Xbox 360/Playstation 3/Revolution Thread (Part 2)

[Asher]

And I'm going to very much doubt Nintendo sticks to its plan of free downloads for older games.

Bookmark this thread and bump it in 2 years when Nintendo launches Revolution.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Asher
If I hear that joke one more time, I'm going to shoot the next person who makes it.

Try and I'll kick your skinny gay ass, boy!!

I saw the PS3 and XBox 360 on TV today. I didn't see much of the PS3 stuff, but what I saw made me agree with the presenters: the PS3 looks like it will win this round.

[mrmitchell]

The Revolution will not support HD.

I'm not rushing out to buy a HD television anyways. Unlike some technomaniacs I can keep the same TV for a few years.

Besides, who would want to play Goldeneye 007, Duck Hunt, and Yoshi's Island in HD?

[Asher]

That makes no sense.

In what context?

[Asher]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
I'm not rushing out to buy a HD television anyways. Unlike some technomaniacs I can keep the same TV for a few years.

Besides, who would want to play Goldeneye 007, Duck Hunt, and Yoshi's Island in HD?

I can already play those for free on my computer...so can anyone.

What I want is to play new games, not ones I beat 15 years ago.

[ixnay]

Some of us would like to play them free legally, though.

In any case, the PS3 doesn't interest me in the slightest and at this point I'd take the Revolution and 360 over it - and our current console is a PS2. Of course, the reason we got it is that it was the only system with DDR games on it at the time.

[Asher]

Hardware wise, it'll be more or less a draw.

Software wise, Sony doesn't have much exclusives people are clamouring over. All the hype from PS3 was the Killzone prerendered footage. Those of us who remember...Killzone was hyped to hell this year as Sony's "Halo killer".

It sucked: http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpage...asp?q=killzone

Timeline wise, MS has about a year jump on the PS3.

Service wise, Xbox Live owns anything Sony has by orders of magnitude.

[Imran Siddiqui]

WOW... the Revolution is going to have free NES and SNES games?! That almost makes it a must have 2nd console if the price is right!

[mrmitchell]

I don't think Nintendo would sell the Revolution at a loss. Therefore, even if many people only bought it for older games without ever buying a single Revolution game, it would be OK.

However--isn't there a licensing issue with the many third party games? If it was only Nintendo-made games, it would still be nice, but no longer would it rock.

I can already play those for free on my computer...so can anyone.

You have been reported.

Expect the super team (Shigeru Miyamoto and Reggie Fils-Aime) to kick your ass at an undisclosed time between now and tomorrow morning.

[Kuciwalker]

I'm sure Nintendo could work something out with most third-party games.

[ixnay]

I thought I read that first-party games would be free and third-party games would be priced however the owners want, but nothing has been finalized yet.

[flash9286]

Originally posted by Asher
Hardware wise, it'll be more or less a draw.

Software wise, Sony doesn't have much exclusives people are clamouring over. All the hype from PS3 was the Killzone prerendered footage. Those of us who remember...Killzone was hyped to hell this year as Sony's "Halo killer".

It sucked: http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpage...asp?q=killzone

Timeline wise, MS has about a year jump on the PS3.

Service wise, Xbox Live owns anything Sony has by orders of magnitude.

Sony is planing to build a service like xbox live called underground. They hired the person that designed Live to build it. How do you call Devil May Cry and Soul Calibar not good exclusives. PS3 doesnt need a Halo killer because Halo sucks. A mediocre shooter with decent mp support can kill Halo.

[Kuciwalker]

Doesn't matter if you think Halo sucks - most people think it rocks. Go suck on it.

[Nostromo]

Originally posted by Asher
Hardware wise, it'll be more or less a draw.

Software wise, Sony doesn't have much exclusives people are clamouring over. All the hype from PS3 was the Killzone prerendered footage. Those of us who remember...Killzone was hyped to hell this year as Sony's "Halo killer".

Now you're not being fair. Don't worry, they'll have the exclusives. They'll probably have Final Fantasy 12, they'll have the next Gran Turismo, Metal Gear Solid (Splinter Cell is superior, but a lot of people love the Metal Gear series) and possibly the next Grand Theft Auto. Imo, Microsoft has a lot of work to do on exclusives. They can't rely on Halo alone in order to beat Sony. To be fair, they did a decent job this time around, but they need something really big, like Grand Theft Auto and Splinter Cell exclusives (but that would be very expensive.)

[Tassadar500]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Doesn't matter if you think Halo sucks - most people think it rocks. Go suck on it.

Exactly. The fact of the matter is, it is the most popular shooter out right now.