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  • -- LInuxJackal -- "The PS3 is rated at over 2 teraflops, the Xbox360 manages only 1.2 teraflops. " See that's the problem, these are just numbers -- looking at them on paper is great, sure PS3 looks to have an 80% advantage on the 360 but can the PS3 handle 100% of it's potential? Early benchmarking has confirmed what many have thought...Simply put, no they cannot. Look I'm not blasting the PS3, the 360 has it's fair share of problems; but as stated a couple posts above the technical details for rendering are broken out so I won't go into it again but the PS3 has mismatched hardware that cannot support 100% of their functionality, Cost to benefit factor to me is nill. -- Knight -- "The PS3 specs was announced way before the XBOX 360 launch day and it hasn’t change since then" I'm not sure what reports you are watching but I see spec changes all the time. Additionally, announcing specs and actually mass producing an item are 2 different things. Eventually the companies have to lock into their hardware so they can begin producing the components. Same happened to MS; they announced the internals long before release day. It'll be approximately 2 years difference between the time MS announced what their system will run, and when Sony actually comes to market with their offer, technology changes an awful lot over the course of 2 years. Have you ever heard of the "Moore's Law"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law Over 40 years old and still true in the microprocessor world.

    Why PS2 Succeeded, and Why PS3 Will Fail
    Posted on: August 25, 2006 at 2:06 pm on Gear Live - 178 comments total

  • -- Nathan -- I appreciate that you refer to me as a 360 fanboy; even more I appreciate the part were you call me an idiot. "Bluray is also much better than you HD-DVD, no matter what" Interesting statement; do you care to back that up with any type of facts? Or is that just your inner fanboy showing? OMG, T3H Ps3 is teH roXOR !!!!!111One!!!! -- Seriously, if you are going to make comments please back them up with some sort of factual evidence that indicates bluray is superior to that of HD DVD. "You won’t get comparable graphics from the Wii" Are you comparing actual graphics of the Wii to the rehashed CGI Sony has been releasing? I also noted that you did not use this arguement to compare PS3 to the 360. Is that because you know the graphics will be comparable? I mean, I've already stated that [although I though PS3 had far superior hardware]. If that's the case it would seem to me they should be able to have graphics ~1.5x better [based on your non-scientific guess]. "Where I live..." I'm not really suprised...you are from Canada Ok, ok the last part was a joke...don't want to piss off all my neighbors to the North.

    Why PS2 Succeeded, and Why PS3 Will Fail
    Posted on: August 25, 2006 at 11:00 am on Gear Live - 178 comments total

  • -- Charlie Chan -- It sounds like you are the one who bought into the advertising campaigns. When I describe my setup I feel no need to point out I have a "61 Pioneer Elite Plasma Monitor" -- It appears that you like many others have been sucked into the ads. Look, the bottom line is this: PS3 is going to cost $500 & $600 for their units. Like I said earlier, they are going to sell a ton of them; I just don't think all parents are going to run out and get one for lil johnny when they could get comparable graphics from 2 lower price point machines.

    Why PS2 Succeeded, and Why PS3 Will Fail
    Posted on: August 25, 2006 at 7:22 am on Gear Live - 178 comments total

  • Knight, I'm not being a fanboy, but I need to point this out from your last post: -- "Top developers like Konami, Eidos, Epic Games… have already stated that Playstation is a beast! Kojima (VP of Konami) stated that the Playstation 3 is like a movie theater, the XBOX 360 is like a DVD player and the Wii is like a TV. Eidos (director) said that PS3 is clearly the best spec machine as far as next-gen goes. Top developer from Epic Games said even though the PS3 is hard to program, it’s clearly more powerful then the XBOX 360. " -- It's obvious that PS3 will have better/updated hardware specs. If you buy a computer today [or any electronic for that matter] today, and wait 365 days, go back to the store and tell me what has happened to the price? What has happened to the specs? The answer is going to be this: The process is faster, it has a bigger cache, the HD is bigger, there is more RAM; the video is better; the software is better AND THE PRICE IS COMPARABLE. Lets face it, gaming systems today are just fancily packages computers. As time goes on and technology gets better, and we can produce parts faster the cost drops; in the case of this 'console war' PS3 releases nearly a year later and the 360; yet the cost is 50% more expensive [when comparing the premiums editions] -- now logic would tell me that the cost of technology dropping over the last year should bring the base cost of the hardware down on the PS3; while adding blu-ray & HDMI etc will tack a bit onto the sticker making them comparable in price; this is the problem with Sony's price structure. And on that note: Before you call me out for being a fanboy as you did to Rob; I've been waiting on Wii, Nintendo is my all-time favorite.

    Why PS2 Succeeded, and Why PS3 Will Fail
    Posted on: August 23, 2006 at 5:13 pm on Gear Live - 178 comments total

  • I think PS3 will sell a fair amount of units, but it's not going to win this round...honestly I'd be suprised if it outsold the Wii; Sony turned alot of people off with the price tag; while yes MS is going to be releasing the HD-DVD add-on later at an undisclosed price that was probably the better move. Personally I'm content with DVD content; I have over 600 movies in my collection and I have no need to make them obsolete already. MS saved the consumers from the high cost of being an early adopter; a chance Sony doesn't offer us consumers [since the expensive blu-ray drive is in every shipped unit]. If sony brought out a dvd based system and later added a Blu-Ray add-on later in the fashion MS is approaching this I'd be more willing to pick up the PS3. The $600 price tag is just a bit extreme; until you buy a system a game and an extra controller and mem card you'll be in about $1000. That's quite a chunk of change to drop on a system right out of the gates for a technology that hasn't proved itself and obviously has not been declared the 'winner' in the new HD movie battle. In a couple of years should HD-DVD come out on top you now have a system that has a technology that will never be supported; just look @ the PSP; while the games are great, UMD movies were quickly yanked from shelves for poor sales. Oh, and on that note I don't trust Blu-Ray for the simple fact it has built in license management capabilities. ..the restrictions this could impose not only in the videogame market but in the movie market could be extremely high.

    Why PS2 Succeeded, and Why PS3 Will Fail
    Posted on: August 23, 2006 at 5:00 pm on Gear Live - 178 comments total

  • It's good to see that this is actually getting some larger press...MS sweeps it under the rug whenever someone brings it up at their forums; it's good that users understand what they are getting themselves into when they start buying the DLC. Also, here's a link to where it's being discussed @ playfeed: [to join the conversations] http://www.playfeed.com/index.php/playfeed/article/the-perils-of-drm-xbox-live-arcade-08101545/

    A Look At Why Xbox Live Marketplace Licensing and DRM Doesn't Work
    Posted on: August 15, 2006 at 7:00 am on Gear Live - 2 comments total

  • Well, for licensing the software to the GT; they'd also have to set it to allow all profiles on the machine to access the content; similarly to how the serial # license works now. I think that if they were to create a hybrid of both licenses there would be no problem. For example, make a license that requires your primary profile [the one which downloaded the content] the owner of said DLC; this enables all users who have profiles on your machine, or if you go to a friends house and take your profile with you access to the content. Whereas you could not copy the data to your PC and distribute over the web as the primary GT to which the DLC was attached would not be present when downloaded to another machine thus making the duplicated and pirated copy worthless. Obviously they would also need to have the system track GT changes etc. To me it seems like a no brainer; their DRM approach has caused many headaches for more than just a couple gamers; It took me exactly 2 minutes to come up with this idea I'd think a copy with giant think tanks of engineers could come up with a solution that would be suitable for everyone.

    The Perils Of DRM: Xbox Live Arcade
    Posted on: August 15, 2006 at 6:55 am on Playfeed - 6 comments total

  • No scilynt, the only thing politicians understand are kickbacks...if they aren't having their pockets padded by the industry then they deem them industry unappropriate.

    More Trouble for Reservoir Dogs
    Posted on: August 14, 2006 at 7:12 am on Playfeed - 2 comments total

  • I have go through the same issue. I'm actually going into the 4th week of phone calls back and forth to MS about this issue. I have not received a refund yet to repurchase even though that was the fix suggested by the first tech I have spoken to nearly 4 weeks ago. After numberous phone calls and faxes I still have not been able to resolve this issue. It seems while they are trying to protect from piracy they are doing so at the expense of legit gamers. In my case we are talking roughly $70 worth of DLC; it's not really the money that bothers me at this point, its the way they tie the game to a serial number. Attach it to a GT only and you'll have alot less of these issues. Until MS decides to fix this so I don't have to waste a month of my life the next time my 360 breaks [which I suspect it will given it's previous track record] I'll not be purchasing anymore DLC from the marketplace.

    The Perils Of DRM: Xbox Live Arcade
    Posted on: August 14, 2006 at 7:10 am on Playfeed - 6 comments total

  • I'd be willing to bet that you also don't think frogger has no lag too. Every game released to date has lag issues. Not everyone out there has a FIOS connection but I'd certainly like to hope my 6/1 connection could handle an old school arcade game if not the actual game titles.

    Street Fighter II Lag
    Posted on: August 03, 2006 at 8:52 am on Playfeed - 4 comments total

  • Yeah, did they mention the site, or at least hook you up w/ some cash for the story since they are selling the book for $29.99 a pop?

    Gear Live Appears In O'Reilly's Google Maps Hacks Book
    Posted on: August 03, 2006 at 8:49 am on Gear Live - 5 comments total

  • I'd imagine that if you were going to buy that TV you wouldn't really be concerned with the cost of running it.

    103-Inch Panasonic TH-103PZ600U Plasma Just in Time for Christmas
    Posted on: July 21, 2006 at 6:44 am on Gear Live - 4 comments total

  • I wonder how long this promo will last? I signed up on Wednesday so hopefully that will make the cut. I see they are still advertising on the site if you can manage to find the page; however, it says limited qantities; so it'll be interesting to see how many parties MS throws for gamers.

    A Party on Microsoft's Dime
    Posted on: July 14, 2006 at 11:38 am on Gear Live - 1 comments total

  • I honestly don't see the problem. I mean, would it be ok if that was a white guy dressed in all black? Or an Asian, or any other race? I think from the artistic approach they simply used the black/white which happened to also include the individuals pictured to make the white stick out...afterall the new system is white. I could see this differently if the ad read something like "White has always ruled black, welcome to the next generation" or something else that is blatantly racist. But seriously, c'mon people this isn't racist.

    Sony In Hot Water Over Seemingly Racist Ads
    Posted on: July 07, 2006 at 11:01 am on Gear Live - 4 comments total

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    New Xbox 360 Homebrew Exploit
    Posted on: July 05, 2006 at 8:35 am on Playfeed - 1 comments total

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