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  • #61
    Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
    Look at the sales numbers, LC . Console games are kicking PC games ass!
    I know it happens - what I find difficult is grokking why it happens. I realize that my circles are highly unrepresentative of the gaming market as a whole - what would be interesting is knowing why that should be so.


    On of the reasons I don't play console games is price - if I want to play a PC game, I just buy the disc and put it into the computer I'd have even if I didn't play games. If I wanted to play a console game, I'd, over the cost of the game itself, I would have to fork out hundreds of dollars on a console and a TV set. Obviously, this calculation would work out differently for someone who needed a TV but not a computer for non-gaming purposes.
    Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

    It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
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    • #62
      Can you imagine playing tennis with that thing?

      That would be a good idea for a game!
      I need a foot massage

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      • #63
        *Place "O' Realy" owl here.*
        I've allways wanted to play "Russ Meyer's Civilization"

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        • #64
          Originally posted by Last Conformist
          I know it happens - what I find difficult is grokking why it happens. I realize that my circles are highly unrepresentative of the gaming market as a whole - what would be interesting is knowing why that should be so.


          On of the reasons I don't play console games is price - if I want to play a PC game, I just buy the disc and put it into the computer I'd have even if I didn't play games. If I wanted to play a console game, I'd, over the cost of the game itself, I would have to fork out hundreds of dollars on a console and a TV set. Obviously, this calculation would work out differently for someone who needed a TV but not a computer for non-gaming purposes.
          A few other considerations come into play. Console games are usually (but not always I stress) bug free. A main reason is because it is a single platform to program for unlike the vast arrangements PCs can have (and a lot of times you have bugs that affect one type of card... like the CivIV problems ATI users were having). Don't underestimate the appeal in just putting a disc in a console and not worrying about bugs.

          Secondly, a console and a bare bones PC to surf the web are cheaper than a good gaming PC (everyone basically has a TV anyway).
          “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
          - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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          • #65
            Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
            Console market share in North America on 12/31/2007 (including Dec sales figures)
            - If Nintendo is #1 in market share, I have to wear an avatar of your choosing (I assume it'll have to be Feb or March depending on when the numbers come)
            - If Nintendo is NOT #1 in market share, you have to wear an avatar of my choosing
            I'm not sure I want to see Harry Potter's arse whenever I read your posts
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            • #66
              I know it happens - what I find difficult is grokking why it happens. I realize that my circles are highly unrepresentative of the gaming market as a whole - what would be interesting is knowing why that should be so.
              It all boils down to the kinds of games you want to play and the kind of experience you want. If you and your friends only play strat games, its no wonder you don't care much for consoles.

              Also, playing a game on the PC and on a console is two quite different experiences. Like Imran pointed out, PC gaming is frequently a pain in the ass. Believe it or not, a lot of people don't want to deal with that crap. And a lot of people I know simply don't enjoy playing on the PC. They prefer to sit confortably in their living rooms, playing on their large screen TV.

              On of the reasons I don't play console games is price - if I want to play a PC game, I just buy the disc and put it into the computer I'd have even if I didn't play games. If I wanted to play a console game, I'd, over the cost of the game itself, I would have to fork out hundreds of dollars on a console and a TV set. Obviously, this calculation would work out differently for someone who needed a TV but not a computer for non-gaming purposes.
              Consoles are the price of mid-range videocards.
              Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – Lessing

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              • #67
                Originally posted by nostromo

                Consoles are the price of mid-range videocards.
                Checking a "best buy" site, an Xbox 350 Core System is quite noticeably more expensive than my graphics card, and the Xbox 360 Premium is almost twice as expensive.

                I don't think you can say that my NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT is particularly low-end either.
                Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

                It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
                The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok

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                • #68
                  Lucasarts will apparently be selling a lightsaber-dueling game for the Wii. Yeah, that won't sell like hotcakes at all...
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                  • #69
                    Checking a "best buy" site, an Xbox 350 Core System is quite noticeably more expensive than my graphics card, and the Xbox 360 Premium is almost twice as expensive.

                    I don't think you can say that my NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT is particularly low-end either.
                    It will be low-end in a couple of months Anyway, the 360 is cheaper than a high-end video card. And need I remember that the video card in the 360 is a lot better than the 6600 GT? You can play Oblivion with all the bell and whistles on the 360.
                    Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – Lessing

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                    • #70
                      Originally posted by Last Conformist
                      Checking a "best buy" site, an Xbox 350 Core System is quite noticeably more expensive than my graphics card, and the Xbox 360 Premium is almost twice as expensive.

                      I don't think you can say that my NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT is particularly low-end either.
                      A x1800XT ATI with 512 MB (which even that isn't as advanced as the X360's vid card), you may be able to find for $300 if you hunt around. Of course, that doesn't take into account the cost of the processor and increased power supply.

                      The amount you'd have to spend to get a PC that can play Oblivion with almost similar to the X360 (because it can't get exactly the same... not yet) is going to cost more than the X360 Premium, by a very good amount.
                      “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                      - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                      • #71
                        Any way you cut it Nintendo sucks and is for little kids. The sub-$200 price tag smacks of desperation.
                        Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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                        • #72
                          Originally posted by monolith94
                          Lucasarts will apparently be selling a lightsaber-dueling game for the Wii. Yeah, that won't sell like hotcakes at all...
                          And how much of the youth market will see that, salivate and convince their parents to buy it JUST for "hit" games like that?

                          The Wii will dominate the market, if I believed in sigs or icons(I don't heh) I would of bet it.

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                          • #73
                            I do not own any consoles, and yet I am getting excited about Wii. I really liked the GameCube games I saw my friends play. Wii may end up as the first console I own.

                            Besides, it has the awesomest name ever.

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                            • #74
                              It's rather nice. MS is saying, buy 360 and a Revolution, Sony is saying, buy PS3 and Revolution. I wonder what Ninty is saying? Buy Revolution and Revolution?

                              If gamers listen to Sony & MS, Revolution will outsell both of them.


                              Originally posted by Oerdin
                              Any way you cut it Nintendo sucks and is for little kids. The sub-$200 price tag smacks of desperation.
                              No. Just my opinion, mind you.
                              I've allways wanted to play "Russ Meyer's Civilization"

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                              • #75
                                Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui


                                A x1800XT ATI with 512 MB (which even that isn't as advanced as the X360's vid card), you may be able to find for $300 if you hunt around. Of course, that doesn't take into account the cost of the processor and increased power supply.

                                The amount you'd have to spend to get a PC that can play Oblivion with almost similar to the X360 (because it can't get exactly the same... not yet) is going to cost more than the X360 Premium, by a very good amount.
                                Certainly, but still less than a Xbox 360 Premium + a TV + a computer good enough for the non-gaming things I do.
                                Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

                                It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
                                The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok

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