Microsoft Press Conference Thoughts

gord · 10 May 2006 at 00:29

Well mainly i have one thought and its..

NOOOOOOoooooooooooooo!

They are talking about cross platform support. People with PCs playing people with Consoles online. Its ridiculous, i know it may sound great in business terms, but i really feel one of the best things about the xbox and console gaming is the fair level people have... now they will just turn it into people with mice and keyboards owning the console players at FPS and vice versa for racing games.. even though the pc user can use their 360 controller if they want for that too...

The conference can be found here.

http://uk.gamespot.com/e3/index.html

gord · 10 May 2006 at 00:34

McDaniel said:
your not forced to use the console for the FPS games, and some people may be more comfortable using a controller

Undoubtedly some may prefer the controller, but nonetheless the mouse is a precision tool compared to the sticks on a controller. What about people who cannot afford to have both PC and console as an option, as it sounds Vista will be an expensive commodity.

gord · 10 May 2006 at 00:44

McDaniel said:
there will almost def be options such as Console only players, or PC only players aswell

Its the only way i can see them still be able to integrate the systems without causing uproar.

gord · 10 May 2006 at 00:57

Mr Latte said:
Guys it could be used in CO-OP situations on single player levels, dont just constantly think of deathmatches.

Good point, my natural competitive nature eluded this from me. Would be very cool and expand games quite a lot considering user numbers. Especially in games like halo, give the controller guy the buggy control and stick the mouse dude on the gun..

fun fun fun!

gord · 10 May 2006 at 01:02

oooeerr, didnt see the huage Microsoft Press Conference thread, DaveyO, could you merge this with that one if you feel the need?

gord · 10 May 2006 at 18:00

McManicMan said:
won't happen for a long time, i would even say its just a pipe dream by Bill Gates. Nothing will happen until a PC can except the same code as the 360 and vice versa game wise and configeration wise, this is why we have consoles and pc's and different formats.

Dude, did you even watch the conference?

They have it, they can accept challenges over a connection from xbox to PC... it was done... not a pipe dream... Vista function already implemented!

gord · 11 May 2006 at 00:43

theo said:
another good thing about this cross platform no one has mentioned yet is being able to set up dedicated servers for live player via a pc or hosting company, no more peer to peer for xbox owners, allowing more players in a live game instead of being limited to 16

Although, that does mean we may be left with tonnes of empty servers, but i do concur.. it should be a relatively good thing for hosted games.. maybe we wont keep getting cut off GRAW...