The Shrine

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS"; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.ncsx.net/www/2002/ncs021802/ ... 218.htm</a>

Sources from Microsoft's X-Box division and independent developers sent a number of e-mails to NCS yesterday after we posted our little FAQ. Unfortunately, Microsoft appears to have mandated that all USA X-Box software titles not recognize any controllers from other territories. Japanese controllers won't work with USA X-Box software.

This policy apparently extends from joypads to future joysticks from the usual suspects such as ASCII and Hori. When and if ASCII manufactures a Fighting Type pad/stick for the Japanese X-Box market, USA gamers won't be able to share in the love. There you have it. The first console to ever completely lock out import controllers. Bravo...</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Well, PS2 games won't work on the XBox, so the system blows donkey nads anyway.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Yeah, that would explain why Sony decided to speed up the development process of the PS3 because of the Xbox</div>

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Where'd you hear that little piece of information that would piss off many PSX2 owners?</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS"; text-align: left; '>They won't need to now that PS2 is selling better than both Xbox and GC. But Kutaragi made plans to start high cost development by 2005.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Off of IGN and Gamespot. It was a comment made by the president of Sony Entertainment Japan. I'm fairly certain I posted it here too. It was around November, just as the 'Cube and Xbox were coming out</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>It'll take another year or two for the PS2 to show it's age over the others. It's clearly the least powerful of the 3, even if it has the best games. They just want to get the jump on the others before they lose ground I would imagine. They might cut the development cycle down by a year</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS"; text-align: left; '>Well, that "least powerful of the three" is starting to look less truthful. Especially from programmers who are finding out that the EE may have more potential than the existing Xbox technology.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>I think I would have remembered that?</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Come now G-man...you are smarter than that...or are you actually a fanboy?

Besides, I doesn't matter which console has the best hardware, it's which has the best games...obviously the PS2.

So what are you so pissy and anti-Xbox for?

KO-</div>

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Ummm, G-man IS a Playstation Fanboy. :P</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS"; text-align: left; '>I read up on some interviews from coders who worked on PS2 games. There's a game from Codemasters called ToCa and you'll see what I'm talking about. Also the creators of WRC2001 has a new software engine that will make better use of the EE for WRC2002. Promise. =8^)</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Since when has the "power of the system" ever matter? If the games suck in 16 million colors and gaurond shading, I still won't play it.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Because of the XBox? Ha! The XBox couldn't scare off a pissant.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>yeah, I also saw that at www.itsontheinternetsoitmustbetrue.com</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS"; text-align: left; '>Are you saying teh interviews are untrue? Anyway, this is Seeker, no one listens to a drunk anyway.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>The PS2 <i>will</i> be the best of the three systems by the time they all die out, but I <i>really</i> doubt it'll have the best looking games.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS"; text-align: left; '>Like I said, you'll soon see. =8^)</div>

<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>Of course we will =)</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS"; text-align: left; '>I know. =8^)</div>

<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>Because of the Xbox's graphical capabilities, not its success.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Hmm, one of the biggest companies in the world with a system that's easily more powerful, not to mention the hella marketing campaign. This has translated into current success and given Sony a competitor who's as big as they are. That's called a threat</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>...One of the biggest international companies in the world (who has their hands in almost everything to do with electronics), with more experience with consoles and a proven leader in the industry. Sony is not a company to fuck with. MS jumped in expecting the console guys to play nice with the new guy, and it's not working. Even though Nintendo has had more experience that the rest, they have been seriously slipping since the mistake that was the Nintendo 64, but they are still topping the XBox. Sony proved to be a better player in the game, and since then, Sega has dropped out, but even so, the Dreamcast is still better than the XBox.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>One simple thing proves my point: the president of Sony Computer Entertainment (Kutagari, I think) pointed out that they might have to speed up the R&D process of the PS3 thanks to Microshaft. That's good enough for me</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I have not read anything about that anywhere, but I have read interviews where they state that PS2 is not capable of running Rogue Leader on many sites</div>

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Oh come on, I've heard that a million times, and I've seen many systems come out with a decent port.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I guess PS2's port of Rogue Leader IS pretty decent, isn't that right Eric? =)</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I'll stand by that too if you're wondering, and while GT3 could be argued with, there is no way you can say Outcast looks worse than Rogue Leader.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>GT3 does look incredible, but Rogue Leader is jaw-dropping. Put two TVs side by side, on showing the final batte in A New Hope and the other showing the first level of Rogue Leader, then you'll see what I mean. It's simple the best-lookin' game I've ever seen</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I doubt Microsoft is going to be profitable, they are making all the same mistakes Sega did in that they have an overpriced add campaign, overpriced hardware, underpriced licensing fee's, etc... That's why they don't anticipate any profit on the console for a while yet (I forget how long it was).

Then again, I doubt Microsoft jumped into this blindly actually believeing they were going to monopolize the Industry rright away, they'll likely continue on until they have a huge amount of development support, then they'll start pulling up the prices and make a good profit.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Rogue Leader runs on 23 million polygons per second, not possible on PS2</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Besides comparing a pic of all 3 games and the differences are negligible. Anyway, I'm willing to lay down $100 bucks the PS2 will come up with something which looks a hell of a lot better than Rogue Leader by the time all is said and done.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I wouldn't call Rogue Leader the best looking game ever, it's not even the best looking Star Wars game. Star Wars Galaxies looks a lot better than Rogue Leader.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS"; text-align: left; '>You're kidding. And it plays like shit. Ace Combat 4 shoots RL down like a dead turkey.</div>