XBox 360 "are you wanting it" thread

[Tidus Andronicus]

hmmm, What I ment is that the PS3 feels a lot less like an upgrade... they added a lot of new features and really made great advances... It's features make it look a lot more like a whole new system, than the Xbox 360 does.

Where as the Xbox 360 only upped their graphics a little bit (via adding HD), added a universal menu setup (like how windows works or something >_<) and they make it seem heavilly dependant on online play, which is a deterant(badthing) for a lot of people... plus that whole pay for extra content thing, just makes me cringe {>_<}.
In fact... Microsoft's whole approch to online play bugs me... Paying to play and paying to get more, and paying to get stuff from other users, and being able to make and sell your own stuff? >_>
Its almost like they just charge for a lot more now, and added an Ebay style setup. XD Its more of a marketing device, than a gaming device...

Game consoles are not computers, and I feel that ANY online features of a gaming console, should be FREE! >_> But of course we don't live in "Perfect". XD

I think I'll stick to Sony, or if its too expensive, I'll get the Nintendo Revolution, until I can afford it. lol

[DMKA]

The PS3 can power the starship enterprise for all I care. I still hate it. Cares more about graphics then games.

Well PS3 hasn't even came out yet, and have you not looked at Xbox and PS2? It's the complete opposite really. Xbox is the one that always advertised "THE MOST POWERFUL GAME CONSOLE. OMG THE SWEAT LOOKS LIKE REAL SWEAT!". I never once heard a Sony system do that. Ever.

Plus look at PS2's top seller: the GTA franchise...did they go out of the way to make the graphics amazing and ignore gameplay? No, they did the exact opposite (and I think the game sucks, but it was original, innovative, and 'fun' to many reguardless).

But hey, if you want to hate something that hasn't even been exprienced yet, go right ahead. Sony hasn't let me down yet while Nintendo has and Microsoft never caught me to let me down in the first place.

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

A bit out-of-date, but the overall message remains.

[Samuraid]

I think I'll stick to Sony, or if its too expensive, I'll get the Nintendo Revolution, until I can afford it. lol

That's cool. I wasn't trying to say that the PS3 was better or the Xbox 360 was better... To tell you the truth, if I were buying a console, I would probably get the PS3 because it has support for a number of PS2 games I like, plays SACDs (I have a collection of SACDs), and has an nVidia GPU (and nVidia rules).

[DMKA]

A bit out-of-date, but the overall message remains.

Oh man, I want to find whoever made that and give them a great big hug. XD :<3:

[Jack]

I cannot be bothered to get excited. It's not even here yet. You guys are so impatient. Next you'll be saying "I Can't Wait till Christmas" or "I SO Can't Wait For 2010!"

[Fuzakeru]

. . . I saw someone mention Halo 3. I don't know if it's been mentioned because I didn't read every comment made but Bill Gates has announced that when the PS3 is finally released in 2006 he will be releasing Halo 3 the exact same day to sway people away from Sony's new console.

That's pretty low, it'll be interesting but low at the same time. Heh. It won't sway me. I'm all about the PS3.

Another interesting question, how is everyone feeling about FFXI on the 360? X_x I feel betrayed by Sony sorta.

Also, XBox LIVE is beginning to aggravate me. I'm a loner gamer. I don't play Online and I feel like everything coming out lately is designed specifically for online play. Grrrr.

Edit - My Bad. I mean FFXI. To many I's. <3

[Tidus Andronicus]

Microsoft knows that their system can't stand up against PS3, so they'll try to release it before PS3 and then release Halo 3 to see if that will help... though I doubt it... I'm saving my money for whenever PS3 comes out.

If Xbox 360 and PS3 both came out on the same day, who do you think would sell more?? ^_~
Granted, Sony better make the price reasonable... still I think that they'll win hands down.

Still, I think Sony should tell everyone that PS3 will come out next spring, then they should release it without telling us, before Xmas! XD

[XxSephirothxX]

From what I've read on IGN, most of the games displayed for the Xbox 360 are currently running on Alpha dev kits, meaning they're only utilizing 25-30 percent of the system's actual power.

[DMKA]

Another interesting question, how is everyone feeling about FFXII on the 360? X_x I feel betrayed by Sony sorta.

Umm, you mean FFXI right? FFXII will be out on PS2, before the next gen systems arrive. FFXI is going to be on Xbox 360, which is understandable seeing as it's an online game, and it seems like that's what Xbox is turning into...everything online. I think it's cool though...that means a wider audience will get to play FFXI...and lets not forget it's on PC as well, unlike any FFs aside of VII and VIII.

So it will be playable on PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, and PC...I really don't feel betrayed...they're just making it availble to more gamers (Plus if you want to feel betrayed by anyone, it's not Sony to feel betrayed by...it's SquareEnix).

[Erdrick Holmes]

Another question. How many of you have actually sat down and played an XBox game for a few hours? This goes out to al of you "Xbox sucks" people.

[Tidus Andronicus]

first of all, where did you hear that? O_o

second, FFXI is already out, why would they rerelease it on the next xbox...

And third, PS3 will also have fully functional online play... but it wont be so full of fees for everything >_< (PS3 will probably just have one monthly fee), and it won't have that stupid buy sell-crap that no one needs...

Everything about Xbox 360's online stuff makes me want to stab my self in the face if I ever even consider buying it... BAH... Not to mention that ugly interface that they will be forcing every game thats developed for Xbox 360 to have.

Oh yea! And if everything Microsoft is showing is on alpha stuff, and they plan to be the first next gen system released, then Sony's PS3 must be even BETTER than we've seen as well, cause all they are showing is demos too! Since they wont be releasing until after xbox (supposedly) So I still think PS3 will be a lot better! =P

[Excelsior]

well, ive played halo, and if thats the best the xbox has to offer, then im really not impressed. the only other game that even sparks my intrest on the xbox is ninja gaiden, but i need to have lots of games to justify buying a console. so i think i have every right to say that i think the xbox sucks.

[Apollo]

No, I'm not interested. I had and Xbox for awhile but I got sick of it and sold it. :/

I'm getting the Revolution. I'll be getting the PS3 also (Probably only for Final Fantasy, unless sony actually release something other then FF that catchs my interest this time. xD)

[Erdrick Holmes]

I might get a PS3 just for MGS4 and, if they make it, Suikoden V.