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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=12033 |  Eclipse (405) Aug 31, 2006 - 03:50 pm » Edited on Aug 31, 2006 - 03:54 pm
| Well, console games are a lot more complex than they used to be. Also, there were bugs in console games before they hard drives and internet connections, but there was no way to patch them.
Did you ever have GTA:SA crash on you? Yeah, I bet you wished your PS2 had a hard drive and a method to deliver patches right about then...
Anyway, console games will always have fewer bugs since the games are written for static hardware, so I don't think we will be looking at the bugfest that is PC gaming any time soon unless the developer really rushes the game out the door.
Don't forget, in addition to patches you can download new content with that Hard drive. It's not all bad. I bet you won't be crying foul if they include a new multiplayer mode with a future patch, or new weapon types... perhaps motorcycles or helicopters? Yeah, no one will be upset to hear something like that. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=10557 | Eclipse (405) Jun 05, 2006 - 02:03 pm
| I'm not a big fan of playing old titles. Maybe if it could run the old PS2 games at better frame rates... but no, if it just includes the old hardware inside that isn't a possibility.
I'd be more impressed if Sony had the next GTA or Final Fantasy game at launch. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=10547 | Eclipse (405) Jun 05, 2006 - 11:43 am
| Suddenly? Where have you been? Top end single slot graphics cards have been coming out at about $600 for the last 2 years.
Also... 600? Um... no, it's 600 to get this ONE card. The top of the line "graphics solution" is Two 7900 GTX's and that's about $1000 total. When these things are able to be SLI'd then that will be the new top end and that will be $1200.
So... yeah, it's worse than you think! The good news is that my monitor only goes up to 1280x1024 so my 7900 GT is more than enough. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=10552 | Eclipse (405) Jun 05, 2006 - 11:19 am
| Well, it's like when you start to go translucent, then transparent, then you completely disappear!
Now how PC games are doing this sort of thing I really don't know. Seems to me like there are more games now than ever before, and (thanks to consoles) they are cheaper than ever.
However, if the root poster (anon of course :P ) thinks that since an early-adopter richy-rich-person video card can sell for $600, then the PS3 is a good buy? Well, I think someone needs to take their medication.
Targeting the exclusive high end consumer is NOT a good plan if you want to dominate a specific market. For example, how many Ferrari's do you see running around? Now how many Toyotas... Yeah, I think that Toyota is doing better financially than Ferrari despite the fact that the Ferrari costs many many times as much as even the most expensive Camry.
Console success is determined by how many consoles are out in the market. More consoles = more potential customers for game companies = game companies make games for said console. Currently PS2 is waaaaay ahead in market share, but the PS3 isn't going to be able to leverage that market in any realistic way if they price their machine out of their target markets financial means... and that's what they have done with the PS3. Night night sony. It was fun while it lasted. Flag this | Edit this post |
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