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General Gaming / RE:Is FF7 over-rated?

« on: October 16, 2003, 07:55:52 AM »

Correct me if I am wrong but FF7 took the longest period of time to developed compared to the other FF games.It was originally planned on the N64 as a AAA title,abandoned..the rebuilt again from scratch with an aim to help their new found partner at that time,Sony to sell their console.Today the FF series on the PS2 seems to be rushed out.That's why true games like FFVII,Zelda OoT,Wild Arms are not available anymore today.People want to see better graphics these days.

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General Gaming / RE:PS2 drops to 99.99$?

« on: October 16, 2003, 07:43:52 AM »

Well about the PS2 price cut,its may be possible because Sony has now been able to shrink and combine the EE and GS into a single processor utilizing a 0.09micron technology.It runs at less than 1/3 the power needed for current PS2 batches with less heat as well.

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General Gaming / RE:Final Fantasy 12 Website Up And Running

« on: October 01, 2003, 10:32:23 PM »

I have a suggestion you can go to Team Xbox to bash the FF series over there.LOL
The site even wrote an article that IBM is developing a CPU for the Xbox 2.How desperate they are..
http://www.the-inquirer.com/?article=11860
Funny thing is that they took the site down a few hours later.

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General Gaming / RE:2nd console opinion

« on: September 11, 2003, 05:42:14 AM »

Lol I must have misintepreted your posts.
Sorry there ok.
Probably I went to too much forums talking.

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General Gaming / RE:2nd console opinion

« on: September 10, 2003, 09:07:57 PM »

I bought my PS2 2 years ago and till today it didn't break down.I have a few friends who have PS2s and I haven't seen any of theirs breakdown as well.But I did saw a Xbox due for repair that day at my friend's shop.It was on the table waiting to be taken back by the supplier.
I have one thing to say though the newer PS2s are much better quality than those old ones.They have better ventilation and circuits which makes them run cooler.By end of this year the newest version of PS2 has an all in one processor which integrates the EE and GS into one chip using a sophisticated 90nanometer process.That should even make it run more cooler consuming only 8 watts compared to the current 37watts for the present 2 chips solution.That's less than 1/4 the total power consumed by the current one today.

 

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General Gaming / RE:2nd console opinion

« on: September 10, 2003, 09:29:08 AM »

Go get a Ps2 and get ICO!
http://hk.geocities.com/icofan/
http://ico.scek.co.kr/swf/main_page_last.html
One of the greatest rpg ever!

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General Gaming / RE:2nd console opinion

« on: September 10, 2003, 09:27:43 AM »

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General Gaming / RE:2nd console opinion

« on: September 09, 2003, 01:15:13 AM »

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Plus i prefer Xboxs exclusives over PS2s.

Sounds more like a Xbox fan to me.
You'll know that whenever they speak about how good the graphics are.

About the Ps2 easily getting spoilt/break down well the Xbox also suffers the same too only that because so many PS2 are sold compared to Xboxs,you will see that the PS2 faulty rate is higher.

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Nintendo Gaming / How to detect the presence of Xbox fanboys..

« on: September 02, 2003, 05:19:21 AM »

I have done a little observation on the net recently and here is what I found out:
If you see threads like:
-MS and Nintendo teaming up
-Nintendo being worried of PSP
-HL2 on N5,PS3,Xbox1
-GT4
-Ati between Nintendo and Microsoft(Partnership,Buyout..)
-Nvidia and Sony teaming up now out of picture
-PS3's 1 teraflop hype
-PS3's Cell cost and console implementation
-Nintendo's President Satoru Iwata speaks about future plans
-Nintendo kiddie image
-Shinichi Okamoto's retirement
-Hiroshi Yamauchi's stubborness
-The failure of the Cell
-Next generation console wars
-PS4,5,6
-Graphics..Which game looks better

You'll know that a Xbox fanboy is involved.Haha I can see that many xbox fan sites are discussing about these subjects and now its spreading to Nintendo's forums as well.Looks like these Xbox fan boys are really getting desperate and worried themselves about the next generation console war.
Ok don't flame me on this.Go surf around the net for console forums and see the results for yourself.



 

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:M$ and Nintendo?

« on: August 31, 2003, 10:22:50 AM »

Well Nintendo still has NEC and Hitachi being the hardware partners for their next generation console.The PowerPC line of processors could still be their next console's processor as IBM has many division making chips.
If they wanted to just concentrate on software,Sega is a better choice for them to merge with as they will have a wider choice of consoles to design games for.By going with either MS or Sony would mean that they will be only limiting themselves to help only a single console.Why should they offer to help other companies?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:M$ and Nintendo?

« on: August 31, 2003, 07:24:38 AM »

Anyway I noticed recently that many Xbox fans are really getting worried about Sony's PS3.I have seen similar threads like this about Microsoft teaming up with Nintendo sprawling all over Xbox sites like Xboxactive.com and Teamxbox.com.Looks like they are really getting desperate because the Xbox is coming out last this generation and their future looks dim.

I can see what will Ati work out if it plans to deliver for 2 companies.Well for Nintendo the ArtX team will design the proprietary console VPU for them and then sell its licensed to Nintendo and NEC to manufacture them.As for Microsoft Ati will manufacture them themselves and design the board exclusively for them.They will probably come out with a pc-like component design again.Haha if its a pc design then I don't see anything revolutionary with it except for a faster P4 P4 processor DDR2 sdram and all that.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:M$ and Nintendo?

« on: August 31, 2003, 12:05:21 AM »

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Microsoft would have their OS running these machines (which is what they really wanted all along (especially in their own set-top-box...Nintendo just makes it easier for them to get more marketshare for it and this shouldn't matter much to give Microsoft this 'cos Nintendo's machine will most likely be gaming-only and thus won't need as hefty an OS))

Look at the Dreamcast and where it ended?And Nintendo have to pay royalties to them for using it?

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X-BOX Live! should also work with both systems (all profits generated from monthly service fees would go to Microsoft just as they would if working on their own...Nintendo can't touch this)

I thought the PlayOnline gives more freedom to developers in designing their own networks.Haha Nintendo using DirectX?and get system lockups during gameplay?You are talking as though Nintendo are newbies in game designing that they need easy development kits using DirectX.MS just envy Nintendo because their DirectX sucks.

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Both companies work together to create a standerd universal format from which they split the 3RD party licensing profits 50/50 but don't charge each other to make games for (example: Nintendo gets no money from Microsoft 1ST & 2ND party games and vice versa)

Microsoft doesn't make storage media.They only fund other companies to do it for them.The leaders in optical medias are still Sony and Philips.

Now what ever MS does it will never make their way into the Japanese market as well as the other asian countries believe me.I still remember a picture whereby the japanese were laughing at the Xbox for being so bulky.By the way be it Nintendo and Sony doesn't need them.Sony already has world class partners and Nintendo just won't die because they have many companies with them in Japan.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:M$ and Nintendo?

« on: August 30, 2003, 11:25:40 PM »

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I just noticed something, microsoft hasnt really said much on their new system and niether has nintendo except the fact that they are both usin ati whereas sony has already gone out and given people more info like what kind of media they'll be using and whatnot.

Can you tell me what media is the PS3 using?When Sony announced about the cell,it was just in general.Its just like saying the next Xbox will be using a Pentium but how high the frequency and all that isn't announced yet.They only disclosed the prototype/ first generation cell chip specs only.Thats all.The Cel is just another family of chips used by IBM.There will be various flavour for it.Same goes for the Elpida/Rambus XDR DRAMS.

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Also, you're comments about the PSP are...retarded. You think this is Sony's first product? You think they're gonna make some kind of silly mistake like not offer a good enough battery power supply? You think they're not gonna lower the price if people aren't bitting (and by the way $150 + the Sony PlayStation name + alot of fed-up GameBoy gamers = INSTANT buyers for PSP on launch day) Rediculous. And what's this about developers not supporting PSP? Believe me developers will be milking the old PSX games on the PSP just as quickly and easily as developers milked their old 16BIT games on GBA. UMD's will be cheaper and hold loads more data than GameBoy carts. No where am I saying that Nintendo is gonna die. Nowhere am I saying Nintendo doesn't have a plan to combat this. HOWEVER...I'm not blind to the fact that the PSP is a threat to Nintendo's biggest money maker: the GameBoy line. It's taking all of Nintendo's resources just to support an ailing console line and keep their portable dominance...what makes you think they won't be hurting when the PSP (for once, a serious competitor to GameBoy) stabs into their portable dominance?

The PSP will not only be in the form of a handheld console like the GBA.Its a techology that can be incorporated into discmans,PDAs as well as the gameboy.They have a brandname that can sell too as well.If they join up with MS they will also have to fork out money to make a new GB as well so why not go with Sony?The advantages are even more.All I can say Microsoft is sort of a leech.They can't design hardware by themselves instead they prey on companies to do it for them like a parasite.They will just trash the company when there is no more use for them.Why would Nintendo take the risk partnering such a company,when there is another one which has everything it needs?

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So instead of being blind to the fact that Sony & Nintendo hate each other and will NEVER work together

If they hate each oher so much there won't be any FF series on the cube and GB today.
But look at MS instead Nintendo just prevented MS from taking over by selling their own shares away and buying them back for new funds.

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maybe you should look at the truth that Microsoft wants to get with Nintendo next generation.

To eliminate them because Nintendo is in the way of kissing Sony's ass?

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I'm a speculatory person.

Well let me tell you something which Xbox fans have to worry:
http://money.cnn.com/2003/08/27/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/

Anyway there is no need for Nintendo to team up for now.But they have showed signs of declining already.I don't know how long they can take it because their main threat now nearest to them is MS not Sony.Its either second or third place.The competition will be even more furious in the next generation.Teaming up with their nearest rival is nothing but losing everything.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:M$ and Nintendo?

« on: August 30, 2003, 10:17:11 AM »

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I mean look, they went to ATi just as Nintendo did so therefore you know they're looking to get more bang for their buck just like Nintendo did with GAMECUBE (which despite it's power being closely on par with the X-BOX, cost them a fraction of what was spent on the X-BOX).

Well look how unloyal MS is to their partners?Dishing Nvidia when there is no more use to them.They went to ATI because their relationship with Nvidia soured thats the true reason.That will happen to Nintendo as well later on when they eat up Nintendo's market share.

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BUT...most of those profits come from milking the GameBoy brand...a brand which will soon be threatened by the PSP.

Sony hasn't disclosed the real name of the PSP yet.It is just the name of the prototype handheld device Sony is making.If Nintendo partners Sony it would probably be the next GB.There are a lot of possible ways the PSP can be made.It could be incorporated into a discman,handheld device,cell phone,PDA and into vehicles as well.Well Sony will not call it the PSP as its official name.

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Microsoft can continue to do business the way they want to and Nintendo likewise...only now they get to share each others games to garner more support from retailers, gamers, developers & publishers alike!

Why not with Sony?Don't you think Nintendo can gain even more?Haha you've got brainwashed by Windows.

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General Gaming / RE:ATI and Microsoft

« on: August 30, 2003, 07:10:20 AM »

Well,I don't hear much news about ATI talking about their work for Nintendo anymore since early this year.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Could Nintendo buy Sony?

« on: August 30, 2003, 06:47:32 AM »

Well the current batch of consoles for this generation is reaching moving towards the end so what do you expect?Except for a good ending though.The last generation we saw may great and inovative games but this time it really suck.It seems that the talents such as Shigeru and Hideo as well as many others have ran out of ideas or probably forced to rush games out in order to compete.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:M$ and Nintendo?

« on: August 30, 2003, 06:26:39 AM »

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The thought behind it is similar to the joining of forces between Suzuki and Kawasaki Motorcycles. Three years ago, if you stated that they would join forces, you would be laughed out of the building. Now, look what has happened. Neither company standing alone could compete with Honda, and both were floundering in their efforts to gain any significant ground.

Well you see they are both Japanese companies whereas Microsoft is American while Nintendo has always been traditionally a Japanese company at heart that grew from a small entertainment company doing card business into what people know today.Rare may have got sold but Nintendo is always considered a valueble asset for tha Japanese when it comes to console gaming business.Imagine all those efforts put into building up Nintendo throughout those many years being just taken away from a foreign company just for money?

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And this talk of M$ is "teh greedy M$$ suxxorzz!!111!" is crap. Basically, all issues would be worked out in the contract negotiations. I can see two differing consoles with each having their own "bells and whistles", but having compatibility between them. Revenue sharing, licensing, etc. would be worked out prior.

Look what happened to Nvidia today?Rare just got swallowed by MS..Sega almost got tricked too.So what can Microsoft contribute if they were to teamed up with Nintendo?Cash?Installed base?Technology?Sony can do that too as well as a matter of fact even better in some of these areas.
But think of it that way if Nintendo was to sell out to an American bully by teaming up with MS just for $$ sake, wonder what will happen with the current software community such as SquareEnix,Konami,Capcom,Atlus,SNK react?The fact that why the FF series,DragonQuest did not make it on the Xbox could answer that.

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also have a 6-year old daughter. Now, when I only had one console, the kids' choice for games was crap. Now, had I had a console that could offer me games such as Mario, Pikmin, etc, as well as play Halo, Knights of the Old Republic, etc.... the console choice for the older gamer (in my mind) would be a "no-brainer".

Well I think you don't quite understand what most Asian console gamers want.You may want adult oriented real FPS,real action gaming and may think adventure games like MArio,Zelda,Pikmin,Pokemon,Digimon,Akira Toriyama's works i.eragonball,Hayoki Miyazaki's anime suck but do you know that many Asian youngsters are crazy about them?Thats where the money are and if you think that Nintendo should cater to adults like you,you're wrong because the real market consoles are targeted today is not your group type.They are still aimed at kids.The type of games you'll probably like which are adult/mature type oriented can be found on pcs.So why do you want Nintendo to support MS?Wouldn't the Xbox which is basically designed more towards the PC architecture be more appropriate for you?In this context as well so can Sony cater for the older group as well.They have EA games at their side.

[never]

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General Gaming / RE:Playstation Nintendo 05

« on: August 19, 2003, 10:14:58 PM »

Microsoft has always been making lotsa money from their pc softwares.They will never die if they quit the console business.But if its the other two,Nintendo or Sony if they were to fail,they would take a rather big hit and probably close doors forever.The global console market today will not be even as half as large as today.

[true]

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General Gaming / RE:The TRUTH about the XBOX - Microsoft taint in the video game industry

« on: August 19, 2003, 10:03:44 PM »

One thing is for sure if Microsoft would dominate the console market it will spell an end for the true console gaming experience.Don't ever think of good rpgs anymore.
I come from an Asian country and one of my friend is in the console gaming business.That day he just sent a xbox for repair.He claims that the best selling console is still the PS2.The Gamecube is also quite a good console for gaming though it is not selling that well because many have a perception that it is a console for children and the variety of games is limited especially rpgs.You may say rpg games suck but the fact is that it plays a very important role in marketing a console in Asia.I have asked many of my friends and many say that its more worthwhile getting a rpg than other genres because for the price you pay you get to play game for much longer.They believe the value is there.

As you can see if MS would to team up with Nintendo,there will never be anymore nice rpgs.SquareEnix,Konami,Capcom,Atlus which are all japanese oriented companies will never support that.Thats the reason why you don't see the FF series on the Xbox and will never will except for the PC.Like it or not,MS's intention when it entered the console business was to make money and nothing else.Worst,they plan to dominate it and gobble up the whole thing themselves but they didn't know that they are not a game company at heart and they are indirectly destroying the console business market.Even though if they manage to monopolise this business one day,the console market that time would have most probably shrunk to something which is not as agressive and valueble as today/earlier years.

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General Gaming / RE:Playstation Nintendo 05

« on: August 18, 2003, 11:57:43 PM »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3134651.stm

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11039
"ATI severed contacts with Nintendo earlier this year"

http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/949543.asp?0dm=c21bt&cp1=1
-Satoru Iwata promised the struggling games company was developing a radical new product to be announced next year
-He gave few details save to say it would be a departure from mainstream gaming consoles “that will have a big impact on the world”.
-Mr Iwata declined to provide any more details about what kind of new product Nintendo is working on, saying only that the company would make a further announcement with details next spring

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General Gaming / RE:Playstation Nintendo 05

« on: August 18, 2003, 10:30:58 PM »

Nintendo has halt Gamecube productions.This is an early sign of....

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Nintendo Gaming / Nintendo has stopped Gamecube productions?

« on: August 18, 2003, 10:21:32 PM »

Is it really true?
Is it true that what they have predicted becoming a reality?

http://spong.com/index.asp?art=5393

Hmm Nintendo is going down the Dreamcast lane?Will they team up with Sony?What the hell is Nvidia doing right now?

[dedicated]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Factor 5+ATI+Microsoft+Nintendo= ??rumors

« on: August 18, 2003, 10:15:04 PM »

The graphic synthesizer is not a dedicated GPU.It forms part of the processor.It can't even do hardware anti aliasing and texture compression.What's the use of having a high capacity memory access bandwidth,when it can only pump out raw polygons?It lacked on the special effects part.That's where Nvidia can come in to help.
At this time Sony hasn't disclose a single bit on the graphics and sound plans yet but we will see later.What they have mention is how powerful the Cell processor is and what it might do.Nothing else.The rest is still secret.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Factor 5+ATI+Microsoft+Nintendo= ??rumors

« on: August 18, 2003, 08:41:26 AM »

It would be stupit for Sony not to include a GPU this time.They probably will be keeping quiet about this until they finish touching up the processor.The reason why the PS2 was lacking was because it does not have a dedicated GPU and proper amount of memory.Nvidia turned towards IBM was because of this.They already sense that the MS relationship wouldn't work well and they need somewhere else to turn to in order to survive.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Factor 5+ATI+Microsoft+Nintendo= ??rumors

« on: August 17, 2003, 11:54:25 PM »

The worst has yet to come for Nvidia,for the next line of GPUs ATI will be given special priviledges and Nvidia will be left with the plain stuff.
Its a matter of politics and dominance.Nintendo is always a japanese company at heart and if they were to give in for MS take over,the japanese videogame industry which they are so proud of will just go down like that.This is why until today the Xbox still cannot penetrate the Japanese market.Nintendo will be a sell off they are dare to team up with MS.They will never gain the respect from companies like SquareEnix,Capcom or Konami.The Sony-Nintendo cooperation is much better.