The Console Wars

[acolyte_to_jippity]

Looks like the console wars begin in earnest today. The Xbox One looks pretty impressive, although I'll reserve final judgment until I see the launch lineup at E3.

The Wii U is a total disaster and the PS4 is vaporware at this point. I was not excited about the next generation of consoles at all - until now. Microsoft has not been idle, it seems, and it showed in their presentation today.

What say ye gamers? Which system are you the most interested in?

iy's almost laughable how high of an opinion you have of yourself, when you know absolutely nothing at all about what you're posting.

the WiiU is pretty fucking legit. it's a bit odd, but that's more than fine. it has some pretty damn good games, but we're still being kept in the dark about the next wave of titles to land.

ps4 is not vaporware, and for you to use that term shows exactly how fucking retarded you are.

and the 720 (not calling it the xbox one, though i see why microsoft named it that way) isn't looking too terribly amazing. the hardware isn't really esciting, and the lack of backwards compatibility for 360 games is pretty fucking retarded on microsoft's part.


edit: also, for the record, i completed many games on the wii. off the top of my head, i finished resident evil 4, star wars force unleashed, no more heroes, metroid prime (all 3), twilight princess, and obscure: the aftermath. of those, only obscure was played co-op (really excellent game for co-op, especially with a girlfriend), and resident evil 4 (where other person watched me play the thing). the system was great.

[Chikun]

the lack of backwards compatibility for 360 games is pretty fucking retarded on microsoft's part.

That isn't pretty fucking retarded it's full blown retardation. There's no way they will release the new console like that.

Not that I give a shit personally, for me I'm more interested in how they will work as media servers and how they handle file formats because that's going to be a big thing with me.

[Tickle Me Emo]

Completely underwhelmed by everything I've seen so far. As it stands, there hasn't been a single compelling reason for me to give a flying fuck about any of the next-gen consoles. Iterative improvements that barely even qualify as improvements, and it's been how many years since a console generation? Not interested.

I like that they show off the new Call of Duty for the Xbox... wow! It looks like Battlefield 3 did almost two years ago! It's trying hard to have a srs bsns story, but since it's from Infinity Ward, I have serious doubts that I'll care.

As far as media server capability... the current gen is working fine for what I need, my PC can handle anything else I could possibly need, soooooo yeah don't care. Side note: my PC components are 2-3 years old.

The WiiU was poorly marketed. When I heard about it, I thought it was some kind of fancy controller addition to the Wii, like the game pad for old Nintendo systems. I found the idea of it rather silly. It took a while for me to figure out they had even launched a new console. That is bad. That is very, very bad. I don't keep up with the latest and greatest in console development on a daily basis, but I am better informed than the average consumer. Even the name is a poor choice, in my opinion. It doesn't sell the console at all, and actually encourages the idea of it just being Wii 1.5. I would attribute the relatively low sales numbers on the WiiU to the marketing, in part at least. The WiiU is an iterative improvement, just like everything I've seen from the other consoles, yet everyone is hyped up about those. Consumers are stupid. Throw marketing at them and they will buy your stuff even if it's not compelling.

[jwtemp]

iy's almost laughable how high of an opinion you have of yourself, when you know absolutely nothing at all about what you're posting.

the WiiU is pretty fucking legit. it's a bit odd, but that's more than fine. it has some pretty damn good games, but we're still being kept in the dark about the next wave of titles to land.

ps4 is not vaporware, and for you to use that term shows exactly how fucking retarded you are.

and the 720 (not calling it the xbox one, though i see why microsoft named it that way) isn't looking too terribly amazing. the hardware isn't really esciting, and the lack of backwards compatibility for 360 games is pretty fucking retarded on microsoft's part.


edit: also, for the record, i completed many games on the wii. off the top of my head, i finished resident evil 4, star wars force unleashed, no more heroes, metroid prime (all 3), twilight princess, and obscure: the aftermath. of those, only obscure was played co-op (really excellent game for co-op, especially with a girlfriend), and resident evil 4 (where other person watched me play the thing). the system was great.

Wow Aco, hit a nerve did I?

For starters, I don't see how my post indicates I 'have a high opinion of myself.' Obviously, the fanboy in you was offended with what I had to say about the Wii U. As for me 'having no idea what I'm posting about,' I own every game system available, including handhelds. I have a pretty good fucking frame of reference, asshole. I own ~50 games for 360, ~40 games for PS3, ~15 games for Wii and a handful of handheld titles. This doesn't even begin to encompass the number of games I've owned at some point and played, rented or borrowed to play them to completion. I was playing console games and saving up for my next big purchase probably before you had your first job. So please, go back to where you came from, which I can only assume is Nintendo Fanboyland - you obviously have no fucking idea what you're talking about here.

The Wii U is shit. The sales figures show it to be shit. The games are shit or were out ages before the Wii U was a twinkle in Miyamoto's eye. The features are, basically, shit. Woo! A twenty dollar piece of shit gamepad gimmick controller! Shit. When I see anything coming out on the Wii U that isn't a game I already played a year ago or that actually looks compelling - which doesn't include the nineteenth iteration of Mario Kart, why people continue to drop money on the same fucking rehashed game over and over, I'll never understand, then again they buy Call of Duty like it's going out of style, so I shouldn't be surprised -I'll change my opinion. Until then, the Wii U can continue to be the failure that it is while the vast majority of gamers completely ignore it (the sales figures state this, not me, so please, get your bias the fuck out of this discussion).

I'm glad you completed 'many games on the Wii,' the majority of which were released on Gamecube before the Wii even came out, which was the system I played RE4, Metroid Prime 1 and 2 and LoZ: TP. As for NMH, that shit came out on PS2 - a system released about six years before the Wii. LOL Good for you man. You're one of ten people who got some actual use out of the one-trick-pony system. I'm glad you enjoyed it - that doesn't make the innate problems, nor my opinion about the system I fucking own, any less valid.

Edit: As for your insults regarding the usage of the term 'vaporware,' it was more of an insult at Sony than a literal use of the word. I haven't seen shit from Sony about the PS4 other than some trailers and a Goddamn controller. Using the word 'vaporware' to describe that isn't a stretch. Fucking literal police up in this bitch.

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Dreamcast

[Chikun]

Warning: The maximum amount of faggotry in this thread has been exceeded. Please cease and desist to prevent yourself from being sucked into your own assholes.

[StarsMine]

Again 3.5million sales, hardly a failure.

[taz1stP]

from what i saw on the first page it looks like we have a microsoft fan boy bashing the other systems we should just ignore him.

[jwtemp]

Last time I checked, being objective and coming from a position of facts did not make one a 'fanboy.' I didn't even want to comment in this thread anymore as it exploded into a gigantic toilet full of shit of a discussion, but fuck it. You seem to want to rile it up, so I'll play along, despite having no fucking clue who you are or where you came from.

Let me make this plain. As plain as I possibly can. I want it to be very clear what my position on this upcoming generation of gaming is, because I obviously haven't made it clear yet.

Fuck Microsoft. Fuck Sony. Fuck Nintendo. Fuck AMD. Fuck Intel. Fuck Nvidia.

Fuck all the corporations. FUCK THEM RIGHT IN THEIR GIGANTIC MONEY GRUBBING ASSHOLES.

Bring me good games. Bring me good feature sets. Bring me new opportunities for interactivity and innovative options. Bring me EXCITING ENTERTAINMENT that makes me want to play games and want to spend money on them.

I don't fucking care WHO makes it or WHAT PLATFORM it comes out on. BRING. ME. AWESOME. EXPERIENCES. I could not give any fewer fucks (it's literally zero) about who 'wins.' I just want GREAT FUCKING GAMES. Nothing more, nothing less.

That's it. That's all I care about. So for calling me a 'fanboy,' kindly go fuck yourself.

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

Last time I checked, being objective and coming from a position of facts did not make one a 'fanboy.' I didn't even want to comment in this thread anymore as it exploded into a gigantic toilet full of shit of a discussion, but fuck it. You seem to want to rile it up, so I'll play along, despite having no fucking clue who you are or where you came from.

Let me make this plain. As plain as I possibly can. I want it to be very clear what my position on this upcoming generation of gaming is, because I obviously haven't made it clear yet.

Fuck Microsoft. Fuck Sony. Fuck Nintendo. Fuck AMD. Fuck Intel. Fuck Nvidia.

Fuck all the corporations. FUCK THEM RIGHT IN THEIR GIGANTIC MONEY GRUBBING ASSHOLES.

Bring me good games. Bring me good feature sets. Bring me new opportunities for interactivity and innovative options. Bring me EXCITING ENTERTAINMENT that makes me want to play games and want to spend money on them.

I don't fucking care WHO makes it or WHAT PLATFORM it comes out on. BRING. ME. AWESOME. EXPERIENCES. I could not give any fewer fucks (it's literally zero) about who 'wins.' I just want GREAT FUCKING GAMES. Nothing more, nothing less.

That's it. That's all I care about. So for calling me a 'fanboy,' kindly go fuck yourself.

no, i will not but fuck this conversation....

Also, that guy.. well he is squidward, ignore him.