In other news, a game actually worth playing, and breaking new ground...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6929484.stm

"Sat down in front of a playable level it is immediately clear that Killzone 2 will be one of the most cinematic and immersive games ever produced on a console.

The raw processing power of the PlayStation 3 has been harnessed to create a level of detail seen only in a handful of games on high-end PCs.

The dynamic lighting, animation, high-definition environments and details, such as plaster flying off walls and pillars caught in crossfire, create a sense of place and reality that takes games to a new level of realism."

whatever you say

Not me, BBC news.

This article is about Halo 2 I don't see anything listed that mentions the crap game KillZone 2. The first one sucked so I'm sure the second one will too.

Keep trolling.

Keep wishing...

Halo 3 has had pretty bad press so far, from industry, and fans. It bring nothing new, it's basically Halo2, with some spruced up graphics (not even upto Gears Of War standard).

Killzone 2 is stunning everyone that plays it. Hey it even surpassed the target render from E3 2005.

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Did you see the review for Lair? Yes it sucks. All that power and the games still suck.....

I hated the first Killzone so like I said I don't care.

http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=536476

Xbox forums reporting Lair as a 9.0/10

Sorry...

"Play TM magazine is the first magazine corp to get their hands on the retail copy of PS3 exclusive game Lair. According to the PLay TM magazine:

"So yes, if there’s any doubt left, Lair has come together beautifully

"With its stunning visuals and incredible soundtrack, Lair may well be the single most powerful experience that a man can share with his $5,000 home theatre system".

"Lair is an utter feast for the eyes"

http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News-53519.aspx

I can not believe how much you lie. Game informer had a review in their last issue. Six axis control was crap and so on and so on.

Give it up there are other companies in the world besides Sony that make good games. The again you get paid by them so you will never admit that.

I guess you won't be enjoying on your home system since we have all seen pictures of that already. No center speaker what a joke not to mention other junk pieces in the setup.

Yawn, are they still milking the boring Halo franchise...

THIS IS NOT NEWS, THIS IS A PRESS RELEASE.

Either Betanews are stupid, or in Microsoft's pocket.

I'm suprised however they got that many pre-orders, most people were underwhelmed by the beta.

The fact this press release comes from Microsoft, means it's likely to be total BS..

troll, bad trolling at that

If anyone actually thinks Microsoft knows how many pre-ordered have been taken in indidual stores across the globe, then they are pretty darn dumb.

This is regular Microsoft PR BS.

Microsoft won't back this up with any hard evidence.

Hm I would beg to differ, if its the fastest selling game in history, that would be news.

I cannot figure for the life of me why you continue to come on these topics about MS when nothing you have to offer has anything to do with the topic.

You only come on here to complain that Betanews is biased towards your love for Sony and never offer anything but trolls.

uh its MS distributing the product to the various retailers so of course they are going to know how many pre-orders, sony did this with ps3 stating they sold such and such but I guess they are right because sony is always right.

"Yawn, are they still milking the boring Halo franchise..."

ROFL...Hate to break it to you, but the sales numbers say differently. But of course you hate Halo. It is Xbox exclusive.

"I'm suprised however they got that many pre-orders, most people were underwhelmed by the beta."

ROFL!!! Yah and people bash on Gears of War and several other top games all the time. Guess that makes them bad games too? There is and always will be people bashing on a game no matter how good it is. I PROMISE you people will even bash on games like Call of Duty 4, which is clearly going to be a great game.

as i said earlier above

Gears is a great game, COD4 is likely to be a great game.

Halo3 is dull and repitive, and offers nothing new. Even the graphics don't match up to Gears Of War, a year on.

It's preorders, not orders.

Stores pre-order what they can, only very close to release, do they contact the distributer (not Microsoft) with how many needed. Some stores just have standard allocations.

This is MS PR bulls***, There is simply no way of knowing how many pre-orders there are.

whatever you say

whatever you say

Listen guys,

I have no desire to come here anymore. Wasting time listening to people spreading hate is getting so old and boring.

BetaNews obviously loves this kind of thing as Ed Oswald posted "maybe I'll keep you around for entertainment" pretty much says it all.

His "WARNING" post was completely full of s***. I can't stand it anymore. They love it when a story is filled with two people going back and forth hurling insults at each other that have nothing to do with the actual story.

I'm done.

"Halo3 is dull and repitive, and offers nothing new."

To bad you haven't beat Halo 3 yet. You don't even have an Xbox 360.

http://img409.imageshack...09/1838/image038bf9.jpg

"This is MinuteMade bulls***, ..."

There, fixed it for you.

Woo, you and Hollywood__ both posting the same links..

I wonder if you are related somehow.

There can't be that many people defending the hunk of junk 360, and the failing HD DUD format.

Well actually Dave, they are more people that own a 360 over a PS3 if you look at total global sales. Well actually the PS3 is the least selling next gen system.

I have a PS3 and the 360 and so far I think the PS3 sucks. The only games worth playing are download games making the blo-ray meaningless.

This time you are most likely right. The smaller stores most likely count for an additional one million so the count is two million.

They are making the game they will know how many the stores order. Clueless truly clueless you are.

Your logic shows stupidity.

Sorry but replacements don't count as sales.

Many of those 11 million XBoxes are for failed units.

The 360 sales have almost dried up since Wii and PS3 were launched. Microsoft sold 10 million in 2006, and in 2007, it's just 1.1 million, 8 months in...

Like what other people have said to you what ever you say. You have no idea what you are talking about Dave

"Halo 3 is dull and repitive, and offers nothing new."

Oh really? I am positive you based this off of actually playing the game and not some 10 year old Sony fanboy. /sarcasm

Why tf does it matter? This game is going to fly off the shelves anyway. You can go ahead and bookmark this post if you want to. The game will sell well above average. MARK MY WORDS AND MARK THEM WELL. If you think this game will not sell like hot cakes you are in some serious denial.

Sony has always counted replacements as sales guess that explains the PS2 sales figures.

This is the PC version we are talking about?

it will not be sold out. they will ship a few million copies the first week. you may not be able to get one from the game shops but it will be available at walmart, target, cc, bb and others.

wow, what a bunch of sheep - voluntary giving away their money. 1 mil times 50$ a person - someone having nice interest income from those 50 mil.

completley sold out at the day of release - this just pisses me off. it is not the box with round piece of plastic that is sold, it is the content. this content can be distributed much, much cheaper and faster and without any shortages had the manufacturer chose to.

ahhh, the sheep will not care being f...cked over and will eat anything no matter what.

you will not be able to find this game for $50.

ok, well, i will confess
i have no idea what next gen console games run these days.

my point is that if there will be any shortages of game it will be so only because of the manufacturer made it so

i was not trying to flame, i thought maybe you knew a place to get it for $50.

Most retailers don't ask for the money right away, so no, not all are making early Halo 3 money. EBgames.com doesn't charge your card until day of release, just one example.

What???

...

Steve is that you?

Besides if you don't like it, don't buy it.

too bad we won't see it on vista until 9.25.2020 i'm sure glad microsoft is pushing games for windows

i dunno why but while it was fun on console, playing first halo on PC was kinda boring. i guess the gameplay is just sutes couch better.
so i don't really care for halo3 on pc
just my 0.0002 cents

I think after the first service pack comes out games will get a bigger push. Along with DirectX 10, its basically the same as it was with xp, not everyone jumped on the system right away to make games.

most games i don't mind on the console but shooters i've always prefered with a keyboard and mouse that's the only reason i'll wait for it to come out on pc

People still play games on computers?!?!??? BWAHAHAHAH, get with the times, tools.

this is the thing. somehow i enjoyed halo more with xbox ontroller. but i'm generally more into PC gaming as well. the xbox (chipped :) )is more of Media center for me that gaming console.

and BTW, there is a 20$ adapter that will allow you to connect ps/2 keyboard an mouse to xbox (original), you know :)

Can you play counter-strike mods on the console?

Huh...

ew, you only play games on a console?

Personally I prefer the pad over the KB/Mouse combination.(I know I am probably in the minority on this) But there is no denying that if you do like KB/Mouse combination as good or better than the pad it is clearly the superior gaming experience. It moves ahead much faster than console gaming, which is the reason for its' expensive nature.

didn't know that, i ebay's my xbox 3 months after i bought it and got my kids a gamecube instead then sold it and got a wii. i was thinking of getting another xbox to use for media center but went with hauppauge media mvp, i don't know how the xbox works but the media mvp so far has completely sucked

I am with you. I prefer it on the pad. I tried playing Halo on the PC and it just didn't feel right to me. In most cases I actually prefer the controller, but as I stated earlier I realize I am probably in the minority on this.

Although I must say that games like Quake 3 with all Rail mod is always gonna be better on KB/Mouse. That brings me to my next point. Did you guys hear about this coming to XBLA? I am curious to see how this game handles on a pad. Although if they don't allow some of the mods like freezetag, All Rail, etc. it may be a deal breaker. I actually still play this game to this day lol.

Xbox works amasing as media center. low power/noise, simple device, huge storage (as much as you willing to pay for,uses regular 3.5 drives). look into XBMC. rip any dvd disk (movie or game) onto your hard drive. you can even play a movie out of rar archive or ISO image straight up without unpacking over the network.

EDIT: i read about mythTV script for XBMC but never got to try it. if you do myth...

you can play ut mods on the ps3.
huh..

That's one game.

Wanna compare lists? I can name a dozen or so off the top of my head.

Nope, no one plays games on computers anymore. For example Blizzard recently filed for bankruptcy and both AMD and NVIDIA have gone out of business. Do you have any other intelligent posts you'd like to share with us? Maybe you could type:

OMG LOL people still wear socks?!?!? BWAHAHAOMGWTFBBQ u r all teh noobs lol.

Really, it wouldn't look any more stupid than what you just posted.

"BBQ"

Nice!

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Quake III? Oh hell's yeah. That was my first favorite multiplayer game. I played it all the time with everybody in my Computer Tech & Networking class in high school (we were testing the network ;). It was fun though because even my teacher joined in and played. She said if we killed her she'll give us F's.

Xbox works amasing as media center. low power/noise

You are joking right? The power brick is the size of a small house, The thing oveheats before you can shout "bring me another coffin", and is louder than a jet taking off in your living room..

Thats funny last time I checked the Xbox didn't have a power brick.

He was talking about the Xbox 1 you jag off.