ATI: Xbox 360 will outperform PS3

[jamotto]

Originally Posted by Aion-X

Only some major games
While PS3 is fully compatible.

all games will be compatible, some of the games will require a patch to run but the patches will be preloaded on the Xbox.

here is the link to the story

http://biz.gamedaily.com/features.as...d=9761&filter=

[MooCow]

Originally Posted by GarPhreak

Really?

Well in that case, which console has the most games currently out in the market [from previous versions]? That's probably the console that will benefit most from backwards-compatibility...

the upcoming nintendo revolution will probably be the most backwards compatible in terms of the amount of games.

you can play gamecube games on it. and you can also download old cartridge nintendo games onto it.

[siddiq]

playing ps one game on ps3. damn. i dun care. i get the xbox no matter what

[aKho]

Originally Posted by siddiq

playing ps one game on ps3. damn. i dun care. i get the xbox no matter what

i'm sticking to ps3.....although the design for Xbox 360 looks better. no word yet on changing the ps3 controllers and i hate that spider-man font they using on the casing...

come on Sony! be more original!

[GarPhreak]

Originally Posted by MooCow

the upcoming nintendo revolution will probably be the most backwards compatible in terms of the amount of games.

you can play gamecube games on it. and you can also download old cartridge nintendo games onto it.

That's true too, isn't it? Dang, I'm getting confused with all these backward compatibility issues... Thought I remembered reading that all previous PS games would be playable on the PS3, but when you brought up the Nintendo Revolution, I "remembered" reading that it would be completely backward compatible too! Or was it the Nintendo DS? Wait it's both...

[MooCow]

Just the revolution.

DS is their hand held thing.

[GarPhreak]

Yeah I know the DS is the handheld... But are you sure it isn't backward compatible as well?

[Terryb47]

For real, who DOES care about backward compatibility? who wants to play crappy old games when you can enjoy "nextgen" stuff?

[jamotto]

Originally Posted by Terryb47

For real, who DOES care about backward compatibility? who wants to play crappy old games when you can enjoy "nextgen" stuff?

Well, I would.

I enjoy playing older games. It seems that many of the newer games seem to focus on graphics at the expense of good gameplay. With the older games the situation was reversed.

[Terryb47]

I don't say old games/machines are bad, but if you're real gamer, you still own all the older consoles - it's worth nothing if you sell it anyway. Backwards compatibility doesn't sell new machines. Like Nintendo announced retro gaming is like the best thing since sliced bread, a bit naive don't you think. Guess they never heard of MAME. And to be honest, even though a game like Street Figther 2 was the bomb a decade ago, when you play it now it's just no fun. Lots of these games were fantastic at it's time, but even a greater number don't age well.

The issue of graphics > playability is IMO mostly Sony to blame. Before the PS1 gaming was totally different. If you're a gamer like me, yup the kind who lived at the arcades, you know what I mean. Gaming totally changed.

After Sony's machine arrived gaming turned into a really mass thing. And the mass don't like/want to play hard & innovative stuff. Instead they want to play EA games. That's exactly why Sega went bankrupt: for being far ahead of everyone, for being creative.

I don't even think that developers are doing their best to make graphics look stunning and neglect playability on purpose, I think most of them just can't make a decent game..