...O.o um ok totally irrelevant post.....but good information I guess.....but then let us recall when Sony orginally released their digital audio player they had no MP3 support at all. In fact you could only use a Sony propietary audio format.

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Thats real good standard support for you.

As for how much money did MS lose on Xbox? On hte hardware yes a lot. Just like any other console company. Everyone knows they make their money on the licenses not the hardware itself.

If you were really a gamer after games then you would have all the consoles so you can enjoy all the good games for all the consoles. But since you seem like you don't (and I am sorry if I am wrong) then we wouldn't be sitting here arguing over Xbox instead we would be argueing best games ever.

I don't care if the xbox is a PC in a box. I like PC gaming so I mean I think ts a great idea.

I can see we have different points of view when it comes down to gameplay EliasAlucard, even though we like the same games . Don't get me wrong, I love Castlevania and Mega Man too (as you've guessed by my nick and as I guessed by yours ), but those series were very disappointing when going 3D. Mega Man X7 almost made me cry. Has without a doubt the worst controls ever, horrible auto-aim and you not even can choose X to play with at the beginning. Devil May cry almost made me cry too with it's horrible camera. Castlevania: Lament of the Innocence has such a repetitive gameplay that bored me to death.

Again, better sequels to both Mega Man and Castlevania are found, IMHO, on GBA. Mega Man Zero has great controls and gameplay, but a bit too hard (but in a funny way, not like Mega Man 1, which has hard in an annoying way with cheap shots).

And thanks for the gamespot link. However, popularity is not synonym of quality. Windows, Internet Explorer, Wallmart... are all popular, but the quality is... well...

Yeah, you're right, it doesn't have to mean quality, and those were good examples. However, popularity in this case means a larger user base, which in turn means more and better games for a certain console. Okay that sounded like quantity, but it's not; not all games for the GameCube are good, even though the GC has less games. And yeah, the camera sucked in Devil May Cry, but that was like only thing that sucked, and it wasn't all the time. Don't get me wrong, I prefer 2D over 3D, but since there are so many dipshits today pissing on 2D games, we have to at the very least feel satisfied that they're still giving us our favourite games in 3D. Hell, have a look at R-Type, which kicked ass, but since not many people play 2D today, the publishers of the game has said that it was the last R-Type game that they would ever release. So I'm grateful for at least getting my favourite series in 3D. By the way, I'm a huge Mega Man fan And SotN is the best game I've ever played, and it's 2D, so I'm with you on this. And I do own Mega Man Zero on the GBA.I cannot afford to buy every console there is. And why should I buy the Xbox when it doesn't have the games I want, and those that I want already exist on the PS2? I'm not much into games like Doom 3 etc. An example, Castlevania: Curse of Darkness will be released for PS2 and Xbox. I don't see the point with owning an Xbox just to get the slightly graphics superior version. I don't care that much about graphics. If there are any exclusive extras etc, I'll just get the game and skip the Xbox, so maybe some day in the future, in case Sony has lost the console war, I can play Curse of Darkness on a future backwards compatible Micro$oft console. Or better yet, an emulator so that I won't have to support Micro$oft (that much) and just support Konami.

See, I know we would agree on something. Gamers play games, and that's exactly were we agree, not the consoles . I also love 2D games and would choose 2D games over 3D games any day(except for FPS and racing). With the majority of 3D games we play today, our biggest enemy seems to be the camera ratter then the villains, which suck. That's one of the reasons that I also have (and love) my Gameboy . On my Xbox, I've very addicted to Unreal Championship 2 and Forza Motorsport, but the games I play the most are without a doubt, emulators on the Xbox, for NES, Snes and Genesis/Megadrive. Seriously. I don't know if it's because I grew up in that generation where kids, just like us (not calling you or myself a kid. I've a 3 years old son, just for the record, but I refer to the time I was a kid), kept arguing which was the best 16bits console, or if the games really were special. Perhaps a bit of both.

And Castlevania SoTN is awesome. I got a bit disappointed with Castlevania Chronicles though. They really should make a port (not even an enhanced version, just port) of Castlevania: Rondo of Blood. Also a awesome game, shadowed by a dead Japanese console that every gamer should have the oportunity to play. Maybe someday in the future .

I have known for a few years now that MS loses money on the XBox hardware. I always wondered why they didn't just make an XBox frontend for PCs and let us play "XBox" games on the PC, especially since the XBox (unlike Nintendo and (I think) Sony who were using PowerPC architecture) was using x86. Then they could have made money licensing the games and not lost anything on hardware.

Obviously one problem is that not everyone would have a computer capable of playing these games, but perhaps MS could have worked with manufacturers to hae the "Xbox Upgrade" to provide the necessary graphics card and memory to play the games. I know it's an unrealistic dream, but I thought it would be a neat idea.

Hey Megaman X, I know that a petition is considered something no one gives a shit about, but if you want to help, sign this: http://www.petitiononline.com/ul2341h/petition.html

Count on me EliasAlucard. Wow, that collection of games would kick some . And I do, believe in petitions. I think it's the only thing we can do instead of simply cross our arms. And companies/developers are getting a free feedback, which they usually don't take into consideration. They are the only ones losing something if they don't take petitions seriously.

Regards!

If only everyone shared your opinion about this. Many people I've showed that petition to, usually give me an answer like "petitions are bullshit bla bla bla." It's nice to see that someone cares

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Since Capcom just confirmed Mega Man X collection for Gamecube and PS2 to the next fall and did _not_ mention anything about the Xbox version, which they've promised on the last E3, I will buy the next gen consoles depending on the third part team. Love my Xbox, but I was counting on the Mega Man X collection and got a bit disappointed now. I won't buy the next Xbox if Capcom and Konami aren't there. Xbox 360 can even make coffee for me and clean my underpants, but without Capcom and Konami fully supporting it, PS3 is the one for me. MS should first create a good team of third part companies.

Side note: What the heck is IBM doing teaming with MS again? They were the chosen ones as Novell, to bring balance to the Open Source, not to join MS. I sense a disturbance in the force...

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Heheh Well, all the Megaman X games, do they really fit on 1 DVD? Since most of them are CD/DVD (I'm thinking about X4 and upwards, or weren't X1-3 released for PS1/Saturn too?), I find that a bit unlikely, since there are lots of Mega Man X games. By the way, what are you talking about (Micro$oft/IBM)?

Hi again EliasAlucard! Long time no see . Well, Capcom is releasing to this fall Mega Man X collection. That will including all the games from X1 to X6 and a few secret games to be unlocked, such as Mega Man Battle and Chase. You can read more of it here:

http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/megamanxcollection/

You can find some videos here:

http://xbox.ign.com/objects/728/728342.html

Even though I've found every game after X4 a bit dissapointing, it would be great to play them all over again .

If my memory is not failing me, this is where Mega Man X games were released:

Mega Man X = Snes/PC
Mega Man X2 = Snes
Mega Man X3 = Snes/PC/PSX/Saturn
Mega Man X4 = PSX
Mega Man X5 = PSX/PC
Mega Man X6 = PSX

Mega Man X3 for Saturn and PSX had remade sound tracks and a few anime-like intro before fighting the bosses. Hopefully that will be kept on the X Collection. What angers me is that Capcom _announced_ that game for all consoles: Xbox, PS2 and Gamecube at the last E3, but _confirmed_ only to Gamecube and PS2 a few weeks ago :\. There might be a Xbox version coming later, however.

Mega Man X7 and X8 are exclusive titles for the PS2 now and those were in DVD format .

Regards!

P.S: IBM is used to support Linux, as is Novell. Found it strange that they are working side by side with MS to develop Xbox 360 processor

Well, I guess they got a big fat paycheck I hope they continue to support Linux though. I would like nothing more than for Micro$oft to become liquidated

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it's either a disturbance in the force, or what would otherwise be IBMs money going to Intel. which would IBM rather have?

not to mention that after its developed, IBM has it for use in whatever they want, be it their PPC workstations and servers or selling to apple or whatever.