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So what is stopping you from gettinga 360?

1) Being analist I would have to buy HD set to enjoy it.
2) I see HDTV tech out there now as only a stopgate, way too many weakness that I dont like and frankly alot stuff that just looks like crap. After seeing SED and other improvements coming in next few years and being on limited budget I will likely wait.
3) Just like Xbox, 360 software looks the same to me. All that same western, mass media, very violent themes. Few that seem interesting Kameo and Pinata seem like small projects. Two big jrpgs even look xbox-ized to me. I suppose if there was really hot Banjo Kazooie, Killer Instinct etc to bridge this gap I would have to grab one. I'm also nervous that this new generation is going be alot lame Fuedual nerdy war crap all the time to show off the fact they can put 2000 some characters on a screen now.
 
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Two major reasons:

1) I don't have an HDTV (hopefully by the end of the year)
2) I have a massive backlog of games for Xbox, PS2 and GC that I know if I buy a 360 will likely not get played (same as last gen) so I am doing my best to hold out but its hard with Oblivion and GRAW out there.
 
I own one but thats mostly because I'm trying to go for platform agnosticism. Otherwise, I'd have to say that looking at the future releases, the Xbox 360 pales in comparison to the PS3. The games between the two are similar but PS3 has more of them. So with the gameplay differences of Revolution, its easy for Xbox 360 to be considered unimportant.

So PlayStation 3 and Revolution would be the best if money was an issue. The only exception is if the Revolution titles suck, then get rid of Revolution and have PS3 as the only good machine of the generation.
 
DarienA said:
For me? It's the Library... I don't do American RPGs so as good as Oblivion is I'm not interested. I don't do FPS so that kills another section of the Library, and in terms of racing games well I already finished Most Wanted on my PS2 and while I've enjoyed playing the demo of PGR3 the few times I've messed with it, the whole race to get points to buy more vehicles to race to get more points type advancement system just doesn't do anything for me anymore... I blame the last 3 Need for Speeds for making me feel that way now....
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...other than the time and money excuses (both excellent reasons), this seems like a well thought and valid reason. Congrats DarienA for providing a thought provoking response without coming off as a fanboy.

The newer GAF members should take some lessons from GAF veterans.
 
I see HDTV tech out there now as only a stopgate, way too many weakness that I dont like and frankly alot stuff that just looks like crap.
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I agree. I'll need a new TV by the end of this year to compliment my PlayStation 3, but I certainly wouldn't buy a TV anytime soon, as the technology that exists today f*cking sucks. To me, it's unbelieveable that no company today (it's 2006 for crying out loud!) can make an HDTV that displays a (near) flawless picture. At the very least I want...

- 100% percent accurate color decoding

- 100% accurate primary colors

- 100% accurate grayscale

- black-as-black blacks

- no red-push

- no "ghosting"

- no edge enhancement issues

- etc., etc, etc.

Jeez, how hard is it to make a TV with no (noticeable) picture/image quality problems?
 
If your reason for not owning all three consoles is anything other than I don't have the money for then just wow, alot of people are going to miss out on some awesome software this gen.
 
There's no denying the 360 has some killer software on it right now. At launch, I wasn't interested in any of the games. Now with GRAW, Fight Night 3, and Oblivion, I'm very tempted.

When RE5 comes out, I will buy the 360. I want Gears of War also.
 
Shawn said:
I agree. I'll need a new TV by the end of this year to compliment my PlayStation 3, but I certainly wouldn't buy a TV anytime soon, as the technology that exists today f*cking sucks. To me, it's unbelieveable that no company today (it's 2006 for crying out loud!) can make an HDTV that displays a (near) flawless picture. At the very least I want...

- 100% percent accurate color decoding

- 100% accurate primary colors

- 100% accurate grayscale

- black-as-black blacks

- no red-push

- no "ghosting"

- no edge enhancement issues

- etc., etc, etc.

Jeez, how hard is it to make a TV with no (noticeable) picture/image quality problems?
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There's no perfect anything... TVs are no exception. Even if such a set did exist, you couldn't afford it. I honestly think you read more about TVs than you experience in person which is never a good thing.
 
jedimike said:
...other than the time and money excuses (both excellent reasons), this seems like a well thought and valid reason. Congrats DarienA for providing a thought provoking response without coming off as a fanboy.
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I still don't see what's wrong with "I don't want to give Gates any more of my money."
 
The most major reason for me is I don't have room in my entertainment center for another console, so I was hoping to replace my original Xbox with a 360. However, none of my Xbox library are supported yet in the backward compatibile library, and odds are, most of them won't ever be (Panzer Orta, Metal Slug 3, Metal Slug 4+5, ESPN NFL 2K5).
 
It's not avaliable officially in my country, thus, it goes for 1,363 dollars (i shit you not)

That's pretty much the only reason.. :(
Damn you microsoft for overlooking the South American market!
 
The Experiment said:
So PlayStation 3 and Revolution would be the best if money was an issue. The only exception is if the Revolution titles suck, then get rid of Revolution and have PS3 as the only good machine of the generation.
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I agree with this point of view
 
truffleshuffle83 said:
because not everyone is in the "follow the leader , hate MS because its the cool thing to do" camp
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If I were playing "follow the leader", wouldn't I have purchased an Xbox 360 by now?
 
Tiger said:
That is a great point. It feels so difficult to go back to the older systems now. They feel lifeless when you're playing them.
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I agree complely with that statement. I don't really have any 360 games that I must play (until GRAW) and I have to admit to being a Nippon game fanboy, but the level of sophistication with the 360 dashboard and ease of going into and out of multiplayer is great. However, I am just playing the 360 till PS3 and Revo comes out......hoping beyond hope that the PS3 has this same level of easing into and out of multiplayer and multimedia.
 
What stops me from getting a third one? Probably the lack of an extra 2 hands and another set of eyeballs.

Seriously though, instead of upgrading my second 6600GT PC, I decided to part it out and pick up another 360 premium for some local LAN party goodness. I'm thinking about zip-strapping them together to make a 720. Eat that PSThree!
 
drizzle said:
Deppends on which leader you're following.
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You do have a point, I must admit.

I'll probably get a 360 down the road, but it doesn't have any titles I find compelling enough to warrant a purchase at this point. The whole "dislike megacorporation moving into the game industry" thing is a tertiary concern, at best.
 
DavidDayton said:
You do have a point, I must admit.

I'll probably get a 360 down the road, but it doesn't have any titles I find compelling enough to warrant a purchase at this point. The whole "dislike megacorporation moving into the game industry" thing is a tertiary concern, at best.
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I agree, I hope Sony doesn't enter the gaming market either. ;)
 
Who gives a damn that MS is a huge corporation,bottom line is they have made online gaming on consoles a true force and brought us some of the best games out there over the past few years.
 
I will eventually get a 360 and it will probably be the only next-gen system I’ll own.

The main reason I haven’t picked one up (besides price) is that I still have a backlog of games I need to purchase and play. At the very least I want to pick up Devil May Cry 3, Forza, MGS 3, God of War, Fable, Rogue Squadron, Katamari Damacy 2, and Sly Cooper 2 & 3.
 
I dont know how you guys can sit here and judge other people's reasons.

If I dont want multile consoles cluttered around my TV it's a perfectly valid reason also.
The PS3 and 360 are big consoles. And 90% or more of the games will be identical.
I think it's reasonable to only get one or the other.
 
Mostly:
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And, besides Oblivion (which doesn't actually look THAT appealing to me... sorry), there aren't any games that I would have to play on 360 right now.
I'm enjoying Guitar Hero a lot and within a few days Dragon Quest will finally arrive in Europe + the backlog I already have = a ton of fun till november.

Only if that Premium pack would cost 299...
 
Count Chocula said:
I dont know how you guys can sit here and judge other people's reasons.

If I dont want multile consoles cluttered around my TV it's a perfectly valid reason also.
The PS3 and 360 are big consoles. And 90% or more of the games will be identical.
I think it's reasonable to only get one or the other.
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Allow me. You make a good reason. Space.

But the 'Not giving Gates money' reason?

Pretty pathetic
 
This is one of the greatest stealth troll threads in recent memory. Not that there aren't good reasons not to get a 360, but most of this thread just consists of people dying to get their rips in on the 360 interspersed with some occasionally reasoned explanations for not getting one.
 
DavidDayton said:
I still don't see what's wrong with "I don't want to give Gates any more of my money."
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Couldn't you actually "stick it to the man?" Buy the console at launch to ensure that MS loses the most amount of dollars. Then just never ever buy a game or accessory. Boy, wouldn't that just show Billy Boy what you think of him.

/sarcasm
 
Count Chocula said:
I dont know how you guys can sit here and judge other people's reasons.

If I dont want multile consoles cluttered around my TV it's a perfectly valid reason also.
The PS3 and 360 are big consoles. And 90% or more of the games will be identical.
I think it's reasonable to only get one or the other.
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why do you hate freedom....

look i know most people on here dont actually play games, but each system offers great games and there are usually at least 15 must have games for each system...why limit yourself and not buy all of them. as a gamer i want the best experiences when i play my games, so to be a fanboy is retarded
 
The dashboard/Live is the reason i'm playing the multiplatform titles on my 360, rather than my PC (which could easily handle Oblivion, etc). I find myself wishing that Valve had their shit together and were releasing HL2 Ep1 on 360 as well, so I wouldn't have to play it on PC...

If your reason is that you don't have an HDTV yet, then I would say continue to wait until you do... seriously, once you've played 360 on a big (quality) HDTV, you will see the difference...
 
With all the hardware problems they're having and the fact that I'm not interested in any of the games pretty much sums it up for me.
 
DarienA said:
Clue me in then please. I was under the impression that the races earned you credits which are then used to unlock additional levels where you can use those credits to purchase additional vehicles. Kudos you earn are used to show your place leaderboard wise...

Is that not the case?
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That is somewhat true, but PGR3 is nowhere near the treadmill that GT4 is (and to a lesser extent, NFS:MW is).

PGR3 is great because you set the difficulty that you think you can achieve (between 5 levels) and your rewards increases as the difficulty increases. You earn Kudos, which go towards your overall ranking, medals, which allow you to unlock other events in the campaign mode, and money, which you use to buy cars. The other events are strictly based on the number of medals so you could set the difficulty at the easiest level and go through the entire career mode without much trouble, or you can try the highest two difficulty levels and spend a fair amount of time on each event.

The good thing about PGR3 is that ALL CARS are available at the start, and within a few hours you can buy any car that you want. It's not like NFS:MW where you have to fight through the entire campaign to get the best cars or GT4 where you can't afford them until 50 hours into the game. If you have a particular car that you really like, save up for it and use it for the rest of the career, although certain cars are locked until you get to certain requirements. You wouldn't want to do this, however, because different cars are better suited to certain challenges.

Another great thing about PGR3 is the sheer variety of the events. You have fastest lap, cone challenges (my favorite - the goal is to rack up kudos while keeping a multiplier by driving through cones and drifting, radar gun challenges, one-on-one events, single races, and tournaments.

I'm still not sure what's not to like about PGR3's structure, especially coming from a fan of NFS.
 
truffleshuffle83 said:
look i know most people on here dont actually play games, but each system offers great games and there are usually at least 15 must have games for each system...why limit yourself and not buy all of them. as a gamer i want the best experiences when i play my games, so to be a fanboy is retarded
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I really have this theory that, if you don't have all the consoles, you're missing out on a whole generation...

I managed to do that through the genny/snes days, when i had both consoles, liked both equally and had equally amounts of fun...

Since i strategically skipped the saturn/psx/n64 generation, and only got back on the dreamcast generation (hating sony's guts), i was never once again able to do it. :(

Summary for the ADD people:

1) Buy all consoles of a generation so you can experience what the entire generation has to offer. If you don't do it, you're missing out.
2) I did it on the SNES/Genny era and i loved it
3) I didn't manage to do it anymore and i feel sad for it.
 
drizzle said:
I really have this theory that, if you don't have all the consoles, you're missing out on a whole generation...
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A nice theory. However, there is no possible way that a gamer can go a generation w/out missing something. There is simply not enough hours in a day to play every subsatntial release on every console.

Really, somewhere down the line you'll have to pick and choose and inevitably you are going to miss a great gaming moment.
 
Microsoft is already so dominant on the PC that I'm not going to assist them in the living room as well.

Luckily, any game that really seems to interest me will more than likely be on PS3 anyway, plus I'll be getting a Rev, so I'm not missing anything by passing on a X360.
 
KingOfF00LS said:
Microsoft is already so dominant on the PC that I'm not going to assist them in the living room as well.
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I for one hate Crest and Colgate and their firm grasp on the jugular of the Toothpaste market. I'll be sticking to Uncle Bert's Homestyle Whitening Goo(tm) thank you!
 
drizzle said:
1) Buy all consoles of a generation so you can experience what the entire generation has to offer. If you don't do it, you're missing out.
2) I did it on the SNES/Genny era and i loved it
3) I didn't manage to do it anymore and i feel sad for it.
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Er, can't we just buy all the stuff 4-5 years later? They are only video games, after all... it's not like you're missing out on a life-changing event.

Swat said:
I for one hate Crest and Colgate and their firm grasp on the jugular of the Toothpaste market. I'll be sticking to Uncle Bert's Homestyle Whitening Goo(tm) thank you!
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Don't be silly -- Tom's of Maine is all-natural. Why go with Bert, eh?

mmlemay said:
Yeah, because the Nintendo-dominated industry was so great. How easily everyone forgets..
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You appear to be forgetting a few other years, generations, and companies.

I will say that even if I didn't mind the companies involved, I wouldn't buy more than a single game system at a time. Yes, I'm going to miss out on some titles, but I don't see the potential loss as being great enough to justify spending nearly $1000 on combined hardware.
 
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