Console Orgy!

when i went to eb about 4 days ago they said they wouldnt have any of the REAL xbox games until the 15th

they only had cel damage, nfl fever, and fusion frenzy.

played the xbox today. NOT IMPRESSED

wtf is with the buttons? It feels unnatural and they're not concave like most buttons you press in the real world. I forsee the few hundred people that buy this pos will get free blisters coutesy of innovation.

gay.

Talk about stating the obvious:

GameCube or Xbox? The Games, Not the Systems, May Decide
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/08/technology/circuits/08GAME.html

Also.. this quote is quite funny:

The Xbox says, admire me, adore me, plan your life around me; the GameCube says, toss me in a backpack and take me to a friend's house.

I think the xbox will do OK. But if the past has any truth to it, it will take the third xbox to really compete with sony's and Nintendo's offering... this was true with the pocket pc, windows (mac), servers,(nt3.51,nt4), etc, etc.. I am getting the cube, and am already extremely happy with the ps2.

I consider myself a gamer, thus I play PC games and have no interest in consoles whatsoever.

Hmm.. this is sort of an interesting war...

Nintendo has yet to "lose" a console war, Sony already has huge marketshare, and Microsoft has a huge amount of money.

it will be interesting to see if the market truly can bear 3 consoles.

Do you have any idea how much the average (middle class and up) 12-14 year old's allowance is today? Well I don't either. But I see them consumering about and they all appear to be made of money. And that's not an age group where you have a lot of employment going on.

where the hell does a 13 year old get 300 dollars, plus money for gmaes, controllers, mem carsd ect?


When I was 13 it took me over a year to save up just get a SNES. And forever to get games and shit for it.

Played NFL Fever for XBox today at Toys 'R Us, but i can't give you my opinion because both controllers were having problems with the analog sticks.

Also Played Star Wars for GCube, and honestly, it was either the TV they had it running on, or it has sub-par graphics. The game was incredibly easy and obviously made for younger gamers. Not too much fun either.

Luigi's Mansion is a pure kiddy game.

MGS2 Wednesday!

"20 million PS2 machines" That's as many DVD players have been sold in the last 4 and a half years!

Mebbe they mean 2 million.

when i read 'orgy' i expect some p0rn.

I thought the first area in GC's rogues squadron looked pretty bad. Does it get better? I'm just wondering what all the fuss is about.

Oh well.. since we're adding more console wars links to the article, this one might as well go in there too:

The game of war
This November, Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo will face off in a battle for the video console market. It won't be child's play.
http://www.herring.com/technology/games.shtml

Went to EBX yesterday and today on my lunch break, and what do you know, they have an XBox running real playable games. Yesterday it was Halo, today DOA3. I didn't get to play Halo because this guy was hogging the system, but I wasn't that impressed. Looked like yet another FPS, except no mouse and keyboard. Looked sorta like UT with better models. Nothing really eye popping, IMO.

DOA3, on the other hand... DAMN! This was by far the best-looking game I've ever seen, console or not. The models were very detailed and high-poly, but the really impressive thing was the backgrounds. I'm sure everyone has seen the pics, but you don't really appreciate it until you see the leaves falling, the waves hitting the beach, in person. It's very impressive. Played a little bit, but having never played DOA before it was sorta rough. Button-mashed my way to like the 3rd stage, then gave it up to the other people waiting.

Also, the Circuit City Express in the same mall has a GC stand set up. Can't play it because the controllers aren't plugged in for some reason. Saw Rogue Squadron running, looked very impressive, but DOA looked better. Rogue Squadron looked very good, though. It definitely gave you the impression of watching the movies.

Oh, I also played NFL Fever on the XBox a few days ago. Looked good, but not significantly better than Madden on the PS2. Nothing to write home about.

GC demo units have a much better quality TV than the Xbox units.

What stores? May have to go looking tonight.

Star Wars on the X-Box looked pretty cool imo. Samething with project gotham racing.

suck my ballz!!

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