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Article #707450Re: Backwards Compatiblity in $599 Xbox2
From: Patti MacLeod
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 07:10
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 07:10
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"sayNO2steam" <sayNO...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:rn2g31p0v6j5659acscivjogueu1e4bu1h@4ax.com... > On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, "MS Will Destroy Sony Computer Entertainment" wrote: <snip> > this move is yet another from microsoft to damage pc as a gaming platform > microsoft is not interested in us using pcs for games cause they don't > sell the hardware for it and they don't keep a fee for each pc game copy > sold, so they want to kill pc as a gaming platform so will have to pay > double in hardware, and more each time we pay for a game LOL!! Microsoft doesn't have do ANYTHING to damage the PC as a gaming platform, as game developers are doing quite an adequate job of that all on their own by creating games that require hardware upgrades every few months. Not everyone can afford to fork out a grand or so every six months to upgrade their hardware (mortgage payments, heat, water and grocery bills take priority for many of us), so former "never console games for me!" persons are now rethinking their gaming platform of choice. AFAIC, nothing can beat a PC for gaming, but unless I win the lottery and can afford to buy a new PC every few months to keep up with the system requirements for upcoming PC games, I'll choose to stick to console gaming. It's not a question of "strong independent" vs. "weak challenged retard", it's a question of affordability for many. <snip> > believe me, its beautiful buying a pc graphic card cause you have so much quality I won't argue with that, especially when you buy two and put them in an SLI capable mobo. > and such great prices! You've gotta be freaking kidding me!!! A top-notch vid card costs three times as much as an XBox console! Regards, -- Patti MacLeod Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
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From: "Patti MacLeod" <pam...@nospamshaw.ca> References: <O_idnTPCKaXPYarfRVn-tg@comcast.com> <rn2g31p0v6j5659acscivjogueu1e4bu1h@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Backwards Compatiblity in $599 Xbox2 Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 02:10:27 -0500 Lines: 46 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Message-ID: <Ou#r3KFLFHA.3340@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl> Newsgroups: alt.games.halo,alt.games.video.xbox,alt.video.games.xbox,alt.xbox.discussion,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,microsoft.public.xbox,microsoft.public.xbox.games,microsoft.public.xbox.halo,microsoft.public.xbox.live,uk.games.video.xbox NNTP-Posting-Host: s01060001023fe4e5.su.shawcable.net 24.76.123.170 Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!msrtrans!TK2MSFTNGP08.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit