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Originally Posted by cSurfr
Is it just me, or didn't the big N say that the old console games would be downloadable for free a few months back? Now they're going to charge 9.99 or whatever for them? Seems reminiscent of iTools, don't you think ?
It's just you. They always said they would be for sale for a fee. There might be some free games like download metriod NES when you buy metroid prime 3 though.
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I think they said access to the service would be free (as opposed to fee-based like Xbox Live), but the games have always been meant to be sold.
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Yeah, Nintendo is gonna milk those games for all they're worth.
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
I think they said access to the service would be free (as opposed to fee-based like Xbox Live), but the games have always been meant to be sold.
That might be it. I remember seeing screen caps of a keynote that nintendo was giving. I wonder how many of those games they'll sell at a premium price like that. . .
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
I think they said access to the service would be free (as opposed to fee-based like Xbox Live), but the games have always been meant to be sold.
At a time there was rumors going around that if you traded in your cart you would get the downloadable classic for free. Must have been bull because you can buy most classics on ebay for $3.
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Originally Posted by Landos Mustache
At a time there was rumors going around that if you traded in your cart you would get the downloadable classic for free. Must have been bull because you can buy most classics on ebay for $3.
I was asking about that not more than 2 pages ago. I could see it being true, though, cause the cost and hassle of shipping would be worse than the cost of just downloading it.
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Originally Posted by starman
Jesus Christ, you make it sound like Nintendo invented everything. Shall we go back a few pages and bring up how Nintendo DID NOT invent carts, DID NOT invent the analog controller, DID NOT invent platform gaming?
Yeah thats EXACTLY what i'm claiming. Nintendo even invented plastic moulding and integrated circuits, along with TV. Of course...the list of "inventions" from Microsoft and Sony in relation to gaming is absolutely staggering and puts Nintendo to shame.
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Originally Posted by goMac
Metroid Prime's new controls have been hailed as the new gold standard in FPS controls. We don't need your whining on the controls anymore. The press has been very impressed with the Wii controller so far.
Disappointing that Red Steel has bad controls, but it's not a reflection on the Wii.
"Even worse, the game would just lose my controller at times. Apparently what would happened was that my pointer would slip out of the sensor's borders for a second, making the screen kind of slip around while I tried to get it to start recognizing my remote again.
[b]I noticed Metroid Corruption, which could run into the same problem[b], seemed to re-find the remote very quickly when it happened.
I don't know if I'm the only one who found the shakiness of the Wii cursor during the September 14th press conference troublesome. Recent previews seem to confirm some of my fears, that pin-point accuracy with the remote might not be a reality."
"Golden standard" indeed.
Wii Controller Accuracy Coming Into Question?
http://www.aeropause.com/archives/20...controller.php
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From the same article cited above....
"On the flipside, there are definitely hands-on articles praising the Wii controller. Gamespy's own preview of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance states that, "the game handles better than expected on the Wii hardware," citing excellent camera controls. This, however, isn't a 1st Person title.
I'd be a fool to question Nintendo's ability to make their 1st Party titles on the Wii anything less than stellar. The real question for me is whether 3rd Party devs will spend adequate time refining the controls and even if they do, whether near pin-point accuracy is even possible."
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OK, fine....
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But, eithr way...love it or hate it, I too am concerned about the controls. it's a really ambitious controller, a ot of potential which comes with a lot of risk.
Cheers
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Originally Posted by Hawkeye_a
But, eithr way...love it or hate it, I too am concerned about the controls. it's a really ambitious controller, a ot of potential which comes with a lot of risk.
Cheers
But it's from Nintendo so it should be perfect and flawless.
Right?
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Nope. But given the numbr of successes theyve pioneered in console interfaces, i think they deserve the benefit of the doubt..... more than Microsoft or Sony who have hardly made any contributions in that area.
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Originally Posted by Hawkeye_a
Nope. But given the numbr of successes theyve pioneered in console interfaces, i think they deserve the benefit of the doubt..... more than Microsoft or Sony who have hardly made any contributions in that area.
Spoken like a true fanboy.
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Well now people are huffy that a system that encourages group/family play is only supporting 2 players for some games. In this day and age it is a bit odd. Hope it has nothing to do with not having enough horsepower.
Wii want 4-player, Nintendo can't deliver - Joystiq
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Originally Posted by Landos Mustache
Well now people are huffy that a system that encourages group/family play is only supporting 2 players for some games. In this day and age it is a bit odd. Hope it has nothing to do with not having enough horsepower.
Wii want 4-player, Nintendo can't deliver - Joystiq
I don't care. I just want my Smash 4 player.
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Originally Posted by porieux
Wii is the only interesting option. Those other wannabe video game companies appeal only to teenagers who don't know what good gameplay is.
Unfortunately Nintendo do a lot of stupid things also.
Nice contradiction.
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Originally Posted by Hawkeye_a
Um, so??
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This "discussion" has gone retarded once again.... ill be back next year to talk about these consoles once we actually use em.
Carry on
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Originally Posted by Hawkeye_a
This "discussion" has gone retarded once again.... ill be back next year to talk about these consoles once we actually use em.
Carry on
$10 says you'll be back long before that.
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OK, back on track now, you can do it!!
Xbox 360 adds 1080p, HD DVD drive is $170 US for November 17th in Japan
The 360 will get an update to allow DVD's and games to upscale their resolution to 1080p from 1080i. 1080p was one of the PS3's big features. OK, so upscaling isn't quite the same as true resolution, but its going to be better than 1080i, and it does take away one of the PS3's formerly unique features.
Also, the HD DVD drive will be released in Japan first, for $170 or $180, depending who you talk to, according to the article.
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Could someone give me a refresher on the difference between 1080i and 1080p?
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i is interlaced, p is progressive. 1080i creates the image in two passes, one for odd lines, one for even lines, 1080p scans all lines of the image together.
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It'll be much easier if you just comply.
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That's right. Thanks.
I'm sure I'll forget in 2 weeks, again.
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Originally Posted by ajprice
OK, back on track now, you can do it!!
Xbox 360 adds 1080p, HD DVD drive is $170 US for November 17th in Japan
The 360 will get an update to allow DVD's and games to upscale their resolution to 1080p from 1080i. 1080p was one of the PS3's big features. OK, so upscaling isn't quite the same as true resolution, but its going to be better than 1080i, and it does take away one of the PS3's formerly unique features.
Also, the HD DVD drive will be released in Japan first, for $170 or $180, depending who you talk to, according to the article.
Holy crap. We can thus hope for a CAD$199 HD-DVD drive come Xmas, with full 1080p support. I might just have to buy one. At $299 I wouldn't have bought, but at $199 it's a lot easier to justify the cost.
I'm also happy I won't have to buy a new video switcher. I'm already out of inputs on my TV and component video switcher. (My TV doesn't support HDMI anyway, so that's a moot point.)
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Wow, that is nuts that Xbox added 1080p support for just games! It might not be much in use now but 2 years from now it will be more common. Nice to see that hardware that came out a year ago can be software upgraded to support formats in the future.
Shane Kim Talks 360 1080p Game Output - Kotaku
Apparently games can be made in 1080p but 720p will remain the norm for now. Upscaling for old games is sweet also.
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find it hard to justify buying a pimp’d gamecube with a new controller
That sounds like what I've been saying.
Oh yeah, the family friendly 'good reason' is lame.
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Originally Posted by Landos Mustache
Wow, that is nuts that Xbox added 1080p support for just games! It might not be much in use now but 2 years from now it will be more common. Nice to see that hardware that came out a year ago can be software upgraded to support formats in the future.
Shane Kim Talks 360 1080p Game Output - Kotaku
Apparently games can be made in 1080p but 720p will remain the norm for now. Upscaling for old games is sweet also.
It doesn't say it's just for games. I'd expect HD-DVD to be 1080p output too, although it doesn't specifically mention that.
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Imagine if you are trying to kick a long field goal in Wii Madden and you violently sneeze. The bad news is that you missed the field goal and even worse you decapitated someone in the crowd.
I can't tell if this is supposed to be a joke or not.
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Low end PS3 gets upgrade to include HDMI port and a price drop.
Surprise PS3 news from TGS - Joystiq
So now for $500 you get a blu-ray drive PLUS a game/multimedia machine.
Or you can get an HD-DVD player for $500.
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The PS3 might be worth it just for this game.
IGN: TGS 2006: Interview with the Dragon
They mention how blueray is important as just the first level is 4 gigs partly because of high quality textures. The PS3's horsepower isn't just for graphics but for AI.
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Originally Posted by Dark Helmet
Low end PS3 gets upgrade to include HDMI port and a price drop.
Surprise PS3 news from TGS - Joystiq
So now for $500 you get a blu-ray drive PLUS a game/multimedia machine.
Or you can get an HD-DVD player for $500.
Price is still too high for myself, but it's a good move on Sony's part.
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Originally Posted by Dark Helmet
So now for $500 you get a blu-ray drive PLUS a game/multimedia machine.
Or you can get an HD-DVD player for $500.
Price drop is Japan only for now.
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Warhawk delayed until Summer 2007.
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It looks like Sony is going to be bleedin' a sheetload of $ this year.
In other news, Wii will not play back DVD movies.
" Nintendo of America's vice president of marketing and corporate affairs, Perrin Kaplan, confirmed to IGN Wii today that its forthcoming Wii console will not play Hollywood DVD movies."
Wtf?
That's not going to help them capture the elderly women market...
"We want to appeal to mothers who don't want consoles in their living rooms, and to the elderly and to young women,'' President Satoru Iwata said in a Sept. 14 interview. "It's a challenge, like trying to sell cosmetics to men."
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In all honesty, the amount of people who would find DVD playback useful on the Wii has to be about as low as the amount that need HD content. Probably less, actually.
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Originally Posted by Dakar
In all honesty, the amount of people who would find DVD playback useful on the Wii has to be about as low as the amount that need HD content. Probably less, actually.
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Consoles as DVD players are extremely popular on second TVs in the the play room or whatever (as much I hate it personally).
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Originally Posted by Eug
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Consoles as DVD players are extremely popular on second TVs in the the play room or whatever (as much I hate it personally).
Then chances are they already have one that does just that then.
Unless the poor ****s got screwed by Nintendo on the GameCube. But that'd just be the ultimate irony.
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Anyone see the Gamer Scan excerpt on GT:HD? Not cool.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060922/...ltBHNlYwM3MTY-
"There are no plans to lower prices in the U.S. or other markets, Sony spokeswoman Nanako Kato said. In Japan, the game will hit stores on Nov. 11."
As for the Wii's DVD player, that actually does really annoy me. Here's to hoping for a software update.
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Originally Posted by goMac
Why would they? If the rumors are correct, they have more pre-orders than they will be able to handle at launch.
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Originally Posted by goMac
As for the Wii's DVD player, that actually does really annoy me. Here's to hoping for a software update.
It's unlikely to be a technical issue. It's probably a licencing and implementation cost issue. ie. They could very easily have done it if they wanted to, but didn't because they could shave some bucks off the units.
It looks like that despite their hype about it, they're really going ghetto with this machine.
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Originally Posted by Eug
It's unlikely to be a technical issue. It's probably a licencing and implementation cost issue. ie. They could very easily have done it if they wanted to, but didn't because they could shave some bucks off the units.
It looks like that despite their hype about it, they're really going ghetto with this machine.
Doing something with Wii Points = DVD player would be fine by me. I can't see myself neeeding a DVD player out of the box, but I'd be willing to pay $10 extra for one if I found myself needing to play a few DVD's.
Yeah, the DVD playing is really annoying me.
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Originally Posted by Eug
It's unlikely to be a technical issue. It's probably a licencing and implementation cost issue. ie. They could very easily have done it if they wanted to, but didn't because they could shave some bucks off the units.
It looks like that despite their hype about it, they're really going ghetto with this machine.
Agreed. They jacked up the price and put it at the highest price possible according to analysts beforehand, didn't use any hardware worth anything, charge too much for old games, make it not play DVDs, charge $40-60 for an "extra" paddle, charge $50-60 for games, and basically just blew it (for me at least). I was planning on pre-ordering the dang thing until their pricing announcement a month or so ago. This just seals the deal.... no Wii for me for at least another year. Stupi Stupid Nintendo. They had such a good thing going with the Wii until they announced that it couldn't do anything and would cost almost as much as the XBox360.
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Originally Posted by goMac
Doing something with Wii Points = DVD player would be fine by me. I can't see myself neeeding a DVD player out of the box, but I'd be willing to pay $10 extra for one if I found myself needing to play a few DVD's.
Yeah, the DVD playing is really annoying me.
Why? I thought it was all about the games.
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Originally Posted by Dakar
Why would they? If the rumors are correct, they have more pre-orders than they will be able to handle at launch.
You mean two?
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