John wrote on May 23, 2013, 15:15:

Agent.X7 wrote on May 23, 2013, 14:35:
GeForce 590. They have not put out a game yet that I cannot run @ 1920x1200 with maximum settings and good fps. Hell, the two 580Ms in my laptop can do 1080p the same way with slightly lower fps. They're just not pushing the envelope like they used to.

(I have not tried MEtro Last Light on my laptop yet, though. Only the desktop.)

You can run Metro on your desktop with a 590 at max settings? What do you consider "good fps"?

Hyatus wrote on May 21, 2013, 20:03:

Agent.X7 wrote on May 21, 2013, 17:47:
The architecture of the PS3 does not allow them to run PS2 software without another set of chips.

Sony released an 80gb fat model PS3 without the Emotion Engine chips that used software emulation and worked with most games. Then Sony decided to not offer it on any later models 2 months after Xbox live started selling their classics titles.

360 IS backwards compatible with about 50% of the Xbox games IF you have a Microsoft harddrive with the emulation software on it. Again, it's because the new OS doesn't read the old software.

Yes, some games work with it. MS stopped supporting updates to backwards compatibility one month before releasing games on the "Xbox Originals" section of the store.

Frags4Fun wrote on May 21, 2013, 19:21:
http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=SNE

hahahahaaaa

Julio wrote on May 21, 2013, 17:49:
Confirms I'll be going PS4.

-DRM one install per copy of a game is a no-go. I plan on having 2-3 PS4s, so unless I can put them all into one account, I'm not buying a game multiple times to use it in different rooms.

-Kinect spying potential. Just no way to putting a Microsoft webcam in my bedroom. Ballmer can surf the internet for his porn instead. If I'm putting on a show, I'm going to get paid.

-Always on internet (for games where developers decide to). Again, a showstopper. I don't want to have to have my console always online. No need, and the console is great for when my ISP messes up and internet is down.

Overon wrote on May 21, 2013, 17:40:
Well I think this is good for PC gaming since both the PS4 and Xbox One are x86 and very close to off the shelf PC game hardware which will make porting so much easier to the PC. No doubt there will be more paid exclusives but also maybe a few more quality ports (I hope the quality of ports decreases).

Also no solid state drives for ps4 nor xbox one? I now that will raise the costs but come on, once you go solid state drive for your game installations, you don't ever want to go back.

Hyatus wrote on May 21, 2013, 17:19:
By now we all know the reason why these new systems aren't backwards-compatible, right? Two years from now they'll start selling all of the 360 games on the marketplace and force you to buy them again. Live for the 360 will be turned off because 'something something resources.' When you can legally bill someone twice, why not? That's exactly why both the PS3 and 360 stopped including it.

SirKnight wrote on May 21, 2013, 15:29:
That is one bland and ugly looking console.

siapnar wrote on May 21, 2013, 15:00:
The new COD (not that I want to play COD) looks practically the same graphics-wise as MW3 and this was supposed to "blow us away".

You seem to be reaching pretty hard there. I'm no CoD fan boy, but you must be blind as hell to not see the huge differences in graphics.

MindStalker3 wrote on May 21, 2013, 15:26:

Agent.X7 wrote on May 21, 2013, 15:21:

MindStalker3 wrote on May 21, 2013, 15:11:
I've been debating buying a 360 for a few months now to replace my almost dead original Wii (which is only used to stream Netflix/Amazon/Hulu). This news is exciting as the prices for 360 should start dropping again.

You do know that you can buy a $50 Blu-ray player that will stream Hulu/Netflix/Amazon/everything else, right? I mean, why spend the extra dough if you are not going to game on it?

My kids will though, and they can buy used games cheap. I have a PS2 that they can buy cheap games for now, but gamestop is going to stop selling PS2 games soon. So now that next gen is coming out, debating between an Xbox360 or a PS3 but I figure the XBox as its a better media hub (something I might use)

MindStalker3 wrote on May 21, 2013, 15:11:
I've been debating buying a 360 for a few months now to replace my almost dead original Wii (which is only used to stream Netflix/Amazon/Hulu). This news is exciting as the prices for 360 should start dropping again.

nin wrote on May 21, 2013, 09:33:

InBlack wrote on May 21, 2013, 09:32:
OMG That Spoiler FAQ....MUAHAHAHA. If you enjoyed the movie dont read it, because it will seriously put a dark foreboding shadow of doubt in your mind whether it was actually a good movie at all....

I like the way they channeled the Typical Star Trek fan, full of outrage.

Cyanotetyphas wrote on May 17, 2013, 19:56:
"Metal Gear Rising colon word" is developed by Platinum games. Other ways they have innovated in the genre include gun shoes and the power slide. Revengeance is totally what they meant to say and that was obvious as soon as they released their metal trailer when it was announced they switched studios, a trailer replete with running on missles and mecha chainsaw dogs.

Can you handle that?

It's good news that something like this is coming to PC. Konami rarely ports anything so really this is a sign of changing attitudes about the PC.

netnerd85 wrote on May 15, 2013, 10:43:

InBlack wrote on May 15, 2013, 10:31:

nin wrote on May 15, 2013, 10:10:

avianflu wrote on May 15, 2013, 10:02:
Notably, Metacritic forces game devs to look at an aggregate of gamer's scores. Something that game devs generally dont bother doing or dont like doing.

And there it is on one web page that EVERYBODY knows about in the gaming industry.

That aggregate gamer score doesnt express everything important of course, but it says something about the desirability of a particular game to consumers.

Metacritic for all of its faults offers insights into the game consumer's mind that arent offered in any other way.

Warren should realize that metacritic can be a useful tool for game devs, if taken with a grain of salt.

I use it as a jumping off point for various industry reviews, but there's no way in hell I'd read the end user side...

Yeah but say a game you were thinking about buying got 50% user score on metacritic. IE half the users who tried it wrote unfavorable reviews on it. Wouldnt that strike you as particularly damning? You can say a lot of things about particular reviews and 0 point reviews and 10/10 reviews, but the average score rarely lies when you have a large enough sample.

Note: Im talking about user reviews, not paid 'professional' reviews.

No because people just vote 0 or 10 these days.

It should just be did you enjoy the game or not. That's all people want to know. If they enjoy XX game with they enjoy this XX game. People will make up their own mind about price (I hope/believe).

Closed Betas wrote on May 13, 2013, 23:45:
stay far away from green man gaming... you have been warned.