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Closed AccountFeb 6, 2007
Unfortunately being good & straight with the community means s**t all when it comes to sales. Witness the difference in sales between Guild Wars (outstanding community relations) and WoW (craps all over the community).
hofferFeb 6, 2007
I agree with this article. One of the reasons I love the 360 is because of people like Major Nelson. On his podcast from two days ago, he talked about the recent story that the 360's DVD playback of movies is awful. He said that he would get someone that works on that part of the 360 on his show. Sony has a problem with something and you hear nothing about it. Then when they actually fix it, nobody really knows if they fixed it. They don't talk about or announce anything. PS2 games now look better on the PS3, but Sony has never said one word about it.
blusky75Feb 6, 2007
@zipzop.... ass. Allow me to clear things up for you...No True HD? The 360 has had 1080P support since Q4 '06. And none of the PS3 scaler issues to boot.Prev-gen technology? Again, wrong... been proven time and time again that tech-wise, the 360 and PS3 are graphical equals. In fact, every cross-platform game released has consistently performed better on the 360.No upgradable HD? Moot. Sorry, but in 360 land we do just fine with out 20 gig HD :) Only two reasons the PS3 users need such a huge HD are: 1) You want to use your PS3 as a mass-storage media hub? You'll have to load all your movies and music directly onto the PS3's HD. 2) Developers have recognized that the PS3 load times are awful, and thus you have the option of cacheing your disc onto the HD to speed up load times. Neither are issues with the 360 (I stream all my movies and music across my lan via the 360 Media Center interface). No need for upgradable 360 HD's when I stream all my content from my 500GB media center PC. For an MBA student as yourself, one would hope for more diligent fact checking. Guess not :)
spo8Feb 6, 2007
Why should you care what people decide to spend their money on? If someone is really just dying to have a Lego Star Wars gamer picture and they think it's worth the 2 dollars it costs to buy it, then let them. There has never been a required micro transaction, they're just there. Personally, Geometry Wars is the only one I think is worth getting.