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http://nintendo.about.com/library/bluray/blbluraypen1.htm This guy is the videogame writer for about.com and has had numerous editorials that discuss the market in general. This one discusses whether Sony has got it right on with HD, or if Nintendo has it right to skip out on HD and stick...

From the individual who constantly posts things that aren't in-game... I'll agree with you, we need to see in game footage, not in-game assets. Like in the Halo 3 trailer. You didn't get excited about that one, did you?

Um... no. The only context in which that statement was correct, is with selling games along with the console (i.e. somebody buys a live subscrip, 99 nights and ffix with the console, it's not so much a loss anymore). Microsoft is losing over $100 on each console - some reports peg it at $175...

I'm willing to wager money that the next PSP will have a touch screen and an accelerometer built in.... but no rumble :D Actually, the PSP2 may never come to fruition. Sony is in a financial rut right now, and every PSP is still losing them money. They're supposed to make it back by selling...

I believe he was being extremely sarcastic... though I know it is difficult to detect that sarcasm on the 'net. His sarcasm was in response to the few (immature, imo) individuals on this board that consider anything with the word "nintendo" on it to be kiddy. In reality, Nintendo makes games for...

Yes, it is a 3 month warranty. Microsoft has artificially extended it to around 6 months, though, as they know if they didn't they would have a class action on their hands.

No thanks to a shooter ported from a console. Hell, look what going from PPE (360) to x86 did for Oblivion's stability and engine efficiency.

What about the many numbers of reports claiming that after a certain cutoff point (a month after your warranty officially expires, I think?) they're asking for a $160 repair charge? Or does the cutoff point vary for each person?

I posted a high-rez version of this in another thread... view the high-rez version here: http://www.thewiire.com/news/371/1/Heroes_First_Footage_and_Details What's the game about? Well, obviously Heroes :p Grasshopper Studios always makes some pretty f-ed up stuff, that plays great. To those...

There is a HUGE difference between a proper sequel (read: GTA LCS, me and my katamari; new smb, mario kart, animal crossing, mario and luigi) and ports with added features, as much of the PSP's library is and exactly what Mario 64 DS was. When you learn that difference, come back to this thread...

Name the DS games that are rehashes/ports with a few added features, and NOT proper sequels. I'll start you off: Mario 64 DS - the launch game. Please continue.

Nintendo doesn't have control of the Bond license, nor does Rare... and in fact, the next Bond videogame will be released by Treyarch Studios... the same "wonderful people" that brought us Call of Duty 2: Big Red One, and the people who are currently working on CoD 3. Anyway, Wii news just...

Because moving from PS1 to PS2 didn't require a massive leap in development cost. Again, see my post. It's not laziness, it's cost balancing and development time quotas.

BTW... where are a great deal of the good developers situated? Before I even get into it, you have to look at the developers. If they can't sell their product in the homeland on a console base (i.e...oh... the XBox line for instance) they are a lot less likely to work on a title for the...

I have nothing but tremendous respect for Miyamoto and what he's done for this industry... so when he speaks, I listen. Here are some interesting tidbits from this interview from Dream magazine. For those of you who didn't play the "remote pointer demo" at E3... basically he's referring to...

The simplest answer is that people who are purchasing the 360 version of this game expect much better visuals. When they don't get it, they bitch (see: many many ports that don't look all that much better than the XBox versions - Gun is a good example in this thread). Anyway, to enhance the...

They've always planned on shipping the PS3 with 7 functional SPE's... from day 1. The fact that it's making you seethe with hatred means nothing because they announced that they would have 8 cores (1 PPE + 7 SPE's). The fact that the Cell has 8 SPEs means nothing, because they've always planned...

Get yourself Castlevania... or any of the Brain Age games... or Mario & Luigi (Mario RPG), or Animal Crossing... or Phoenix Wright, or Trauma Center... perhaps save up for Harvest Moon or Starfox or Final Fantasy 3. There are tons of games, both with big names, and with NO names, that are...

He is a newb to this forum, and is probably a young guy - so you can excuse some of his posts, of course. But I'm pretty new here as well, and can understand that broad generalizations of which some border on prejudice are probably not good ideas to post. As I said, New Monster, if you wanted to...

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We have the Steviep of Microsoft here. How do you know Small Arms will be "just as fun" as Smash Bros? Is it possibly because it's coming to the LiveArcade? :rolleyes: Also, Alien Hominid is coming to Live, which is great... if it wasn't already out for the XBox and not on their...

Time Magazine and other such compilations are already siding with the Wii. IMO, the second article is far more interesting than the one posted.

Nintendo has told developers it's up to them how they display their games, but they strongly suggest widescreen (I believe all or almost all games so far have the widescreen as standard, or an option). I also believe they are expecting ED (480p) for everything including original titles built for...

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/top/nintendo-capitulates-offers-free-repairs-for-cracked-ds-lites-188778.php Wrong, call and have it sent in - they will, in extreme likelihood, repair it for you without any charge. If there's one thing that can be said about Nintendo, is that they don't want any...

Yeah, well in gaming things don't get charged that way. I'm currently in Canada right now, and the XBox 360 Premium sells for $499. With the correct exchange rate, it should be less than $450. XBox 360 games, for the most part, sell for $79.99 and $69.99 (instead of $59 and $49) - things just...

Yes, and there's also talk of a universal friend code (i.e. each remote has its own, works for all games). While the DS is incapable of this, since the available firmware space to store all this, the DS has much more memory to work with. We'll see how it pans out. I'm more interested in the...

If you don't like it, you can always call Nintendo.

Yes, the halo franchise has sold about that when you combine them. Look up the tallied sales figures at Wikipedia, for instance.

While I agree with your overall assessment, I have to point out that Halo 2 only sold about 7 million units. That's similar to the sales of Nintendogs, and just over half of what Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas sold for *just* the PS2. While Halo has an incredible group of fans, it is not the...

The sailing continues until you find the ability to warp accross the map... so yes, it's tedious in the beginning, but get the warp song and it's much less of a hassle - though you will have to map out the world using the fish - the more of the world you map out, the more warp points you have to...

There is so much wrong with this post that it's not worth the extra effort required to point it out. I just did a search for "Mario" in this thread (and "mature" - certainly found nothing in your post) and the only post I found with the word "Mario" is yours. Sorry "bro", but Mario isn't coming...

If you bothered to read my initial posts, you will have seen that I have been lurking since just before Christmas last year. It would take a complete moron to have missed who Steviep was. I also cannot speak for vortexpud since I do not know him. You seem to be tracking me as if I'm some...

Nintendo started Wii production in June, and Sony just started cranking out small amounts of PS3s at the beginning of this month. I think they're both trying to ignore the disastrous supply problems that the 360 had. While Sony may or may not meet their goal, Nintendo most definately will. They...

You're right, perhaps I just don't get what publishers are asking of the developers nowadays (i.e. forget risky ideas, we want guaranteed sellers!!). With "next gen" development costing well into the millions, it's hard to blame them despite my skepticism. But that doesn't mean I have to leave...

Interestingly enough, many of my colleagues are doing the same. They are tired of the thing gathering a fair amount of dust, depsite LocoRoco looking somewhat exciting. Ebay tells this story too (double the amount of PSPs are for sale than DS systems).

Hmm... filling your quota of Sony hatred. Does it mention which developers were surveyed, how many were surveyed, or whether these developers are third party, second party (i.e. partial to Nintendo or Sony) or hell, even first party? Does it take into account the lead developer, director of the...

They are great offroad games (never at the forefront of graphics, but never bad either) - regardless, call a spade a spade :)

In order for that to happen, Halo 3 would have to be pushed back about a year. I don't think fans of the game would appreciate a rushed effort.

Aside from your rude trolling comment, you're asbolutely right. There aren't 5 must-have titles for any of these new systems. And that's the PROBLEM. But, as per usual, there is a hole in your argument. While the other 2 systems, especially the Wii if it continues with its current momentum...

And while the actual game looked almost like those "concept PGR3 screens" that they passed off as realtime, they still were not those screens. As vortexpud mentioned, the lack of AA and AF, and the lower resolution being upscaled makes the game look less pretty than those concept renders. Game...