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I'm surprised that no one made this thread already. As you know the dawn of a new generation is upon us. With only days until E3 and an even shorter period of time before the unveiling of the new Xbox there is much to be excited about. Feel free to post your thoughts about the new crop of systems or your system of choice.
also a ps3 coming out and a nintendo revolution, gonna be sweet
Only next gen being announced is the Xbox 360. Sony and Nintendo are still waiting for the right time. Ps2 sales are still pretty good right now, so Sony wouldn't want anything to affect that.
PS3 and revolution are planned for 2006 launches. Xbox 360 is comming this november. This thursday microsoft is doing a special officially unveiling the next xbox on MTV. Should prove interesting. Although I see something similar happening with the Xbox 360 and the PS3 as sony did with the sega dreamcast and the PS2.
Microsoft will try to get people to hop on board for the next generation but Sony will discourage people by showing tech demos of the PS3 and hyping up how it's supposed to be much more powerful.
I think sony's also trying to hype the PSP a bit. Why focus on something that's not coming out for another year when you've got a brand new spiffy $300 piece of hardware to pump now?
Of course, the PSP has like 2, maybe 3 good games for it. But that's never stopped them before :-p.
i prefer DS to PSP the game on ds a alot more tricky to play but you see little kids playing it with out any problems which is funny
i rather wait for the ps3. if i had a x-box or x-box 2 given to my for free i end up blowing the things up(anger issuses and a hate for microsoft it a computer company and they shoudl stick to that lol)
i'll get a psp once tehy get cheaper and a few good games. mostly i want soem good rpgs . and teh 1 gig memory sticks :-)
nintendo ok i got a few good games i like msotly the remake of zeldas and mertroid :-) and with my freeloader i also play naruto from japan on it ;-)
Christ, I hope English isn't your first language.Quote:
Originally posted by: Darkcarnage
i rather wait for the ps3. if i had a x-box or x-box 2 given to my for free i end up blowing the things up(anger issuses and a hate for microsoft it a computer company and they shoudl stick to that lol)
i'll get a psp once tehy get cheaper and a few good games. mostly i want soem good rpgs . and teh 1 gig memory sticks :-)
nintendo ok i got a few good games i like msotly the remake of zeldas and mertroid :-) and with my freeloader i also play naruto from japan on it ;-)
the only psp game I've seen that's compellingly good is Lumines. And while that's a kickass game, it's certainly not worth $350 to get it, ya know?
But don't bag on the xbox just because it's microsoft. MS is not going away. And the console is pretty damned good. Microsoft and gaming go hand-in-hand ... their DirectX apis have LONG been the choice of game developers for the versatility and performance, and ease of development compared to OpenGL. Not to mention platform standardization and backward compatibility.
Besides, the line between consoles and pc's is blurring. They're both computer equipment. Just that one's got a keyboard and mouse, and the other has a custom controller.
Right now neither the DS or the PSP is a must buy. There are absolutely no really killer app titles that demand my attention. I'm more inclined towards the DS mostly because I hate sony after what they did to sega. I'm really hoping that nintendo pulls out a killer app or two during E3. So far PSP isn't selling as well as it was expected to. Mostly because sony is trying to market it as an all inclusive multi media device. For the average consumer it's very confusing because they have no idea of what to make of it. Sony should have distinguished the PSP as a gaming machine and used all of the other features as nice extras. PSP isn't as good for watching movies or listening music it's just something that you get as a nice extra.
I'm really hoping nintendo dosen't fuck up with the revolution. I'm getting mixed messages but nothing will be clear until E3 comes along. Also Bungie should be shot for what they did with halo 2's ending. This penny-arcade strip sums up my feelings best.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2005-03-18
Here's another one that pokes fun at the sony microsoft pre E3 press party battle.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2005-04-13
Generally I don't like most of the penny arcades strips but when they hit the mark they go straight for the jugular.
Everyone who's played Lumines calls it a very awesome killer app. If I had a ton of money I'd get a PSP for the excellent portable racing, puzzle and tactical strategy games it had at launch.
didnt feel like posting this anywhere else, but heres what the new xbox will look like(compared to the old one)
http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/...5042458413.jpg
pretty dumb looking, but I'll buy it anyway
Why MTV? MTV is a music station, right? Music Television?Quote:
This thursday microsoft is doing a special officially unveiling the next xbox on MTV. Should prove interesting.
Oh yeah, I forgot. MTV doesnt play that stuff anymore. Just a bunch of marathons of crapness.
But onto the next-gen consoles, the Xbox 360 is something that I'm interested in. Hopefully, there will be plenty of hoopla about it at E3.
EDIT: Just saw Knives122's post. Looks pretty cool!
Nintendo only needs to release one game to regain it's hold on the portable game market. Or better yet regain it's hold on the console game market while there at it. With this release nintendo could turn things around completely. All they need to do is produce a massively multiplayer pokemon game. Can you even begin to imagine it. It would be more devestating to todays children then polio was in the 1950's. Game structure works perfectly for MMORPG. People can go and train and battle with other trainers online in real time then they go and get badges from different player controlled gyms which would function as clans. Every few months Nintendo could run a pokemon league tournament where everyone whose gotten all the badges compete against one another in different tournamnet leagues for prizes.
Brilliant, god I hate nintendo for not taking advantage of their great properties.
The new xbox looks pretty cool. Still huge though. I wonder how many consoles will be out until its as small as the GC.
Supposedly Perfect Dark Zero is going to be a launch title for the Xbox 360. I'm really curious to see it in action especially when you consider how many years it's been in development. I really hope rare dropped the crappy cartoon art style which they used as a teaser.
yeah, they're geniuses at innovation, but morons at marketing [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]Quote:
Originally posted by: LobsterMagnet
Brilliant, god I hate nintendo for not taking advantage of their great properties.
Gamecube was a much bigger success than the X-box in Japan. The X-box basically flopped in sales. Just check the rankings over at magicbox. Hope Nintendo comes out with a better next gen console as they are only relying on the Marios and Links with the occasionaly RE to help them in sales.
a next gen smash bros game would be all the excuse i'd need to buy one
Microsoft's getting Logitech to make the controllers for Xbox 360 this time. We all remember what happened when Microsoft tried to design controllers...