The Guardian s Greg Howson has posted his early impressions from a day spent playing Xbox 360 games in Amsterdam. Bottom line: slick games, but not a lot of substance. His piece does a good job of highlighting what I am convinced will become a real problem with this generation of consoles. You ve got to do more than amp up the graphics and sound to make hardcore, gaming lifers spend the sort of money these things are going to cost.

We don t just want an amp that goes to 11, we want some deep, interactive substantive games and you better deliver if you want our money.

Anyway, check out Greg s post if you want the quick and dirty on a handful of games he played including Condemned (gloomn-noir shooter), Gun (western shooter) and Saints Row (free-roaming shooter).

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