haha, microsoft still sucks

[OmegaZero_Alpha]

Seriously, i was about to buy an Xbox 360 elite. I was going to go with the shitty engineering and color scheme to go with the console I thought would be better.

"wow" i thought, they are going to actually SUPPORT their format and make a 360 with an onboard HD-DVD drive, giving the developers a chance to make HD-DVD games, giving the 360 a chance for redemption.

WRONG

they added a hard drive half the size of the one i have in my PS3 and made upgraded the processor's heatsink. WOWEE KABOOTLES, THAT MAKES IT WORTH 500$ NOW. Really, those things should come with Xbox live. free. for life. Because after i bought all of the bullshit to get "the most out of my 360" i would be pretty far up in hawk (if i was stupid enough to buy a 360, i would beleive i needed the following garbage):

Console - 500$
Of course, this is a given

HD-DVD drive - 200$
gotta have my high-def movies...

low-quality over-priced web cam - 50$
i like telecommunications

Windows Vista - 200#
It said I needed it to get the most out of my system

Extra computer hardware - 500$+
so vista can digitally render every one of my windows and steam videos of the digitally-rendered windows flying around like retarded kites.

One other issue before i close up, WHY ARENT THEY USING HD-DVDs FOR THEIR GAMES!?!?! Everybody is like "LOL, PS3 IZ GONNA LODE SLOW BCUZ IT ONLY HAZ 1x BLUE REI, ROFLLECOPTER SANDWICH"

ORLY, lets look at this think respectively

1x blu-ray drive is capable of transmitting gaming information at about 54mb/s.

16x DVD disc is capable of about 10mb/s.

last time i checked, 54 > 10, which would mean that the 360 would load the same amount of data at about 1/5th of the speed. not to mention the processor is slower.

[Retribution]

LOL you actualy thought the 360 wouldn't suck!!!!

[Naquadria]

Wii ftw

[OmegaZero_Alpha]

I find the Wii hard to play when nobody else is around. It is a great party-console (like it's predecessor) but (like it's predecessor) it is really lacking in 1st person shooters and RPGs, hence my like for the PS3.

I know that the 360 has more 1st person shooters out than the PS3, and they are debatably better (I still hate halo), but knowing that all of the games on the 360 are likely to be on the PC (in a better form) makes me wonder how M$ sells the things. The bottom line: Xbox-360 is only appealing to PC-Gamers, and anybody who is a PC gamer already has a PC (which is FAR more capable than a 360), and why would a pc-gamer pay for an extra redundancy?

I have nothing against the Wii, though, and it is a great console when developers don't force WiiMote play (ala. Mortal Kombat Armageddon). If they could get some decent RPGs and developers that could build an intelligent FPS control system (any minor flaw is a major flaw on a Wii, Call of Duty) than it is going to be the definitive winner. But that is probably not going to happen (like it's predecessor). Than again, nintendo has ways of surprizing people.

[OmegaZero_Alpha]

my school is forcing us to use IE now, they put up acess restrictions disabling firefox >.<

[Naquadria]

my school is forcing us to use IE now, they put up acess restrictions disabling firefox >.<

Doesn't your school use macs?

[Retribution]

LOL macs wtf
yeah if you want to by one platform and get most the games you like PC
altought i'm sold on wii cuz of the new zelda

[OmegaZero_Alpha]

All of our computers are free, gates gave them to us. Why would gates give us macs (my last school had one or two macs)?

and I liked the new zelda on the gamecube better, myself...

[Naquadria]

Most schools use macs.

[OmegaZero_Alpha]

Most schools are an idiot...