Xbox Is Killing Itself

Microsoft is a big bully competition is always good, but who could ever stand up to them in OS sales? :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Toxical
Microsoft is a big bully competition is always good, but who could ever stand up to them in OS sales? :rolleyes:

BSD
Sun
And anyone else with 6 months programming experience and some advertisement.

Originally posted by EmperorRob
BSD
Sun
And anyone else with 6 months programming experience and some advertisement.

then how come linux failed?

I preordered back in Feburary, but I won\'t be getting an XBox this year

I don\'t get the forced bundle thing and sure does seem like MS is screwing this thing up

time will tell, but forced bundles won\'t go over well

[BizioEE]

Originally posted by ProfessorX
...The 233 mhz clock speed is not a downgrade: they are getting the performance they have boasted while creating a higher yield for GPU production, and as a result the Xbox now runs cooler.

Numerically it\'s lower than 250 but the performance is still the same.  Big deal? Maybe we\'ll have to wait and see but your concerns are well taken friend because I also have thought long and hard about this.  If the performance is the same I could care less just give me the performance you talked about!

NGC flipper clock speed was dropped but the performance for the NGC did not drop.  Maybe this is a common occurance considering Nintendo and MS were guessing the at the clock speed they would have to get to back up the performance figures?  I don\'t know the answer but If NGC can drop Flipper to 162 mhz and put out the games they have been putting out then I do not see a problem with Xbox either.

I think you\'re right...I suspected that when I looked at http://games.funxbox.com/ebpage2.jpg

...yes...233 MHz...but the GPU has the same performance...125 M polygons/sec...4.0 G/sec 2 textures...

...where\'s Dr Yassam when you need him ?

Originally posted by Falcon4
then how come linux failed?

Failed?  Buddy you better take a look at the market share.  Linux is not a business anyway.  It\'s open-source so no one owns its kernel and can not charge for it.  Linux is not property of a corporation.  It\'s owned by everyone who downloads it.  It\'s like air.  It\'s free but it\'s still better than trying to breathe anything else.

Originally posted by EmperorRob
Failed?  Buddy you better take a look at the market share.  Linux is not a business anyway.  It\'s open-source so no one owns its kernel and can not charge for it.  Linux is not property of a corporation.  It\'s owned by everyone who downloads it.  It\'s like air.  It\'s free but it\'s still better than trying to breathe anything else.

The only reason I\'m not using Linux right now is because my modem isn\'t fast enough to download the software for it.  I used to have my computer duel boot to Linux and Win 98.  I played around with Linux for a while, but because all of the free software took so long to download for me, I never did make the switch completely over to linux.  Then, I had to reformat my harddrive for reasons that I can\'t remember, and I got rid of Linux completely.  The second I get Broadband or DSL, Windows is gone forever.

x-box was never really real powerful.  I used to think that it was twice as powerful as the ps2 n gc but after skimming thru a couple of articles I got from various forums, I realized that the emotion engine beats the **** out of the pentium 3, no matter what the specs are, in terms of rendering graphics n running things better for games, creating ai, cache, n stuff I dont even know about.  the pentium 3 engine was designed for pc stuff while the emotion engine was designed to be the best game engine.

I\'m not too sure about the gc but  the only thing x-box seems to be able to do better than the ps2 from my knowledge is texture, n the developers are more familar with the hardware.

there games will probably look better since the ps2 at first since the developers are just starting to understand how to program stuff n x-box is built like a pc so they already know.

[BizioEE]

Originally posted by Liquid Wesker
x-box was never really real powerful.  I used to think that it was twice as powerful as the ps2 n gc but after skimming thru a couple of articles I got from various forums, I realized that the emotion engine beats the **** out of the pentium 3, no matter what the specs are, in terms of rendering graphics n running things better for games, creating ai, cache, n stuff I dont even know about.  the pentium 3 engine was designed for pc stuff while the emotion engine was designed to be the best game engine.

I\'m not too sure about the gc but  the only thing x-box seems to be able to do better than the ps2 from my knowledge is texture, n the developers are more familar with the hardware.

there games will probably look better since the ps2 at first since the developers are just starting to understand how to program stuff n x-box is built like a pc so they already know.

I\'m a hot PS2 fan and I have been saying the same things during my first 400-500 posts...but I was wrong...I\'ve decided to remove my head out of my ass,and I started to study the X-Box hardware...and...from what I read,the X-Box outclass both PS2 and GC in almost each area...we have to admit it...

so...it\'s a piece of friendly advice...study before speaking...(you can\'t compare the EE with the P3...they have to do a different bulk of work...you should compare the whole architecture...

...I love my PS2 and I can\'t wait for games like Devil May Cry,MGS2,Silent Hill 2,Ico,J&D,Virtua Fighter 4,Tekken 4,Onimusha 2,the next GT,the Getaway etc etc etc and so who does care if X-Box can process more polys with better texturing,lighting,shading,better sound etc...I wanna enjoy my PS2 for what it can give me,for all the great games coming out...but it\'s so stupid to deny the evidence...it\'s useless !