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SirCez
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 Posted: Thu, 17th Mar 2005 18:56 Post subject: |
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Quite a lot of complaints (mine anyway) come from the way the buttons are used on console ports. A few good games are better with a joypad and they're made for a joypad of a certain type. examplke...... football games, its usually right stick to control skills etc. which add to the fun. It's really hard to find a universal controller that is easy to setup on console ports. 1 year ahead? no, the technology might be there but it wont be ahead.
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| Posted: Thu, 17th Mar 2005 19:30 Post subject: |
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They will be ok for that year of console superiority after that they will suck for the remaining 3 or 4 years consoles usually last
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| Posted: Thu, 17th Mar 2005 20:11 Post subject: |
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And why will they suck?
Oh right, graphics. Sorry I forgot, graphics makes the game.
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| Posted: Thu, 17th Mar 2005 21:22 Post subject: |
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Uh, what? Why would the next gen consoles be ahead of PCs? The majority of the work is done by the GPUs now and who makes the GPUs for the current consoles? Nvidia and ATI. Why would they make better GPUs for the next gen consoles that cost $200-$300 for the whole console than for their flagship video cards which cost $500-$600 for the card alone.
First of all most console games run at 480i, so their GPUs really won't have to be pushed as hard compared to their computer counterparts. If computer users ran their games at 480i they could max out graphics settings and still get crazy high frame rates, but who the hell would want to run at 480i with their $500 video card?
Another point to make is that with new consoles comes new architecture and instruction sets that developers will have to get familiar with before they can push the limits of the console. PC developers have the advantage of architectures remaining basically the same for years. The instruction set has very few changes or additions.
The newest consoles might be better than a 3 year old PC, but they will never compare with a current top-of-the-line PC.
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Jenni
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| Posted: Thu, 17th Mar 2005 21:29 Post subject: |
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You're missing one point Summonerx. The consoles are subsidised by the parent companies so they can make more cash by selling licenses to the games makers. Check the licence agreement on a Xbox and you'll see that you don't own it but merely licence it from MS.
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| Posted: Thu, 17th Mar 2005 22:03 Post subject: |
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| Jenni wrote: | | You're missing one point Summonerx. The consoles are subsidised by the parent companies so they can make more cash by selling licenses to the games makers. Check the licence agreement on a Xbox and you'll see that you don't own it but merely licence it from MS. |
lol, so ppl who have an xbox don't own it but just rent? yeah... |
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| Posted: Fri, 18th Mar 2005 03:07 Post subject: |
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Console ports will be great for the first or second year of the console's life cycle. However, PC hardware will eventually catch up and multiplatform games will again be restricted (AI, graphics, level size, etc...) by the console hardware's limitations. And so on and so forth...
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SirCez
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