MikeEv

"Bourne Instinct Sensing Ability.. Targets Enemies"

God. Auto-targeting again? This is why most of my 360 games bore the crap out of me.

"the designer claimed that UT3's controls are so good that half of the staff prefer the Xbox 360 version"

This line made me cry, because it's clear that they gimped the controls somehow. I'm sorry, but there is no way an analog stick will ever be a more accurate input device than a mouse. It is impossible. In Shadowrun, Halo, etc., they add autoaim (or a ginormous firing cone) to "balance" it. How is this fun for people? If I get the demo and there's autoaim- I won't be buying this... as tough as it is for me to say that.

I seriously believe that anyone who is a hardcore Halo lover has never played a true PC shooter- because if they had, they would never be able to play that piece of crap.

That's nuts. I was expecting ALL of the GH1 content for maybe, oh, say $15.

At least I can vote with my dollar here. I refuse to pay for this stuff...

and a big "screw you" to anyone who does. You're part of the problem. All of you console junkies don't understand that publishers CAN actually release free (or at least reasonably priced, since these require licenses) content, and you just bend over and take it. PC gamers have known (and enjoyed) this since the dawn of the internet, and those publishers extend the life of their titles longer. QUIT FEEDING THE LIVE NICKEL AND DIME MACHINE!

What I can't stand is that nobody actually does a side by side comparison of the hardware. The 360 actually has a GPU that is almost a generation superior to the PS3, not to mention a ton of more video memory (textures). The PS3 has a monster of a CPU, but it's a bitch to code for, and it can only carry the old GPU (copy of the NVIDIA 7800, I believe) so long before it becomes a bottleneck.

@27,

Aside from your pie in the sky cost figures, the key thing you're forgetting here is that most people over the age of, oh, say 10 years old need a computer regardless. This argument is even more solidified for anyone in high school, college, or most full-time jobs. If you subtract what a baseline computer costs from a hardcore gaming rig, we're probably talking something around $300-500, net.

And again, factor in the $30-$40 AAA game price, and the fact that PC's use entirely open standards (no microtransactions or extra network fees or controller restrictions!). And once Vista comes out, I predict that the whole "PC's are too difficult" argument will fade away rapidly with the new "pop the DVD in and go" technology. Gates always has said that Windows is Microsoft's primary "game console".

1.If you factor in a handful of games in the purchase, the PC is always going to come out cheaper than a 360 (and without question a PS3).

2. New release, AAA titles with the PC can often be found for cheap, at least during the first week- Company of Heroes for $32 on GoGamer for instance... when most new 360 games released are usually twice that figure. That, and more often that not, PC gamers don't have to pay for patches/upgrades while 360 gamers do for the same game (take GRAW for instance). No microtransactions with PC's! (Aside from maybe Oblivion). No monthly additional internet gaming fee (Live)! No $40-$60 gamepads and other accessories!

3. Build a new gaming PC for around $800, which can do a hell of a lot more than any console: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1962704,00.asp

Considering these three factors, if you're a gamer strapped for cash you'd be a fool to not go the PC route (assuming you couldn't go both) unless there is a must have game/genre on the consoles that you simply can't live without- or you can't handle installing drivers from time to time. Oh my how times change.

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NFSU2 is still pretty fresh, isn't it? I mean hell that was a 360 launch title.

JRM, your statement that they are supposed to be portable could help argue that it should be MORE durable. I've had my iPod for almost 3 years now and it has zero *cracks* on it. Scratches are one thing, but when the plastic begins to split- well that's a whole other ball game.

Are you guys (with cracks) opening your DS Lite's fully past the final "snap"/detent point? I've only done it maybe a dozen times, but it's harder to press the shoulder buttons so I typically just open it to the first snap/detent point, and I have no crack (yet, anyway.. knock on wood!)

Regardless, my opinion on this is that Nintendo should replace it, regardless if 50,000 people have the problem, or just 1. Charging $50 for that is ridiculous (they're already going to have to live without it for a week or more while it's shipped!) and has already began promoting second thoughts in me regarding the purchase of a Wii.