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Well the era of consoles designed from special parts and unique technology is almost dead . Pretty soon we can all just call them CouchPotato PCs.

I miss Sega .

No kidding!  I do wish that Microsoft would stop its relentless push into everything it doesn't already have control of!  How could they ruin a good company like nintendo?  What next, Microsoft artificial hearts?  I can see it now...  you have to sit plugged into the internet for 4 hours a day if you have a Microsoft

Frankly, I don't want MS anywhere near Nintendo.  MS's push has been to obliterate innovation through calculated use of their power and money; all in the name of more power and control over more individual facets of consumer electronics.  Nintendo, especially since MS entered the console fray, has practically been the sole source of innovation and video games as art, and have held true to ideals of designing great games.

MS could bring some good things to the table, but they are also impossibly corrupt as a whole, and have an approach and ideals which are very much antithetical to Nintendo's.

What happened to Sega after the Dreamcast, anyway?

They went off to become a software-only company.

Nintendo will not be going the way of Sega, though.  Of this, I am certain.

Nintendo and Xbox 2 may be one and the same thing

Yeah like Nintendo is going to let that happen.

Not to sound cynical, but didn't they say that about McDonnel-Douglas and Boeing?

Yeah, but this is important.

Nintendo will not be going the way of Sega...

...or will die trying... 

i love the xbox.. i think it gets knocked here because its Microsoft.

i love the xbox.. i think it gets knocked here because its Microsoft.

It's getting knocked because:
- It's more expensive
- The controller needs to be redesigned
- The only game worth playing for it is Halo
- Halo is out for PC and will soon be out for Mac

A) seeing as how it comes with it's own hard drive and ethernet card without having to buy them seperatley, no, no it's not.
B) It was. But then again, it never needed to be. The original fits my hands just fine.
C) Wait, so Shenmue 2 is nothing? No Soul Calibur II , GTA, or the horde of great Capcom games?
D) Big deal, Halo sucks.

A) seeing as how it comes with it's own hard drive and ethernet card without having to buy them seperatley, no, no it's not.
B) It was. But then again, it never needed to be. The original fits my hands just fine.
C) Wait, so Shenmue 2 is nothing? No Soul Calibur II , GTA, or the horde of great Capcom games?
D) Big deal, Halo sucks.

A) I don't like online games, anyway.  The people who populate online games are mostly stupid, immature schmucks.  If you beat them they'll scream and yell "j00 l0ser, j00 cheat0red" and if you lose to them "j00 l0ser, i 0wnz0rz j00!  hahahah!!11!!1!!"
B) No, it still sucks.  I have large hands, and it doesn't fit my hands at all.  It's unwieldy and uncomfortable.
C) Most of those games aren't exclusive to XBox, and the GC exclusive Capcom games such as Resident Evil, Viewtiful Joe, and Killer 7 are better games.  Ha.
D) Halo is a good shooter, though.  A typical, fairly unoriginal shooter, but among the best in its class, regardless of what ideological criticisms can be leveled against it.

- The only game worth playing for it is Halo
- Halo is out for PC and will soon be out for Mac

I'm actually seriously considering buying one because i want to play morrowind game of the year edition and Mech Assault...i don't even LIKE Halo

I have both  a GC and an Xbox.

I am thinking of selling my Xbox.  I was really into Mech Assault and Knights of the Old Republic for about.. ooooh... 2 or 3 days. Then I went back to my Gamecube. 

I will have some time over the christmas break to play a little more often (no papers to write) so I'll see what is what then.  I just picked up the PTO MOHAA game for the Xbox, and if I hate it, it'll all go in one big bundle to some lucky soul.

Yeah, I thought Metroid Prime was really cool too, but then I beat it. It's not nearly as much fun to play a second time when you know were everything is. So as a game that lasts 10-30 hours depending on how thoroughly you play it, it has little replay value.

I still find the Halo single player levels fun because the AI and level design seem to keep it fresh. By level design I specifically mean each room individually, there are windows jump through, multiple floors, stuff that allows you to try different styles and strategy.

Both are top notch games, but I just can't bring myself to play Metroid over a third time.