Would you have bought an xbox if...

loffer

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... it was less powerfull compared to ps2? I know I would not.
And if ( I say if) the PS3 is more powerfull compared to XBOX2 why should anyone buy it?

It´s the first one out?
Halo3?

I think it is a big risk for MS to realese it so early.
 
Yes, I would have bought an Xbox even if it was less powerfull than a PS2. I didn't buy the xbox because of its power but because there was a lot of games released at launch or afterwards that appealed to me.

And yes, I'll buy Xbox 2 regardless of it's power. I don't care if PS3 or Xbox 2 is better. I'll get both of them.
 
Marty Chinn said:
The main reason I got an Xbox was cuz of what the mod scene was like.

Same here. I use my Xbox for Xbox games only 20-25 % of the time. Hell, probably less than that.
 
No way.

Halo is good but its only one franchise, there are some other good games, but the PS2 covers basically all those genres better. The system needed to be considerably more powerful than the PS2 and bring new functionality to the table (HDD, BBA built-in etc.). The image quality was an issue for me too, I was not impressed with the PS2 in that area.
 
I have never owned an XBOX yet I own XBOX games (JSRF). I think the system is too expensive for what it delivers (to me) in terms of game-catalog. The power argument is not enough for me.
Nothing against those who enjoy it.
 
I bought an Xbox because of all the Ninja Gaiden hype. Seriously. Then I sold NG and bought KOTOR instead.

Still have yet to play NG. It'll be $20 soon enough though.
 
I bought an XBOX for DOA 3, Halo, GunValkyrie, Munch's, and JSRF with the hope of cool online play soon after. The relative capability of the system's audio/visual hardware was a much smaller incentive to buy the new system...thankfully, those games (and many others) took pretty good advantage of the system, though there have been some disappointments along the way and online play took a while to get going.

You really only buy a new system because of the games you can play on it...whether or not the system is more powerful is a much lesser factor if the games aren't there. So, yeah...I would've bought it anyway, as long as those (or any other potentially cool) games were still released on it.
 
I bought an xbox for the emulation scene, so I guess you could say i bought it because it's so powerful. If it weren't as powerful, some of the emulators wouldn't work, and I probably wouldn't have gotten it.

that being said, I'm very satisfied with my purchase.
 
Bought the Xbox for PGR / DOA3 / JSRF AND because the game looked great and had 5.1 (I'm a graphics AND sound whore). Stayed for Xbox Live (and the games still looked and souded great)
And considering what I've heard of the launch games, Xbox 2 will be mine on day one, be it more or less powerfull than PS3 (which I will also certainly buy at launch or not far after)
 
Probably. I'm one of those people that need to buy everything even if it just collect dust. The only thing I've really played on my Xbox is KotOR.
 
I never would have bought an Xbox if I knew how threadbare and trite Halo is. I bought the system for that game, unfortunately.
 
If it had the same game library, then certainly I would have still bought an Xbox if it was less powerful than a PS2. The "greater power" of the Xbox was never something I was particularly interested in. Initially, Jet Set Radio Future was the reason I bought an Xbox. I've been more than satisfied with the games I've bought since for the system.

As for Xbox 2...depends on the launch games. Probably get it someday as I always get all the systems eventually. PS3 is likely to be the first system I get next-gen though.
 
soundwave05 said:
No way.

Halo is good but its only one franchise, there are some other good games, but the PS2 covers basically all those genres better. The system needed to be considerably more powerful than the PS2 and bring new functionality to the table (HDD, BBA built-in etc.). The image quality was an issue for me too, I was not impressed with the PS2 in that area.

Xbox's "power" is grossly overstated. With all of that said, as you stated, the PS2 excels in every genre, with the exception of First Person Shooters. I think many fell for the Halo hype.
 
What would Halo, PGR, DOA3 look like if Xbox has less power than ps2? Would Halo suffer technical problems like Killzone? :lol
 
I bought Xbox for the Sega and Tecmo games, PGR-RSC, superior ports and for all the great things you can do with it by modding it. If it's less powerful, it has inferior ports and not many exclusives, and Sega-Tecmo are not there (well I know that Sega will not be), I will probably not buy it.
 
loffer And if ( I say [B said:
if[/B]) the PS3 is more powerfull compared to XBOX2 why should anyone buy it?
Why should anyone buy a PS3? :D

I have 2 Xboxes because they offer more than a PS2 ever could. It doesn't mean I don't want a PS2, I just would rather have a modded Xbox and a LIVE Xbox instead of a PS2.

It costs too much and is too much of a pain in the ass to get online with a PS2. Hopefully Sony makes BB connection cheap and easy in the PS3.
 
My personal answer is, yes, I would have bought one anyway.

But I know from working in a gamestore for two years that we converted a *lot* of PS2 potential sales into Xbox sales based on the power difference alone. It was something of a store policy to "push" Xbox (for reasons not explained..), and the card most commonly pulled was the technical edge.
 
Ozchin said:
It costs too much and is too much of a pain in the ass to get online with a PS2. Hopefully Sony makes BB connection cheap and easy in the PS3.
Uh...it costs less than a new Xbox + Xbox live...

All you need is a PS2 (which now comes with net adapter for your convenience).
 
I still haven't picked one up either. Just isn't enough quality software to justify the purchase. My PS2 and GC have me covered perfectly. Also, I seriously don'tr have room in my entertainment unit. (I'm not moving my SNES or N64 just yet!)

I may well pick one up when it drops in price and if I have nothing else to buy at the time.
 
Society said:
*closes NDS*

System power is not a deciding factor.

I couldn't agree more with that. Problem is DS has Nintendo's and many 3rd parties' support for great exclusives. Xbox's 3rd party support (and no the dozens of PC and console ports don't qualify as good support) isn't something worth-mentioned.
 
Che said:
and no the dozens of PC and console ports doesn't qualify as good support

Why not? Who the fuck cares if a game that's on the PC or another console is also available on one particular console? As long as it's a decently-done conversion/port, it's another reason to play the system...especially if you're not interested in paying for a PC to play the same game. With your reasoning, IMO, remakes/re-releases shouldn't count as 'good support' on newer systems, either...yet, Nintendo and others thrive on them and rely on them a great deal to help sell their newer hardware. A game is still a game and as long as it's good to someone, it's 'good support'.
 
MightyHedgehog said:
Why not? Who the fuck cares if a game that's on the PC is also available on console? As long as it's a decently-done conversion/port, it's another reason to play the system...especially if you're not interested in paying for a PC to play the same game. With your reasoning, IMO, remakes/re-releases shouldn't count as 'good support' on newer systems, either...yet, Nintendo and others thrive on them and rely on them a great deal to help sell their newer hardware.

First don't forget we're also talking about Xenon. Since Xenon's graphics will be inferior there would be no reason buy (or even create) a port for the console. Also PS3 will probably "steal" a lot of PC ports from Xenon with its OpenGL approach. Third my theory is that if you want PC games you buy them on the PC not in a console for god's sake. Consoles are for console games not PC ports. If I wanna buy a car I will certainly won't buy it from Walmart. Nintendo is selling remakes mainly on its portables. There's a slight difference there you know.
 
Che said:
First don't forget we're also talking about Xenon. Since Xenon's graphics will be inferior there would be no reason buy (or even create) a port for the console. Also PS3 will probably "steal" a lot of PC ports from Xenon with its OpenGL approach. Third my theory is that if you want PC games you buy them on the PC not in a console for god's sake. Consoles are for console games not PC ports. If I wanna buy a car I will certainly won't buy it from Walmart. Nintendo is selling remakes mainly on its portables. There's a slight difference there you know.

I don't have a PC so I buy those games on the Xbox.

Pirates!, if a good port, and Half-Life 2, if it makes it onto the system, will be purchases because I don't think they're coming out on the Mac, and I enjoy playing games on the TV than a computer monitor anyday.
 
AniHawk said:
I don't have a PC so I buy those games on the Xbox.

Pirates!, if a good port, and Half-Life 2, if it makes it onto the system, will be purchases because I don't think they're coming out on the Mac, and I enjoy playing games on the TV than a computer monitor anyday.

You're the minority. And like I said since we're also talking for next-gen, PS3 will probably have all the big PC ports (which I don't really like). And if you want a console for the PC games buy the Phantom. You won't even have to wait for the game to be ported.
 
Che said:
First don't forget we're also talking about Xenon.

Xbox's 3rd party support (and no the dozens of PC and console ports don't qualify as good support) isn't something worth-mentioned.

Really? I thought we were talking about XBOX...in a thread that talks about XBOX...not Xenon...even if it somehow relates due to the timing of the thread. And my statements and yours were about XBOX.

Since Xenon's graphics will be inferior there would be no reason buy (or even create) a port for the console.

See...this is why this is the same bullshit from '99/'00 with the PS2...nary a mention of anything concrete (in specs) about the any of the new systems has yet been released as official confirmation to the public and you're already claiming (in factual terms) that one is inferior to another. Way to go and watch where you aim those missiles when you start using your PS3 to start World War Three...

Also PS3 will probably "steal" a lot of PC ports from Xenon with its OpenGL approach.

What does OGL have to do with stealing more PC ports from Xenon if most games use both DX and OGL on the PC?

Third my theory is that if you want PC games you buy them on the PC not in a console for god's sake. Consoles are for console games not PC ports. If I wanna buy a car I will certainly won't buy it from Walmart.

That's great for you. Not everyone shares the same viewpoint.

Nintendo is selling remakes mainly on its portables. There's a slight difference there you know.

No, I don't see the real difference, personally.
 
Che said:
You're the minority. And like I said since we're also talking for next-gen, PS3 will probably have all the big PC ports (which I don't really like).

Am I? I'm sure there are many people who would rather just get it all on a video game system instead of continuously upgrading their PC for the next big thing as well as the small number of Mac users.
 
I won't buy MS's console untill they aquire Nintendo or something ..

otherwise Nintendo + Sony + PC is more than enough for me ...

untill this day, I can't find a good reason FOR ME, to buy an XB, not saying its a bad console or something, I jsut don't need it
 
XS+ said:
Xbox's "power" is grossly overstated. With all of that said, as you stated, the PS2 excels in every genre, with the exception of First Person Shooters. I think many fell for the Halo hype.

Just like the PS2's greatness in its software library is over-stated. As for the halo "hype", your just a plain moron. If Halo sucked so badly then more than 3 million stupid americans just bought the second because it was so over-rated the first time around....
 
ourumov said:
I have never owned an XBOX yet I own XBOX games (JSRF). I think the system is too expensive for what it delivers (to me) in terms of game-catalog. The power argument is not enough for me.

Funny, It's the same for me. I've got JSRF, Panzer Dragoon Orta and Ninja Gaiden sitting on the shelf waiting to be played. If Xenon is confirmed not to be backward compatible with xbox, I guess I'll have to get one later anyway.
 
We're like chin deep into this gen, and people are still asking "would you buy *insert console* if" ????
 
Really? I thought we were talking about XBOX...in a thread that talks about XBOX...not Xenon...even if it somehow relates due to the timing of the thread.

... it was less powerfull compared to ps2? I know I would not.
And if ( I say if) the PS3 is more powerfull compared to XBOX2 why should anyone buy it?

OpenGL will help for easier ports if the game uses it on PC.

As for the rest it's your own opinion. I don't have anything to say for something like not being able to see the difference between a console and a portable...
 
AniHawk said:
Am I? I'm sure there are many people who would rather just get it all on a video game system instead of continuously upgrading their PC for the next big thing as well as the small number of Mac users.

I don't think you have to upgrade your PC to play games the way Xbox shows it. Also will you guys finally decide? Do you care about graphics or not? Cause I can easily play Doom3 with my 40 euros 5200FX card.
 
Che said:
OpenGL will help for easier ports if the game uses it on PC.

That makes no sense. The majority of games are written in direct 3d for the PC....

I don't think you have to upgrade your PC to play games the way Xbox shows it. Also will you guys decide finally decide? Do you care about graphics or not? Cause I can easily play Doom3 with my 40 euros 5200FX card.

Err yes you do. Doom 3 on that crap card will look worse than killzone. This is the whole reason i love the xbox..... it really really upsets the japanese, pc fanboy, ps2 fanboy and nintendo fanboy factions so much that they make up lies to play down the significance of the xbox.
 
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