Because I own a mac and not a PC.ItsAPaul said:Why do people buy bioware games on consoles? I'll never understand their logic.
Australia.Veishan said:$3000? Where are you?Knight Templar said:Where I live it's around $3000 for a new HDTV (between that and $2000 for the most part), which is close to twenty games and more than I make in a year (my brother makes that in around eight weeks but he doesn't have school and spends his money on less transitory things). Most people I know would rather have an old TV with lots of new games to play rather than a HDTV with no new games to play.Veishan said:BioWare's got it right. You can get an HDTV for less than $200 new these days. Pony up or shut up.
So you have cheap HDTV's and enough disposable income to buy them, don't assume everybody is as well off as you and don't punish them when they are not.
THIS is what I don't get, people are OBSESSED with size. All the TV adverts say "buy Forty Two Inch, buy Forty Two Inch!" and people get stuck with the the idea that they NEED a huge screen to view from 8+ feet away.Becoming Insane said:Treblaine said:*le snip*
Actually for me, it is a problem of money. I'm not, as your first point insinuates, "trying to hold everyone back." One person not having an HD set is not going to change anything at all. Additionally, I've seen side-by-side comparisons of SD and HD and see no difference whatsoever, hence my unwillingness to drop around a thousand bucks I don't have on a new TV (yes, the size I need for the location in my house requires a large set). As for the monitor setup thing, I just don't see it being comfortable for me at all. The only room in my house with that I can game in is my basement; having a monitor in my lap while I play wouldn't be very comfortable. And again there's the problem of money. I'm currently unemployed, so a monitor plus whatever other crap I'd need to make it work is just too much.
Well those are some pretty extreme circumstances you have there... I'm sorry about your financial situation but no way can it apply to half of Xbox 360 owners who are still on SDTV or the thousands of people who have $60 / £45 to blow on a game at launch price like Mass Effect 2.MelasZepheos said:It's been a long time since I actually got offended at something someone posted in response to me, so I'm going to take this as calmly as I can.
I bought my 360 back before I came to university, when I had a lot of spare money floating around, and was thus able to afford purchases like this. I am now at university, and the sum total of all my money in the entire world number at under a hundred, which has to last me for at least the next two months, what with the job market up here being terrible.
Yes, I could afford an XBox, emphasis on the past tense, I cannot afford to just splash out 100 pounds to update a system which frankly shouldn't need updating just for the purpose of playing games. I'm rather fond of eating, it's something which has grown on me over the years. Never assume anything about the person you're talking to. It's got nothing to do with wanting to or not, it's got to do with fiscal ability.
I gotta laugh. I live on less than $13000 a year and I game in HD. (whilst living alone in a rented unit I should add)Becoming Insane said:I'm sorry if this offends... no wait, I'm not.
To all you people telling everyone else to buy an HDTV or a monitor and cable: SHUT THE FUCK UP!
Seriously! Some people just don't have that kind of loose change, or maybe you haven't considered the fact that not everyone here has lots of money.
This article also lists many flaws with using a monitor to game on. You apparantly know better than I do, however, so because I am moving soon and was going to buy another television to game on (got a game room in my new house!), maybe I can save some money and just use my computer monitor. I would have to ask, though, because 1440x900 isn't supported by the 360, can I be sure everything will look good on it? It's just a 19" widescreen, but I just want to know if the scaling will work out.Treblaine said:http://gear.ign.com/articles/703/703073p1.html
Stop telling people to spend more money because Bioware is too stupid to let people change the font size.seditary said:I gotta laugh. I live on less than $13000 a year and I game in HD. (whilst living alone in a rented unit I should add)Becoming Insane said:I'm sorry if this offends... no wait, I'm not.
To all you people telling everyone else to buy an HDTV or a monitor and cable: SHUT THE FUCK UP!
Seriously! Some people just don't have that kind of loose change, or maybe you haven't considered the fact that not everyone here has lots of money.
Stop making useless excuses that only hold your own gaming back. Ridiculous.
PC games are a greater hassle, and I don't have a computer capable of playing it.ItsAPaul said:Why do people buy bioware games on consoles? I'll never understand their logic.
Your metaphor makes absolutely no sense.matthew_lane said:Because console players are like the kids that want all the sweets. Oh sure they can't eat all the sweets on their own, but they don't want you to have them either. So they will hog them all, while looking for a way to get yours. He doesn't want them, he has no need for them, but god damn it if he's letting you have then without a fight.ItsAPaul said:Why do people buy bioware games on consoles? I'll never understand their logic.
Oh I've played all the way though GTA4, Gears of War and a load of other 360 games via a 1440x900 monitor and it works PERFECTLY.chronobreak said:This article also lists many flaws with using a monitor to game on. You apparantly know better than I do, however, so because I am moving soon and was going to buy another television to game on (got a game room in my new house!), maybe I can save some money and just use my computer monitor. I would have to ask, though, because 1440x900 isn't supported by the 360, can I be sure everything will look good on it? It's just a 19" widescreen, but I just want to know if the scaling will work out.Treblaine said:http://gear.ign.com/articles/703/703073p1.html
Aww PC gaming isn't that hard to achieve. Especially if you are willing to lower yourself to Console standards - BURN!!!The Bandit said:PC games are a greater hassle, and I don't have a computer capable of playing it.ItsAPaul said:Why do people buy bioware games on consoles? I'll never understand their logic.
Don't come back saying "nuhuh PCs are teh better!" because I don't want to hear it. You asked, I answered. Your situation doesn't apply to everyone else, just as mine doesn't.
OT: Yes, the small text is incredibly annoying. Luckily, it's usually on stuff that I don't care to read anyway.
Unless you stole the game, you paid money for it yes? I cannot see why so many people are so against improving their games.shadow skill said:Stop telling people to spend more money because Bioware is too stupid to let people change the font size.
People are against spending money on hardware to fix what is a software issue. People should be against spending money on hardware because Bioware could not be bothered to look at their game on the type of display that most Xbox360 owners have. Why is it that videogames seem to be the only software that has difficulty providing people with the option to change the text size when so many of the most commonly used software items, including the one's Bioware used to create the game in all likelyhood have been able to do this for decades now? I write software for a living and I would never approach my boss and tell him that they should buy new hardware because I simply can't be bothered to go inside my own code and make the fonts bigger. First off he would fire my ass, secondly it is generally any easy problem to fix. The only way it would be hard is if I made my program in the most stupid way possible. Why in the hell should Bioware get away with "Oh well it's too hard."seditary said:Unless you stole the game, you paid money for it yes? I cannot see why so many people are so against improving their games.shadow skill said:Stop telling people to spend more money because Bioware is too stupid to let people change the font size.
The first mass effect was released originally on the 360 and the vast majority of the sales the game enjoyed came on this platform. Since the game rewards players of the previous game it is perfectly sensible that they would play the sequel on the same system that they completed the original game. Were it not for the simple fact that my 360 is being repaired, I would have done precisely this rather than simply downloading a save that came fairly close to what my previous game experience was.ItsAPaul said:Why do people buy bioware games on consoles? I'll never understand their logic.