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[Riskbreaker]

PlayStation 3

 

[VALIS]

Consumer Whore or Spoiled Brat

Take your pick.

The current industry model is broken. A console standard will fix that, then we'll have competition amongst S-O-F-T-W-A-R-E developers; and the consumer wins.

Uh huh. The current industry model is so broken that video games have never been as successful, nor have there been as many choices or better prices available to the consumer. Almost nothing other than the mega-blockbusters like Halo and GTA retain their full price for more than 6 months. Budget titles are plentiful, and they're not shovelware crap like those $10 PS1 games. Used games have never been more widely available. This generation supported four consoles and three handhelds to varying degrees! Broken indeed.

For someone as consistently critical and nasty as you are, I'd think at least you wouldn't often look so damn foolish.

 

[scissorfight]

All of them, as usual, and probably all at/near launch.

I have no willpower.

 

[Amir0x]

Current tally on GAF for next-gen system purchases...

(Note: I didn't add people on who weren't sure or who only thought they'd "possibly" get one system or another down the line. If someone said "all three", I added a notch to all three system numbers.)

PS3: 70
360: 34
REV: 50


Based on these numbers, we can assume that Xbox360 will be in first place next-gen and PS3 will be in second place, since whatever the results are of a GAF tally we can assume the exact opposite will actually occur in the market.

 

[Amir0x]

Ignoring the very solid lineup of xbox 360 games (which is only going to get better) is fanboyism IMHO

Boy, this sure is a stupid statement. Because you feel the line-up is "solid", if someone else doesn't feel this way and thus ignores the system at first (or because they can't afford it and prefer another system) they're a fanboy? I'm sure you're aware how fucking idiotic that is, but maybe I'm just reading your statement incorrectly. This applies for any lineup, for Revolution, Xbox360 or PlayStation 3.

Please note that at this point I agree the lineup is pretty solid overall, particularly because they have several interesting original properties that I'm diggin' (99 Nights, Lost Odyssey, Gears of War, Perfect Dark Zero, maybe Blue Dragon if Toriyama doesn't rape things too much). But that is a stupid statement.

I don't see too much that differentiates XBOX 360 from PS3 sans payed online service, same as in this generation, so I think I'll stick with two consoles again.

There are plenty of differences between the systems, ya know. We call that "developer support". Xbox = The vast majority of Western Developer support with great Western games, PS2 = the vast majority of Japanese developer support, with great Japanese games. That's the difference, it's pretty clear actually.

 

[AniHawk]

I plan on getting all three eventually, as long as things hold constant.

 

[duckroll]

I'll get them all. I've always gotten them all.

 

[Ranger X]

PS3 at first.
I'll probably buy a second console but i don't know so far between Rev or 360.

 

[wandering goat]

Yeah, perhaps what I meant was that there wasn't as much difference as between systems in previous gens like Playstation vs. Nintendo and Nintendo vs. Sega. Obviously there's going to be different support, but I think that the PS2 had most of what the XBox did, sans some western developed stuff. I guess it's also that their philosophies and goals are practically the same, so it's the majority of titles could go on either system. Either way, there's nothing unique that strikes me about the 360 that the PS3 doesn't also feature or better, though if you were a big fan of western developers I guess that would change (for the most part, I'm not.)

 

[Amir0x]

Yeah, perhaps what I meant was that there wasn't as much difference as between systems in previous gens like Playstation vs. Nintendo and Nintendo vs. Sega. Obviously there's going to be different support, but I think that the PS2 had most of what the XBox did, sans some western developed stuff. I guess it's also that their philosophies and goals are practically the same, so it's the majority of titles could go on either system. Either way, there's nothing unique that strikes me about the 360 that the PS3 doesn't also feature or better, though if you were a big fan of western developers I guess that would change (for the most part, I'm not.)

Well, you mentioned it in your first post. "Sans payed online service." Microsoft's online service, Xbox Live, is lightyears ahead of the competition so far. I mean, I guess if you didn't care much for online or didn't have broadband it'd be far less important, but it's still just one more feature which sets it apart.

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

I'm waiting for Sega's next console,screw the rest.

Awww hell yeah.

 

[teh_pwn]

Consumer Whore or Spoiled Brat

Take your pick.

I agree, there's more than enough stuff on my system of choice. It's not like I'm left wanting.

Or maybe people that want to play the best games want all consoles. If I did it all over again, I'd want to play God of War, Ratchet and Clank, Kingdom Hearts, Metroid Prime, SSBM, RE4, Soul Calibur, Halo, Fable, Warcraft 3, Half Life 2, and Far Cry. How am I going to do that with one console? I don't own that many games for someone on a forum. I own like 20-30 for this generation and I buy most when they're $30 or less, but I wouldn't with one console because there isn't enough worthy games on any single platform.

I didn't mean that all people that get less than all consoles are fanboys. I kind of explained myself in several posts. What I meant is that people that are absolutely ruling out certain consoles because of brand name now before many games are known are fanboys. There are a few examples in this thread, but again not people that are saying "uh, PS3 at launch...maybe Revolution depends." It's this:

360 is a big, fat NO... there is no way in hell I'm pay $300-$400 bucks for console whose top titles are all coming out for this gen's consoles... I'm not that big of a graphics whore.

Say what you will but the fanboy arguments later will be people with one console or one of those people "that isn't a fanboy because I own all consoles." (ie fanboys that say that just to justify their perspective.

 

[Musashi Wins!]

People hate the Xbox here largely, it was the same last time and I don't know why you let that bother you. These are fanboy threads, nothing more nothing less. If you didn't get what "team" some people play for in every other thread you get another chance for them to throw their flags here. Along with some retarded commentary about it. If you really wanted to experience the best in gaming for the best dollar amount, you would buy all the platforms and only the better games, or rent your games, etc. instead of wasting money on so much second tier bullshit.

Most people here I would guess are obsessed enough that they get most the good releases along with a bunch of crap, on all the systems. Despite what they did or didn't plan in the beginning.

 

[Razoric]

360 is a big, fat NO... there is no way in hell I'm pay $300-$400 bucks for console whose top titles are all coming out for this gen's consoles... I'm not that big of a graphics whore.

Perfect Dark Zero, Kameo, DOA4, etc are all out for the gen's consoles? Since you aren't getting a 360 EVA can we expect you to troll many xbox 360 system / games threads? Just trying to pick out the douchebags early to save myself the trouble later.

 

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