For those of you buying an xbox this fall....

....can you give me some reasons as to why it\'s worth buying or what the heck is there to get excited about. I mean truthfully, because when someone says Rogue leader or Mario (or Luigi) I\'m quickly reminded of why I\'m getting a Gamecube. But what the heck does the XBOX have to offer.

I honestly don\'t see this machine going anywhere fast if it can\'t produce some killer exclusives (bye bye malice. not to say this this was a killer title but it was something). I know Ethan Hunt started a similar thread, but I felt the need to add to that with hearing specific benefits (both short run and long run) of buying an xbox.

Hmmmmmm............lets see gamecube is made by nintendo, cheaper, and has well known games.  As for xbox its more powerful has more 3rd party support, more adult games.  I guess it depends on what you want.  So far I like gamecube price tag better, but xbox is getting some pretty big game(DOA3, Onimusha, Oddworld, etc).:thepimp: :thepimp: :thepimp: :thepimp:

The only reasons for me are DOA3 and Halo at launch time....
If the system bombs, i will have a historic piece of hardware to showcase in 20 years.

[Bladez]

You won\'t see any Metal Gear Solid games.  GameCube is directed to 10 year olds and younger.  PS2 and Xbox are for 13 year olds and older.  Soooooo do what ever you want to do.

First of all, where the HECK have you been? Man, it has been a long time!

Some of Sega\'s top titles, and I mean TOP titles are being made for X-Box.

Panzer Dragoon 4
Jet Set Radio: Future
GUNVALKYRIE
Streets of Rage 4 (rumored)
House of the Dead 3
Crazy Taxi: Next
online play with sports titles (and probably all other ones too)

Plus, Peter Molyneaux, a PC gaming genius, maker of Populous and Black and White, has split up several of his dev teams into making very good looking X-Box first and second parties.

Project Ego alone looks to warrant a purchase. Go read any preview on it and it will make you drool.


Eric Jacob

Originally posted by AlteredBeast
First of all, where the HECK have you been? Man, it has been a long time!

Some of Sega\'s top titles, and I mean TOP titles are being made for X-Box.

Panzer Dragoon 4
Jet Set Radio: Future
GUNVALKYRIE
Streets of Rage 4 (rumored)
House of the Dead 3
Crazy Taxi: Next
online play with sports titles (and probably all other ones too)

Plus, Peter Molyneaux, a PC gaming genius, maker of Populous and Black and White, has split up several of his dev teams into making very good looking X-Box first and second parties.

Project Ego alone looks to warrant a purchase. Go read any preview on it and it will make you drool.


Eric Jacob

I guess it\'s a matter of taste because I never got into the first three game series and therefore my excitement for them is low. But anyway how many of these titles will be available at launch? I really think the xbox has potential at least graphic-wise and it would be a pity to see it go to waste. I don\'t care if Mr. Gates becomes a goo-goo zillionnaire so long as I\'m happy (which means playing games among several things whether on an xbox, ps2 or cube).

To sum it all up, I just see the xbox as sort of like a ps2 clone (only with better graphics) that\'s going to do battle with sony for third party support. Furthermore, with Ps2 all ready on the scene with great games people may not see the need to purchase an xbox. This is why I think the system needs some killer exclusives to attract gamers and developers. I doubt most of those titles you mentioned will be exclusive (at least the sega titles).

Originally posted by wiseboy
To sum it all up, I just see the xbox as sort of like a ps2 clone (only with better graphics)

What is wrong with that?

Personally, I am getting an Xbox because I am a loser and I have to have all of the gaming consoles and all of the good games so that I have a false sense of coolness. Also I think the Xbox is the most innovative console this generation and the possibilities for gameplay innovations very interesting.

Xbox is awesome. I don\'t care what people say about it, it looks really neat and that HDD that comes with it will make games soar even higher. But I wouldn\'t get it on the very first year though.... The games don\'t look to great.

[BizioEE]

What could I say...X-Box is a great piece of hardware with really nice features...beautiful graphics,5.1 dolby surround sound in real time thanks to the MCPX...and the built-in hard drive which gives developers the advantage,for example, to manipulate data files that are larger than the system\'s memory so you can stream the level off of the hard drive and into RAM, for nearly limitless levels...or they could use it as a texture cache to store extra textures,for incredibly detailed and rich textures...and other advantages...

so...the X-Box has all the potential to give us incredible gaming-experiences...and I think it\'s not so wise blaming a console which has still 3 months to go

Let\'s wait and see!

Jet Grind Radio Future
Sega GT 2
Project Ego
Project Gotham
Malice
Panzer Dragoon 4
Crazy Taxi Next
Azurik
Munch
Halo
Unreal Championship (32 players at once!)
Amped
SSX Tricky
Onimusha
Resident Evil X
Metal Gear Solid X
Silent Hill X
House Of the Dead 3
Black and White
Sega Sports
Mortal Kombat 5
New Legends
Dead or Alive 3

Rumors:
Devil May Cry (it\'s capcom, it\'ll happen)
Skies of Arcadia X (this will be bad ass!)
Streets of Rage 4

What I want on it:
Ecco Online
Toe Jam & Earl (the DC version was canceled)
NiGHT\'S 2
Sonic Adventure 3
Phantasy Star Online

-Then it has the HD built in, I\'m sure developers love this feature.  And I won\'t have to buy memory cards!

-DVD player

-Lots of third party support

Xbox will have it\'s own, no doubt...

Originally posted by Bladez
GameCube is directed to 10 year olds and younger.  

I respect you but find this comment obsurd, ok it does have some kid oriented games but RL is looking awesome, and the new perfect dark game is coming to it soon so it isnt 10 and younger,I think it will be like the N64 game wise(like what kind of games) just with a lot more of it

Originally posted by Ginko
Jet Grind Radio Future
Sega GT 2
Project Ego
Project Gotham
Malice
Panzer Dragoon 4
Crazy Taxi Next
Azurik
Munch
Halo
Unreal Championship (32 players at once!)
Amped
SSX Tricky
Onimusha
Resident Evil X
Metal Gear Solid X
Silent Hill X
House Of the Dead 3
Black and White
Sega Sports
Mortal Kombat 5
New Legends
Dead or Alive 3

Rumors:
Devil May Cry (it\'s capcom, it\'ll happen)
Skies of Arcadia X (this will be bad ass!)
Streets of Rage 4

What I want on it:
Ecco Online
Toe Jam & Earl (the DC version was canceled)
NiGHT\'S 2
Sonic Adventure 3
Phantasy Star Online

-Then it has the HD built in, I\'m sure developers love this feature.
 And I won\'t have to buy memory cards!






-DVD player

-Lots of third party support

Xbox will have it\'s own, no doubt...

See what i mean that line-up of games destorys gamecube in everyway possible.  Plus most developer been positive on xbox, so I say the chances of it being successful are pretty good now.:thepimp: :hat: :thepimp:

Originally posted by raslant

See what i mean that line-up of games destorys gamecube in everyway possible.  Plus most developer been positive on xbox, so I say the chances of it being successful are pretty good now.:*annoying smileys*

Ugh, do you ever get tired of being a fanboy? :rolleyes:

Ever hear of an opinion? To some people that list could be awesome, but to other people it could be nothing. It\'s all a matter of taste and preference.

Grow up sometime soon.

Your calling me a fanboy?  As usual you come to the defends of nintendo.  All I said is xbox line-up of games as of now is better than gamecube.  Then here comes ol\' jumpman trolling like always talking about nintendo.  I just don\'t see the big deal about gamecube.:thepimp: :thepimp: :thepimp:

[Living-In-Clip]

:rolleyes:

Is that a "fact", Rast? I mean, that the Xbox line up is better then GC? No, it isn\'t. It is a matter of opinion and personal taste. Some of us enjoy classic Nintendo franchises. At the same time, some of us enjoy what the Xbox will offer.

They both have excellent line ups.

For the record though, there is no way the Xbox can destory Nintendo\'s GameCube. The GameCube has its own target auidence Xbox nor PS2 are catering to that auidence.


Back to the topic...In the end, we can\'t give you a reason to buy the Xbox over another system. You have to decide that for yourself. What kind of games do you like? Look at the list, decide if the list is a "reason" for you to buy it or not.