"You are in effect saying “A learning curve is unlearnable.”"
Umm... No. But I am saying that a very steep learning curve is a bad thing. When Sony developed the PS2, they paid no attention to ease of development, and as a result ended up with a machine that, while powerful, is less than the sum of it's parts. This will undoubtedly turn off many developers.
"The reason Playstation 2 is “so hard” to develop for is because it is so open ended."
No, it's hard to develop for because, like I said earlier, Sony paid little to no attention to making the maching easy to develop for, I've already provided you with quotes that prove that.
Are you a developer? Does “assembler” mean anything to you?"
No, but it doesn't matter if I'm a developer. I gave you quotes from major developers supporting what I say.
"That’s seven games right? PS2 is going to release with T_H_I_R_T_Y, one, two, thwee tymez TEN."
No, those were specifics that I listed. In fact, all but the RE title are first/second party games, with very nice franchises like Mario, Donkey Kong, and Metroid. There is no doubt that Nintendo and their second party developers make the best software in the world, and five of those titles will be accompanied by numerous third party games. The Gamecube won't suffer a lack of good software by any means.
"B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T!!!!!!!! Memory is EVERYTHING! In two years the average computer will have over 2GB of RAM!"
First of all, RAM is completely different than disk space, which is what you are talking about. Since you consider it to be so important, I'd like to take this oppurtunity to point out that the NGC will have more RAM then the PS2.
"I haven’t played RE2 on the N64 and I don’t plan on it but I doubt all 1000 MBs of RE2 could fit on a N64 cartridge. B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T!!!!!!!! You aren’t convincing anyone."
Once again, you seem to be throwing out your arms and screaming "I AM IGNORAGNT AND PROUD OF IT!!!!" Since you have never played RE64, I suggest you check out reviews from reliable websites and magazines. Hell, I'll do it for you!
"The Nintendo 64 version of Resident Evil 2 plays identically to the PlayStation game of the same name" -IGN64
http://ign64.ign.com/
Go ahead and visit the site, on the RE2 review, you'll find media of the cinematic sequences. As for you declaration of PS2's vast superiority for having larger disk capacity (by the way, it holds 4.7 gigs, not 6 like you said earlier) the NGC disk supports hot-swapping, so capacity isn't a problem in the least bit. Plus, the disk reads faster than a PS2 disk and is *much* more resistant to piracy, which is going to save money for both Nintendo and developers.
"IGNcube: So do you think the decision to go with the 8cm Gamecube Disc is kind of a statement from Nintendo that Gamecube doesn't play DVD-movies?
Jim: You have to decide that you don't want to play DVD movies before you can go to the smaller disc. So there were a lot of design ideas why we wanted to go with the smaller media. There were technological advantages to it over the standard DVD. Aside from the fact that standard DVD applies conformance to the regular shape and capacity, it also applies a royalty to the DVD Consortium -- something we didn't need to pay if we weren't going to offer movie playback. But the piracy issue is also a really big one for us and having the smaller format addresses that. There are also speed issues that are of benefit with the 8cm discs too."-From an IGNcube (
http://cube.ign.com/) interview with VP of Corporate Affairs Perrin Kaplan and Technical Director Jim Merrick for Nintendo
"no one wants to buy a 400 dollar purple cube to stink up their living room"
Well, more blatant ignorance on your part. The NGC(Nintendo Gamecube in case you haven't picked up on that yet)has already been shown in nine different colors and more will be ready before launch, so the ludicrous purple color isn't an issue at all. More importantly, the NGC won't cost $400; it will be about $200. Needless to say, price is a major concern with most buyers and will be a major factor in the console wars.
"The only people that the Gamecube might attract are children who won’t be allowed to play Fallout"
Uhh.... ok. As I mentioned earlier, the NGC will probably lauch with an original RE game and Too Human, not to mention the fact that it will have games like Perfect Dark and a sequel to the promising Eternal Darkness on the way. It will easily cater to more adult audiences.
"children who won’t be allowed to play Fallout"
Fallout isn't coming out on a console, and I doubt it ever will.
P.S. Do some research when you post; you'll look less foolish.
