I Knew It

the pricetag is pretty steep for such a rocky launch

Originally posted by ))TrAuMa((
i waited in line for about 6 hours and i was 13th inn line for the xbox 360 and when i got it i went home and played it and i was very disapointed! it does not seem like a next gen. system to me! i got madden and quake4 but yeah a big disapointment i am just going to sell it and get a Playstaion 3! any one else feel the same way?

How do you know the PS3 won't disappoint you as well?

Originally posted by ))TrAuMa((
i waited in line for about 6 hours and i was 13th inn line for the xbox 360 and when i got it i went home and played it and i was very disapointed! it does not seem like a next gen. system to me! i got madden and quake4 but yeah a big disapointment i am just going to sell it and get a Playstaion 3! any one else feel the same way?

After one night you are going to sell it?

Why do I think you didnt buy it?

I love PD0, but I have only been playing the multiplayer, it instantly makes you think about the old Rare shooters for the 64. 😛

Oh man, to play a multiplayer like Goldeneye again? I'd give almost anything!

...But not over 400 bucks. Oh well. If at least ten excellent games come out for the 360, I might consider buying it. 'Til then, my money's waiting for the PS3 and Revolution.

But on the topic of the 360, I'm really not liking what I'm hearing. Didn't Microsoft put out even one game with great graphics and great gameplay? Because that's not what it's looking like to me.

Originally posted by General Kaliero
Oh man, to play a multiplayer like Goldeneye again? I'd give almost anything!

...But not over 400 bucks. Oh well. If at least ten excellent games come out for the 360, I might consider buying it. 'Til then, my money's waiting for the PS3 and Revolution.

But on the topic of the 360, I'm really not liking what I'm hearing. Didn't Microsoft put out even one game with great graphics and great gameplay? Because that's not what it's looking like to me.

I still have my N64 and Goldeneye 😄

And yeah, I'm waiting for the other systems - Revolution first and foremost, PS3 once an FF is released for it.

Originally posted by ))TrAuMa((
i waited in line for about 6 hours and i was 13th inn line for the xbox 360 and when i got it i went home and played it and i was very disapointed! it does not seem like a next gen. system to me! i got madden and quake4 but yeah a big disapointment i am just going to sell it and get a Playstaion 3! any one else feel the same way?

Those games don't even come close to the power of the Xbox 360. Just wait till the hard hitting games like Halo 3 to come out and if you sold it you will regret it.

Originally posted by Shadow x 20
Those games don't even come close to the power of the Xbox 360. Just wait till the hard hitting games like Halo 3 to come out and if you sold it you will regret it.

Yeah, Microsoft keeps saying that. But I see two possible situations here:

1) Microsoft rushed too much to put the system out before Christmas, and as a result they now have an uber-expensive console with pretty crappy (relatively) games.

OR

2) Microsoft has been touting the 360 as the great next-gen system when it really... just isn't.

Either or both of those may be wrong, of course, but "We're not using full capacity yet" is an excuse that's technically valid for quite a long time.

The "not using all the power" thing is true of all consoles, developers have to learn to get the most out of the system. Even the almighty do no wrong uber system that is PS2 went through the same thing.

Which is part of the reason why I think that buying it right when it launches is dumb -- there'll be very few games and they won't really be all THAT great. Not to mention it'll be stupidly expensive.

Lana pretty much nailed it. Not much else to say, really.

One word: Oblivion.

@ AC, do you own a Xbox? Halo being the best game? I dont even HAVE Halo on xbox - (pc) -, but the games I do have, have pleased me with its capabilities.

Sometimes its not even about the capabilities of a game, but how much fun you have playing it. Knights of the Old Republic had shocking models, glitches and framerates (occasionally) for the power of the console, but the game was gold.

Dont look at what it can do now. Look at what it can do in the future. I mentioned Oblivion, the developer videos showing in game footage have real time generated forests and dungeons. You cant do that stuff on a previous console.

@ StinkFist, Call of Duty 2 has shocking graphics? Did you notice framerates, loading times, particle effects, sounds, animations? I sure did watching a video of it. Theres a massive difference between CoD and CoD 2.

And a PC will always beat a console anyway, you cant upgrade a console like a PC.

Final thing, most launch titles arent even built on the console developer kits. Launch titles get the kits close to console releases, so developers dont have time to max out everything they possibly could.

Wait for the next few waves of games.

In my opinion, the 360 has a killer app in Perfect Dark, thats good enough reason enough for me to buy.

I'd rather wait for more "killer apps." $450 to play one game doesn't appeal to me.

to me the 360 is basically a two-game system.

halo 3 and pd: zero.

i havent heard hype on any other games. thats probably why im not buying one for a long while

I have been waiting for PD0 since it was supposed to be coming out on Gamecube, it is worth it to me. 😛

It looks interesting to me.
I really want to play PD:Zero and the racing games, but other than that, Madden is a just a shell of the game is supposed to be. King Kong is about 6 hours long and Call of Duty plays the exact same on the computer. So whats the rush.

If a get a pay raise, I might look into buying one down the road after PS3 comes out to see which is better for me, but as of right now, there's no point in buying one. Most of the games dont really do it for me aside from pretty graphics. (they're the same throughout, no orginality or difference, aside from Kameo, King Kong (but not worth the money) and PD Zero looks kick ass.

So I take it the PD Zero's multiplayer is good? 😄

How's the 32 player?

Originally posted by Smasandian
Most of the games dont really do it for me aside from pretty graphics. (they're the same throughout, no orginality or difference, aside from Kameo, King Kong (but not worth the money) and PD Zero looks kick ass.

For all of you who think the games are crap right now for XBOX360 then i suggest you wait for the next set of games. The release day games are not to their full potential. Also Halo isnt the only big game on XBOX, there are way more games out there that are if not better than HALO.

Couple days late on that one.. myself and others have said this in most threads regarding the 360..