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thanks I would appreciate it. This chick is one of those "always right" people that refuses to ever admit she is wrong. For reference purposes, and to put the wench in her place , the information was taken from the June 2007 issue of Edge magazine (UK).

OK, the article isn't as detailed as I thought but here's a summary: 2000 - $400m+ profit 2001 - $726m profit (Launch of Game Cube and GBA) 2002 - "... profits remain high" 2003 - Game Cube floundering despite price cut to $99. GBA SP announced. 2004 - "... lowest profits in recent history ($316m)". SP doing well and successful DS launch. 2005 - $777m profit. DS a runaway success & Revolution announced. 2006 - "Profits rise again." DS Lite & Wii both hugely successful.

Short answer is no as they were making huge money from Pokemon amongst other things including the huge success of the GameBoy Advance. I'll just go and check a magazine that lists their yearly profits and post back with those details.

Where have I seen this thread before?!

Yep, I paid £20/$40 for the RGB Scart cable. That was more than my Jaguar cost!

Ulala!

That figure is the one stated by Sony as a theoretical best. It was for basic untextured polygons with no graphical effects whatsoever, therefore should be treated with extreme caution as an indicator of true performance. Sony were, from memory, ridiculed at the time for such a claim. Nintendo stated Gamecube's figure as being 12 million polys/sec and this was for supposedly true in-game performance, i.e. textured polygons with additional effects. Gamecube was very much underestimated at the time regarding its true power. PS2's real figures were thought to be similar to that of Gamecube from what I recall.

Yep, that was my understanding too.

I think it beggars belief that they still haven't included Super Mario Kart (SNES)

Also, * DC had twice the video RAM as PS2 and this can clearly be seen in the quality of polygonal textures in certain games. DC, unlike PS2, also had anti-aliasing which showed in games such as Dead or Alive 2 * The DC version of Half Life, to my recollection, was a lazy and unfinished PC port, i.e. it wasn't created specifically for DC and therefore wasn't optimised for it. Look at PC/360 games ported to PS3 for a current-gen illustration of this * Perhaps if DC game coders had enough years to fully exploit the system it would have seen even better games 4+ years into its lifecycle. Recall how piss poor PS2 launch titles were relative to games released years later

Or, if you can, use an RGB Scart/Peritel cable for an even better picture quality.

I don't particularly care either! No need to be so defensive though.

More details on those graphical glitches exclusive to the 360 version - link

Three words: Tempest 2000. Gorf.

I just bought a 32x only ten minutes ago off ebay! It comes with Star Wars Arcade, Doom and Virtua Racer.

A Sega fanboy? You kinda got me on that one! It loads a whole two seconds faster? Wow! That'll be the power of the Cell!

Here's something I've just read from an owner of both versions who claims the scrolling in the PS3 version is "less glitchy". Please don't think I'm some Sony fanboy, btw!

I recall England goalkeeper David "Calamity" James blaming too much PlayStation gaming for his ineptitude.

That's news to me. Do you have a source/link to substantiate PS3 has been outselling 360 in the UK? Oh, haha. Just checked that up. PS3 was ahead, then GTA4 came out and 360 pulled ahead. They seem about neck and neck at the moment. Thanks. Is that neck and neck in current sales or in lifetime sales?

What makes it the best? Check out the details in the Kotaku.com review - link In summary, the PS3 version has: * a markedly improved control scheme due to the limitations of the 360 controller's d-pad * more refined textures and lighting due to file size limitations placed on XBLA titles by Microsoft * additional exclusive Challenge Rooms

I'm currently downloading it on my PS3 after thoroughly enjoying the demo. It makes a rare change to see the best version of a game on PS3 and not 360.

That's news to me. Do you have a source/link to substantiate PS3 has been outselling 360 in the UK?

The only regional lock-out a non-modified PSP has is when it comes to playing UMD movies...

Nit-picking point I know, but Wii doesn't actually have a hard drive...

She co-starred in the Street Fighter movie!