Yeah, MS has quieted down the fans on the 360 recently. As long as you buy new, this isn’t a problem.
But the early run of the system did have a ridiculously loud fan. And I’m not exaggerating when I say that it drowned out the sound if I didn’t have the TV loud enough.
Well, yes, but there’s value in demonstrating that our common-sense ideas about how people work have been verified in somewhat controlled circumstances. Those common-sense ideas about human nature don’t always play out in the lab, after all.
This is a key point. For a whole host of reasons - RRoD, loud fans, smaller hard drives - you would be ill-served in buying a used, refurbished, or simply over-stocked xbox 360 that had been sitting unopened in a warehouse since 2006. Buy new.
Mine’s only a year old and still pretty loud.
I’m betting they’ll use the same 3D system currently being used in the movie theaters, and those 3D glasses are exceptionally non-clunky. A little dorky, but then they’re cheap things. A more permanent pair of 3D glasses ought to look more like a good pair of sunglasses by the time Microsoft is ready to try it.
PS3 uses the shutter glasses needed for the 3D technology they’re going to be using for 3D bluray. I thought the 3D in theaters required a special projector?
It’s somewhat worse than that - it’s not uncommon to find 2tb drives cheaper than the 250gb drive for the xbox.
No. What sort of mental problems do you have to respond with burning rage when someone tries, in a non-hostile way, to inform someone of choices they might not know they had but might be interested in? You act as though Kinthalis dropped in and said “fucking idiot, why are you getting a console?!?!” when he was just trying to help the guy know his options. Especially when in part he’s counteracting the ignorance and lies you deliberately spread about the cost and difficulty of entry into playing on a PC.
Even if the next generation of games were closer, this would still be a fine time to get a current gen system.
They won’t stop support for the current gens (in the form of new games, new systems, warranty support) for some time after the new ones come out (…well, by Sony and Nintendo’s precedent, at least…I have no idea how fast XBox support died when the 360 came out), and online support for games that have online components will no doubt continue for a long while after that.
Again, I’m relatively late to the 360 party myself.
Didn’t Microsoft go on record stating something to the effect that the 360 would be a “20 year” console?
Didn’t the Genesis or Master Drive try 3D?
You know what would be really great? If Nintendo could come out with a 3D “portable” headset… that could play games in 1.000 shades of red.
Yes. And I’m not ready to sell mine quite yet.
I remember somebody from Sony saying they expected the PS3 to have a 10 year cycle. This might have been the same idiot that said you should get a second job so you could afford the PS3’s exorbitant starting price (incidentally, he is no longer with the company, imagine that). I’m not sure if Microsoft followed suit but I can’t see anybody honestly expecting to get 10 years out of either console, much less 20.
Not a headset, but they are coming out with a 3D portable. 3DS. And this time it will display multiple colors and it might not give you headaches!
I’m really a bit miffed about the 3D console thing. So far, all attempts at 3D make me feel sick.* With the big consoles, I hope there will be a way to play in 2D. The 3DS seems like it will be all 3D all the time.
*Specifically when they do that stupid thing where something’s coming out of the screen and pointing straight at me. It causes me to cross my eyes. And if it moves, it really, really hurts my head, to the point where I get nauseated.
I really love that my reputation in game discussions is that of some frothing at the mouth loon. These kinds of threads are some of the most fun I have around here because I honestly don’t get to do this anywhere else.
Most people find the business of games dreadfully boring.
But there’s no burning rage. There’s just confusion about why every PC gamer assumes that anyone asking about console gaming a) wants to play on a PC using a keyboard and mouse and b) everyone that has a PC requires just a video card to make it game-ready.
I don’t get the assumption that someone who plays on a PC would want to play with a keyboard and mouse. I always have played with a controller.
Also, did we ever figure out what the minimum PC requirements to play ported console games? All I know is that anything without at least a dual core is probably useless.
You asked if he understood why people “see red”, which generally means the same as “burning rage”, when someone makes that suggestion. Someone accused Kinthalis of always doing this, but the only similar thing I can think of was actually said by me, when one time someone said “I have X to spend, which console should I get?” and I came in and said “you may not know this but if you have a recent desktop for that price you can get a video card and game with that if you’re interested” and I got bitched out for trying to be helpful and letting someone know an option they may not have known they had.
No one assumed that the guy wanted to play with a keyboard and mouse (and I don’t know why this is even relevant - I have a keyboard, mouse, xbox 360 controller, X52 pro HOTAS, g27 wheel, and guitar hero guitar and I use whatever is appropriate for the game). If for some strange reason you wanted to play everything on a gamepad - go right ahead. As far as having a recent desktop, that’s why he said “if you have a recent desktop…”
Basically, you guys have spread the idea that OMG TO HAVE A GAMING PC YOU NEED TO SPEND $5000 AND THEN ANOTHER $800 EVERY 6 MONTHS and it’s pure bullshit. So a lot of people don’t know that it’s practical and cheap to do PC gaming. So when these threads come up about which system to buy, someone drops in with a non-hostile suggestion to consider an option they may not know they had. Again, you act like Kintahlis came in here and said “wtf why do you want a console idiot!?” when it was just a helpful suggestion. What problem can you really have with that? Oh no, the guy might end up having more options and information than before? Call the cops.
At the end of the day, PC gamers have carpal tunnel and I don’t. How’s that for controlled circumstances?
Goddamned psychologists think they know everything.
The OP specifically mentioned wanting to play 360 games. Suggesting a video card for PC gaming is clearly off-topic. Given the history of animosity around the topic, it’s almost (but not) trolling.
I can buy off topic, but he’s not trolling.
Back to the topic:
The Xbox will not give you syphilis
“An’ it harm none, Do what ye will”
Religious console/PC wars should be left to GD…and even then, only to people that can’t afford one of each. Currently, you can buy ALL of them for the price of a Launch Day PS3, and a netbook for not much more than that. I fail to see the need for debate for any but the folks that feel somehow like they need to defend their choices.