[Dakar the Fourth]

I won't even consider a PS3 until it has games I want.

[Hawkeye_a]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

So I had a fantastic experience with my 360 last night.

I was in the middle of Halo online co-op when my 360 suddenly dies, like someone cut the power to it. So I walk over and press the power button, which turns green, I hear the 360 power-up for half a second and then it shuts right back off. For those of you at home keeping score, I got NO RINGS OF DEATH. Zero. The thing wouldn't turn on long enough to display any.

So I immediately go to the internet where google reveals no people having mentioned this problem. Great. I register my 360 on support.xbox.com, look through their trouble shooting, and find out how to manually remove the disk. After that I change my underwear, put everything together, and reconnect everything for the Hail Mary. Turn it on - BOOM - pretends like nothing ever happened. 15 minutes later I load Halo in, get back into campaign co-op, play for 3 more hours, go to bed.

I'm going to have heartburn every time I think of turning it on for the next week.

Kind of like using Windows95 isnt it ? I have to say that the overall reliability/stability of consoles has gone down as they got more complex.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye_a 

I have to say that the overall reliability/stability of consoles has gone down as they got more complex.

As I commented in the RROD thread, the more like computers they've gotten, the worse their reliability has become.

[sek929]

It's funny that my original Xbox was super stable as computer-ish consoles go.

I would leave that sucker on for WEEKS, and once (while people were playing it) I kicked a soccer ball (my mom warned me about ball in the house) into a very large drinking glass which proceeded to annihilate itself on the top of the Xbox. It didn't even skip...

I remember Xbox being far more reliable than PS2, which was flaky under heavy gaming. Now, it seems, the roles have been reversed. PS3 is rock solid, and the 360 is a temperamental little bitch.

[Aegis]

Yeah my original Xbox is a monster. I've run it more than I have ever run a gaming system (in large part due to XBMC) and it's been rock solid. But I have a newish 360 and it's been solid so far. I ran it real hard during the holidays and never had a blip. Perhaps it would be wise to sell an old 360 and pick up a new (Falcon) Premium or Arcade on the cheap.

[sek929]

Basically, here's the breakdown.

Original xbox was inferior to me at first because of the obvious tie-in with Microsoft. The only thing Microsoft made that I enjoyed then and still enjoy is the Intellimouse Explorer which, after much searching, seems to be the only thing they are good at.

After beating the hell out the xbox I was most impressed with the hardware. These were the days of 16MB memory cards for PS2s so a 5GB HD was awesome more for the fact that it made f**kin sense, instead of $$$.

Then Halo 2 on Live consumed my world. Having never played any computer games online (hey, I'm a Mac user!) the matchmaking system completely sold me on the entire package that Microsoft had put together, from games to hardware to online play.

Xbox sold the 360 for me, and I'd assume a myriad of others. I certainly won't be as quick to adopt the next gen xbox after such a shabby showing by M$ in the quality department. The interface lags and performs inconsistently, at best. The machine is louder than a Quicksilver G4....nuff said. The games are fantastic, but I feel the UI freezes the game more than it would by itself. I used to be able to freeze my old 360 at will by selecting start (or some other game option) when the message blurb that someone signed in was on the screen. I LONG for the snappy old Halo 2 friends list but unfortunately we all know that sh!t ain't gonna happen.

My roomie will most likely get PS3 when GT5 comes out so there's no use in waffling on my decision. I have to many sweet games, which is 360s only redemtion, to get something new right now. I see a Wii in my future unless I get serious about a Macbook or iMac.

[Chuckit]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

I won't even consider a PS3 until it has games I want.

Ditto. I'll probably get one when the new Final Fantasy comes out, but I figure by then they'll be going for like $200 on eBay.

By the way, your 360 is well-ventilated, right? I think that happened to my brother once, but it turned out one of the vents on the Xbox was covered and it was trying to keep from overheating or something. (I didn't take notes, but I thought it was something like that.)

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by Chuckit 

By the way, your 360 is well-ventilated, right? I think that happened to my brother once, but it turned out one of the vents on the Xbox was covered and it was trying to keep from overheating or something. (I didn't take notes, but I thought it was something like that.)

Yes sir, and more importantly, I felt up the thing like Prom Night Date because that was my first suspicion. It was surprisingly cool.

[Shaddim]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

Yes sir, and more importantly, I felt up the thing like Prom Night Date because that was my first suspicion. It was surprisingly cool.

Do you have one of the newer models? That article you posted really bothers me, especially in light of how well PS3 online gaming is implemented.

[Hawkeye_a]

GOtY 2007
IGN: Super Mario Galaxy
Gamespot: Super Mario Galaxy
GameTrailers: Super Mario Galaxy
X-Play: Bioshock

[Peter]

Bioshock deserved it

[Hawkeye_a]

3/4 chances ur wrong there

Although i must say im kinda surprised the hardcore (IGN and GameSpot) decided to give Galaxy the honors considering its the only game nominated without HD graphics, a broader age appeal and a rather predictable story line(from what i've heard) than the other nominees.

I would have liked to try BioShock, but that would involve giving money to M$ for Windows or an XB360, both of which imo have unacceptably low quality and reliability.

[jokell82]

Hmm...so is SMG worth hooking my Wii back up for?

[icruise]

Originally Posted by jokell82 

Hmm...so is SMG worth hooking my Wii back up for?

It's very good if you like Mario games.

[Dakar the Fourth]

XBLA GoldenEye Was Real, Nearly Done, Now Dead

You may want to re-inforce your hearts before continuing. According to 1UP, an XBLA version of Rare's classic N64 shooter GoldenEye wasn't a rumour. It was real. It was a faithful port, with the same graphics, sound, etc. It would even have featured multiplayer over XBLA. However, only two months from completion, Microsoft and Nintendo couldn't agree on how they were going to split the proceeds, and the project was ****-canned. Game over. For those looking for a glimmer of hope, 1UP reckon the only way to salvage the project is to complain. Loudly.




In other news, no word on what craptastic arcade game we get for all of the Live downtime.

[jokell82]

Am I the only one who thought GoldenEye sucked ass? It was so freaking slow (especially compared to what I was used to at the time - Quake and Quake 2) and the controls sucked. Granted I did beat the crap out of anyone who played against me, but I just didn't enjoy the game at all...

[Dakar the Fourth]

GoldenEye rocked and the controls were awesome. You will burn in hell.

[jokell82]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

GoldenEye rocked and the controls were awesome. You will burn in hell.

It can't even hold the jock strap of a game released less than a year later - Half Life.