thoughts of xbox 360 now that they're in your living rooms?

bs bs bs all those envy people that cannot get an xbox 360 are saying it sucks, you know what, it DOESNT. It rocks and it is way superior than your shi**y ps2 or xbox1.

couldnt get one or you dont have the money? that's fine but stop talking s**t about it cos you know it isnt true.

man im tired of this, everytime a good console is released we have a ton of bullsh***ers around with high envy levels, freaking retards go play your stupid ps1 and stop bothering the ones that are enjoying the 360

it absolutely rocks, dont believe those idiots that say it doesnt. If you dont believe me go to a compusa or walmart play an xbox360 kiosk and get a hold of call of duty 2. Make sure the xbox is set to 720p or 1080i if the tv supports it and widescreen. Then judge for yourself . You'll agree, it rocks

 

I've just played the 360. A demo of Call of Duty 2 in a local gamestation. While it looked good I have to say those jaggies were hideous. I thought the xbox has 2xAA in every game? I'm hoping this was a pre release version demo!

 

OMG please chamonofx you got me f**ked up man i been working for a printing company for 7yrs as a Bindary Worker I make 37,000 a year (not bragin) my wife makes 36,000 as a teacher plus i make money on the side working at the flea market on some weekends selling ps2 slim fliptops and my music I could buy as many xbox 360 if i want i did play it buddy and i saw what happen it sucks to me like i said ill wait for yrs to pass by when diff versions come out maybe by then problem would be fixed so don't talk s**t when you don't know. you wasn't there

 

Uh oh. This is turning into one of those threads......! if you like the xbox buy if you don't leave it. No need to post profanities here to make your point. Peace maaaan.

 

Hey guys, I read in a music mag once that people are too quick these days to express their love for one style of music, as a hate for other styles instead of concentrating on what they like about it!

example. People who aere into house will often slag off trance, rather than saying what they like about house, and V V. shouldn't people who are into music, just be into music?

It's the same for consoles, why slag other machines of, we are all on the same side here, we all love games!

I agree with the guy who said that there we forget about the little steps in between these so called huge leaps, the N64 was smack in the middle for graphics in between the PS1 and PS2, and the only people who were 'wowwwwwwwwwed' by the PS2 were the ones still used to the PS1, after N64 gamers had enjoyed pixel free gaming for ages. But the PS2 still has good graphics, and so does the 360, and so will the PS3, and it will keep gettin better forever until one day you can't tell if it's a game on your screen or a dvd playing, so lets all just enjoy the ride!

One thing I will say is that new machines seem to be coming out too quickly. When the dreamcast, follwed by PS2 came out, we were ready for the 'next gen' as PS1 and then N64 had done all it can to impress us. I think the current generation, and xbox especially still looks good and I've just started playing the king kong game and it's still 'wowwwwwwwwing' me on a console which is apparently obsolete.

 

I agree ,with Dan its starting to go wayward Any body want to buy a 360 lol plays good in permafrost

 

Consoles these days have a very short shelf life. I remember when you expected a console to be around for at least 5 years. Now it seems that 2-3 years something supercedes it. This is a by-product of consumer demand and also the development of cheap new technology. I would say that it's 'just' new techonolgy but that would be wrong. If a company like Microsoft or Sony were to make a console where money was no object, I think we would be astounded at what can be achieved even today. It's making that technology as cost efficient as possible that is the real battle. Anyway as chrisfunk says we ALL love games, so just enjoy the ride to digital heaven! Choose which console you like but by appreciating others doesn't mean you are being unfaithful to your chosen brand. It's a consumers market out there, so make the most of it guys.

 

that's it, it's all down to the money! The other thing is, consoles never seem that far ahead of PC's anymore.
I remember when the PS1 came out and my mate had a £2000 PC, which I think was a Pentium One, 150mhz or something (I was soooo jealous at the time with my Amiga 1200 !!!) The PC could only just manage to run tomb raider in a little 3x4" window whilst the PS1 did it full speed, full screen. Even the N64 was way ahead when it came out as the best PC at the time was something like a PII 500mhz with a Voodoo 1 graphics card (I had managed to get a PC by then). Mario 64 wiped the floor with any PC graphics at the time.

Then from then onwards, every console that comes out is dissed by PC gamers who reckon their machine is way more powerful with some monster £500 graphics card. Fair enough the cost difference is huge but the fact remains that a new consoles should always make your eyes pop out because you have never seen something so good before.

Wouldn't it be nice if Mr gates fell on his head one day and went a bit crazy. "I know, lets combine the power of 10 360's and put it in one box, and then sell it for £100!!!!"

 

LOL! Hey Chris maybe we should fix it so that Mr Gats fell on his head! I've built myself a pretty amazing gaming rig (check my sig) and as of yet I haven't seen a console that can match it. BUT.....then I saw some of the footage for PGR3 on Xbox 360 and also MGS4 on PS3. I mean I doubt even my £2'500 PC could match those visuals. Console's seem the be the way of the future and sure as hell seem more cost efctive thn building a top of the line PC. Also more and more consoles are built with many PC functionalities (ripping music, broadband etc). I mean PC's will always have their place but lately PC's have ruled the roost for visuals in games. That time is coming to a close. Well, at least until the Quad-core CPU's come out in 2007! But then who wants to spend £900 on a CPU when you can buy a console for less than half that price that still has stunning games.

 

yeah, the 360 footage looks amazing for PGR3, I'm still impressed by PGR2 on current xbox! I don't know if many people ever noticed this but if you used the 'fly by' camera view on MSR for the dreamcast, you could see the brake calipers closing on the discs behind the alloy wheel spokes!!! I haven't seen that much attention to details on any game since.Goes to show power is nothing is the game designers get lazy!

That PC sounds like a monster! I don't know much about PC gaming, mines only an Athlon 2800 with 512 ram and an ok'ish graphics card.
But my experience is that PC games on a decent machine will run very smoothly, without the dropped frames rates which haunt most consoles when they are pushed. And also they look very sharp, because they are running at a higher rez on a monitor rather than a TV, but apart from that, they always look like they are a PC game where as consoles seem to have their own graphical style. If you run the same game on the cube, PS2 and xbox I'm pretty sure i could tell you which one was which every time, and it's not just a case of which one is 'best'. Xbox is always very sharp, PS2 seems to have a slightly bland but more 'realistic' range of colours and then the CG always has fantastic colours and shading (can't imagine Pikmin looking that good on an xbox even if it is more powerful!)

But this time round, the consoles support HDTV (and I've just got a nice big HD LCD!!!) so that's one advantage the PC has just lost. I think consoles always lack 'speed' in proportion to what graphics they can display. Turok2 on the N64 in high rez mode looked gorgeous if you were standing still, but start running away fron a raptor through all that scenery and it runs like some old silent movie which ruined it! Even the new Kong game on xbox looks sooooooooooooo good in places but then the frame rate lets it down a bit.

I'm rambling now!

 

Well i dont know about how some of these other ppl dont see a big change, graphicaly.
put in GrandT4 for ps2 (one of the best looking games for ps2), and then put in pgr3 for 360 (on an HDtv) theres a huge difference.

then you gotta keep in mind what TruthMan said...i couldnt have said it better.

 

HDTV, that's what's gonna set the new machines apart.
So far the consoles have got better and better over the years at polygons, lighting, textures etc etc but have never matched the PC for those sharp lines and edges.

Now it's time the consoles took advantage of HDTV.

Though when my new tele arrives I'll have to try my 'old' xbox on 480p mode which a lot of the games support to see just how much better the 360 looks as it wouldn't be fair to compare the 360 running 1080i with my old xbox running on my old bush television.

 

You know what I really want to see? Halo 2 using HDTV 1080i ad full anti-aliasing. Now that would be great!

 

What I would like to see is HDTVs coming down in price they will but too pricey for me just now

 

how much do you want to spend? there is a 27" one for under £500 made by prima. don't know if i'm allowed to put a link here but google finds it for "prima 27" lcd" it's not a well known brand but all the specs are good.

 

Some people here said that the xbx only has lame games that also the pc can have. What about lost odessy and blure dragon. Or a lot of racing.

 

srry, mispost

 

Nick - as to your question, I've one big disappointment; my 360 died after about 20 hours of game play. MS has told me they will repair/replace my system so hopefully I'll be back in action within "8 business days".

I will say, while it was working, the game play and graphics truly were of the next gen kind. I have an lcd projector with a 110" screen and the games in HD (either 720p or scaled to 1080i) look amazing! The comparison, to my eye, is the difference between NTSC and HD TV. I've only tried Project Gotham, Kameo and Perfect Dark Zero, but both the game play and graphics have exceeded my expectations.

I'm hoping that I was only one of the few unfortunate ones who bought a faulty core system and that MS makes good on their warranty to get me back in action. At first look, I must say I'm glad I took the plunge and bought one!

 

How'd it die? are u sure it ain't just overheated... those bugs are really annoying the hell out off me how hard is it to make a console that won't overheat and won't turn into crap after developing the hardware and making all this stuff we've all heard so much about.

 

hey guys remember: all ps3 fanboys are dissing the 360. they all make stories about their x360s that had problems. you ps3 fanboys are plain stupid.

i have a core and now a premium, they both work PERFECT, and i have 2 friends with 360s (1 core and 1 premium) and they work perfect too. there might be a few defective but every electronic has a few defective ones.

i hate stupid fanboys. you are miserable. i am no fanboy of anything, if ps3 kicks 360's ass then ill sell my 360, same thing with rev. no company pays my bills so i owe no loyalty to any of them. this is competition and let the best win.

what i can tell you now is that the 360 kicks ass and you can tell it is a next generation BY FAR. actually it is the biggest jump from one generation to another in my opinion since atari2600 to nintendo (at least for me, i know there was a colecovision which i never had, anyway i was too young)