WC Annihilus
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"A Microsoft representative gives word to expect the launch of Project Natal in October."
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Natal To Come October?
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Atomic3288
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But where is a game that I would want to play on this awesome tech?
thestepster
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i dunno if this is gonna end in epic fail its got potential they just have to use it properly and make some bad ass games
thestepster
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difference is there is no controller on the 360 one gesture controlling should be pretty awsome
ive got a 360 had it 2 years been utterly flawless and you get a 3 year warranty with it so it if does go wrong u get it replaced its like the ps3's and there ylod's
ive got a 360 had it 2 years been utterly flawless and you get a 3 year warranty with it so it if does go wrong u get it replaced its like the ps3's and there ylod's
alienware
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I would say that at least 70% of my friends who like consoles (not for me, too much of a one use toy) have had to buy another one. They're all lined up for this slim one coming on Friday too.
Sorry, but the thought of £50 for a new game just leaves me cold. Especially when I can get the exact same game on the PC at the same time of release for no more than £29.99. Infact, Transformers was £25. MW2 I paid £22.99. Bad Company 2 I paid £17.99 and so on.
Sorry, but the thought of £50 for a new game just leaves me cold. Especially when I can get the exact same game on the PC at the same time of release for no more than £29.99. Infact, Transformers was £25. MW2 I paid £22.99. Bad Company 2 I paid £17.99 and so on.
thestepster
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yeah pc games are much cheaper and its strange since they are pirated far too easily compared to console games need nothing special just a guy to crack it and ur away and no soft mods like the consoles
but i personally dont buy new my mate gets all the new games i get them a few day/week later when he's finished them and i get to complete them
but i personally dont buy new my mate gets all the new games i get them a few day/week later when he's finished them and i get to complete them
alienware
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PC games are cheaper because Microsoft take a massive licensing fee for a game to be released on a console. It really is as simple as that.
Ever since the original Xbox released (Gotham racing etc) Microsoft has not released so much as a wet far on the PC. They have also bribed many companies into not doing cross format releases (Alan Wake any one? note how it was cancelled?) because (in their own words) "Releasing a game on mutiple platforms is not in our best business interests" - Of course it isn't. So that extra £25 a game on console games is going straight into their pockets.
It isn't just them of course. Nintendo do it too. However, they are far less extortionate with their licensing fees. Sony are actually the worst of the lot. Back in the day of the blue PSX (the dev one) you had to pay something mental like £900 for the blue dev unit and was then under a contractual obligation to release anything you created through them and pay the enormous fees to go with it.
PC of course (by law and monopoly laws) is an open platform and Microsoft are not allowed to charge a licensing fee.
It's all of that ^ which has kept me gaming on the PC and left completely cold by consoles.
Ever since the original Xbox released (Gotham racing etc) Microsoft has not released so much as a wet far on the PC. They have also bribed many companies into not doing cross format releases (Alan Wake any one? note how it was cancelled?) because (in their own words) "Releasing a game on mutiple platforms is not in our best business interests" - Of course it isn't. So that extra £25 a game on console games is going straight into their pockets.
It isn't just them of course. Nintendo do it too. However, they are far less extortionate with their licensing fees. Sony are actually the worst of the lot. Back in the day of the blue PSX (the dev one) you had to pay something mental like £900 for the blue dev unit and was then under a contractual obligation to release anything you created through them and pay the enormous fees to go with it.
PC of course (by law and monopoly laws) is an open platform and Microsoft are not allowed to charge a licensing fee.
It's all of that ^ which has kept me gaming on the PC and left completely cold by consoles.
thestepster
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i think u still pay a fortune for a dev console from sony
yes console games are expensive,but think of how much you spend upgradeing your system to keep ontop of games i mean GPU's (460,5850 etc etc) are more than 1 xbox 360 or a ps3 sometimes both.
people go to consoles who just want it to work just work no installing no patches no securROM garbage.
i could of baught about 6 ps3's with the cash i spent on my PC as i am shure most of you could 2.
i get the microsoft issue and things but still
people go to consoles who just want it to work just work no installing no patches no securROM garbage.
i could of baught about 6 ps3's with the cash i spent on my PC as i am shure most of you could 2.
i get the microsoft issue and things but still
I own a PS3 and 360, and I only use the PS3 for blurays, in my bedroom and the 360 for forza 3. Its the price of the games, the fact they look so much better on pc and in general an FPS is so much better on Mouse+KB.
On the PC fixes come out much more often, mods are offered. The downsides are stupid DRM (I'm looking at you Far Cry 2, making me take a picture of the receipt, game and manual and then waiting 2 days) and initial price. The former is dealt with by cracks, and the latter by the fact a PC is not just for gaming. If SecreROM died, a lot of people would be very happy, most of them not pirates.
On the PC fixes come out much more often, mods are offered. The downsides are stupid DRM (I'm looking at you Far Cry 2, making me take a picture of the receipt, game and manual and then waiting 2 days) and initial price. The former is dealt with by cracks, and the latter by the fact a PC is not just for gaming. If SecreROM died, a lot of people would be very happy, most of them not pirates.
thestepster
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kinect*
thestepster
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i think natal was a better name for it since we were all used to it
alienware
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name='AMDFTW' said:
Totally don't agree with much of that dude, sorry.
Last year OCUK were doing a fantastic wee system for about £330. It consisted of a OCZ 400w psu, 4gb DDR2, Athlon 2 and a 1gb 4850. It was more than enough to run games at decent settings without spending loads.
£330 may seem a lot compared to a 360 right? Well, take into account that a console is basically a one trick pony (well, you can watch films on them but then you can do that on the £15 DVD player I have) and then take into account all of the things you can do on a PC (web browsing, emails, ebay, movies, music, dvd, programs (photoshop etc) games, etc etc) and that £330 is nothing.
Especially as it is far less likely to fail and within 6 months of gaming you will have saved enough money in games to have covered the cost of it.
Sure, for PC snobs like you and I (who love to crank on the settings) it may well be more expensive but then it's FAR superior in every way to a console running three year old graphics technology. But then that is our choice, because a three year old GPU and even PC can run the latest games (all be it at seriously reduced settings). Mind you, even at those reduced settings they still go head to head with the 360.
What I mean by PC snob btw.. Some one like you and I who can't leave well enough alone and have to keep fiddling. Most gamers are happy with a decent PC and would never even bother to take the side panel off. That's something that you calm with as you age, as I would never even consider outing my 5770s for a 460 right now. I would rather use them until they are outdated and then go after something new.
