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MuGen 05-13-2005 11:43 AM

Re: Xbox Revealed
 
Well I think it's safe to say Sony and Nintendo have a good outlook on their unveilings now that Microshort stunk up MTV. Sony will clearly have a lot going for them at E3, and Nintendo whenever they decide to unveil.

Dark Samurai 05-13-2005 11:47 AM

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You know whats funny Kyuzo? Sony didnt unveil anything either...

MuGen 05-13-2005 11:52 AM

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Yeah you know what else is funny? They are showing everything at E3....

Null 05-13-2005 12:13 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Samurai
You know whats funny Kyuzo? Sony didnt unveil anything either...


what do you mean either? nintendo? then true, neither Sony nor Nintendo has made thier unvealing.

However for MS, that was it, that WAS thier next gen console unvealing, no matter how you spin it that was it. Sure they can have a strong showing at E3, and probably will, however, its already been unvealed, that makes people that much less interested in thier E3 event.

hmm, lets see, at E3 we can go see Sonys or nintendos unvealing, or we could go see 360 again....... HMMM. what to do... but as i said, MS will have a strong showing, its just that because of this mtv thing, its putting more fucus on Sonys E3 unvealing. almost exactly what sony would have wanted anyway.

gekko 05-13-2005 12:36 PM

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Yes, indeed it was their console unveiling. And let's recap what we learned?
  • The history of gaming does not include PS2
  • The future of gaming is a girl in a blue dress carrying a bag
  • Xbox 360 can only be played through a Samsung HDTV
  • They're pushing Xbox 360 customization, yet pimping an Xbox
  • Instead of unlocking outfits, you now spend real money on them
  • The Killers is the official band of Xbox 360

Wow, what a console unveiling that was! But we also learned some fresh new marketing terms
  • Hi-Def
  • Interconnectivity
  • Ring of Light
  • Living Entertainment Experience
  • "Chill" white

Well with Microsoft dropping out of the console industry, wonder if that makes room for sega to come back? ;)

Null 05-13-2005 12:42 PM

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lol. i dunno man, Sega's going to have to come up with something awful clever to compete with the ring of light.

something like, the never ending tube of light!

Dark Samurai 05-13-2005 12:48 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Null
what do you mean either? nintendo? then true, neither Sony nor Nintendo has made thier unvealing.


So youre saying that I shouldve added the 'n'?

Because I did mean Sony and Nintendo...

Null 05-13-2005 12:51 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Samurai
So youre saying that I shouldve added the 'n'?

Because I did mean Sony and Nintendo...


no, it was a question, the way you put it, because we're talking about MS and he started mentioning sony, you said that sony hasnt unvealed anything either. You made it sound like this wanst a real unvealing for MS.


so i was asking. im sure its easy to tell that I, of most people could care less about grammar. :p

Solid Snake 05-13-2005 12:59 PM

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Sorry I would have posted earlier, but I was to busy burning everything Microsoft and had too many tears in my eyes to see the computer screen. PD0 looks like crap, what a huge let down I was soooo looking forward to that game. I am going to go take a cold shower now. :(

Null 05-13-2005 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Solid Snake
Sorry I would have posted earlier, but I was to busy burning everything Microsoft and had too many tears in my eyes to see the computer screen. PD0 looks like crap, what a huge let down I was soooo looking forward to that game. I am going to go take a cold shower now. :(


you should add a tear coming down her cheek in your sig, hehe

gekko 05-13-2005 01:54 PM

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It's not the end of the world. At least we have wired controllers! :D Well... 3 of them :unsure:

I'll tell you what though, If I owned Windows Media Center Edition, I'd be all over this thing. But I don't, nor will I ever :D

EDIT: Actually, found a reason to buy this thing, or at least a controller. The controllers, connecting with USB 2.0, will work with PC games too.

Just as long as we don't have to reach those black and white buttons, we'll be good ;)

Solid Snake 05-13-2005 03:14 PM

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Ok... After my cold shower I have calmed down a little. I was thinking that maybe not all hope is lost for PDZ, so I was looking around on 1up's exclusive article of the game, and I actualy decided to read the article rather than just look at the screens.

Quote:

This is the caveat given as Botwood prepares to show off PDZ for the first time. Running on alpha Xbox 360 development kits (machines that possess only two of the three CPU cores in the final spec, as well as a run-of-the-mill ATI graphics card as opposed to the final, custom GPU set), the game is still very much a work-in-progress. But even at this stage, it's enough to see where they want to go with it.
So the game screens that we have seen may not be what the finished product will be like since it is only running at 2/3 power. Maybe they were just showing us those screens to trick us (doubt it). I really hope Rare can pull off something amazing in the next 6 months, but I'm not going to get my hopes up just to have them crushed again.

DarrenMcLeod 05-13-2005 03:46 PM

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We're all laughing at Microsoft, but we have to remember that 90% of the gaming market doesn't pay attention to E3 or message boards, and a lot of casual gamers own XBox, and they probably are still salivating from that MTV program. It turned us away from it, sure, but for the average Joe, it was probably worth it.

Solid Snake 05-13-2005 04:13 PM

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It's sad that the marketing departments for these companines don't try to appeal to the hardcore gamers like us. Even though we probably only repesented a small fraction of their aduience last night we are probably responsible for a big chunk of their business. The casual gamer is going to continue to buy a few games a year like the EA games with big names on the cover, while the hardcore gamers are the ones buying several games a year, subscribing to online services, making sure they have componet cables, dvd remotes, and steering wheels. Hardcore gamers are the ones paying attention to the crap that happened last night, the casual gamer probably didn't even know it was going to happen until he flipped the channel to MTV. I would be suprised if the people in the marketing departments actually bought and played through one or two games a year.

I will just try and forget what happened on MTV and pay attention to E3 where they know the only audience there are hardcore gamers.

Null 05-13-2005 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by DarrenMcLeod
We're all laughing at Microsoft, but we have to remember that 90% of the gaming market doesn't pay attention to E3 or message boards, and a lot of casual gamers own XBox, and they probably are still salivating from that MTV program. It turned us away from it, sure, but for the average Joe, it was probably worth it.


E3 effects a lot more of the market then that statistic would suggest. 90% may not pay attention to E3, however they read the magazines, and websites, the news and info from E3 gets around to most of thoes gamers, even if they dont directly pay attention to E3, they still learn about it.

gekko 05-13-2005 04:47 PM

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If Rare is using alpha development kits, that means just a few months before the console plans to launch, they still don't have final development kits out. Doesn't look good for Microsoft. And I'm sorry, but ATI makes some nice "run-of-the-mill" graphics cards.

Doom 3 was only shown at medium settings when it was revealed, but it sure looked 100x better than PD0, and that was a few years ago, with worse than a "run-of-the-mill" graphics card.


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