JJ

I dont think it'd be that hard to do on either system with an online component goo.

I mean if its running through a server, its almost elementary for a company to be able to track statistics. Live and PSN almost dont have to do anything.

But as with GTA4, i think it'd be neat to have a stat tracking service kind of thing for a majority of games

Wow Nfinity....Did Sony kill your parents or something?


Of course nevermind DVD was pushed on people over VHS with no viable competing format,

But you are right... Nintendo and Microsoft and even Toshiba ALWAYS have the consumer in mind...of course they never think about lining their pockets like sony.

Come off your high horse man, Digital Downloads are still years away from being viable for more than 5% of the population at any accessible speeds.

I find it funny you'll diss game consoles, and HDTVs and such in your arguments and then you'll do a 180 if it comes to something you personally (for whatever reason) agree on.

Did the fact that HDDVD got shut down hurt your feelings that much on physical media you had to go to the polar opposite?


Is it even worth arguing over at this point? Digital Downloads or physical media... dont you think these companies will make their money either way it goes?

Congrats to the Wii, everyone i know who is a gamer has one....

But then they have PS3's and 360's they play too So i guess its a wash from my perspective.

I have one, and to be honest i dont play it Much, but its the defacto party system (when we're not playing Buzz or Scene it)

Well wes in regards to SWG... i know the game was killed... i played it from beta all the way until "NGE" but here's the thing, Its not soley SOny Online's fault... its a Lucasarts property, NOTHING happened in the game unless Lucas arts OK'd it.

Thus why i say LA killed SWG, they essentially ok'd the revamping of the whole systems from skill based to level based and broke the whole damn works in the process.


AS for VG, that game was buggy from the start and probably would of never been released unless SOE bought it... dont forget even MS turned down publishing rights for it.

I think Brad had too broad a vision and no way to back it up, i recall some of the original devs saying as much, lots of vision lack of implementation and all that jazz.

Either way the game probably wouldnt still be on Life support if SOE hadn't bought it out.

Well to be honest...Lucasarts destroyed SWG and Vanguard, great concept but the original design team left of a LOT of implementation to be desired...their network code was garbage.

Otherwise its a fine game

i mean come on curtis... everyone knows Indiana Jones CREATED the genre.... =)

No but seriously thats like saying you dont ever need to see another action movie because you like the original die hard movie so much...

I think uncharted would make an excellent movie...But as a nod to indiana jones... more Nazi's and more nazi zombies.

watching nazi's and nazi zombies get killed will never be boring

well cranium its that whole my faceless corporate entities stick is bigger than your faceless corporate entities stick, thing =)

What i cant wait for is Developer fanboys en masse, now THAT will be fun....imagine Epic and Bungie fanboys going at it...Square Enix and Namco fans going at it...that'll be great

actually mike in europe 360 still leads overall in terms of hardware but Ps3 consistently beats it in terms of software....

So those blu ray adopters must be buyign games then huh?

Wow big D... bitter much? =)

Nah but i have all 3 current gen systems and well... they both get a lot of playtime actually its pretty even between my PS3 and my 360, but as of late i've been more PC gaming than console gaming (just hooked my new gaming rig up to my flat screen, so i have 4 ways to game baby! heh heh).

But Sony catching and passing 360 in europe looks like it could happen soon, as they've oddly, been consistenly selling more software in europe despite 360 being ahead overall in sales by a million units.

SO europe will be a pretty close fight, but either way, Ps3 and 360 duking it out means better games for us.

I guess i still dont see why people have problems with GS or EB.

I just see them as another company, no different that CC, BB, Walmart, Meijer or any other number of companies that sell games.

As for Trade ins and what not, well do you really think they'll give back more than they can get? I mean its not always a guarantee anyone will buy said game so really they're just covering their butts whereas those who trade in games are guaranteed that GS or EB will buy it back from them.

I guess I just dont see the problem with it *shrug*