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Linkage "Getting sales is great, making the game we wanted and having people buy it and enjoy it is fantastic. But having our peers say it's the best game of the year? That's insane. We beat the Wii." Hey all, I haven't posted in what has been forever, but I can't believe there isn't a topic on this. Michael Capps is the man that made this statement after Gears swept away with a heap of awards from DICE. He's Epic's chief executive officer. Now it's fine to boast about the accolades you have won for your products, but his last comment in the quote just demonstrates how childish some of these people are. The Wii is a console, so it wasn't competing against Gears anyway. What the Wii did win was the most innovative product of 2007. His comment on the Wii is entirely irrelevant and sounds more like a school yard contest of 'such a game is better than so and so'. No wonder Mark Reign has the attitude he does.

That's pretty much it. I have seen a lot of threads get slammed because people are whinging or whatever, and people brand them as such. I myself don't have an issue with these people, but I wanted readers to know that you don't have to be a 'goth' or an 'emo' to demonstrate your sufference. Hmm, I suppose now I re-read it, it was still kind of superfluous.

Hey all, I know this is going to sound cliché, but please, take the time to read this... This Christmas, or, holiday season to non Christians, please, appreciate your family. I myself am not a goth or emo, but I know what it's like to come from a broken home. I know that my father did the best that he could to give me everything that I needed. But the one thing that he could never give to me was a family. I don't blame him for that. It was my mother that failed to deliver, but the history is just that, and nothing can be changed about it. Appreciate everything you have, your brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers. They are most definitely an important part of your life, don't take them for granted. I don't have any siblings to share the problems I've had close to home, but there are two people I can depend on, and they know who they are. And they have had all the problems I have had and more. I love them more than anything, and hopefully I'll get to see each of them once again when the time is right. Ensure you let the people important to you know how you feel, and have a festive season. Merry Christmas everyone. Here's to 2007, Smash Bros., Metroid and the all new Mario. Hey, if I don't have that family, video games are there to fulfil the void. That might sound sad, but it's fulfilling to me.

RGB cables should be fine...

Nope, VGA by definition is only capable of 480p. Its maximum resolution is 480 horizontal lines. Once you start getting larger resolutions, you have xVGA or xGA. They are different. RGB is a component video standard that is capable of up to 1080p, although is usually not supported by devices. It is only restricted by those wank Scart sockets in Europe which prevent it from achieving anything more than 576i. However, proper component cables also carry a luminance, and are coded YPbPr. But you are right on the software front, if it doesn't support it, it won't be outputted, and so not a great deal of difference between the two. However, it has been confirmed that PAL Wii units will be capable of 480p at least.

Sorry, you're right, VGA is analogue. Component and RGB are the same. Component refers to the three colour components of a video image, and are thus RGB for red, blue, green. VGA also has a maximum resolution of 480p, therefore; Coax<Composite<S-video<VGA<Component/RGB<DVI As component and RGB can support up to 1080p, so far.

Coax<Composite<S-video<Component/RGB<VGA<DVI Coaxial, composite (RCA), S-video and component are all analogue, VGA and DVI are both digital.

The better choice of the two for a fully decked out single player adventure. But Four Swords Adv. is not without its merits. Backstabbing ftw! What other games are you still looking to pick up Zechs?

That does look pretty neat. But only two controllers? All the same, I'm with emasher, it probably won't fit where I want my Wii to go.

Have no fear Marcus. The likelyness of S-Video being supported is very high now that is has been confirmed that PAL Wii units will output in 480p.

Nintendo just made it that much harder for themselves and this machine. $400 is absolutely rediculous. It was over inflated at US$250 (AU$330), but this just pushes that boundry so much higher. Hyper inflation isn't even getting close. Microsoft will no doubt drop the price of the 360 this season, and when they do, it'll be a big hitter. That Core 360 will come down to $399, and when it does, it will be very difficult for someone to justify their purchase of a Wii, when they will never have played one before, and they will have a 360. No demo pods will hurt Nintendo, and this disgustingly over priced RRP will hurt even more. Wii Sports does not warrent an increase of $70 over the US counterparts, especially when they too are getting the pack in. Nintendo never ceases to amaze me. And it's always in the wrong way. Good for you Nintendo on getting the thing here this year, but my money will be spent on an import. Even after shipping it will be the cheaper option, and I'll get it before Dec 6.

NewsNow, would be a good bet. Nice one Fierce, I like the title .

Can't be November 10. Everything launches here on a Thursday now. And I seriously doubt games will have RRPs of anything other than $100. Nintendo are too greed, as are all other companies.

Want to check the cross rates? The context was in Australian dollars. $100 of which is equivalent to 40 pounds.

November 9 For Australia. $299.95 will get you a console and one controller and nunchaku. Games will retail for $99.95 (Nintendo and third party). Extra Wii motes will retail for $59.95, coming with a single nunchaku and the classic controller attachment will retail for $39.95. Component cables, like the GCN ones before them, $49.95, direct from Nintendo.