Well I just picked up Table Tennis.
I have to say it's one of the most fun games I've played in a long time. Plus live arcade is tons of fun.
Originally posted by: Tom
Are there ever going to be any innovative games to go with the xbox 360's nice hardware, or is always only going to have the same games that have been around for years, but prettier ?
I'd like to like 360, but I look through the games I could buy, and I can't find any compelling game to justify buying one.
Originally posted by: Tom
Are there ever going to be any innovative games to go with the xbox 360's nice hardware, or is always only going to have the same games that have been around for years, but prettier ?
I'd like to like 360, but I look through the games I could buy, and I can't find any compelling game to justify buying one.
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
The capability existed, it's in the damned spec sheets. The fact that nobody wrote software to take advantage of those capabilities comes down to a few things - The APIs available - DirectX and OpenGL weren't exactly the fastest. The sustainable framerate at those resolutions under the currently available APIs and chipset designs was too slow. But nonetheless, the capability existed. It's been refined and sharpened over the years, but I have NO doubts at all that a software title with appreciably nice visuals could be coded to run at 1920x1200 on a Radeon Classic at a constant 60FPS if there were such a demand. It would require farming out much of the processing to the CPU, but it's very much possible. The thing is that situation-specific programming like this would NEVER fly on a PC - but it's what you're GUARANTEED to have the luxury of on a console, because the hardware is always the same. Don't have enough power here? Do it over there.
This is how the xbox could be competitive even though it essentially amounted to a GeForce 2 and a Celeron 600 - because every last one they ever built was like that.
Originally posted by: Randum
PS2 is the far superior system of all time. The library of games , and the psONE library as well...DAAMN!
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
HARDWARE
Overall: 5/10 (Where PS2 is 5/10)
Comments on PSU: I've only ever seen one other hardware device that required a keyed power cable like that. It was a server drawing more than 10A. More likely this was a case where they just did that to prevent people from using normal cables when they inevitably roll over the one with a chair, but whatever. Also, it's bigger than my PS2 and gamecube combined. And that's just the power adapter.
Comments on controller: Better than the xbox original, better than the xbox S, worse than the Dualshock 2.
Comments on aesthetics: It still looks like an Apple product.
SOFTWARE
Comments on the graphics (Dead Rising or whatever that Zombie game is, plain 'ol TV, composite input): What in the name of god is everyone so excited about!?!? It looks JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER 3d game in the past few years. Sure, there's more ****** on the screen. Whoopty friggin' do. Even on an HDTV running at 1080p, it's only JUST BARELY drawing more pixels than my PC's video card was drawing in 1998. Thereby, the precision on the vector math can be turned waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down. Also, on a normal TV, the fvcking text is unreadable.
Comments on the game (That damned Zombie game): Unreadable text, somewhat fun, I'd play it through if they stuck it on a REAL gaming platform (PC) and not the bullshit kid's stuff.
Originally posted by: Staples
Everybody is entitled to their own opinion but judging the poweress of the system while playing on a SDTV is just mind boggling dumb.
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
HARDWARE
Overall: 5/10 (Where PS2 is 5/10)
Comments on PSU: I've only ever seen one other hardware device that required a keyed power cable like that. It was a server drawing more than 10A. More likely this was a case where they just did that to prevent people from using normal cables when they inevitably roll over the one with a chair, but whatever. Also, it's bigger than my PS2 and gamecube combined. And that's just the power adapter.
Comments on controller: Better than the xbox original, better than the xbox S, worse than the Dualshock 2.
Comments on aesthetics: It still looks like an Apple product.
SOFTWARE
Comments on the graphics (Dead Rising or whatever that Zombie game is, plain 'ol TV, composite input): What in the name of god is everyone so excited about!?!? It looks JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER 3d game in the past few years. Sure, there's more ****** on the screen. Whoopty friggin' do. Even on an HDTV running at 1080p, it's only JUST BARELY drawing more pixels than my PC's video card was drawing in 1998. Thereby, the precision on the vector math can be turned waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down. Also, on a normal TV, the fvcking text is unreadable.
Comments on the game (That damned Zombie game): Unreadable text, somewhat fun, I'd play it through if they stuck it on a REAL gaming platform (PC) and not the bullshit kid's stuff.
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: Staples
Everybody is entitled to their own opinion but judging the poweress of the system while playing on a SDTV is just mind boggling dumb.
Well, most people WILL be playing it on an SDTV, at least for the next few years. Seems like anybody and everybody on ATOT has an HDTV, but in the real world that's not the case. 10% is all.
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: Staples
Everybody is entitled to their own opinion but judging the poweress of the system while playing on a SDTV is just mind boggling dumb.
Well, most people WILL be playing it on an SDTV, at least for the next few years. Seems like anybody and everybody on ATOT has an HDTV, but in the real world that's not the case. 10% is all.
Originally posted by: newnameman
http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/news/N_Canada.shtml
10% adoption as of the end of 2005
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: newnameman
http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/news/N_Canada.shtml
10% adoption as of the end of 2005
Aren't those Candian numbers? Candians have less of a disposable income than us Yanks.
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: Staples
Everybody is entitled to their own opinion but judging the poweress of the system while playing on a SDTV is just mind boggling dumb.
Well, most people WILL be playing it on an SDTV, at least for the next few years. Seems like anybody and everybody on ATOT has an HDTV, but in the real world that's not the case. 10% is all.
I'd beg to differ on those stats. I'm sure the penetration for HD is a lot higher than, if they don't they are severely missing out. DVD adoption was phenominal, HDTV is following the same suit. Me personally I don't know a single person that doesn't have an HDTV.
I'd "guess" the number is higher than 10%. Sure I have no proof, just shooting from the hip here. The folks that can't afford/don't want to spend the bucks on a HD gaming console need not be included in the equation.
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: newnameman
http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/news/N_Canada.shtml
10% adoption as of the end of 2005
Aren't those Candian numbers? Candians have less of a disposable income than us Yanks.
http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/news/n_dtv_growth.shtml
Household penetration of HD sets climbed to nearly 10 percent in the past 12 months as sales of LCD and plasma flat-screens showed impressive growth amid steadily falling prices. ED and SD flat screens also became more than a couple of one-of-these-days fantasies for consumers.
Originally posted by: NFS4
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Of course I'm pulling that out of my ass, but no moreso than every post by the OP in this thread
Originally posted by: Sraaz
My 360 was the biggest waste of $400 I've ever spent in my life. Haven't played since 2 weeks after Dead or Alive 4 came out, and that was 12/29/05. Worthless piece of sh!t.