BioShock is selling Xboxen. [Archive] - Quarter To Three Forums

Rimbo

08-22-2007, 12:09 AM

That just as many people are buying BioShock as are buying the HD-DVD player for the 360? Uh-oh.

-Tom

No, it is what it says: Of those who viewed the 360, X% actually went and bought item Y. What's significant is that BioShock is the one game on that list. Which suggests that I am not the only person who just bought a 360 for the sole purpose of playing BioShock.

And given comments I've made over the past year about the ridiculousness of the price of the 360, and that there is no such thing as a must-have game, that should tell you something.

I mean, besides the fact that I'm a hypocrite.

And now I really want to see the NPD numbers for THIS month. Forget last month's PS3 price drop numbers... I wanna see BioShock sell like crazy.

Tom Chick

08-22-2007, 12:26 AM

I know, I was trying to make a joke about it. But, yeah, that is encouraging to see some people are grabbing BioShock with their new Xboxen.

Oh, and welcome to the fold, Rimbo. I look forward to your inevitable 'I just got an Xbox, What games should I get for it?' thread. :)

-Tom

quatoria

08-22-2007, 12:31 AM

(ps - the answer is bioshock)

Rimbo

08-22-2007, 12:39 AM

I know, I was trying to make a joke about it.

Oh, so that's what that whoooosh sound was...

The hardest part of this -- the thing that worried me the most -- will be hiding the thing from my kid. (Who has gotten huge since you last saw him, btw... I can no longer carry him as a semi-permanent attachment on my hip; too heavy and too big.)

But, yeah, that is encouraging to see some people are grabbing BioShock with their new Xboxen.

Or like me are buying Xboxen just for BioShock.

Oh, and welcome to the fold, Rimbo. I look forward to your inevitable 'I just got an Xbox, What games should I get for it?' thread. :)

-Tom

Oh, come on, I've only created, like... five of those.

Also look for the equally inevitable 'red lights of death, fuck microsoft' thread. ;)

Rimbo

08-22-2007, 12:39 AM

(ps - the answer is bioshock)

goddammit i was just going to joke that i would never create a "what game should i get for it" thread because then we'd have yet another 19,294-post thread about bioshock :)

quatoria

08-22-2007, 12:45 AM

Heh. Make sure you put a post in the gamertag thread once you've gotten signed up for live - or just put it in your location field. As Tom says, it's good to have another potential halo 3 vict - er, another member of the club.

Piemax2

08-22-2007, 09:00 AM

Which suggests that I am not the only person who just bought a 360 for the sole purpose of playing BioShock. .
There's at least 2 of us on these boards :)

Skipper

08-22-2007, 09:02 AM

Actually the answer also includes Crackdown, Forza 2, and Settlers of Catan

Islanti

08-22-2007, 09:05 AM

I saw one guy walking out with Bioshock and a new 360 from GameStop yesterday.

Miramon

08-22-2007, 09:08 AM

Xboxen? Are you guys all refugees from DEC, or is this a standard Xbox plural I never heard before? Last such usage I know is Vaxen.

Prodigy

08-22-2007, 09:13 AM

Is there a contest for opening BioShock threads that I'm not aware of ?

forgeforsaken

08-22-2007, 09:17 AM

Is there a contest for opening BioShock threads that I'm not aware of ?

They're all just trying to stop my Bioshock thread from hitting 2000 posts.

Kunikos

08-22-2007, 09:26 AM

I won't be impressed unless it sells 360's in Japan. ;) (Oblivion is!)

Andrew Mayer

08-22-2007, 09:35 AM

So... all week we've had pundits predicting that the PS3 will outsell the XBox in July because of the price drop.

I'm predicting they're wrong. I know that Bioshock came out in August, but with the push of GTAIV I think people were jumping on the XBox train even a month ago.

Fugitive

08-22-2007, 09:39 AM

The Canadian NPD stats are out and the PS3 did indeed outsell the 360. The Canadian stats can vary quite a bit from the US though (in June, Wii had an 8:1 margin over the PS3 whereas it was only around 4:1 in the US).

WarrenM

08-22-2007, 09:40 AM

5% of people who buy a 360 also buy an Elite?

Kunikos

08-22-2007, 09:43 AM

5% of people who buy a 360 also buy an Elite?

No, 5% of the people who viewed the 360 premium page AND bought something (instead of just closing the browser) bought an Elite. That could be instead of or in addition to.

McBain

08-22-2007, 09:46 AM

WARNING: ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE

My friend just sent me a message from work:

"I'm getting a 360."

WARNING: ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE

Papageno

08-22-2007, 09:50 AM

Andrew Mayer

08-22-2007, 09:55 AM

It'll be cool to see everyone on Live.

Rimbo

08-22-2007, 10:02 AM

Xboxen? Are you guys all refugees from DEC, or is this a standard Xbox plural I never heard before? Last such usage I know is Vaxen.

Well, we're old, so there is that.

It'll be cool to see everyone on Live.

In fact, QT3 IS LEAVING THE INTARWEBS. All future discussion will take place on Live. Take note... if you need your daily fix of McCullough links to leftist blogs, your Whittalinks, your Rimbocomics, your Flowers/Dungsroman put-downs, your ElGuapo hot-tub discussions, your fire's ass, it won't be here any more! It's all on Live! Microsoft will rule the world! Down with open systems forever! Bwahahahahahaha...

cough

I'm sorry, I'm not sure what got into me...

Andrew Mayer

08-22-2007, 10:03 AM

In fact, QT3 IS LEAVING THE INTARWEBS. All future discussion will take place on Live. Take note... if you need your daily fix of McCullough links to leftist blogs, your Whittalinks, your Rimbocomics, your Flowers/Dungsroman put-downs, your ElGuapo hot-tub discussions, your fire's ass, it won't be here any more! It's all on Live! Microsoft will rule the world! Down with open systems forever! Bwahahahahahaha...

It's going to take me forever to post with that damn joystick... On the bright side, maybe MS won't allow you to link to those terrible webcomics.

Ezdaar

08-22-2007, 10:51 AM

I'm very close to getting a 360. I'm somewhat sick of screwing with the PC and constant upgrades when I can just plunk down $350 and be done with it. The only thing holding me back right now is games costing $20 more and having no mouse and keyboard. Bioshock runs well on my PC but I think I would have been happier just dropping the disc in and playing rather than tweaking it and trying to set up custom resolutions.

Charlatan

08-22-2007, 11:07 AM

I'm somewhat sick of screwing with the PC and constant upgrades when I can just plunk down $350 and be done with it.

$350 ....
Plus $ for an additional controller
Plus $ for the wireless recharge thingy
Plus $ for a wireless adaptor (unless you're close to an ethernet port).
Plus $ for the sub to Live

Not to mention the RROD hanging over your head. So while I'll say buying a 360 is certainly a viable option, it's not quite so clear cut as $350 and done.

Dave Long

08-22-2007, 11:08 AM

Well, I know I'm likely to buy one if I want to play Bioshock, given this latest copy-protection crap on the PC side. At least if I take my DVD over to a friend's house to show him the 360 game, it won't tell me, "sorry, this copy is joined at the hip to another hardware unit."
Don't applaud just yet. This kind of thing on PCs is surely coming to consoles sometime soon as it would render the hated used game market completely useless.

My guess is that the activation scheme on the PC is more to prevent sharing the game and generate more sales from stopping that than it is to stop piracy.

Michael Fortson

08-22-2007, 11:09 AM

.
There's at least 2 of us on these boards :)
At least three (bought a 360 again because of this game, after almost a year without). Hopefully they've really solved the RROD problems on the new HDMI-equipped boards.

Last night made me very happy with my purchase. It was 4am before I pried myself away.

Rimbo

08-22-2007, 11:16 AM

$350 ....
Plus $ for an additional controller
Plus $ for the wireless recharge thingy
Plus $ for a wireless adaptor (unless you're close to an ethernet port).
Plus $ for the sub to Live

Not to mention the RROD hanging over your head. So while I'll say buying a 360 is certainly a viable option, it's not quite so clear cut as $350 and done.

i didn't pay for any of that crap... oh noes! i am going to have to spend more monies!

yeah i won't be on Live any time soon, i have no ethernet nearby

Tom McNamara

08-22-2007, 11:16 AM

So... all week we've had pundits predicting that the PS3 will outsell the XBox in July because of the price drop.

Apparently, these pundits didn't consult the GameCube when they made this pronouncement. While circumstances were different then, the bottom line is that content sells the platform, in the long run. The platform does not sell the platform, unless that platform is so revolutionary that it dramatically improves what content it has. This is not the case with the PS3 (but a subjective argument can be made for the Wii). Nor is there any breakthrough PS3 title that's making people this close to pulling the trigger, but for the price tag.

Saying that PS3 sales will increase because the unit is less expensive is like saying more people will pile into your limousine if you add more seating space. If the demand isn't there, it doesn't matter.

Papageno

08-22-2007, 11:18 AM

Don't applaud just yet. This kind of thing on PCs is surely coming to consoles sometime soon as it would render the hated used game market completely useless.

See, there ought to be laws against that sort of shit. It goes completely against the Doctrine of First Sale. Fine, they own the software, but I ought to be able to sell my copy/license to someone else and have it work for them too. Too f'ing bad if it means they make slightly less money: last I checked, wringing every last dime from people willy-nilly wasn't in the Bill of Rights.

Also, it will _reduce_ sales. Some people who buy Game X on day one now, with the expectation of being able to sell it a month later for 15 bucks less, just won't buy it. Or if they buy this one, well guess what, when Game Y comes down the pike in two months, they have to come up with 60 more "new" bucks vs. just the 15 they had to when they could sell their game X. Maybe some of them have to spend those 45 bucks to pay the electric bill, or eat or something. Reverse-kaching-- that's a lost sale.

StGabe

08-22-2007, 11:20 AM

So I guess the Games For Windows initiative is working as intended.

I wish I could have purchased this for my PC. It's always my preferred platform even with install issues. It's just a better platform to use for just about every other reason including a lot of market-related issues (i.e. being locked into one proprietary device sucks as a consumer).

But my PC is old and busted. And I don't feel like throwing out the money to do anything about that. Admittedly this is a very powerful argument for the 360.

StGabe

08-22-2007, 11:24 AM

Saying that PS3 sales will increase because the unit is less expensive is like saying more people will pile into your limousine if you add more seating space. If the demand isn't there, it doesn't matter.

However there is demand, just not as much as Sony would like. Your argument only makes sense if you really think there is no demand whatsoever (at which point no PS3's would sell). Sony definitely needs some better content to hock but that doesn't mean that lowering the price won't stoke up a bit of consumer action. Right now they they're in a very tricky spot: trying to get enough games to interest consumers and and at the same time trying to get enough consumers to make sure that games get developed for the system.

Rimbo

08-22-2007, 11:28 AM

Oh, it uses AA batteries. I have a charger and rechargables for that. OK, whew, that's one thing i don't need to buy.

But I do need some kind of wireless adapter before I can plug into the net. *sigh* That thing's almost a hundred bucks! yicch.

maybe this weekend I'll finally wire the far wall with ethernet instead. Yeah, maybe I'll do that...

bigdruid

08-22-2007, 12:33 PM

Keep in mind that there's nothing magical about the xbox wireless adapter - I believe any cheap-ass wireless bridge can be used, but don't quote me on that.

But, yeah, it uses AA batteries - I still bought the little wired charger, because it's simpler for me to plug in my device when it gets low on battery rather than have to yank the batteries out.

Guido Jones

08-22-2007, 12:39 PM

But I do need some kind of wireless adapter before I can plug into the net. *sigh* That thing's almost a hundred bucks! yicch.

maybe this weekend I'll finally wire the far wall with ethernet instead. Yeah, maybe I'll do that...

There's been like 20 threads on the wireless adapter in the Hardware forum - any wireless bridge will work, the reason the 1st party one is expensive is it does 802.11a (and 11a is still fucking expensive no matter who makes it).

bigdruid

08-22-2007, 12:39 PM

Also, it will _reduce_ sales.
Not sure I agree with your logic.

Yes, fewer titles will be sold overall, because used titles will no longer be available. But it seems likely that the total amount of money people allocate to gaming will stay the same, and this will go entirely to new titles rather than to a mix of new and old.

So, to speak directly to your example, gamer A may buy fewer new titles because he can't recoup the cost by selling his old titles, but gamer B (who in your example was the one who bought the used titles) would instead spend that money on new titles, so it's a wash at worst, and possibly a net gain as there are "must have" titles that people will buy regardless. I'm sure that Rockstar would rather have people buy a $19.99 re-release of GTA3 instead of buying a used copy where they see no money.

I mean, has digital distribution (which doesn't allow reselling games) hurt sales of PC titles?

dannimal

08-22-2007, 12:44 PM

Rimbo, you fool! We've been told more than once that everyone who would be interested in buying <insert AAA game here> for the 360 already HAS a 360, and so there shouldn't be any expectation of increased sales.

You've obviously fallen for the deceptive hype of the Microsoft/Amazon machine.

Angrycoder

08-22-2007, 12:54 PM

It's just a better platform to use for just about every other reason including a lot of market-related issues (i.e. being locked into one proprietary device sucks as a consumer).

Yes, I agree. I hate just being able to put a game in the drive and have it work. Dicking around with drivers and copy protection schemes makes me a better and wiser consumer. Damn our Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft overlords. Damn them to hell!

Jason Cross

08-22-2007, 01:05 PM

StGabe

08-22-2007, 01:48 PM

Yes, I agree. I hate just being able to put a game in the drive and have it work. Dicking around with drivers and copy protection schemes makes me a better and wiser consumer. Damn our Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft overlords. Damn them to hell!
You know I actually mentioned install issues in my post and even admitted in the end that the XBox won out because of cost. But hey this is the internet so, just keep on ranting and raving I guess.

I don't know why the Linux/Unix community thought it would be cute to pluralize "box" that way, but the even more ridiculous thing is that people seem to think it's actually how you pluralize it when referring to computer stuff.
I believe it's just riffing on German which frequently pluralizes words by adding "-en" (but just as frequently pluralizes in other ways, German is a fucked up language). Either way, it's meant to be humorous, not ignorant.

bigdruid

08-22-2007, 01:54 PM

First, "boxen" is not a word. I don't know why the Linux/Unix community thought it would be cute to pluralize "box" that way
Knowledge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX) is power (http://www.cacs.louisiana.edu/%7Emgr/404/burks/foldoc/27/123.htm). -en is a suffix with much tradition in the hacker community (we're talking 30+ years here).

Chris Nahr

08-22-2007, 01:59 PM

Of course Xboxen is the correct plural of Xbox. If you doubt that you'll never be a hairy hippy coder like Jeff Minter!

Rimbo

08-22-2007, 02:15 PM

First, "boxen" is not a word. I don't know why the Linux/Unix community thought it would be cute to pluralize "box" that way, but the even more ridiculous thing is that people seem to think it's actually how you pluralize it when referring to computer stuff. Not saying you do, Rimbo - it's just a big pet peeve of mine.

BOXENBOXENBOXENBOXENBOXENBOXENboxenboxenBOXENBOXEN BOXENBOXENBOXENBOXENBOXENBOXENBOXENboxenBOXENBOXEN BOXENBOXENboxenboxenboxenBOXENBOXENBOXENBOXENBOXEN

Second...how does that Amazon thing show that Bioshock is selling Xboxes? It seems to me to show that people who look up a 360 on Amazon mostly buy it, and mostly buy the really hot game that everyone is talking about right now. Is the 3% of them that also buy Bioshock a lot higher than whatever game is usually listed there or something?

The more appropriate graphic, to me, would be the one showing people who browsed Bioshock and shows a significant percentage of them also buy 360s. But when I look at the Bioshock 360 page, it shows that they're buying The Darkness, Mass Effect, and Halo 3 Limited Edition.

I wouldn't be surprised if Bioshock was indeed pushing "fence sitters" over to finally making the purchase, and if the 360 has a bit of an uptick in sales for August, that would make sense. I'm not sure it has the kind of mass-market awareness that is pushing a significant number of people to buy a 360 (that weren't very-nearly-there to begin with).

Yeah, this is probably a case of me seeing what I want to see because, really, 3%... not a lot. I was just surprised to see it was listed there at all and not, say, Madden or something.

Plus, I am one of those people who is purchasing a 360 because of BioShock. Lemme make sure that is perfectly clear: I am going against almost a year of decrying the high cost of the 360/PS3 and loudly declaring on any thread that there is no such thing as a "must have" game because I realized that I must play BioShock, like right now. If you'd asked me even one month ago which next-gen system I'd purchase, I'd have told you then and there that it'd be a Wii or a DS.

I am seriously eating my words from the past year and beyond. And they taste like YUMMY ADAM.

Damn you, Ken Levine! DAAAAAMN YOUUUUUUU! That's $450 that is not going towards putting my kid through college. How does that make you feel you scummy bastard?!?!?! ;)

Jason Cross

08-22-2007, 02:18 PM

Knowledge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX) is power (http://www.cacs.louisiana.edu/%7Emgr/404/burks/foldoc/27/123.htm). -en is a suffix with much tradition in the hacker community (we're talking 30+ years here).
Okay, so it's 30+ years of making up a word. Whoopee. "Box" has a perfectly acceptable plural form already, people. Or would you rather be called "personen"?

Rimbo

08-22-2007, 02:21 PM

Harkkonen

bloo

08-22-2007, 02:23 PM

Is it safe to get a new Xbox, then? The red ring, heat death, and similar issues have been handled?

Andrew Mayer

08-22-2007, 02:25 PM

Okay, so it's 30+ years of making up a word. Whoopee. "Box" has a perfectly acceptable plural form already, people. Or would you rather be called "personen"?

Are we Crossen a line?

Tom Chick

08-22-2007, 02:28 PM

Jasen thinks so.

-Tom

bigdruid

08-22-2007, 02:31 PM

Is it safe to get a new Xbox, then? The red ring, heat death, and similar issues have been handled?

No. And to answer your implied question, yes, you should forgo playing games now for fear of not being able to play games in the future while your 360 is getting repaired for free.

Lunch of Kong

08-22-2007, 02:31 PM

It'll be cool to see everyone on Live.

I see Live people.

Microsoft has my permission to print tshirts with that. :)

Cosmic Hippo

08-22-2007, 02:34 PM

Once I have the combustible funds, I may well be in the "buy a 360 for bioshock" club. Well, more accurately, Bioshock has nudged me from upgrading my PC to awesomeness or getting a Wii back into getting a 360, since I was already on the fence.

RepoMan

08-22-2007, 02:39 PM

BOXENBOXENBOXENBOXENBOXENBOXENboxenboxenBOXENBOXEN BOXENBOXENBOXENBOXENBOXENBOXENBOXENboxenBOXENBOXEN BOXENBOXENboxenboxenboxenBOXENBOXENBOXENBOXENBOXEN
Boxenboxenboxenboxenboxenboxenboxenboxen
PC PC
Boxenboxenboxenboxen
PC PC
Boxenboxenboxenboxenboxenboxenboxenboxen
FUCK T2! FUCK T2! FUCK T2! FUCK T2! FUCK T2.....

Repeat forever. Apologies. (http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/)

Jackstar

08-22-2007, 02:43 PM

You don't get to bitch about "Xboxen" without also proclaiming that "oxen" is verboten. And that would be hilarious.

Note that a pallet full of merchandise would, in fact, be referred to as "boxes of Xboxen."

Embrace! Conform!

Aleck

08-22-2007, 02:54 PM

It'll be cool to see everyone on Live.

Last night at one point I checked and had 22 friends on live.

17 were playing Bioshock.

EvilIdler

08-22-2007, 02:56 PM

http://evilidler.webofcrafts.net/live_people_small.png

Lunch of Kong

08-22-2007, 03:06 PM

Bah. And I thought I had an original thought. :-(

Rimbo

08-22-2007, 03:09 PM

Bah. And I thought I had an original thought. :-(

No. And give me back my nickname.

-The REAL Lunch of Kong

EvilIdler

08-22-2007, 03:15 PM

Bah. And I thought I had an original thought. :-(
You did - I hacked it together a few minutes ago :)

Larger version also available.

Alan Au

08-22-2007, 03:43 PM

ox -> oxen

- Alan

quatoria

08-22-2007, 03:44 PM

I'm damned glad to hear about how Bioshocken is moven them boxen.

Jackstar

08-22-2007, 04:38 PM

Reporteden.

Rimbo

08-22-2007, 04:49 PM

This thread is useless without picturen.

RepoMan

08-22-2007, 04:58 PM

Ya, ve goin to moven en shooten in der Bioshocken, und killen de biggen daddyen, bork bork bork!

malkav11

08-22-2007, 09:19 PM

Okay, so it's 30+ years of making up a word. Whoopee. "Box" has a perfectly acceptable plural form already, people. Or would you rather be called "personen"?

Yes. That would actually make me very happy.

Rimbo

08-22-2007, 11:48 PM

my xbox, and bioshock, have shipped from Amazon

they arrive friday

w00t!

bago

08-23-2007, 12:55 AM

And he'll be wooten all night.

Midnight Son

08-23-2007, 03:44 AM

Watch out for the reden ringen of deathen!

MatthewF

08-23-2007, 04:26 AM

my xbox, and bioshock, have shipped from Amazon

they arrive friday

w00t!

A tale about buying an Xbox in haiku form, by Rimbo.

Papageno

08-23-2007, 08:22 AM

"Xboxen" and "Vaxen" (back in the day) is just faux-German, then. I never minded it because I've spoken German since I was a late teen. It sounds cool.

Rimbo

08-23-2007, 10:53 AM

Is a vixen more than one vix? Anyway...

Watch out for the reden ringen of deathen!

For some reason this reminds me of that old joke fake-German "warning" sign...

ACHTUNG!

ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENPEEPERS!

DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKSEN.

IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.

ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DAS BLINKENLIGHTS.

A tale about buying an Xbox in haiku form, by Rimbo.

Bioshock. Xbox.
They have shipped from Amazon!
I will be w00ten.

Podunk

08-23-2007, 11:31 AM

Bioshock. Xbox.
They have shipped from Amazon!
I will be w00ten.

w00ten? (http://www.victorwooten.com)

Rimbo

08-23-2007, 12:21 PM

w00ten? (http://www.victorwooten.com)

w00ten. (http://www.goodallwooten.com/)

Podunk

08-23-2007, 01:04 PM

Touche!

Jamie Madigan

08-23-2007, 02:09 PM

I'm in the process of selling off some games and DVDs to take the sting out of the purchase and will soon be buying a 360. Mainly to play Bioshock. The PC demo wouldn't run on my machine, and I think it's absurd to buy a whole new box when gaming is the only thing I can't do on my current one. I've pretty much walked away from PC gaming.

Rimbo

08-25-2007, 01:00 PM

Meinen Kopien haben angekommenen.

http://rimbosity.com/img/bio1.jpg http://rimbosity.com/img/bio2.jpg

Papageno

08-25-2007, 01:09 PM

Meinen Kopien haben angekommenen.

http://rimbosity.com/img/bio1.jpg http://rimbosity.com/img/bio2.jpg

Hate to be a German snob, but:

Deine Kopien sind angekommen.

Verbs of motion and all that, dontcha know. But the pics are lovely, and I'm envious of your console purchase. I'm waiting for the rumored holiday bundle with Forza 2.

krokodile

08-25-2007, 01:34 PM

That was a quick shipment.

Igor Muravyev

08-25-2007, 01:39 PM

I have a 360. But I got BioShock for the PC, and I'm glad I did. The whole game seems like it was designed for PC, what with enemies killing you very fast and tons of small items abound that require fast movement with the mouse to notice in a timely manner.

krokodile

08-25-2007, 01:42 PM

I thought the Demo was fine, for all of that, with the controller.

Rimbo

08-25-2007, 03:14 PM

Hate to be a German snob, but:

Deine Kopien sind angekommen.

It's also "Meine" and "angekommen," not "Meinen" and "angekommenen." But we have a meme to keep up, here. ;)

But the pics are lovely, and I'm envious of your console purchase.

Thanks! Don't be envious. I'm astonished how big and heavy this monstrosity is. It's ugly, too.

That was a quick shipment.

Amazon.com gave me a free trial of Prime, which ships everything 2nd-day for free. Yay!

But I promised myself I wouldn't unpack it until I got some actual, y'know, work done. So I've not released the shrink-wrap yet. Hopefully tonight...

Cosmic Hippo

08-25-2007, 03:14 PM

w00ten? (http://www.victorwooten.com)
Wooten. (http://www.victorwooten.com/)

Gary Whitta

08-25-2007, 03:39 PM

Meinen Kopien haben angekommenen.

http://rimbosity.com/img/bio1.jpg http://rimbosity.com/img/bio2.jpg
HDMI?

Rimbo

08-25-2007, 03:53 PM

HDMI?

It was the version that was shipping from Amazon.com and thus qualified for free second-day shipping. What cable it uses is irrelevant, however, as I will be using the VGA cable instead:

http://rimbosity.com/img/bio3.jpg

^-- shipped separately from the East Coast, but arrived the same time as everything else

krokodile

08-25-2007, 04:03 PM

I Need that.

And a monitor <_<

And Bioshock...

College is getting expensive.

fuzzyslug

08-25-2007, 04:58 PM

Wooten. (http://www.victorwooten.com/)
I prefer Wootton (http://plan.thewoottons.com), myself.

Rimbo

08-25-2007, 10:42 PM

I prefer Wootton (http://plan.thewoottons.com), myself.

Witan. (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6597637808306896660&q=witan&total=11&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2)

oldskool pc demo scene ftw

Rimbo

08-26-2007, 02:17 AM

HDMI?

P.S. Yes, it has the HDMI interface, but not the cable. The game looks truly beautiful in 1280x1024 on our 19" Dell LCD, though.

jim crawford

08-26-2007, 05:00 AM

P.S. Yes, it has the HDMI interface, but not the cable. The game looks truly beautiful in 1280x1024 on our 19" Dell LCD, though.
Are you getting that in fullscreen? I'm using a VGA monitor as well, and I'm getting a letterboxed display. I think Bioshock treats everything with a resolution higher than 640x480 as widescreen.

In my admittedly limited experience, VGA resolution support is dodgy among 360 games. Most behave reasonably, but Tony Hawk's Project 8, for one, gave me a widescreen image that was stretched vertically to fullscreen.

Rimbo

08-26-2007, 03:01 PM

I'm getting fullscreen at 1280x1024.

Mark Crump

08-26-2007, 03:07 PM

I'm getting fullscreen at 1280x1024.

And I'm getting letterboxing @ 1280x1024 with the VGA cable. What are your settings on the System blade?

Rimbo

08-26-2007, 04:58 PM

Oh, nevermind, I was wrong; it is being letterboxed. I honestly hadn't even noticed!

Michael Fortson

08-26-2007, 05:24 PM

Speaking of new consoles, I swapped my new-for-Bioshock Elite out for a second one after a lock-up and a disc-scratching episode. My first one had the unlucky version of both "luck of the draw" noisy component possibilities, but the new machine has the quiet version of both. Near-silent black-label Nidec fans and the lustworthy Benq DVD drive (look Ma, no more Wahl-inspired buzzing). Lot 726, team CSON, manufactured July 4th, 2007. W00ten!