[QUOTE="RDS_Phoenix"]F0anboy? Hah, far from it I reguraly play my 360 every day infact but I can admit the fault the console has unlike fanboys.Pelokotans, it's only great because it agrees with your own subjective opinions. Try to be less of a fanboy and think about the argument that is being put forward.
TC - I also resent paying for Xbox Live - however, if anybody is paying the full $50 for it, they don't deserve to be using it in the first place. It's available very easily for half price in a lot of places that I don't need to link you to. Also, the fact that you speak of it as a monthly payment is clearly just to support your own argument by slightly bending the truth. If the monthly is too much, buy the yearly - it works out less. My year of Xbox Live cost me $25 (£12.50). Only slightly over a pound per month. I probably lose more than that in the street in a day.
You mention the hardware specs limiting creativity - I disagree, it's entirely feasible for a game that requires it to use multiple disks. It's not the greatest solution of course, but stating that limited DVD space is going to stop devs releasing bigger and more creative games is simply not the case. If they want to be creative to the point that they fill the DVD, they can simply use another DVD and let the creative juices flow. I do agree with you that the release of the core system was a poor choice - I won't argue that. In terms of HD, the Premium system fully supports using VGA on HDTVs, and supports 1080p via VGA - now, the difference between VGA and HDMI is negligable. It's there sure, but isn't particularly going to hamper anybody's enjoyment, and it certainly isn't about to make games look poor. I agree that the release of the Elite was a kick in the teeth, but that doesn't devalue the 360 playing the games that are designed for it anyway. It's not going to render the Premium redundant. Frankly, the fact that you recommend 'doing a Sega' and becoming more like the Dreamcast speaks wonders - let's not forget that, yes, although good games were released for the DC, the DC failed commercially and creatively, and forced Sega out of the hardware market indefinitely. Not a wise business model to be following. The only reason Sony continue to try it is due to the expansive money banks backing them, but they do not have good track records and therefore one can be forgiven for looking at the PS3 with a slightly cynical eye.
The controller is completely subjective, but to call it the worst controller ever made is apalling. The pad is comfortable, responsive, and in my opinion has perfect button placement. The triggers rounded upwards means a better comfort factor and no 'slipping' which is prominent with the PS3 triggers, and the bumpers are very well balanced and means that the users fingers don't have to be at an exact point on the bumpers - they cater for people with longer or shorter fingers because they can be pressed easily along the entire length of the button. What you use as it's downfall (pressing it too easily) is a bonus for myself - I have long fingers and buttons like that can be very hard to press with the limited leverage near the controller casing - whereas the 360 is balanced along the length of the button. I don't like the D-Pad, it's true that there are problems with it. It's poor for the games that require it (2D fighters mainly) but the only saving grace I can think of is that those games are few and far between. The analogue sticks are a million miles better than the PS3 - a love for FPS games will tell you that - the PS3 analogues feel too loose and not 'taught' enough or springy enough. This can lead to aiming problems, because IMO the best aspect of the sticks on the 360 is that you need a push a little harder to move them, and leads to more precision. Of course that's IMO, but I would rather use the 360 pad for an FPS than the PS3 pad. And of course, you have emitted rumble/feedback, which can lead to increased immersion in games - and is especially useful in racing/driving games to correctly judge surfaces and friction with the road. I never thought rumble was a big deal, until I had to play without it. I don't dislike the PS3 pad, but it still has the same issues as the PS2 pad, and has even lost some aspects (it's not heavy enough and has no rumble yet).
Microtransactions - in agreement with you here. It's not a good way for games to be going. The only justification I can think of is that expansion packs can also be used as DLC, and that is a great idea. The Oblivion expansions will tell you that Microtransactions can be great - with KotN and Shivering Isles being great additions at a relatively low cost. You mention the Gears maps - let's not forget that these maps are becoming free soon, and are not permanent 'paid' DLC. The same goes for the Halo maps. Also - we need to remember that the Resistance map pack needs to be paid for, and is more expensive than the Gears map pack. I'm not knocking Resistance, I'm just saying that to use a paid map pack is pointless when inferring that the 360 is the worst console - because it's not the only one doing it and is cheaper than the 'opposition'.
The lag on Xbox Live is not a valid argument. Some suffer lag, some don't. I myself don't experience much lag at all - aside from Gears, which is a sack of crap anyway, I havn't experienced any notable lag with any other game. I have also played matches on Resistance that lag, and some that have been perfect - that's no reason to knock PSN or the PS3, it's simply an unfortunate circumstance in the game - maybe a poor connection to the server/host (regardless of connection speed, this is possible), maybe network interference, maybe a poorly configured router? Who knows, but I don't see your experience of lag being a case against the 360 as a machine - if the Live service was unusable and was a 'laggy mess' (your words) it wouldn't have the users or the popularity that it does. It's subjective - your experiences are in the minority.
Also, in future can you please use a larger font? It's bad enough to be faced with a WoT (I'm guilty of it with this post too, I know) without struggling to read the text that is there aswell.
PelekotansDream
Do you have actual data that can prove that you play your 360 ever day? Are you going to record yourself playing your 360 every day for the remainder of the year. If not, then you cannot prove that you do what you say you do. The X360 does have faults, but they're minor.
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