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No. Microsoft has said specifically that this is a console game system and not a PC, even though on the inside, it certainly looks a lot like a pared-down version of one. In fact, Microsoft is discouraging developers from including support for PC peripherals like the keyboard and mouse just to help console users feel at home.
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===SONICRAV---> wrote:
Well, I haven't heard ANYTHING OF THIS! There were
> some cases of the very first Japanese DCs having some problem (just as every
> modern console has!), but seeing as many of my friends and myself own, or have
> owned DCs, from near and abroad, and also read a lots about the subject online,
> I can safely say that this story is being completely over exagerated.
That's pants! My DC reboots a hell of a lot just like my Pc. But that doesn't make it like a pc does it? The DC is still the best consol on the market... well untill the Xbox (March 14th).
Well, I haven't heard ANYTHING OF THIS! There were
> some cases of the very first Japanese DCs having some problem (just as every
> modern console has!), but seeing as many of my friends and myself own, or have
> owned DCs, from near and abroad, and also read a lots about the subject online,
> I can safely say that this story is being completely over exagerated.
That's pants! My DC reboots a hell of a lot just like my Pc. But that doesn't make it like a pc does it? The DC is still the best consol on the market... well untill the Xbox (March 14th).
No, for the simple reason that it's not actually "in" your tv. :)
MintoChris wrote:
> it is not a pc.
It is a console
If it was a pc it would not have
> competition from the PS2 and GC.
Yet the PC games market suffers from competition from the PS2 and GC!
:)
> it is not a pc.
It is a console
If it was a pc it would not have
> competition from the PS2 and GC.
Yet the PC games market suffers from competition from the PS2 and GC!
:)
it is not a pc.
It is a console
If it was a pc it would not have competition from the PS2 and GC.
It is a console
If it was a pc it would not have competition from the PS2 and GC.
Is the Xbox just a P.C in your T.V?
YES IT IS!
:)
YES IT IS!
:)
funkygamer wrote:
oohhhh, handbag!
1) I couldn't afford a Dreamcast at the
> time anyway, what with buying a house. I was going to wait a little while 'cos
> I thought the first crop of games would be crap but the 2nd crop better.
Indeed the second crop were amazing...
Soul Calibur, Jet Set, Resident Evil:code Veronica, Shenmue, MSR, Virtua Tennis, Crazy Taxi... etc.
Point is that the games were amazing, and to say, as you did, that a big reason for not buying the console was due to the OS was completely stupid... only now do you talk about the games!
2)
> Easy to bias!!!! I spend all my working day sitting at a PC with an MS OS! I
> have used servers with the MS OS, and I can safely say, through nothing but
> personal experience of my own, that an MS OS is not to be trusted!
But this is TOTALLY different to the ones used on consoles that DON'T crash... did you ever see the PSX/DC/N64 OS crash partway through a game???
I don't
> know if the rebooting dreamcasts has anything to do with the OS, but it just
> seems funny that the DC is the only console I have heard of that reboot itself,
> in the way that I would expect a PC to.
errrr... I have owned a DC for ages, and have heard only a couple of incidents of this... all from PSX gamers who just like the dis other consoles!
The rebooting problem is one that I
> have heard of from many different sources, so how can it be an isolated issue?
Becuase it's been hyped. In fact, I bet you've heard very little about EVERY demo PS2 crashing at E3... just go to the "Xbox xrashed at E3" topic, and go back a way, and look for my LOOONNNNNGGGGGG post on the issue... I think you'll find that the PS2 had a FAR worse record than any other console... but guess what? No one made an issue out of it!
sonic
oohhhh, handbag!
1) I couldn't afford a Dreamcast at the
> time anyway, what with buying a house. I was going to wait a little while 'cos
> I thought the first crop of games would be crap but the 2nd crop better.
Indeed the second crop were amazing...
Soul Calibur, Jet Set, Resident Evil:code Veronica, Shenmue, MSR, Virtua Tennis, Crazy Taxi... etc.
Point is that the games were amazing, and to say, as you did, that a big reason for not buying the console was due to the OS was completely stupid... only now do you talk about the games!
2)
> Easy to bias!!!! I spend all my working day sitting at a PC with an MS OS! I
> have used servers with the MS OS, and I can safely say, through nothing but
> personal experience of my own, that an MS OS is not to be trusted!
But this is TOTALLY different to the ones used on consoles that DON'T crash... did you ever see the PSX/DC/N64 OS crash partway through a game???
I don't
> know if the rebooting dreamcasts has anything to do with the OS, but it just
> seems funny that the DC is the only console I have heard of that reboot itself,
> in the way that I would expect a PC to.
errrr... I have owned a DC for ages, and have heard only a couple of incidents of this... all from PSX gamers who just like the dis other consoles!
The rebooting problem is one that I
> have heard of from many different sources, so how can it be an isolated issue?
Becuase it's been hyped. In fact, I bet you've heard very little about EVERY demo PS2 crashing at E3... just go to the "Xbox xrashed at E3" topic, and go back a way, and look for my LOOONNNNNGGGGGG post on the issue... I think you'll find that the PS2 had a FAR worse record than any other console... but guess what? No one made an issue out of it!
sonic
===SONICRAV---> wrote:
>If you didn't buy a DC because of this it shows 2 things:
1)
> Arrogance to the actual quality of gaming on the Dreamcast.
2) That you are
> easy to bias by producing rubbish like this OS problem!
oohhhh, handbag!
1) I couldn't afford a Dreamcast at the time anyway, what with buying a house. I was going to wait a little while 'cos I thought the first crop of games would be crap but the 2nd crop better.
2) Easy to bias!!!! I spend all my working day sitting at a PC with an MS OS! I have used servers with the MS OS, and I can safely say, through nothing but personal experience of my own, that an MS OS is not to be trusted!
I don't know if the rebooting dreamcasts has anything to do with the OS, but it just seems funny that the DC is the only console I have heard of that reboot itself, in the way that I would expect a PC to.
The rebooting problem is one that I have heard of from many different sources, so how can it be an isolated issue?
>If you didn't buy a DC because of this it shows 2 things:
1)
> Arrogance to the actual quality of gaming on the Dreamcast.
2) That you are
> easy to bias by producing rubbish like this OS problem!
oohhhh, handbag!
1) I couldn't afford a Dreamcast at the time anyway, what with buying a house. I was going to wait a little while 'cos I thought the first crop of games would be crap but the 2nd crop better.
2) Easy to bias!!!! I spend all my working day sitting at a PC with an MS OS! I have used servers with the MS OS, and I can safely say, through nothing but personal experience of my own, that an MS OS is not to be trusted!
I don't know if the rebooting dreamcasts has anything to do with the OS, but it just seems funny that the DC is the only console I have heard of that reboot itself, in the way that I would expect a PC to.
The rebooting problem is one that I have heard of from many different sources, so how can it be an isolated issue?
funkygamer wrote:
Hmmm, yeah, I didn't know the
> PSX was built on PC architecture, could you give examples?
*All the data buses
*Transfer of data between components
*Separation of jobs (so a specialised sound card insetad of the processor doing everything a la N64)
*3d graphics card architecture
So, basically, everything that attracted developers to the PSX!
As for the
> Operating System, well, yes, I thought it would have had some kind of firmware,
> but my point was, the DC used an MS Operating System, that is what put me off!!!
>
Funny that the DC had many reports of "rebooting" all on it's
> own... rather like... Oh, my Windows based PC n'est pas?!
Well, I haven't heard ANYTHING OF THIS! There were some cases of the very first Japanese DCs having some problem (just as every modern console has!), but seeing as many of my friends and myself own, or have owned DCs, from near and abroad, and also read a lots about the subject online, I can safely say that this story is being completely over exagerated. (Long sentence!)
If you didn't buy a DC because of this it shows 2 things:
1) Arrogance to the actual quality of gaming on the Dreamcast.
2) That you are easy to bias by producing rubbish like this OS problem!
Sonic
Hmmm, yeah, I didn't know the
> PSX was built on PC architecture, could you give examples?
*All the data buses
*Transfer of data between components
*Separation of jobs (so a specialised sound card insetad of the processor doing everything a la N64)
*3d graphics card architecture
So, basically, everything that attracted developers to the PSX!
As for the
> Operating System, well, yes, I thought it would have had some kind of firmware,
> but my point was, the DC used an MS Operating System, that is what put me off!!!
>
Funny that the DC had many reports of "rebooting" all on it's
> own... rather like... Oh, my Windows based PC n'est pas?!
Well, I haven't heard ANYTHING OF THIS! There were some cases of the very first Japanese DCs having some problem (just as every modern console has!), but seeing as many of my friends and myself own, or have owned DCs, from near and abroad, and also read a lots about the subject online, I can safely say that this story is being completely over exagerated. (Long sentence!)
If you didn't buy a DC because of this it shows 2 things:
1) Arrogance to the actual quality of gaming on the Dreamcast.
2) That you are easy to bias by producing rubbish like this OS problem!
Sonic
hopfully the x-box will basically be all the good things of a pc turned into a consol, wiv not having to upgrade with a new sound card or graphix card evey 6 months. however ive heard that in the us theres already pacthes for games that need to b downloaded. i was hoping consols were not going to go this way!
atm i will b gettin an x-box to put next my ps2 and say pah! to gamecube (thats my opinion) : )
atm i will b gettin an x-box to put next my ps2 and say pah! to gamecube (thats my opinion) : )
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