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Nintendo Gaming / lol japan sales gamecube owns xbox but its not the only 1
« on: March 08, 2003, 03:57:34 AM »
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Originally posted by: Grey Ninja
Yeah, I have always wondered how much of Sony's "userbase" is actually non-unique.  It's a pretty well known fact that there aren't many people who have only used a single PSX machine.  Most people I know have had to replace their PSX at LEAST once.  The PS2 isn't much better.  I am willing to bet that at least 25% of Sony's userbase simply does not exist.
This thread http://www.psxnation.com/Forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?s=5045854a2d00d6f301000d25c0781f01;act=ST;f=1;t=1923 proves you wrong.  At the time I wrote this message, 80% of PS2 owners still have their original system.


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Nintendo Gaming / Metroid Prime in Progressive Scan.....wow!
« on: March 08, 2003, 03:41:21 AM »

I don't understand why those HDTV monitors are 4:3 ratio?  Shouldn't they have 16:9 widescreens?   Well, whatever.  The $700 pricetag is too rich for my blood.  My standard 27" TV was only $200, so I'll wait 1-2 years until these "special" HDTVs come down in price.
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Originally posted by: Hemmorrhoid
Well, since ive never seen even S-Video let alone component input progressive scan stuff, and I still find the graphics great, I can settle with the fact that until I get a better TV I miss out on some visual quality.
If you don't have S-Video cable, it's worth getting.  You can see the difference even on a standard TV.

 

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Nintendo Gaming / GameCube has the most Ultra High Quality games (the proof)
« on: March 08, 2003, 03:18:51 AM »
Number of games rated higher than 90%
GCN = 5
PS2 =  5
XBX =  2
Source: http://www.gametab.com/cat/ps2

Looks like I picked the right systems!

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General Gaming / XBX > PS2 > GCN in gaming reviews.
« on: March 08, 2003, 02:15:09 AM »
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Number of games rated higher than...90%
XBX =     2
PS2 =     5
GCN =     4
Source: Same.
As you can see in my revised post, PS2 and GameCube actually have more ultra-high-quality (>90% rating) than X-box does!  Looks like I picked the right systems.  

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General Gaming / XBX > PS2 > GCN in gaming reviews.
« on: March 07, 2003, 05:49:19 PM »
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Originally posted by: kennyb27
(since that is only that one site, maybe if you polled every major Internet gaming site, then you would be OK to put a percentage on it?
If you bothered to LOOK at the website, you would see that GameTab.com *does* poll every major gaming site and average them together.  (rolls eyes)  Next time, LOOK at the site before you criticize it.


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General Gaming / XBX > PS2 > GCN in gaming reviews.
« on: March 07, 2003, 04:10:21 PM »
When I originally posted this message to planetgamecube.com and n-philes.com, it was immediately deleted.  Now we know how Nintendo-ites deal with negative news... they censor it.  At least psxnation.com is open enough to allow free speech.  Anyway, I'm going to try again in the hope that the Nintendo moderators will be more open-minded to free speech.  I'm not holding my breath though.



In another forum someone wrote:
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In terms of variety, the PS2 is the winner. In terms of gameplay, the PS2 is not the winner. ON AVERAGE, PS2 games have a LOWER SCORE than the average xbox and gc games


I was curious if that last sentence about reviews was true, so I went searching the net, pulled out the calculator, and here's what I found:

XBX = 82.5%
PS2 = 80.5%
GCN = 79.1%

Source: http://www.gametab.com/cat/ps2
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EDIT: Number of games rated higher than 80% / 90%
XBX = 17    /    2
PS2 = 23    /    5
GCN = 16    /    4
Source: Same.  

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Nintendo Gaming / Is this a glimpse of the future? Blu-Ray Disc ...
« on: March 07, 2003, 03:17:10 PM »
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Originally posted by: RickPowers
Some games that came at the END of the PlayStation's life span were on FOUR discs.  That STILL can fit on a SINGLE DVD.  By your logic, most games should be one two DVDs NOW, but won't be getting any bigger in another three years.  It just doesn't work.  Game size doesn't increase exponentially as years go by.
If you look at the sizes of games, you'll notice that each new generation picks up where the last left off:
Atari 2600 - 2K to 32K
Original Nintendo - 32K to 512K
Super Nintendo - 512K to 4 megabytes
Nintendo64 - 4 megabytes to 64 megabytes

In each generation, the smallest game was equal to the largest game of the previous generation.  If we assume that trend continues, we can make an educated guess that the PS2's smallest game will equal the PS1's largest game... 4 CDs or ~2400 megabytes.

By year 2, PS2 games would hit 4800 megabytes (like FF10).  This is year 3 of the PS2, and already the 8500 megabyte DVD has been maxed out by Xenosaga.  Would anyone be surprised to see a 17,000 megabyte/dual DVD game in Year 4?  Not me.  There's a definite demand for Blu-Rays or similar ultra-large discs.

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General Gaming / XENOSAGA: World's Largest Game = 8.5 gigabytes
« on: March 07, 2003, 02:44:52 PM »
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Originally posted by: Stex
I don't understand why people would rather watch an in game sequence when they can watch a beautiful pre-rendered scene....makes no sense.
Where did that come from?  I don't see anyone in this topic saying they prefer cutscenes instead of FMVs?

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General Gaming / XENOSAGA: World's Largest Game = 8.5 gigabytes
« on: March 05, 2003, 02:23:41 PM »
According to people playing the game, Xenosaga is just like an anime movie... except that you are IN the movie instead of just watching it.  Sounds cool to me.

7 1/2 hours of movies/cutscenes is how much I heard is included in the game.  Spread over 60 hours that's really not alot.  It still leaves ~52 hours of game.  Add in sidequests, and the game will surpass 100.

ASIDE: I don't know why people complain about cut-scenes so much?  Super Nintendo RPGs had plenty of cutscenes in them.  Like that hour-long opera sequence in Final Fantasy 3  (FF6 in Japan).  Long, involved stories are nothing new.

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Nintendo Gaming / Is this a glimpse of the future? Blu-Ray Disc ...
« on: March 05, 2003, 12:39:05 PM »
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Originally posted by: TAYREL713
I recall reading an article about the founder of video talking about a video game system based on magnetic tapes (basically VCR tapes). The guy swore it would have been the truth if it could be implemented
 Computers released around 1980 used audio cassettes for storing games.  My own computer, the Commodore=64 had games available for both disk and tape.  The flaw with tapes are (1) Not randomly accessible (2) sloooooow.  Data on disc can be read randomly (center/edge/middle... it doesn't matter) and much, much faster.
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Stand-alone players are pointless right now. There's no pre-recorded content yet.
When CDs were introduced, players came first.  Recordable CDs didn't arrive until ~10 years later.  Ditto DVDs: Players in 1995/recorders ~2000.  So it's natural to think Blu-Rays would be players first/recorders second... following the same pattern.

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Nintendo Gaming / Nintendo's Strategy is Paying Off
« on: March 05, 2003, 06:03:07 AM »
Nintendo's Wind Waker is not the first cel-shaded game.  Sega's(?) Jet Set Radio was.  So, Sega was the first to take that risk.  Nintendo is just copying.

Honestly, as cubedcanuck said, Nintendo is not taking any more risks than any other gaming company.

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Nintendo Gaming / Metroid Prime in Progressive Scan.....wow!
« on: March 05, 2003, 05:51:34 AM »
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Originally posted by: natas
When you have a large HDTV you start to notice alot...in fact DVD's you even start to notice noise etc if the DVD is done bad...
Have you tried a VHS tape?  With only half the DVD resolution, it should look like absolute crap.


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General Gaming / XENOSAGA: World's Largest Game
« on: March 05, 2003, 05:22:00 AM »
It's stored on a dual-layer DVD and according to the creators, uses every bit of the DVD's 8.5 gigabytes.  That's a HUGE game!  

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Nintendo Gaming / Is this a glimpse of the future? Blu-Ray Disc ...
« on: March 04, 2003, 05:23:40 AM »
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Originally posted by: RickPowers
I love how all the rules are attributed directly to me, and that when ever anyone is told not to do something, or is banned, it's always MY fault, whether I did it or not.  

Who makes the rules then?

And yes, I think this topic should be closed.  Or moved.  Just as you deleted the message from the innocent Newbie who asked if he should buy a GameCube.  It doesn't make sense to enforce the rules for some people, deleting their messages, and allow other people to break the rules.  Everyone should be treated equally.

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Nintendo Gaming / Is this a glimpse of the future? Blu-Ray Disc ...
« on: March 04, 2003, 04:48:01 AM »
Yeah the forum rules are too restrictive.  Even the owner can't avoid breaking them.  Rick Powers is a God
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Originally posted by: BlkPaladin
Depends on how much Sony really wants to make this a standard. Which I don't see happening. Sony has tried things but kept them prepitory much like Nintendo and their game formats. The last time they tried to set a standard it didn't go well. (Beta Tape)
Sony has a 50-50 record.  They flopped with Beta & Mini-disc.  But they suceeded with CDs and DVDs.  I'm betting this Blu-Ray technology will be adopted by the DVD Consortium.

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Nintendo Gaming / Nintendo's Strategy is Paying Off
« on: March 03, 2003, 12:44:20 PM »
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Originally posted by: Dolphin64X
Well, the system was 2 years older than the Playstation 2.  Judging by graphics, however, is one of the faults of the current industry.... Hype shouldn't sell games, games should, and it sure wasn't games that sold the first Playstation 2's.
I don't think it was hype that killed Dreamcast.  Lack-of-sufficient advancement is what did it.  

If I imagine myself in the year 1998 with a PS1 or N64, would the Dreamcast induce me to upgrade?  No.  Because the graphics are "N64-style but smoothed with more polygons."  I would not be able to justify to myself spending $400 plus a whole new game collection for such a small advancement in graphics.  I'd stick with what I already have.

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Nintendo Gaming / Blocks equal??
« on: March 03, 2003, 12:32:51 PM »
So a Card 251 is 2 megabytes.  How large are PS2 and X-box savecards?

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Nintendo Gaming / Is this a glimpse of the future? Blu-Ray Disc ...
« on: March 03, 2003, 12:26:25 PM »
I DOUBT we'll see these discs in the new 2005 consoles.  They'll be too expensive.  We'll see Blu-Rays in computers first, and then by ~2010 in game consoles.

I see the new Blu-Rays have cases.  That sucks, because they'll be big, bulky and take up lots of space.  Right now I can store 200 game DVDs (minus case) in a large notebook.  I won't be able to do that with the Blu-Rays.

Even with all that space (23 gigabytes), the new Blu-Rays still hold only *2* hours of HDTV!    

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Nintendo Gaming / Nintendo's Strategy is Paying Off
« on: March 03, 2003, 02:49:57 AM »
Comic about GameCube's lack of software

I hear a LOT of hype about DreamCast froms gamers, but when I borrowed a system from a friend of mine, I was totally unimpressed.  The graphics on that system were not as impressive as what I see on a PS2.  They felt like N64-graphics but smoothed with more polygons.  That's it... nothing outstanding or special.

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Nintendo Gaming / Nintendo to stop the tedium at the end of Wind Waker.
« on: March 02, 2003, 04:07:15 AM »
This is cool.  The Japanese get the Beta version, and we Americans get the final bug-free/totally-polished version.

The same thing happened with Kingdom Hearts (Americans got an enhanced version of the game).

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Nintendo Gaming / ps3/xbox to get crush by GC2?
« on: March 02, 2003, 04:02:32 AM »
NO, because Nintendo is considered "UNCOOL" and until they change that image they will always lose the console wars.

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Nintendo Gaming / Nintendo's Strategy is Paying Off
« on: March 01, 2003, 01:54:45 PM »
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Originally posted by: Dolphin64X
And really.  Why should the games that win game of the year, the games like Metroid Prime, sell less then Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball?  What message does this tell developers?  Only make overhyped and flash-driven games.  Is this, truly, healthy?
I recall a similar thing happening in 1983... companies like Atari used lots of hype to sell games, but when people got home they discovered the game was crap.

In 1984 the people responded to the crap by stopping buying games, and causing a videogame crash.

If in 2003 crap games like DOA: XXX Volleyball are using hype to sell themselves, eventually the customer will get discouraged with the lack of fun, lose interest in games, and then maybe in 2004,we'll have another videogame crash.  And then hopefully the crap will disappear... well we can only hope.

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Nintendo Gaming / EGM rate Zelda!!!
« on: March 01, 2003, 02:25:13 AM »
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Originally posted by: Koopa Troopa
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Only perfect games should get perfect 10s. And Zelda: WW is not perfect.
Did you actually read any of the posts here? Nobody is mad because it got a 9.5. tThey are mad because GTA:VC, the POS addon for the worlds worst game, got perfect 10s.
"Get a life" is the comment that immedicately springs to mind.  I mean, c'mon, do you really think a 9.5 is going to affect Zelda sales?!?!?  Will it affect your enjoyment of the game?!?!?  Jeez, I wish my life was so simplistic that all I had to worry about was a lousy -0.5 less than GTA: Vice City.  But no, I'm an adult.  I have more important things to worry about.  Like paying my ~$1000 a month in bills, finding another job after getting laid off, and then kissing the bosses' butt so I can hang onto that job so I don't have to go on welfare.

And you're all high-blood-pressure boy because Zelda got a cumulative score of 29.5 instead of 30?   "Get a life."  Go play Zelda's Master Quest.  This -0.5 less than Vice City is trivial BS.

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Nintendo Gaming / Other cosmetic changes in the bonus disk other than high rez?
« on: March 01, 2003, 02:16:13 AM »
Anyone who's actually played a PS2 knows that's not true.  Games like Final Fantasy 10, Kingdom Hearts, and Xenosaga look lightyears beyond N64's Ocarina.  For one thing, the characters in the aforementioned games actually look like people, not walking polygons.  Second, in the distance you can see a true background, not just Ocarina-style fog/pop-up.  And finally, the PS2 games listed above can do sweeping vistas without slowdown... something I've heard many people complain N64's Ocarina can not do.

So... please stop the PS2 bashing.  It's fanboyism, and highly untruthful.

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General Gaming / Getting a PS2
« on: March 01, 2003, 01:54:47 AM »
How can you guys recommend Xenosaga when you haven't played it yet?

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