Wudever happened to VR? On 5/19/05, Brian Weeden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Good rant on gaming hardware from > http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars : > > "There is a lot of new hardware coming out. A ton. If you bought every piece > you'd spend close to $32,953 by my estimates. The only thing we're missing > at this E3 is, I don't know. Games? > > I bought DS and enjoyed Mario and Feel the Magic. Then? Nothing. The PSP is > fun for Lumines and to watch The Shield at the DMV, but outside of that and > ports of PS2 sports games there's not much else. We're all going insane over > the super fast ultra sleek OMG you can stand it on it's side hardware, but > no one seems willing to ask what we're going to be PLAYING on them. Is Ghost > Recon 3 the best that MS can do to show off it's system? Is Sony really > thinking prerendered videos from a KILLZONE sequel is going to get us > pumped? This is Killzone here, the game that was called a Halo killer and > then sold close to three copies. On the DS we have....erm. Moving on. The > PSP is a cesspool for chopped down PS2 ports. Nintendo is so sure we're > going to be blown away by the new Zelda they haven't really bothered to show > us anything on the Revolution. Well, it IS very slanty. > > There's just too much hardware, and not enough developers with enough time > to show off all of these systems. I'm sure each game will have it's killer > app, but right now there is a lack of new and exciting content. I'm done > being wowed by the power of these systems based on stats that may or may not > mean something, and I'm looking forward to hearing about the games that will > make me glad I'm dropping $400+ on each new piece of hardware (my guess). > Which I will. Because I'm a consumer whore." > > > -- > Brian
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