new years ' Gaming Industry' resolutions

Less FPS

Please and Certainly Less FPS that base themselves on Realism. Why is it that Quake 3 still totally rocks my world and the latest FPS don' t? Creativeness has been thrown out the window for Realism, IE If Crysis hadn' t had the creative / made-up Nano suite, i wouldn' t of enjoyed it half as much. Comon devs youve took war games to great heights, how about leaving them aside and developing something alittle more creative. Rocket jumps not realistic but still much more fun and agile than anything there after



Sony Fans to admit that the PS3 is a letdown.

PS3 is Fucked and is on a downward spiral to failure IMO. For me, PS3 is the Biggest disappointment ever this generation. Most of it' s best games have also come on the 360 in better forms (Orange box, COD4, VF5 ect). The Supposedly Killer AAA titles are nothing but let-downs. The Graphics (and im one who believed they would show their superiority eventually) are not saying much over 360 titles atm. PSN has nothing on Xboxlive, even the internet browser is like 10 times slower than the wii' s ffs. All that is left, is a very good Blueray player.

MGS4

Lets admit it, MGS4 will not save the PS3, yes sales will peak for a few weeks but nothing more. It' s a stylised game and only certain people will buy it. I really cant see a bright future for the PS3, I really can' t. By the time it shows abit more potential.. BANG.. the shiny New Xbox will be on the horizon to steel all it' s thunder.

Wii and Nintendo to step up their quality control

Stop letting so much 3rd party atrocious DROSS being released on the thing. Yes i know every market leader has to have it' s shit games (Ps1, PS2) but I' m sick and tired of Waiting for primary 1st party Nintendo titles every 3-4 months and very few / nothing in between to play. Nintendo seriously Needs to have the balls to say to 3rd parties " No fucking way your releasing that shit on Wii" . Is that hard!? You do that to your own inhouse teams!

Nintendo to Buck up Virtual console game Options

Is it really that hard to add online modes and leader boards to VC games that would benefit from them? MK64, F-zero x, KOTF 96, SFII turbo, Bomberman 96, Wave Racer at least FFS Nintendo.

Currently playing:
Korg DS 10 (ds) /  Metal Slug 7 (ds)
Rhythm Heaven (ds) /  Fire Emblem (ds)
Super Stardust HD (psn) /  Virtua Fighter 5 (360)
FSX (P

I was going to say " Starting new threads while under the influence of grade ' A' narcotics is never a good idea"

But then i realized that this could be a serious discussion and that you aren' t being an elitist fuckhead like normal...

So...

I want id Software to get their act together with Tech 5. Epic has had the same kind of success (perhaps even moar!!1!) with UE3.0 that id had with the Quake 2 and 3 engines. The Doom 3 engine was great for a year, but wasn' t as versatile as it should have been and aged very badly. With Epic and Crytek as their main competition, the godfathers of the FPS genre need be far more aggressive this time around. Rage and their new Wolfenstein game need to do what Gears has domne for Epic, and id need to promote and sell the fuck out of their new engine. But most of all, they need to develop their own IP' s as opposed to letting sub-par studios like Splash Damage or Raven Software fuck them up.

I want publishers to stop putting out Special and/or Collectors Edition versions of every single game. It' s beyond a joke. When they do release a Collectors Edition, do it properly with a specific number of numbered units, and make it worthwhile... ...a tin box with 5 shitty postcards is bullshit [:' (]

I also want more reversible covers. Sounds dumb, but i think reversible covers are cool.

More later...

-More focus on good ol' platformers!

-No more icon whoring (Mario, Sonic etc.)

-Better quality control on Sega games

-Send out assassins to " deal" with Jack Thompson

-Send out assassins to " deal" with Jack Thompson

I would be satisfied if the press caught him wearing a gimp suit with a " friend" in a motel playing GTA.

He probably whacks to GTA and Rockstar in general. Wouldn' t it be an awesome turn of events if we found out Thompson is secretly in Rockstars payroll as the main advertisement guy for their games?

- No half-ass ports on PS3 (this seems to be disappearing, but hopefully it will be obliterated)
- No charging for DL that was originally supposed to be in the damn game, but was left out for a reason or other.
- No more crappy spin off (Final Fantasy, I am looking your way, Versus and Crisis Core exempt) of successful franchises
- No more, and I mean no more MARIO PARTY GAMES! Mario is cool in everything, except his party theme ones.

-Better quality control on Sega games

Ginji. Just let Sega go. Theres no saving it now.

-CD Roms need to DIE! They should have died 7 years ago FFS! Any gamer who doesn' t have a DVD ROM drive, needs to find a new hobby.

-Vista needs to work!

What a piece of shit. I think I want to upgrade back to XP, half my games don' t even work with Vista. I just bought KOTOR 2, doesn' t work. I can' t even install Bioshock, Gothic 3 was fucked among many others. Even when games do work they tend to disappear. Then I have the pleasure of reinstalling them again, which really pisses me off when they' re on CD ROM. Can' t even leave to make a snack. Instead I have to park my hairy ass in front of my monitor watching the the game to load onto my HDD. I' ll never buy a windows OS in it' s first two years again. I' ll wait for them to fix all the shit they broke first. Lesson learned.

-We should hire a prostitute to beat the crap out of Jack, that would be a nice touch of irony lol. We haven' t even heard form him in a while, but you know he' s going to share his useless opinion on GTA4 when it comes out. I don' t want to kill the guy but I want to make it so that he' s unable to speak.

-Better quality control on Sega games

At least the Yakuza games are good. Well, the first one is, though I have high expectations for 2 and 3, which leads me to my Sega resolution:

-Instead of publishing every damn bad Sonic game you publish so quickly overseas, you should immediately publish your good games. Such as Yakuza.

As far as Microsoft:

-Fix your console! I am going to kill someone if my 360 dies while I am playing Ninja Gaiden 2.

-Fix your console! I am going to kill someone if my 360 dies while I am playing Ninja Gaiden 2.

Speaking of which, have they done something to the 360 since Summer or something? I haven' t heard as many people complaining about their consoles breaking. I' m on my 4th, which I received back in May.

They made this chip called Falcon, which I think the gist was that it was thinner, hence allowing for less heat build-up. I think that' s what it was, but supposedly it has reduce the number of RRoD. I guess I really shouldn' t complain, as my third one has last me since January, but I have a feeling its on its last legs. I just hope that if I am right, it just dies now, while NG2 is still far off.

That' s because JT is in the process of getting his license taken away. No need for assassins. Although I have a feeling he' ll still be an announce even without his licence.

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

That' s because JT is in the process of getting his license taken away.

Sucks to be him, though he had it coming and should take it like a man

-More focus on good ol' platformers!

Amen to that bruva!

I' m begining think that either Ninty or Sega is the videogaming equivalent of Britney Spears. They started off all perky and cheerful but now they are just not what they used to be...

:|

Anywhooo, I wish Rare would at least make another Donkey Kong Country for the DS sometime.

I' m begining think that either Ninty or Sega is the videogaming equivalent of Britney Spears. They started off all perky and cheerful but now they are just not what they used to be...

Jesus Christ Krispies. I can' t f***ing believe you just compared Nintendo and Sega to Britney Spears. If you are going to compare two of the most legendary video game companies ever to musicians, you should be thinking along the lines of Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Public Enemy, Stevie Wonder, Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix...

The Britney Spears of game developers would have to be some shit like EA Big.

Edit: my resolution for the industry -- OUT: Dark & Gritty; IN: Weird & Trippy.

The Britney Spears of game developers would have to be some shit like EA Big.

No. More like Oblivion Studio or whatever they' re called that are making like 15 full priced wii games this year that all look like they belong on N64

ORIGINAL: Zoy



Jesus Christ Krispies. I can' t f***ing believe you just compared Nintendo and Sega to Britney Spears.

Why not ? He has a point . Sega is a joke now . As for nintendo , i dont know , granted they have made a lot of money with the Wii but i think its a step backward . Whether you like it or not , Wii is a gimick which clicked .

My point is that Britney Spears NEVER made anything great; Nintendo and Sega have made indisputably great contributions to the industry no matter what they' re doing now.

ORIGINAL: Zoy

My point is that Britney Spears NEVER made anything great

Tell that to this guy

JAJAJAJAJA! That was awesome!

ORIGINAL: 2pac

Tell that to this guy

Holy fuck balls!

I shouldn' t have clicked on that...

Tell that to this guy

ROFL

Currently playing:
Korg DS 10 (ds) /  Metal Slug 7 (ds)
Rhythm Heaven (ds) /  Fire Emblem (ds)
Super Stardust HD (psn) /  Virtua Fighter 5 (360)
FSX (P

what a fag, why does he care?

and i' m pushing the word ' he' .

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

It' s sad how someone can become famous for something like that, making a video crying for Britney. Fame isn' t what it used to be anymore.

Fame is overrated now at days. Look no further than Paris Hilton.

They made this chip called Falcon, which I think the gist was that it was thinner, hence allowing for less heat build-up. I think that' s what it was, but supposedly it has reduce the number of RRoD. I guess I really shouldn' t complain, as my third one has last me since January, but I have a feeling its on its last legs. I just hope that if I am right, it just dies now, while NG2 is still far off.

Sorry, but people not getting the RRoD is a pet-peeve of mine. Crash course in 360 hardware. Bear with me.

Original Xbox 360 Motherboard-

The heat sinks attached to the CPU and GPU were done so by clamps that warp the motherboard under high heat. This causes a portion of the GPU' s underside to disconnect to the motherboard causing the Xbox to get a red-ring error, and die. This is easily fixable 90% of the time, however Microsoft ignores the problem at hand, and settles for trying to work around it, instead of fix it, which is why repaired 360s almost never stay repaired.

Zephyr-

This is the motherboard now in use by all Xbox 360s in production. It has an added HDMI port, along with a secondary heat sink (see picture) for the GPU. The heat sink slows down the RRoD process, but certainly does not prevent it. Elites, are statistically likely to fail (About a 50-50 chance, with the odds increasing daily).

Falcon-
The newest 360 motherboard (New is relative, it first released in the Halo 3 LE boxes). The motherboard has a 65nm CPU,

whilst the GPU is still stuck at 90. Falcon doesn' t do a thing to prevent the number of RRoDs. Every 360 on the market is likely to fail until...

Jasper-
The 360 motherboard with a 65nm GPU is released. Look for some media hype in August when they all realize what it is Microsoft is going to be releasing.

That' s also coincidentally the new-years resolution I' m looking most forward to. We' ve got until August to wait, but hopefully this will be the end of Microsoft' s ridiculous Red-Ring fiasco.

If my 360 gets a RRoD I will sell the replacement and all my games, buy a PS3 and never buy hardware from Microsoft ever again.

...Or you could wait a week & a half, send it out to Microsoft, and get one that' ll last you at least until August.

My trust in Microsoft as a company lies in the fate of my current 360.
When it breaks, so does my faith in Microsoft.
I don' t care if they get me a new better one, that shouldn' t be necessary.
No other company has forced such a scenario upon me.
I would feel insulted if my 360 got the RRoD. The thought of Microsoft allowing such filth into my hands makes me furious.
Will I just gladly accept the filth because they offer to clean it up after they' ve spilt it?
No, if the 360 gets the RRoD, my business with Microsoft is over.

Uh... Sony did the same thing with the PS2. Everyone I know who has owned a PS2 has had theirs break at some point. I bought mine less than a year ago so after so many revisions of the console mine should be good for the long run.

Saying you' ll drop a console after one break is freaking ridiculous. The only console I' ve ever owned that hasn' t hit the crapper is my Genesis. My DC, NES, Gameboy, original Xbox, and 360 have all bitten the dust at some point. I take good care of them too. Hardware will burn out. The 360 does have its questionable build quality but there no reason you should be all pissy about it breaking once... especially when they are willing to replace it. That' s just plain stupid. Now if you have to get more after that there' s a reason to be upset.

As I' ve said before, I' m on my 5th 360 and am about to go on my 6th because my latest elite is noisy as shit and the disk tray jams frequently. If anything I should be the one bitching. Calm down.

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

The only reason I am keeping my 360 is Ninja Gaiden 2. Had it been released on PS3, then I could live without a 360.

As I' ve said before, I' m on my 5th 360 and am about to go on my 6th because my latest elite is noisy as shit and the disk tray jams frequently. If anything I should be the one bitching. Calm down.

You should just force the damn thing to RRoD on you so you can just get it over with. I do agree with you that all consoles have failures, but not 360 like failures. Not even the original disc drive problem with the PS2 compares to this.

I don' t hate the 360, I hate the idiots that built it. The fact that none of my previously owned consoles (NES,SNES,N64,PS,PS2 and now PS3) have ever given me any sort of problems (except for the N64, I' ve has all since launch or a month or two after it) only fuels my hatred towards them even more. And the fact that they haven' t created a permanent solution to it either kills me too!

I' ve never had a console break down on me. I didn' t own a PS2 the first year after its launch because I thought it was crap at first. I bought one later and I guess they fixed the problems they initially had because my PS2 has worked fine so far. So in my book Sony is clean. I won' t judge them based on your experiences, but mine. And all the other consoles worked fine. If my PS2 would' ve broken down, or my PSP for that matter, I would curse Sony or any other company as much as I would curse Microsoft. In any case Sony' s mistakes does not justify Microsoft' s mistakes. They' re both wrong if they think they can ship hardware that makes you " lucky" if your unit doesn' t break.
But my 360 isn' t a launch unit anyway and you think they would' ve fixed the problem ASAP.
My 360 hasn' t broken down yet, so perhaps I will be lucky and the RRoD will never occur. Perhaps my trust in Microsoft will remain, because I do still have trust in them, I simply fear it will be lost.
It' s bad even when I don' t have the RRoD because the fear is always there. Every time it crashes (happens more often than I' d like) or everytime the loading time is unusually long I get this creepy feeling along my spine. A feeling I wouldn' t have if I had played on a Wii or a PS3.
So I don' t see why I should just smile like an idiot if my 360 gets the RRoD.

As a side note so you know what I' m comparing with, my NES still works perfectly. Just like any other console I' ve bought from Nintendo. Nintendo isn' t God so if they can do it so can Microsoft or Sony or any other company.
My Dreamcast got pretty noisy but apart from that it still works perfectly fine.

btw Eddie, nice explanation, helps technical illiterates like me. Though if the Falcon doesn' t help with the RRoD like people were saying, then what does it actually do?

I will not buy a 360 untill I am happy that it will work without error.

and even then I dont think I will get xbox live. Really.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

Btw, I don' t RRoD anything. I just bring it back to Best Buy and they replace it qwith a brand new console on the spot. Gotta love the Best Buy warranty! If there' s anything good that came from the 360s breaking so much it' s that Best Buy doesn' t even check the console anymore to see if it' s actually broken. When I upgraded to an Elite I traded in a perfectly good console telling them it was have red ring of death issues. They didn' t even open the box to look at it.

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

btw Eddie, nice explanation, helps technical illiterates like me . Though if the Falcon doesn' t help with the RRoD like people were saying, then what does it actually do ?

It reduced component costs by a little bit, and cooled down the CPU (which was never a problem in the first place).

What did it do in truth? It let Microsoft use the words 60 nanometer a lot more than they should have, and got everybody hyped up about a " working" 360.

If there' s anything good that came from the 360s breaking so much it' s that Best Buy doesn' t even check the console anymore to see if it' s actually broken.

Y' know, I' ve been thinking about it. I' m making money off of their failure, so I guess I can' t say that my most anticipated industry resolution is the repair of the 360.

Stay broken for all I care!

I' ve bought from Nintendo. Nintendo isn' t God so if they can do it so can Microsoft or Sony or any other company.

I my Gamecube optical drive died. It was repaired in warranty, that didnt make me loose faith in the company (now that piece of crap called the wii doesnt break down, but its still a piece of crap)

Also a button got stuck on my DS.

All electronic hardware is at risk of breaking, i dont see why you could loose trust in a company, when they fix the problem for you at no cost to you?

If you will skip playing great games (possible including the sequels to your game of the year, mass effect) because your get bitchy (like teenage girls do) then (yes ill throw a term which should be banned) you cant call yourself a real gamer! (there i said it)

Look, everything breakes sooner or later, I know that. But it' s under what circumstances the stuff breakes that matters. If companies lose customers because people like me dislike the stuff having a 50% chance of breaking, then they won' t make the same mistake again.
But if people keep buying stuff from them, like you, they' ll probably not make too much of an effort of doing things for the better the next time.
I' ll end my business with Microsoft because I want to show not just them but any company that if they try to sell stuff that is very likely to break within a year and then does so, then they should' ve made a better job.
Of course the cost of repairing all those broken 360' s is reason enough for them to do better next time but they' ll still take the chance if they can reduce production costs by making a sloppy job.
I' m the kind of person who dislike when people don' t do things right. If a product breakes because of a rare problem or some really odd reason then I' ll forgive because the company couldn' t have done much better. Statistically things are bound to happen to a certain percentage of consumers.
But when the reason obviously is a bad job from the company' s side then I will not forgive. They did not do their best to satisfy me.
I guess I could' ve forgiven them if they wrote " NOTE: 50% chance of breaking" on the 360 boxes when they launched the unit. That would' ve been pretty fun actually.

So if by your logic if your 360 dies from anything but the RROD that would be just peachy?

I just dont see the logic, MS isnt making you pay for repairs, there arent any problems with the process of exchanging it.

I' m pretty sure MS learned their lessons with the 360. I woouldnt punish myself from not having fun because im bitchy (the teen kind)

I' m not bitchy, although I probably sound more bitchy than I' d like. That' s the problem with written text, it' s hard to see what emotions stand behind it.
I' m just a consumer that doesn' t take shit.