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Title: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: JGE on August 18, 2007, 04:08:04 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDc0bX1Ckl0

No Bioshock for me. edumacate;
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: ncba93ivyase on August 18, 2007, 04:08:34 PM
Your fault for buying a shit console. spam;
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: JGE on August 18, 2007, 04:10:03 PM
Quote from: Lawlz on August 18, 2007, 04:08:34 PM
Your fault for buying a shit console. spam;


Well geez, how about I just drive all the way over to Microsoft, and ask Bill Gates to make the best fucking console ever for me.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: ncba93ivyase on August 18, 2007, 04:12:13 PM
Quote from: Spartan on August 18, 2007, 04:10:03 PM
Well geez, how about I just drive all the way over to Microsoft, and ask Bill Gates to make the best fucking console ever for me.
At least ask him to make a system that doesn't have a 30% failure rate, and an OS with a 100% failure rate.

Sega system failure rates? Below 1%. spam;
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: JGE on August 18, 2007, 04:13:15 PM
Quote from: Lawlz on August 18, 2007, 04:12:13 PM
At least ask him to make a system that doesn't have a 30% failure rate, and an OS with a 100% failure rate.

Sega system failure rates? Below 1%. spam;


I bought it for the games, not the "amazing" hardware.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: ncba93ivyase on August 18, 2007, 04:14:14 PM
Quote from: Spartan on August 18, 2007, 04:13:15 PM
I bought it for the games, not the "amazing" hardware.
And because the consumer buys consoles with exorbitant failure rates, the manufacturer thinks making shit products is A-OK.

Thanks for dooming the market, dispshit.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: JGE on August 18, 2007, 04:15:27 PM
Quote from: Lawlz on August 18, 2007, 04:14:14 PM
And because the consumer buys consoles with exorbitant failure rates, the manufacturer thinks making shit products is A-OK.

Thanks for dooming the market, dispshit.


Which is why they're fixing the problem with the newer Xbox models.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Commander Fuckass on August 18, 2007, 04:15:54 PM
ROFL FAGIT.  powerofone;
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: ncba93ivyase on August 18, 2007, 04:16:35 PM
Quote from: Spartan on August 18, 2007, 04:15:27 PM
Which is why they're fixing the problem with the newer Xbox models.
It's taken about 2 years and those models still aren't available.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: JGE on August 18, 2007, 04:17:53 PM
Quote from: Zack de la Rocha on August 18, 2007, 04:15:54 PM
ROFL FAGIT.  powerofone;


Nice edit.

Quote from: Lawlz on August 18, 2007, 04:16:35 PM
It's taken about 2 years and those models still aren't available.


I never was aware of how long these models were in development.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Wrench on August 18, 2007, 04:18:24 PM
That's what happens with Microsoft products.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Commander Fuckass on August 18, 2007, 04:19:00 PM
Quote from: WrenchNinja on August 18, 2007, 04:18:24 PM
That's what happens with Microsoft products.
oh shit, my computer is dyin
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Samus Aran on August 18, 2007, 04:21:01 PM
It makes me chuckle to think that my model 1 SNES still works, and your new 360 doesn't.

spam;
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: JGE on August 18, 2007, 04:24:55 PM
Quote from: Kaz on August 18, 2007, 04:21:01 PM
It makes me chuckle to think that my model 1 SNES still works, and your new 360 doesn't.

spam;


I've owned my N64 since around release date, while as it still out lasted my Xbox 360.
My N64 is still working and I've owned it for 11 years. My 360 is broken, and I've owned it for four fucking months.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Samus Aran on August 18, 2007, 04:28:58 PM
Quote from: Spartan on August 18, 2007, 04:24:55 PM
I've owned my N64 since around release date, while as it still out lasted my Xbox 360.
My N64 is still working and I've owned it for 11 years. My 360 is broken, and I've owned it for four fucking months.



srsly

Consoles used to be so fucking durable. My SNES still works like a charm as well. Fuck even my GBP still works perfectly.

My Gamecube does as well, and though it's still quite durable, I know a lot of people that have had GCN failures.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: guff on August 18, 2007, 04:43:00 PM
Quote from: Kaz on August 18, 2007, 04:28:58 PM
Consoles used to be so fucking durable.
hello i am nes
blow into my slot thoroughly, insert cartridge within two seconds, and pound upon my exterior or i may refuse to work

Also, consoles used to be less cutting-edge (hello i am nes i have a cheap processor that was the cheapest of its kind from way back 1975 man retro, versus: hello i am ps3 i have SEVEN PROCESSING CORES OF DEATH and XDR MEMORY laugh laugh laugh; hello i am xbox 360 im still kind of cool i gots three cores they're pretty cool).

Cutting-edge is code for likely to not work, but pretty cool if by some chance it does.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Samus Aran on August 18, 2007, 04:51:22 PM
Quote from: Commodore Guff on August 18, 2007, 04:43:00 PM
hello i am nes
blow into my slot thoroughly, insert cartridge within two seconds, and pound upon my exterior or i may refuse to work

Also, consoles used to be less cutting-edge (hello i am nes i have a cheap processor that was the cheapest of its kind from way back 1975 man retro, versus: hello i am ps3 i have SEVEN PROCESSING CORES OF DEATH and XDR MEMORY laugh laugh laugh; hello i am xbox 360 im still kind of cool i gots three cores they're pretty cool).

Cutting-edge is code for likely to not work, but pretty cool if by some chance it does.


Cutting-edge =/= relevant

So just stop. As for the part of your post that actually had something to do with what I was talking about, I'm speaking more along the lines of system failure not due to the owner being a fucking dumbass and ruining the console on his own accord.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: guff on August 18, 2007, 04:56:41 PM
Quote from: Kaz on August 18, 2007, 04:51:22 PM
Cutting-edge =/= relevant

So just stop. As for the part of your post that actually had something to do with what I was talking about, I'm speaking more along the lines of system failure not due to the owner being a fucking dumbass and ruining the console on his own accord.
Are you saying that stable, proven technology has the same failure rate as the new stuff?

If it's on their own accord, why even bring up the fact that consoles used to be more durable?  Fucking dumbasses owned consoles then, too, yet I don't see that somehow making the consoles less durable.  psyduck;

why are you so hostile ;______;
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Samus Aran on August 18, 2007, 05:06:13 PM
Quote from: Commodore Guff on August 18, 2007, 04:56:41 PM
Are you saying that stable, proven technology has the same failure rate as the new stuff?

If it's on their own accord, why even bring up the fact that consoles used to be more durable?  Fucking dumbasses owned consoles then, too, yet I don't see that somehow making the consoles less durable.  psyduck;

why are you so hostile ;______;


"Durable" wasn't really the word I was looking for. I'm speaking purely on failure rates here, thus the reason for bringing it up in a 360 thread.

All I'm really trying to say is that I find it funny that older consoles had a better chance of actually lasting for a long time, so long as one wasn't stupid enough to break it themself.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: guff on August 18, 2007, 05:12:04 PM
Quote from: Kaz on August 18, 2007, 05:06:13 PM
"Durable" wasn't really the word I was looking for. I'm speaking purely on failure rates here, thus the reason for bringing it up in a 360 thread.

All I'm really trying to say is that I find it funny that older consoles had a better chance of actually lasting for a long time, so long as one wasn't stupid enough to break it themself.
Uh, it works fine for me.  I was pretty sure that you didn't mean that the 360's casing has a tendency to collapse or is less resistant to .38s than that of the SNES.  psyduck;

Okay.  And I attempted to explain why the newer consoles don't.

then you exploded and said mean things and mommy help ;___;
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Samus Aran on August 18, 2007, 05:20:29 PM
Quote from: Commodore Guff on August 18, 2007, 05:12:04 PM
then you exploded and said mean things and mommy help ;___;


sry srsly
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: guff on August 18, 2007, 05:25:04 PM
Quote from: Kaz on August 18, 2007, 05:20:29 PM
sry srsly
hi lawlz
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: ncba93ivyase on August 18, 2007, 05:45:33 PM
Quote from: Commodore Guff on August 18, 2007, 04:43:00 PM
hello i am nes
blow into my slot thoroughly, insert cartridge within two seconds, and pound upon my exterior or i may refuse to work
My Sega Master System works flawlessly.

As does my Genesis.

As does my Saturn.

As does my Dreamcast.

As does my Game Gear.

Took Nintendo a generation to learn how to build quality products, took Sony two (and hell, it hasn't been long enough to say whether or not the PS3 is reliable), and Microsoft will probably never learn. Sega never really had any problems, aside from the Genesis controllers dying... but that could just be a result of me taking apart every piece of hardware I own.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Tomboh on August 18, 2007, 06:06:10 PM
Quote from: Lawlz on August 18, 2007, 05:45:33 PM
My Sega Master System works flawlessly.

As does my Genesis.

As does my Saturn.

As does my Dreamcast.

As does my Game Gear.
To bad those systems either suck, or are 10+ years old.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Samus Aran on August 18, 2007, 06:07:53 PM
Quote from: Ohbotm on August 18, 2007, 06:06:10 PM
To bad those systems either suck, or are 10+ years old.


Since when was a console being 10+ years old a bad thing?
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Tomboh on August 18, 2007, 06:08:45 PM
Quote from: Kaz on August 18, 2007, 06:07:53 PM
Since when was a console being 10+ years old a bad thing?
Outdated graphics. jsr;

I actually should've put something like "15+". Because the only console he listed that didn't completely suck was the Genesis.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Samus Aran on August 18, 2007, 06:10:47 PM
Quote from: Ohbotm on August 18, 2007, 06:08:45 PM
Outdated graphics. jsr;


Oh, so you're one of those graphics nazis. Okay. Have fun with watered-down gameplay.

Seriously, I don't understand why realism is such a big deal these days. The whole reason I enjoy video games is that they're not reality.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: ncba93ivyase on August 18, 2007, 06:11:58 PM
Quote from: Kaz on August 18, 2007, 06:07:53 PM
Since when was a console being 10+ years old a bad thing?
Tomboh's a retard.
Quote from: Ohbotm on August 18, 2007, 06:08:45 PM
Outdated graphics. jsr;

I actually should've put something like "15+". Because the only console he listed that didn't completely suck was the Genesis.
I think I prove my point.

Also, those 20-7 year old systems all work flawlessly. Many people that have owned an Xbox 360 for at least a month can't say the same.

And even the Master System, a console that had games that had to be developed or ported solely by Sega, had more good games than the 360, PS3, and Wii combined.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Tomboh on August 18, 2007, 06:12:52 PM
Quote from: Kaz on August 18, 2007, 06:10:47 PM
Oh, so you're one of those graphics nazis. Okay. Have fun with watered-down gameplay.

Seriously, I don't understand why realism is such a big deal these days. The whole reason I enjoy video games is that they're not reality.
If I was a huge graphic nazi, I wouldn't be supporting Nintendo. But I really don't enjoy playing a game that looks like pure shit. And how exactly is the gameplay watered-down?

Also, refer to my edit.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: The artist formally known on August 18, 2007, 06:14:56 PM
Quote from: Lawlz on August 18, 2007, 05:45:33 PM
My Sega Master System works flawlessly.

As does my Genesis.

As does my Saturn.

As does my Dreamcast.

As does my Game Gear.

Took Nintendo a generation to learn how to build quality products, took Sony two (and hell, it hasn't been long enough to say whether or not the PS3 is reliable), and Microsoft will probably never learn. Sega never really had any problems, aside from the Genesis controllers dying... but that could just be a result of me taking apart every piece of hardware I own.
Funny because all my Sega systems work, every one of my NES systems work but take at least 20 trys so I just bought a rip off NES that works better then the real thing, and my PS2 and PS1 broke. I had to buy a 2nd PS2.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Tomboh on August 18, 2007, 06:15:02 PM
Quote from: Lawlz on August 18, 2007, 06:11:58 PM
Tomboh's a retard.
I'm the retard? lmao
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Samus Aran on August 18, 2007, 06:17:16 PM
Quote from: Ohbotm on August 18, 2007, 06:12:52 PM
If I was a huge graphic nazi, I wouldn't be supporting Nintendo. But I really don't enjoy playing a game that looks like pure shit. And how exactly is the gameplay watered-down?

Also, refer to my edit.


The Sega Genesis is 19 years old.

Though there are plenty of good exceptions, the general rule of thumb is that as realism goes up, gameplay value goes down. It's not my rule, that's just the way it works. I get more enjoyment out of playing Duck Hunt for the umpteenth time than playing some realistic war shooter shit.

Quote from: Ohbotm on August 18, 2007, 06:15:02 PM
I'm the retard? lmao


Gaming aside, yes. You act like a retard too often on Boyah.

Tomboh. :|

Tomboh. :|

Tomboh. :|
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: ncba93ivyase on August 18, 2007, 06:18:41 PM
Quote from: reefer on August 18, 2007, 06:14:56 PM
Funny because all my Sega systems work, every one of my NES systems work but take at least 20 trys so I just bought a rip off NES that works better then the real thing, and my PS2 and PS1 broke. I had to buy a 2nd PS2.
Um, were you in support of me or not? I really can't tell.
Quote from: Ohbotm on August 18, 2007, 06:12:52 PM
If I was a huge graphic nazi, I wouldn't be supporting Nintendo. But I really don't enjoy playing a game that looks like pure shit. And how exactly is the gameplay watered-down?

Also, refer to my edit.
If you can even say you enjoyed the PS1 in the least bit, then I'll have many hearty lol's. PS1 games look worse than anything on even the Atari 2600.

(http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/3765/strikers1945ps23lh5.jpg)

Look, a beautiful 10+ year old game. AND NO SWEAT PORES OR REALISTIC HAIR TEXTURES, EITHER.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Tomboh on August 18, 2007, 06:20:41 PM
Quote from: Kaz on August 18, 2007, 06:17:16 PM
The Sega Genesis is 19 years old.
Which would fall into the category of 15+ years old.

QuoteThough there are plenty of good exceptions
Exactly. I'll just get the games that don't suck in the gameplay category. I don't need to get every damn game the system offers.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: The artist formally known on August 18, 2007, 06:21:03 PM
Quote from: Lawlz on August 18, 2007, 06:18:41 PM
Um, were you in support of me or not? I really can't tell.

I'm always in support of you silly

Those are my only consoles that have broke (PS1, PS2, and every NES I've owned.)
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Tomboh on August 18, 2007, 06:24:25 PM
Quote from: Lawlz on August 18, 2007, 06:18:41 PM
If you can even say you enjoyed the PS1 in the least bit, then I'll have many hearty lol's. PS1 games look worse than anything on even the Atari 2600.
I really didn't. My aunt had both the PS1 and N64, but we usually played the N64. I also dislike the PS1 controller. The PS2 controller isn't much of an improvement, but it's a litte better with the duel-analog.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Samus Aran on August 18, 2007, 06:25:39 PM
Quote from: Ohbotm on August 18, 2007, 06:20:41 PM
Which would fall into the category of 15+ years old.
Exactly. I'll just get the games that don't suck in the gameplay category. I don't need to get every damn game the system offers.


That's cool, but you pretty much ignored my point: graphics a good game does not make.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: ncba93ivyase on August 18, 2007, 06:28:22 PM
Quote from: Kaz on August 18, 2007, 06:25:39 PM
That's cool, but you pretty much ignored my point: graphics a good game does not make.
Actually, wrong.

Most good games are 2D. OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS A LINK.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Tomboh on August 18, 2007, 06:29:11 PM
QuoteGaming aside, yes. You act like a retard too often on Boyah.

Tomboh. :|

Tomboh. :|

Tomboh. :|
I really can't think of anyone that doesn't act like a retard one time or another on Boyah. Nearly everyone spams, and nearly everyone makes spam threads. Why am I to be an exception?

The was I see it, Boyah is the place to spam and act like a retard due to light moderation and real retards posting (xxthehaunted, Title, etc.). Outsider is the place to act serious and ACTUALLY hold up a serious discussion up about non-serious topics. And of course, Nsider is the place to troll and make fun of people.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Tomboh on August 18, 2007, 06:35:08 PM
Quote from: Kaz on August 18, 2007, 06:25:39 PM
That's cool, but you pretty much ignored my point: graphics a good game does not make.
Honestly, to me a game needs to have up-to-date graphics and good gameplay to be considered a good game.

Every console from two generations fail in the first category, so I really don't go back to play them anymore. Dreamcast's graphics are still good to me now, but there were only a few games that interested me in terms of gameplay. Most of these being fighter games like Soulcailber.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Samus Aran on August 18, 2007, 06:37:30 PM
Quote from: Ohbotm on August 18, 2007, 06:29:11 PM
I really can't think of anyone that doesn't act like a retard one time or another on Boyah. Nearly everyone spams, and nearly everyone makes spam threads. Why am I to be an exception?

The was I see it, Boyah is the place to spam and act like a retard due to light moderation and real retards posting (xxthehaunted, Title, etc.). Outsider is the place to act serious and ACTUALLY hold up a serious discussion up about non-serious topics. And of course, Nsider is the place to troll and make fun of people.


That doesn't mean you have to try to fuck up the nomination process of the awards.

Quote from: Lawlz on August 18, 2007, 06:28:22 PM
Actually, wrong.

Most good games are 2D. OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS A LINK.


Uh...that would make me right, seeing as how I was talking about realism, and I just said that (realistic) graphics don't make a game good.

Sorry about the typo (leaving out "realistic.")
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: ncba93ivyase on August 18, 2007, 06:39:23 PM
Quote from: Kaz on August 18, 2007, 06:37:30 PM
Uh...that would make me right, seeing as how I was talking about realism, and I just said that (realistic) graphics don't make a game good.

Sorry about the typo (leaving out "realistic.")
Graphics isn't synonymous with realism. It's merely what you see.

What I was saying is 2D [glow=red,2,300]graphics[/glow] must equate to good gameplay. (see how the word "graphics" is there, but not realism?)
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Tomboh on August 18, 2007, 06:41:12 PM
Quote from: Kaz on August 18, 2007, 06:37:30 PM
That doesn't mean you have to try to fuck up the nomination process of the awards.
I apologize for completely ruining the nomination process. I'm sorry that it was such a hassel to delete those posts. I could see how that could hold up the process for days and cause moderators to slave over deleting my posts for minutes and minutes.

Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Samus Aran on August 18, 2007, 06:41:49 PM
Quote from: Lawlz on August 18, 2007, 06:39:23 PM
Graphics isn't synonymous with realism. It's merely what you see.

What I was saying is 2D [glow=red,2,300]graphics[/glow] must equate to good gameplay. (see how the word "graphics" is there, but not realism?)


Q(''Q)

I'm sick of this arguing, seriously. But yes, most of my favorite games are 2D. That doesn't mean that those graphics equate good gameplay. Metroid Prime kicks ass.

I'm going to go pack up some more of my stuff for college now.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: ncba93ivyase on August 18, 2007, 06:42:57 PM
Quote from: Kaz on August 18, 2007, 06:41:49 PM
Q(''Q)

I'm sick of this arguing, seriously. But yes, most of my favorite games are 2D. That doesn't mean that those graphics equate good gameplay. Metroid Prime kicks ass.
t("t)

cool

Now back to Xbawcks.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Samus Aran on August 18, 2007, 06:43:54 PM
Quote from: Lawlz on August 18, 2007, 06:42:57 PM
Xbawcks.


sux  powerofone;
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: ncba93ivyase on August 18, 2007, 06:45:23 PM
Quote from: Kaz on August 18, 2007, 06:43:54 PM
sux  powerofone;
SHOCKER
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Placebo Headwound on August 19, 2007, 03:09:25 PM
Too bad for you, I'm buying Bioshock the day it comes out. powerofone;
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: UnagiPower on August 20, 2007, 06:45:38 AM
Quote from: Thief888 on August 19, 2007, 03:09:25 PM
Too bad for you, I'm buying Bioshock the day it comes out. powerofone;


Is the demo good? I have no way for my Xbox to connect to the internet...Unless I drag a T.V. to the basement... :|
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Placebo Headwound on August 20, 2007, 06:53:49 AM
Quote from: UnagiPower on August 20, 2007, 06:45:38 AM
Is the demo good? I have no way for my Xbox to connect to the internet...Unless I drag a T.V. to the basement... :|
Yes, the demo kicked ass and was a great sample of how the game works. thumbup;
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: Wrench on August 20, 2007, 07:37:14 AM
Quote from: UnagiPower on August 20, 2007, 06:45:38 AM
Is the demo good? I have no way for my Xbox to connect to the internet...Unless I drag a T.V. to the basement... :|

The demo was amazing. My friend got it.
Title: Re: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME
Post by: NOA_Haunted on August 20, 2007, 11:56:59 AM
What does that mean?