Do people even read the links. Did the TC even read the link. Reggie was questioning whether Halo3 could sell hardware when the 360 already has a lot of excellent shooters, so why would people be waiting for one more to tip the balance.
From that list, these titles look appealing, I will bold the ones that are no-brainer purchases for me:
Wii Donkey Kong Barrel Blast Ultimate Duck Hunting Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night Mercury Meltdown Revolution Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (I'm geting 360 version) Battalion Wars 2 Manhunt 2 Super Swing Golf 2 Super Mario Galaxy Geometry Wars: Galaxies Godzilla: Unleashed Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence Super Smash Bros. Brawl Nitrobike NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams
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Hope you realize that ultimate duck hunting is not a sequel to the NES game, and is actually a port of a PC hunting simulator, like those crappy deer hunt games.
You should try reading one of his books. I mean he is the king of messed up sh*t, ie - whole villages using ropes etc to make themselves into giants made out of people and then fighting against other villages, entire worlds of strange creatures woven into carpets who are being hunted by an alien who thinks he is an archangel, and a salesman with a magic jacket. And thats not even the really weird stuff.
It should just mean someone who plays games a lot. Unfortunately, because it sounds cool, everyone wants to be a "hardcore" gamer. The terms for hardcore and casual should just be frequent and infrequent gamer. There are way to many idiots who use hardcore as a badge of honor and casual as an insult.
The fact that "casual" games like Guitar Hero, Madden and Halo sell much better on the 360 than "hardcore" games like Bioshock, and "hardcore" games like Zelda and Metroid and Red Steel sell better than "casual" games like Cooking Mama should tell you something about classifying games as hardcore or casual.
Went from Spectrum 48k - Amiga 500 - Amiga 1200 - PC (pre dedicated 3d card to Voodoo1 through to Nvidia 5300) - didn't upgrade and just played older games on PC until I got a Wii this year. I've never owned a console before although I played a fair amount of PS1 on a friends system and played a fair few Halo1 LAN matches (although I always sucked in them).
Wasn't planning on getting a console or significantly upgrading my PC, but my wife was really eager to get a Wii after playing it and I was happy to be able to play video games with her. It has been a really good system for us, we have a bunch of games that we can play when firends are over, and when I have the time I can play RE4. I am just at the end of the story in RE4 and I bought it a week after it came out, so you can figure out how much time I have for playing games.
What do people mean by phyiscs? Complex calculations applied to determine trajectories of a few objects (ie rag doll)? Simple physics applied to determine the trajectories of large numbers of objects (ie destructable environments)? Calculations applied to extremely high numbers of objects but which have little to no interaction with the environment (ie particle effects)? Making a game 'feel' right in terms of gravity etc?
The last is the hardest to do, is the most important in my book, and requires the least processing power.
I hate car/console analogies, they just don't work. Analogy to hair curling irons would be just as apt. But, guess what, every prepubescent PS3 owner wants to equate his console to a Ferrari not to teflon coated Remington hair tongs. If you want to say your console is more expensive and has better features just say it.
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