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Originally posted by DJ RJT Man... no one else is going to answer this...? I thought it was a great question...

i will once i get the chance; don't worry

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Originally posted by weymouth Yah I did but those were renderings and not ingame footage as far as I know.

Interesting.

God dammit Yan, acknowledge my thoughtful yet brief response to the question you posed!

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Originally posted by DJ RJT God dammit Yan, acknowledge my thoughtful yet brief response to the question you posed!

Whoops! I totally forgot I even posted that question. I'll get to that shortly.

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Originally posted by DJ RJT Yes, the next generation is here, and I think that over the course of the next year or so, we'll see a very impressive battle between Sony and Microsoft in the "Who can make you go "OHHHHH SCHNAP!" the most" battle.

That sounds about right. From E3 '06 through E3 '07, we'll be seeing a lot of new title announcements as well as screenshots of already-in-the-process games that we've heard about only get better and better. We will reach a point, however, where the more technical elements will be the only impressive content so it's imperative that we pay attention to the fine detail.

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Originally posted by DJ RJT I personally don't believe developers have even come close to figuring out the best way to maximize the 360 hardware, and though the majority of footage we've seen from Sony has been quite impressive, I personally think that the battle for graphics and gameplay superiority will be incredibly close, far too close to call until we've actually seen/played a PS3 for ourselves.

There's no doubt in my mind that we're far from seeing the full potential of the 360. We haven't even factored in the HD-DVD drive to the formula, yet, due to the fact that Microsoft is (currently) only saying that it'll be used strictly for movie watching and nothing else. And what would happen if BD-ROM drives and Blu-Ray discs were dominating in the market and MS decided to pick up the format? The future is still so unpredictable. It's so exciting, though.

Over the next few years, the race will be close, indeed. But with Sony's open flaunt that the console will be the first of its kind with a 10-year shelf life, not to mention the estimate of first year losses at $900 million (which really shows how much faith [and money] Sony is placing into the PS3), I wouldn't be surprised if the small differences become wider in a short amount of time.

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Originally posted by DJ RJT No, this isn't the "Golden Age" of gaming. If any era could be considered the "golden" era it would have to be the time from the release of the NES in America until the decline of the 16 bit consoles. Nintendo brought more to the table than any system before it, and brought gaming to the mainstream in a way that no other company had been able to. Growing out of that, the 16 bit console wars were arguably the single greatest time in history for gamers, as genuine competition drove the percentage of high quality games released for whichever system was your pleasure (SNES or Genesis) was at an unbelievable level. I don't think a moment like that will ever come again.

I sincerely wish it weren't true but I have to agree with you on that one. The Golden Age has come and gone and Nintendo has left its marks throughout the global gaming community. There was a time where people referred to all video games and/or consoles as "that Nintendo thingamajig" which shows just how influential and widespread the world of the Japanese gaming industry had become. Who could even imagine, at the time, that the industry would get so muddy in less than a decade since the NES' release? It's simply mindblowing.

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Originally posted by DJ RJT But then again, I'm a skeptic. Thanks for the question Yan, that was a lot of fun to think about!

The pleasure was all mine. Your response was very thorough and I enjoyed reading and replying to it.

You reek of gaming savant, RJT.

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Originally posted by Yan Over the next few years, the race will be close, indeed. But with Sony's open flaunt that the console will be the first of its kind with a 10-year shelf life, not to mention the estimate of first year losses at $900 million (which really shows how much faith [and money] Sony is placing into the PS3), I wouldn't be surprised if the small differences become wider in a short amount of time.

This is probably, in my opinion, the advantage that Microsoft and it's primary/first party developers need to sink their teeth into as quickly as is humanly possible. Sony has made a lot of very bold claims, and honestly, if any company can back them up, I think they probably have the best chance/track record. But the fact of the matter is this, Sony is taking a major chance with the record setting amount of built in loss that they have in their system. Granted, the idea that hardware companies are taking losses on their systems is nothing new, the shear amount of money Sony stands to lose is staggering, and leaves them with record ground to make up.

Don't get me wrong, Microsoft will in no way have an easy run at Sony, and they have to cover a lot of ground with an incredible level of consistency over the coming months leading up to the PS3's release date, but the fact of the matter is that the battle between these two companies has a lot of wild cards out on the table yet with respect to areas such as how their software catalogs will pan out and online services develop. With so many variables, it'll be exciting to see whether or not both will remain competitors, or if either Microsoft or Sony will take a substantial nose dive.

And let's not forget what has the potential to be the biggest wild card of all: the Wiivolution.

Call me a fanboy, but the day I lose hope in Nintendo is the day I don't want to live anymore.

I genuinely look forward to seeing your posts about gaming on here Yan, it's been a long time since I've been able to have an intelligent conversation with anyone about the industry.

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