Comments on: The Console Divorce UPDATE: Make-Up Gaming

By: fender strat

fender strat — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:23:17 +0000

Thanks that was a fantastic post!

By: jevangelho

jevangelho — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:14:23 +0000

If I *had* to choose a favorite home console, it would be the Dreamcast by a large margin. Mostly because of the nostalgia, and how fresh their hardware & software was.

By: jevangelho

jevangelho — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:13:52 +0000

Rob, I think you're coming ever closer to nailing those subtle tendencies I have towards portable gaming. You've realized the magic of it because you've embraced it for WHAT IT IS, rather than what you WANT it to be.

Another equally important aspect of it is the hurry up and wait mentality of multiplayer gaming. How many hours of our life have been sucked away waiting to connect to a round of halo 3 or COD 4? TOO many ;-)

Note to defenders: I'm not saying those games aren't amazing, I'm merely stating that time is valuable to me.

This is great folks, keep the discussion flowing.

By: Rob LeFebvre

Rob LeFebvre — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:33:21 +0000

This really brings up something for me – the difference between the types of console. When I first got a PSP, I wanted it to REPLACE my living room console. I wanted a console-level experience in the palm of my hand.

This never worked out, not-too-surprisingly. But if we look at portables as a type of gaming experience, separate and different from the “Living Room Console,” then we can see why we might choose one over the other.

There are times i JUST DON”T WANT to boot up the 360Beast and wait for the online, and spin up the game disc, connect to multiplayer, see who’s out there, or even wait for the titles and credits to play a single player game.

Portable gaming, for me, is all about ease of entry and gaming in spaces not my living room. The DS, the PSP and the iPhone all have “sleep” modes (though the iPhone’s is less game-centric) that allow me to click it on (or open it, in the case of the DS), play for a few minutes, then put it down. OR not. I am in control. I love it. Instant On is the way to play any portable game, I’m convinced.

Anyway, great post. Made me think. Yay!

By: CrAppleton

CrAppleton — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:26:46 +0000

My gaming soul mate would have to be the Xbox 360.. hands down. While I love all of my other gaming devices (Wii, PS3, PSP, DS, GameCube, DreamCast, NES, XBOX), the console that has really grabbed me and pushed me towards the community of online gaming has been the 360. Without Xbox Live I don’t know that my love for gaming would be anywhere near as strong as it is today.