[QUOTE="ballistic3188"]144 hours /sec of animation. 2.5hours*3600= 9000 seconds of animation 9000sec * 144hours/sec= 1296000 hours /24= 54000 days/ 365= 147.9452055 yearsKaosed

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halo 1 in my opinion is at best a mediocre story. for one the original is standard play on the FPS staple. One man needs to save the world. quake guy, the doom guy, and duke nukem all have this element. the premise is a cliche'. one that is done by many. aliens invade. wait that was done by lets see starship troopers, mars attacks, starcraft, half-life, and about a few dozen anime.  the game itself send you going around slaying aliens which then you find that the thing you landed on it infested with body controling aliens and that the ring is a weapon that will destroy the galaxy and so your job is to blow up the ring and run away. character development? none to speak of just a jumble of one liners. any theme? none. lessons?. I don't see any use of various story techniques to make it more compelling then. I art badass I crush bad guys like they are nothing. if this were a movie i would rate it as a B action film one that you watch for the pretty visuals and combat and those one liners.

now halo 2 ehh i don't see what they are going with it right now. THey are at least try to make it story this time. lots of reference to christianity. which need I remind people that is also very cliche'. any number of anime has this. range from similes to adam and eve or the ever famous evangelion. which shoot a christian reference every few mins. with everthing from god the 3 wise men the spear of longinus with an ending theme of adam and eve. The main question is can they pull this literary device off. as for the story we will see how this goes i reserve judgement till the third installment. if it is anything like matrix 2 to 3 ( also tons of christian references) we will have some problems here.

cortana as character. I think of her as more of the plot device. she tells you what to do where to go and basically all the story backround is told by her. I don't think she has much of personality which could change with the advent of she maybe being corrupted by that flood thing.

 I agree on the eviroments are gorgeous evrything present seem believable.

as a shooter it is one of the best. as a story it pretty meh.

Guys guys. if that his PS3 cause then

PS3_FTW is infact Hideo Teramoto, Associate Producer of the Ridge Racer series

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This chart shows a better picture. 360 is outselling ps3 every month though the ps3 is doing better than the 360 when it launched but remember 360 did a world wide launch, had the ps3 tried this they would of sold less.

In the ps3's defense it has had some supply issues at launch, but that shouldn't of effected jan/feb sales.

jrhawk42

You speak of his technical review of the ps3 vs the wii and the xbox 360.

But i have yet to see anything technical in it.

there are few number, barely any facts, and no flow charts or anything that could be construed as technical comparison.

  if this were tech paper it would be in the nearest dumpster in seconds.

1. little big planet

okay you are saying a game that isn't out will win it all for the ps3. where is the proof that it can't be done on either xbox or wii. no where! just keeps saying ti is a an awesome game. okay it is an awesome game but no one game will make it console winner look at gamespots gotys most are gamecube games and we saw how that went. there point taken away.

2.  free online

 sigh okay. this one he actually uses numbers. 70 down 50 a year. But he fails to account that some people don't want to play online or that people will stop playing online for a time period. yes if you pay online you will get a bad vaule over the time. but do consumer know this? I would argue that they don't. seeing that far into the furture is tough for people. Just look at mmos. It is 25 bucks a month you are spending 300 bucks a year for a game. yet not many are aware of it nor care. people also like money over time rather than money down a 600 console seems more imposing then 25 bucks a month for 2 years. another example your house loans. wow players could have bought a ps3 by now.

3. 50gb

 the question is what stop them from using multiple disks like resident evil 4 or FF early PS1 games? yes it will go up the question is more of how much? where is the data or chart or something that shows that dvd even using multiple disks isn't gonna cut it? even if it has more data second question it does the ps3 actaully read faster than the dvd9 in the xbox. I am sure some one has it some where it isn't even mentioned in this article.

4. casino royale

it hit 7 okay... how long till people are going to adopt blu-ray? one movie sold well the format war is still waging and the dvd still exist is haven't look but probably the other  9 in the list are dvds. the impact of the blu-ray in this battle isn't going to near the furvor of the ps2 and dvd why because it isn't the quantum leap that was vhs and dvd players nor do hd set make up the amount of audience tv sets.

5. HDMI

new elite has it too therefore not better than the xbox. 

6. standard HDD

i agree the no hardrive for the xbox is terrible.

7. Wii

okay this is pure opinion. where is the data? he just says it is a fad thats it. nothing proving or disproving

we havn't seen how this would pan out and we are at the begining of the wave. Also how long do fads last? if it is anything like ds or pokemon it can almost be proclaimed the winner cause momentum is everything. example is the multiplats are coming to the DMC4 for the 360 or even the DS getting dragon quest. all because they have higher market shares.  second he makes the assumption that wii is a primary console. I would argue it is secondary console. The reasoning is that the wii has differentied itself so well and that it also sits in the easily bought area. as long it hold both new fun controls and really cheap price it can still win. and no you wouldn't  play need for speed that for 360 and ps3 but you would damn well play madden on it.

8. CPU

"With the PS2, Sony got away with making a fairly developer-unfriendly system, and its success allowed their hardware designers to ignore developer's complaints as they made the PS3. People high up at Sony have realized that approach simply won't work anymore and are trying to fix the problem. Sony is actively improving their libraries, tools and developer support in order to make PS3 development easier. They are giving first party developed techniques and code to third-party developers so that multi-platform games should start looking better on PS3. " hmm so it will get better. question is 200 better or just xbox to ps2 better. if just xbox ps2 better it is in for trouble.

 9. selling more ps2 to 360

I would take that as a bad sign. Why? cause that means that the people have lost faith in the PS3. why would you buy something that is so outdated when you buy a new one that can play the old and the new? reason cause you placed the cost too high! it lends the idea that people are waiting for the price to drop. and if they want momentum they gotta drop it soon or 360 will pull a lead that will force more exclusive to multiplat. do you see anyone still buying xboxs or gamecube? hell no! cause it is low price making it reasonable to buy instead of their cheaper older counterparts

10.  something for ever everyone

yes it was diverse. yes they were good but it is starting to lose some of its diversity to the 360. thats the problem. and as is none of those diverse ones are out yet. so their impact without the 100 million player base is questionanle how much of the market share consumed them. 1million to 100 million is 1%. 

the guy spouted opinion barely anything  "factual" maybe a number here or there but no analysis. I have counter argued his points they are mostly my op. 

XBox 360 Fanboy Argument #2: The Playstation 3 is far too expensive! There's absolutely no reason to spend that extra $200 (conversely: extra $350 when comparing the 60gb Playstation 3 to the Wii).

An interesting and seemingly valid argument. Most gamers don't have an infinite budget, and as far as consoles are concerned, $600 actually is a lot of money. For real.


Now this graph is extremely interesting, as the Playstation 3 goes from the third most expensive console of all time, to a staggering seventh. Bet you never considered that Atari was actually a more expensive system for its time.

Secondly, let's focus explicitly on the two consoles in question, the Playstation 3, and the XBox 360. For sake of argument, we'll examine the expensive versions of each - The Platinum Bundle XBox 360, and the 60GB model Playstation 3.

XBox 360 Platinum Bundle Price: $400 USD; INCLUDES*:

XBox 360 system
Detachable 20GB harddrive
Component, composite, and Ethernet cables
XBox 360 Headset
XBox 360 Wireless controller
XBox 360 faceplate

Other Capabilities:

Backwards compatability (Note: Not all XBox games work on the XBox 360
DVD, CD playback
Supports other multi-media (MP3 audio, MPEG video, etc.)


Playstation 3 60GB Version Price: $600 USD, INCLUDES*:

Playstation 3 system, with internal, detachable 60GB harddrive
SIXAXIS controller
Component and Ethernet cables

Other Capabilities:

CD, DVD, Blu-Ray playback
Supports other multi-media (MP3 audio, MPEG video, etc.)
Wireless Ethernet connection
Free access to Playstation Network
Fully backwards compatable with all Playstation 1 and 2 games

So what's this mean, out of box? Well, in order to get the XBox 360 up to the same capabilities:

XBox 360 Wireless Network Adapter: Retail Price $99
2 Detachable 20GB HDDs: Retail Price $99 each, or $198
One Year of XBox Live Gold Membership: $50

And out of fairness, let's catch up the Playstation 3 also:

Playstation 3 Component Video Cables: Retail Price $25
Playstation 2 USB Headset: Retail Price $30

So where are we at?

XBox 360, total cost: $747 USD, discounting any applicable sales tax, shipping, and other fees
Playstation 3, total cost: $655 USD, discounting any applicable sales tax, shipping, and other fees

Even including the $15 Memory Card adapter for the Playstation 3, the cost is still $670.

But factor in the HD-DVD Add On, Retailing for $200 and the XBox 360 reaches a staggering $947, before tax and other applicable fees.Holy cow! I mean Lemming. Or whatever you kids are saying nowadays.

Interesting.

And don't even get me started on the fact that nobody brings the price of PCs outfitted for top of the line gaming, by the way, because this thread will get real ugly, real fast.

Summation: Yes, the Playstation 3 is expensive, but you get a lot out of the box. A lot of those add-ons for the XBox 360 are rather unnecessary, I agree wholeheartedly, but the point of argument here is catching up the 360's capabilities to the Playstation 3's. Which costs the 360 almost a grand. And we're not talking quality here - Just price. So bear that in mind before you clamor to the Quick Reply button.

Sources: Kmart.com, EBgames.com, curmudgeongamer.com
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