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[QUOTE="XVision84"]

Point them out, I'd be glad to correct them :) I find a hard time finding a PC that can max out Crysis or Battlefield for $800. A GPU alone costs almost half that much, let alone RAM, Hard drive, monitor, CPU, Motherboard, etc. etc.

XVision84

that depends on your definition of max settings pertaining to things like resolution and ridiculous post processing levels. unless there is some sort of SW standard for this that I'm not aware of.

I'm talking about the more high-res PC's that have 1080p-1200p HD resolutions (or even 1600p in some cases, and of course there are many other resolution sizes out there).

and that's fine if you want a PC to do that, but if he's talking a PC that can run games at a playable resolution with decent framerates, $800 is more than enough. The majority of PC gamers don't play games at 1200p, and I know that I'm generalizing here, but I believe that most don't. $800 is more than enough to run crysis at very high, DX10, with some AA and get a decent framerate. Much better than what the console version will likely put out.

[QUOTE="NoodleFighter"]

[QUOTE="XVision84"]

8GB of RAM? $600? 8x MSAA? Yeah, maybe if you want to play Doom 2 on max settings that's possible, but good luck accomplishing that with Crysis, Battlefield 3, Skyrim, and The Witcher 2. $800 isn't going to get you that good of a PC, and people would buy 360 games over PC because they don't have a PC and don't want one. It's not a downgrade, it's preference.

XVision84

So many things wrong with what you said :lol:

Point them out, I'd be glad to correct them :) I find a hard time finding a PC that can max out Crysis or Battlefield for $800. A GPU alone costs almost half that much, let alone RAM, Hard drive, monitor, CPU, Motherboard, etc. etc.

that depends on your definition of max settings pertaining to things like resolution and ridiculous post processing levels. unless there is some sort of SW standard for this that I'm not aware of.

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[QUOTE="Da_lil_PimP"]

I imagine the counter that says how many people are online is broken then. It only says there's about 70000 people online.

Da_lil_PimP

I really doubt the counter is broken unless you expect everyone that bought the game to be online. Look at how much Cod Blops has sold and i doubt there are400000 people playing at any given time on average. The counter is fine

When Halo games come out, they sell in the millions, yet average 700-900k on weekdays and 1.2-1.5 million in peak hours on the weekends. Seems about right.

[QUOTE="Gibsonsg527"]...It's just easier and less expensive...El_Zo1212o

...It's not different than the millions of people who download their music from itunes rather than buy the CD even though the CD sounds better, let alone an actual vinyl record sounds better than a CD, so how is this any different? It's convient, and it's still a pretty decent quality, enough for most people...ryangcnx-2

Analog audio with the right equipment does sound much more accurate, and therefore, to many, better. Popping and hissing aside, when directly compared, at peak performance, there is a distinct difference.

Several reasons. Many sports games are gimped or not even available on PC. Also, believe it or not, sometimes a console is just more convenient. I have a gaming PC and love it, but sometimes, I just have to play a game on my 360. Simple as that.

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[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"] And I was one of the five people who bought Resistance 3 at launch. Yes!Master_ShakeXXX

SP, I could see someone making the argument, although I wouldn't agree with it. MP, not even close. I would take a broken gears MP experience over any Resisntance game's MP hands down.

[QUOTE="tempest91"]

[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"] My password is far from weak and I've never told anyone. It was certainly a hack-in.KHAndAnime

I'm not saying that you're wrong, but there are other ways to get into an account that don't include hacking. Knowing your gamertag and email address are enough to spoof a password reset system in some cases.

And that's exactly what I was saying: that we shouldn't jump to the conclusion that Xbox Live itself was hacked, and that it was most likely related to email accounts. The fact is, no one knows exactly how this is happening except Microsoft and the perpetrators. Everything else is just speculation.

[QUOTE="tempest91"]Spoofing a password reset is far from hacking Xbox Live. It can be done using hotmail only or stealing readily available information from facebook or other social sites easier than people think. If people actually knew what hacking was these threads wouldn't be filled with such wild speculation. No one here knows how this information is being attained except Microsoft and the people stealing it. Speculating on how it happened is just dumb to be honest. This happens everywhere just so we're clear. It happens on ebay, paypal, bank websites, etc. and that's why most of those websites have to resort to multiple step security methods if they are smart, something which most email services don't take the time to do.tormentos

1. bringing up the RROD does nothing for your "argument".

2. Google PSN account hacks, scroll down past the first few and locate the reports of people accounts that are hacked, and the youtube videos explaining how to hack PSN accounts using an email address.

[QUOTE="tempest91"]I'm not saying that you're wrong, but there are other ways to get into an account that don't include hacking. Knowing your gamertag and email address are enough to spoof a password reset system in some cases.tormentos

Spoofing a password reset is far from hacking Xbox Live. It can be done using hotmail only or stealing readily available information from facebook or other social sites easier than people think. If people actually knew what hacking was these threads wouldn't be filled with such wild speculation. No one here knows how this information is being attained except Microsoft and the people stealing it. Speculating on how it happened is just dumb to be honest. This happens everywhere just so we're clear. It happens on ebay, paypal, bank websites, etc. and that's why most of those websites have to resort to multiple step security methods if they are smart, something which most email services don't take the time to do.

[QUOTE="tormentos"][QUOTE="sts106mat"] doesn't look like it has been hacked, seems to be people with weak passwords.KHAndAnime

I'm not saying that you're wrong, but there are other ways to get into an account that don't include hacking. Knowing your gamertag and email address are enough to spoof a password reset system in some cases.