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360 launched when I was junior high school. I'm now two years removed from college.
- Thread starter Dr. Feel Good
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It feels like yesterday when I was drooling over Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo. Neither met my expectations though. I wasn't excited about Xbox 360 release at all. I had no HDTV, no broadband internet and beside of couple of 1st party titles all of other games also came out for PS2 or PC.
The only two things got me hyped up in 2005 were PSP and GB Micro.
The only two things got me hyped up in 2005 were PSP and GB Micro.
JimmyRustler
Member
You can turn it and twist it like you want, bloody 7 years is.... it just takes the fukken cake.
I know, some might say the past generations ended after 5 years so the difference isn't that big but back then we could at least already talk about the next gen after 4 years because the consoles were already announced. Now it's 7 years... and the next gen consoles still have to be shown.... Blows my mind.
I know, some might say the past generations ended after 5 years so the difference isn't that big but back then we could at least already talk about the next gen after 4 years because the consoles were already announced. Now it's 7 years... and the next gen consoles still have to be shown.... Blows my mind.
Nooo! I'll be so bored by that point!
Vigilant Walrus
Member
I personally loved this. I love that 360 has lasted this long. The games catalogue have become so big. It makes me want to buy a slim. Just looking for a good SKU.
Same thing with PS2. I got a PS2 when PSTwo came out. It was amazing value, it looked amazing and the games selection was intense but at amazing prices.
Maybe I never cared because I saw what what going on, on PC. Until 2 years ago, my gaming PC only played games at low/medium, but now I realize that playing it at the highest settings is fun but it doesn't change things. I can't be bothered to go through a game again just because it looks jaw droppingly good. You quickly become accostumed to the beautiful larger than life graphics. Its amazing for the first week and then your settled in, and you forget the perspective of what other folks are dealing with.
So what I am saying,
getting a new console means a lot less than some of you think it does. What you are struggling with is that all the games are the same. sequels and franchises running more and more, and they are the same and same. but the next consoles will give you the same thing.
because at the end of the day, thats often what sells. fancy trailers, hype and good screenshots. it seems to mean a lot less than things that would really change how games are played - like making better AI. But this is an area where we have seen few technological leaps.
Also, the subscription plans have really taken off, even outside of MMOs. subscriptions like battlefield and COD. You buy into a franchise. EXCLUSIVE, FIRST-ACCESS, LIMITED, THE COMPLETE EXPERIENCE ect. It's these buzz words getting thrown around.
you buy a game, and then you buy all the stuff that comes with it. you settle into a franchise and get the stuff on demand. In some way it seperates us more. depending on if you subscripe to battlefield or call of duty payment plans, might split you from friends who choose differently.
Its like picking a smartphone OS, but on a smaller scale. your battlefield Sub wont do anything for Call of duty elite. I wonder if this stuff will get more extreme. it just seems so pointless. after all, isnt billions being wasted on making 360/ps3 ports completely similar? Wouldnt we have more games, more bang for our buck per game, and more sales if gaming console community was not segregated into larger groups?
one-console-future has been horsed to death, but it's so redundant. if sony/ms could agree on a common internal architecture, people could buy their machine based on other factors. just like how you would buy a sony dvd player over a samsung dvd player. Architecture is the same, but a DVD works in all of them. Panasonic, LG, Valve, Apple.. they could all join with their own consoles sharing this unified architecture. a games standard for 2014-2020. as a developer its perfect because your game is accesible to 100% of the userbase. and not 40%, 50% or 60% depending on what console team you played for.
Nintendo is obviously not a part of this. they do their own things and bend the rules.
Same thing with PS2. I got a PS2 when PSTwo came out. It was amazing value, it looked amazing and the games selection was intense but at amazing prices.
Maybe I never cared because I saw what what going on, on PC. Until 2 years ago, my gaming PC only played games at low/medium, but now I realize that playing it at the highest settings is fun but it doesn't change things. I can't be bothered to go through a game again just because it looks jaw droppingly good. You quickly become accostumed to the beautiful larger than life graphics. Its amazing for the first week and then your settled in, and you forget the perspective of what other folks are dealing with.
So what I am saying,
getting a new console means a lot less than some of you think it does. What you are struggling with is that all the games are the same. sequels and franchises running more and more, and they are the same and same. but the next consoles will give you the same thing.
because at the end of the day, thats often what sells. fancy trailers, hype and good screenshots. it seems to mean a lot less than things that would really change how games are played - like making better AI. But this is an area where we have seen few technological leaps.
Also, the subscription plans have really taken off, even outside of MMOs. subscriptions like battlefield and COD. You buy into a franchise. EXCLUSIVE, FIRST-ACCESS, LIMITED, THE COMPLETE EXPERIENCE ect. It's these buzz words getting thrown around.
you buy a game, and then you buy all the stuff that comes with it. you settle into a franchise and get the stuff on demand. In some way it seperates us more. depending on if you subscripe to battlefield or call of duty payment plans, might split you from friends who choose differently.
Its like picking a smartphone OS, but on a smaller scale. your battlefield Sub wont do anything for Call of duty elite. I wonder if this stuff will get more extreme. it just seems so pointless. after all, isnt billions being wasted on making 360/ps3 ports completely similar? Wouldnt we have more games, more bang for our buck per game, and more sales if gaming console community was not segregated into larger groups?
one-console-future has been horsed to death, but it's so redundant. if sony/ms could agree on a common internal architecture, people could buy their machine based on other factors. just like how you would buy a sony dvd player over a samsung dvd player. Architecture is the same, but a DVD works in all of them. Panasonic, LG, Valve, Apple.. they could all join with their own consoles sharing this unified architecture. a games standard for 2014-2020. as a developer its perfect because your game is accesible to 100% of the userbase. and not 40%, 50% or 60% depending on what console team you played for.
Nintendo is obviously not a part of this. they do their own things and bend the rules.
ringwaldhaze
Neo Member
This will be the last thing I say on this since we're veering off-topic (and anything I say will be shunned as naivety anyway), but I've worked regular jobs for a while now and I've learnt that I don't need to define myself by them. I see them as what they are: a means to finance the things that I do care about in my life. Sure, there will always be days when I come home and feel like doing nothing because of a long and tedious day at work, but like someone else said earlier on in this thread: unless you're immortal, there's no way seven years should ever seem insignificant to you.
At the same time, I do think we may even be thinking about different things here. You may solely be comparing physical things like careers, where you live, and relationships and I might be asking you to consider aspects of your life on a more mental and/or personal level.
The 360 is old.
Grinchy
Banned
Everything reminds me of that.
GreggTheGrimReaper
Member
2005... I remember the dinosaurs still roaming the land. We still lived in caves equipped with early 720p-HDTVs.
out0v0rder
Member
and not a single launch 360 still works.
kingkaiser
Member
Oh boy, this thread reminds me how I shed tears over the last mail coach driving through my city, now I am living in this white apartment and get visited by complete strangers everyday
feels senile man.