but why fix whats not broken just does not make any sense at all. And change. oh its changing alright. 64bit is going to revamp the way things are being coded. and i have lost in faith in sony. If i was to go to a console i would go with microsoft than with sony any day. psp is kind of a flop. Blu ray?? don't need blu ray if i can stream hd content already. Sides optical discs are becoming less useful. flash drives and portable hard drives are the way to go. for bluray rom drives http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118013 blu ray burners http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827248014 now what was that now about mg wont work because you need blu ray?? lol. With that being said I think this generation all games won't be pushed as hard as they once were. They just end up looking pretty for what they can deliver. Its the sole reason why crysis is on pc exclusively because consoles can't handle crysis. i suppose they can dumb it down to make it run on consoles but a lot would have to be taking out. Killzone 2 has taking for ever and now people are expecting way too much out of the game that its one of those situations it either it makes it or fails. To me blu ray is not the best method of delivering content. Sides don't want to have a collection collecting dust. I rather have it on a one super large hard drive like around 2TB or so. and you portable drives as backups. not to mention sony is also in the PC market as well making blu ray burners for pc's and such. Sony vaio laptops,etc

metal gear the best. I dunno about that one but i won't get into that due to the fact that each person has its own taste. If little blue planet and metal gear went multi plat pc wouldn't have any problems handling it. But that won't happen as this is what makes ps3. Including killzone 2. Sides from games since you can't really test which is powerful. However the test did show up when folding@home. PS3 was crunching away until the 3870 gpu was giving the ability to crunch. And it outperform the ps3 brains by 3x. They have made good use of the resources by making games prettier but its not technically getting better. don't also forget that developers do not favor the ps3 as the primary platform due to being a nightmare to program. Most publisher prefer the 360 than the ps3. Halo looks more impressive than ps3 metal gear lol.

might of been from gamespot award winning but little blue planet got a low rank overall. And metal gear solid it looks good but not the wow factor i am looking for. It still can't touch crysis. But if you are referring to the gameplay it might be better than crysis gameplay. I will agree they could of done better with the gameplay and not just a tech demo but its a start.

can you at least post with real facts because funny how i am having fun gaming on my gaming rig with no problems. As for pc gaming being expensive i can't stop laughing too. Anyways to each on his own i guess but please state some true facts about the cost of pc gaming please. Consoles don't really thrill me really but don't be posting that the ps3 is the best console ever. Sony is not doing good and can't really afford anymore losses. At least the 360 is doing much better than the ps3. So stop being a troll and state some facts. I just bought red alert 3 off steam for only 29.99. Can't beat that deal.

what i mean is the way the console process the data. you won't see this as this is behind the scene its loading on the fly while the old data is being dumped from memory piece by piece. Just depending on the game. And what i mean by railed is that most fps are not free roaming or feels like just being in sections during a mission or a level. Don't know how to explain this but i am starting to see alot of that in games these days. The last game was mostly open was farcry. Silent Hill homecoming you can really tell easily how railed that game is. At least try to hide it LOL. For the most part they make it really good of not making it too obvious.

Johnny-n-Roger Posted Jan 18, 2009 5:17 am GMT ""Yet it did not take long to realize that its already been outclassed by pc's. Secondly unlike consoles where they are STATIC in 2005. PC's in the other hand are NOT STATIC." Which is exactly why graphical quality is impossible to argue. We're talking price here. Stay on topic. PC's cost considerably more than consoles. How can you argue that? Yes, that \\\\\\\\$600+ dollars of hardware (which is far from being all inclusive) would last for a couple years, however, come the next generation of consoles, you'll be seeking an upgrade. My point? While the PCs capabilities abruptly surpass the console's from a graphical standpoint, there is no reasonably priced PC that will withstand a console generation. Not only does a PC cost more to begin with, it costs a considerable amount more to maintain for gaming purposes. Better graphics come at a price. You really can't argue that."" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Even prices aren't static dude you making pricing a big deal. The reality is pc's aren't expensive to the point that it has reached to the mainstream. The cost of ownership of being a pc gamer is not even great at all. Just like consoles have price drops. When originally launched it was 399-499 now the 360 is 199 now so this is a moot point. Same goes with pc hardware my processor and my 3870 is very very cheap. my gpu now cost 99 bucks my quad core now cost 150 or less. You really can't lock on the prices these days. cmon you out selling yourself too much. who cares pc's aren't expensive as it once was. PC's are now like nothing in price anymore. And the building enthusiast crowd has went up not down thanks to the prices changing all the time. bottom line is the cost of pc gaming is nothing these days. the more knowledge and understanding you have the cheaper pc gaming cost will be. In fact Red alert 3 is having a weekend sale on steam 29.99 and this game just came out. Too bad consoles can't afford to have their games lowered. http://store.steampowered.com/app/17480/ you can't beat that and i am BUYING IT!!! :XD :XD :XD my 99 bucks 3870 gpu will out perform the 360 gpu. Price comparison these days are soo pointless because it is so not static like pc hardware. With that said prices changes just like pc hardware changes. In this generation you are getting a lot more horsepower than what you paid for. the gap between the price you pay and the performance you get are huge. In other words you pay less and you get more horsepower than you can ever need and more than enough horsepower than you can ever want hands down!!!. Stop making prices a big deal because really it is not a big deal anymore. I just bought a 22 full hd lcd monitor for 199. No need for expensive HD TV i am SET!!! My friend told me to buy a console and i told him that i won't because pc gaming offers more value than a console would. I can play these games no problem and maxed out too. I have no need to own a console as most of my time is spent on pc gaming. Especially RTS games. Consoles can't quite handle RTS games. (see my previous posts for hard evidence) The only thing left is knowledge and taste of type of games and how you want to play these games is what it comes down to. For example if you are a sofa person with "big Screen HD TV" (not really necessary but whatever lol) or just want the plug and play experience that is fine and i won't argue or comment on that. That is your choice and i am fine with that. But if you are a avid knowledgeable that craves purity and best gaming experience whether you want to believe it or not PC is the way to go. It really comes down to preference guys really. But please don't come in here and tell that PC gaming is worthless because it is soo expensive to keep up with the latest games. All i have to say to that is LOOL!!!. Yea maybe for those type of gamers but we all know what the reality is when it comes to pc gaming cost :)

this monitor came with both dvi and vga. I hope its dvi-D because it has a vga port. Wouldn't make any sense to have dvi-A if you have a vga port as well lol. But this LCD came with both cables and i am using solely dvi. a 22inch i think is the sweet spot for gaming. I was going to go for the 30 inch but thats an overkill lol. Plus it was too expensive. Update on red alert 3. It appears that the upcoming red alert 3 standalone expansion "Red Alert 3 Uprising" will be PC exclusive. http://kotaku.com/5126204/red-alert-3-launches-pc-uprising-in-march I could name one reason why. Games like these are just too demanding and makes perfect sense to get the most out of real time strategy. By the time this game has launched there would be more higher and faster cheaper ram at a low price. And the ati 4870 512 and the 1gb version would be much cheaper. Would recommend to get the 1gb version if you want this game to breathe comfortably with everything maxed out at 1080p resolutions with no sacrifices in quality.

Speaking of monitors and HD. I just recently bought this monitor for my pc http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236051 and wow i am very impressed. It supports hdmi,dvi,vga. I am set!! no need for a very expensive hd tv lol. I can even set my rts games like command& conquer Tiberium wars for the pc at 1920x1080 and WOW!! very very clean not jagged edges in sight. With everything set to highest the game could go lol. I heard for the 360 version it was not good. the 360 had trouble keeping up with this game at 720p. And also my friend has it for the 360 and it looks like crap compared to the pc version when it comes to rts games and consoles this is one area consoles lacks on. either it has to be "unit capped" or have its own version like halo wars lol. sorry consoles you lose or would red alert command voice would say "you have lost" lol. RTS games on consoles can't simply keep up with the realtime objects going on the screen. These types of games are memory cruncher and cpu intensive as the whole map is loaded completely. No parts or pieces like in first person shooters. and if you believe that rts games can handle on consoles have a look lol. http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/strategy/redalert3/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;read-review it can't even handle red alert 3 properly and it is way too dumb down compared to the pc version. They should of used this game to compare because it really shows what consoles are lacking. First person shooters are mostly restricted environments or "railed" which makes it very difficult to compare to the PC version. Rts games are very open environments or not "railed" which causes the hardware to work hard. OK that is it from now on since i got this monitor lol. Every RTS game on the pc is going to be played at 1920x1080. It just looks very spectacular. With the right quality monitor can make a big difference in games. Especially with 2ms response time and 1000:1 contrast ratio. and I am also going to get red 3 next off steam :) lol. Dead space and fallout 3 could wait. After seeing a preview of these 2 games especially dead space i am kind of disappointed. Fallout 3 would be better choice over dead space. But for now red alert 3 stands out the most out of the 2 games hands down!! At least this is a native pc game that really shows true potential what pc's are capable of unlike today's dumb down first person shooters bah. Move over Sony you have been beaten by Asus when it comes to displays lol. Anyone looking to buy a new monitor i HIGHLY RECOMMEND this monitor. Last thing I want to know is i still can't figure out what is the difference between dvi and vga i know one is digital and one is analog but i can't really tell the difference.

Another reason why i prefer pc as my preferred platform http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152102 Hard drive storage has broken the 1TB mark at 100 bucks. get 2 of these and put them in raid0 which brings up of a whoppin 2TB LOL. Sure a console might be able to do with 500gb but never 2TB. Especially Raid configuration. Something consoles will only dream of doing Makes loading in games much quicker due to the workload is divided into 2 drives or splits the data apart between the 2.

"I buy an XBOX in 2005 for \\\\\\\\\\\\\$400. You buy a PC for 1000 (I'm being EXTREMELY generous here) in 2005. Yet it did not take long to realize that its already been outclassed by pc's. Secondly unlike consoles where they are STATIC in 2005. PC's in the other hand are NOT STATIC. and yes this is 2009 and i can play the latest games no problems at MAX SETTINGS as of now with this same built hardly changed anything since then. how are you doubting that i won't be able to run these latest games when in fact i am witnessing it first hand??. the game requirements such as left for dead fall out 3 i am more than enough to run them. In fact i am buying these games next first fallout 3. Consoles are in the borderline and will never exceed that they have to maintain those restrictions to keep it smoothly and yet looking nice. PC's in the other hand is beyond those restrictions and it did not cost me much to get it there. The thing you don't understand is you don't see the actual frames that these consoles are running at. They have to make sure that the game is balanced. Dude i can even run silent hill homecoming that just came out in the end of 08 at MAX SETTINGS. i am almost done with this game. Next i am going to get red alert 3 and fall out 3. I am more than able to run fallout 3 no problems with this current setup i have CURRENTLY. I don't even need to upgrade at all for 2009 i am SET!!!. I am waiting for the second wave of the core i7 which won't be available to mid this year. I am not upgrading now its not beneficial to me especially what i have now. By the time i upgrade again prices will be soo low that its just isnt funny DDR3 ram is already cheap http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231179 wow how fast prices are dropping and its DDR3 2gb kit that adds total of 4GB. Garbage?? i haven't had any problems. Much better stability than your 360 that causes a red ring of death for some odd reason. Have fun replacing it. so when i said i am able run these games i meant that i can run it very well. These games hardly ever requires much out of my system anyways so plenty horsepower to not only run it but run it VERY WELL with high settings and all. You can't deny that because i am seeing it myself. No proof than the system itself. The core I7 is brand new that just came out and intel is not about making money they really want people to buy them. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202 Not a bad pricing to start out with and expect the price to drop Its a quad core that does 8 execution threads. That is alot of cpu horsepower that will last a very long time and its not just about the cores and threads either. It comes with a brand new architecture to make every clock cycle efficient. here is a motherboard to go with this brand new core i7 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130216 with up to 24gb maximum. and this is right now not a outdated 360 from 2005 oh please.