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Subject: The sad realization of the new Xbox
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well the xbox has a graphics card that pc does not

  • 12.09.2012 9:45 PM PDT

Posted by: AngryBrute1
Oh yeah, since somebody does not believe what YOU believe; that makes us vapid...
I cannot grasp that what you call "Something happened to nothing, and that nothing became something, and it was smaller than than a period."

I expect compatibility for almost all Xbox 360 games and all the Xbox -original game currently compatible with the 360. I also expect a better everything. A way to prevent laser burn is also wanted.
I would hope at least some of that happens.

  • 12.09.2012 10:06 PM PDT

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Posted by: JMAN07
I really don't see why people are complaining... console exclusive games this gen have been some of the best looking games to date. There was no other game back in 06 that rivaled Gears of War graphically, none.


Crysis.

  • 12.09.2012 10:11 PM PDT

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Posted by: Wikked Navajoe
I expect compatibility for almost all Xbox 360 games and all the Xbox -original game currently compatible with the 360. I also expect a better everything. A way to prevent laser burn is also wanted.
I would hope at least some of that happens.

You'll end up disappointed if you're hoping for backwards compatibility for the original Xbox. The costs for Microsoft outweigh the benefits. They half assed it for the 360 and won't even bother with the Next Box.

[Edited on 12.09.2012 10:25 PM PST]

  • 12.09.2012 10:25 PM PDT

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Hey guys, I went shopping at my local Best Buy and concluded that, based on scientific research and a balance of subjective quality and objective price, I've concluded that any living room entertainment set up you have should cost about $7,000 or it's a piece of -blam!-. Fact. You cannot disprove me. Once I've said it's a fact, it's a fact. End of discussion. Now discuss how terrible your home entertainment set ups are.

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  • 12.09.2012 10:54 PM PDT

I'm in college an need a laptop. Are you suggesting I buy two computers instead of just buying one and having an xbox for gaming?

Your argument kind of falls apart for people that have things other than gaming that they need to use their computer for.

Also, a console optimization makes comparing specs directly almost worthless. Have you ever seen a computer with the xbox specs run a game that looks as good as halo 4 or some of the new games that have been released?

[Edited on 12.09.2012 11:03 PM PST]

  • 12.09.2012 10:56 PM PDT
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As long as they keep is as far away from Windows 8 theme-ish junk as possible, and as long as it doesn't have anywhere near the amount of laggyness/slowness/freeziness that it does now, I'll be happy.

But they won't.

  • 12.09.2012 10:57 PM PDT

The thing with consoles though is that because every console has a set hardware spec, good developers can optimise the -blam!- out of the machine for the next decade or so. My four year old laptop has no where near the capability of reproducing Halo 4's graphics, yet my four year old laptop is more powerful than the xbox.

This is because developers learn how to optimise the software and push it to its limits, so the actual specs of whatever the 720 will be are largely irrelevant.

  • 12.09.2012 10:57 PM PDT
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So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

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This is why I'm happy that I have my gaming rig. It's like a really nice sports car.

  • 12.09.2012 10:58 PM PDT
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Posted by: SRQ baller24
I'm in college an need a laptop. Are you suggesting I buy two computers instead of just buying one and having an xbox for gaming?

Your argument kind of falls apart for people that have things other than gaming that they need to use their computer for. I swear, pc elitists are getting worse and worse and piss me off more than any fanboy out there.
A gaming PC is not just for gaming, it's just a regular desktop but with excellent gaming capabilities.

  • 12.09.2012 10:58 PM PDT


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Posted by: SRQ baller24
I'm in college an need a laptop. Are you suggesting I buy two computers instead of just buying one and having an xbox for gaming?

Your argument kind of falls apart for people that have things other than gaming that they need to use their computer for. I swear, pc elitists are getting worse and worse and piss me off more than any fanboy out there.
A gaming PC is not just for gaming, it's just a regular desktop but with excellent gaming capabilities.

...obviously you didn't even read my post. What am I supposed to do, lug around my entire desktop everywhere I go?

  • 12.09.2012 11:00 PM PDT

GOAT

Laptops are far superior to desktops, and I will always game on consoles over PC.

  • 12.09.2012 11:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: BlackHeaven
Laptops are far superior to desktops, and I will always game on consoles over PC.


You're just saying that because my computer > your piece of crap macbook.

n00b

  • 12.09.2012 11:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: BlackHeaven
Laptops are far superior to desktops
lol

  • 12.09.2012 11:13 PM PDT

If we disagree, it's nothing personal, opinions are opinions.
Antagonizing me to build a false sense of worth is so damn cute.

Brighten your day with science.

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Posted by: BlackHeaven
Laptops are far superior to desktops, and I will always game on consoles over PC.


You're just saying that because my computer > your piece of crap macbook.

n00b

yeah

n00b

  • 12.09.2012 11:15 PM PDT
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Posted by: BlackHeaven
Laptops are far superior to desktops
lol


Well I'm not gonna bring my desktop to class am I?

  • 12.09.2012 11:17 PM PDT

Turkey

Meh, I moved over to PC gaming a year or two ago. Halo 4 is the first new game I've bought for my Xbox in a while.

Once you save up around $800-a grand for a decent gaming PC, provided you were smart about your power supply and motherboard, you wouldn't have to spend all that much to upgrade, and you wouldn't even have to upgrade for YEARS. I wish more people would understand that.

Hell, you'd be good for an even LONGER while if you saved up even longer and future-proofed your computer (Crossfire 7970's, i7 processor (or a six-core processor if you're feeling extra patient), 1200W power supply...) and by the time you want to upgrade, you'd only have to spend a couple hundred bucks. If you decided not to upgrade, you'd still be able to run pretty much every game, just not on maximum.

On a related note, trying to go back to Halo 4's multiplayer after playing a game like Planetside 2, or even Hawken's closed beta is just...Halo's gameplay just feels so inferior because of console limitations. The only reason I've ever played Halo (and much moreso, now that I've become a PC gamer) is for its story and epic universe, and Halo 4 delivered in that regard, albeit its campaign being a bit short thanks to the silly focus on multiplayer.

If 343 were to announce that multiplayer wouldn't be in Halo 5-6 so that they could further flesh out Halo's beautiful universe with a bigger focus on campaign and Spartan Ops, I'd be the happiest being alive. But as things stand, 12/12/12 is the day that Halo's multiplayer fully dies to me.

Hopefully Bioshock Infinite's success will make Frank and the rest of 343 re-think their priorities...

[Edited on 12.09.2012 11:26 PM PST]

  • 12.09.2012 11:19 PM PDT

A single graphics card is not the same as an entire console rig.

  • 12.09.2012 11:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: BlackHeaven
Laptops are far superior to desktops
lol


Well I'm not gonna bring my desktop to class am I?

But "Gaming" Laptops are terrible, they overheat the GPU's are terrible.
Just use Laptops for word processing, and Desktop for gaming.

  • 12.09.2012 11:31 PM PDT

Posted by: Baph117
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Posted by: TopWargamer
This is what you can get for $350....and this can play any game to date just saying.


LOL

  • 12.09.2012 11:35 PM PDT

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Posted by: BlackHeaven
Laptops are far superior to desktops
lol


Well I'm not gonna bring my desktop to class am I?

But "Gaming" Laptops are terrible, they overheat the GPU's are terrible.
Just use Laptops for word processing, and Desktop for gaming.


But I never said gaming. I don't PC game at all.

  • 12.09.2012 11:36 PM PDT