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"Dear Bonus..."

IGN recently did their E3 awards. They are totally irrelevant (one year Blinx won an award) but the ones that are most interesting are best graphics and Technological Excellence. Well the awards are in and for best graphics it is not a surprise to see a the RARE X-box re-release of Conker's Bad Fur Day followed quickly by Splinter Cell 3 with Resident Evil 4 a single vote behind that. You remember Resident Evil 4 surly Bonus? The one with the dissapointing graphical effects?

Well it beat Doom 3 AND Halo 2 to the awards, you know the games with "better graphics". But hey maybe you just meant the lighting and shadow effects yes? Well then you'll be surprised to hear it won the "Technological Excellence" award with this small snippet of information from the IGN crew:

Capcom's latest entry into the survival horror genre not only arrives as the most ambitious Resident Evil yet from a gameplay standpoint, but it also blows the rooftops off everything else out there from a technical one. The game, which once again stars franchise hero Leon Kennedy as he explores dark and gritty locales in search of the President's daughter, features the best graphics yet seen on GameCube. Unbelievably beautiful art design mixes with a host of technical achievements, from environments and character models made using high amounts of polygons to an incredibly detailed lighting and shadow system, explosive particle effects, superb animation and more, all of which make for an end visual experience that will leave players speechless -- and scared.

Your brilliant "Doom III" did not even get a runners up medal, ROME and Half Life 2 won those!

Now shut the hell up.

:) *All in the spirit of friendly debate of course.

Bonus wrote:
> I am now qualified to BSc level in Computer Games Technology, so leave
> me alone :D

I have a publishing deal and currently looking for a first past in an English degree :P

(maybe wishful thinking)

Bonus wrote:
> Big waste but the Cube didn't have the sales figures to match the
> machine.

Better than that of the Xbox...

I am now qualified to BSc level in Computer Games Technology, so leave me alone :D

Delorentis wrote:
> Past history.
>
> *Prays he is right*
>
> :o)

Took the words right out of my mouth.

Past history.

*Prays he is right*

:o)

Plays good?

On what basis?

Errm. Not to fuel the fire regarding the RE 4 graphics again, but I was mightily pleased to see real time lighting AND self shadowing in the Legend of Zelda video from E3. And all moving along at a very handy framerate.

Good. Looks good....PLAYS GOOD.
Yum.

They originally stated they didn't expect huge sales of the DS - they may have changed their minds since E3 - but they weren't originally counting on it being a huge success.

And neither companies can rely on the massive success of the Gameboy franchise to balance the books.

I would definately say that Nintendo are the best positioned company to deal with a console flop in these battles, they just better hope the DS outperforms the PSP or their business plan might just be unsustainable without a successful Revolution console, or whatever it is called.

But in a way, that was the beauty of the design.

It allowed the Gamecube to compete with the Xbox in terms of power, and the PS2 in terms of marketability (with the cheap price) and despite these two attributes Nintendo either made a profit on the hardware or such a minimal loss that they don't need large sales to make a comfortable profit.

Sony and MS, on the other hand, threw countless billions at theirs in order to make a bigger profit in the longer run.

Riskier and relies on complete market domination.
Something Nintendo don't have to risk.