Will there be Next-Gen consoles at all?

[Killian Kalthorne]

A game console is only as good as the games on it. That is why I am not too impressed by the PS3. Sure it has nice tech behind it, but the games I want to play are on either the PC or XBox 360, which is a less costier option to game on than the PS3. The only reason why the PS3 is going to last 10 years is because it will take that long for SOny to make any money off of it.

[Llyranor]

Well, I'd be embarassed to use cost as a reason to select my choice of console if I was buying 16 gig of RAM for PC gaming and using Fatal1ty soundcards.

[Hurlshort]

I read in the business section today that it is very likely console games are going to drop back to the $50 mark.

[Killian Kalthorne]

Well, I'd be embarassed to use cost as a reason to select my choice of console if I was buying 16 gig of RAM for PC gaming and using Fatal1ty soundcards.

Especially when the only major thing you can do is play games on a console.

[Gfted1]

I was wondering about that 16G of RAM. Do any OS recognize that much?

[Morgoth]

64 bit OS certainly, yes.

[Mamoulian War]

I was wondering about that 16G of RAM. Do any OS recognize that much?

 

All 64bit OSs can recognize that

[Mamoulian War]

Well, I'd be embarassed to use cost as a reason to select my choice of console if I was buying 16 gig of RAM for PC gaming and using Fatal1ty soundcards.

Especially when the only major thing you can do is play games on a console.

 

Not True for PS3, you can install Linux on it, add keyboard and mouse and use it as regular PC... Except PC games ...

[Llyranor]

And Bluray!111 Don't forget Bluray!11111!!!!1

[Morgoth]

Without Bluray, I'd have to had swap the disk in MGS4 several times.

 

Things like that piss me off!

 

But Bluray didn't. It saved my gaming experience.

[Mamoulian War]

Without Bluray, I'd have to had swap the disk in MGS4 several times.

 

Things like that piss me off!

 

But Bluray didn't. It saved my gaming experience.

 

One of the reason why its wise to buy PS3 for Final Fantasy XIII rather than Xbox 360 ... I am realy curious how many DVDs would be needed for that game

The second and the biggest reason to buy PS3 for that game is Final Fantasy versus 13 (still PS3 exclusive ) so you save one Xbox 360 purchase when you want to play both games

[Llyranor]

But not your soul.

[Killian Kalthorne]

On those really large multi-disc games I install them on my hard drive to play. No disc swapping necessary.

[Mamoulian War]

But not your soul.

 

No loss then...

[Rhomal]

Every 12-18 months I do a cpu, mobo, ram and video card upgrade. While I never buy the latest bleeding edge (I buy about one generation behind the newest, most cost effective price vs performance) the upgrades certainly cost much less then a new ps3 and easily last me over a year. If I wanted to my current AMD X2 5200+ 2gigs ram and 8800GT 512meg prob could last me until 2010 if I desired with very acceptable gameplay still.

 

Just to add fuel into the heat According to Sony, PS3 will last you 7 more years

 

http://games.techwhack.com/557-playstation...o-last-a-decade

 

Sure and look like Atari 2600 lvl gfx vs PCs by then.. *shrugs* if that floats your boat all the power to you.

 

I like my mouse, kb and ability to do other things, thank you.

[Mamoulian War]

Every 12-18 months I do a cpu, mobo, ram and video card upgrade. While I never buy the latest bleeding edge (I buy about one generation behind the newest, most cost effective price vs performance) the upgrades certainly cost much less then a new ps3 and easily last me over a year. If I wanted to my current AMD X2 5200+ 2gigs ram and 8800GT 512meg prob could last me until 2010 if I desired with very acceptable gameplay still.

 

Just to add fuel into the heat According to Sony, PS3 will last you 7 more years

 

http://games.techwhack.com/557-playstation...o-last-a-decade

 

Sure and look like Atari 2600 lvl gfx vs PCs by then.. *shrugs* if that floats your boat all the power to you.

 

I like my mouse, kb and ability to do other things, thank you.

 

Ehm... Keyboard and mouse could be attached in some games even to PS2, for PS3 is that normal, and as i wrote few posts before you can install linux inside PS3 aswell... so you can do other "PC only" things on PS3 aswell, how shocking...

 

And you know there are lot of PS1 or Sega Genesis/Megadrive or SuperNES games are still awesome and bigger fun than half of the "nextgen console/pc games" released last 3 years, but you AMAGAD MY LARA CRAFT HAZ BOOBZ OF ZILLION POLYGOONZ ON MY NEW GeFARCEOVERNINETHOUSAND!!! type of game lovers will never understand that...

[Slowtrain]

AMAGAD MY LARA CRAFT HAZ BOOBZ OF ZILLION POLYGOONZ ON MY NEW GeFARCEOVERNINETHOUSAND!!!

 

 

OK. That's awesome. ANd I don't even know what it means.

[Rhomal]

Every 12-18 months I do a cpu, mobo, ram and video card upgrade. While I never buy the latest bleeding edge (I buy about one generation behind the newest, most cost effective price vs performance) the upgrades certainly cost much less then a new ps3 and easily last me over a year. If I wanted to my current AMD X2 5200+ 2gigs ram and 8800GT 512meg prob could last me until 2010 if I desired with very acceptable gameplay still.

 

Just to add fuel into the heat According to Sony, PS3 will last you 7 more years

 

http://games.techwhack.com/557-playstation...o-last-a-decade

 

Sure and look like Atari 2600 lvl gfx vs PCs by then.. *shrugs* if that floats your boat all the power to you.

 

I like my mouse, kb and ability to do other things, thank you.

 

Ehm... Keyboard and mouse could be attached in some games even to PS2, for PS3 is that normal, and as i wrote few posts before you can install linux inside PS3 aswell... so you can do other "PC only" things on PS3 aswell, how shocking...

 

And you know there are lot of PS1 or Sega Genesis/Megadrive or SuperNES games are still awesome and bigger fun than half of the "nextgen console/pc games" released last 3 years, but you AMAGAD MY LARA CRAFT HAZ BOOBZ OF ZILLION POLYGOONZ ON MY NEW GeFARCEOVERNINETHOUSAND!!! type of game lovers will never understand that...

 

please if you are going to use a mouse, kb and use the console as a PC then USE A PC.. gezz. Talk about taking the long way to get to the same destination. You enjoy trying to make the console into a PC.. I'll use the real thing thanks and save myself 1/2 the headaches.

 

Plus I want to game, dev .net code, edit media, synch my phone/mp3 player, work on my web site with my PC.. not compile drivers and use the command prompt for every other task... linux means 0 to me.

[Mamoulian War]

Rofl there are still people who think, that linux today needs compiling drivers and command promt to work???

[Rhomal]

Rofl there are still people who think, that linux today needs compiling drivers and command promt to work???

 

I knew you would focus in on that and totaly ignore my main points which you have no retort for. Predictable but entertaining none the less.

 

Console < PC. End of discussion.

[Llyranor]

No.

 

Games > Rhomal

[Slowtrain]

Higher math always confuses me.

[Rhomal]

No.

 

Games > Rhomal

 

Yet another predicatable, but highly entertaining poster.

 

Ditto my last post.

[Killian Kalthorne]

No.

 

Linux > Ubantu.

 

Umm... No.

 

Ubantu > Llyranor.

 

Umm... Maybe.

 

Windows ME > Atari 2600.

[Deadly_Nightshade]

Console < PC. End of discussion.