looks like the ps3 is cutting its price in japan by 20 percent - no plans for u.s. or other markets

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I didn't find it better than FIFA. The menus in winning eleven 9 were terrible, looked like something from Super Nintendo. I found that Fifa World Cup Germany 2006 was the best out of the three.

The best game I'v played is probably James Bond 007 Nightfire for PC and its online, so much fun playing that game.

The background menu music for Winning Eleven (also called Pro Evolution Soccer) did feel old school to me. I personally liked it. Felt more arcady, though it belies the actual gameplay, which is very realistic and simulation-like.

wow - sent out the coffin with my old 360 in it on friday...
new one was at my doorstep at 3pm today - excellent !!!!
when i have time to hook it up tomorrow ill let everyone know how its working...

What happened to your old one?

My uncle is so nice he said he doesnt play his Xbox360 anymore so he said he will give it to me for free He has always been my favorite uncle

Got word on a new Halo coming out for Xbox 360. My firend sent me a link, it's called Halo Wars. It's more of an RTS game, kinda like Age of Empires. Frankly I don't really like that idea, but I guess I can't do anything about it.

Here's the link everyone

http://www.halowars.com/faqs.html

You can see the trailer, images and stuff like that too.

Enjoy!

i fried it - think it was the graphics chip - not sure though - got the red lights of death ( see above posts )

btw - i can see why he is your favourite

Did you have the core version or Premium? Does the core one have good graphics also because I have been hearing its crap?

I think the core and the premium are essentially the same, its just the packaging that comes with it. The premium just has more add-ons like say a wireless controller hard drive etc etc. whereas the core would only have a wired controller.

Yep, that's basically the only difference, oh, and the price.

X06 is going on in Barcelona right now, basically an E3 for only Xbox. I am watching a press conference that is an hour long, and I imagine I will not be watching the whole thing. Here is the link for anyone who wants to watch it, there is plenty more about X06 on this site too, so check it out.

http://events.teamxbox.com/movies/3684/X06-Press-Briefing/

Halo wars sounds like its going to ROCK! being made by the same company that brought us age of empires,hope they get it right...the controls are going to be the biggest factor of its sucess in my opinion as apparently theres going to be no mouse and keyboard support.Battle for middle earth still worked very well though.

by the way anyone with a 360 and XBL hit me up with an add,gamer-tag:ianmcphee888

gamertag - "atomicorpse"

cool,ill add that next time i get around to it.

what games do you play?

kind of addicted to war games - play "battlefield2 - modern combat" a lot - if you ever play it online watch out for the sniper behind flag 2 - that'll be me
my stepson and i will actually play almost anything - he being the pro ... me being the guy just trying to stay alive
he's playing "the godfather" right now - excellent game btw

im probably going to sound like a 360 fanboy when i write this but please believe when i say that is not my intention...
as most of you who read this thread know, i fried my 360 last week - yes i got the red lights of death
i went to the website to see about troubleshooting - when nothing worked i decided to call microsoft - the service i have received since has been incredible
there was a 4 min wait on the phone ( i timed it) - the person on the phone was incredibly helpful and had a great sense of humour - when we had gone over the troubleshooting together he said that microsoft would take care of it - no questions asked
they sent me a coffin for the old system ( said it would take approx 5 to 6 working days ) - i got in three ? ( check previous posts for correct number)
sent old one out on friday afternoon - got new console back by tuesday ! - the bonus was that i forgot to take out a game when i returned it - microsoft must have noticed that the disc was a little beat up so along with the original... they sent me a brand new game as well - free of charge ( nice touch )
so we are back enjoying the 360 in just about 1 week with absolutely no charge to me - that includes all phone calls and shipping ( which btw was right to our front door ) - and its working perfectly
an incredible job by microsoft

Some of my Hitman Blood Money screenshots.

Don't read too much into this rebuttal...(it's short and sweet)

I have owned every console ever made by Nintendo (3xNES and 2xSNES and handhelds too)
Never has one broken on me...
(and one in particular is 20 years old)

So I can't speak (personally) to the quality of customer service at Nintendo,
because I have never required anything more than the R&D and QC departments there.

glad to hear it my friend
when my 360 went kabloooy i was really
for the money i paid it should not have happened....but -
just very happy to report that the customer service was excellent

Has the power brick caused any fires yet?

j/k

Customer service is a #1 priority in my book though,
it's why I deal with RBC insurance, and why I used to deal with Clearnet
(until it got bought)

not yet
actually have heard alot of horror stories about it in different forums - thats why the first thing i did when i bought was to get a grill for it - i prop it up on grill for good circulation - do the same for console as well
works really good - system is always cool ( knock on wood )

Not a bad idea, watch out for static though...especially on the console itself

yup - they are actually plastic grills - so they should be ok shouldnt they ?
if any doubt i can always make a couple out of wood - preferably popsicle sticks

Good thinking!
the plastic should do you fine,
the big concern is when the console is sitting on carpet

What has better graphics PS3 or XBOX360

Technically PS3 supports a higher resolution, 1080p (XBox360 only does 1080i, upscaled)
but I can still display crappy graphics at a high resolution...

besides PS3 isn't even out yet

(and...graphics don't make a game fun)

looking forward to seeing what the ps3 can do

excellent point about graphics - the "fun factor" is still the most important feature
i mentioned numerous times that one of my fav games to play is "battlefield 2 - modern combat" - the graphics are average imo - even for the 360 - but i have an absolute blast playing it

Actually on this one I am afraid you are wrong...well, partially. Xbox recently anounced at the X06 that it will release a software update that will allow it to support 1080p. Still, as far as games go, I am pretty sure the graphics in PS3 can be slightly better, but apparently it is designed in a way that will make it 10 times harder for the developers to make the games because they have to assign things to run under a certain processor instead of just having the machine decide.

Honestly, from some of the talk I have heard,
the PS3 might well be on par with 360...

The Cell architecture seems better suited to media, physics and AI calculations
rather than graphical prowess

remember this as well
to draw a full resolution frame at 60 fps (frames/fields per second) each frame is:
720x486 (standard definition) = 174960 pixels (interlaced, only draws half the pixels at a time)
480p (progressive scan) = 349920 pixels
720p (HiDef 1280x720) = 921600 pixels
1080i (1920x1080) 1036800 pixels
1080p (1920x1280) 2073600 pixels

so you can see just how much processing power is taken up just drawing that many pixels


Not native 1080p though, maybe I am wrong, maybe it's native 1080i and upscaled 1080p...
not too sure,
don't matter because I don't own an HDTV right now,
and I'm not buying XBox or PS3...so....yeah (well, maybe an XBox)

Yup, they have to program "in order" because the processors are asynchronous
There are very few computers built with synchronous processors.

Xbox would be the same to some extent because of its multiple cores.

This is all before you consider the production costs from an art direction standpoint,
More detail means more attention to detail...

So say hello to high game prices

this is why i try to rent most games before i buy - then play for a couple of weeks - if the "fun factor" is still there i will go out and pay the money

tech - question - ... can you explain to me what the difference is between a 1080i and a 1080p is - i always get confused with the lingo

Just like tech said, interlaced (i) only draws half the pixels on the screen at a time and progressive (p) draws all of them.

Interlaced requires less bandwith (for cable) and less processing power (for graphics), but progressive provides a better picture because its refresh rate is essentially double.

thanks capn - my old brain can find it confusing sometimes - thanks for explaining

I'm sure tech could explain it better, but the bottom line is: p is better than i.

But unless you have a really good TV, you probably won't notice the difference.

Too add a little bit more to cap'n description, i(nterlaced) draws half the lines, which are drawn horizontally, and draws every other line on a different frame, so for 60fps game, each line is drawn 30 times in a second.
p(rogressive) draws every line on every frame, so in the same output of 60 fps, every line is drawn 60 times.
The 1080 part has to do with the horizontal lines being drawn, the resolution of a TV would be something like 1440X1080, meaning 1440 pixels across the top, and 1080 pixels across the side, meaning 1080 lines sideways.

Interesting note, if you ever saw someone wearing stripped shirt on TV and it looks really weird and make your TV look like it is going crazy, that is interlaced fault, because of the line skipping everything gets messed up, and it causes the lines to be slightly out of order, and so the problem happens.

^^ thanks guys^^
my stepson and i just sat down to play nba live
hes setting up first game right now - raptors against nets ( in new jersey )

if anybody is curious.. - live has starting 5 as....

pg - t.j ford
sg - fred jones
sf - mo-pete
pf - bosh
c - nesterovic

Just picked up NBA Live 07 today. I have it for PC because it's not out for Gamecube. If I couldn't play online I'd be kinda disapointed. My online record so far is 2-0. Anyone else have it for PC?

I'd get it for PC if my computer was capable of running it. Whats the system requirements for it anyways? Now that I think of it, there might be a chance that I can run it since I upgraded my ram a couple of months ago.

Im still playing NBA live 2003 on my PC. Its good to play for fun. Few of the dunks are quite awsome.

Since when do you need to play when playing Live 07 online? Talking about PS2

theres no 2k7 for PC yet, correct?

Ok Not expecting anyone to know this but I will give it a try

My brother had created an account on unrealtournament2004 on single player. Then right after I try making an account I make it through all qualifying and it didnt save my game. Can you only make on single player account?

About 3.6 GB of space, Windows XP or 2000, a DVD player (its a dvd game), you need pretty good ram (if you just got it upgraded to anything decent it should be fine). If it's going slow you need to close as many programs as possible before playing.

can you post some screenshots Chris337?

By the way, I was just wondering if anyone here could suggest me some games for either the PC or the PS2 that can be had for cheap but are pretty good games nonetheless. I kinda grew tired of playing games a couple of years ago but since someone brought up a PS2 here on RC, I kinda feel bad for having my PS2 just rotting somewhere in the house. Any genre would be ok, as long as it is a good game.

If your looking for an excellant classic then God of War is your game. It was just an amzing game and is now cheap as it's gone gratest hits. Great story, graphics are great for the platfrom and a good arsenal of moves and weapons that aren't very hard to learn. Probably my favorite game of all time.

A downloadable game for PC is Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. It's a fairly simple game to learn how to play and really addicting, plus its free so why not give it a shot?

have been playing nba live and nhl07 for the last few days - wont get into nba live - its being dicussed in another thread
NHL07 -
The Good: The skill stick is one of the coolest innovations of hockey gaming in the last few years; phenomenal graphics, especially the player models; great sound effects and commentary.

The Bad: Defensive play is still not great; beyond an atrophied franchise mode and basic online play, there's not much in the way of features; frame rate doesn't run exceptionally high.

could have been much better but definately worth picking up and playing - especially head to head

Cap'n knows what he's talking about,

..just in case it's still confusing

A Standard Definition (SD) television displays an interlaced picture (480i)
This means that for every frame (SD tv video is 29.996 frames per second) there are two "fields" drawn
eg...

field 1 (also called odd)

field 2 (also called even)
(very rough for ease of viewing)
The rows are drawn from top-to-bottom (field 1) then bottom-to-top (field 2) in a zig-zag fasion


A Progressive Scan (PS) television displays a progressive picture (480p)
This means that for every frame (PS tv video(DVD) is ~60 frames per second) there are no fields only frames
eg...

The rows are drawn in the same fashion, but without gaps like the interlaced one.

If you have a SD tv (17" or bigger) you can easily see these lines.
The progressive picture is just a brighter, fuller image.
There is NO detail (resolution) gained from going from an "i" resolution to a "p" resolution,
just increased fidelity.

(the same explanation is true for any HD resolutions i stands for interlaced, p stands for rpogressive)

something to add to the description tech, and something I realize you understand, is that those lines that you demonstrated as 1-16 are displayed, there is actually MANY more lines than that, and is really the number beisde either i or p. So, for 480p picture, their are 480 lines, laid out thesame way as above.

cool - thanks tech
when i decided to get a new tv for gaming i kept getting different answers and suggestions everywhere i went - got pretty confusing at the end - got to the point where i was basically saying to all the sales people - just went with what i liked
since i read that the 360 ran at 720p ( think thats right ) i decided to buy an hp lcd 32 in ( runs at same rate ) - came down to what i liked actually - its a cool looking tv - black - and fits in nice to what i call my office
added the Spherex surround system ( xbox speakers ) - these speakers are awesome !! - a bit high as far as price goes but definately worth it - when cranked up they will make the whole room shake

I would put when you take screenshots in the game it puts them in a weird file type that imageshack won't accept.

what type anyways?? Couldn't you just convert it in photoshop? If not, You should use FRAPS.