So I missed this but it seems a few weeks ago XBL in India started to offer Full Retail game rentals.

I wonder how long it will take for that to show up in N. America and other places cause it makes a lot of sence. There are some games I would rent for 1-3-7 days and they could use the same DRM that XBL uses for the movie rentals right now.

http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/10/indias-xbox-liv.html

So what do you think is better for multi-player?

And actually while we're at it, which has the better single player campaign and story in your opinion?

An expedited beta period is planned for the artistic development environment upgrade, which will now enable programmers to build multi-player games for Games for Windows Live.

The big addition to this version is a multi-player enhancement to the SDK, which will enable experimental developers to create games that can be deployed over Games for Windows Live and apparently for Xbox Live as well.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsofts_next_XNA_Game_Studio_beta_supports_multiplayer/1195684249

Actually I just found another post from Valve saying they are going to be releasing 4 Demos, 1 for each game including Team Fortress 2.

I've not found any other people saying it's there but Xbox LIVE will be getting a demo in about half an hour.

http://www.pspsps.tv/2007/11/double_blow_for_the_orange_box.html

Diablo III

failling that a straight up port of Diablo II would be simple enough and great fun.

Actually yes, you can hook up the HD-DVD drive and have it work with your PC.

You'll have to "google" it though as it's not offically supported.

http://news.punchjump.com/article.php?id=5023

Best Buy Co., Inc. this week began offering a HD DVD deal for owners of Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360video game console.

The retailer is offering a free copy of Heroes Season 1 on HD DVD,

two free HD DVD movies $34.99 or less instantly, and

five free HD DVD movies via mail-in rebate at point of purchase.

Additionally, the Xbox 360 HD DVD SKU includes a copy of King Kong on HD DVD.

Potential is a bad choice of words for this. It has much more to do with efficiency then anything.

PC's will always have more potential then consoles. Their hardware changes and improves every couple of months where as consoles are static for years at a time.

But it's the efficiency of that hardware where things differ.

PC's will never have the same level of efficient code that consoles do. There are far too many variations that exclude the kind of optimizations consoles benefit from. But they also don't need it because they will always have more raw power to throw at the problem.

Take the PS2 for example: It's a PII-300 yet for the 6-years following it's release developers optimized the code for that hardware. The result, God of War 2 was a great title but had it been developed for the PC you can rest assured it would not have run on the equivalent hardware.

Also potential is just that, and if it's never fully realized then it never really matters...as seen with the DreamCast.

Well here is something you don't see every day. Or at least so openly admitted too.

Talking Multiplayer, Sony PS3's Warhawk better than Xbox 360's Halo 3
http://www.product-reviews.net/2007/09/28/read-clearly-talking-multiplayer-sony-ps3s-warhawk-better-than-xbox-360s-halo-3/

Stand Corrected on Muiltiplayer: Xbox 360's Halo 3 better than Sony PS3's Warhawk
http://www.product-reviews.net/2007/10/04/stand-corrected-on-muiltiplayer-xbox-360s-halo-3-better-than-sony-ps3s-warhawk/