R.I.P. Xbox... Again...
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New video cards every month to enjoy good games? Yeah it's not like most games have system requirements of 2008 PC...Stalk3rchief said:And you also have to shell out extra money to get new video cards and such every other month if you want to actually enjoy good games. I've got a decent PC that I game on and I consider this a major downfall to consoles. With my 360 I can just breathe easier knowing that, until they make the next system, I can play whatever fucking game I want without worrying about the frame rate or turning down the resolution.ivansnick said:Well then. It is now time for you to BUY A COMPUTER
this has no restrictions. can instal linux. Can play games (and the games are cheeper). Do you homework. And will not be "not supported" when the next console comes out.
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You will need to upgrade every 2-3 years to keep up with DirectX (DX). I am not saying you will be unable to run things, just that to keep up with them you will need to upgrade. Example: Crysis 2, a PC that hasn't been upgraded in 5 years is going to be able to play on less than mid settings, while a system upgraded last year will be able to play on high (and a system you bought three weeks ago for 2 grand can play it on ultra).TestECull said:
This is exactly true, yes you need to upgrade every few years but you only need to get top of the line if you want to play the game in the highest quality. Console gamers take a graphical down grade all the time then complain that their mid range pc's don't look as good. If the graphical quality really doesn't matter to you, then it should be no big deal.TestECull said:
Cmon man. The Atari Jaguar had the most amazing features ever! Then Nintendo had the original creators assassinated, and stole the plans to produce the original GBA! It's bogus man!Carlos Alexandre said:
I mean, the only other consoles to come close were the Ngage and Virtual Boy!
I actually run an older gaming rig myself, and generally the games I play tend to not be hardware intense at all. I meerly implied that if you want to keep up with the current technology and play every game that comes out at max (the way you do with consoles) then yes you do need to upgrade frequently. As for DX, most games still support DX9, but most games are programmed with the option to run DX10 or DX11, as I said before keep up, not required. I own all 3 consoles, and I play video games on my PC primarily. At no point was I suggesting that he opt for the console over the PC, at no point did I suggest he opt for the PC over the console(actually I may have implied the latter). I was just pointing out the fall backs of the PC in general. On that topic there are fewer games released for the PC than any other system, and half of what we get are horrible ports of Console games anyway.TestECull said:
OP: I'm sorry to hear about the Xbox man, hope you get it sorted m8.
Everyone please try to rember that he makes low money so he cant fork over 600-1000 bucks for a new computer/xbox slim/PS3 just rember that when you shout out GET PS3 GET NEW 1000 DOLLAR COMPUTER OR 360 SLim
Good question, I'm just assuming people can't fix their xbox's because I've never heard of anyone doing it. Seems like a pretty safe assumption to me. People fix their own computers all the time, but when their console breaks most just have a cry and say "fml" like this poor sod. Shit happens, people need to deal with it by either solving the problem, or moving on. Starting a thread on the escapist about your broken xbox doesn't achieve anything except a console war.Vibhor said:
I spend heaps of time around people who play video games as a hobby, one of my friends recently had RROD, he tried all the fixes on the first few pages of google, none of which worked permanently (the best lasted a week or something) and Microsoft refused to fix it (probably because I think the warranty had expired). The point is, he couldn't fix his xbox, while I recently fixed a "user profile service failed the logon" problem in 15 minutes on my PC using google's top result for this much much less common problem than RROD which affects almost every xbox. My experiences in the matter tell me all I need to know.Vibhor said:
Yeah, but you use stone-age technology as your example. My NES, Super NES, Sega Genesis, Gameboy, Gameboy Advance, N64, PS1, and my Gamecube have ALL outlasted my first PS3, if you want to make that kind of game out of it.Snotnarok said:
yes my friend had this happen with sony. he had the ps3 equivalent of the RRoD over a month ago, he was not under warranty by about 3 months and now had to pay to get i sent in, but he's flat broke, so he's been playing my copy of pokemon black while he saves up to send it out. sucks because he played it quite a bit.mjc0961 said:
now i had the RRoD twice, and in my experience Microsoft was VERY helpful, they took it both times and told me that my warranty had been expanded so i was still under it after my first experience. the second time i had this happen i had started a gold membership and lost about 3 weeks of play time, they sent my console back with a free one month gold card to make up for the time i had paid for and lost.
also when my black ops disc was scratched by my console when some body knocked it over while running, i called to see if anything could be done and they gave me several helpful ways to get around it with out actually getting a new disc. i ended up borrowing a friend's copy and downloading the game to my hard drive so that even my SCRATCHED and HALF NONFUNCTIONAL disc works just fine now because any damaged info just get read from the hard drive. so telling me you got shafted hard doesn't make me weep for you much, just call again be be pleasant and polite.