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What do you think of the X-box…? are you impressed by the specs, do you think the X-box will be worth getting just for WWF Raw is War or do you think that Microsoft have made a mistake that they will come to regret. Whatever your opinion, express it here :-)
While the XBOX is a very powerful machine i just aren't very excited about its games in the way that Nintendo games get me excited.
And how can Microsoft justify a $299.99 price tag? and if its £299.99 in the UK then there finished before they've even started as the PS2 is now £199.99 and will have games such as Final Fantasy 10,Devil May Cry,GT3 and the awsome Metal Gear Solid 2, and the Gamecube will be ready for launch and if the rumoured £150 price tag is to be believed then thats gonna make the XBOX look VERY overpriced.
I remember buying a SATURN for £400 and boy did i regret it,no decent launch games,expensive hardware ect now to me it seems Microsoft is going down this exact same rout and so untill they can justify such a high price i won't be buying one.
However I AM GOING TO GET AN X-BOX WHEN ITS PRICE DROPS TO £200!.. I hope it does well,because i want to get one.
Sure XBOX has Dead Or Alive 3,Project Gothem,Halo ect but is it really worth splashing out £299 for it?
Think back to the Atari Jaguar, a 64bit console but with no good games,see it doesn't matter if your getting "more powerful chipsets" as to us gamers this means nothing,all that counts for gamers is the games,and it's here that Microsoft need to start impressing people because so far i havn't seen anything that comes close to making me want to pay £299 for an XBOX.
So far, the C- Stick (yellow analogue stick on the right) is used for aiming/directing. For example in Luigi's Mansion the C-Stick is used to aim the vacuum and the torch.
I have a GameCube from Japan with the three launch titles and I can honestly say the controller feels and plays perfectly. You seem to adapt to the controls straight away. The arrangement of the buttons is wonderful as not once do you miss a button or hit the wrong one. You don't even have to think about the controls during a game. Itís an ergonomic masterpiece.
I haven't held an X-box controller to date, but it will have to be something special to surpass the GameCube controller.
I've been one of those people slagging the XBOX from day 1 as i didn't think it had good enough games to be a real threat in the console war but i'm wrong, i admit it.
After seeing the likes of HALO,DEAD OR ALIVE 3,JET SET RADIO FUTURE,ODDWORLD,GUN VALKRYE i now have to say that the XBOX is looking better and better everyday in my eyes.
It kinda reminds me of the Saturn,in the way that Hardcore gamers bought the machine (and lets face it not many people are going to spend £300 on a console) and it had class games,but not many people bought it, i see the XBOX going like this but i don't know about the rest of you but Microsoft have proved themselves to me and i will be buying an XBOX.
Special Reserve,my deposit is on its way,just make sure you save an XBOX for me :) oh and a copy of HALO aswell,thanks.
So the moral of the story,don't judge a console by the company its made by,judge it by the quaility of its games and from what i've seen the XBOX has loads of class games coming out for it.
I have now learnt my lesson and am counting the days untill March 14th 2002.
Oh and if any of you have msn messenger then my email address is [email protected].
It'll be cool speaking to like minded people for a change.
Well speak to ya later
sirus