The DC PSO servers are like a wasteland, apparently. Reports from several people say that the old servers are going to feel like ghost-towns in a couple of weeks, due to everyone migrating to the next-gen versions.
Now, there are two next-gen versions, and you folks are gonna help me decide:
GameCube:
Pros: Can play it now, 30 days free, play with all my mates.
The Gamecube version is quite a lot of fun, natch, and just like the
other version. It also, unlike the Xbox version, has no region lockout, so I could convince all of you to get online and then proceed to beat you up online.
Cons: Ach. No keyboard available ATM, £6 fee, when a keyboard is available I will fucking
die. Who remembers pausing to type on the older ones? + Fanboys.
Yes, there are some drawbacks. One of the many is expense; aswell as the £6 fee, which I may well be able to afford if I stop giving to charity :p, there is also the cost of a) a keyboard, 'specially made, b) the modem & (eventually) broadband adaptor. And Fanboys. Oh, jesus. I am under no illusion that every server will not be full of 12-year-olds "lol TEH XBOX SI HUEG!!" -ing it up. Don't get me wrong; it's a great little console, in many ways, but I
a)
Really Hate Nintendo's business practices (which I can get over), and
b) Once spent a couple of weeks on the Official Nintendo forums. If those are the people I am going to be meeting online then I'd rather not (True Quote: "What's that there then an Xbox? Give us a smell *Sniff* *Sniff* smells like Shit!"; If this is the level of wit I am going to encounter on my average trip to Planet Ragol than I'll pass).
I think this is going to be a major one; Like it or not most
kids, by which I mean genuine children of the 12-year-old variety, own a Gamecube if anything at all. I do not want them crawling all over my servers. You know they'd be a problem.
This post is more going to be a rant on both different versions, I guess, and leaving it up to you at the end, so we'll continue to degenerate, and then I'll sort it out;
A BIG PRO: One of the reasons I want to get PSO is to hang around with you guys; and now that the GameCube is price-dropping like crazy, I'm sure it'd be easy to persuade atleast some of you to come online:
http://www.fao.com/products/detail.cfm? ... egory=3949
.This is why I'm considering one; I could pick up a Gamecube, the modem adaptor, a game
and a memory card all for less than the price of what the console itself was a week ago. And I need to get one for RE anyway.
Also: Downloadable NiGHTS. Unlike the Xbox version, GC links up to bring you EXCLUISIVE COOONTENT! to dah GBA.
Now, onto
Teh Xbox*
Pros: Voice Comms, 60 Days Free, Instant USB Adaptor for Keyboard.
Hooray! Not only will I not die because I have to pause for 30 seconds to type something (longer, without a keyboard), but I can
Plug in my own USB Keyboard for Haxx0ring later!
Cons: Lot's of em: Require broadband (So I couldn't for 6 months anyway, until my village is 'wired up.), I would also say the L!ve fee was a con, but as I fully intend to pay it anyway, that would be a little unfair. Another con = REGION LOCKOUT. This is a big one for me; I cannot play with people from Japan or Americans with this one; one of the main funny things to do with PSO is get together with a bunch of mates around the world to poke fun at the only Hebridian player. No more. :(.
And, of course, the fee. But charities = Away to fix that one. :p, as already said, d000d.
So, there are some bad points. As I've already said, one of the main reasons for getting PSO is so I could convince some of you guys to play with me, especially if you can get an entire GameCube / Online bundle for $100 somewhere in the next few weeks. And with the Xbox version, even if I could convince you I'd never see you online; region lockout'd keep me out of your servers.
so, I guess the main decider is; Do I wait, or is there any chance of you guys joining me in the GameCube version? I can always switch later, when Broadband comes out.
TO SUM UP:
GC:
Pros:
Play it now.
Play with you. (Plausibly)
Downloadable NiGHTS.
Cons:
Expense of Adaptor, Expense of Keyboard (when it comes out). Hunter's Liscence ($6/9)
No Keyboard.
Damn kiddies. This cannot be stressed enough.
Also: HACKING. Characters are not stored server-side, and Gameshark, etc, have already been released for the 'cube, it's only a matter of time...
XBOX:**
Pros:
Keyboard.
Comms. Play.
Not so much hacking (Patching via Hard Drive, which the GameCube will lack).
Cons:
Hunters Liscense.
Won't get to play with you.
Could be
Aaaaages until I can play.
Won't get to play w/o countries online. I state it again because
it is So Important!
So, thoughts?
NotE: OptioN 3 is pretty much useless, because the servers will probably be shut down in the next 6 weeks, and Robb'll never be online anyway :(.
There is, of course, the option of doing both, but someone'd have to be willing to pay for my GameCube subscription ;).
*IT SI HUEEG!
**LOLOLOLOThe DC PSO servers are like a wasteland, apparently. Reports from several people say that the old servers are going to feel like ghost-towns in a couple of weeks, due to everyone migrating to the next-gen versions.
Now, there are two next-gen versions, and you folks are gonna help me decide:
GameCube:
Pros: Can play it now, 30 days free, play with all my mates.
The Gamecube version is quite a lot of fun, natch, and just like the [i]other[/i] version. It also, unlike the Xbox version, has no region lockout, so I could convince all of you to get online and then proceed to beat you up online.
Cons: Ach. No keyboard available ATM, £6 fee, when a keyboard is available I will fucking [i]die[/i]. Who remembers pausing to type on the older ones? + Fanboys.
Yes, there are some drawbacks. One of the many is expense; aswell as the £6 fee, which I may well be able to afford if I stop giving to charity :p, there is also the cost of a) a keyboard, 'specially made, b) the modem & (eventually) broadband adaptor. And Fanboys. Oh, jesus. I am under no illusion that every server will not be full of 12-year-olds "lol TEH XBOX SI HUEG!!" -ing it up. Don't get me wrong; it's a great little console, in many ways, but I
a) [i]Really[/i] Hate Nintendo's business practices (which I can get over), and
b) Once spent a couple of weeks on the Official Nintendo forums. If those are the people I am going to be meeting online then I'd rather not (True Quote: "What's that there then an Xbox? Give us a smell *Sniff* *Sniff* smells like Shit!"; If this is the level of wit I am going to encounter on my average trip to Planet Ragol than I'll pass).
I think this is going to be a major one; Like it or not most [i]kids[/i], by which I mean genuine children of the 12-year-old variety, own a Gamecube if anything at all. I do not want them crawling all over my servers. You know they'd be a problem.
This post is more going to be a rant on both different versions, I guess, and leaving it up to you at the end, so we'll continue to degenerate, and then I'll sort it out;
A BIG PRO: One of the reasons I want to get PSO is to hang around with you guys; and now that the GameCube is price-dropping like crazy, I'm sure it'd be easy to persuade atleast some of you to come online:
http://www.fao.com/products/detail.cfm?objectid=1238380F-2F52-4BC5-9F7D034FAA4F714A&subcategory=3949
.This is why I'm considering one; I could pick up a Gamecube, the modem adaptor, a game [i]and a memory card[/i] all for less than the price of what the console itself was a week ago. And I need to get one for RE anyway.
Also: Downloadable NiGHTS. Unlike the Xbox version, GC links up to bring you EXCLUISIVE COOONTENT! to dah GBA.
Now, onto [b]Teh Xbox[/b]*
Pros: Voice Comms, 60 Days Free, Instant USB Adaptor for Keyboard.
Hooray! Not only will I not die because I have to pause for 30 seconds to type something (longer, without a keyboard), but I can [i]Plug in my own USB Keyboard for Haxx0ring later![/i]
Cons: Lot's of em: Require broadband (So I couldn't for 6 months anyway, until my village is 'wired up.), I would also say the L!ve fee was a con, but as I fully intend to pay it anyway, that would be a little unfair. Another con = REGION LOCKOUT. This is a big one for me; I cannot play with people from Japan or Americans with this one; one of the main funny things to do with PSO is get together with a bunch of mates around the world to poke fun at the only Hebridian player. No more. :(.
And, of course, the fee. But charities = Away to fix that one. :p, as already said, d000d.
So, there are some bad points. As I've already said, one of the main reasons for getting PSO is so I could convince some of you guys to play with me, especially if you can get an entire GameCube / Online bundle for $100 somewhere in the next few weeks. And with the Xbox version, even if I could convince you I'd never see you online; region lockout'd keep me out of your servers.
so, I guess the main decider is; Do I wait, or is there any chance of you guys joining me in the GameCube version? I can always switch later, when Broadband comes out.
[b]TO SUM UP:[/b]
[b]GC[/b]:
Pros:
Play it now.
Play with you. (Plausibly)
Downloadable NiGHTS.
Cons:
Expense of Adaptor, Expense of Keyboard (when it comes out). Hunter's Liscence ($6/9)
No Keyboard.
[i]Damn kiddies.[/i] This cannot be stressed enough.
Also: HACKING. Characters are not stored server-side, and Gameshark, etc, have already been released for the 'cube, it's only a matter of time...
[b]XBOX:[/b]**
Pros:
Keyboard.
Comms. Play.
Not so much hacking (Patching via Hard Drive, which the GameCube will lack).
Cons:
Hunters Liscense.
Won't get to play with you.
Could be [i]Aaaaages[/i] until I can play.
Won't get to play w/o countries online. I state it again because [i]it is So Important![/i]
So, thoughts?
NotE: OptioN 3 is pretty much useless, because the servers will probably be shut down in the next 6 weeks, and Robb'll never be online anyway :(.
There is, of course, the option of doing both, but someone'd have to be willing to pay for my GameCube subscription ;).
[size=59]*IT SI HUEEG![/size]
[size=59]**LOLOLOLO[/size]