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I’ve thought long and hard about this last night/this morning, and for the foreseeable future I won’t be getting an Xbox. The reason? Not entirely sure, but the most significant one I can come up with is that the games I could get (and want) on the Xbox can be bought on the PC or PS2, bar two or three. I then convinced myself further when I thought of the Xbox to PC controller converter that can be bought to simulate Xbox games on PCs. So what if it will take a while to configure? It’ll be worth it.
The final blow is that the console will be yet another considerable burden when packing up and moving – and as a student who already finds himself with too much stuff (the car was really under strain when moving), I guess I’ll leave it for now.
It does mean I’ll be missing some truly excellent games, such as Shenmue 2, JSR, the upcoming Fable and of course, Halo 2; not to mention getting a chance to sing to folk songs on French servers on Live!, or play RS with you lot, which most here seem to enjoy.
Oh well, at least the Xbox2 is backwards compatible, so eventually I’ll be able to play those games – but until then, I’m sticking with my three block setup.
The final blow is that the console will be yet another considerable burden when packing up and moving – and as a student who already finds himself with too much stuff (the car was really under strain when moving), I guess I’ll leave it for now.
It does mean I’ll be missing some truly excellent games, such as Shenmue 2, JSR, the upcoming Fable and of course, Halo 2; not to mention getting a chance to sing to folk songs on French servers on Live!, or play RS with you lot, which most here seem to enjoy.
Oh well, at least the Xbox2 is backwards compatible, so eventually I’ll be able to play those games – but until then, I’m sticking with my three block setup.
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Kernal wrote:
> Maverick42 wrote:
> You're pretty much right, Icarus. There's little that warrants the
> purchase of an Xbox, should you be able to play and enjoy PC games.
> Half Life 2, Doom 3 and eventually Halo 2 will be on PC and it is
> just the likes of Project Gotham Racing 2 you will be missing out
> on.
>
> Probably made the best choice.
>
> Maverick, no one knows which games on xbox will go to pc. I know half
> life 2 will, but I dought things like Halo 2 to go to any over
> console. And 1 majour thing about playing games on pc is; You have to
> read the gamese technical detail to see if it works on your pc, but
> on xbox, if you buy any xbox game within europe (PAL); Then you are
> sure that it will work on your console. XboX has better graphics, but
> got to admit, Pc has most of the best game Currently out.
Halflife 2 is for PC first and will be XBox after. I don't even think you will see Halflife 2 on XBox for quite a while. Think Doom 3 is going to be released on XBox pretty soon after.
Halo 2 will not go to any other console, considing Microsoft own the company, but it will for the PC in the future, as like Halo came out on the PC after the XBox.
I agree that you need to know that a game will work for your PC, but if you have a new machine then you dont need to worry, if you can play the latest games pretty well at the moment Halflife 2 and Doom 3 should be ok.
> Maverick42 wrote:
> You're pretty much right, Icarus. There's little that warrants the
> purchase of an Xbox, should you be able to play and enjoy PC games.
> Half Life 2, Doom 3 and eventually Halo 2 will be on PC and it is
> just the likes of Project Gotham Racing 2 you will be missing out
> on.
>
> Probably made the best choice.
>
> Maverick, no one knows which games on xbox will go to pc. I know half
> life 2 will, but I dought things like Halo 2 to go to any over
> console. And 1 majour thing about playing games on pc is; You have to
> read the gamese technical detail to see if it works on your pc, but
> on xbox, if you buy any xbox game within europe (PAL); Then you are
> sure that it will work on your console. XboX has better graphics, but
> got to admit, Pc has most of the best game Currently out.
Halflife 2 is for PC first and will be XBox after. I don't even think you will see Halflife 2 on XBox for quite a while. Think Doom 3 is going to be released on XBox pretty soon after.
Halo 2 will not go to any other console, considing Microsoft own the company, but it will for the PC in the future, as like Halo came out on the PC after the XBox.
I agree that you need to know that a game will work for your PC, but if you have a new machine then you dont need to worry, if you can play the latest games pretty well at the moment Halflife 2 and Doom 3 should be ok.
adrian wrote:
> Kernal wrote:
> Maverick42 wrote:
> You're pretty much right, Icarus. There's little that warrants the
> purchase of an Xbox, should you be able to play and enjoy PC games.
> Half Life 2, Doom 3 and eventually Halo 2 will be on PC and it is
> just the likes of Project Gotham Racing 2 you will be missing out
> on.
>
> Probably made the best choice.
>
> Maverick, no one knows which games on xbox will go to pc. I know
> half
> life 2 will, but I dought things like Halo 2 to go to any over
> console. And 1 majour thing about playing games on pc is; You have
> to
> read the gamese technical detail to see if it works on your pc, but
> on xbox, if you buy any xbox game within europe (PAL); Then you are
> sure that it will work on your console. XboX has better graphics,
> but
> got to admit, Pc has most of the best game Currently out.
>
> Halflife 2 is for PC first and will be XBox after. I don't even think
> you will see Halflife 2 on XBox for quite a while. Think Doom 3 is
> going to be released on XBox pretty soon after.
>
> Halo 2 will not go to any other console, considing Microsoft own the
> company, but it will for the PC in the future, as like Halo came out
> on the PC after the XBox.
>
> I agree that you need to know that a game will work for your PC, but
> if you have a new machine then you dont need to worry, if you can
> play the latest games pretty well at the moment Halflife 2 and Doom 3
> should be ok.
Yes, but pc needs to be upgraded every nown and again. I spend around £500 a year upgrading me pc. But on an xbox, you dont have to! But if you see a really new PC, youl just love the gameplay. A updated pc can be better than xbox, as long as you keep it up to date wich means additional costs.
> Kernal wrote:
> Maverick42 wrote:
> You're pretty much right, Icarus. There's little that warrants the
> purchase of an Xbox, should you be able to play and enjoy PC games.
> Half Life 2, Doom 3 and eventually Halo 2 will be on PC and it is
> just the likes of Project Gotham Racing 2 you will be missing out
> on.
>
> Probably made the best choice.
>
> Maverick, no one knows which games on xbox will go to pc. I know
> half
> life 2 will, but I dought things like Halo 2 to go to any over
> console. And 1 majour thing about playing games on pc is; You have
> to
> read the gamese technical detail to see if it works on your pc, but
> on xbox, if you buy any xbox game within europe (PAL); Then you are
> sure that it will work on your console. XboX has better graphics,
> but
> got to admit, Pc has most of the best game Currently out.
>
> Halflife 2 is for PC first and will be XBox after. I don't even think
> you will see Halflife 2 on XBox for quite a while. Think Doom 3 is
> going to be released on XBox pretty soon after.
>
> Halo 2 will not go to any other console, considing Microsoft own the
> company, but it will for the PC in the future, as like Halo came out
> on the PC after the XBox.
>
> I agree that you need to know that a game will work for your PC, but
> if you have a new machine then you dont need to worry, if you can
> play the latest games pretty well at the moment Halflife 2 and Doom 3
> should be ok.
Yes, but pc needs to be upgraded every nown and again. I spend around £500 a year upgrading me pc. But on an xbox, you dont have to! But if you see a really new PC, youl just love the gameplay. A updated pc can be better than xbox, as long as you keep it up to date wich means additional costs.
Thing is though a laptop isn't that easy to upgrade the graphics chip. And Icky broke his PC apart and sold it not long ago when he got his tablet PC to go with his laptop.
Notorious Biggles wrote:
> Thing is though a laptop isn't that easy to upgrade the graphics chip.
> And Icky broke his PC apart and sold it not long ago when he got his
> tablet PC to go with his laptop.
And by the way, latop upgrades are double the cost of pc upgrades.
eg; I got my graphic card on pc 3 months ago £40
If I would of had it for laptop, it would of cost me £65
> Thing is though a laptop isn't that easy to upgrade the graphics chip.
> And Icky broke his PC apart and sold it not long ago when he got his
> tablet PC to go with his laptop.
And by the way, latop upgrades are double the cost of pc upgrades.
eg; I got my graphic card on pc 3 months ago £40
If I would of had it for laptop, it would of cost me £65
For only £40 what did you get?
Notorious Biggles wrote:
> For only £40 what did you get?
A G-FORCE 4 440MX. That was long time ago, I think I got it second hand but it was the best at the time. Right now, I think its G-FORCE FX or something like that. Anyway, it was just a example.
> For only £40 what did you get?
A G-FORCE 4 440MX. That was long time ago, I think I got it second hand but it was the best at the time. Right now, I think its G-FORCE FX or something like that. Anyway, it was just a example.
sorry bout being rude Icarus but I actually dont give a sheet what you do mate.
I think the XBox exclusives like JSR: F, Panzer Dragoon Orta and the brilliant Live service (that I won't be abel to get) is certainly enough to warrant a purchase. Personally, I prefer the GameCube's line-up offline, but I'm sure Live whups anything either PS2 or GameCube has to offer.
I suppose if all the games you REALLY want are released on the PC, there isn't much point, but it may be worth flicking through the titles that won't appear on the PC before disregarding the XBox.
I suppose if all the games you REALLY want are released on the PC, there isn't much point, but it may be worth flicking through the titles that won't appear on the PC before disregarding the XBox.
Kernal wrote:
> And by the way, latop upgrades are double the cost of pc upgrades.
> eg; I got my graphic card on pc 3 months ago £40
> If I would of had it for laptop, it would of cost me £65
Solid proof of your foolishness.
> And by the way, latop upgrades are double the cost of pc upgrades.
> eg; I got my graphic card on pc 3 months ago £40
> If I would of had it for laptop, it would of cost me £65
Solid proof of your foolishness.
Rickoss wrote:
> I think the XBox exclusives like JSR: F, Panzer Dragoon Orta and the
> brilliant Live service (that I won't be abel to get) is certainly
> enough to warrant a purchase. Personally, I prefer the GameCube's
> line-up offline, but I'm sure Live whups anything either PS2 or
> GameCube has to offer.
It really doesn't actually.
It's good fun, but I still prefer the GameCube.
> I think the XBox exclusives like JSR: F, Panzer Dragoon Orta and the
> brilliant Live service (that I won't be abel to get) is certainly
> enough to warrant a purchase. Personally, I prefer the GameCube's
> line-up offline, but I'm sure Live whups anything either PS2 or
> GameCube has to offer.
It really doesn't actually.
It's good fun, but I still prefer the GameCube.
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