Dvader said:

This is what SA1 XBL will look like. It is based on the GC port. It does run well I read it just doesn't fit the screen and it is a basic port.

aspro said:

bugsonglass said:

i'm really pissed off at sony.  even more so at the arrogance with which they're handling this.  "oh there is a little problem which may prevent a few of the real old playstation 3s from logging onto psn.  all of the new slim models though are just fine, make no mistake.  oh and if you happen to have one of those really old ones, better not switch it on just to be on the safe side"  ...says them 17 hours after the problem came up during which time most everybody switched their systems on

 Well, you are paraphrasing giving the worst possible spin to what they have said. 

   i know.  but i'm a man in need of a demon's souls fix and i came home from work to find this.  you don't know what it's like

One of the neat things about Natal is the way in which it can be used to control the Xbox 360 dashboard and movie playback, with just a wave of the hand in an almost Minority Report type fashion. Indeed, Microsoft said last November that Natal could effectively replace your TV's remote control."

Remember when DVD's first came out and they touted how you'd be able to move the camera wherever you wanted in a scene to alternate angles?

bugsonglass said:

aspro said:

bugsonglass said:

i'm really pissed off at sony.  even more so at the arrogance with which they're handling this.  "oh there is a little problem which may prevent a few of the real old playstation 3s from logging onto psn.  all of the new slim models though are just fine, make no mistake.  oh and if you happen to have one of those really old ones, better not switch it on just to be on the safe side"  ...says them 17 hours after the problem came up during which time most everybody switched their systems on

 Well, you are paraphrasing giving the worst possible spin to what they have said. 

   i know.  but i'm a man in need of a demon's souls fix and i came home from work to find this.  you don't know what it's like

 Yeah, if I were in the middle of a PS3 game I'd be the same way.

Ravenprose said:

I believe this whole thing is was cleverly designed by Sony to cripple
all of the old PS3s in an attempt to force the owners of those older
machines to buy Sony's new Slim model, thus artificially increasing
their market share by millions overnight.


Sony has done this before. Remember all of those old PS2s that failed
last gen? Yeah, and millions of people ended up buying new PS2 Slims as
replacements, which made it appear that Sony had sold far more consoles
than were in actual use! Well, here are again.

Archangel3371 said:

aspro said:

Crash Bandicoots Dad said, "“I think Natal and things like Natal are going to revolutionize more than gaming. Putting Natal in the Xbox gives it the opportunity to become a lot more than just a gaming machine. The things you can do outside of gaming justifies buying Natal. If Microsoft plays its cards right it can sell far more Xbox's to people who don't buy games.”
...

 

I really like reading this kind of stuff from developers myself. I'm thinking, and hoping of course, that we're going to see some great stuff come from Natal. I'm very excited.

 Yeah, I shouldn't be so cynical I guess.  Jason Rubin is no longer developing, he's helping to run and promote OnLive (something that I'm even more cynical about).

aspro said:

Archangel3371 said:

aspro said:

Crash Bandicoots Dad said, "“I think Natal and things like Natal are going to revolutionize more than gaming. Putting Natal in the Xbox gives it the opportunity to become a lot more than just a gaming machine. The things you can do outside of gaming justifies buying Natal. If Microsoft plays its cards right it can sell far more Xbox's to people who don't buy games.”
...

 

I really like reading this kind of stuff from developers myself. I'm thinking, and hoping of course, that we're going to see some great stuff come from Natal. I'm very excited.

 Yeah, I shouldn't be so cynical I guess.  Jason Rubin is no longer developing, he's helping to run and promote OnLive (something that I'm even more cynical about).