[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]

[QUOTE="m25105"] This quote sums up why so many gamers are hypocrites That and this picture. DragonfireXZ95

If a girl says anything about games its 'omg! She must be a feminist! Stay away from our games! Get back to the kitchen'.

Really tired of it.

[QUOTE="drinkerofjuice"]Well it's not like the Alien films are centered around a female protagonist or anything like that. kuu2

Not sure if serious.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Couldn't play a female character in any CoD, didn't hear people complain about that. Couldn't play a female character in Battlefield 3, nobody complained about that...

Who cares. Stupid feminism.

RobertBowen

The difference being that Aliens: Colonial Marines is based on a well-known movie franchise that features strong female characters. Vasquez was not the only female marine in Aliens, there were a couple of others, including the pilot of the dropship. So not having playable female marines (in multiplayer at least) for this game seems like a very odd decision.

I just hope the TC realizes that sony has been selling a lot of it's shares and joint ventures:

they sold their sharp shares for 125 million

they sold their chemical business for 770 million

and their LCD joint venture with samsung for 939 million

[QUOTE="outworld222"]

Thanks I really appreciate it. But that begs another question. Will these technologies be more common....say 50 years from now?

Wasdie

Impossible to tell.

I just know that in the foreseeable future that content creation costs are going to limit developer's abilities to make photorealistic graphics. Especially when the amount of power between the consoles and PC becomes irrelevant.

There will be a point where hardware is so powerful that it could run CGI looking games without a problem. However that CGI content has to be created, and that is no easy or cheap task.

[QUOTE="sts106mat"][QUOTE="JC_Spot"] So if the 60m race has almost finished the head start doesn't count?JC_Spot

comparisons should only be made from a 10 year life cycle?

let's go with this.

Say the 720 launches in '13. This makes it the official ending of the 360. so all sales of the 360 after '12 do not count.

the PS4 launches in '14. so the PS3 has one year to itself to make up 4+million units in '13.

I could see theoretically it could happen, but unfortunately there are variables in actuality.

Wouldn't the PS3 be competing with the 720 then? couldn't that effect it's ability to sell?. Sure it may make 4+ million.

[QUOTE="AdmiralBison"]

[QUOTE="JC_Spot"] Obviously....? What I'm saying is that the 360 and PS3 will probably have the same life span, so comparisons should only be made once both have released their new consoles and the gen has actually ended, so you can say who won the gen instead of declaring a winner before the end.JC_Spot

MS has stated that they would continue to support the Xbox360 one day longer then the PS3.

We don't care how long the console has been out for, no matter how hard we try to sugar coat it.

In the end the hard figures are looked the tallies, sales and how much they have earned for the companies., they see how it performed -investors are happy, gamers are happy that's it.

how do you know this?

When MS has stated themselves that they would continue to support the Xbox360 one day longer then the PS3. There is still money to made with the Xbox360. why can't the next generation launch while the current system is still on the market. wouldn't it be better for a smooth long migration for users to jump to the next generation of consoles?

Heck, we saw how long it took for many PS2 owners to jump off the fence and migrate to the PS3 and Xbox360 especially when the PS2 was still getting games that late in it's life cycle while the current gen consoles where out.

It's not going to be a quick cut over for both consoles.

[QUOTE="AdmiralBison"]

[QUOTE="sts106mat"] did the headstart the PS2 had over the xbox count?Davekeeh

This is not 2005. That excuse is done to death. Cows are going to have to deal. PS3 position is so weak that it can't get out of last place where it belongs.

It's not an excuse at all. If PS3 had more time to market their console it would have sold more consoles obviously. You think if the PS3 was able to sell their console a year earlier they would have sold 0 consoles? Yeah right.

PS3 launched almost exactly a year after Xbox 360 and 16 months later in Europe.

of course they would have sold more if they launched a year earlier. maybe the sales between both consoles would be neck to neck or even the P3 having a lead.

Yes, hypothetically I give you that.. The Playstation brand would have been at an advantage due to recognition and having Japan in it's corner, MS may have lowered the consoles price even lower to compete. how would we know exactly how it would turn out?

[QUOTE="AdmiralBison"]

[QUOTE="JC_Spot"] To be fair, if you averaged sales per year the PS3 wins. Head start is a head start, 10 meters head start in a 60 meter race essentially. You're basically saying that by the end the 10 meters doesn't matter because it was at the start? Oh and ONLY Europe? The European population is higher than North America? I'm not a cow, I'm just using actual statistical analysis.Davekeeh

This generation is almost finished and the gap has grown from the smallest point of aound 2 million to as close as 4 million.

Source? The smallest point is 1.3 million according to: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/324651/lifetime-ps3-sales-close-to-catching-xbox-360s/
And that's an article from November 2011

And this generation is almost over for Microsoft, we have alot of new ip's to look forward to.

ok fine 1.3 jumping closer to 4 million.

http://www.geekwire.com/2012/xbox-360-tops-wii-ps3-1st-time-yearly-global-sales/

this is from February this year with the PS3 at 62 million and the Xbox360 at 66 million.

the gap has to shrink if the PS3 is to get out of last place.

generation is almost over for Microsoft?

Dont pull a PinnacleGamingP now.

You're too smart for that.

[QUOTE="sts106mat"][QUOTE="JC_Spot"] So if the 60m race has almost finished the head start doesn't count?JC_Spot

MS has stated that they would continue to support the Xbox360 one day longer then the PS3.

We don't care how long the console has been out for, no matter how hard we try to sugar coat it.

In the end the hard figures are looked the tallies, sales and how much they have earned for the companies., they see how it performed -investors are happy, gamers are happy that's it.