JB1981 said:
hey! that's not fair! if MS didn't put up a server, i'd probably buy it for the PS3. But you do have a point: if the game was on 360, i'd likely but it for that, since that's where the majority of my friends are.
Why even answer this? It's a rediculous question for you to answer... why? Because we all know it's impossible to have friend's on other consoles outside of something that sports XBL... It's impossible, impossible to establish a community elsewhere... just like it's impossible there to be people with a core system, that bought a live card, and doesn't have a mic...
Do you notice a pattern here? Everytime Resistance is brought up, certain teams surface... it's a defense mechanism because they feel if one LAUNCH title can bring more to the table than anything on the service handed from the heavens themselves, there, shock, maybe more titles as well? Perhaps they realize that XBL is a grab bag as well... MS' solution doesn't mean quality online title no matter what, as it too comes down title to title... Resistance maybe ONE game, but that one game offers more than the best on the other console... And while there's a couple decent online games on the other, there's a lot not up to those titles snuff... So that arguement is null... but, man... I never stood up for something so much before, the fud's way too much...
anyways... Crackdown is looking alright... If you love sandboxers, then it'd prolly be pretty decent building up your character with some RPGish element... and I can see people amused for a lil while throwing each other around in a car or whatever... Ashame I'm gonna be away when this comes out, gonna have to Gamefly it when I'm out... Maybe it'll be like GTA:SA and VC where I can justify buying a sandboxer...
The Jaffe interview was great... talking about First-Party titles especially, (after shutting down the "put out to die" non-sense), and I agree... Third-Party is huge, and there "COULD" be one console in ten years... But I think this is what's going to decide this... This gens exclusives/first-party are going to be uber-important... Because the tons of ports now flooding the market are going to be in the consumer minds now more than ever "Well, I like these games, but are available on ALL the consoles... so, lemme see what's coming on one that will never come on another"... Because you never know, there could be a one console direction in the not near, but not so distant future, winning over people now based on what you alone have is very very important... It's not the multi-console owners you have to win right now, it's those that fly solo...