Comments on: The Showdown: Halo 3 vs SOCOM http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/ Your Daily Dose Of Technology Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:21:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Abdalla Ahmed http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/comment-page-1/#comment-4246 Abdalla Ahmed Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:10:11 +0000 http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/#comment-4246 Thank you for a comment on a post nearly 3 months old. Thank you for a comment on a post nearly 3 months old.

]]> By: W4LTERhiggins http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/comment-page-1/#comment-4245 W4LTERhiggins Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:18:14 +0000 http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/#comment-4245 OMG, I can't believe people are still buying the bs Miscrosoft feeds them about its great products. The ps3 has more processing power than any personal computer on the market. In fact, it's being used in labs because it's cheaper than super computers, and performs millions of tasks at once. The xbox360 can't even perform one two tasks without slowing down. Furthermore, the xbox360 becomes slower than a retard doing a calculus problem when you fill your hard drive even halfway. Better graphics? No, different graphics cards. It takes more intelligence to program on the PS3 is all. It's a pain in the ass because it's actually a NEXT GEN CONSOLE. The xbox360 is just an over-hyped xbox with better processing and slightly better graphics. Now for online play; other than halo, every xbox live game has ridiculous lag, which sucks because halo sucks, and considering halo is so simple, the only reason it doesn't lag is probably because it amounts to about 8 kilobytes of programming, which you could run on a fucking commodore64 (yes fat 8-year-olds, I'm exaggerating). What's horrible is they charge you about $60 per year for their "great" customer service. Their online community promotes an immature, primitive, myspace/highschool-like atmosphere, what with the "rep" and bio and all that crap. Isn't it great that you can download demos for free? Not when you're paying $60 per year just to access all the "great" marketplace content. They actually have the gall to charge people for pictures, and you can't even buy it directly, you have to purchase points, which complicates things and ultimately allows them to "slyly" over-price the fantastic shit they sell online. But that's cool, because everyone's a tasteless cunt with rich parents who actually wants to pay for pictures so he/she can show the world his/her personality. Here's a staggering statistic; 90% of all xbox360 owners are people who owned the original xbox, which in glorious coincidence also happens to be a piece of fucking shit. OMG, I can’t believe people are still buying the bs Miscrosoft feeds them about its great products. The ps3 has more processing power than any personal computer on the market. In fact, it’s being used in labs because it’s cheaper than super computers, and performs millions of tasks at once. The xbox360 can’t even perform one two tasks without slowing down. Furthermore, the xbox360 becomes slower than a retard doing a calculus problem when you fill your hard drive even halfway. Better graphics? No, different graphics cards. It takes more intelligence to program on the PS3 is all. It’s a pain in the ass because it’s actually a NEXT GEN CONSOLE. The xbox360 is just an over-hyped xbox with better processing and slightly better graphics. Now for online play; other than halo, every xbox live game has ridiculous lag, which sucks because halo sucks, and considering halo is so simple, the only reason it doesn’t lag is probably because it amounts to about 8 kilobytes of programming, which you could run on a fucking commodore64 (yes fat 8-year-olds, I’m exaggerating). What’s horrible is they charge you about $60 per year for their “great” customer service. Their online community promotes an immature, primitive, myspace/highschool-like atmosphere, what with the “rep” and bio and all that crap. Isn’t it great that you can download demos for free? Not when you’re paying $60 per year just to access all the “great” marketplace content. They actually have the gall to charge people for pictures, and you can’t even buy it directly, you have to purchase points, which complicates things and ultimately allows them to “slyly” over-price the fantastic shit they sell online. But that’s cool, because everyone’s a tasteless cunt with rich parents who actually wants to pay for pictures so he/she can show the world his/her personality. Here’s a staggering statistic; 90% of all xbox360 owners are people who owned the original xbox, which in glorious coincidence also happens to be a piece of fucking shit.

]]> By: W4LTERhiggins http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/comment-page-1/#comment-4244 W4LTERhiggins Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:52:43 +0000 http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/#comment-4244 The rant above is my argument to the article poster. The rant above is my argument to the article poster.

]]> By: W4LTERhiggins http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/comment-page-1/#comment-4243 W4LTERhiggins Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:48:10 +0000 http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/#comment-4243 Obscenely large guns eh? "online mayhem"? You mean to tell me that a bunch of trash-talking fat 8-year-old scumbags running around with auto-aim and "creative" weaponry isn't mayhem? Have you played Socom, or are you just another supporter of the crap Bill Gates gets away with? Don't give me that "you can take auto-aim off" argument either, because it remains anyway. THAT is why people like playing it. There's nothing wrong with halo, but comparing it to games like socom, games that take skill and tactical intelligence, is akin to comparing the war in Iraq with WW2, or comparing Ron Paul with Rudy Giuliani, naturally with Rudy and the Iraq war taking negative connotations. Halo should only impress the technologically impaired, or people who haven't played any other shooters. If you like it simple, fine, but don't lie to yourself; halo is easy to play, off and online, and tactics have little to do with it. As for the guns, they're painfully simple. And headshots don't REALLY count, either, unless you're using the "50 cal" sniper rifle. You can't heal in Socom; if you get shot, you lose some health, and it doesn't center around respawn either, so there's no room for mistakes. In socom, every gun has recoil (and it's different depending on calibur), and while a headshot with any firearm in socom is an instant kill, the guns aren't accurate like they are in halo; there's an element called realism. Halo is an OLD GENERATION SHOOTER with a simple, pathetic engine, and I'd LOVE to see a halo player get more than two kills in ranked socom game, much less pass the rank of Ensign in less than 2 months. Did I mention Halo 1, 2, and 3 are almost exactly the same? Socom changes. You see, SONY doesn't insult their customers, nor does it have blind fanatics backing it up with "facts". I have played every halo, and most of the socom series, as well as many other shooters, to a large extent. I have a life, but I don't like emo bullshit so I prefer to play games. If anyone wants to argue, I'd love a good debate, but please keep your fucking mouth shut if you haven't played socom. Obscenely large guns eh? “online mayhem”? You mean to tell me that a bunch of trash-talking fat 8-year-old scumbags running around with auto-aim and “creative” weaponry isn’t mayhem? Have you played Socom, or are you just another supporter of the crap Bill Gates gets away with? Don’t give me that “you can take auto-aim off” argument either, because it remains anyway. THAT is why people like playing it. There’s nothing wrong with halo, but comparing it to games like socom, games that take skill and tactical intelligence, is akin to comparing the war in Iraq with WW2, or comparing Ron Paul with Rudy Giuliani, naturally with Rudy and the Iraq war taking negative connotations. Halo should only impress the technologically impaired, or people who haven’t played any other shooters. If you like it simple, fine, but don’t lie to yourself; halo is easy to play, off and online, and tactics have little to do with it. As for the guns, they’re painfully simple. And headshots don’t REALLY count, either, unless you’re using the “50 cal” sniper rifle. You can’t heal in Socom; if you get shot, you lose some health, and it doesn’t center around respawn either, so there’s no room for mistakes. In socom, every gun has recoil (and it’s different depending on calibur), and while a headshot with any firearm in socom is an instant kill, the guns aren’t accurate like they are in halo; there’s an element called realism. Halo is an OLD GENERATION SHOOTER with a simple, pathetic engine, and I’d LOVE to see a halo player get more than two kills in ranked socom game, much less pass the rank of Ensign in less than 2 months. Did I mention Halo 1, 2, and 3 are almost exactly the same? Socom changes. You see, SONY doesn’t insult their customers, nor does it have blind fanatics backing it up with “facts”. I have played every halo, and most of the socom series, as well as many other shooters, to a large extent. I have a life, but I don’t like emo bullshit so I prefer to play games. If anyone wants to argue, I’d love a good debate, but please keep your fucking mouth shut if you haven’t played socom.

]]> By: Terry L. http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/comment-page-1/#comment-2461 Terry L. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:00:49 +0000 http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/#comment-2461 Or the best game ever: Halo 3! Or the best game ever: Halo 3!

]]> By: Ed http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/comment-page-1/#comment-2460 Ed Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:28:34 +0000 http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/#comment-2460 That doesn't matter to a gamer. If sony are pumping out cheap ps3s and great games, It's a good idea to get one. The PS3 is much better value for money, and both consoles have great exclusive games, so a PS3 is a better purchase for anyone who only has the money for one. That is, unless they are desperate to play certain 360 exclusives, such as bioshock and mass effect. That doesn’t matter to a gamer. If sony are pumping out cheap ps3s and great games, It’s a good idea to get one. The PS3 is much better value for money, and both consoles have great exclusive games, so a PS3 is a better purchase for anyone who only has the money for one. That is, unless they are desperate to play certain 360 exclusives, such as bioshock and mass effect.

]]> By: Abdalla Ahmed http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/comment-page-1/#comment-2448 Abdalla Ahmed Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:09:32 +0000 http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/#comment-2448 I am not here to argue and facts are facts but there is no way in hell that Sony is anywhere near where they want to be right now in terms of sales. Then again..I am an xbox 360 fan so what do I know? <br> Subscribe to our <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Sweethacks" rel="nofollow">FULL FEED RSS</a> I am not here to argue and facts are facts but there is no way in hell that Sony is anywhere near where they want to be right now in terms of sales.

Then again..I am an xbox 360 fan so what do I know?

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]]> By: Terry L. http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/comment-page-1/#comment-2447 Terry L. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:07:34 +0000 http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/#comment-2447 Xbox live is £34.99 (http://www.game.co.uk/Xbox360/Hardware/Accessory/~r332558/Xbox-Live-13-month-Subscription-Card-Halo-3/) And dont blue ray discs rot or something?...3 years and they'll be gone! Xbox live is £34.99 (http://www.game.co.uk/Xbox360/Hardware/Accessory/~r332558/Xbox-Live-13-month-Subscription-Card-Halo-3/)

And dont blue ray discs rot or something?…3 years and they’ll be gone!

]]> By: Ed http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/comment-page-1/#comment-2436 Ed Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:44:23 +0000 http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/#comment-2436 1)I agree, £80 is huge, but I'm fairly certain that £355 is more. That's the price difference between the £690 360 and the £325 PS3. 2)In fact we were both in error. Xbox live is currently £40 per year. Not £30 max, £40 every year. 3) 20GB is fine now, sure, but I said 3 years down the line, by which time it is likely that 360 owners are likely to have filled out the hard drive with downloaded movies and live arcade games. More specifically the movies. 4) How much does an HD DVD drive cost for a PC? Oh yeah, you can't get one yet. When you can, they're going to cost around £150 at least. Yes that is more expensive than the 360 HD drive. Plus, why would you want to watch high definition movies on your computer? The whole purpose of high def movies is to watch them on a high def tv. I don't know if you have one, but with falling prices, a large proportion of 360 owners are going to have HDTVs in the three years I stated. They will want high definition movies and that HD DVD drive is their cheapest option. PS3 owners already have a blu ray drive. 5) I can see you ran out of points here. I'll use this space to remind you that I'm only quoting facts. If you don't like the truth, that's your problem buddy. And yes, Sony lowered the prices because of poor sales. Ignoring the fact that the PS3 sales have actually been very similar to the 360'sfirst year sales, I have to ask you a question - Why do you find it a bad thing that sony lowered the price? Maybe now you can afford a PS3 and enjoy both consoles. Then, when your 360 red rings, you'll still be able to play games while microsoft fix it or get you a new one. 1)I agree, £80 is huge, but I’m fairly certain that £355 is more. That’s the price difference between the £690 360 and the £325 PS3.

2)In fact we were both in error. Xbox live is currently £40 per year. Not £30 max, £40 every year.

3) 20GB is fine now, sure, but I said 3 years down the line, by which time it is likely that 360 owners are likely to have filled out the hard drive with downloaded movies and live arcade games. More specifically the movies.

4) How much does an HD DVD drive cost for a PC? Oh yeah, you
can’t get one yet. When you can, they’re going to cost around £150 at least. Yes that is more expensive than the 360 HD drive. Plus, why would you want to watch high definition movies on your computer? The whole purpose of high def movies is to watch them on a high def tv. I don’t know if you have one, but with falling prices, a large proportion of 360 owners are going to have HDTVs in the three years I stated. They will want high definition movies and that HD DVD drive is their cheapest option. PS3 owners already have a blu ray drive.

5) I can see you ran out of points here. I’ll use this space to remind you that I’m only quoting facts. If you don’t like the truth, that’s your problem buddy.

And yes, Sony lowered the prices because of poor sales. Ignoring the fact that the PS3 sales have actually been very similar to the 360′sfirst year sales, I have to ask you a question – Why do you find it a bad thing that sony lowered the price? Maybe now you can afford a PS3 and enjoy both consoles. Then, when your 360 red rings, you’ll still be able to play games while microsoft fix it or get you a new one.

]]> By: Abdalla Ahmed http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/comment-page-1/#comment-2435 Abdalla Ahmed Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:45:21 +0000 http://www.sweethacks.com/the-showdown-halo-3-vs-socom/#comment-2435 1)£80 difference is HUGE. 2) Xbox live costs £30 MAX 3) 20GB is MORE THAN ENOUGH for the games you will play with xbox 360. 4) HD-DVD? Watch that on your PC if you want, theres no need for that over priced piece of crap HD-DVD Drive MS is trying to sell to all of us. 5) What more bullshit facts have you got for me to consider? Oh, And didn't the PS3 like lower all their prices because of shitty sales? Now, I ask you, who is <strong>"bullshitting"</strong> who? 1)£80 difference is HUGE.
2) Xbox live costs £30 MAX
3) 20GB is MORE THAN ENOUGH for the games you will play with xbox 360.
4) HD-DVD? Watch that on your PC if you want, theres no need for that over priced piece of crap HD-DVD Drive MS is trying to sell to all of us.
5) What more bullshit facts have you got for me to consider?

Oh, And didn’t the PS3 like lower all their prices because of shitty sales?

Now, I ask you, who is “bullshitting” who?

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