READ THIS, you slack-jawed idiots, or THE NEW CONSOLE WARS, z0MG!

[Krylo]

Alright, honestly, we do not need ten bajillion threads about how much Sony costs or how much the Wii is going to kick it's ass, or how the X-box 360 is... wait, do you people even talk about the 360 anymore?

Well, anyway, we don't need so many console war threads going at the same time anymore.

From now on, only ONE console war thread at a time. If someone makes a console war thread when there's already one up, they will be warned for spam. If someone posts something that ISN'T a console war thread and it's gets subverted into that, the subvertifier (and his/her followers) ALSO get warned.

It's getting to where I can't click a thread link in here without seeing "Sony sucks, Wii ROCKS! LOL!" "NO! WII IS TEH SUXXORZ AND I MEK TEH PENEES JOKE NOW! ROFL!!!!!!"

Old. Getting. Fast.

Further, this is NOW the console war thread.

Complain about Sony/Wii/360 here.

[Mirai Gen]

I had figured the mods would just let all of the heat die down...guess I was wrong. But thanks for taking this to the next level - we could use this until the heat, in fact, DOES die down.

Anyway. Copied from previous thread.

Originally Posted by BraveFencer

Every time I here Sony's verbal masturbation about the Cell processor makes me giggle, though. It's all so ludacrious.

What's funny about that, is it gives me Blast Processing vibes.

"Check out our new and improved loading times! Yeehaw!"

[The Wandering God]

When is the next videogame trade show thingy? Do you think Nintendo will wait for that, or release the still left unsaid details in private press conference type thing. (You know they aren't going to pull another Wii and just come out of nowhere with it.)

And I have a reason why the price hasn't been released yet though.

Why? Liscensing issues with the virtual console. I imagine that they are going to have to go through several hurdles, and how much the games will cost vs Wii console price are all a factor.

What does this have to do with the console price? Simple. You release all pricing details at the same point.

All I REALLY DESPERATELY, SO BADLY I CAN TASTE IT want, is the original SMRPG. (As I've stated several times already.) And with Nintendo and Square back on good terms, this might actually be more possible than not.

Oh, and one thing I don't see mentioned enough. Remember how Microsoft said that Live Marketplace would be a good place for indie game makers? I remember reading somewhere that Nintendo is planning the same thing.

I wonder if the PS3 is the only one NOT in that loop.

The Wandering God

[Satan's Onion]

Haw haw! Everyone who reads this thread is a slack-jawed idiot!...

...Dammit.

In less spammy news, I'm not sure I could be very objective about the latest Console Squabbles. I admit it, I'm a thrall of Lord Nintendo, ever since my parents got me my SNES (carot3 carot3). I don't like what I'm hearing about the Playstation 3 now (altho' I suppose I ought to get a PS2, used or something, next time I have the cash), and Microsoft and me have one of those contempt/hatebutneed relationships. Moreover, I'm chronically poor in terms of discretionary funds; $250 sounds mighty good to a gamer on a strict budget.

Besides, y'know what I really really ZOMG so-badly-I-can-taste-it want? Terranigma. Without involving my craphole computer (with those rom things I definitely don't know anything about, nosir, not at all). Aw yeah.

[Raerlynn]

I think the PS3 does have one advantage over its competitiors. Backwards compatibility. Look at the massive fuckup that was XBOX 360's attempt at this. And I know the Revolution will allow downloading of older games, but are they going to allow to get games you already own for free? I think not.

The PS3's big mistake, though is the pricetag. $600 is a LOT for a console. By the time they're released, I forsee XBOX 360 prices taking a dive, which may lead my gaming dollar that way.

[Living Bobbeh]

Originally Posted by Raerlynn

[The backwards compatability bit]

The thing is, who really plays backwards compatable games? Aside from wanting the odd dose of nostalgia, I would rather be playing the next-gen games instead of games from the previsous console. Why buy a new console, if you're only going to play the old games?

[Bells]

i'm just gonna post this here again, just for those who didnt read it

The Good and bad from Sony
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/709/709973p1.html

Nintendo is all'good
http://revolution.ign.com/articles/710/710033p1.html

[Iyeru]

I play thar backwardsy compatible games ye git. I play from Grandia to Tales of ye Destiny I do. For yar are not as good as thar cool.

[Hatake Kakashi]

Originally Posted by Krylo

"Sony sucks, Wii ROCKS! LOL!" "NO! WII IS TEH SUXXORZ AND I MEK TEH PENEES JOKE NOW! ROFL!!!!!!"

Quoted and sigged for sheer awesomeness.

"You've got a small key!"

[Mirai Gen]

Originally Posted by Living Bobbeh

The thing is, who really plays backwards compatable games? Aside from wanting the odd dose of nostalgia, I would rather be playing the next-gen games instead of games from the previsous console. Why buy a new console, if you're only going to play the old games?

Actually, alot of people.

You have to realize just how much sheer awesomeness was put into Chrono Trigger. The SNES Final Fantasy games, SMRPG, Legend of Zelda, the list continues. People - even myself - still go back and play those games. And you know what? some people don't know how ROMS work, and have never played Chrono Trigger.

Now is their chance.

Originally Posted by Raerlynn

The PS3's big mistake, though is the pricetag. $600 is a LOT for a console. By the time they're released, I forsee XBOX 360 prices taking a dive, which may lead my gaming dollar that way.

As rumor mill has it, that's reportedly their idea. Release early, con people out of 400$, drop the price at release of competitors.