nobody mentioned the whole FFXIII 360 thing yet?

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:26 pm

i'm personally very excited.

Neo Kaiser · Post by **Neo Kaiser** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:57 pm

Because it is tiring and it is everywhere on the internet. Too many forums in flames.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:10 pm

I'm personally waiting for MGS4, even if it is hopeless.

casualsax3 · Post by **casualsax3** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:51 pm

Sucks for Sony. I can't justify buying a PS3 just for Metal Gear Solid 4 and Gran Turismo 5.

Neo Kaiser · Post by **Neo Kaiser** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:56 pm

I hope that Apple would release a console some day.

FFXIII going to the 360 is a dent to the PS3 because FFXIII will not boost the PS3 sales. Namco Bandai had some pity and decided to bring Eternal Sonata to American PS3.

Post by **Agozer** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:15 pm

Well, the X360 port of FFXIII is only for US and European markets. I guess the PS3 is strong enough in Japan, so they decided not to release the port there.

casualsax3 · Post by **casualsax3** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:29 pm

Neo Kaiser wrote:I hope that Apple would release a console some day.

Apple can't get games to their operating system, and you want them to make a console?

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:21 am

Neo Kaiser wrote:I hope that Apple would release a console some day.

They did. Ever hear of the Pippin?

I didn't think so.

Rashidi · Post by **Rashidi** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:13 am

Gil_Hamilton wrote:
Neo Kaiser wrote:I hope that Apple would release a console some day.
They did. Ever hear of the Pippin?

I didn't think so.

Apple-Bandai Pippin what those? (honestly, i never knew that thing existed)
i guess that where MS got its idea about xbox

I.S.T. · Post by **I.S.T.** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:22 am

Rashidi wrote:
Gil_Hamilton wrote:
Neo Kaiser wrote:I hope that Apple would release a console some day.
They did. Ever hear of the Pippin?

I didn't think so.
Apple-Bandai Pippin what those? (honestly, i never knew that thing existed)
i guess that where MS got its idea about xbox

No, that would be from Sony.

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:27 am

want a ps3 for blu-ray, and whatever game eventually comes out that is ps3 exclusive that i'll need to play.

it was FFXIII, but that's taken care of. i figure i'll give mgs4 a try. i wonder how many discs they'll need. lost odyssey used up four, and it's a good sized game.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:40 am

Rashidi wrote: i guess that where MS got its idea about xbox

The Pippin is remarkably similar in concept to the XBox.

I can't honestly believe MS decided to rip off a platform that failed so bad that most people never knew it existed. I'm assuming parallel evolution.
Because let's face it, sticking a standard PC in a box with a custom OS is the easy way to enter the market. Okay, so Apple used a standard Mac instead of an IBM clone, but...

Louis Cypher · Post by **Louis Cypher** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:43 am

I don't have an HDTV, so high-dev video is really a moot point. The PS3 is noticeably more expensive than the 360, as well, which makes it that much more inaccessible for me. The extra $100 I'd pay for PS3, I could get 3-4 used 360 games.

So I bought a 360 last Monday. Then, less than twelve hours later, Square announces that 13 is hitting 360. I'm like, "Oh yes."

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:56 am

Louis Cypher wrote:I don't have an HDTV, so high-dev video is really a moot point.

I don't either.
...
But the 360 has a VGA cable available, which is what I use.

And both consoles will work with an HDMI-DVI adapter(provided you have the current 360 revision, which I don't.

) .

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:11 am

Neo Kaiser wrote:I hope that Apple would release a console some day.
.

I think back in the day, Apple/Bandai released a console called the Pippin; it was released in 1996 http://www.pcworld.com/article/125772-6 ... tml#pippin If they failed then, they'll likely fail again. And I thought the 3DO sucked.

Neo Kaiser · Post by **Neo Kaiser** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:38 am

My brother bought me 46" Bravia with the table as a birthday gift. Then I wanted to watch some Blu-Ray movies so I grabbed 1 of the last 3 MGS4 bundles on Walmart. The mayority of the people don't have HDTVs and they don't care about Blu-Ray so they don't buy a PS3 or a lonely Blu-Ray player. Maybe that's why many people had a 360 other than for M$ exclusives. Once I watched a HD movie I don't want to buy DVD movies. Not that It mater since I only buy 1 or 2 movies a year.

I don't care about the game going multi but some people who lack common sense are whining because it went multi and they got even as far as to not buy the game because it went multi because they will water down the game. C'mon what the hell they are thinking?

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:02 am

neo_bahamut1985 wrote:
Neo Kaiser wrote:I hope that Apple would release a console some day.
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I think back in the day, Apple/Bandai released a console called the Pippin; it was released in 1996 http://www.pcworld.com/article/125772-6 ... tml#pippin If they failed then, they'll likely fail again. And I thought the 3DO sucked.

Thanks for reading! Nobody'd mentioned the Pippin yet, and if it wasn't for you, that potshot would've gone entirely unshot!

And PCWorld is retarded. They've got no clue what they're talking about, and are forced to rely on their standard "Mac sucks. Game consoles suck. It's a Mac game console, so it's clearly suck^2. And it bombed, so it's suck^3."

"Then, too, it was based on the Mac OS, so almost no games were available for it."

Because the XBox's Windows-based OS meant that it ran existing Windows games, right? And it WASN'T dependent on developers supporting it with new titles?

The biggest problem was that Apple shot for a high-end game market that never materialized.

There's a whole slew of high-spec game machines/low-end PC systems, like the 3D0s, the Amiga CD32(which is expandable out to a full Amiga PC), and even the Saturn.

(Remember, Saturn launched in the US at the "low price" of 400$, and they had a VERY slim profit margin, which caused them no end of trouble when Sony America started a price war Sega couldn't afford to be in. In Japan, the Saturn launched at a price roughly equivalent to... 600 US dollars. And many people were expecting this in America, too.)

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:44 am

sweener2001 wrote:want a ps3 for blu-ray, and whatever game eventually comes out that is ps3 exclusive that i'll need to play.

it was FFXIII, but that's taken care of. i figure i'll give mgs4 a try. i wonder how many discs they'll need. lost odyssey used up four, and it's a good sized game.

It'll probably be four discs if they can compress well enough.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:22 am

neo_bahamut1985 wrote:
Neo Kaiser wrote:I hope that Apple would release a console some day.
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I think back in the day, Apple/Bandai released a console called the Pippin; it was released in 1996 http://www.pcworld.com/article/125772-6 ... tml#pippin If they failed then, they'll likely fail again. And I thought the 3DO sucked.

I know Gil_Hamilton already mentioned it, but I needed to get one good use out of these pictures myself.

DancemasterGlenn · Post by **DancemasterGlenn** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:01 am

Oh god, franpa figured out how to use his own alerts. Run.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:58 am

franpa wrote:
neo_bahamut1985 wrote:
Neo Kaiser wrote:I hope that Apple would release a console some day.
.
I think back in the day, Apple/Bandai released a console called the Pippin; it was released in 1996 http://www.pcworld.com/article/125772-6 ... tml#pippin If they failed then, they'll likely fail again. And I thought the 3DO sucked.

I know Gil_Hamilton already mentioned it, but I needed to get one good use out of these pictures myself.

Because why make an intelligent post when you can copy an image from another thread.

blackmyst · Post by **blackmyst** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:16 pm

I was thinking of posting this the day it was announced, but then I realized it was redundant because everybody probably knew about it already.

Anyway, yeah, it's great that I won't need to buy (or borrow) a PS3 for FF13 anymore. But on the other hand, I wasn't really going to in the first place, since I don't trust Squenix with the franchise anymore.

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:14 pm

it can't be worse than 12, and that excites me. at least i hope it can't be worse. the trailer looks exciting, anyway.

but i'll probably buy it anyway for 360, BECAUSE I CAN

Sferics · Post by **Sferics** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:23 pm

sweener2001 wrote:it can't be worse than 12, and that excites me. at least i hope it can't be worse. the trailer looks exciting, anyway.

but i'll probably buy it anyway for 360, BECAUSE I CAN

I am playing XII and enjoying it. Admittedly, I have not yet completed the game, but I have liked it thus far. Why did you not like it?

blackmyst · Post by **blackmyst** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:54 pm

It's an MMO, except they removed the multiplayer aspect and tacked on a lame storyline afterward. I'm convinced that's what they did.

How long have you been playing it? Have you gotten to the 132th identical endlessly repeating stone dungeon yet?