Console Wars Renewed?

kaos · Post by **kaos** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:42 pm

i looked it up.

between money conversion, land mass, meto areas, and sony playing favorites I've come to one conclusion....

its confusing and I dont wanna do it anymore.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:03 pm

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6567

Niiiice

kaos · Post by **kaos** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:58 pm

IF its real it'll probably kick the other SKU's down in price a bit.
which would be awsome.

but im still not on this one till microsoft sas ya or nay.

the eiditor says its not a prank.

but seriously, If I were pulling a prank and sombody asked me "are you pulling a prank" id say no too.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:16 pm

True and with the 1st of April coming up.

kaos · Post by **kaos** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:20 pm

Microsoft pulled no punches yesterday during the European launch of the PlayStation 3. Deciding that deviousness was the order of the day, they had agents in both London and Paris throwing monkey wrenches into the works at Sony-sponsored events that included:

* Handing out chairs to the weary fans waiting in the PS3 lines that were printed with a link to this site on the back of them.
* Sending SMS messages to game journalists saying "The Xbox 360 team wishes you a good night."
* Driving boats past the Sony event adorned with "XBOX 360 HEARTS YOU" signs.
* Arming themselves with whistles and blowing them from rooftops to drown out the noise of Sony PR.

I'd have loved to seen some of that.

dont get me wrong tho.
I'd have loved to see Crash Bandicoot outside of Nintendo HQ asking wtf was up with the N64 format.

I cant belive i actually remember that...had to be over 10 years ago.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:24 pm

hahahahaha.com?

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:41 pm

Still not right, Kaos

kaos · Post by **kaos** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:20 pm

stupid thing.

XenoRaven · Post by **XenoRaven** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:01 pm

The XIII thing is more than a rumor. A French Sony exec said that the exclusivity of FFXIII was being discussed, along with several other games.

The black 360 however, is still a rumor I believe. There's evidence to go along with it, but it's still a rumor. That being said, I hope they don't go through with it. It'd be a clear indication that Microsoft has no idea who their competition actually is. Nintendo. Not Sony. You drop the price on the existing console to something within the Wii's range, and Nintendo all of a sudden has a big problem in America. And with all the Japanese devs now making games for the 360, they'd get more of a foothold in Japan as well.

Post by **Xanien** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:01 am

People will go wherever the games are . . . the GOOD games. At this point it doesn't matter about the systems anymore. I think Nintendo will stay profitable by releasing older game son their Virtual Console (they must be making a KILLING on that . . . like 500% profit for selling a 1mb file for $7-10). Plus their systems are cheap and there are tons of profitable accessories and of course the DS Lite as well.

I'm giving up on the PS3 . . . and probably won't buy a 360. I'm fine sticking with my PS2, DS Lite, and maybe a Wii for another 3-4 years until the next new console cycle comes around. There's still a shitload of games out there to buy and play. Especially with the backwards compatibility of each of those systems. Tons of GBA, PSOne, and Gamecube games I still want to play.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:48 am

In 3 or 4 years they'll stop making Playstation 2 games. You make no sense.

kaos · Post by **kaos** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:58 am

3 or 4 years?

shit..they'll probably stop in 3 or 4 months.

why keep production going for your old console when you want everybody to buy your new one?

its like shooting yourself in the foot.

Post by **Xanien** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:59 am

Of course. I mean, the games will have stopped being made, however, I have a list of about 20 PS2 games, 20 GC games, and a good 10-20 DS/GBA games I still want to buy. I'm still working on the last ten or so I bought . . . (okay, more like 5-6 games), but point is, it will take me quite a while to beat 60 games. Not to mention all the old school games on the Wii if I buy that. I can buy all that stuff cheap and not spend the $1000 on a PS3, or $500 on the 360 (with the games and controllers of course).

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:17 pm

True, but I can't wait 3 years for Metal Gear Solid 4. I waited a year for Snake Eater... Mind you, I already had the equipment to play it on.

I'm not playing games as much these days. Back into my un-gaming phase again. Might last a fair while, this.

Icefire · Post by **Icefire** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:23 pm

it's a shame really what sony has done to itself, they were making some decent games for their new console and the majority of them have been postponed. sadly i'm sure some have even been cancelled by now or shoved aside while the development teams busy themselves with other projects.