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HALOOOOOOOO on 17 November 2008
markers said:
goddog said:
foolpittier said:
If price is the issue you should still get the ps3. After two years of xbox live thats 100 dollars. With a wireless adapter that's another 100 dollars. That makes the cheapest xbox console cost 400 dollars after 2 years. The ps3 is still a much more powerful console that can play games like killzone 2 not possible on the 360. It still has a blu-ray allowing for full HD movies and games like Metal Gear Solid 4 which would require six disks on a 360. And at the end of it all your still let with and 80GB hardrive. The 200 dollar xbox model is lacking a hardrive and to buy a hardrive is so much more expensive on a 360 then a ps3.

 

once again why the hell does anyone use wireless gaming for a home console. its slower, people can leach off of you, and it wastes power. wired for home consoles, and wireless for portable devices. 

 

its not much slower, depending on your setup. people cant leach off you if you use passwords like your supposed to. doesnt waste that much power. and some people have to use wireless because they are not close to their modems to connect with the ethernet cable

 

And some people can't use Wi-Fi because their router doesn't have it. Anyways, footpittier was making it sound like you absolutely need an adapter, which you most definitely don't. Most people use the cable anyways. Besides, he says the 360 isn't powerful enough to handle a game like Killzone 2... lol.



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darthdevidem01 on 17 November 2008

my guess...spring along with the FF7 AC + FF13 demo in Japan



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Garnett on 17 November 2008
foolpittier said:
If price is the issue you should still get the ps3. After two years of xbox live thats 100$ dollars. With a wireless adapter that's another 100 dollars. That makes the cheapest xbox console cost 400 dollars after 2 years. The ps3 is still a much more powerful console that can play games like killzone 2 possible on the 360. It still has a blu-ray allowing for full HD movies and games like Metal Gear Solid 4 which would require three disks on a 360. And at the end of it all your still let with and 80GB hardrive. The 200 dollar xbox model is lacking a hardrive and to buy a hardrive is so much more expensive on a 360 then a ps3(cause you need ya hard drive for mandatory installs ya know),Dont forget the PS3 dosent include a headset.

 

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goddog on 17 November 2008
markers said:
goddog said:
foolpittier said:
If price is the issue you should still get the ps3. After two years of xbox live thats 100 dollars. With a wireless adapter that's another 100 dollars. That makes the cheapest xbox console cost 400 dollars after 2 years. The ps3 is still a much more powerful console that can play games like killzone 2 not possible on the 360. It still has a blu-ray allowing for full HD movies and games like Metal Gear Solid 4 which would require six disks on a 360. And at the end of it all your still let with and 80GB hardrive. The 200 dollar xbox model is lacking a hardrive and to buy a hardrive is so much more expensive on a 360 then a ps3.

 

once again why the hell does anyone use wireless gaming for a home console. its slower, people can leach off of you, and it wastes power. wired for home consoles, and wireless for portable devices. 

 

its not much slower, depending on your setup. people cant leach off you if you use passwords like your supposed to. doesnt waste that much power. and some people have to use wireless because they are not close to their modems to connect with the ethernet cable

 

oh it is slower even with the N-spec, and the more security you ad the slower it becomes, also higher packet loss. and unless you know what your doing your security will not be enough. on top of that hd tvs spew out alot of interference, as do speakers if you play in surround. more signal degradation. ethernet is cheaper, more secure and significantly faster. 

 

now  not being close to the router is an okay answer  if your over 50 feet away, because then cord becomes costly unless you cut your own.  but as said earlier you will face bad signal degradation. 

 



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xlost7 on 17 November 2008

I would say at next years GDC or E3.



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Sardauk on 17 November 2008
HALOOOOOOOO said:
markers said:
goddog said:
foolpittier said:
If price is the issue you should still get the ps3. After two years of xbox live thats 100 dollars. With a wireless adapter that's another 100 dollars. That makes the cheapest xbox console cost 400 dollars after 2 years. The ps3 is still a much more powerful console that can play games like killzone 2 not possible on the 360. It still has a blu-ray allowing for full HD movies and games like Metal Gear Solid 4 which would require six disks on a 360. And at the end of it all your still let with and 80GB hardrive. cand to buy a hardrive is so much more expensive on a 360 then a ps3.

 

once again why the hell does anyone use wireless gaming for a home console. its slower, people can leach off of you, and it wastes power. wired for home consoles, and wireless for portable devices. 

 

its not much slower, depending on your setup. people cant leach off you if you use passwords like your supposed to. doesnt waste that much power. and some people have to use wireless because they are not close to their modems to connect with the ethernet cable

 

And some people can't use Wi-Fi because their router doesn't have it. Anyways, footpittier was making it sound like you absolutely need an adapter, which you most definitely don't. Most people use the cable anyways. Besides, he says the 360 isn't powerful enough to handle a game like Killzone 2... lol.

 

Yeaa and again with that WIFI sh*t..... what a f*king fanboy ...

Facts :

 - More 360 on the internet

 - LBP bundle has the same cost has its 360 equivalent from ... 2 years ago

 - Twice more games are sold on the 360

- The BR is useless for gaming

- PS3 "Will be huge"

 

 



 

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ruibing on 18 November 2008

Considering technology advancement in semiconductor and the economy, I suspect one to come around next spring.

IBM and Toshiba has both announced that their fabrication plants are ready to manufacture 45nm versions of the Cell. TSMC are also ready to do the same for GPUs. This should be one of the main push that will bring the chip cost down.

Blu Ray drives are getting increasingly cheaper, so the Blu Ray diodes are also going down. Considering the PS3 uses a slower 2X blu ray drive, production yield for them should have improved dramatically.

Add these along with the basic learning curve model for production, the basic production cost of any product is reduced by 10% for every doubling of the cumulative production.

Finally, the economy and disproportion of the yen to the dollar is getting better. You never want to make them using expensive parts and then sell them to cheap dollars. When the economy stablizes by mid-next year, a price drop can be put to much better use.



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deathgod33 on 18 November 2008

in america, around e3 09. in europe and japan- early 09