by Blue Hawk on Sat Aug 31, 2002 4:30 pm
actually, silverhaze, i hate to break it to you, but the xbox has already seen the best graphics it can do. basically the chip in the xbox is a geforce 2 mx 200 with a pixel shader added to it. and not a good one at that. not to mention, the processor in the xbox is not a p3 like ms claimed. its actually a celery chip. the xbox cannot be upgraded and the developers have done what they can with no avail to getting better graphics our of the system.
the gamecube, on the other hand, can do 2 times as many textures than even a geforce 4! plus its the only console that can do TRUE bump-mapping. i saw two versions of the new turok game running last night- the xbox one running on the ms super enhanced demo tv the game shops have, and the gc one on my friends 32 inch tv. the gc one had better textures and lighting. the xbox had shiny characters, lack of textures, but sluightly faster loading. for once heh. and who said the gc wont be getting any 'M' rated games? what do you call resident evil, eternal darkness (besides just plain EVIL) and turok? its NOT a kiddie system.
i am not bashing the xbox (for once heh) but i am saying that it is a lost cause. ms is losing more money on the system than nintendo is on theirs. shops are offering to sell xboxes for lower than the should be just to get rid of them. i have been in shops that had 40 xboxes, 10 ps2's and NO gamecubes. each system has its srtong points, but nintendo is the smart company stating that they have no need for a new console yet and they wont eed to work on one for e few years, seeing as they havent seen the true potential of the system yet. sony needs a new system to revive that piece of shit called the ps2, and ms should just give up. developers are making games originally designed for the xbox, and changing them to put them on the gc. ms even lost one of their biggest 3rd party companies. EA isnt making most games for the xbox anymore. just the gc and a few for the ps2.
halo? good?! HA! i played the game. horrible control, cheesy graphics, and the sounds were so bad, i was actually GLAD they came over and turned the sound off in the shop.
makes you wonder why i dont want a new console anymore. people trying to force one system on me. i one time literally punched a ps2 fanboy for almost forcing me to buy a ps2. IF i ever get a new console, it might be a gc, but i dont think i will be getting a new console. maybe a gba for golden sun and its sequal.
well, that at least is my 2 cents (shillings?) worth.
wow. the longest post i made here in a long time lol. dont know why i waited to say so much at one point.