05-20-2005, 12:43 AM
Articles keep popping up on Google News, from now on I'll try to post them in here as I read them.
First things first, I own a gamecube (yes, I got suckered into buying it when it first came out, with the hope of Zelda games, Super Smash Brothers, etc... too bad I ONLY got Windwaker and SSBMelee out of it. Pfft) and have subverted the urge to buy an xbox.
My brother picked up a used one, threw in a mod chip, threw in a bigger HD, and we've been playing Halo and Halo II through Kai ever since (its a free online service like X-Box live). I was avidly against an microsquish console at the start, but I must admit xbox has won me over. PS2 may have more titles, but I feel xbox has won the battle in the long run.
So needless to say, I'm giddy about Xbox360. But the killzone video was INCREDIBLE. At the end of the day, I'm going to go with the best multiplayer console (that was the original reason for buying GCube).
But I'll be waiting out on this one, waiting to snag a used xbox360 or used ps3. Why? By then hopefully mod chips and cracks will be out :P
On the note of formatting, last month I read an article about BD and HdDVD. At that point it was still 50gig vs. 30gig, not 100 vs. 50. Oh how quickly the make new layers :P . A month ago the article said they were meeting in a few days to condense formats (like the article you linked). Too bad it hasn't happened yet, so I'm a bit skeptical about it happening "possibly in a week."
Happy you started this thread Mithy, I was considering making one myself last night.
Cheers,
Munk
First things first, I own a gamecube (yes, I got suckered into buying it when it first came out, with the hope of Zelda games, Super Smash Brothers, etc... too bad I ONLY got Windwaker and SSBMelee out of it. Pfft) and have subverted the urge to buy an xbox.
My brother picked up a used one, threw in a mod chip, threw in a bigger HD, and we've been playing Halo and Halo II through Kai ever since (its a free online service like X-Box live). I was avidly against an microsquish console at the start, but I must admit xbox has won me over. PS2 may have more titles, but I feel xbox has won the battle in the long run.
So needless to say, I'm giddy about Xbox360. But the killzone video was INCREDIBLE. At the end of the day, I'm going to go with the best multiplayer console (that was the original reason for buying GCube).
But I'll be waiting out on this one, waiting to snag a used xbox360 or used ps3. Why? By then hopefully mod chips and cracks will be out :P
On the note of formatting, last month I read an article about BD and HdDVD. At that point it was still 50gig vs. 30gig, not 100 vs. 50. Oh how quickly the make new layers :P . A month ago the article said they were meeting in a few days to condense formats (like the article you linked). Too bad it hasn't happened yet, so I'm a bit skeptical about it happening "possibly in a week."
Happy you started this thread Mithy, I was considering making one myself last night.
Cheers,
Munk