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  • S Stefan_ Spenz

    This isnt about programming but what do you think about the MS xbox system?

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    my very good friend at ms has been working on xbox stuff for a while now and he swears by it ... apparently it rox as far as a games machine goes and i know he doesn't rave about something unless its damn good --- "all's fair in love and war but in love there's no geneva convention"

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      my very good friend at ms has been working on xbox stuff for a while now and he swears by it ... apparently it rox as far as a games machine goes and i know he doesn't rave about something unless its damn good --- "all's fair in love and war but in love there's no geneva convention"

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      I've heard about the same from Redmond. Apparently the games don't have the same feeling as PS2, not that that's a bad thing. As new games come out, the PS2 will have no where to run. Cheers, Simon "I get paid for my brain and my thinking in several obscure worlds", Olli, The Lounge

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      • S Stefan_ Spenz

        This isnt about programming but what do you think about the MS xbox system?

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        Lost User
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        No worse than any other console but that isn't good. Have you noticed that console games cost 1.5 - 2 times what te do for the PC ? Most console prices have been subsidised because they make the big money on the games but Intel haven't done this. A mistake in a market with several extablished competitors.

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          No worse than any other console but that isn't good. Have you noticed that console games cost 1.5 - 2 times what te do for the PC ? Most console prices have been subsidised because they make the big money on the games but Intel haven't done this. A mistake in a market with several extablished competitors.

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          Stefan_ Spenz
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          Trollslayer wrote: Have you noticed that console games cost 1.5 - 2 times what te do for the PC ? Yes, but have you noticed that console games don't require updates, patches, they HAVE to be stable (of course, rumor says ms put that hard disk into the console to apply service packs ;) ), and this will raise QA costs

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            No worse than any other console but that isn't good. Have you noticed that console games cost 1.5 - 2 times what te do for the PC ? Most console prices have been subsidised because they make the big money on the games but Intel haven't done this. A mistake in a market with several extablished competitors.

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            James T Johnson
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            :confused: All the PC games I've seen cost $50 when they first come out and new console games cost the same. James Simplicity Rules!

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              :confused: All the PC games I've seen cost $50 when they first come out and new console games cost the same. James Simplicity Rules!

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              Stefan_ Spenz
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              Hmm, the suggested retail price here in Germany for an XBOX game is €69 (~ $61), and PC Games hardly go over €44...

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                Hmm, the suggested retail price here in Germany for an XBOX game is €69 (~ $61), and PC Games hardly go over €44...

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                Thomas Freudenberg
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                Hi Stefan, nice to see you after a long period. Regards Thomas Finally with Sonork id: 100.10453 Thömmi


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                  Hi Stefan, nice to see you after a long period. Regards Thomas Finally with Sonork id: 100.10453 Thömmi


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                  Stefan_ Spenz
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                  Hey Thomas, greets from HH to Alsdorf :-D I see you changed your pictures in your profile :omg:

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                  • S Stefan_ Spenz

                    Hey Thomas, greets from HH to Alsdorf :-D I see you changed your pictures in your profile :omg:

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                    Stefan_ Spenz wrote: I see you changed your pictures in your profile Had to look ...really makes you wonder what/who is below the pics bottom edge. :) /Magnus

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                    • S Stefan_ Spenz

                      This isnt about programming but what do you think about the MS xbox system?

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                      benjymous
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                      Well it could be about programming - the fuzzy bear tech demo is very nice :-D -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

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                      • S Stefan_ Spenz

                        Trollslayer wrote: Have you noticed that console games cost 1.5 - 2 times what te do for the PC ? Yes, but have you noticed that console games don't require updates, patches, they HAVE to be stable (of course, rumor says ms put that hard disk into the console to apply service packs ;) ), and this will raise QA costs

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                        David Fedolfi
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                        Stefan_ Spenz wrote: and this will raise QA costs Not really. You're dealing with a fixed system here. You don't need to worry about the end user having some weird video or sound card or that they won't have the latest drivers. You can test your code on one system and pretty much be assured that it will work for every user.

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                          No worse than any other console but that isn't good. Have you noticed that console games cost 1.5 - 2 times what te do for the PC ? Most console prices have been subsidised because they make the big money on the games but Intel haven't done this. A mistake in a market with several extablished competitors.

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                          Russell Morris
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                          Not in the States, from what I've seen. Back in 1985, when the original Nintendo sold for $250, games were $50 a piece. Two weeks ago, I paid $53 for Sonic Adventure 2 for the GameCube. For some reason, consumers have simply come to expect that a console videogame here costs $50 - and that's just about all they're willing to pay for one... -- Russell Morris "WOW! Chocolate - half price!" - Homer Simpson, while in the land of chocolate.

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                          • S Stefan_ Spenz

                            This isnt about programming but what do you think about the MS xbox system?

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                            Jon Sagara
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                            Buy it. You won't regret it. Jon Sagara There is no spoon.

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