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11/05/09
I don't see how this is "simply unfair." The PS3 and 360, although similar in power, are two very different machines. #tekken6
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Sure didn't seem that way, especially with the game's subpar visuals. I know the 360 and PS3 were more than capable of running the game at 720p native res rather than 576p. It's a joke, because their excuse was that Motion Blur makes "awkward" motions seem more "real and fluid."
Uh, what? You made a game where I can fight as trees, pandas, polar bears, cyborgs, robots, kangaroos, demons, and friggin' ninjas, and you wanna pull the "realism" cop-out? Nope, not buyin' it. #tekken6
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The disc based load time is very easy to explain. The PS3's blu-ray drive is only a 1x speed. It has a higher capacity for storage than the 360's dvd drive, but reads data significantly slower. This is the reason why many PS3 games now have mandatory installs. #tekken6
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As far as I'm concerned that puts the 360/PS3 install thing at a stalemate. Is the option there to install? Yes? Then install the game, there's no sense not installing unless you're really so impatient you can't wait for a 10 minute install for a game you'll play for 10-100+ hours (pending on the game).
This is even more of a non-issue on the PS3 where you can easily upgrade the HDD with ANY 2.5" SATA drive. 360gb of storage on your PS3 is doable for $75 or less. #tekken6
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When installed it loads the same as it is in the arcades (talking about PS3) so if the deciding factor for you is loading then either doesn't really matter considering you install although it's basically a MUST for PS3 or else you're gonna spend more time loading than fighting. (Basically just summarized the article lol)
However all the Tekken players I know personally are getting it on PS3 so I guess that's the same in most places and where all the competition is going to be online-wise.
If you're looking at controls the PS3's D-pad is a lot better but if you have a stick the 360 is perfectly good also. I do not suggest using the 360 D-pad, it is a killer.
Also if anybody wants to challenge my PSN is 'DesMaf' :P
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Spammy Asuka FTW! #tekken6
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GG Sony on making your new, mostly inferior format win. #tekken6
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I'm just glad though in the end the format wars is over. Thank god we never had to deal with this with hard drives. #tekken6
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One of the perks of a PS3 is that from launch the console has had an "install" option for most games (majority are mandatory), but they improve the load times.
I've never played a game straight from disc. I'll admit there are some games that need the "mandatory" changing to optional (I'm looking at you Devil May Cry 4).
And I wouldn't actually count the XBox "install" as an "install", all it does is copy the disc image to the HDD. And it's not 100% foolproof. I've had lot's of games just "stop" because there was a piece of lint on the disc during the copying process making the image faulty, thus needing another install. And there's no way of actually telling if the "install" was 100% successful until you finish the game. #tekken6
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Still Sony should find a way to have the PS3s load time improved or let us have the option to install the whole data but still use the Blu-ray in the drive like how XB360 does to combat piracy.
I may have to invest in a external SATA hard drive casing so I can use a standard hard drive (mmm 2TB 7200RPM) if the PS3 allows full installs. #tekken6
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Even if it did install all of the data, it wouldn't take 4-5 hours. Most will take 30-60 mins since most of the 4.2GB installs take about 7-8 mins and that's just installing selective data not from beginning to end.
As a PC user I could care less about install time as long as the load time is fast. #tekken6
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For the record I use to use the XB360. After my 4th one died (all died of RRoD) and out of warranty and my utter discontempt with MS customer service and their policy (when I had issues) I choose to not to be a returning customer for this generation. I have a gaming PC so any major game that isn't Halo that MS has exclusive with, I can still play it pending they do a PC release. #tekken6
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PS3s - only in SubHd 1024*576.
you know what version is superior. #tekken6
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What?
What do you mean no?
Who cares if there's no PC version!
Fine, you kids with your blast processing do hickeys are sure spoiled! In my days... wait what was I talking about again?? #tekken6
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What the eff, Namco?
Still amazes me how nowadays you can play entire games without a single loading screen, besides the very first start up one (Uncharted 2), and yet you need to wait 33 seconds for a fighting game to load 2 characters and one arena. #tekken6
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YOURS!
*Points down at Blore07*
And by the look of it, it is a 3 for 1 deal on seconds for the PS3 version...
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What's that you say? I've just edited it? Oh well, I had just forgotten to dot an "i", that's all...
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A lesson learned. #tekken6
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I'll get you for this "Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair6"!!! #tekken6
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for example: "blltherlng ldollzlng ldlots!" Turns it from an insult into some sort of foreign doll line.
Bloody gets me every time! #tekken6
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And you have to get up early in the morning to get one over me...
Mostly because when I try to get up even earlier to beat you, I tend to be really really tired and incoherent...
... What year is it again? #tekken6
11/05/09
unless you got that, and were being sarcastic...
but...
wait...
we both need a few extra hours in bed each day, this getting up to outdo each other is too much. #tekken6