devin3627

January 12, 2010 at 2:56am

this just means the longer the wait, the better the future console will be... hell, maybe the future console will use SSD instead of mechanical drives. i mean, anything released within the next 3 years is going isn't gonna be worth it.

mesiah

January 12, 2010 at 12:30am

I see this as a good thing for the PC gaming market. If console makers don't release another console for 3-4 years it may bring PC gaming back to into focus. Companies who want to make cutting edge games will start looking back to PCs as their platform of choice, and people who want to play cutting edge games will do the same. With CPUs like the i7 and graphics power like ATIs 5000 series or the coming fermi, comparing a console to a PC will be like comparing the NES to a ps2. With that kind of raw power one has to hope that there are a few companies out there that want to harness it, and not just keep pumping out console ports that stress our systems about as much as youtube.

Then again, I'm probably living in a dream world. As long as the industry can keep making hundreds of millions of dollars using 10 year old game engines why would they ever put any real effort into designing something new?

johnny3144

January 11, 2010 at 11:31am

this basically means we are stuck with DX9 based game doesn't it? sure some game claim to be DX10 or 11, but most of it's designed for DX9 then add some DX 11 features, and don't look all that different.

RtDK

January 11, 2010 at 8:58am

Hey, MS! I'd like to see wireless become standard on your console instead of having to buy an upgrade for it. And maybe speed up your 360 repair cycle. I've been waiting for weeks for the box to ship mine in. Maybe you hope I'll just drop the cash for a new system, hm?  >_>

Other than my Red Ring (had this system for about four years now, so it's lasted), I must say that I'm very happy with the system on the whole. It's online environment is great, its dashboard is pretty, and the selection of games is definitely a selling point.

So I guess you have to look at the ups and downs of the system to decide whether its worth having. (@Quakindude) Not every system is worth the purchase for everyone. We own all three, and we love each for their own reasons--though the 360 definitely saw the most play out of all of 'em. PS3 is largely a DVD/Blu-Ray player, and the Wii is for casual games and nostalgia.

So, right now, they're all kinda different animals.

Quakindude

January 11, 2010 at 8:41am

What's so funny is the guy talking about how great their warranty is. Well, after the red circle of death fiasco, I would imagine you'd need a nice ass warranty to sell those things. 

We have a PS3 and a Wii in our home. XBox need not apply. 

And how much you want to bet that XBox passes it's midlife cycle and goes right to obsolete as soon as Sony releases the next console of theirs? LOL!!!!

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lunchbox73

January 11, 2010 at 8:26am

Sure the 360 is still good for now but 4 years from now? I don't see it. It would be nice if consoles were set up for cpu/gpu/ram upgrade kits every X amount of years for a couple hundred bucks instead of releasing a whole new console for close to $500. That's what a lot of us do with our PC now isn't it?

hammer6556

January 11, 2010 at 8:11am

i dont think that i could care less about project natal.

Who

January 11, 2010 at 8:10am

"I think it's important to say that the Xbox 360 is the console of the long future for us. There is no need to launch a new console, because we're able to give this console new life either with software upgrades or hardware upgrades like Project Natal,"