[Sea of Time]

So, the 360 has been out for a few months now and pretty much all the launch titles have been released. So, what are your thought so far on this young system and does it have a bit of foreshadowing towards the other next generation consoles?

[Saturos S.]

I seriously enjoy it, I had high expectations of microsoft but it met them all. Too bad I havn't got HD-tv.
I'm thinking of buying one myself (as only my friend has one) because there are loads of nice games on the console. And even better, they've finally got a easy handling controller, something nintendo is still fussing about and Sony kinda screwed up. (have you seen the PS3-controller, it's aboriginal style -_-)

[Someone Else]

What new things does the Xbox 360 really bring? It's just an improvement of the original.

PS3 > Xbox 360

(even though I hate Sony more than Microsoft -_-)

[Aquamarine]

Haven't played it and never will, since probably none of my friends will get one, so I won't vote. But I'll always think bad of the console, just because it's from Microsoft... But that's another story.

[I'm Always BROKE]

I dunno but I dont see that much of an improvement. I think videogames arent gonna look much better than this, not in atleast 10 years or so... Meh I didnt saw much of the 360 but im kinda disapointed for no real reason at all. XD

[Sea of Time]

You know the graphics really aren't all that better unless your tv is HD-Compatible. The online is a bit better than the old system, but, overall, there's not that much difference.

[Kemosabi]

I was playing with it in EB the other day, and they were playing it on an HD-TV. It looks great until you get as close as they screw the controlers to the system; then you can see all the little edges on things. I mean, it's a good system, you know? XBL is better than ever, the graphics are fairly good (especially Battlefield 2), but I still haven't seen much that I'm looking forward to except Gears of War, Ghost Recon: AWF, and the possibility of Halo 3. What Microsoft turned the 360 into was a big-azz, kick-azz FPS console, really.

Elder Scrolls IV is one of the few exceptions, especially with graphics. Battlefield 2 is a tad blocky while Elder Scrolls IV is not. Odds are this is mostly due to the type of game engine they run.

Either way, the 360 is good for now, but what'll it's fans think when the PS3 rolls around with all of it's ubertechnology?

[My Best Wishes]

Disapointed. Microsoft could've nailed the 360 home. Truthfully the only two features that appealed was the wireless controllers, which was shut up when I saw the price tag, and Perfect Dark Zero, the 64 version owned.

Ps3>Rev>360

[FusionDragon28]

I'm glad I waited a couple of months before I bought one. My buddy got his opening night and today he told me it crashed again. That's the 4th one he's had to send back in. -_-

FD28

[pHantOm]

If you dont have a job, you wont be able to afford a PS3 im telling you that right now...No system, I dont care if its graphics are lifelike, is worth 400+ dollars. In the end no video game gives you something in return besides entertainment. I have to buy a new car, start thinking of moving out and I want my girlfriend to move in with me. So, I dont have the money to waste on such a high end console. Maple Story will due.

[Someone Else]

Oh yeah, I completely forgot about how expensive the PS3 will probably be.

...

Blah, screw both the 360 and the PS3. -_-

[My Best Wishes]

Thats why you wait for sales to drop then jump in with a good package (psp anyone? After 3 months they started flogging it with a free game, 6 months a few game and 2 free movies)

[Kemosabi]

The 360 price is coming down soon, too. I saw some flier at a Wal*Mart advertising about it. I might consider buying one then.

[Aquamarine]

If the 360 and it's games costed 10$ I wouldn't get it. Though it would be tempting...

[Someone Else]

watch, on Apr 19 2006, 10:39 PM, said:

Thats why you wait for sales to drop then jump in with a good package (psp anyone? After 3 months they started flogging it with a free game, 6 months a few game and 2 free movies)

For some reason I got this nagging doubt that tells me that, even when the prices drop, the PS3 will still be preeettty expensive.

[Sea of Time]

And I absolutely can NOT see the PS3 and PSP be in a bundle for any cheaper than buying them seperately would be.

[Someone Else]

You'd have to wait a couple of years for the hardware to get outdated before it actually gets cheap. That's the way I see it.

[Sea of Time]

Or a new PSP comes out that's significantly updated. Then the old hardware either becomes cheaper or it stops being sold new and becomes obsolete.

[Kemosabi]

Well, now that the next-gen systems are almost complete, I've been hearing talk about not being able to upgrade the graphics technology for quite some time. Something about the nex-gen systems coming out being the best we can get with our current state of technological advancement, especially graphics-wise.

And I mean, really, what can you get that's better than high-definition? We've got high-def, fiber-optics-speed Internet is starting to become popular, and something faster and better looking that 64-bit computer systems is a long way off.

Unless AI can be significantly changed to be useful and robotics can advance soon, we're gonna run out of new technology to fuel our lives.

[Sea of Time]

I've been hearing so much about games just getting better and better, but until we find new technology, which you say is getting tough, we can only go so far.

[Aquamarine]

Well, Nintendo will be able to make a new, more powerful console in maybe 5 years, because the Rev has a bit worse graphics than the other two and it isn't high-def compatible. Sony and Microsoft are fugked when it comes to making a more powerful console in 5 years though.

[Blink]

This should explain everything. :o (And yes, that is my awesome setup in my room, in my closet, with a green Triforce on the controller)

I picked up a 360 a little while ago, been waiting for Google Videos to upload my vid before talking about it. Basically, everything else will feel sub par to me after the 360's features...but, I expected that when I decided to try picking up a nonNintendo console, that it would lack some elements and have others. So, I now feel that all consoles "ought" to have incredible online systems, ought to have instant access blades, and ought to have such quality graphics. And when I get a Rev, I'm sure I'll think that all consoles "ought" to be so small, ought to be so quiet, and ought to be so free and easy in controls.

But yeah, being able to download all these demos, all these trailers, listen to music of my choice while playing certain games, getting widescreen HD graphics, and cram all this stuff on a 20GB HDD( which feels quite small with 500 MB game demos), I certainly like my 360.

Problems? My HDD or my 360 is being flukey when it comes to backwards compatability with the best James Bond game by EA ever, Nightfire. And it's loud, heats up my room, and has crashed on a 360 game once( quite a few times on Nightfire though...). So yeah, pros and cons, but I like it so far, since I never had an Xbox.

[Somia]

"The Disk Melts Inside the System"
Sseriously..it over heats in a few hours. It's just there to look pretty.

[Nick Presta]

The logic (or lack thereof) in this topic is asinine.

Out of the 6 people who are disappointed, how many of you actually own a 360 and have played it more than 6 hours at a friends house once a week?

Those that say PS3 > Xbox 360 really have no idea what you're talking about. PS3 is going to come out with new games, nothing fun or interesting and will still have sub-par online capabilities and lack of customization features.

Xbox 360 has a great lineup of games, good developers, looks good, it can be customized, the best online PERIOD, among other things.

So the PS3 has slightly more processing power and uses Blu Ray discs, the fact that there will be 3 games in the history of the PS3 that will pump out the full power of the system and use the full ability of the Blu Ray disc means that all that hype is for nothing.

Try playing a 360 game on a 72inch HD-TV with Dolby 5.1 surround sound and XBL. When PS* can do that, I will be satisfied.

This post has been edited by nick1presta: 22 April 2006 - 12:11 AM

[Aquamarine]

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Xbox 360 has a great lineup of games, good developers, looks good, it can be customized, the best online PERIOD, among other things.

Er... I think it's quite obvious that the Rev will have the best online capability.

Anyway, Blink, why the hell did you put that Cowboy Bibup music!?!?

[Blink]

Cause it fits. :o

Plus, my camcorder's mic stopped working for seemingly no reason.

[Sea of Time]

Aqua, how can you say the Rev will have the best online play when there are barely any specs to back that up? The original XBox was a solid machine and a great way for Microsoft to start, I wouldn't expect the 360 to be exponentially worse, I would expect it to maintain or improve on the last.

As for the Revolution, I think not including an HD Compatible feature would be a huge mistake. This is exactly what they did with online play on the Gamecube, they said they didn't need it, and in the next few years, every single great PS2 and XBox title had online play!

I have a feeling Nintendo will hurt themselves by forgetting HD because, really, HD televisions will soon be in 60-70% of American homes with televisions soon enough.

[Blink]

Hardly. They'll be in 60-70% of Californian homes in 5 years, but it'll take over 10 years for it to penetrate 50% of the USA as a whole. People move at different rates around the country. "No need to throw out the old if it still works"

[Sea of Time]

People looking for new televisions now have a hard time finding one that is not HD. We found out when we were shopping for a new t.v. that in the next year, major television producers will be reducing the quality of CRT TV pictures so that it makes HD look that much better.