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Old 03-02-2004, 10:23 AM   #1
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Great news for PC Gamers


http://www.discoverconsole.com/
 
Old 03-02-2004, 12:15 PM   #2
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That's is something that I've been waiting for like... my entire child and adult life .
 
Old 03-02-2004, 02:12 PM   #3
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It uses a C3 cpu for god's sake! Those things are worst then Celerons...
 
Old 03-02-2004, 02:28 PM   #4
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oh yeah, that... IMHO, its never gonna work! i mean, the good thing about consoles is that they dont require alot of tweaking/installation or anything to get a game working. but, unlike a computer, they cant be upgraded! i mean, what will happen if someone tries to play doom3 on this thing? it could push it over the edge! and besides, if you want to play a pc game, just get a computer. if you dont want to install/tweak/look around to debug problems, if you just want to hop right into the game, then buy a console.

PS: on performance: as baldorg said, they use a C3. now, i dont know what cpu hes talking about (never heard of a C3), but celerons are pretty lousy, and anything worse wont stand up well.
 
Old 03-02-2004, 03:27 PM   #5
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How Are The Scripts Updated?
Each time a new PC game is launched or about to be launched, your DISCoverŽ console will use an Internet or phone connection to pull down the new script/s. It's a bit like the TiVoŽ model.
Uh, I don't think so.........sound just like Win XP, gotta call home an be a tattle tale.........Wrong!!
 
Old 03-02-2004, 04:32 PM   #6
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I don't see why anyone would want to play PC games on the TV.
Or any games, for that matter...
 
Old 03-02-2004, 05:20 PM   #7
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hehe. well, some games, like metal gear solid, are worth straying from the pc for a little while. sometimes you need a break from the tweaking
 
Old 03-02-2004, 06:12 PM   #8
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Never.

I usually enjoy the tweaking more then the game itself.

Last edited by Mytherall; 03-02-2004 at 06:33 PM.
 
Old 03-02-2004, 07:30 PM   #9
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Ah, yes. Tweaking. One of the many beauties of gaming.
 
Old 03-02-2004, 07:38 PM   #10
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well, now that i think about it, thats true. in fact, thats what made linux special. still, whats all that tweaking for if you dont have a pc game to benchmark it with?
 
Old 03-03-2004, 06:37 AM   #11
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With exception of shooters, console gaming is way cooler then PC gaming. It won't lag, the games are locked to a certain fps to do not drop all the time(PS2 drops frames all the time, it's a stinky machine...). It's easy to set up, it's cheaper then an insane 1500 bucks upgrade/year. No install, no tweaking. A game is something you play and have fun with, not something you tweak and waste time installing, cracking, patching, connecting, or even worse, trying to get it to run with wine(x).

Still, depending on the shooter, it's better to play on consoles. I could not play Quake 3 or Unreal in a console. Those games are insanely fast and requires fast moves ratter then accuracy. However, games as Ghost Reckon, which runs at 30 fps are cooler on the consoles...

Have you ever played Counter-Strike on the Xbox? Way better then the PC's.. period. No cheaters, no bugs, no huge patches. The only ones who dislike a console are the ones who plays only shooters and/or strategies or either don't own a console
 
Old 03-03-2004, 04:51 PM   #12
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i dont know, it just feels special when i get a game running on my comp instead of my gamecube. i cant wait till they get gc linux as a serious desktop!
 
Old 03-03-2004, 05:54 PM   #13
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Bah, it doesn't have alot of ram and it doesn't have an HD and you can't burn CD's that it can read. It's going to be tough, long and un-powerful.
 
Old 03-03-2004, 07:32 PM   #14
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i know, but its one of those things that is just fun to fool around with. besides, you cant break anything !
 
Old 03-03-2004, 07:50 PM   #15
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Originally posted by Megaman X
PS2 drops frames all the time, it's a stinky machine...
With the best console games on market... But... but X-Box has... uhhh.... Halo. Sony may churn out shitty machines, but they have the best 3rd Party support of the next gen consoles. And unless Nintendo and Microsoft get their shit together, they're going to get left in the dust. Sure XBox has online gaming (which I admit, is leaps and bounds above the PS2's online gaming area) but I personally prefer online gaming on the computer, and the machine itself, is powerful, take a look at games like Xenosaga Episode 1, Metal Gear Solid 2 (and soon 3 *drool*), Final Fantasy X, Star Ocean 3 and other games with absolutely beautiful visual effects. If someone needs to have frames dropping, the developer obviously doesn't know what they're doing. Twisted Metal Black flies at 60 FPS ALL the time, no matter how much stuff is on screen, and that was one of the earliest (if not launch) titles for the PS2. It just matters who made the game, not neccessarily what system its on.
 
  


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