[QUOTE="rpgfan360"]

[QUOTE="smokeydabear076"][QUOTE="blizzvalve"]Starcraft is one of the most popular games of all time. The RTSgames is already mainstream.acekicka

notice i said consoles, not pc.

As I was reading the responses, I was thinking the same thing, the TC said consoles and everyone's flipping out about the popularity of RTSs on PC...doesn't anyone read...?

Apparently reading is not essential to System Wars. Anyways, I thought the X360 version of C&C3 was great. I had no problems with it, except for balancing issue and the fact that the GDI/Croatia mission is near impossible.

gnutux

I cannot believe people argue this. The PC and 360 are not the same plaform therefore if a game is on both it must be multiplat. It doesn't matter if Microsoft is the publisher, it is still multiplat.PS2_ROCKS

It's still multiplat, but the term exclusive means that it's only available on the company's platform. Actually, the term itself isn't really defined.

gnutux

My last handheld was a Gameboy Advance. I stopped playing handhelds because I find it quite annoying at times, but that's just me.

gnutux

[QUOTE="gnutux"][QUOTE="BudgetMessiah"]

Or more specifically, where does Xenos rank compared to other graphics cards?

Try the x1800 XL.

And people wonder if COD4 will look better on a PC, or why Crysis is going to be the high water mark for graphics.

mikemil828

You do realise that many people don't have $700+ lying around just to get a gaming PC that can run Crysis on a good card, with decent RAM and a decent processor.

Both the X360 version and PC version of CoD 4 will play well. Plus, consoles are closed boxes, which can be optimised at anytime. A PC isn't. It can only be optimised up to a certain point.

gnutux

Hey if people have 400 bucks to buy unreliable hardware, then it shouldn't be a problem to up the nessesary money to get stuff that will at least last you a while.

I rather spend the US$400 on something that I know lasts quite long (I have an X360, and it's still working) than US$700 that I know will have to upgrade to keep playing PC games.

Another thing that is a misconception is that PCs aren't really a platform since each and every one of them has different specifications. People say PC has better graphics. Who's PC? My PC's specs is worst than the X360. It was $1800 when I bought it since it was top of the line 5 years ago. Now? It's a piece of junk waiting for an upgrade.

Anyways, that's my opinion of course.

gnutux

[QUOTE="Verge_6"]Aren't they making a $30-$50 profit per 360 sold now? Oh, and if you think a corporate dreadnaught like Microsoft will throw in the towel due to a 1 billion dollar loss...what will Sony do, since they lost TWO billion recently?Zam_basic

MS never made a dime off the xbox 1 or xbox 360. Sony will profit billions since Blu Ray is THE future format for media

PS3 made Blu ray a success

xbox 360 made MS lose over a billion

those are the facts

Sounds like an ignorant cow. Microsoft earns big cash even if they lost $1 billion on just the console repairs. Each box sold still makes a bit of profit.

As for Bluray, it's winning and has not won.

A billion dollars to these giants means paying for a decent sized HDTV for middle class people, doesn't mean too much to them.

gnutux

I dunno why they are, but hell, i don't find it appealing at all atm.

gnutux

I mean strictly console speaking...of course it is..

But I mean most games are played on Windows OS PC and we all know what software company runs thats OS.

So if Gears of War published and paid for in part by Microsoft..gets ported over to Windows...which is well published and paid for by Microsoft, is it really an exclusive lost?

Its all kind of staying "in-house" so to speak.

This goes for Lost Planet and other "also available on PC" games.

Its like when GTA VCS and LCS got ported over from PSP to the PS2...I didnt count that as an "exclusive lost" for the PSP

Hermits and Lems shouldnt really argue about exclusive being lost to each other, as they kind of both end up gracing the same companies platform (Microsoft).

I think in terms of consoles its much more painful for PS3 "losing an exclusive" to the 360...then the 360 "losing an exclusive" to the PC

Please dont bother bringing up Linux and Mac OS's for PC gaming because we all know most games being played on a PC are being played on a Windows OS.

What are your thoughts?

P.S. Anybody else picking up "300" for Blu-ray and or HD-DVD? (Im getting the HD-DVD version because I heard it supported better extra features, but both versions will be amazing in HD)rappid_rabbit

Highly debatable.

My answer: until Gears of War or any other X360 titles go to Linux or MacOS X, it's not a lost exclusivity since Microsoft is still publishing the game on their own platform. PC not= Windows. Windows is Microsoft's platform and Gears of War or any other X360 game I don't think will ever land on Linux or MacOS X. Hermits need to learn that they're not PC fanboys but Windows fanboy. Remember, PC runs Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Zeta, SkyOS, Solaris, and technically MacOS X. So let's think this for a sec. How many Microsoft XBOX 360 games are on Linux or any other OS than Windows natively? None, last count. Therefore, exclusivity is not lost.

Short answer: NO

gnutux

Apple has been trying to enter the gaming market for the past few months. Just look at WWDC 2007, and the iPods.

I think they're going to make something like an iBoy where it's an iPod and GameBoy-like system.

gnutux

Or more specifically, where does Xenos rank compared to other graphics cards?

Try the x1800 XL.

And people wonder if COD4 will look better on a PC, or why Crysis is going to be the high water mark for graphics.

BudgetMessiah

You do realise that many people don't have $700+ lying around just to get a gaming PC that can run Crysis on a good card, with decent RAM and a decent processor.

Both the X360 version and PC version of CoD 4 will play well. Plus, consoles are closed boxes, which can be optimised at anytime. A PC isn't. It can only be optimised up to a certain point.

gnutux

I'm going to get it.

gnutux