Abit More XBox

Gawd, what's gonna happen to us gamers when consoles get keyboards/mouses/ethernet ports/svga-out?

Agreed ? what's up with that?

"abit" i thought abit would be in the x-box

is that the pun? if so - how is it related as abit have nothing to do with it? ..... yes I noticed it .. but god it's like someone pointing out "oooh that car's number plate is XYZ-786 wow!" very pc dork like.

please tell me there's a deeper pun here which totally blows my mind and entertains me for hours....

Abit More XBox

Does this mean the XBox will be overclockable via a SoftBIOS?

sTeve, when will you learn? 'A bit' is two words (except when referring to the company)

this daily grammar criticism brought to you my mattd

I've compared consoles to macdonalds and pcs to burger king

with burger king you can usually get a better meal when you "customize" it
with macdonalds you can get a better meal if you pick something that is "pre-designed"

this doesn't go for every one of those fast food places (kinda depends on the manager at one), but overall from the ones I've been too, that's my experience

maybe i just need to stop smoking my breakfast

PC's are MUCH more powerful that current consoles (not sure about the X-Box's TnL capabilities, that might screw this up). A gigahertz comp can do a helluva lot more AI, physics, that kinda stuff. Which is why, if I were a game programmer, I would definately go PC instead of console.

BUT! People buy consoles because of the games. I first bought my n64 after playing Goldeneye at my friends house. One of my other friends just bought a n64 after playing Perfect Dark with us. If I liked sports games, I would definately buy a Dreamcast.

When I said this:
Hardware isn't the only selling point for a gaming box.

I meant, people don't buy consoles for powerful gaming machines. Sorry if that wasn't very clear.

doh! i missed the pun. anyone care to spell it out?

there is an 80% overlap of people who buy PCs and people who buy consoles.

[revolver]

Am I the only one who appreciates that delicious pun???
:)

"iceNINE?"
haaa-*ripoff*-choo!

Actually I do know what I'm talking about.

People consider consoles because they are quick and easy gaming machines, with some fine games on them. I would know, I own a few consoles as it is. Hardware isn't the only selling point for a gaming box. Games on that system have to be good. If they are, people buy the systems.

Fillrates are surprisingly high on consoles, but even the upcoming console demo's can't do what a PC today can do. Fillrate doesn't mean as much as many people think. What makes the X-Box appealing as a peice of hardware is how the RAM is tricked out with the graphics card and cpu. That's what the PSX2 should have (so it doesn't suck like it does now), and not enough has been released about the dolphin yet, but I think with all this extra quiet time for Nintendo, they are learning from the other guys mistakes.

Dedicated universal hardware does give some nice advantages. It gives a good gaming experiance at a very cheap price.

Hey Steve - they say an 80% overlap? I smell a poll.

Although I suppose you want to leave the other one up a little longer.

x-box is for unedumacated mofos who don't know how to werk a compooter

(i have a feeling its gonna be popular)

It appears I've been *woned*

I can say pretty surely I won't be buying X-Box. Who needs a 600mhz p3 when I got a gigahertz right here? I have a feeling the more unpopular the x-box becomes, the less chance HALO comes to PC. Halo is the only reason I would even CONSIDER buying X-Box, and with Halo allegedly coming to PC, that makes it ZERO chance. Unless they get more selling titles (I doubt it). Who would develope games for X-Box, when they can use the extra power/user base of a PC? (Answer: Unexperianced programmers who like the universal hardware). Maybe I'm just ignorant (it's bliss).

Well considering you could swing a dead cat without hitting a pc owner these days this isn't a big surprise...

DAMNIT!

I beat you to the first post, but I didn't know about the 10 character limit, so my post got turned down. Woulda been my first firstpost too. Grrrr...

1st post bizatches blah blah blah blah blah (again)