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Fanboy Confession: Buying an Xbox 360

Whether we admit it or not we all have our biases. This holds true with gamers perhaps more than anyone else. Most of us only have enough money to buy one system, and often by default it becomes our console of choice. New England Gamer discusses what happens when bias becomes pointless and you're forced to accept that maybe you're not immune to being a fanboy.

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thewhoopimen4999d ago

Too bad the author didn't read about EA's announcement that Mass Effect 2 and 3 were coming to the PS3... I'm sure he'd be facepalming himself for taking the leap for the wrong reason.

Playerz84999d ago

Damn, this guy looks foolish. He should have read yesterday's news.

ALFAxD_CENTAURO4999d ago

Looks like RuPaul didn't read the article.

dizzleK4999d ago

Back in my day being a "hardcore" gamer meant owning every system so you could play everything. Todays faux hardcore clench their 1 console like their mother's teat and hold on for dear life. They pass everything by due to some retarded sense of loyalty to a hunk of plastic.

deadreckoning6664999d ago (Edited 4999d ago )

"They pass everything by due to some retarded sense of loyalty to a hunk of plastic."

Bravo. I only have a PS3 atm, but id love to play Reach and Gears. Its just that I feel that the 360 is overpriced and not worth the asking price. And theres no way in hell I'm paying for online play.

stewie328874999d ago

I concur on the online play dealie.

Honestly, with the PS3 gaining ground you'd think it would make good sense for Microsoft to make Xbox Live Gold a free feature, especially sicne they aren't exactly a company lacking in change.

It's for that reason that I'm not going to invest in a Gold membership. If I really want a multiplayer experience, which I generally don't, I'll go to my PS3. It may not have all the same bells and whistles, but it gets the job done for fifty bucks less a year.

That said, I'm still enjoying my new Xbox, even if Mass Effect 2, one of the games I bought it for (Mass Effect 1 being the other) is now coming to the PS3. Kind of a kick in the nuts to honest.

karl4999d ago

the same for me..

i accept that halo and gears.. are awesome games....
but i just wont support MS buying their cheap made console..

their business model is bad for the gaming industry ... and thats why they wont get a cent from me...

yet i do buy xbox exclusives on pc if i have the chance...

Graphics4999d ago (Edited 4999d ago )

Hardcore is now about owning whats best, whats hardcore of owning one good system with 3 other garbage. If i can have Ferrari i don't want no toyota, unless its a hooked up toyata supra with 1k HP which ends up being more than a lambo. Which is why the only reason i own a 360 cause its fully modded from the inside out.

Mini Mario4998d ago

"Hardcore is now about owning whats best, whats hardcore of owning one good system with 3 other garbage. If i can have Ferrari i don't want no toyot"

It has nothing to do with the power of the console, its about the games. You can have a super powerful system with crap games....but it doesnt change the fact that they are still CRAP games.

-Note im not talking about any console in particular. Just stating that a super console is nothing without super games

Projekt7tuning4999d ago (Edited 4999d ago )

@ dizzleK
Bubble for you, Well said.

And to Graphics your and Idiot.

koh4999d ago (Edited 4999d ago )

I'm having trouble deciding how long to follow your analogy. My guess is that the Lambo is the PS3, but then are you saying there are ways to soup up an Xbox or Wii to make them better? I get the feeling you just followed that thought off topic though. The price difference (at launch at least, and to a lesser extent now) is also a pretty funny point.

Graphics4999d ago

yea 360 and wii can be modded while the ps3 can't. which for some, but for me specifically makes them better systems. If it wasn't for that fact I would of never bought a wii or 360.

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Kurt Russell4999d ago

What the fuck are you lot on about?

Articles right - the more the better

Projekt7tuning4998d ago

@ blueshirt7749

In Nelsons voice, "HAHA."
Graphics cant even make a complete sentence. I'm glad he has you to stick up for him.

Graphics4998d ago

@ Projekt7tuning

"And to Graphics your and Idiot." ?????????

You must be a retard. Learn to type before you try insulting people online.

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pippoppow4999d ago

Sure their are fanatics out there that for some reason have sided for good or bad with one platform of choice but some of us have legit reasons. For some one platform is enough. For others it's due to financial reasons but for some like myself it's due to business practices that I do not want to support in 360's case.

It is not fanboyism that stops me from owning a 360 or financial reasons. It is poor hardware reliability, lack of exclusives, pay to play tax and their insulting tactics.

I did buy and support the original Xbox. At first I was excited about MS entering the console market but was unimpressed with it's content. Now it isn't only content but just about everything else as well.

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5 Of The Best Narrative Twists In Video Games

GL compiles a list of some of the most mind-blowing video game narrative twists in recent memory, from The Last of Us to Outer Wilds

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With articles like these cant you tag the games mentioned so that we can know ahead of time if there’s a spoiler to avoid?

Not clicking on your article otherwise.

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Mugen Souls Retro Review – Sexy Demon Space Adventure

Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

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ChasterMies8h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken4h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing6919h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker19h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo19h ago(Edited 19h ago)

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing6919h ago(Edited 19h ago)

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos16h ago(Edited 16h ago)

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt7h ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken4h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.