Topic: On Even Terms With Xenon and NOT PS3?

[KDR_11k]

Wait, I thought Microsoft wanted to make your waffle iron internet enabled? Just like your fridge, toaster and toilet.

[IceCold]

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Super Mario Sunshine is a bad example because it's rather LAZY graphics and presentation is very un-Nintendo.  Compare it to say Pikmin, SSBM, Wind Waker, and Metroid Prime that manage to have gameplay on par with SMS and much better graphics and presentation.

As Bill said, the draw distance was just spectacular, and also, the water effects were astounding. Who knows how many hours I spent jsut getting to the highest point of the level and looking around, or swimming in the water and looking at the surface glimmer. The textures may not have been up to par, but you really can't call SMS a bad game graphically

[Spiker]

Alright, I work at GameStop and every GameStop has a Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft representatives that come to the store update all the signs, demos, and answer any questions.  Well the Microsoft rep came over the other day to do his job and let out some information about Xbox2 and PS3.  

Xbox2
-Pushing for an early release date.
-Will be sold in three different models, Bare Bones model with no harddrive or DVD playback, middle model with DVD playback and harddrive.  Both of those will be backwards compatible.  The highest model is the XboxPC hybrid that people were talking about, he said that it would be made for digh definition and that you could go online with it, this is not backwards compatible.

PS3
-Apparently the government is involved with funding for the Cell Processor and so that the government and sony are having some disputes and he expects Ps3 to be delayed to summer of 2006 instead of early 2006.

He also said that the reason that we arent see very many DS games is because Nintendo is hard at work with games for the next generation Game Boy. The only thing he said about Revoltion is how it will have a touch pad controller.

I don't really know what to believe, the Xbox2 sounds solid but eveything else sounds sketchy.

[couchmonkey]

Of course the other systems sound sketchy, because he's the Microsoft rep.  He doesn't know all the details of the other products, and more importantly he wants you to be impressed with his product more than the others so that you'll sound positive about Xbox2 if customers ask you questions.

I'd believe what he told you about the Xbox2, but take the other comments with a grain of salt.

[Mr. Saturn]

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Originally posted by: Spiker
Alright, I work at GameStop and every GameStop has a Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft representatives that come to the store update all the signs, demos, and answer any questions.  Well the Microsoft rep came over the other day to do his job and let out some information about Xbox2 and PS3.  

Xbox2
-Pushing for an early release date.
-Will be sold in three different models, Bare Bones model with no harddrive or DVD playback, middle model with DVD playback and harddrive.  Both of those will be backwards compatible.  The highest model is the XboxPC hybrid that people were talking about, he said that it would be made for digh definition and that you could go online with it, this is not backwards compatible.

PS3
-Apparently the government is involved with funding for the Cell Processor and so that the government and sony are having some disputes and he expects Ps3 to be delayed to summer of 2006 instead of early 2006.

He also said that the reason that we arent see very many DS games is because Nintendo is hard at work with games for the next generation Game Boy. The only thing he said about Revoltion is how it will have a touch pad controller.

I don't really know what to believe, the Xbox2 sounds solid but eveything else sounds sketchy.

Yeah I really wouldn't trust what this guy says about the Revolution and PS3, considering it was a Microsoft represenative who told you this.  I imagine him telling you the Revolution is going to have a touch-pad controller, is based off of that Game Informer article.

[vudu]

I don't know if I'd really trust the guy who gets paid $8.50 an hour to put up posters.