FrankieSab

I did not say it was the greatest game of all times (it's not relevant to this blog), I just said the obvious, it's a graphic showcase for PCs and consoles alike...

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GOW has amazing graphics, Epic's Unreal 3 engine is by far the engine to beat. If you can't even admit it means you are not very objective.
I used to be a PC gamer (since the begining of the PC era), I am no more, I have a laptop and play games on consoles, I don't feel less a gamer for that. Nowadays the consoles game library offers all the type of games I enjoy. I am also playing Oblivion (I have my 1000 points), GRAW, NFS Most Wanted, out taste are not that different... I play on my couch using my 46' HD TV and a very good 5.1 system, I really do not envy the PC game world.

Autocrawler wrote:
For now the graphic showcase game is not a pc game, but a 360 one, GOW."
It's going to change in a month or two with the release of Crysis. Also, it's not that GOW couldn't be made to run on a PC-it was simply a deliberate, financially-based decision by Epic to make it not to. In fact, GOW running on a high-end PC would put the X360 to shame..

Your are kidding, aren't you? GOW on PC will run correctly ONLY with very good gaming PC, the rest will have sub-par graphics and lots of slow downs.
When Crysis will be released, the majority of PC's will have a slide show experience and will be the beta testers of the industry. When GOW was released I enjoyed it right away, it's part of the experience that makes consoles so plug & play and enjoyable.

The power of DirectX 10/Vista come at a price $$$, and will not begin to really show it's value in a year or two, I really hope it has the impact they forecast. For now the graphic showcase game is not a pc game, but a 360 one, GOW. Let's not forget that one of the advantage of DirectX 10 is a unification of the API for all compatible cards (ATI or NVidia will need one set of routine to achieve the same effects), something that a console do not need, since the game is written for a specific hardware.

In a year a 3D PC cards are obsolete and they are almost as expensive as a console...

If vangard uses Unreal 2, it's worst for the PC side, it's a proven Engine... Condemned, Prey, Oblivion are all examples of great console games and they run better on the 360 than on the majority of PCs (except the very expensive rigs). And again, you insert the DVD and your play. it has nothing to do with lousiness of developers, but the many configurations the PC may have. That is why the consoles have the upper-hande.

If vangard uses Unreal 2, it's worst for the PC side, it's a proven Engine... Condemned, Prey, Oblivion are all examples of great console games and they run better on the 360 than on the majority of PCs (except the very expensive rigs). And again, you insert the DVD and your play. it has nothing to do with lousiness of developers, but the many configurations the PC may have. That is why the consoles have the upper-hande.

I have both a XBOX 360 and a good PC. I can tell that a lot of new next generation games run much better on the 360. Read the PC reviews of GRAW, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas or Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent. The PC versions have lots of bugs and slow downs, the console versions are much better optimized and offer the better play experience. Just compare vanguard and GOW, both use Unreal Engine 3, GOW is miles ahead.... PC players are often beta testers and use more of their time to debug games/installation/drivers issues(I know I was one of them). We console gamers put the DVD in play rigth away! Please don't tell me the PC is the future...

I have both a XBOX 360 and a good PC. I can tell that a lot of new next generation games run much better on the 360. Read the PC reviews of GRAW, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas or Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent. The PC versions have lots of bugs and slow downs, the console version is much better optimized and offer the better experience. Just compare vanguard and GOW, both used Unreal Engine 3.... PC players are often beta testers and use more of their time to debug games/installation/drivers issues(I know I was one of them). We console gamers put the DVD in play rigth away, please don't tell me the PC is the future....

Clint, the 360 has lot of great games to play with, PRG3, Oblivion, Prey, Ghost Recon 3, Condemned, Call of Duty 2... And a lot more to come before Christmas! I might be wrong, but I don't think Final Fantasy nor Gran Turismo are lanch games? So your argument are irrelevant...