looks fantastic

@GOTY argument, there's lots to choose from this year, it's going to be HARD, Reach is going up against Starcraft 2, Mass Effect 2, Red Dead Redemption, Super Mario Galaxy 2, etc.

good times for everybody

but yeah i think Reach has it in the bag for best Halo game

t3h gam3s

hence why i own all 3 consoles

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Batman, Gears 2, Borderlands, NG2, ME1+2 and dragon age.

Sp4rtan_3

really? ME1's final boss fight was basically just saren bunny hopping all over the place, there wasn't any strategy or anything to it, at least ME2's final boss fight had something going on even if it was pretty mild

also i liked Uncharted 1's boss fight, albeit i consider the entire barge sequence the boss fight, not just the QTE finisher

i'd say Bioshock is the biggest candidate for "worst boss in a wonderful game"

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[QUOTE="gamebreakerz__"] If Sony had released a less powerful unit back then then they of course would have more sales and cash but isn't it clear that Sonys objectives are not pure cash like nintendo, but actually providing the best gaming experience to the user.Tyrant156

you should look up "convergence device"

building consoles hasn't really primarily been about gaming since the PS2 launched :?

if anything the Wii is the only console on the market designed primarily for gaming

not saying it's a bad thing, just pointing out that if you had 2 phones, both place calls, except one has more features, but the other is cheaper... it's hard to say that the one with more features cares more about phone calls

especially when phone calls is the only thing the cheaper phone has going for it

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[QUOTE="gamebreakerz__"] If Sony had released a less powerful unit back then then they of course would have more sales and cash but isn't it clear that Sonys objectives are not pure cash like nintendo, but actually providing the best gaming experience to the user.gamebreakerz__

you should look up "convergence device"

building consoles hasn't really primarily been about gaming since the PS2 launched :?

if anything the Wii is the only console on the market designed primarily for gaming

they're all targeted at money

and yes being primarily focused at casual gaming is still being primarily focused at gaming

whereas the PS3 was shipped with a web browser, music playback, bluray and dvd playback, linux, digital card readers, etc.

the only problem for Sony is that Microsoft made digital services more popular than physical services, hence why Sony has constantly removed hardware features and later introduced a digital service

but either way, Microsoft and Sony are in the business of making convergence devices, that's been their plan for ages and both have talked about their goal of making a single device you use for everything in the living room since the 90's

[QUOTE="Tyrant156"][QUOTE="walkingdream"] Sony is a business like every other company:|they are out their to make money.

gamebreakerz__

they're okay, but if you want the best you have to shop around, get a samsung tv, onkyo/klipsch/etc. for sound, canon or nikon for camera, etc.

they were top dog like 5 years ago, but nowadays they're mostly a nice backup

not to mention their prices always put them in the range or higher than better devices, at least they aren't like Bosch

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[QUOTE="gamebreakerz__"] The author, he says that they dug a hole with the bluray because it costs to much and they should've created a less powerful unit. Sure, they lost a few billion $ but now they are making a profit and will do so for the rest of this 10 year cycle, and they have a much better system.gamebreakerz__

It's not really just about operating loss and income. The PS3 probably would have sold a lot better than it did if it was at a lower price. I remember opening up a newspaper, seeing the PS3 advertised for AUD$899, and thinking 'no way in hell'.

Which console you prefer really just comes down to taste. As much as I like the PS3, I find the Xbox 360 to be better suited to what I wanted, which is why I ended up getting the Xbox 360 S over the PS3 Slim.

you should look up "convergence device"

building consoles hasn't really primarily been about gaming since the PS2 launched :?

if anything the Wii is the only console on the market designed primarily for gaming

Spore

For the same reason why as you get older you stop watching sesame street and Barney. As people get older their tastes mature.

Second, the Wii has a very innovative control scheme but its not being used to its full potential. The quality of games are lacking. For every great Wii game you can name I can name 10 others on other consoles that are of equal or better quality.Diablo-B

same goes for corny mature stuff

when i was a kid i played toejam & earl, sonic, mortal kombat, etc.

now all that stuff seems so damn corny, gore in general nowadays feels like a joke that's more funny than cool

i guess if you grew up only playing nintendo games it'd seem corny and childish, but i think those games were probably deeper than what i played as a kid

Sony attempted to replicate their destruction of the Dreamast brand against the 360, and it backfired horribly

which was blasphemy back in 2006/2007, Sony was like the Pope of consoles, so seeing them tripping on their own shoelaces gave everybody else ammunition - which they capitalized on, to the detriment of many a sony fanboy, turning this gen into a mopey emotional soap opera of "whose the bigger underdog? *sniff* *sniff*", somehow because Sony screwed up more and delivered less they deserved to win, and that's where the "year of PS3" started - like the PS3 was the return of the jedi against the microsoft sith or some such melodrama

3 years later all of that energy seems to have transformed into hating OnLive, Activision, and casual games, as gamers go on a crusade against something that's always been around but never threatened them