Not really a valid comparison. MS is the 800lb gorilla of the group, but is in second, with nintendo in third. Nintend is doing something different, as always, while MS and Sony are going head to head. My prediction. MS makes serious gains on Sony this generation. It could be quite possible MS outsells Sony in the US, but Sony outsells MS worldwide.
Not really a valid comparison. MS is the 800lb gorilla of the group, but is in second, with nintendo in third. Nintend is doing something different, as always, while MS and Sony are going head to head. My prediction. MS makes serious gains on Sony this generation. It could be quite possible MS outsells Sony in the US, but Sony outsells MS worldwide.
Nintendo wont fall. Their handhelds bring in loads and loads of profits. And while the PSP is successful it has NOT put a dent into Nintendos handheld sales.
MS and Sony's numbers are bogus, but from the whole dialogue and the very obvious exclusion of hard specs I'd say that Nintendo will likely be significantly less powerful... Also, the fom factor is very, very tight. It's going to be difficult to manage the heat of top-end components in a form factor that small. They'll probably come in with a console that's head and shoulders above current-gen but not at 360/PS3 levels.
...or they might have aces in their hands and don't want to show it yet. Remember launch is still about a year away.
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Definitely agree with that. Just playing off of Fingolfin saying that Nintendo will survive. It would take some sort of major upheaval for MS, Sony, or Nintendo to back out of the console market. Nobody is in the same position that Sega was in with the Dreamcast.
DanTMWTMP
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have some of you played the gameboy advance games? They're friggin fun as hell. And the thing is tiny!! I hate the PSP because If I ever owned one, i'd freak out trying to hold it so I won't mar the damn thing, or even put fingerprints on it. GBA feels more durable, comfortable, more portable, and the games are friggin fun as hell.
also, I agree w/ the comment a few posts above about this time of year!
New info about next gen coming out, E3, and Star Wars!!!! YES YES!!
Uh, you are fully aware the vast majority of RE4's graphics are PRErendered right? Anyone could do that if they wish, it requires a massive amount of time and money.
Actually, RE4 is fully 3D unlike the previous RE titles. Edit: Though I'm sure some of the background scenery is static, but that's true of most games.
"two to three times as powerful as the GC" is an embarrassment. That system came out what, almost 5 years ago now?
You dont understand. Yes RE is 3D, and almost the entire game is pre-rendered CGI. And no, most games do NOT used pre-rendered CGI for ingame backgrounds and enviornment. Its not cost effective or efficent use of time.
The Game cube, or Xbox for that matter, could NOT handle everything in RE4 in real time.
Doesn't every game in the RE series use static viewpoints? If it does, then it's almost certainly pre-rendered; I haven't played the game so I can't comment beyond this.
Maybe you could clarify which parts are prerendered, because I think you're thinking of the other RE games with 3D characters on top of static backgrounds. I meant that if anything in RE4 is prerendered it's at some distance in the background, like the faraway landscape or the sky in most 3D games.
Dam, I will be ordering one if they allow me to download older games. free or not. I would LOVE to play some 10 yrs old games.
No, it's definitely a slot loading drive. But there is that smaller cover below the DVD drive. So who knows, we will find out in the next couple of days.
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Fingolfin269
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I wrote that message in a hurry so I understand why I was misunderstood. 'Fall' doesn't necessarily equate to an exit from the console market. If MS or Sony were to 'fall' it would be more along the lines of Nintendo from SNES --> N64 --> GC. I just don't see how these two beasts can continue to compete with products that are going to lose them massive amounts of money on the front end. Nintendo will thrive simply because their price point will allow them to make money on unit sales a lot faster than MS and/or Sony, depending upon which of the two has struggling initial sales. Then again it is entirely possible that neither has initial struggling sales due to the gap between release dates.
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