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The console 'fued' that has been going on now every since Microsoft's XBox and Nintendo's GameCube joined Sony's PlayStation 2 in the race to be the gamer's first choice console is now sinking to a new low. Im not sure about all of you but the fact the XBox is about 3 times bigger than the GameCube has no effect on me what so ever. This is the critism that the XBox is getting, "it's too big". I don't really care about that and then all the PS2 fans say well we can stand ours on its side, and the XBox fans laugh. Then the GameCube fans say that theirs is portable. I agree with that and it has that advantage but portable with a 5" inch screen, which i would hate to see in a 4-way multipayer battle (you can do the maths).
The fact is that the XBox is the world's most advance console, even if you don't want to believe it, it is. Many people look at the sales figures of the XBox and say Dreamcast. When people say that to me I say Microsoft. Bill Gates is the riches man in the world, I don't think he willbe going bankrupt in the near future. As Robbie B (the man behind the XBox) said at E3 that Microsoft will not be falling out of the race. It will have over 200 games out by Christmas and 300 by next E3. The thrith is XBox RULES!
The fact is that the XBox is the world's most advance console, even if you don't want to believe it, it is. Many people look at the sales figures of the XBox and say Dreamcast. When people say that to me I say Microsoft. Bill Gates is the riches man in the world, I don't think he willbe going bankrupt in the near future. As Robbie B (the man behind the XBox) said at E3 that Microsoft will not be falling out of the race. It will have over 200 games out by Christmas and 300 by next E3. The thrith is XBox RULES!
I dont give a crap how many xbox's microsoft sells as long as they will be making games for the next 4 or 5 years for it.
Trust me, by now I've heard every pathetic reason why the X-Box "sucks" from fanboys/girs/muppets. Of course some will want a Gamecube instead of an X-Box, or a PS2 instead of an X-Box. But whats pathetic is they can't say "I'm a big fan of games like Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong so I want to carry on playing these and that means buying a Gamecube." No, they have to find ways why the competition, particularly the X-Box "sucks".
I don't really go in the Sony forum often any more because of all the spam so I don't know what they say about the X-Box in there much. More than anything, it seems to be Ninties. They look at the X-Box, desperately trying to find bad points about it. They look at the graphics and sound, etc and of course they can't really slate that. This leads to desperate whines about the size of the console. Some will look at the games line-up and selectively pick out the multiformat and PC titles that the X-Box is getting and use those in an attempt to slate it. Unfortunately they overlook the line up on their own machine.
The controller is another one they try to use. Personally, I haven't got particularly big hands and I find it quite practical. I have a Gamecube and I can certainly find a few things wrong with the consoles controller. The D-pad is too small in my opinion, the Z button is in an awkward position and I don't think it has enough buttons. On Rogue Leader, opening and closing the wings of certain ships is done by pressing the same button as you would to accelerate. I find that very annoying in dogfight situations and parts of battles where you need to slow down and pick up speed again quickly.
I don't see that camera analogue being very nice to use for FPS games either.
I mentioned the D-pad before and how it will be a nightmare when it comes to beat em ups. The reply I got was "there will be other controllers like third party ones" if I want to play beat em ups. Now, personally, one, I don't like to buy third party stuff and two, the amount of Ninties that have come in here and screamed about the X-Box controller being too big and crap and then sneered at the fact that Microsoft will offer an alternative smaller pad, just makes me laugh when I think of the answer I got over their pad.
Now, not all Ninties are this pathetic, but a large number of them are. They refuse to listen to any good points about the X-Box and are only interested in comments like "X-Box don't fit in my house - hur hur hur".
Makes you wonder if the staff from the Official Nintendo magazine have joined this site cause they say that kind of crap. Either that or its the Ninty's Bible and they are merely reading "passages" from it.
Trust me, your gonna hear crap like that a lot more cause Ninties can't stand competition. I guess in a way its a compliment to the Microsoft console - the fact they come in here whining and can't string together a decent reason as to why the X-Box is really as bad as they try to make you believe.
I don't really go in the Sony forum often any more because of all the spam so I don't know what they say about the X-Box in there much. More than anything, it seems to be Ninties. They look at the X-Box, desperately trying to find bad points about it. They look at the graphics and sound, etc and of course they can't really slate that. This leads to desperate whines about the size of the console. Some will look at the games line-up and selectively pick out the multiformat and PC titles that the X-Box is getting and use those in an attempt to slate it. Unfortunately they overlook the line up on their own machine.
The controller is another one they try to use. Personally, I haven't got particularly big hands and I find it quite practical. I have a Gamecube and I can certainly find a few things wrong with the consoles controller. The D-pad is too small in my opinion, the Z button is in an awkward position and I don't think it has enough buttons. On Rogue Leader, opening and closing the wings of certain ships is done by pressing the same button as you would to accelerate. I find that very annoying in dogfight situations and parts of battles where you need to slow down and pick up speed again quickly.
I don't see that camera analogue being very nice to use for FPS games either.
I mentioned the D-pad before and how it will be a nightmare when it comes to beat em ups. The reply I got was "there will be other controllers like third party ones" if I want to play beat em ups. Now, personally, one, I don't like to buy third party stuff and two, the amount of Ninties that have come in here and screamed about the X-Box controller being too big and crap and then sneered at the fact that Microsoft will offer an alternative smaller pad, just makes me laugh when I think of the answer I got over their pad.
Now, not all Ninties are this pathetic, but a large number of them are. They refuse to listen to any good points about the X-Box and are only interested in comments like "X-Box don't fit in my house - hur hur hur".
Makes you wonder if the staff from the Official Nintendo magazine have joined this site cause they say that kind of crap. Either that or its the Ninty's Bible and they are merely reading "passages" from it.
Trust me, your gonna hear crap like that a lot more cause Ninties can't stand competition. I guess in a way its a compliment to the Microsoft console - the fact they come in here whining and can't string together a decent reason as to why the X-Box is really as bad as they try to make you believe.
The console 'fued' that has been going on now every since Microsoft's XBox and Nintendo's GameCube joined Sony's PlayStation 2 in the race to be the gamer's first choice console is now sinking to a new low. Im not sure about all of you but the fact the XBox is about 3 times bigger than the GameCube has no effect on me what so ever. This is the critism that the XBox is getting, "it's too big". I don't really care about that and then all the PS2 fans say well we can stand ours on its side, and the XBox fans laugh. Then the GameCube fans say that theirs is portable. I agree with that and it has that advantage but portable with a 5" inch screen, which i would hate to see in a 4-way multipayer battle (you can do the maths).
The fact is that the XBox is the world's most advance console, even if you don't want to believe it, it is. Many people look at the sales figures of the XBox and say Dreamcast. When people say that to me I say Microsoft. Bill Gates is the riches man in the world, I don't think he willbe going bankrupt in the near future. As Robbie B (the man behind the XBox) said at E3 that Microsoft will not be falling out of the race. It will have over 200 games out by Christmas and 300 by next E3. The thrith is XBox RULES!
The fact is that the XBox is the world's most advance console, even if you don't want to believe it, it is. Many people look at the sales figures of the XBox and say Dreamcast. When people say that to me I say Microsoft. Bill Gates is the riches man in the world, I don't think he willbe going bankrupt in the near future. As Robbie B (the man behind the XBox) said at E3 that Microsoft will not be falling out of the race. It will have over 200 games out by Christmas and 300 by next E3. The thrith is XBox RULES!