Next Gaming Console Purchase

Zardon · Feb 14, 2005, 06:25 PM

Portables not included. please vote

bake15 · Feb 14, 2005, 06:40 PM

voted nintendo

i havent played on any consoles now for 18 months,but next week im re-buying a gamecube for metroid prime 2 and resi evil 4(my sister stole my last one

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pr0digal jenius · Feb 14, 2005, 06:40 PM

nintendo, simply because it has the best games that don't make ti to PC, all the really good XBox/PS games make it to my PC eventually

bake15 · Feb 14, 2005, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0digal jenius

nintendo, simply because it has the best games that don't make ti to PC, all the really good XBox/PS games make it to my PC eventually

agreed

CDsDontBurn · Feb 14, 2005, 06:44 PM

i voted XBOX2........i simply can't wait for those big hits to hit the PC market

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**MIG-31** · Feb 14, 2005, 06:51 PM

Have no choice but to vote pc.....

Alcofiel · Feb 14, 2005, 07:18 PM

ps3 offcourse!

gran turismo 5, gta 4, final fantasy 13, metal gear (?), tekken, maybe some kind of wanda & the giant / ico game etc....

it's gonna be amazing

Dark Lord · Feb 14, 2005, 07:24 PM

ps3 for me too. ill always be a fan of the gran turismo and FF series.
cant forget the resident evil's too, except they seem to be doing quite abit with nintendo right now.....

FireElements · Feb 14, 2005, 08:37 PM

I'll end up buying all of them, but if I could only choose one it is definitely going to be Nintendo's next console.

madster · Feb 14, 2005, 09:09 PM

ps3
gt5 and mgs series

BWX · Feb 14, 2005, 09:16 PM

Any money I would spend on a console - I would rather put into upgrading my PC..

Also if I had unlimited funds I would still not buy a console - they are outdated by the ever-evolving PC sometimes before the console is even available for purchase, sometimes shortly thereafter. ..but they are always outdated by the PC...

BWX · Feb 14, 2005, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0digal jenius

all the really good XBox/PS games make it to my PC eventually

Unfortunately except GT series..

caqde · Feb 14, 2005, 10:29 PM

I'm a RPG (Final Fantasy 1-10/Final Fantasy Tactics style games) gamer so I need to follow the Playstation consoles to get the games I want. So I will likely get a PS3 unless Nintendo call pull all/most of that market away from Sony.

Shadow Lady · Feb 15, 2005, 01:21 AM

Don't we all love our PC?

i remember i saw KOTOR on the xbox and i didnt like it, but as soon as i tried it on the PC? wh, no doubt PC Lover forever, besides as stated before, consoles get old and nothing can be done about that, but if ur PC gets old, u just upgrade it a little

Rosco[CoF] · Feb 15, 2005, 02:40 AM

consoles are SCHWAG!!

pigdog · Feb 15, 2005, 07:28 AM

Once I'd moved to PC's, I could never go back.

Tried, but it's just not as intense as huddled in front of your monitor, in a darkened room, surrounded (literally) by your 5.1 speakers (feet resting on the bass driver box under the table), and playing on a system that you have researched, designed, purchased, built and tweaked and tuned etc, etc, yourself . . . . . . . . .

Plus the PC community seem a little more "thoughtful".

Son_of_Thunder · Feb 15, 2005, 09:16 AM

ps3, hopefully it'll be backwards compatable and replace my ps2 that broke a few months ago

nitrousoxide52 · Feb 15, 2005, 12:27 PM

PC all the way!

Danhill · Feb 15, 2005, 12:46 PM

I voted PS3.

Asmodeus · Feb 15, 2005, 03:14 PM

PC all the way

Mocca · Feb 15, 2005, 06:01 PM

Consoles are for children age 3-8

Dis Skillz · Feb 15, 2005, 06:41 PM

ps3

gileswendes · Feb 15, 2005, 09:58 PM

XBOX 2/ Xenon/ Next Box/ Xbox Next!!! If the modification scene comes close to that of the Xbox 1 (see Zardon's article on the 900GB 'Heavenly') then we'll be looking at photo quality graphics and 'the rest' we've always wanted. Why play on PC when the graphics card costs the same as a console and then the mobo, RAM, CPU etc doesn't match???

gileswendes · Feb 15, 2005, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mocca

Consoles are for children age 3-8

See Zardon's 900GB 'Heavenly' XBOX monster!

toddsmack2k · Feb 16, 2005, 11:04 AM

I voted for gaming on the good old PC. I have gotten spoiled by just how much better games look on a desktop. I will admit though the idea of picking up a used Xbox and having some modding fun. is tempting.

GeneralClaymore · Feb 16, 2005, 01:36 PM

i voted for pc. i grew out of game consoles 3 yrs ago. and never looked back.

Red_Death · Feb 16, 2005, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BWX

Any money I would spend on a console - I would rather put into upgrading my PC..

Diddo, but I would buy all the consoles that have optional keyboard attachments. I just prefer the keyboard to the game pad, now days.

Pluvious · Feb 16, 2005, 08:04 PM

I picked Xbox2 but I could also see myself getting a PS3 because of the CELL tech. The poll should have a few more entries like .. PS3 AND xbox2 or All of the above.

I hunt down GOOD games on ANY system.

ericdrum · Feb 16, 2005, 10:59 PM

XBOX 360. I just love playing sports games on the 50" LCD Grand WEGA.

People who think console gaming and PC are mutually exclusive are a mystery to me. They both provide me with a fun, yet different gaming experience.

qballshalls2002 · Feb 17, 2005, 06:23 AM

I wanted to vote PS3 and X2. Although pc gaming is more emmersive and has more replay value of it, I admit. I enjoyed every bit of it since I started back in 2001 Max Payne and UT. The problem I'm noticing about pc gaming is that graphics hardware prices has skyrocketed and videocard companies dont care even if they have to sell them for $650 or more with limited supply. By the time you get your hands on the hardware at a reasonable price or original MSRP, a new card is out with the same problems. In other words, pc gaming is getting more expensive by the year and for some reason new highend videocards suppliers just aint getting enough to fulfill their orders. As for now, Im saving for a 30inch ws tv for X2 and Ps3. I rather wait in a long 3 hour long line at BB once, than having to wait for a videocard that may take months to order with outragoues prices.

Feb 14, 2005, 06:25 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Next Gaming Console Purchase Portables not included. please vote

Feb 14, 2005, 06:44 PM	#5
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,790 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	i voted XBOX2........i simply can't wait for those big hits to hit the PC market . __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Feb 14, 2005, 06:51 PM	#6
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,843 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Have no choice but to vote pc..... __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Feb 14, 2005, 07:18 PM	#7
Alcofiel electronic fantastic Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Rotterdam Posts: 51 Rep Power: 0	ps3 offcourse! gran turismo 5, gta 4, final fantasy 13, metal gear (?), tekken, maybe some kind of wanda & the giant / ico game etc.... it's gonna be amazing __________________ "i look back and i'm amazed, my thoughts were so clear and true and three words looped through my mind endlessly repeating themselves, like a broken record you're so cool, you're so cool, you're so cool...."

Feb 14, 2005, 09:16 PM	#11
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Any money I would spend on a console - I would rather put into upgrading my PC.. Also if I had unlimited funds I would still not buy a console - they are outdated by the ever-evolving PC sometimes before the console is even available for purchase, sometimes shortly thereafter. ..but they are always outdated by the PC... __________________

Feb 14, 2005, 06:40 PM	#2
bake15 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wigan,UK Posts: 582 Rep Power: 0	voted nintendo i havent played on any consoles now for 18 months,but next week im re-buying a gamecube for metroid prime 2 and resi evil 4(my sister stole my last one )

Feb 14, 2005, 06:40 PM	#3
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	nintendo, simply because it has the best games that don't make ti to PC, all the really good XBox/PS games make it to my PC eventually

Feb 14, 2005, 07:24 PM	#8
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	ps3 for me too. ill always be a fan of the gran turismo and FF series. cant forget the resident evil's too, except they seem to be doing quite abit with nintendo right now.....

Feb 14, 2005, 08:37 PM	#9
FireElements DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 189 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I'll end up buying all of them, but if I could only choose one it is definitely going to be Nintendo's next console.

Feb 14, 2005, 09:09 PM	#10
madster DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 24 Rep Power: 0	ps3 gt5 and mgs series

Feb 14, 2005, 10:29 PM	#13
caqde HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: US, IL Posts: 505 Rep Power: 66 System Specs	I'm a RPG (Final Fantasy 1-10/Final Fantasy Tactics style games) gamer so I need to follow the Playstation consoles to get the games I want. So I will likely get a PS3 unless Nintendo call pull all/most of that market away from Sony. __________________ AMD Phenom II X4 925 AM3/ Giga-byte MA790XT-UD4P XFX HD5770 1GB / 2x8GB of Geil DDR3 12800 10-10-10-28 Samsung SH-S182D DVD-RW drive / Sony Optiarc BD-5300S BD-RW drive Western Digital WD1501FASS(Primary)/Western Digital 15EADS(Secondary)/Western Digital 7500AACS(Secondary)/Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320gb(Secondary) Antec TP-550 / CoolerMaster CMStacker Sound Blaster X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Professional / Creative Inspire 6600 6.1 speakers Samsugn T200HD 20" LCD Monitor / Logitech Internet 350 Black Keyboard Logitech MX510 Mouse

Feb 15, 2005, 01:21 AM	#14
Shadow Lady Avril Fan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere in colombia, okok, bogotá city :p Posts: 1,262 Rep Power: 0	Don't we all love our PC? i remember i saw KOTOR on the xbox and i didnt like it, but as soon as i tried it on the PC? wh, no doubt PC Lover forever, besides as stated before, consoles get old and nothing can be done about that, but if ur PC gets old, u just upgrade it a little __________________ Oblivion ftw

Feb 15, 2005, 02:40 AM	#15
Rosco[CoF] HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Traverse City, MI Posts: 158 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	consoles are SCHWAG!!

Feb 15, 2005, 07:28 AM	#16
pigdog HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 471 Rep Power: 57 System Specs	Once I'd moved to PC's, I could never go back. Tried, but it's just not as intense as huddled in front of your monitor, in a darkened room, surrounded (literally) by your 5.1 speakers (feet resting on the bass driver box under the table), and playing on a system that you have researched, designed, purchased, built and tweaked and tuned etc, etc, yourself . . . . . . . . . Plus the PC community seem a little more "thoughtful". __________________

Feb 15, 2005, 09:16 AM	#17
Son_of_Thunder HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 1,441 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	ps3, hopefully it'll be backwards compatable and replace my ps2 that broke a few months ago __________________

Feb 15, 2005, 12:27 PM	#18
nitrousoxide52 Driverheaven.com err .net Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,719 Rep Power: 0	PC all the way! __________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ XFX Geforce 7800GT ABIT AN8-SLI BFG Tech 650w

Feb 15, 2005, 12:46 PM	#19
Danhill DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,112 Rep Power: 0	I voted PS3. __________________ MOBO: [color=white]ASUS A8N-SLI Premium[/color] CPU: AMD 64 3200+ (Venice) @ 2,50 Ghz MEM: 2 x 512 DDR 466, VGA: 2 x 6600 GT in SLI, HDD1: WD Raptor HDD2: Maxtor Diamond Plus 9, Case: Antec Plus View 1080, PSU: ThermalTake PurePower 500W, MX 1000, Dell 2001 FP, Aud. 2 SZ

Feb 15, 2005, 06:01 PM	#21
Mocca Somewhere in time Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Denmark Posts: 133 Rep Power: 0	Consoles are for children age 3-8 __________________ AMD64 3800+ Dualcore Asus A8N-E Nforce4 Ultra Chipset 2048MB Kingston HyperX Dualchan pc3200 Ram Asus 7800GTX PCI-E 16x Graphicscard

Feb 15, 2005, 06:41 PM	#22
Dis Skillz DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 45 Rep Power: 0	ps3 __________________ P4 2.4B Ghz [533FSB]Northwood Asus P4T533 512Mb 1066Mhz 32-bit RDRAM 128Mb Ati Radeon 9800 PRO

Feb 15, 2005, 03:14 PM	#20
Asmodeus DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Altoona, PA Posts: 187 Rep Power: 0	PC all the way __________________ .

Feb 15, 2005, 09:58 PM	#23
gileswendes DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Havant, UK Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	XBOX 2/ Xenon/ Next Box/ Xbox Next!!! If the modification scene comes close to that of the Xbox 1 (see Zardon's article on the 900GB 'Heavenly') then we'll be looking at photo quality graphics and 'the rest' we've always wanted. Why play on PC when the graphics card costs the same as a console and then the mobo, RAM, CPU etc doesn't match???

Feb 16, 2005, 11:04 AM	#25
toddsmack2k It Never..... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,173 Rep Power: 0	I voted for gaming on the good old PC. I have gotten spoiled by just how much better games look on a desktop. I will admit though the idea of picking up a used Xbox and having some modding fun. is tempting. __________________ [color=blue]*Bleeding From the Inside Pouring Out, The* *DriverHeaven* Spiral, We Shall Never Let Go Of.[/color]

Feb 16, 2005, 01:36 PM	#26
GeneralClaymore HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: MI Posts: 434 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	i voted for pc. i grew out of game consoles 3 yrs ago. and never looked back. __________________ Source: x-fi titanium hd 2x LT1124ACN+ 2x LT1115 > Matrix M-Stage V2 /w 2x LME49710NA> DT880 pro 250ohm

Feb 16, 2005, 08:04 PM	#28
Pluvious Elisha = hottie Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: USA CA. SF Bay Area Posts: 1,318 Rep Power: 0	I picked Xbox2 but I could also see myself getting a PS3 because of the CELL tech. The poll should have a few more entries like .. PS3 AND xbox2 or All of the above. I hunt down GOOD games on ANY system. __________________

Feb 16, 2005, 10:59 PM	#29
ericdrum DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The SLC Posts: 149 Rep Power: 0	XBOX 360. I just love playing sports games on the 50" LCD Grand WEGA. People who think console gaming and PC are mutually exclusive are a mystery to me. They both provide me with a fun, yet different gaming experience. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3500+ MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum nForce3 Ultra 2 gig Corsair XMS 3200 eVGA 6800 GT SB Audigy2 w/ KX Project Drivers 2-80 gig Western Digital SATA 7200 RAID 0 200 GB Seagate Barricuda 7200 for Storage Ultra Xconnect 500W Power Supply Windows XP SP2 Antec P160W case

Feb 17, 2005, 06:23 AM	#30
qballshalls2002 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: USA Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0	I wanted to vote PS3 and X2. Although pc gaming is more emmersive and has more replay value of it, I admit. I enjoyed every bit of it since I started back in 2001 Max Payne and UT. The problem I'm noticing about pc gaming is that graphics hardware prices has skyrocketed and videocard companies dont care even if they have to sell them for $650 or more with limited supply. By the time you get your hands on the hardware at a reasonable price or original MSRP, a new card is out with the same problems. In other words, pc gaming is getting more expensive by the year and for some reason new highend videocards suppliers just aint getting enough to fulfill their orders. As for now, Im saving for a 30inch ws tv for X2 and Ps3. I rather wait in a long 3 hour long line at BB once, than having to wait for a videocard that may take months to order with outragoues prices.