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View Poll Results: Which console manufacturer will dominate the broadband gaming arena?
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Sony
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Microsoft
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Nintendo
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None of the above
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Other (please explain)
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09-27-2002, 04:56 PM
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Broadband gaming arena
Who will rein supreme in the broadband gaming industry?
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09-27-2002, 05:02 PM
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Freak
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Microsoft by far 
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09-27-2002, 05:08 PM
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None, Consoles are not ment to be online.
What do you mean by being supreme? The one with the best capabilties or the one with the most users?
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09-27-2002, 05:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Bobaroo330
None, Consoles are not meant to be online.
What do you mean by being supreme? The one with the best capabilities or the one with the most users?
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Well, if one has the most users then you can bet they have the best capabilities. |
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09-27-2002, 05:17 PM
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Xbox. Hands down. They're going all out. The PS2 might be comparible, but from the little I've kept up, the Xbox will reign as an online console.
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09-27-2002, 05:19 PM
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Amo ng Kapahamakan
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I'm with Bob on this one ... the main reason I got a console was because I was pretty sick of all the online, multiplayer games sprouting like mushrooms...
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09-27-2002, 05:23 PM
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Agreed. But you're a PC gamer. All those console-only gamers have been denied rich multiplayer and have had to sacrifice graphics and half of their screen to play with a buddy. The Xbox will pull in all those people, and they will rejoice in rich multiplayer goodness.
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09-27-2002, 05:26 PM
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Other, I couldn't care less who wins it, I won't be getting any of them anytime soon.
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09-27-2002, 05:31 PM
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Amo ng Kapahamakan
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Quote:
Originally posted by Spider
The Xbox will pull in all those people, and they will rejoice in rich multiplayer goodness.
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until they encounter the griefers and scammers, hehe ... well, look on the bright side - the online vets have a huge batch of newbies to play with 
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09-27-2002, 05:33 PM
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would people be able to hack Console games as easily as PC games, or not at all
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09-27-2002, 05:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Canis Lupus
until they encounter the griefers and scammers, hehe ... well, look on the bright side - the online vets have a huge batch of newbies to play with
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*Ksh* Roger that.
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09-27-2002, 05:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by -EG-raynor
would people be able to hack Console games as easily as PC games, or not at all
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Probably not as easily, but I'm sure they'll figure something out.
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09-27-2002, 05:44 PM
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I think Microsoft will dominate in this case. They have a more advanced console to work with, and I think this is going to be a major hit for the Xbox, more than for any other console.
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09-27-2002, 05:45 PM
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From what I hear they already need to work something out with pausing. I'm under the impression that if you're going to lose you can just pause it and wait for hte other person to leave, in effect forcing a loss on them and gaining a win. There are all kinds of exploits that people can take advantage of to get an unfair edge over their opponents, just because it's on a console, doesn't mean it'll be cheat-free. Far from.
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