Recently, Microsoft Xbox 360 director of product management Aaron Greenberg boldly proclaimed "What I can tell you is we remain confident that Xbox 360 will not only outsell PS3 for the full calendar year, but for this entire generation."
Strong words for the man behind a console clearly in decline.
Microsoft introduced its Xbox 360 console in 2005, its second stab at the videogame console market and so far it has been a veritable roller coaster ride of highs and lows for boththe 360 console and for its fans. From its lukewarm reception at launch through to the highs it reached in 2007 withHalo 3, from its struggles with hardware reliability to decreasing sales and economic depression, Microsoft's 360 console has had quite ride up to this point. Now, as the 360 approaches its 4th birthday it appears that hard times are ahead for Microsoft's videogame flagship. After defying the odds for 4 years the signs of the 360's decline are all around us, despite Greenberg's recent comments to the contrary.
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Saif from eXputer inquires, "Despite the everlasting popularity of the genre, why hasn't there been a good AAA horror game in a while now?"
Even when they do it's first person trying to copy Outlast, Five Nights, P.T etc
I think the Dead Space / RE2 / RE4 Remake and the Evil Within 2 showed you can have a good story based, third person survival horror game.
"In a time when companies don't care about preserving games, I have high respect for the creators of projects like N64: Recompiled." - Hanzala from eXputer.
Some food for thought:
Would you donate your physical copy of a really rare/expensive cartridge (Conkers's BFD, Bomberman 64 Second Attack, Ogre Battle 64, the two Castlevania titles, etc) to those managing this project for the greater good of getting them preserved online for all to experience at some point?
The snippet of ray tracing at the end of the og trailer was low-key amazing. I found out thanks to Nerrel who also made a texture pack for MM, and i can't wait to see how much more great this game will be in the near future. With model swaps, ray tracing, retextures, and a more quicker process than decompilation, it's gonna bring new life to N64 games.
There might need to be a bit of clarification recompilation is not the same as decompilation.
This is basically a container to excite the rom within but allows for all sorts of beat additions and tricks like new lighting effects such as ray tracing to be added.
But decompilation would ultimately be king as it allows for a widespread porting capabilities and uses the assets from games to build a native install for PC or whatever the target system is e.g Mario 64 for PC or sonic mania for psvita / wii
XB1CHE 360 IS DOOMD.
I still feel that upcoming releases like mass effect 2 and alen wake will keep it selling units. I know I will get hate for this but I think Natal will end up being a very casual friendly device with casual friendly controls which will be a big fail for hardcore. Still, I hope all three platforms do well to keep that competition going.
Last September, after the much-hyped 360 price cut, MS sold 347,000 units according to NPD. This September, after much smaller price cuts and re-configurations, MS sold 351,000 units. Plus, this year, the 360 was up against the new $299 PS3 slim, whereas last year, the PS3 was still $399. The 360 seems to be selling better versus tougher competition - hardly a sign of a console in decline.
This also brings up another contradiction in this article. The writer regurgitates the tired old "it's half the price" line that's been overused for the last year. However, the $199 model was unchanged this September, yet MS still managed to increase sales by over 60% from August 2009. If most people buy the $199 model, as many here like to believe, how can he explain the huge increase in September sales when the $199 model did not change?
The Xbox 360 is a fantastic console, with some amazing exclusives and runs all the latest games better than any other console
It has an absolutely UNRIVALED Online experience, and is not going ANYWHERE :)
Neither is the PS3, so just get over it, both consoles will stick it out and sell like hotcakes until the next generation of consoles arrives.
Heck even some of the more known and more respect PS3 Fanboys know this!
19 hours ago | By: Saaking | Block
Re: Ahhh
Which one? That's I'll try to be more a gamer? well, While it's fun being a fanboy I actually do like the 360's games (Fable II, Halo, Gears, etc). I do not like MS, but I enjoy gaming on the 360.
(Sorry mate, had to do it)
Who approves of this stuff, anyway?
Seriously, there should be some sort of filter for this nonsense.