in which HPK is right. Just look at the pictures of each:
[IMG]http://www.gadgetsville.co.uk/images/Gamecube%20official%20Joypad%20Platinum.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://www.thegames.be/images/XBOX_controller-green.jpg[/IMG]
The placement of the ABXY, the Start/Select button placement, the shoulder buttons, the little extra buttons (Z and the Black/White buttons) is entirely different. The only thing you could possibly argue is the left control stick, which is standardized for all controllers.
But it should be enough though.. :cool:
Somebody Random, how the **** can you say the revolution controller isn't innovative, but the 360 controller is totally new? You do know that it can move anywhere in a 3d plane and tilt to affect the game, right? Revolution, graphically, won't look as good as the 360 or PS3, sure, but nevertheless will have amazing graphics. In fact, it might just be in par with the 360, in terms of how it looks and not actual numbers.
SomebodyRandom, you are completely oblivious. Maybe you should take some time to actually READ people's posts.