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According to EGM, 19% of PSX2 owners own a copy of GTA:VC, 12% of GC owners own Zelda, and 34% of X-Box owners own Halo. Interesting.
PostPosted:Thu Sep 04, 2003 1:57 am
by Eric
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>According to EGM, 19% of PSX2 owners own a copy of GTA:VC, 12% of GC owners own Zelda, and 34% of X-Box owners own Halo. Interesting.</div>
PostPosted:Thu Sep 04, 2003 8:38 am
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>And there are how many PS2 owners? 50 million plus? Or is that in the US alone?</div>
PostPosted:Thu Sep 04, 2003 9:13 am
by the Gray
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I was more interested in the XBox 2 backward compatibility discussion.</div>
PostPosted:Thu Sep 04, 2003 12:33 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>*snicker* I don't even think the PSOne has reached 50 mil in US yet. They just reached 50 mil worldwide with the PS2 a few months ago</div>
PostPosted:Thu Sep 04, 2003 2:11 pm
by Eric
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>They've been talking about that since the X-Box was released though. I wouldn't be surprised.</div>
PostPosted:Thu Sep 04, 2003 2:32 pm
by the Gray
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Switch from nVidea to ATI might put a small hitch in the works. But I know didly about the architecture/programming so maybe it's nothing.</div>
PostPosted:Thu Sep 04, 2003 5:29 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Basically confirmed by the X-Box EB rep at Ian's store. They'll know for sure in October, but the guy strongly hinted towards it</div>
PostPosted:Fri Sep 05, 2003 6:37 am
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>I was asking if that percentage was for the US or the world, smarty.</div>
PostPosted:Fri Sep 05, 2003 8:59 am
by the Gray
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>LOL, like a frickin Rep would know the thing hasn't been BUILT yet.</div>
PostPosted:Fri Sep 05, 2003 9:37 am
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>There might be some legal issues with that since nVidia and ATi are competitors.</div>
PostPosted:Fri Sep 05, 2003 12:41 pm
by the Gray
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>exactly, which means backwards compatibility is not a given. If they try to emulate with software what nVidea's architecture does I wouldn't be surprised if a lawsuit popped up.</div>
PostPosted:Fri Sep 05, 2003 1:44 pm
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Due to my hatred of Xbox, I hope Xbox2 isn't backwards compatible and that all owners of Xbox2 get a severe case of inner thigh rash. =8^D</div>
PostPosted:Fri Sep 05, 2003 4:34 pm
by the Gray
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I don't hate the Cinderbox, I'm just not 'blown away' by it like others are. Graphics are admitadly superior, so what? I'm not a graphics whore.</div>
PostPosted:Fri Sep 05, 2003 9:36 pm
by Tortolia
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I don't even care about the XBox. The only game that I'm interested in is KOTOR, but, wait, it's on PC in November. Oh darn.</div>
PostPosted:Sun Sep 07, 2003 9:27 am
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Halo and Project Gotham Racing rule as well. It also gets the best of the ports not only for graphics, but they usually get extras as well (ie. Silent Hill 2)</div>
PostPosted:Sun Sep 07, 2003 1:32 pm
by Tortolia
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I think I'm one of the three people in North America who doesn't care that much about Halo.</div>
PostPosted:Sun Sep 07, 2003 4:38 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Great one-player or co-op game (even more fun co-op), but it's dull with only 4-players in multi</div>
PostPosted:Sun Sep 07, 2003 6:57 pm
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>Hell, I thought Halo CAME with the X-Box.</div>
PostPosted:Sun Sep 07, 2003 9:28 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>In some packages, it does</div>
PostPosted:Mon Sep 08, 2003 8:38 am
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Project Gotham = aweful arcade game, nice eye candy. I've played a game similar to its style - Porsche Challenge from like 1997. Control sucks.</div>
PostPosted:Mon Sep 08, 2003 11:11 am
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>You've obviously never gotten into it. Only GT can come close to the depth of that game. If the cars were customizable or a little more unique in handling, it would be the best racing game ever</div>
PostPosted:Mon Sep 08, 2003 11:45 am
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>I don't know what you've been snorting but GT and PG are two different games. One is a sim and the other is an arcade racer.</div>
PostPosted:Mon Sep 08, 2003 1:22 pm
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>So, why is this news?</div>
PostPosted:Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:52 pm
by Andrew, Killer Bee
<div style='font: 10pt georgia; text-align: left; '>Unlikely, XBox games use DirectX, and the odds of ATI's cards not fully supporting DirectX are as likely as the sun not rising tomorrow.</div>
PostPosted:Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:55 pm
by Andrew, Killer Bee
<div style='font: 10pt georgia; text-align: left; '>I feel your pain. Metroid Prime, shamefully, didn't really do it for me.</div>
PostPosted:Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:58 pm
by Eric
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Yeah I was really feeling that one either, I'm curious about how those games sold actually, Zelda & Metroid.</div>
PostPosted:Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:58 pm
by Andrew, Killer Bee
<div style='font: 10pt georgia; text-align: left; '>You must be playing with some boring people! :) Also: the single-player game sucks!</div>
PostPosted:Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:17 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>The vast majority of the people who own Halo bought it, it was just the Adrenaline pack that came with it. It's still quite impressive</div>
PostPosted:Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:19 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Actually, it won't make a dif what card they use because of Direct X, like you said. That was basically confirmed by the Xbox rep for the EB here</div>
PostPosted:Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:21 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>The depth the Kudos system gives Project Gotham gives it so much more depth than the other arcady racers that only GT surpasses it, and only because you can customize cars</div>
PostPosted:Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:24 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Zelda sold 1.1 million in its first two weeks, so you can bet it's around 1.3-1.5 now. Metroid was at 800,000 after a couple of weeks if my memory serves me right and is probably close to a mil now. And Prime freakin' ruled</div>
PostPosted:Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:26 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>lol, we played Halo for a bit 4-players then switched to Timesplitters 2 'cause it was so much more fun. I adored the co-op mode though, amazingly fun</div>
PostPosted:Tue Sep 09, 2003 1:06 pm
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>The physics in PG is like molasses in January. And you're saying that GT is only better because you can customize cars? Your bad taste movies carries over to games, dude.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Sep 09, 2003 3:33 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I've put well over 40 hours into both games. The gameplay of PGR is actually better IMO, but the customizability and realism of GT makes it slightly better overall.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Sep 09, 2003 4:19 pm
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>That opinion is surely among the least common in regards to both games. You get to wear a scarlet letter in now BOTH MusicMovies and Gamethought. You're marked, Zeus.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Sep 09, 2003 8:46 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>[gasp]</div>
PostPosted:Thu Sep 11, 2003 7:36 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>How much have you played PGR?</div>
PostPosted:Thu Sep 11, 2003 10:36 pm
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>A week. Borrowed my friend's Xbox. I put about 8 hours into it. Weak ass game. GT from PSX had more depth.</div>
PostPosted:Thu Sep 11, 2003 11:35 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I would agree, except the gameplay wasn't. It was just straight racing with some good strategy (remember, I adore GT). In PGR, you did all that but also had more things to accomplish (and not hit walls), so that part of it was deeper. GT was deeper overall, though</div>
PostPosted:Fri Sep 12, 2003 10:29 am
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>I still don't get this obsession with splitting your TV into four tiny windows. Fuck that...I'm down with a PC multiplayer any day.</div>
PostPosted:Fri Sep 12, 2003 10:37 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I'd love to have it not split screen, but the simple fact of the matter is that PC FPS players have no life and are just too good for the casual gamers</div>
PostPosted:Mon Sep 15, 2003 4:48 pm
by Derithian
<div style='font: italic bold 14pt ; text-align: center; '>Aw c'mon don't you like going through the same fucking rooms and areas over and over again while wading through a story that's about as good as shoving a gopher up your ass....the only way that game is fun on the missions is when you play on legendary....and even then it's easy as shit</div>
PostPosted:Mon Sep 15, 2003 11:34 pm
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>No life? You've obviously never been to a LAN party.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Sep 16, 2003 3:56 am
by Eric
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>*chuckles* You dork....</div>