Personally I like all consoles and I currently own a gamecube, n64, ps2 and pc. I have owned ps1, snes, gameboy, gamegear etc etc. But the one thing I have never bought or consider buying is an xbox. Even when I recently wanted a games machine as I only had the gamecube (I had a ps2 but sold it) I chose to buy a ps2 not an xbox.
WHY BUY A 360?
For me there is no reason for the xbox 360. Playstation 2 has better titles than the xbox by a long way. PS3 will be something to buy. But why not have both? Because to me the xbox has the image of something cool for pc owners or rock loving teenagers who all love halo and nothing else. That is fair enough, but I have played halo and I just dont understand where the hype comes from. I drove the car up triangle concrete boxes with plain rooms that looked like it had not been textured with no details, I thought hang on, isnt this meant to be amazing? As I went through corridors that all looked the same I realised that halo wasnt special at all.
It annoys me that people talk about halo as if its the best multplayer game ever, or rather, the only one that has ever existed. Its not like xbox owners have their own corner like everything else, its more like they think its the best. I disagree, I think the halo games are just average fps games and I dont think they match many fps online games such as battlefield 1942, bf2, cs source and all the other games.
I see the xbox 360 and I know there is only one game that people buy it for and thats halo 3. Halo reminds me of tribes 2 or something, a rather unpopular, although enjoyable for a while pc game. I just cant understand why someone would buy a 360 right now unless they have a lot of money and dont think the ps3 will be better.
SPECIAL GAMES
The xbox probably wont have as many special games as the ps3. Halo is not special, its just average compared to pc fps games. If more people admitted that and it was more widespread in reviews that this was true then maybe I would be able to play it without thinking its as good as people make out.
A special game is something like resident evil 4 where you can see how much work has gone into it and that got very little coverage at release. A vast amount of people, probably on this forum have no idea that this is probably one of the best games of all time. Its so good its worth buying a gamecube for, in fact its really the only reason to ever buy a gamecube and lets face it, halo 3 is the only reason to buy a 360.
The review at hardocp doesnt really mention that maybe for some people its a waste of money because its pretty likely the ps3 will have better games. You can argue this of course, but the best games tend to go to sony more often than not.
XBOX LIVE
If you mention xbox live, then lets mention how you have to pay a fee to use it. Sure its cheap, yet its free on the pc with a lot more games and settings. Theres nothing amazing about xbox live, only that it costs money. Its a good idea, but the way people go on its like there is no other online gaming.
IMAGE
Im one market they havent reached because I dont like the false image xbox has. It has a cool name and a great image and too many people seem to buy it for that reason. Its a powerful system, but the xbox came nowhere near the entertainment that the ps2 did.
I doubt very much that the 360 is worth spending so much money on for the reason that;, Its not as great as you might have been told, If you have a PC then why buy another one, Online PC gaming has a better range of games and is more popular.
XBOX
So I think overall the xbox has a fake image and people easily forget its past history of not that great games and halo has, and always will be overated. The xbox has a great image though, probably the best image of any console because of xbox's marketing and
a way for microsoft to reach the teenagers who dont think its as cool or hip to own a decent PC. Xbox's strength owes a lot to the people who advertised and marketed it and personally I think its amazing that halo made this console so popular considering its a distinctly average fps game.
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