Kurke_Aumea wrote:Yeah, the one thing that sucks about Xbox Live is that it seems like all you get are immature a-holes on there. But, when you start to get away from Halo 2 games, you realize that there is a much more mature set of Live members out there. Halo 2 is for the kiddies and that's where they typically stay. I don't see too many immature kiddies outside of Halo 2.
I can say the same thing about those who play the PS2. Hell, I lost track of how many Sony fanboys showed up on the Xbox forums to cause trouble (I say this logically assuming that there were probably some Xbox fanboys on the Sony forums). Saying that the Xbox player base is immature is being narrowminded. The reason the situation isn't as evident on the Playstation side of life is because of the lack of centralized online service on the PS2. Have no fear, though, because the kiddies will come out of the woodwork on the PS3.
You say people put down the PS3 when it's not even on the market yet. Yeah, some people can really trash talk it. Most, I think, are being skeptical. They do this considering Sony's history of promising and then not delivering. And based on what they have released about the PS3, it's hard not to be skeptical.
You say that the 360 isn't next-gen. What do you define as next-gen then? The 360 and PS3 have quite similar components and will likely perform at similar levels. So what makes a console next-gen?
I do agree with you on the one point. You can't count sales as a wining factor. Yeah, sales can determine market share, but that doesn't make the product supreme over other products. I've heard many people say that the Dreamcast was superior to the Sony's console, but we saw what happened to the Dreamcast.
My recommendation is to go and at least play a 360. You'd be surprised how much fun it can be. I'll admit, some of the games are crap or the graphics are underwhelming, but aren't there always a few bad ones in the mix? My recommendations for games to play include COD2, GRAW, Oblivian, and PGR3. I don't know what kind of games you prefer, so I can't make very many recommendations. PGR3 is beautiful and can be fun. My major problem with it is you hardly ever get to compete against other cars (but isn't the whole series like that?). COD2 is fun, great looking, and can be downright challenging at times. GRAW is probably the best looking game I've seen on any console. When I play it, I feel like I'm in Mexico City. The game has amazing realism too. I haven't played Oblivian, but all I hear are good things about it. I'm not much of an RPG guy, so I dunno if I'll ever play it.
Try it, you might like it!!!!
I agree with you on 95% of it. There are plenty of immature people playing SOCOM on the ps2, which is why I don't even go near it anymore. I didn't say the player base was immature I said Live was. Obviously I was refering to HALO, but I'm sure your right that the other games have more mature players. I was basing next gen on the cell processor, take ps3 completely out of it. The cell processor is a break through in the computer market. Similar processors will be in the next line of computers and even the next xbox console. Although not quite as revolutionary the same can be said about the bluray project. I break the generations down as:
1st-Atari and its group
2nd-NES to sega
3rd-ps1,ps2, xbox, and parts of the 360. Maybe also parts of the ps3
4th-Parts of the 360 and ps3, also parts of the revolution.
I'm basing it on whats inside not that actual console. Although I must admit I will never go over to the xbox side. Just like with SOE, I'll stick loyally by no matter what.
