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Are they trying to bring games playing away from the PC? I don't really see the point, it's already a competitive market, so they should stick to doing what they do best - though I'm not sure that they do anything best anymore.....
That's what i've been saying all along! The X-Box is destined to be a games dedicated PC and is an original way of doing a Console. Sony wouldn't know originality if they spent a year locked in a cabin with no contact with the outside world but enough food, heat and water to live on! (Nice metaphor eh?) So the X-Box could see the end of Consoles as we know them! And good riddance if all we'll get is the repetitiveness of Sony!
They, (Microsoft) simply know the demand for gaming consoles is huge and also realize that consumers simply can't keep up purchasing upgrades to run pc games indefintely, what if they were to make a console that would be cheaper than buying the latest top end graphics card?
It would mean Pc gamers would most definetly buy one, and it would open up console gaming to many new consumers who wouldn't normally have ever entertained the idea of a gaming console, as up till now other consoles games are mainly aimed at children, where the x-box's games would be of a more mature nature similar to pc titles.
Personally the more I think about it, the more i'm convinced the X box is going to be a far bigger hit than anyone could have ever invisaged.
It would mean Pc gamers would most definetly buy one, and it would open up console gaming to many new consumers who wouldn't normally have ever entertained the idea of a gaming console, as up till now other consoles games are mainly aimed at children, where the x-box's games would be of a more mature nature similar to pc titles.
Personally the more I think about it, the more i'm convinced the X box is going to be a far bigger hit than anyone could have ever invisaged.
> Are they trying to bring games playing away from the PC?
Hmm... The X-Box... P3-600 CPU, 64Mb RAM, a Hard drive, nVidia graphics chipset... Sounds like a PC in a box to me. I think that the X-Box could actually work to the advantage of PC owners.
Let's think ahead. The X-Box becomes a success, and games developers start shovelling good quality games for it out the door at a fast rate. But hang on, "the technical specification is basically the same as a PC, so we can re-use the code with a few tweaks and release a PC version!", they say. This would be an opportunity that games publishers won't miss easily.
We already have kind-of the opposite situation with the Dreamcast at the moment. Lot's of popular games on the PC are being released on the Dreamcast, simply because it's easy for the developers to port it (after all, the Dreamcast does run a variant of MS Windows CE). For example: GTA2, Hidden & Dangerous, Worms Armageddon, MDK2, Quake 3 - to name but a few.
Hmm... The X-Box... P3-600 CPU, 64Mb RAM, a Hard drive, nVidia graphics chipset... Sounds like a PC in a box to me. I think that the X-Box could actually work to the advantage of PC owners.
Let's think ahead. The X-Box becomes a success, and games developers start shovelling good quality games for it out the door at a fast rate. But hang on, "the technical specification is basically the same as a PC, so we can re-use the code with a few tweaks and release a PC version!", they say. This would be an opportunity that games publishers won't miss easily.
We already have kind-of the opposite situation with the Dreamcast at the moment. Lot's of popular games on the PC are being released on the Dreamcast, simply because it's easy for the developers to port it (after all, the Dreamcast does run a variant of MS Windows CE). For example: GTA2, Hidden & Dangerous, Worms Armageddon, MDK2, Quake 3 - to name but a few.
Everyone knows that PS2 kicks bum. So what if the x-box has a slightly better spec. What matters is games, and the Sony has roped in some of the best developers for their games like Psygnosis and a whole load of others.
x-box will crash and burn
x-box will crash and burn
Are they trying to bring games playing away from the PC? I don't really see the point, it's already a competitive market, so they should stick to doing what they do best - though I'm not sure that they do anything best anymore.....