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[ertyu]

I don't get that article thing for the 360.. with any console I've ever owned I always keep a small fan on it when it's running. I've had the 360 since launch date and I've never had a single problem lol. Infact I've had every console since the NES since launch date (except the ps3) and I've never had any problems with any of them... except the ps2, which I've had to buy a grand total of 5 ~_~, so that article is really misleading... It says that all 360's have the possibility of breaking down, but doesn't every game system really have the possibility to break down? Just seems stupid to word it that way to me. Anyways, lol @ sony discontinuing the 60 gig sku, that is so fucking failure that I can't even begin to describe. I have to say, it seems slow and steady nintendo is gonna win the race this time <_<

[Kazen]

Its more than a chance (Its a faulty design because of the lack of cooling and parts that cant handle heat), most of them are straight up defective after 1 yr. I know people on their 3rd 360 because of the red light of death.

[Ploid]

Anyways, lol @ sony discontinuing the 60 gig sku, that is so fucking failure that I can't even begin to describe. I have to say, it seems slow and steady nintendo is gonna win the race this time <_<

They have to, as I mentioned. The 60gig hard drives are being discontinued. Apple had a notebook that used the same hdd from the same supplier, now that notebook is using a higher capacity hdd. 80 gig will have to be discontinued if 80gig hdds are no longer made. Thing is it's better to have to change the hard drive than have to continue paying nvidia to produce a graphics chip as with MS and xbox1. That's one of the reasons they jumped to 360 so fast. They would never be able to make money on xbox or lower nvidia's chip cost due to a bad contract.

At least people are getting a good deal out of it you know.

[Deejay]

Anyways, lol @ sony discontinuing the 60 gig sku, that is so fucking failure that I can't even begin to describe. I have to say, it seems slow and steady nintendo is gonna win the race this time <_<

They have to, as I mentioned. The 60gig hard drives are being discontinued. Apple had a notebook that used the same hdd from the same supplier, now that notebook is using a higher capacity hdd. 80 gig will have to be discontinued if 80gig hdds are no longer made. Thing is it's better to have to change the hard drive than have to continue paying nvidia to produce a graphics chip as with MS and xbox1. That's one of the reasons they jumped to 360 so fast. They would never be able to make money on xbox or lower nvidia's chip cost due to a bad contract.

At least people are getting a good deal out of it you know.

Xbox had to discontinue because the system was expensive and it wasn't selling. Sony is giving you a better deal with the 80 gig, but still asking you to throw down $600. They're still trying to get every penny out of it's customers (so is microsoft w/ the Elite) without you actually realizing so. Rather than lower the price, (which customers want) theyre keeping it the same and throwing in 20 more gigs and adding a game that no one wants. Atleast Microsoft allows you to choose whether or not you want to pay for all that extra shit...

That is where the lol'ing is coming from as I see it.

[Ploid]

You're not getting it. Sony isn't ready to drop the price on the main PS3 (now 80gig). They need to get the 60gig out of the way because they cant make anymore. The stores won't let them sell 60gig and 80gig together at 600. They also can't call for the 60gig systems back because they would lose more money than selling the 60g ps3s for 500. They have to get the 60g systems off the shelves. You see? How else can they do this than giving them away, or buying them back from the store (they already sold them to the stores). This was the only logical way for them to usher in the new production modle. 80g, no emotion engine, full software emulation which is darn good, and nearly a complete replacement for the EE.

Think of it as MS not recalling all the 360s to fix the motherboard so they won't break. But the PS3s with 60g work very well, they just can't sell them at 600, no buy them back. They even packed in a game with 80g which they didn't have to. It's there because of the 50g's clearance price, and stores.

[Exoduso]

From a financial standpoint I get it.. from a business standpoint, Sony currently doesn't have nearly enough PS3 users that they can just waltz in and demand that there will only be 1 SKU on the market, and make you buy the console along with a game that (idk if no one WANTS, per say, but certainly not everyone likes racing games, even if it is the best game the PS3 has right now..)

So yeah, the emotion chip is costing them too much and they're losing money on each console sold, I get that... but can they really afford to push even more customers away right now? At the E3 show they seemed so set on their lineup and looked extremely confident in what they have set for the future, but what about the present? Their first big 3rd party game isn't due for another couple of months, and MGS4 isn't due until early next year. Lair and Heavenly Sword should be good games, but I doubt they will make a lot of people buy a PS3, so Sony's still going to be in a pickle.

[Sadler]

Heavenly Sword will be a console seller... but Lair I am not really "sold" after seeing the latest ingame movies.

Lair seems to of lost its consistency on quality... some stuff looks good while others look extremely Alpha. Plus its too late to do something about it now since its just over a month away from release.

I forcast a 6 or 7/10 from most reviewers. (Place your bets )

[Exoduso]

Yup I already switched my Lair reserve to Lost Odyssey... I'll gamefly it first and see if it's worth anything first.

HS like I said i'm sure it will move some consoles, but I don't think that it'll do so to the extent that Sony is hoping for.

[Insanecyclone]

Yup I already switched my Lair reserve to Lost Odyssey... I'll gamefly it first and see if it's worth anything first.

HS like I said i'm sure it will move some consoles, but I don't think that it'll do so to the extent that Sony is hoping for.

It's a Dynasty Warrior in disguise so good thing you did

[Sadler]

Yup I already switched my Lair reserve to Lost Odyssey... I'll gamefly it first and see if it's worth anything first.

HS like I said i'm sure it will move some consoles, but I don't think that it'll do so to the extent that Sony is hoping for.

It's a Dynasty Warrior in disguise so good thing you did

I hardly think Lair is like dynasty warrior in disguise...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQnN3E878rc

[Exoduso]

Maybe the flying scenes aren't, but any video i've seen on the ground just looks like a huge dragon running through a million soldiers.

Either way i'll definitely gamefly it, and choose to keep it if it's good too, but I just don't want to fork over 60 dollars for it without knowing exactly what i'm getting... with HS I know i'm getting a pretty good action/adventure game (don't know if it'll surpass others in the genre or not, but it's definitely worth buying regardless), with Lair i'm not so sure.

[ertyu]

Its more than a chance (Its a faulty design because of the lack of cooling and parts that cant handle heat), most of them are straight up defective after 1 yr. I know people on their 3rd 360 because of the red light of death.

I've had my 360 since launch date and have yet to have any problem with it at all. It's been almost 2 years since it launched so I wouldn't say that "most of them become useless after a year" because my friend also had his since launch with no problem. Another has had his since january of 06 and no problems, his was even used previously. I know people on their 3rd ps3... his first gen one got the cracked lens, his 2nd one was scratching all his discs and stopped reading anything after a while. Thank god he bought the extended warranty from us (game crazy) or he would be out 1800 right now. It really seems to be a matter of chance when it comes to consoles, combined with how you care for it. But I can see that some consoles may be more prone breakage than others, I have just never experienced such problems (except with the ps2, piece of shit)

[Kazen]

Its more than a chance (Its a faulty design because of the lack of cooling and parts that cant handle heat), most of them are straight up defective after 1 yr. I know people on their 3rd 360 because of the red light of death.

I've had my 360 since launch date and have yet to have any problem with it at all. It's been almost 2 years since it launched so I wouldn't say that "most of them become useless after a year" because my friend also had his since launch with no problem. Another has had his since january of 06 and no problems, his was even used previously. I know people on their 3rd ps3... his first gen one got the cracked lens, his 2nd one was scratching all his discs and stopped reading anything after a while. Thank god he bought the extended warranty from us (game crazy) or he would be out 1800 right now. It really seems to be a matter of chance when it comes to consoles, combined with how you care for it. But I can see that some consoles may be more prone breakage than others, I have just never experienced such problems (except with the ps2, piece of shit)

I guess some systems just get lucky, because my day of release fatty Ps2 still works to this day, I use it for ffxi lol.

[Sadler]

I have had 2 Japanese PS2's since release... they are built to last lol... first one started to have reading problems but I upgraded it to the midnight blue one with the first HDD installed and it still works like a dream to this day.

I have to say tho.... the PS3 is a radiator lol

[Exoduso]

After quitting FFXI my fat PS2 wasn't used to playing CDs anymore I guess, and after a few months it just died lol..

[Flarega]

its a great mix of action and puzzles. the puzzles are "big" as in they take finishing sequences that usually cover an entire large room (yeah, the zones are epically big to boot) and you'll eventually figure them out through trial and error. you get a few of the rooms that you'd find in super metroid, you bash your head for 15 minutes solving a puzzle, do it, only to realize its immediately followed by another puzzle/locked door that you cant deal with until you get a new item later on, but that seems to be a staple in metroid so i dont mind it(think i have found 2 rooms total that go with this theme). the action is cool, so far its either being mobbed by 4-5 pretty easy mobs, or 2-3 harder mobs that take some dealing with. controls took some time to get used to. basically use the analog to move, holding the L button you can lock onto a mob and strafe, hold the R button to use the analog to look around, took some getting used to, but it works. according to the game clock im only like 3hrs into it, but it feels like much more. love how they dont let you fully clear an area at once, lots of overlapping through the zones to complete puzzles, again like super metroid. isn't the "first person shooter that just so happens to be metroid" that i was somewhat expecting. gonna have to put it down tonight though, figure I should eventually play RE4 since i bought that too

pretty much if you have a Wii (and especially if you had a GC so you have a controller and memory card) should hunt down a used copy. I was stoked that the guy at the store gave me the free controller and memory card to seal the deal, but at this point i probably would have spent the extra $15-20 to play it anyway.

Metroid is my favorite series of games for any system, and if you're a diehard metroid fan like me, I'd suggest Prime 2 even more than prime 1. Prime 2 seemed much more difficult to me than 1 and felt like it gave you a lot more freedom in exploration. (The Scanner thing telling you where to go was used a whole lot less) But thats what I like most about the metroid series: exploring and puzzles.

Only gripe I have with 2 is the ammo system, because I'm always worrying about how much ammo I had even though I almost never ran out.

[Pyro]

Well, it looks like it's been confirmed that the new content in the PC version of GoW is not going to be coming to the 360.

Link

[Exoduso]

Fuck Cliffy B... still not buying the retarded PC version.

[Sadler]

ok, this is gonna be alil out of place but il post it anyway.

Does any of you remember that small lil fight between nexgenwars.com and vgchartz.com regarding who has the "closest" and "correct" 360 sales figures?

Well after the recent news posts regarding how all 360's are potential ticking bombs, didn't they release information saying that the figure was 10.3million consoles?... (sold and store stock worldwide I am guessing)

18th rule of nexgenwars.com -

Do NOT use VG Charts as a source for console sales

Fucking faggots lol




HAIL VGCHARTZ.COM!!

[Insanecyclone]

Fuck Cliffy B... still not buying the retarded PC version.

Need a cracked xp version for it someday ; ; so not buying vista JUST for gow, I know I can just buy a 360 but I'm waiting until the new shit comes out omgawdd.