lebkin

I think part of what you are seeing is a changing of the PC market.  The games that have generally pushed the graphical envelope are first person shooters.  From Doom to Crysis, those were the cutting edge games, demanding the highest hardware.  But really, this market has mostly moved to consoles, probably in part to Halo, but possibly equally due to the ease of playing online now.  Even though Sony gets crap for their system not being as good as Xbox Live, it is still a good system for playing games online.  You can easily jump online and find lots of people to play with, and everyone's systems run more or less the exact same, keeping everything fair. 

So without those hardcore FPS graphic fiends, the PC market is adjusting.  A company can no longer assume tha players will upgrade hardware for their games.  That is why companies are focusing more on making stable, functional games that play on an everyday computer.  The two premier game companies Valve and Blizzard are prime examples of this.   Now that is not to say you can't make games that scale well.  Left 4 Dead, with its graphics on full, is far prettier than the same game on the Xbox 360.  But most people will play it on a modest system, and games need to be designed with that in mind.

Mass Effect
KOTOR
Baldur's Gate
Planscape: Torment
Dark Cloud 2

"Solid_SnakeXx said:
 I am so not sure why they didn't just include it.  Its not like gamers are sticking to a PS2 only library when picking up a PS3 so its not like Sony is losing out on anything and if software was good for up to what was it; an 85 percent perfect backup rate then whats the big deal about keeping it in, its not like its really costing them a ton more money!"

I would probably get it on the PC if my PC could handle the specs.  Sadly, even with the excellent scalability of the Source engine, Left 4 Dead would make my computer cry.

On the plus side, the Xbox means split-screen local co-op, so my wife and I can kill zombies together with only one copy of the game.

I personally prefer Call of Duty 4's multiplayer.  I found it much more accessible to someone who rarely plays online.  I can jump into a game of team deathmatch and actually make a difference, despite only playing once or twice a month.  I felt useless in Halo 3 and had a couple instances of teammates actually yelling at me about my lack of skill.  It just can off as very unfriendly for me. 

As for the single player, they were both really enjoyable. Halo 3 gets big props from me simply because of co-op all the way through on a single system.  Love that.

Those updates are stored in the Xbox's internal memory, not on your hard drive.  As such, there is only so much room.  Because of that, as you play more games, that eventually fills up.  The Xbox will delete the oldest updates to make room for new ones.  This will cause you to have to redownload updates you already got. 

"I believe this is published by sony, so no."

"No, especially after he admitted taking a lot of inspiration from kill .switch in regards to GoW. "

"HAHA!! so much for Gears of war on the ps3"

Cherry coke for the win.