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Port or Upgrade

The 360 has given me a new addiction, and maybe like a drug user I want to protect that addiction so keep that in mind while you read this.

The 360 games are not mere ports of the Xbox game they are upgrades. They have new content, maybe not much, but even the addition of advance lighting effects is still a welcome change. They all get the "achievement award" upgrade were now each major accomplishment is recorded for all the world to see. Does that warrant the extra 10 bucks? I would say yes. Lets look at my other favorite system the PC.

When you buy a game for the PC and you have a 4 year old system it is not going to run all the advanced effects. You have to go out and spend another 1,000 bucks to get all the neat looking graphics. In the case of the Xbox and 360 you are only talking another 10 bucks, and even if it is the same gameplay you still get the benefits of the better graphics, online stuff, and achievements.

For those that have forgotten what a "port" is. It's when you take a game from one system and create it for another system. Normally, its the bigger better system that gets the full treatment and then all the other little guys underneath get a hacked up crappy version of the same game. The 360 is the bigger better system so why is it considered a "port" when it gets a game, and not the other way around. It's only a matter of time before the 360 is the system of choice so until then stop thinking of games that are on both systems as a "port" and think of it as what it is an "upgrade"!