@Mongoosekun:

Wow, can you say typos and grammar errors? I shouldn't post before breakfast ever again.

Mongoosekun

@mx5:

It doesn't really matter if the consumer hardware is defective on does it. The PS3 SDK isn't 'hard' it's just not the Microsoft VC toolchain most developers learned in college. I actually like the gcc based toolchain better. In terms of components like XBL it might be a little more hassle to setup more middleware, but hey -- it's not like your paid to sit on your ass and drool on the keyboard anyway.

For the record I don't 'hate' the 360 -- like you can hate something that's inert. I just find it offensive a company can get away with selling defective products in the market. Consumers get what they deserve imho.

Mongoosekun

@shizknight: +1 You win an internets, my good sir.

Redriadrum

@vine: ...by the same line of thought, kudos on MS for lining their coffers with all the money that Sony pays them for all those Windows XP/Vista Licenses that they package on VAIO laptops..

Rask

ahhh the balance is back to the force that is the gaming industry, Nintendo is a household name, Sony is number one (or getting that way) with hardcore gamers, and Microsoft is back to copying and playing catch up (like they do best...see Vista)

Seiven

It looks like Balmer blue himself.

Dragon_Warrior

I bought an HDDVD drive for the Xbox 360.
I waited until the end of the format war, hoping HDDVD would win.
I lost in the war, just as other HDDVD supporters did.
I expected to hear a real response from Microsoft other than "we're not doing that" or "we'll support it in ways that make sense".
I got sick of waiting, and I bought a PS3.

Thank you Microsoft for taking your sweet ass time. If you get around to making a Blu Ray drive, don't bother calling me. Cocks.

You seriously has a customer that was completely unwilling to touch a PS3. And you fucked it up with your horribly slow response to obvious industry shifts. I know you want to believe that HD downloads are the wave of the future. But that's going to require a change in how people view content. And that change is still a while away.

You movie industries and music makers and game developers all see the content you create as the product you sell. We consumers see the media it's contained upon as the product we buy. We don't see eye to eye yet, and there's work to be done there.

Until then, I'll be buying Blu Ray DVDs and watching them on my shiny new PS3. And I'll be happy knowing that I'm probably extending the time it takes to red ring my 360 by not using it as much.

shizknight

@vine: uhh, all those sony desktops and laptops run windows... microsoft is probably getting br support for free..

Scrapple

@Stefanten:
Developers, developers, developers, developers!
CLASSIC.

Highlander Wolf

@aka Bitter: The pit stains... they grow by the minute... my eyes hate you now.

Redriadrum

I'd like to see what kind of licensing fees Microsoft has to pay for Blu Ray support. Kudos to Sony for lining their coffers with their enemies' coin.

vine

hi i am back from the year 2012...man it isn't pretty EA bought out everyone and made one console started buying out goverments...its bad...

lol jk

Raziel3333

@mx5:

A claim which can be easily made by anyone so no offense. My point was that the clip had no mention of that direct comparison, but a general one. Call it a poor attempt at sarcasm now that I read it over. Not that I'm disagreeing that a software company offers better development tools/support than a CE one.

Of course MS thrives on royalties hence Ballmer's chant (and their initial push of HD-DVD since it used HDi and VC1 primarily)

SG79

@mx5: The proper term for this situation is called "ownage" right?

okenny :)

@Barbara: *writes in journal*

Michael McWhertor

@SG79: I am just dealing with those dev systems every day (working on a 360/PS3 multiplatform title) ...

mx5

makes sense. contrary to popular belief, business decisions are in fact not driven by fanboy convictions. if there's money to be had it would certainly benefit all parties involved, as well as the end consumer.

cambridge

@mx5: What flavor is the Kool Aid? Ballmer Berry?

Patient

@mx5:

You concluded that from that clip? You must be a veteran detective at your city's PD.

SG79

@aka Bitter: And that clip tells the truth. X360 developer support is light years ahead of the support Sony offers ... It is no secret most engineers out there love the X360 dev environment and truly hate the PS3.

mx5

@TheSonicGamer: I expected it. The fact that Microsoft didn't take HD-DVD serious and didn't promote it with every 360 sold was a big red flag that Microsoft was just creating chaos on the market, so people didn't decide which HD format to choose back then. Microsoft didn't want a single format to win - they needed the chaos while they continued working on their online video stuff. Now since two format battle is in the past, Microsoft will most likely release a Blu-Ray add-on just to cock block Sony again ... the current X360 owners will be able to buy it if they want a Blu-Ray player instead of getting a PS3 thus opening the door to potential buying of PS3 games ...

mx5

Please please please get the Sonics away from Clay Bennet! GO BALLMER!

Oh yeah, there is no better excuse for parties at the office than the Ballmer curve.

DarknessMyOldFriend

@Stefanten: I actually think the unedited clip is better. Scarier too.

+ Watch video

aka Bitter

@MICHAEL MCWHERTOR

You'll be the first to know. You are my constant after all.

Barbara

+ Watch video

Obligatory

Stefanten

Pretty sad that one of the the leaders of a major corporation is best known for dancing around like a monkey on crack, screaming at the top of his lungs and being one of the richest people in the world.... I wish I was him. =)

aka Bitter

Isn't it obvious? the 360 will backwards compatible with all ps3 games!

You heard it here first!

Spilt_Milk

this is, ironic...

but Xbox wouldn't be able to do it for games. what's the point?

Akmed

i think he should insert the blueraw drive in his frothing mouth, and early adopters can take turns taking him home and inserting bluerays in his fertile, biting mouth.

balgeary

Won't some kind time traveler tell us what the plan is?

Maybe "Future Luke" from the Gerstmann photo can help.

Seabass

@PlayerX: Now think hard! Did you see any hover boards?! I want them so baaaad!

Who am I kidding? I'm GOD!

There will be hover boards! I'll make it so!

Now cower in my shadow!

GOD

@ TaggarT6: & PETA will make sure they are returned safely... all 5 of them. :-(

InEffectMode

Sorry, my time machine broke.

mind in rewind

@PHILOSOPHER541: wow. zing... hahaha.
@TaggarT6: the army of the 12 monkeys.

comedy

This will all be pointless once the 12 monkeys get loose.

TaggarT6

that guy is insane. insanely rich that is

PHILOSOPHER541

I have been to the future. Oddly enough, the only thing I noticed was everything smelled of raspberries.

PlayerX

Had anyone told me a year ago this would have been happening, I've have told him to shut up and stop thinking crazy stuff like "Oh, Sonic is gonna be in Brawl!"
The Irony...

TheSonicGamer