Xbox 360 Fanboy

Microsoft should get their $50 million back.

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He's basing it on absolutely nothing of real substance. I think he owns a jump to conclusions mat.

I mean, if I could see these same comments from people on sites like this or Joystiq a full day before this guy wrote his report, I have to wonder how these people even get paid. We could start our own analysis business at this rate lol.

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LOL

Owned AGAIN!

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It'd make much more sense on a technical side, sure. The 360 is built to be programmed for, the PS3 is a difficult console to work with, according to what all i've read. Has nothing to do with system graphics' power or anything.

Once again, Sony shot themselves in the foot. Whether it's PR snafus, hardware issues, lack of well-selling software, self-grandstanding, baseless egotism, bad pricing or poor marketing, Sony never surprises anymore. I've long written them off as a pebble in my shoe that keeps popping up as nothing but an irritant.

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FUCK YOU SONY!!!

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im not that upset just because there is like 10 games i NEED to have by the end of the year. my wallet thanks you for one less.

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I hope you all realize this is just speculation. Maybe it was hard to program for the PS3, maybe it was hard to run the game smoothly on the 360 without using the hard drive or fit the game on a DVD, or maybe it's a combinations of those possibilities. The truth is that we don't know, and any jumping to conclusions is just speculation.

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If this is the case, very amusing indeed.
Sony holding back the 360 heh. This would be a good time for ms to shell out more cash to R* and get them to bring it out on time for 360. So what if a contract is broken with Sony, fuck em. MS will pay the fees for R* no big deal. And if Sony wants to take it to court fuck them again and just dont publish the game for thier system. Like R8 is really looking forward to the maybe million in sales they'll get from the ps3 version anyways.

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I assume someone smart at Sony knew the hurdles ahead of time (Of which i've assumed existed for months and months), and signed some agreement like that Microsoft could have the exclusive downloads as long as the commercial marketing could be targeted towards the PS3 and release dates were shared on both consoles.

Something like that sounds plausible.

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It never fails to amaze me--the comments on this board saying "F Sony!", or "Gawd, Sony sucks, LOL!". Sony isn't developing the game, you ignorant jackasses, R* is. So if you don't like the delays, bitch at R*!

Gaming sites are chock full of retards these days.

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How many titles have been delayed for the PS3? And how many for 360? Common. This is OBVIOUS!! Sony and R* have been very tight in the past and I'm sure they have an agreement not to release after "other consoles" thereby delaying the 360 release date. So the next time you go over to your fiends house who has a PS3, punch him in the face for me. (I don't keep friends with PS3 owners or I'd do it myself)

The only positive thing here is the game can be tweaked even more in the next 6 months. Everything we've seen so far has been running on 360 and it looks sweet. It can only look sweeter with time.

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They should've just released a crappy broken version for the PS3... :D

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Again, you are SPECULATING that the PS3 caused the delay. What if R* wanted to rework things because it won't fit on one DVD (highly probable)? What if they are having trouble with the game overheating the 360? What if they are having stability issues because they can't cache to a HDD on the 360?

You see, you just don't know. So, go ahead and make things up if it makes you feel better. R* delayed the game for their own reasons, and until they state what those reasons are, unjustified fanboyism will likely run rampant. I own a 360 and PS3, and I'm tired of the morons on both sides of the fence. They are both great machines in their own right, and the PS3 is going to have it's time in the sun here very soon--which I am assuming is one reason that the XBOT nation is all riled up. Again, that just speculation on my part.

Oh, and according to this little tidbit, not every developer is "having trouble with the PS3":
http://www.ps3blog.net/2007/08/03/unreal-tournament-3-interview-mods-are-supported/

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@10

Heh, U actually really did'nt understand my post did U chil. read it again and think harder.

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This isn't rocket science. The Dev team overextended itself by trying to develop the same game on two different OS's. They didn't realize that they either needed more time or two teams, announced a release date way too early, and now are paying for their sloppy strategy. This has nothing to do with Sony, and everything to do with Rock Star.

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@14 - I wasn't directing anything towards you. You were actually smart enough to put a sort of disclaimer on yours by saying "If this is the case, very amusing indeed" instead of just taking it as fact as many of the people around here do.

But I will say this, if you think that GTAIV will only sell a "million of so" on the PS3, well, you are flat delusional.

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so because of the PS3's labyrinth, perfectly working copies of the 360 build are sitting and waiting for next year?

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lol,
I own both consoles as well and they are what they are.
But for me, between running emulators and other cool stuff in Linux, Blu-ray, Web Browsing, PS2 & PS3 titles, the PS3 was such a great investment.

I can install a 160GB HardDrive for under a hundred bucks on the PS3 when all I do with the 360 is pray I don't get red rings of death on a 'rushed to the market' console.

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Yes I realized U wern't talking to me after reviewing the comments again and cing the guy that said that. On the other hand, As of right now if a million copies of GTA4 were to sell on the ps3 that would be about 87 percent of ps3 owners buying it. Highly unlikley. Rethink ur math. Even if the PS3 is at 3 million in sales by the time GTA4 comes out, its sales will still be dwarfed in comparrassion to the 360's.

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Your name is too close for my liking.

Good for your PS3 troll! Let me just say that I've never had an issue with the 360 ever and I also enjoy web browsing, extensive media playback, custom soundtracks oh and here is the real kicker.. I've actually got GAMES TO PLAY! I don't even have time to take advantage of the back compat of the 360 because there are so many good games out right now that are current-gen. So while you are emulating Pac-Man in Linux on the PS3, I'm playing full HD games at 1080p.

This is typical Sony doing their weasel routine in the background with these developers. If they want to screw their fanbase with the trojan horse Blu-ray player of a game machine that's fine. But when it starts delaying games on the 360 then that is just lame.

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