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"GTA series on PS for the next 4 years. What console war?"

With Sony securing two of the biggest gaming franchises in the world Lara and the 6million in a year selling GTA series the future looks rosy for a least one of the major consoles.

Yea but apart from a couple of native games, you knew that most GC games and XBox games were going to be ports from PS2. Why? Well the design studio's had already set up their software & hardware for PS2 native game development - and that costs big money. Then the GC and XBOX came along. Most studios could not completely change over as this would be so expensive most would go out of business. So they took the cheap route and bought the minimum kit required in order to port games over from PS2. At the consumer end, Nintendo just keeps saying, that Quality is what counts and that every single GC game will be a killer app, and MS just go on about how their P3 based machine is better than anything else out there. But it doesn't change things, as we can see from the increased PS2 production.

Techno freak wrote:
and are games you would only buy if you were desperate which I am not.

But you were desperate enough to buy the console?

I admit, the line up has been disappointing, but there have been some classics in there.

Although Luigi's Mansion and Pikmin are very short, they are great fun to play and very enjoyable while they last. The length of these games is nothing that havvnt seen in similar fashion on the PS2 though...Devil May Cry and MGS2 srping to mind...

Rogue Leader not take your fancy?

Dave RJR wrote:
> Let the hard core gamers buy the first batch of bug ridden hardware
> for a v.high price. Wait for the games to follow, then buy the
> machine. But then some people just have to have it on day 1 don't
> they!

Some of us are serious gamers though.

Or†ega wrote:
> Techno freak wrote:
> I have owned a GC for the last 3months and I have bought 0 GC
> games
>
> Could i just ask why you bought a GC? Parden my enquiry but usually i
> find that people buy consoles to play games on?

I would if there was anything worth buying I mean where are they all, Mariocart, Resident Evil, Zelda, Perfect Dark 2, Metroid Prime. Games like ISS2, Bloody Roar and Super Smash Bros are not in the same league and are games you would only buy if you were desperate which I am not.

Let the hard core gamers buy the first batch of bug ridden hardware for a v.high price. Wait for the games to follow, then buy the machine. But then some people just have to have it on day 1 don't they!

Techno freak wrote:
> That's not a lot of use now when my GC is sat at home gathering dust
> because of poor game releases that I have already played or got on my
> PS2. I have owned a GC for the last 3months and I have bought 0 GC
> games and 6 PS2 games in that time.

You've bought no games for you GC?... I think I may have discovered the reason you’re not finding it much fun to play on?

The console wars?... Are they really an extended discussion regarding the ambiguous superiority of different systems hardware capabilities and software quality or is it merely a game of one-upmanship in an attempt by individuals to hide their sexually inadequacies and insecurities?

Techno freak wrote:
I have owned a GC for the last 3months and I have bought 0 GC
> games

Could i just ask why you bought a GC? Parden my enquiry but usually i find that people buy consoles to play games on?

Armatige Shanks wrote:
> Techno freak wrote:
> the future looks
> rosy for a least one of the major consoles.
>
> Yes the GC does seem to have an interesting lineup...
>
> Its just a shame for us Europeans they seem to release consoles in the
> Spring, leaving us with only the launch lineup to play with until the
> Christmas launches arrive at the end of the year.
>
> Maybe their will be a time when console titles are only released in
> time for Christmas?

That's not a lot of use now when my GC is sat at home gathering dust because of poor game releases that I have already played or got on my PS2. I have owned a GC for the last 3months and I have bought 0 GC games and 6 PS2 games in that time.

Although, i must admit, seeing "the legend of zelda" already in the play top ten (it wont even be released till next year!) is slightly worrying...

Its no problem now Mr.shanks.

Freeloader is out on August 5th and with the help of those lovely people at dvdboxoffice.com you can get games such as Resident Evil for under £30