Post by: KDR_11k on November 28, 2005, 07:51:53 AM
I mean, WTF? I can see why they didn't include Call of Duty 2 (if you put up a game rated 16 or over on a kiosk you're required to make sure everyone who uses it is old enough and CoD2 is rated 18) but what about Kameo and King Kong? Is Kameo delayed for Europe or what? Did they decide that those games suck after reading all the complaints on the net and removed them from the demo disc?
Microsoft managed to make the x360 look worse than the PSP.
Oh and someone apparently started NfS:Wanted, it showed some prerendered video that the hardware could never render in realtime. So that's how MS is going to woo people? Show prerendered footage but put an XBox next to it so it looks like the console is rendering that?
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on November 28, 2005, 07:59:39 AM
QuoteFF7 sure is awesome!!
So that's how MS is going to woo people? Show prerendered footage but put an XBox next to it so it looks like the console is rendering that?
Post by: Bill Aurion on November 28, 2005, 08:18:33 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on November 28, 2005, 09:20:12 AM
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on November 28, 2005, 09:24:31 AM
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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
SUPER: I didn't watch the console market back then, did Sony place Playstation kiosks in stores that played the prerendered footage to make it look like ingame graphics?
Yeah, they ran TV ads and in-store reels and everyone flipped out
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 28, 2005, 09:53:09 AM
And gamefaqs will never run out of forumers again.
Post by: KDR_11k on November 29, 2005, 01:59:05 AM
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on November 29, 2005, 02:42:03 AM
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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
SUPER: There's a difference between showing a video on TV and showing it on the hardware itself. Anything can be shown on TV but most people would expect the hardware to render game footage.
Yeah, but Americans are dumber than you Germans
Post by: Zach on November 29, 2005, 12:22:40 PM
Guy 1: "That Xbox next to the tv, so it must be rendering the graphics!! It looks so real!"
Guy 2: "Umm, thats not a TV, your looking out the window"
Post by: pudu on November 29, 2005, 12:44:30 PM
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Originally posted by: Zach
tis true, unfortunately there are a lot of people here in the states that fall for that kind of thing.
Guy 1: "That Xbox next to the tv, so it must be rendering the graphics!! It looks so real!"
Guy 2: "Umm, thats not a TV, your looking out the window"
haha nice one man. Tis true, the average Joe Shmoe consumer is pretty stupid. I can't remember the countless times I've ran into "confused" (to put it lightly) people around the gaming sections in stores.
Post by: BlkPaladin on December 01, 2005, 01:18:00 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on December 01, 2005, 03:48:21 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on December 02, 2005, 03:46:51 AM
Also, the console launched here today. The games go for 68 Euros. They're insane, that's the only explaination. We're talking about games like Quake 4 or GUN that have PC versions for 45 Euros available!
Post by: vudu on December 02, 2005, 07:43:19 AM
In America, Gun has some really weird prices. It's $40 on PC, $50 on GCN, PS2 and Xbox and $60 on Xbox 360. Crazy.
Post by: Bill Aurion on December 02, 2005, 07:52:25 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on December 02, 2005, 08:12:51 AM
Post by: Uglydot on December 04, 2005, 10:25:12 AM
But regardless of that fact, MS is using underhanded tactics to sell the system, just like everyone else. Hell, even Nintendo announces enormous goals that are always scaled back.
Post by: ThePerm on December 04, 2005, 11:23:46 AM
Post by: Sir_Stabbalot on December 05, 2005, 10:17:36 AM
Post by: Zach on December 05, 2005, 11:43:47 AM
Post by: wandering on December 05, 2005, 11:34:32 PM
....it's just that our educational system sucks and we have an ingrained anti-intellectual culture
Post by: Renny on December 07, 2005, 02:02:09 PM
Post by: vudu on December 08, 2005, 08:57:15 AM
What's the battery life of the wireless XBox 360 controller? I haven't read anything about it. 2 hours? 6? 10? 100? How long's it take to fully charge?
Post by: KDR_11k on December 08, 2005, 09:30:09 AM
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 13, 2005, 08:02:10 AM
MS Customer Service Says "Xbox 360" is Not Designed to Play Games Vertically"
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When Matt’s Xbox 360 stopped playing games, a customer service rep told him to orient his console horizontally. The result? One working Xbox 360. The customer service rep apparently told him, here’s the shocker, that the Xbox 360 isn’t designed to play games vertically.
There are reportedly no stabilizers to allow for vertical play, or to stop discs from scratching when the console is vertical.
Post by: vudu on December 13, 2005, 08:24:09 AM
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 13, 2005, 08:31:24 AM
But only cause I think it would be funny, and MS has too much money.
I mean seriously, it would have cost about.... 1 or 2 cents per Xbox 360 to add a few foam pads to hold the disc in place?
I hope someone makes it cost alot more than that now(re-calls, production halts & more bad press).
Post by: Chris1 on December 13, 2005, 08:45:53 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on December 13, 2005, 09:24:34 AM
Imagine demo kiosks with big labels on the console "don't do this at home"...
Post by: IceCold on December 14, 2005, 07:58:40 PM
QuoteNow that's just ridiculous...
King-Kong, developed by Ubisoft, was one of the hot titles that populated XBox 360's launch game list. But now, officials at Ubisoft say gamers should avoid the XBox version.
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said that King-Kong on the X360 can appear too dark on standard TVs, making the game "unplayable." "I'm a bit disappointed that we didn't see it when we were developing the game," Guillemot said.
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The problem comes out of the fact that the team who developed the game didn't test it on ordinary TV sets but only on high definition TV.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on December 14, 2005, 09:14:52 PM
Post by: KDR_11k on December 15, 2005, 04:25:49 AM
