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Online Console Gaming

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  • 02-11-2002 2:04pm
    #1
    magick
    Registered Users Posts: 2,478 ✭✭✭


    Do you think online Console gaming will be a sucess?
    Their already sending out Emails to Xbox live Beta testers in England?
    Heres a post that think it will fail
    the link is
    http://forum.gamesradar.com/viewtopic.php?t=5807

    Personally with Micro$ofts money behind it, i think it stands the best chance out of all 3 to make it, besides its a great chance to test the market reaction out there ,before Nintendo and Sony decide to join in.


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    KdjaCL
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    Unlike previous attempts this doenst require mad logistics to play online just an Xbox and a Lan adapter.

    PS2 goes full internet soon so expect some higher than normal Ping on US game servers while the PS 2 ppls login and play also.

    kdja


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    amp
    Registered Users Posts: 11,446 ✭✭✭✭amp


    Good question. Depends on broadband rollout imo. 56k connections just suck too much to become popular.

    I doubt I'll be using a console to play online in the future but I think it can only be a good thing that the big three are thinking about it.

    Puts more pressure to get broadband available and makes people other than those loonies* in Ioffl aware of what broadband actually is.









    *Of course I mean deeply concerned individuals who are fighting to make the public aware of broadband etc etc, blah blah


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    chernobyl
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    They (PS2/Xbox) have serious advantages for them but both have big hurdles too.

    The PS2 will use both a 56k modem and a BB connection but a system is only a strong as its weakest link, so BB users will have to sacrafice game quality for 56k users.

    The Xbox runs straight away with no extra hardware but exclusively a BB console. Also Microsoft has opted for a closed system which will beneift the consumer in terms of price and also any problems with the system are ironed out quickly, but this closed loop rules out "inter-console" gaming.

    ...either way, the PS2 and NGC will only have an adapter for here but i have heard NTL will release a Xbox specific adapter for gaming here and in the Uk.


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    daveirl
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