To Luigi193:

Then Capcom should have made it for the NES and charged me the $0.50 that it's actually worth; Instead they're trying to rip us off with reused art assets from Mega Man 2 on a $200 - $400 console and no new game play.

Not everything is about flashy graphics, but treating MM9 like BC:R would not have hurt the game in any way.

Look, a company can either offer new game play improvements, offer new graphics, or both. If they keep everything the same, then why should I spend my money on a game that is no different than the one I already have?

"The problem is the read speed, which is only 2x on a PS3 while the 360 reads discs at 12x."

It's this sort of uninformed crap that drives geeks up the wall.

Yes, the BD-ROM drive in the PS3 is rated a 2x... for BD-ROM speeds.

1x BD-ROM read speed is 4.5 MBps.
1x DVD-ROM read speed is 1.321 MBps.

The equivalent speed to the BD-ROM drive in the PS3 would be a 7x DVD-ROM drive.

Now, while the 360 has a 12x DVD-ROM drive, this gets more complicated the higher in speed you go with optical technology. Suffice to say that at the rotational speeds required for 12x DVD (and the noise that results from that rotational speed,) mean that 12x speed cannot be maintained in DVD as a constant speed without destroying the disc. Thus, the 12x rating on most DVD-ROM drives, including all those used in the 360, is a _peak_ value only.

Since the BD-ROM packs more information into a much smaller space, it can read larger amounts of data with a much slower rotational speed. This is why the BD-ROM drive in the PS3 is really quiet, yet very fast for it's "2x" rating.

Keep in mind that this is the same thing as the difference in speeds between DVD-ROM and CD-ROM drives. A 1x CD-ROM reads data at only 150 KBps (about 1/9th the speed of 1x DVD.)

"The rest of you can stop acting like you own 360's and it RRoD'd on you. In case you haven't noticed the 360s that had the major flaw haven't been in production going on a year now."

Um... I had two 360's RRoD on me. One was an original unit. The second was an Elite with the new heat pipe. I sold both after getting them fixed and I'm not buying a third.

For proof that I did in fact play a good number of games on my 360's: Gamertag = Ilidd

As to "TheSh0wStopper": go back to playing Halo 3 with the rest of the foul-mouthed 12-year-olds. Your need to troll on PS3Fanboy comment threads was pathetic before you did it the first time.

I see trophies/achievements a bit differently than you do. While I'm not a big fan of the points for points sake, when done correctly, using the system adds value.

For example, after I beat a game, I like to go back through and attempt new things I didn't do on my first run. One of the best examples was in Crackdown where there was an achievement given for jumping off - and surviving a fall from - the tallest building in the game.

Just from looking at the tower, I never would have thought to try scaling it and jumping off, because it didn't look like it was possible to survive. That achievement was a hint from the developers that it was indeed possible, so now I had the fun of trying to figure out how to do it. It gave me a new goal in the game that I would have otherwise never known existed.

I would like to see a Dark Cloud game with this engine.

Lost Odyssey was complete and utter crap to have come from the Father of Final Fantasy. So was Blue Dragon for that matter.

That's easy. NYC and any University campus.

It's a reference from baseball, alluding to hitting a home run.

In any case, yes, some Wal-Marts are already selling them. My local Wal-Mart has an end cap filled with them. They also have the A3 for $298, tucked away on another aisle.

I almost bought the A2, but given that most studio support is for Blu-Ray, I don't see the point in buying it when the format has not been as successful as its competitor up to now.

Nah, I've got too many games I enjoy on that system to trade it in. Especially Resistance. I would give up Gears before I would give up Resistance. (And I know some of you wonder why I would possibly say that so I'll tell you)

- First, RFOM is a much longer game than Gears was. And even though it was a long game, it only got more fun the farther into I was.
- More interesting weapons that you could use in very clever ways that really changed the way I saw weapons in an FPS. And I've been playing FPSs since Wolf3d.
- Several missions in the game had jaw dropping and just plain fun battles in what can best be described as walking alien tanks, as well as other more standard vehicular fare.
- Graphics that really showcase what the PS3 is capable of in the later levels (it's really a shame that none of the review images or videos showed these later levels off, either.)
- A solid and intriguing story that a Halo fan could appreciate (no, not as in depth as the books, but more in depth that the games were - and yes, I'm complimenting Halo, so don't get all hot and bothered by that.)

Sure, the graphics weren't up to the same par as Gears was in post processing effects (notable the leatherization techniques used in Gears was spectacular.)

All in all, it was a game that ended up being more fun than Gears was for me, especially after multiple playthroughs. But don't take that to mean that I think Gears was a sub par game. Far from it. I loved Gears and I still own and play it. I just feel RFOM was a better overall game that didn't get the credit it deserved from gamers because it came out on an unpopular console. It's a shame, really.

@megaStryke

"There isn't any precedent for a console accepting disc AND cartridge formats as standard."

Actually, I know I'm late to the party on this one, but I do remember a precedent for this. It was a very popular system in it's time too: The TurboDuo. It took both the TurboGraphix-16 and TurboGraphix-CD and made it into one integrated unit. To be perfectly fair, that was a case of integrating an addon into the core system, rather than creating a whole new CD-based console while still providing access to the older cartridges. Think of what you would have gotten if Sega had combined the Sega CD with the Genesis and made that unit the new standard system sold in stores.

In any case, I will say that I am not pleased with the pricing of virtual console titles on the Wii. It's fantastic that they're available, but they could be a bit cheaper. I also don't disagree that it would be nice to at least have the option to buy an attachment for playing my older carts on the Wii. I know I'm in the minority on that, but this is Nintendo we're talking about here. They are the one company that could cater to a minority and still make a huge profit. They did so with the N64 and they did it again with the GCN (catered to a minority, I mean.)

And no, as an EE major, a usb based attachment would not have been hard or expensive for Nintendo to manufacture given that the emulation is already in place.

But keep in mind, I'm not saying that Nintendo is some crook for not going that route. I actually prefer the virtual console route. Yet I will repeat one more time to make myself unavoidably clear: I wish Nintendo had chosen to offer cheaper prices for the virtual console titles and also offer an attachment for people who still have their old cartridges.