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- Randall Flagg
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Re: The Video Game Console Thread
I love these discussions as to what console is better. This is exactly what Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo want you to do. Most of the reasons why one system is better than another is neglible or subjective. "The PS3 is better because it has THIS game or XBox is better because it has THIS game." A game doesn't make a system better. I own all three systems and each has a special purpose. I like my Wii because I occasionally enjoy playing old NES games and like using the Wii remote. The Wii also has some great games that I can only play on the Wii like Zelda and Mario Kart. The PS3 has...ummm.. well it has Blu-Ray. I really just bought it cause I had money to burn and wanted something to play my old PS2 games (The Kessen Series is awesome). I'm sure there are some great PS exclusive games out there and oh yea, it has Blu-Ray. Now the titan, jugernaut and king, the 360, that personally is right up my alley. The online component of the 360 is by far the best. If you disagree you're wrong and just being a fanboy. Yes it costs money, but I always go by the philosophy you get what you pay for and to me that shows quite well between Sony's online ability and Microsoft's. I've never played Halo a day in my life, so for me it comes down to the online experience. The graphics and audio between the 360 and PS3 are negligible, though alot of what I've read puts the 360 slightly ahead. I hear about all this potential the PS3 has, but where is it? If the PS3 doesn't start to really shine until 2010 or 2011 it will be too late. The XBox 720,3 or whatever it will be called will be out and make the gap in technology look like the gap between the 360 and Gamecube.
Microsoft has a larger game library right now. That gives it huge kudos. last I checked, you could buy a Wii and 360 for the price of one PS3. And the whole Blu-Ray thing is cool and all, but I've always been of the opinion you shouldn't use your Game system to be your DVD player. Burns the drive out too quickly. You can get a Blu-ray player for under 200$ now, so if I decide to buy Blu-Rays, I'll buy a seperate player to view them rather than wear down my PS3.
If this trend keeps going, Sony is going to be screwed when the next gen of consoles comes out. They're still eating huge losses (all systems do this I know) on every system they make and sell, but don't have the library they did with the PS2 to recoup. If Microsoft gets a year head start again and sets the standard for the next generation, Sony is going to go the way of Sega. I think this whole generation is a great parallell of the N64, Playstation and Saturn war. With Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony filling each of that eras roles in the order listed.
To each their own though. Enjoy what you have.
Re: The Video Game Console Thread
Video games outsell DVD/Blu-ray for the first time
At least in terms of consumer spending, retail video games were more popular than DVD and Blu-ray discs in 2008, according to an international research group.
Games accounted for 53 percent of entertainment software spending worldwide, Media Control GfK International said. These figures do not include movie or game rentals.
The momentum is clearly in video games' direction, growing 20 percent to $32 billion in worldwide sales last year. Movies slipped 6 percent to $29 billion on the decreasing popularity of DVD. Though Blu-ray sales increased, DVD sales dropped, a trend that echoes similar findings in the U.S.
The news doesn't come as a great surprise, given the popularity of Nintendo's Wii. Last year, the top four-selling games in North America were all for the Wii, accounting for roughly 20 million unit sales, according to the NPD Group.
While the video game industry will be pleased with this research, it is a bit misleading. After all, new video games sell at retail for $50 to $60, and new DVDs sell for around $20. That means movies are probably still the champion in unit sales. Still, the fact that consumers are willing to spend more dollars at retail for games than movies is significant.
Plus, GfK predicts an even stronger market share for games in 2009, taking 59 percent of entertainment software spending.
Re: The Video Game Console Thread
Heres the Guitar Hero Metallica tracklisting:
Metallica Tracks
All Nightmare Long
Battery
Creeping Death
Disposable Heroes
Dyers Eve
Enter Sandman
Fade To Black
Fight Fire With Fire
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Frantic
Fuel
Hit The Lights
King Nothing
Master of Puppets
Mercyful Fate (Medley)
No Leaf Clover
Nothing Else Matters
One
Orion
Sad But True
Seek And Destroy
The Memory Remains
The Shortest Straw
The Thing That Should Not Be
The Unforgiven
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Wherever I May Roam
Whiplash
Other Artists
Alice In Chains - No Excuses
Bob Seger - Turn The Page
Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
Diamond Head - Am I Evil?
Foo Fighters - Stacked Actors
Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather
Kyuss - Demon Cleaner
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesdays Gone
Machine Head - Beautiful Mourning
Mastodon - Blood And Thunder
Mercyful Fate - Evil
Michael Schenker Group - Armed and Ready
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Queen - Stone Cold Crazy
Samhain - Mother of Mercy
Slayer - War Ensemble
Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster
Suicidal Tendencies - War Inside My Head
System of a Down - Toxicity
The Sword - Black River
Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back in Town
Re: The Video Game Console Thread
Gamespot just announced that Dead Rising 2 is on its way for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. 
Here's pictures:
Dead Rising 2 shuffling onto PC, PS3, 360
Capcom confirms rumors, revealing Blue Castle-developed sequel to 1.5 million-selling horror game set in Las Vegas-like gambling mecca; first official trailer inside.
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To the surprise of virtually no one, Capcom today confirmed that it is developing Dead Rising 2. The announcement comes just days after the game's trailer hit YouTube and two weeks after designer Keiji Inafune told Famitsu a multiplatform sequel was in the works.
Indeed, keeping with Capcom's newish policy of being console agnostic, the follow-up is in development for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. The original sold 1.5 million copies solely on the 360, although a scaled-down Wii port--subtitled Chop 'Til You Drop--is set for release later this month.
Today's report also comes three months after rumors pegged Blue Castle, the shop behind 2K Sports' Major League Baseball game The BIGS, as developing Dead Rising 2. Sure enough, the Vancouver-based studio is working on the game, with Tokyo-based Inafune acting as producer of the project.
As was indicated by the now-official trailer, Dead Rising 2 will be set in a Las Vegas-like gambling metropolis called Fortune City. Set several years after the original's litigiously similar Dawn of the Dead-like mall massacre, the sequel sees zombification spreading unchecked across the US a la the best-selling novel World War Z. Players will be tasked with battling said zombies with a host of new objects, including an American Gladiators-like giant hamster ball.
Capcom has not yet announced a release window for Dead Rising 2. GameSpot will have more details on the game as they emerge.
Bootleg trailer:
Re: The Video Game Console Thread
Anyone else get the GTA Lost and the Damned DLC? I bought it earlier today and it took about four and a half hours to download 
. You wouldn't believe the stress you can relieve by blasting a rival gang member with a stubby shotgun.:haha:
Re: The Video Game Console Thread
It was about 1.8 gigs. Your probably right, I'm sure a fuck load of people downloaded it yesterday. Plus they are offering free online access for the release, so I'm sure this is one of the biggest (in popularity) DLC events on Xbox Live.
Re: The Video Game Console Thread
It will be Russ. People talk all about this exclusivity shit... it's bullshit. XBOX360 just got the exclusive.
They'll either negotiate a deal to bring the expansion to PS3, or Sony will work with Rockstar to develop their own expansion, exclusive to PS3.
There's too much money sitting on the table to be made, to not make it happen.
