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Here are my beloved consoles. At present times, i only own Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PlayStation Portable, Nintendo Gamecube, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox and Microsoft Xbox 360. I will try to post the specs for each and every one, but i like to think that hardware performance is nothing without feeling, gameplay, music, story… Something that, for example, Final Fantasy series will always have. After all, why do we play on these little machines ? We do it to escape out of this world. We do it to relax, to have fun with friends (or enemies). We do it for the nice or scary moments inside the games, and not for the hardware under the hood. I think those that only think about the hardware power, poligons, pixel or vertex shaders, will soon forget about what a game should be.

To be continued…

Se pare ca a inceput cu adevarat razboiul next-gen. Ah, nu va speriati, e un razboi “virtual”, in bits and bytes. Si din fericire, este un razboi in engine-uri, in grafica, in design, gameplay. Lucruri care pt. un gamer nu poate insemna decat un mod de a se relaxa mai placut. De data aceasta, cei de la PSU au facut o comparatie screen by screen intre engine-ul lui Haze si al lui Crysis. Va las pe voi sa decideti care arata mai bine. Read more pt. mai multe screenshot-uri.

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Trist dar adevarat. Cu titluri care ajung la lansare si la infam-ul pret de 100 USD, cu accesorii gen wireless adaptor pt. Xbox 360 care sar de 70 USD, next gen consoles se pare ca momentan pierd razboiul in fata mai “vechilor” console, sau mai putin dotatelor surate. Concluzia ar fi pe scurt, ca nu puterea de sub carcasa ii atrage pe gameri, ci gameplay-ul si pretul. Aveti mai jos chart-ul pentru primele 6 luni de sales si cifrele exacte.

1. Wii (2,470,000)
2. PS2 (2,200,000)
3. Xbox (1,900,000)
4. GameCube (1,540,000)
5. Xbox 360 (1,384,000)
6. PS3 (1,271,000)