If you think I'm a zealot you really need to see the rest of the world.
My friend's X-Box is not defective. If it was defective it would consistently fail. And the same games that froze would not do it on another X-Box. But some games manage to never freeze. Many others do. The design philosophy is whats defective. They're making games for it like it's a PC. Unstable and poorly programmed. Worse yet, the only game I've gotten to freeze on my PC in the last year, excluding an incident of overheating due to a fan dying, was a DOS game I was trying to configure for XP. How is it that software designed for a system that's identical everywhere can be so buggy compared to software that runs on a system I can garauntee is different from anyone elses.
You dismissed my freeze comments as if they did not exist simply because it hasn't frozen for you. Well guess what, the world doesn't revolve around you. Besides the fact that you're entirely wrong on the defective part. My first PS2 was defective, the fan wouldn't run causing overheating. Do I bitch and moan about the PS2? No, in fact I'm quite happy with it.
Finally, I never said I hated the X-Box because of Halo. I personally don't care since I'm not an FPS fan. I said it's a reason, as in a legitimate reason for other people to get upset. Your parents tell you they're getting you a brand new car. The next week they turn around and say they grabbed it for your sister instead. You telling me you're not gonna get upset at all?
This, of course, is all besides the point that this started with someone advocating exclusive titles as a good thing. Yes, as game designers, we must limit our target audience! We shall never allow anyone using a PS2 or Gamecube to have any decent game! Monopoly forever!. Gimme a break.
My friend's X-Box is not defective. If it was defective it would consistently fail. And the same games that froze would not do it on another X-Box. But some games manage to never freeze. Many others do. The design philosophy is whats defective. They're making games for it like it's a PC. Unstable and poorly programmed. Worse yet, the only game I've gotten to freeze on my PC in the last year, excluding an incident of overheating due to a fan dying, was a DOS game I was trying to configure for XP. How is it that software designed for a system that's identical everywhere can be so buggy compared to software that runs on a system I can garauntee is different from anyone elses.
You dismissed my freeze comments as if they did not exist simply because it hasn't frozen for you. Well guess what, the world doesn't revolve around you. Besides the fact that you're entirely wrong on the defective part. My first PS2 was defective, the fan wouldn't run causing overheating. Do I bitch and moan about the PS2? No, in fact I'm quite happy with it.
Finally, I never said I hated the X-Box because of Halo. I personally don't care since I'm not an FPS fan. I said it's a reason, as in a legitimate reason for other people to get upset. Your parents tell you they're getting you a brand new car. The next week they turn around and say they grabbed it for your sister instead. You telling me you're not gonna get upset at all?
This, of course, is all besides the point that this started with someone advocating exclusive titles as a good thing. Yes, as game designers, we must limit our target audience! We shall never allow anyone using a PS2 or Gamecube to have any decent game! Monopoly forever!. Gimme a break.
Trade yourself in for the perfect one. No one needs to know that you feel you've been ruined!