Author Topic: Mailbag Talkback Thread (Read 18929 times)

BigJim · « **Reply #25 on:** August 28, 2005, 08:29:34 PM »

From the Bag, the reader said:

"The Xbox360 apparently runs on _water-cooling_ technology (lots of tubes and water blocks), which would make it run deathly silent but is also probably part of the reason that the thing is still huge."

A little dramatic. The 360 is cooled by headsink(s) with heatpipes... a la PowerMacs. Not those obnoxious watercooling kits.

Renny · « **Reply #26 on:** August 28, 2005, 09:11:30 PM »

Is it really liquid or heatpipes? The dev kit pics only reveal a standard air cooling setup as far as I can tell. Is the dev kit cheapened with basic air cooling compared to the retail version?

KDR_11k · « **Reply #27 on:** August 29, 2005, 01:11:09 AM »

The dev kit is in no way representative of the final hardware. A heatpipe apparently includes some form of liquid so MS marketing calls it "liquid cooling" in the hope to get people thinking about overclockers' systems.

BigJim · « **Reply #28 on:** August 29, 2005, 01:14:29 AM »

I reckon the dev kits aren't using final silicon yet. I think I see at least one heatpipe running through the heatsink, though. (pic 17) for what it's worth in the meantime. Don't know for sure what the final product will be like, but MS has said it'd be watercooled.

Renny · « **Reply #29 on:** August 29, 2005, 05:04:53 AM »

I see it on the right, now.

...Microsoft has designed a liquid cooling system that dynamically adjusts the flow of the liquid and the speed of the fans depending on the temperature and power consumption.

Be cool in a totally new, hip, extreme, jive, wireless way.

Apparently this iDEQ sitting on my desk has a dynamic water cooling solution; Biostar is just so off the hook xtreme they'll sell such an expensive system at a loss cause they're so down with the consumer. I hear the manager of the barebones division shaved his head. I can't even think of a buzzword that would do him justice. Is that a Loller-take™ heatsink on the CPU?

KDR_11k · « **Reply #30 on:** August 29, 2005, 10:55:45 AM »

but MS has said it'd be watercooled.

No, they did not. I remember a discussion about that when they first said it.

UncleBob · « **Reply #31 on:** September 10, 2005, 05:54:59 AM »

Three things in regards to Pale's "NINTENDO GAMEBOY3":

First off, wouldn't this be #4? You've got the Classic/Pocket/Super generation, Color generation, Advance/SP/Micro/Player generation and then whatever's next...
Second, making the new GameBoy play GCN games wouldn't really mean that the new software for the GB would be compatible for the GCN... After all, the GameBoy Color plays Original GameBoy games, but that doesn't mean you can play GBC games on the classic brick (well, there are some...)
Third... Where's my DS GB-GBA converter?!?

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #32 on:** September 10, 2005, 09:07:45 AM »

This is just speculation, but "Leave luck to heaven" sounds like they're saying work hard in life and don't rely on luck to succeed. Possibly a traditional saying that they adapted to use for the business. It basically implies that they will put forth their work and sweat without falling back on hope and luck, which belongs in heaven, not in this inidividual/business/etc.

Whatever. That's the first thing that occurred to me.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #33 on:** September 12, 2005, 01:02:06 AM »

"Microsoft" implies their software is small, not terribly bloated applications that require more and more processing power each version for something the C64 could do with one MHz.

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #34 on:** September 12, 2005, 02:01:57 AM »

Micro.....and....soft?

hrrhrhrhrr penis

Pale · « **Reply #35 on:** September 12, 2005, 04:28:27 AM »

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Originally posted by: UncleBob
Three things in regards to Pale's "NINTENDO GAMEBOY3":

First off, wouldn't this be #4? You've got the Classic/Pocket/Super generation, Color generation, Advance/SP/Micro/Player generation and then whatever's next...
Second, making the new GameBoy play GCN games wouldn't really mean that the new software for the GB would be compatible for the GCN... After all, the GameBoy Color plays Original GameBoy games, but that doesn't mean you can play GBC games on the classic brick (well, there are some...)
Third... Where's my DS GB-GBA converter?!?

Just as a heads up... That wasn't mine if anyone thinks it is. I'm not sure who "The big Pale machine" is... but it isn't me.

Famicom · « **Reply #36 on:** September 14, 2005, 11:40:30 PM »

In response to the enlightening 9/14 letter/rant about WWE DoR2 and No Mercy:

In many ways I want to agree with this person. Simply put, there are many many little things that could've been added to DoR2 that would have made the game infinitely more enjoyable. Customizable Royal Rumble for example. More (real) wrestler music, create-a-belt, elimination style fatal 4 way, and the list goes on and on. Hell, in some ways DoR2 is a step BACKWARDS from DoR1. Numerous CAW glitches, and some that even randomly lock up the game were just not present in DoR1. But really, the comparisons to No Mercy need to stop. The Aki you knew then is no more. Yukes has a few of them, EA has a few of them, and that's all there is.

So what if DoR2 has less wrestlers? Do you REALLY need Rosey, Val Venis, Maven and Charlie Haas (two of four who are no longer with the WWE, I may add) in the game? They are so generic anyway that you could easily recreate them yourself. As for the loss of backstage area fights, when was the last time you saw a backstage fight on WWE's programming? The hardcore era ended 4 years ago, get over it.

Having played all of the Yukes' efforts on the GC, I sincerely don't get the feeling that they aren't trying to improve. One thing to remember is that the Wrestlemania/DoR series for GC is Yukes own creation, not going off a template that Aki set way back on WCW vs NWO. A fair comparison would be towards the early Smackdown games. It took several tries for that series to reach the level it's at today. Some additons may be stiffled by publisher influence or by their own lack of competence, but that's not something we'll really ever know. I seem to recall a decision to have some wrestlers and features exclusive to Smackdown and some exclusive to DoR to create different gameplay experiences. Sounds like a publisher decision to me, and one that probably set the development of DoR back quite a bit. I think with DoR2 they nixed that idea though and future games should get all the goods on both sides.

B&P matches need to die.

UncleBob · « **Reply #37 on:** March 19, 2006, 04:51:05 PM »

The Mailbag, it lives!

First, I want to say that Jonny is probably the reason that my Game and Watch-e cards never came out - if only one more e-Reader had sold, perhaps Nintendo would have released them.. but NO! Jonny doesn't buy one so we're all doomed to never get the Game and Watch e-Reader cards.

Seriously though, the e-Reader works just fine without the port being attached to anything. In GameBoy Advance SP models, the e-Reader's link port doesn't go into the GBA SP's link port and the e-Reader works just fine - although when linking the unit with the e-Reader with another system, you have to use the SP's link port.

Hey Jonny, send me a free DS Lite and I'll let everyone know if the e-Reader will fit/work in it.

wandering · « **Reply #38 on:** March 19, 2006, 07:41:31 PM »

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You put Nintendo was planning to release Twilight Princess worldwide by the end of 2004. I think you meant 2005.

More like 2006.

Dasmos · « **Reply #39 on:** March 20, 2006, 12:57:15 AM »

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GBA carts stick out half an inch, which might actually be an advantage for e-Reader nerds like yourself.

UncleBob · « **Reply #40 on:** April 01, 2006, 02:42:31 AM »

Well, the question that is on no one's mind has been answered! Over on CAG, someone has written up a great picture guide to the e-DS Lite and someone was kind enough to post a pic of the e-Reader plugged into the DS Lite. Spiffy!

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88115 (Check toward the end of the second post if you want to see the e-Reader pics.)

Karl Castaneda #2 · « **Reply #41 on:** April 23, 2006, 06:09:00 AM »

Mailbag returns!

Nephilim · « **Reply #42 on:** April 23, 2006, 06:30:26 AM »

"In stores, I've been noticing that a lot of GameCube PC games don't have that yellow border on their boxes, although the prices are right. The list of Player's Choice games at Nintendo.com should point you in the direction of games that are good and cheap. You will notice that SSBM is a PC game too, but unlike the rest it's priced at $30 (and is still selling)."

wth
whats with PC game?

and a car devalues by like 50% on buyback after a year, much like selling it back to EB
not that diff

Karl Castaneda #2 · « **Reply #43 on:** April 23, 2006, 06:45:27 AM »

PC = Player's Choice. I know, I didn't get it at first, either.

Artimus · « **Reply #44 on:** April 23, 2006, 06:48:56 AM »

I don't like the answer to the redesign question. It totally ignores the fact that Nintendo launched early to counteract the PSP and the Lite's design was probably not cost effective at that time.

Shecky · « **Reply #45 on:** April 23, 2006, 08:17:47 AM »

The car analogy is completely broken...

Changes between years are not substantial for cars?? Sure says the 2004 Corvette to the 2005 C6. A lot of major changes happen to every car each year.

It comes down to this...

A lot of people like the [Corvette/NDS/Random item], when a new revision to said [Corvette/NDS/Random item] comes out, those who had purchased the prior revision may feel disappointed if they like the newer revision better.

Updates to products are a standard business model... get over it!

Be thankfull that unlike cars, the value of your DS doesn't depreciate exponentially... if you like the new style you could always sell your old one and get a new DS Lite, just like you would anything else.

vudu · « **Reply #46 on:** April 24, 2006, 09:59:15 AM »

Be thankful that unlike the PS2, all DS games (and GBA games) work on all DS models (and GBA models).

animecyberrat · « **Reply #47 on:** April 24, 2006, 09:57:52 PM »

Well comarping video game systems to cars is iffy, I mean a car has a 1 year life cycle and then its replaced, most game systems last at least 2 to 3 five years before the next model comes along.

Louieturkey · « **Reply #48 on:** April 24, 2006, 10:58:50 PM »

By new model I hope you mean DS 2 or something like that. Because is really a revision of the same model rather than a new model.

Caliban · « **Reply #49 on:** May 07, 2006, 04:15:18 PM »

I know I should have sent a question, to the mailbag, about the controller's power-source but I know it hasn't been officially revealed yet. So could you, whoever goes to press conference, ask its power-source? That is, if it is even allowed to ask questions in this press conference.

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