2. There is no way on Earth this imbecile is going to come up with an online service that "beats Xbox Live."
3. Sony is like the absolute worst company on Earth when it comes to proprietary content distribution. I mean #1 already covers this, but based on the PSP, is the PS3 supposed to be a set-top entertainment center for the 22nd century and beyond, or a game console?
4. The hardware is "barely better than the 360" but will arrive a year later and with an even bigger pricetag, by all accounts.
5. The controller has yet to be finalized. Meaning all games are being programmed for the dual shock II.
6. Actually the hardware design isn't finalized either, since it's apparently not yet possible to fit everything into the case AND include a 2.5" HD.
7. pick out one title from this list that could make it worth buying this machine at launch (Gradius 3 = comedy gold?)
8. Blu-ray read speed (load time) is evidently not that much greater than current DVD. Additionally, games are being developed for 10x DVD load times anyway. So between this tidbit and #5, what exactly does this thing do that my PS2 doesn't?
Once again stalled out @ #8. Is Sony ready to die?
― TOMBOT, Monday, 13 February 2006 22:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 13 February 2006 22:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan (Speaking For Myself) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 13 February 2006 22:22 (eighteen years ago) link
Nintendo's already shown a willingness to port the japanesiest of their systems' games to N.A. and a pretty unmatchable level of skill and care in localization.
I seriously doubt that the otaku market is enough to keep this one alive.
― TOMBOT, Monday, 13 February 2006 22:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 13 February 2006 22:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan (Fuck A Next-Gen) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 13 February 2006 22:29 (eighteen years ago) link
No nonvolatile memory storage - No unified online service - Only supports the next-gen standard that MSFT REFUSES to get behind and that everyone else is straddling the fence on, waiting to see what the real wholesale costs are going to be - No "killer app."
Treading on thin ice with that price point. There's a certain class of people in this world who are willing to pay that kind of premium for something based on brand alone instead of functionality, and they don't play video games.
― TOMBOT, Monday, 13 February 2006 22:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 13 February 2006 22:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Monday, 13 February 2006 22:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:41 (eighteen years ago) link
"Gee Golly Gosh, I can't wait til I star in my first doujinshi!"
― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:50 (eighteen years ago) link
I bought Edge today solely because of the cover headline:
"PLAYSTATION 3 VERSUS THE WORLD - Has Sony already won the console war?"
I'm yet to read the article, but I hope they're being sarcastic.
― melton mowbray (adr), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 00:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Abu Hamster (noodle vague), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 00:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 00:48 (eighteen years ago) link
Two obvious points: The weird cool games wouldn't be on that list up top anyway, because at this stage of course it's only Sequel VI: The Subtitle, and other stuff that makes me want to die. Also what's pointedly not on the list is GTA. If Rockstar decide that the 360 is the way to go, then Sony probably are completely fucked.
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 01:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 01:15 (eighteen years ago) link
x-post
"Spod" = geek, with particular reference to game-playing
― Abu Hamster (noodle vague), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 01:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― c(''c) (Leee), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 01:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― weekly handle change (haitch), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 01:26 (eighteen years ago) link
Metal Gear 4 seems to be a killer app for most.
― my name is latebloomer, please take my hand (latebloomer), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 05:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― my name is latebloomer, please take my hand (latebloomer), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 05:53 (eighteen years ago) link
Messrs. vague, Farrell, and bloomer have sort of made Reggie Fils-Aime's point (which is also mine) about the PS3 - in a market which shows all signs of shrinking, not growing, how can a company hope to recoup the expense of developing and marketing a new piece of bleeding-edge tech (which itself is a loss leader designed to create sales of blu-ray "content" and even more expensive games) when they are only playing to their current customer base (and only a fraction of that, since DDR works fine on the old model)?
I mean we're talking about a PORTION of the installed base of PS2 users buying the new console at what purports to be very significant expense, just to purchase one or optimistically TWO game titles a year. The fate of the PS3 at this point seems to very emphatically hinge on the adoption of blu-ray as the next-generation media standard that everybody needs to replace their DVDs with, and I'm not buying it, at all.
$20 says the 360 will still have more interoperability with the PSP than the PS3 when it comes out.
― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 14 February 2006 14:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lil' Eno (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 19:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 14 February 2006 19:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 19:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Abu Hamster (noodle vague), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 20:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lil' Eno (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 23:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Abu Hamster (noodle vague), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 02:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer: yes...that's a human ear, all right (latebloomer), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 07:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 08:25 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm only going to buy ps3 for GTA, res evil, and then maybe some other bonus games, anyway. i may get the nintendo for zelda but i said that about the cube and i never bothered.
― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 09:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 10:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 February 2006 15:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 15:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 17:49 (eighteen years ago) link
Launch titles and console success have very little to do with one another, especially if you use the Dreamcast as any indication. I guess the thing I'm really trying to bring home is that Sony's "Sequel XVII: The Subtitle" launch selection doesn't bode well for the machine's lifetime. I guess if you can keep FF, MGS and GTA on your platform for initial release you have a solid base, but one slip and you're toast. $500 is a lot of money to most folks.
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 February 2006 18:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 18:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 February 2006 18:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 18:34 (eighteen years ago) link
Though yeah as the head of SCE Asia, he does have a point.
― TOMBOT, Thursday, 16 February 2006 16:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 16 February 2006 16:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Thursday, 16 February 2006 16:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― melton mowbray (adr), Thursday, 16 February 2006 17:07 (eighteen years ago) link
yeah, I remembered that right after I hit submit. will any ps3 launch titles have bunny strippers?
― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 16 February 2006 17:18 (eighteen years ago) link
its gonna cost $500!?! jesus, if that's true sony is doomed...
― latebloomer: yes...that's a human ear, all right (latebloomer), Friday, 17 February 2006 01:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Friday, 17 February 2006 19:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 17 February 2006 19:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Friday, 17 February 2006 20:16 (eighteen years ago) link
the NGage?
― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Will M. (Will M.), Friday, 17 February 2006 23:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― JimD (JimD), Saturday, 18 February 2006 01:01 (eighteen years ago) link
Although I do believe consoles that are easier to develop for end up getting the most polished games, like the Dreamcast.
― PlayfulPuppy (playfulpuppy), Sunday, 19 February 2006 02:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Sunday, 19 February 2006 04:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Sunday, 19 February 2006 04:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― JimD (JimD), Sunday, 19 February 2006 10:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jimmy Bobbilly (bobbyblue), Monday, 20 February 2006 20:28 (eighteen years ago) link
As if I needed another reason to dislike both Sony and EA. The obvious solution is to only buy Megadrive games until I complete my PAL collection. Then start on Master System.
― melton mowbray (adr), Monday, 20 February 2006 22:56 (eighteen years ago) link
I MAD
― Dan (Arcade-Perfect Q-Bert And Ms. Pac-Man!) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 03:51 (eighteen years ago) link
Unsurprisingly. Strange tone though. They seem to be trying to threaten the consortiums, but all they can say is "If you don't hurry up, we'll...we'll...we'll push back the release". Which isn't going to hurt anyone, realistically.
― JimD (JimD), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 04:11 (eighteen years ago) link
Surely the 32x add-on for the Megadrive?
― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 11:15 (eighteen years ago) link
http://retropassion.co.uk/retro/stock_images/img031lg.jpghttp://www.playright.dk/covers/240/knuckleschaotix_32x_eu.jpghttp://www.mkdimension.de/MKD/MK2/mk2eu32xsmall.jpghttp://www.sega-32x.de/spaceharriercover.jpg
― melton mowbray (adr), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 12:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― melton mowbray (adr), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 12:12 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.gameover.nl/consoles/GX4000.jpg
― melton mowbray (adr), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 12:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer: Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K. (latebloomer), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 12:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Thursday, 23 February 2006 19:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― xngnznevqnznplbetbarnpphzhyngbe (ex machina), Thursday, 23 February 2006 21:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Abu Hamster (noodle vague), Thursday, 23 February 2006 23:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 23 February 2006 23:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 24 February 2006 01:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― xngnznevqnznplbetbarnpphzhyngbe (ex machina), Friday, 24 February 2006 01:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Abu Hamster (noodle vague), Friday, 24 February 2006 10:10 (eighteen years ago) link
Microsoft has so much cashflow from every PC sold with Windows on it, plus enterprise Office + Server licenses, they could price the 360 to match the Revolution whenever THAT comes out and still survive this generation.
Sony, OTOH, is relying on the PS2 to keep them afloat at this point.When they get undersold by both competitors and ship 10% of the units they're projecting, the company will wither and be eaten by a Korean chaebol, inciting riots.
Not that I'd miss them at all after that DRM rootkit spyware shit.
― TOMBOT, Friday, 24 February 2006 14:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― xngnznevqnznplbetbarnpphzhyngbe (ex machina), Friday, 24 February 2006 14:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 24 February 2006 15:06 (eighteen years ago) link
Merrill Lynch guesses at $800 PlayStation 3 cost
Rob Fahey 14:24 20/02/2006
Components bill for new console could be huge, claim analysts
The same report from analysts at Merrill Lynch that predicted that the PS3 could be delayed by over six months has also suggested that the components used to build each console could cost Sony over $800.
Presenting a list of materials needed for each console, Merrill Lynch analyst Joe Osha pins the highest costs on the Blu-Ray drive used by the system, at $350, and the Cell processor, at $230.
Other components including the NVIDIA RSX chip ($70) and the system's memory ($50) stack up with smaller costs such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi chips to bring the total to $800 (although Osha's report miscalculates this figure as $900).
Although Osha predicts that the bill of materials cost will fall to $320 within three years, his headline figure is stark - and the report describes the situation in harsh terms, stating bluntly that "it's now clear that the box is prohibitively expensive to make."
However, it should be borne in mind that Osha makes no particular claim to have insider knowledge of Sony's manufacturing or materials costs for the console - and while he explains his reasoning for some of the price tags he attaches to materials, others remain entirely inexplicable.
The incredibly high cost of the Blu-Ray drive, for example, is an anomaly that can perhaps be explained by the widespread confusion over the difference between a simple Blu-Ray data drive, a technology which is more complex than existing DVD drives but not enormously so, and a home Blu-Ray player or recorder, which must include a variety of expensive video and audio processing hardware which the PS3 already has on-board as part of its core functionality.
Although it remains a possibility that Blu-Ray drives will be expensive to manufacture, hard evidence of this has yet to emerge - and there is widespread scepticism over the incredibly high price points being attached to the technology by many analysts, especially since the PS3 is expected to have a Read-only Blu-Ray drive, and most other Blu-Ray devices for which even tentative price points have been mentioned are more expensive Read-Write devices.
The other component which Osha expects to be incredibly expensive is Cell, with the price for the chip placed at $230 - a factor, he says, of the fact that the die size of the chip is large, and mostly made up of logic circuits rather than the easier to repair memory circuits.
However, his assertion that the chip will be difficult and hence expensive to manufacture is thrown into doubt by comments made by IBM senior vice president William Zeittler earlier this month, when he said that the firm is succeeding in ramping up yields of Cell "faster than on any chip we've done."
In other words, while Merrill Lynch's report has not only impacted Sony's share price today, but has also kicked off a storm in the mainstream media about the status of PS3, some of its basic assumptions appear to be founded on shaky ground - and like all analyst reports dealing with the technical aspects of console manufacture or game development, it deserves to be viewed with a healthy dose of scepticism.
While Sony has made a habit of announcing key details of its strategy at press conferences in Tokyo, the next planned public discussion of the firm's plans will take place at the Game Developers' Conference in San Jose in late March, where the company's worldwide studios boss Phil Harrison will take the stage to deliver a keynote speech.
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 24 February 2006 15:12 (eighteen years ago) link
I want his job, and then I can make stock prices move too! I'll be the Brent DiCrecenzo of the Consumer Electronics world!
― Steve Shasta, wizard's cap (Steve Shasta), Friday, 24 February 2006 15:15 (eighteen years ago) link
Anyway the point about Sony needing a home run with it still stands, and the longer the delay is in getting the systems out, the more time MSFT has to stock shelves with actual playable titles while waiting for the inevitable coincidental price drop and Halo 3 announcement.
― TOMBOT, Friday, 24 February 2006 16:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― hahhahaha, Thursday, 2 March 2006 04:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 2 March 2006 07:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Raw, Uncompromising, and Noodly (noodle vague), Thursday, 2 March 2006 16:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 2 March 2006 16:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Friday, 3 March 2006 03:46 (eighteen years ago) link
THE SONY HAS KEEP IT QUITE!
Can we make this a meme please?
― JimD (JimD), Friday, 3 March 2006 04:21 (eighteen years ago) link
yeah, it's two 12 year olds and a black labrador retriever. They also handle the localization procedures.
― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 3 March 2006 04:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Raw, Uncompromising, and Noodly (noodle vague), Saturday, 4 March 2006 09:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Saturday, 4 March 2006 13:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan (ROFFLE) Perry (Dan Perry), Saturday, 4 March 2006 19:20 (eighteen years ago) link
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/040511/040511_tattoo_hmed_11a.standard.jpg
So very, very wrong...
― Raw, Uncompromising, and Noodly (noodle vague), Saturday, 4 March 2006 19:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Raw, Uncompromising, and Noodly (noodle vague), Saturday, 4 March 2006 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 4 March 2006 20:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan (HOW DO I SHOT CONJUGATION) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan (Duck Hunt????) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:46 (eighteen years ago) link
60GB HD though! Makes my list shorter, I guess. Though the fact that they let something so insipid as B-R DRM set them back over 5-6 months, if that's really what it was, and then admitted to it, is basically the biggest FUCK YOU to consumers at large since I don't even know what, probably something Apple did.
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:11 (eighteen years ago) link
haw haws!!
Also now verbal slip-ups and dev murmurs = $499 pricetag basically confirmed!
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Thursday, 13 April 2006 21:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Fight the Real Enemy -- Tasti D-Lite (ex machina), Thursday, 13 April 2006 21:02 (eighteen years ago) link
The Revolution, OTOH, will be most definitely stackable. Oh yes.
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Thursday, 13 April 2006 21:19 (eighteen years ago) link
I haven't looked at them! :DDDDDD
The fact that the SNES and N64 (never owned) weren't even a little stackable was SO FUCKING ANNOYING. My parents made me PUT AWAY the SNES if they were going to entertain because it was so goofy looking. It toook up like what.... 6 inches with a game in it? So annoying
― and you wonder why I have issues! (ex machina), Thursday, 13 April 2006 21:24 (eighteen years ago) link
(A really cool looking toaster oven...)
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 13 April 2006 21:24 (eighteen years ago) link
YOU GONNA GET RAPED
― Fight the Real Enemy -- Tasti D-Lite (ex machina), Thursday, 13 April 2006 21:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Fight the Real Enemy -- Tasti D-Lite (ex machina), Thursday, 13 April 2006 21:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Fight the Real Enemy -- Tasti D-Lite (ex machina), Friday, 14 April 2006 18:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 15 April 2006 23:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Joe Crocker (Joe Crocker), Saturday, 15 April 2006 23:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Sunday, 16 April 2006 13:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― sunny successor (katharine), Sunday, 16 April 2006 17:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Laura H. (laurah), Sunday, 16 April 2006 22:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Fight the Real Enemy -- Tasti D-Lite (ex machina), Monday, 17 April 2006 03:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer's jazz oddysey brought to you by kellog's corn flakes (latebloomer), Monday, 17 April 2006 05:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer's jazz oddysey brought to you by kellog's corn flakes (latebloomer), Monday, 17 April 2006 06:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 17 April 2006 10:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Monday, 17 April 2006 12:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Laura H. (laurah), Monday, 17 April 2006 12:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 17 April 2006 12:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan (Go Bulldogs) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 17 April 2006 17:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 17 April 2006 19:07 (eighteen years ago) link
In a presentation in advance of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, Sony announced it will ship the powerful new system to North America on Nov. 17.
E3 BLOG: Get the latest news from the video game conference
The price will be $499 for a system with a detachable 20GB hard drive, and $599 for one with a 60GB hard drive. Sony plans to have 4 million available by year's end worldwide. "PlayStation 3 is the most ambitious project we've ever undertaken," says Kaz Hirai, president of Sony Computer Entertainment.
The PS3 will play PS2 games, as well as titles from the original PlayStation, CDs, DVDs and new high-definition movie discs. The PS3 also will connect to Sony's handheld PlayStation Portable (PSP) and will include a wireless, motion-sensing controller.
The wireless controller was demonstrated with a launch game called Warhawk, an aerial combat game with futuristic planes zipping through clouds and over water. Other games include Tekken 6, Stranglehold (a game by film director John Woo), Ridge Racer 7, Final Fantasy XIII, Virtua Fighter 5 and Call of Duty 3.
One racing game shown used the PSP as an "interactive wing mirror."
"You can position this next to your TV screen and see what's coming up behind you," said Sony's Phil Harrison.
An online game network also will allow voice and text messaging. "The goal is to create a virtual society or community," says Hirai.
PlayStation 3 was originally due in stores in spring, but development delays forced Sony to push back the introduction. The delay gives a yearlong head start to Microsoft's $300-and-up Xbox 360, which was introduced in November and is still in short supply. Microsoft has sold 3.2 million units worldwide, 1.8 million in the USA.
Nintendo's Wii (pronounced "we") system, which is expected to be less expensive than either the 360 or the PS3, and which comes with an innovative controller, is to be unveiled at a news conference today.
Complicating this next generation of consoles is an underlying battle over high-definition video-disc formats. PS3 games will be on the new Blu-ray Disc format, and the system will play Blu-ray high-definition movies. Microsoft plans to market an add-on drive that will play movies in the competing HD DVD format championed by Toshiba with supporting studios Warner, Universal and Paramount.
lol@sony
― INSANE CLOWN FOSSE (Adrian Langston), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 02:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 04:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 07:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― JimD (JimD), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 07:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 09:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 10:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 10:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 11:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 11:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 14:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 14:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 14:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 14:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― sleep (sleep), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:27 (seventeen years ago) link
It's not a motion detector. The Wii will have a motion detector, and the console will know where in the room your controller is, and which direction it's moving in, and how it's oriented, and how fast it's going. The PS3 pad just has a tilt sensor. Like it Kirby Tilt n Tumble on the Gameboy Color, or the last GBA Warioware. All the console will be able to tell is which way you're tipping the pad.
― JimD (JimD), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:40 (seventeen years ago) link
god, otm
All the console will be able to tell is which way you're tipping the pad.
The press says this:In addition to the “3-posture-axis” of roll, pitch and yaw, “3-dimension acceleration information (X, Y, and Z)” can be detected in high-precision and in real-time.
It sounds like it can detect motion as well as tilt, but yeah, maybe not orientation or spatial position. Although if it just keeps track of all the tilt/motion information I'm sure it can extrapolate that stuff given an initial calibration.
― sleep (sleep), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― sleep (sleep), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― sleep (sleep), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link
xpost
― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 15:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 18:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― INSANE CLOWN FOSSE (Adrian Langston), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 23:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 02:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 03:10 (seventeen years ago) link
PS3 To Be The Size Of A Victorian Waffle Iron:
http://cache.kotaku.com/images/2006/05/ps3profile.jpg
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― sunny successor (katharine), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:04 (seventeen years ago) link
not yet.
― sleep (sleep), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Monday, 15 May 2006 16:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― JW (ex machina), Monday, 15 May 2006 17:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Monday, 15 May 2006 17:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Monday, 15 May 2006 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link
YEAR-OLD TECH PROTOTYPE UNDERGOES CHANGESFEATURES REMOVED DURING COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
― sleep (sleep), Monday, 15 May 2006 18:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― sleep (sleep), Monday, 15 May 2006 18:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― LOL PS3 IS HUEG (ex machina), Monday, 15 May 2006 18:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― JW (ex machina), Monday, 15 May 2006 18:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Monday, 15 May 2006 19:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― JW (ex machina), Monday, 15 May 2006 19:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 15:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 15:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 15:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 21:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Thursday, 18 May 2006 18:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― JimD (JimD), Thursday, 18 May 2006 22:52 (seventeen years ago) link
Right. Because a lot of people don't have TVs that would enable you to make use of that functionality. Because this is the UK and how many people here are HD ready? Ooh, around about NONE.
― JimD (JimD), Thursday, 18 May 2006 22:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Thursday, 18 May 2006 23:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Thursday, 18 May 2006 23:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 19 May 2006 11:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 19 May 2006 11:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― AleXTC (AleXTC), Friday, 19 May 2006 12:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― sleep (sleep), Friday, 19 May 2006 12:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Friday, 19 May 2006 14:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― AleXTC (AleXTC), Friday, 19 May 2006 14:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― adam (adam), Friday, 19 May 2006 14:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Friday, 19 May 2006 15:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― AleXTC (AleXTC), Friday, 19 May 2006 15:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Friday, 19 May 2006 16:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― INSANE CLOWN FOSSE (Adrian Langston), Friday, 19 May 2006 17:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― a.b. (alanbanana), Friday, 19 May 2006 18:09 (seventeen years ago) link
Hear hear. As much as I don't really want one, I'm tempted by this.
― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Friday, 19 May 2006 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 20 May 2006 00:19 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJElsNaC6yQ&search=sony%20conference%201%20minute
Sorry if this has already been posted. I fell out of my chair after watching it.
― Will M. (Will M.), Saturday, 20 May 2006 06:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Saturday, 20 May 2006 10:11 (seventeen years ago) link
dear sony,http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/7645/youfailit9jk.png
― sleep (sleep), Saturday, 20 May 2006 14:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― remy (x Jeremy), Saturday, 20 May 2006 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― JW (ex machina), Sunday, 21 May 2006 17:56 (seventeen years ago) link
I would agree with this completely if it weren't for the 360 iteration of Fight Night, which is mindfuckingly fun to the point of nearly selling me on a 360 all by its lonesome. Also Rockstar Table Tennis looks weird enough for me to love.
But other than that, yes, the 360 is a lifeless, arid valley of fun.
― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Sunday, 21 May 2006 20:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jimmy Mod is a super idol of The MARS SPIRIT (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Sunday, 21 May 2006 20:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― JW (ex machina), Monday, 22 May 2006 19:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 22 May 2006 19:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― AleXTC (AleXTC), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 10:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― Courtney Gidts (ex machina), Thursday, 1 June 2006 15:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 1 June 2006 22:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 1 June 2006 22:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 2 June 2006 06:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Friday, 2 June 2006 16:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Monday, 5 June 2006 13:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan (A-1 Sauce, Anyone?) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 5 June 2006 14:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Monday, 5 June 2006 15:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― Courtney Gidts (ex machina), Monday, 5 June 2006 15:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 5 June 2006 15:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Monday, 5 June 2006 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link
EVER HEARD OF "SOUTH KOREA" OR "JAPAN", NOOB?
― Courtney Gidts (ex machina), Monday, 5 June 2006 16:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan (FINISH HIM) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 5 June 2006 16:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― Courtney Gidts (AW) (ex machina), Monday, 5 June 2006 17:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 5 June 2006 19:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 5 June 2006 23:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan (Ah, 1994...) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 15:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― latebloomer's potater chip of the proletariat (latebloomer), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link
and they all looked like shit.
― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 19:00 (seventeen years ago) link
lol
― INSANE CLOWN FOSSE (Adrian Langston), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 23:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― lord pooperton (ex machina), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 01:36 (seventeen years ago) link
also, what does this even mean
― INSANE CLOWN FOSSE (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 23:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― latebloomer's potater chip of the proletariat (latebloomer), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 23:16 (seventeen years ago) link
in the next 2 years or so it will be cheaper, easier and more convenient to get HD television and movies on-demand from your broadband connection than by purchasing a single-function playback device and the optical media to stick in it.
some people are touting that fiber optic cable run to your house is the way to accomplish this but from what I've seen and heard in just the past month yr standard coax cable connection works just dandy already.
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Thursday, 8 June 2006 13:24 (seventeen years ago) link
A consumer in 2008 has two choices for HD: A) buy HDTV, subscribe to HD cable service and broadband internet access, get PPV on-demand shows and features; B) buy HDTV, do all of the above, and then spend another mint for an HD optical player and the movies to play in it.
The PPV content library makes or breaks the Sony machine. Either people love MGM and Columbia so much that they'll go into debt to watch them in HD, or they don't. You make that call.
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Thursday, 8 June 2006 13:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Thursday, 8 June 2006 13:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― lord pooperton (ex machina), Thursday, 8 June 2006 15:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― INSANE CLOWN FOSSE (Adrian Langston), Friday, 9 June 2006 17:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― adam (adam), Saturday, 10 June 2006 02:15 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-sony11jul11,0,2061426.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Sony Corp. has patented technology that would prevent its PlayStation consoles from playing used, rented or borrowed video games -- raising questions about whether the electronics and entertainment giant may attempt to redefine what it means to own something in the digital age.
Speculation over Sony's plans for the technology have sparked a furor online as game fans and consumer advocates fret that the company may incorporate it into the upcoming PlayStation 3 console, due to hit stores this fall.
― Stuh-du-du-du-du-du-du-denka (jingleberries), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 00:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 02:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― Darramouss ftw! (Darramouss ftw), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 11:01 (seventeen years ago) link
Scarily accurate!
― Darramouss ftw! (Darramouss ftw), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 12:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 12:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― sleep (sleep), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link
http://video-games.search.ebay.com/playstation-3_Systems_W0QQsacatZ62054
― van igloo (van smack), Friday, 17 November 2006 22:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― roc u like a § (ex machina), Friday, 17 November 2006 23:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Saturday, 18 November 2006 00:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― c('°c) (Leee), Saturday, 18 November 2006 00:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 18 November 2006 03:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― DOCTOR METH KING (TOMBOT), Saturday, 18 November 2006 15:56 (seventeen years ago) link
10. Ridge Racer 7 looks a helluva lot better on the xbox360 than the ps3, so besides having zero launch titles anybody wants to play, what it HAS are launch titles that are best experienced via last year's system.
― DOCTOR METH KING (TOMBOT), Saturday, 18 November 2006 16:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― DOCTOR METH KING (TOMBOT), Saturday, 18 November 2006 16:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 18 November 2006 21:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― The GZeus (The GZeus), Sunday, 19 November 2006 04:01 (seventeen years ago) link
I just asked Nick abt this (as we're about to buy a HD teevee and it'll probably only do 720 or 1080i tops), as I was worried the Xbox is the same. He sez no, and he also said that it is true the PS3 samples down if you set it to 1080p.. but it will still do 720 if you *set* it to 720 on the PS3.
Still, that said, thats one hell of a waste of what could be a $5000+ television if you cant use its best resolution. Thats a joke.
― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 19 November 2006 04:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 19 November 2006 08:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marmot (marmotwolof), Monday, 20 November 2006 04:39 (seventeen years ago) link
and then turned it off to play more Gears of War.
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 20 November 2006 05:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 20 November 2006 19:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― stoked for the madness (nickalicious), Monday, 20 November 2006 20:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― DOCTOR METH KING (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link
In exchange for your PlayStation 3, you can get a lifetime supply of tacos. Send your name and phone number to the following email: tacobellnews@tacobell.com
― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― DOCTOR METH KING (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:31 (seventeen years ago) link
$900 for playstation x 3
― Koogy Yonderboy (koogs), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― nate p. (natepatrin), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 22:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― roc u like a § (ex machina), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 01:31 (seventeen years ago) link
I'll leave the zingers to y'all.
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 02:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 08:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― The GZeus (The GZeus), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― roc u like a § (ex machina), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 16:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 16:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBO7 (TOMBOT), Sunday, 21 January 2007 19:40 (seventeen years ago) link
I hope Sony balls up the March deadline at the last minute, really.
― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Monday, 22 January 2007 03:09 (seventeen years ago) link
Gates' comments that I posted to my 2 day old ps3 keeps freezing. are dead-on. they gave themselves an extra year of lead time and used all of it doing damage control, then priced their customer base out of the market.
If I sound like a pit bull fanboy going after this thing and the company that makes it, it's because I spent most of last year learning my project management fundamentals and the business of engineering and this utter debacle deserves just about every last bit of dogging it gets. The number of mistakes and layers of pathetic, delusional spin applied here is fucking boggling, coming from a company that everyone thought couldn't possibly fuck up.
Maybe I'm too cynical, maybe Sony dared to dream the impossible dream of building a magic synergy of Bravia 1080p TVs plugged into PS3s playing Blu-Ray discs in every household, maybe they thought everybody in the world would get a 300% raise between 2001 and 2007, maybe it wasn't hubris and they really thought they were going to accomplish this great, amazing thing, in the highest definition around.
Or maybe they really thought "fuck the consumer, we'll fleece the bastards with our brand name, we can't lose" and in due course they'll wind up in one of those bestsellers that has a whole chapter on New Coke.
― TOMBO7 (TOMBOT), Monday, 22 January 2007 14:51 (seventeen years ago) link
Oh, no, I'm not bitter....
― Lukewarm Watery G. Tornado, I done seen Michael Jackson eat him some babies (The, Monday, 22 January 2007 17:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBO7 (TOMBOT), Monday, 22 January 2007 17:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBO7 (TOMBOT), Monday, 22 January 2007 18:29 (seventeen years ago) link
I'm just saying that I'm glad I don't know what crow tastes like.
― Lukewarm Watery G. Tornado, I done seen Michael Jackson eat him some babies (The, Monday, 22 January 2007 19:07 (seventeen years ago) link
If that ever happened, there's simply no way that Nintendo could compete, but nothing that either Sony or Microsoft has done to date has convinced me that they're smart enough to fix these sorts of problems.
I think that we're stuck with a situation where the best games are on the worst console, and that's pretty sad, but good for Nintendo for seeing a weakness and exploiting it.
It actually reminds me of the way baseball works these days. Nintendo is the Oakland A's!
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 00:04 (seventeen years ago) link
Do i as a gamer preferring weird-ass japanese stuff, zelda/metroid/castlevania games, and titles with a good narrative give a shit if the thing i'm playing it on can display 40 gazillion triangles every second with BLAST PROCESSING if the thing runs 3x the cost as my more-or-less pretty good console?
― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 00:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Lukewarm Watery G. Tornado, I done seen Michael Jackson eat him some babies (The, Tuesday, 23 January 2007 00:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 02:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― webber (webber), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 03:29 (seventeen years ago) link
It's the Saturn all over again, but with the original PS' reliability factor.(My saturn works like a champ and I used the hell out of that thing. I dare you to find a fully functional original playstation)
― Lukewarm Watery G. Tornado; Vampires Eat Christians (The GZeus), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 03:50 (seventeen years ago) link
Any game on the Wii would look and play better with more horsepower. You can use that hardware for evil -- like some immense, soulless reality simulator -- but you can also use it for artistic means as well. Sony and Microsoft don't seem to understand that there is a market for games that are artful or games that are FUN, but a fun game with amazing graphics and high quality rendering would be really cool and I'd like to play it!
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 07:25 (seventeen years ago) link
STFU noob, you don't know shit about PROGRAMMING or COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE.
― UART variations (ex machina), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 07:47 (seventeen years ago) link
I shall refrain from addressing them and referencing them.I humbly suggest you do the same.
― Lukewarm Watery G. Tornado; Vampires Eat Christians (The GZeus), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 11:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marmot (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 11:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― Lukewarm Watery G. Tornado; Vampires Eat Christians (The GZeus), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 11:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― teh_kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 11:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Lukewarm Watery G. Tornado; Vampires Eat Christians (The GZeus), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 11:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― aidsy (PUNXSUTAWNEY PENIS), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 12:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBO7 (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 14:24 (seventeen years ago) link
then don't get a PS3!!! At least with the 360 you have a GREAT selection of stuff on Live Arcade, road-tested network multiplayer and weird shit like Blue Dragon and Viva Pinata. I don't know any exclusives for the PS3 besides White Knight that look even remotely half-interesting and yeah, I think it's going to be obliterated - since as you noted they can't even push refurbs and trade-ins on people anymore. Price point was just too high to start with.
― TOMBO7 (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 14:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBO7 (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 14:31 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/livearcadexbox360/default.htm
UH
― TOMBO7 (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 14:32 (seventeen years ago) link
jesus I'm a fucking johnny one-note! Sorry!!
― TOMBO7 (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 15:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 16:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBO7 (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 16:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 16:20 (seventeen years ago) link
Sony's PS3 debacle continues to be mystifying though; like everyone else, I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop and their hidden killer ap (GTA/Tekken crossover, fleshlight attachment) to drop, because what they're doing now makes no sense at all.
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 18:17 (seventeen years ago) link
I have one! I got it on launch, and it's chipped. Even Sony said that'd do the things in!
― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 18:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 18:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― aidsy (PUNXSUTAWNEY PENIS), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link
I agree with that totally, still waiting on the price-dropped non-fugly edition to come out though
― TOMBO7 (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 18:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 19:10 (seventeen years ago) link
Retro gaming is one thing, but new titles is another. Viva Pinata is a really good example of what Microsoft should do more of, and hopefully is a sign of things to come. If they come out with a few more titles along those lines, I'll buy a 360.
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link
Am I seriously the only MGS whore here? MGS4 (and yeah, FFXIII) are going to tempt the hell out of me once they're out. There's also Devil May Cry 4 but it looks like everything else I wanted (GTA4, VF5, RE5) is getting a 360 port.
― Marmot (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 20:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― c(°°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 21:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 22:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Lukewarm Watery G. Tornado; Vampires Eat Christians (The GZeus), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 22:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBO7 (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 22:37 (seventeen years ago) link
Bahahaa, if that's true and Square Enix comes to the same conclusion, it's game over. Devil May Cry can't carry shit.
― Marmot (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 23:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― feed latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 03:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― webber (webber), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 10:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBO7 (TOMBOT), Thursday, 25 January 2007 15:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish moose tracks (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 25 January 2007 15:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― AleXTC (AleXTC), Thursday, 25 January 2007 15:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― Lukewarm Watery G. Tornado; Vampires Eat Christians (The GZeus), Thursday, 25 January 2007 18:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― UART variations (ex machina), Thursday, 25 January 2007 18:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― webber, Saturday, 3 March 2007 02:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― webber, Saturday, 3 March 2007 02:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― forksclovetofu, Saturday, 3 March 2007 13:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Monday, 5 March 2007 00:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Monday, 5 March 2007 00:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― Windy G Moisture, Monday, 5 March 2007 00:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sock Puppet, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 16:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― zappi, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 19:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 19:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Windy G Moisture, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 22:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Windy G Moisture, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 22:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Thursday, 8 March 2007 02:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Windy G Moisture, Thursday, 8 March 2007 03:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Thursday, 8 March 2007 03:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― onimo, Thursday, 8 March 2007 10:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― abanana, Thursday, 8 March 2007 15:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― Windy G Moisture, Thursday, 8 March 2007 17:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Will M., Thursday, 8 March 2007 18:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Thursday, 8 March 2007 18:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― Will M., Thursday, 8 March 2007 19:59 (seventeen years ago) link
“Kick his ass and take his name!” someone shouted from a few rows behind me. “Who?” answered Reggie in mid-autograph. “Phil Harrison, front row!” Sure enough, there was Phil Harrison, seated dead center, front row. Looks like he could show up on time for Nintendo’s keynote, but not Sony’s. With a grin and a chuckle, Reggie replies, “Some would say we’ve already done that.”
― kingfish, Friday, 9 March 2007 07:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 9 March 2007 22:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― abanana, Friday, 9 March 2007 23:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― Windy G Moisture, Saturday, 10 March 2007 02:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― zappi, Sunday, 11 March 2007 01:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― bernard snowy, Sunday, 11 March 2007 17:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― funny farm, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 02:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 12:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 14:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― M@tt He1ges0n, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 20:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Will M., Wednesday, 14 March 2007 21:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish, Friday, 16 March 2007 06:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― onimo, Saturday, 17 March 2007 12:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― funny farm, Sunday, 18 March 2007 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― melton mowbray, Sunday, 18 March 2007 19:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― marmotwolof, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 03:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 05:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― webber, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 07:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― CraigG, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 12:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― melton mowbray, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 13:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 19:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― melton mowbray, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 19:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― latebloomer, Thursday, 22 March 2007 08:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish, Thursday, 22 March 2007 17:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― webber, Thursday, 22 March 2007 21:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― onimo, Friday, 23 March 2007 00:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― Bocken Social Scene, Friday, 23 March 2007 09:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― onimo, Friday, 23 March 2007 13:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― zappi, Friday, 23 March 2007 13:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― abanana, Monday, 26 March 2007 14:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 15:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― melton mowbray, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 15:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Friday, 20 April 2007 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Friday, 20 April 2007 20:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Friday, 20 April 2007 21:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― funny farm, Friday, 20 April 2007 22:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― admrl, Friday, 20 April 2007 23:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― abanana, Friday, 27 April 2007 17:20 (seventeen years ago) link
Rumored $100 price drop on July 17: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3160820
― marmotwolof, Friday, 6 July 2007 07:24 (sixteen years ago) link
now it only costs twice as much as the popular kid
― El Tomboto, Friday, 6 July 2007 15:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Ninja Gaiden Sigma!
― Jeff LeVine, Friday, 6 July 2007 16:32 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm slowly coming round to the idea that the ps3 might just hang in there & become successful, but not for a couple of years. can sony afford to wait that long?
― zappi, Friday, 6 July 2007 20:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I want to play LittleBigPlanet something terrible, but not $500 worth of terrible.
― jamescobo, Saturday, 7 July 2007 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
The price drop is coming tomorrow.
― abanana, Monday, 9 July 2007 02:22 (sixteen years ago) link
I'll wait for the next one.
― marmotwolof, Monday, 9 July 2007 03:49 (sixteen years ago) link
jeez - sales up 2,500% in the last 24 hours on amazon...
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:54 (sixteen years ago) link
there's an 80GB model with free Motorstorm for $600 on the way too
― marmotwolof, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Change that to "free motorboat" and maybe we'll talk.
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 19:16 (sixteen years ago) link
360 Elite is said to be dropping to $400 bucks anyway, I'll have that.
― marmotwolof, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 01:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Target stores now exclusively carrying Blu-ray.
Meanwhile, big price drop on the 360's HD-DVD drive.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 26 July 2007 18:38 (sixteen years ago) link
has anybody actually watched a blu-ray or hd-dvd with any of these things?
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 26 July 2007 18:39 (sixteen years ago) link
I have an HDDVD player for the 360, and I use it all the time. Or will be, as long as they keep making HDDVD. I got it cheap.
― antexit, Thursday, 26 July 2007 18:54 (sixteen years ago) link
dude mine is coming with six free Blu-ray discs. I'm sure you need a 1080p HDTV to tell the diff, but I'll be getting one of those shortly.
― marmotwolof, Thursday, 26 July 2007 20:04 (sixteen years ago) link
that Target thing isn't true: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/format-war/next-gen-slapfest-hd-dvd-responds-to-blu+rays-target-exclusivity-282967.php
― marmotwolof, Thursday, 26 July 2007 21:46 (sixteen years ago) link
You can definitely see the difference with a 720p HDTV, but not all HD-DVDs and Blu-Ray DVDs have been created equal. Just like with early DVDs (or current cheap/piss-poor DVD transfers), some of both new formats early transfers have been less than impressive. However - with a good transfer, it really pops - close to twice as sharp an image (720p vs 420p or i) really makes a difference on a bigger TV.
― Jeff LeVine, Friday, 27 July 2007 07:23 (sixteen years ago) link
720p is fine, there are hundreds of forum threads all over the internets where dispute rages about whether 720p is actually maybe even BETTER than 1080i (1080p barely exists, i thought - and anyway isn't supported by any broadcasters as far as i know) - several broadcasters have already standardized on 720p (especially sports channels). anyway, it's what i have so i'll defend it to kingdom come.
btw, i still haven't seen ONE THING in HD since i bought my HD set. some day, i guess.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 27 July 2007 23:52 (sixteen years ago) link
1080p sure as hell exists for Blu-ray discs and certain PS3 games. For everyone else, wait on that.
― marmotwolof, Saturday, 28 July 2007 00:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Well, I should say that it exists for HD-DVD but I don't think there are any 360 games that are native 1080p and not upscaled yet, some say Halo 3 might be but I haven't seen any confirmation.
― marmotwolof, Saturday, 28 July 2007 00:50 (sixteen years ago) link
My buddy has a PS3 with a 720p setup, and the Blu-ray looks great. I've never seen HD-DVD, but the Blu-ray is much nicer than regular DVD, I was impressed.
If you have HD or Blu-ray, you should rent the Planet Earth documentary!
― polyphonic, Sunday, 29 July 2007 03:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, I've heard people talk about Planet Earth a lot as a good HD demo.
― marmotwolof, Sunday, 29 July 2007 05:27 (sixteen years ago) link
1080 x 1920 in a moving image is not something the human eye is really capable of appreciating. If you have a computer monitor that supports that resolution, try comparing a screensaver at 720 x 1280 and at the higher res (1080p) and see if you care (like $$+ worth of caring). From what I've heard 1080i and 720p are functionally equivalent except that 1080i won't be as crisp in all circumstances.
I haven't seen anything on HD with my HDTV either. Fuck a $300 receiver.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 16:53 (sixteen years ago) link
*sigh*
of course you can't tell on a computer monitor, Tombot. That's why they barely even sell TVs smaller than 40" with 1080p.
― marmotwolof, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 18:22 (sixteen years ago) link
but you're going to be sitting a lot further away from the tv screen!
anyhoo I read somewhere most people can't tell beyond 780p and I believe it
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 20:17 (sixteen years ago) link
er 720p
haha ok man, suit yrself
― marmotwolof, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 20:19 (sixteen years ago) link
you can tell the difference from five feet away on a 40" screen, the bigger the screen, the further away you can sit and still see it. http://comcal.wboc.com/img/resvsdist.jpg
― marmotwolof, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 20:25 (sixteen years ago) link
uhm.. who the hell is sitting 20 feet away from their TVs, much less owning a TV with an 80" screen?? unless that diagram is intended to be read and used by a race of giants and giantesses, which i would be down with, btw
in any case, the one thing this diagram proves is that unless you live in an airplace hangar, don't buy some giant fuck-off TV that you can't afford because you'll get it home, out of the box, sit six feet away like a normal person does and start wondering why everything looks WORSE
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 3 August 2007 17:31 (sixteen years ago) link
I think you read it wrong. It says that if you sit 6 feet away you should have a 46" TV or thereabouts for the full benefit of 1080p. If you plan on sitting ten or more feet away, a big ass projector that fills the wall is the only way to tell the difference. Those lines on the chart go all the way back. It isn't saying you need to sit 18 feet away from a 100 inch screen to see 1080p.
― marmotwolof, Friday, 3 August 2007 19:12 (sixteen years ago) link
basically if you get a regular tv that fits in a regular room and sit at a regular distance 1080p/i isn't perceptible, which I think is what the article I read was pointing out
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 4 August 2007 03:06 (sixteen years ago) link
You could say the same for 720p if that's what you're going by! If you want a fuck off TV that you're going to sit right in front of while gaming, there is a difference. If you just want a 25" TV to watch on a couch clear across the room, why would you even be interested in HD?
― marmotwolof, Saturday, 4 August 2007 03:19 (sixteen years ago) link
oh i see.
the problem comes in, as i mentioned earlier, with watching non-HD broadcasts on a 46" LCD or plasma display. unless you buy a special, smaller TV just to watch actual TV on, the moment you switch from your super-crisp game or Blu-Ray disc to watching, i dunno, Law and Order SVU, it will look BAD unless you get up and press yourself against the far wall.
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 4 August 2007 14:11 (sixteen years ago) link
which is why i got a 28" 740p TV - it's going to look good no matter what, plus it doesn't dominate my frickin room, even though it's bigger than any TV i ever had growing up.
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 4 August 2007 14:17 (sixteen years ago) link
i mean 720p. i have been infected.
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 4 August 2007 14:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I guess the difference for me is that I have a separate room from the bedroom and living room just for gaming/movies/computer so a big ass dominator TV is exactly what I want, and I'm not too concerned about the SD quality for that.
Some HDTVs are doing a decent job of SD conversion now, but it also depends on the source from your cable company. A channel for syndicated re-runs is probably going to look shittier than a premium movie channel, etc. I wouldn't dream of buying HD just for broadcast at this point, even DirecTV only offers about 18 HD channels, and none of them look all that interesting besides HBO and Showtime. You can also get HD TNT for that Law and Order fix, the big networks, Discovery and ESPN but that's about it.
― marmotwolof, Sunday, 5 August 2007 00:49 (sixteen years ago) link
hi 5z to the Hand Man is it a Philips? because then we probably have exactly the same teevee
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 5 August 2007 01:30 (sixteen years ago) link
btw on that note, the philips pixelplus or whatever sub-pixel automatic detection and shading it does is really awesome - the words Playstation 2 have never looked more crisp (ditto with the Wii menus)
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 5 August 2007 01:31 (sixteen years ago) link
it's a toshiba. which i refer to as "the toshiba". and my bad, it's only a 26" .. this thing:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-26WLT66-Widescreen-Pictureframe-Freeview/dp/customer-reviews/B000HVFQSS
not sure about subpixel stuff. my DVD is hooked up via HDMI and the PS2 is hooked up via component cable. i would imagine that playing AVIs thru a computer connected with an actual monitor cable (which is supported) would probably look pretty good but i haven't tried it yet, mainly because i can never remember what sex the ends of the cable should be when i'm near a shop that sells them
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 5 August 2007 14:36 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.funtechtalk.com/boy-arrested-for-writing-ps3-sucks-on-game-cases/
― marmotwolof, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 01:47 (sixteen years ago) link
the PS3 is going to get a DVR peripheral called PlayTV (well, in UK, France Italy, Germany & Spain initially) "PlayTV will allow users to watch, pause and record live TV. PlayTV can also record individual shows, or entire series to the PS3 hard drive. The videos can then be watched from the PS3, or can be transferred to the PSP to watch on the go. PlayTV will provide a 7-day Electronic Programme Guide (EPG2) utilizing the "widely available" DVB-T format." it also has two tuners (so you can watch something & record something different at the same time) & streaming via wifi to PSP.
so is this something people will buy? how much will they charge?
― zappi, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 22:15 (sixteen years ago) link
the DualShock 3 is more important
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 22:18 (sixteen years ago) link
not sure why that's getting buried
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 22:19 (sixteen years ago) link
good games are more important than either. god damn Sony, three or four PS3 games I want vs like 50 360 games I want. hop to it.
― marmotwolof, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 23:14 (sixteen years ago) link
wot, no double-ended dildo controller yet?
― kingfish, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 23:24 (sixteen years ago) link
haha marmot see the nintendo kids only had to spend half as much money to feel that way
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 23 August 2007 00:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, I'm still buying a Wii when I can find one. Then I'll have all six of those cool PS3 and Wii games to play when my 360 goes kaput and I can't play all the good shit on it.
― marmotwolof, Thursday, 23 August 2007 00:33 (sixteen years ago) link
PlayTV looks like it's just a PS branded twin "digibox" - a pair of digital tv tuners - they're cool but... it's not integrated with whatever other cable/satellite you've got for one thing and for another there are, or are going to be (over in north america where you get all this stuff late) a smorgasbord of low and high end alternatives to "PlayTV"
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 24 August 2007 02:53 (sixteen years ago) link
ok, they've FINALLY confirmed the new cheaper model (at least in EU) http://www.scee.presscentre.com/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=4434&NewsAreaID=2
for 399 euros you get : Bluray (duh), 40gig HD, wifi & HDMI, wireless controller (?but no rumble yet?) whats missing : any PS2 compatibility (wuh?), two less USB ports, no card reader.
anyone interested now? maybe next year when some games come out?
― zappi, Friday, 5 October 2007 17:25 (sixteen years ago) link
i think a few good games actually drop before xmas... i forget where i was reading, but it has the most exclusive blockbuster titles between now and december 25th (of course, halo no longer coutned as it's out). but meh, i still don't care, the 360 is working out nicely.
― Will M., Friday, 5 October 2007 17:56 (sixteen years ago) link
still to come in '07:
Folklore Haze Ratchet & Clank Tekken 6 Time Crisis 4 Uncharted WipEout HD
― marmotwolof, Friday, 5 October 2007 22:28 (sixteen years ago) link
technically the blu-ray @ magic 400 price point should make this model fly but no backwards compatibility makes this hater keep the fires burning
― El Tomboto, Friday, 5 October 2007 22:33 (sixteen years ago) link
also it is still bigger than some amplifiers
― El Tomboto, Friday, 5 October 2007 22:34 (sixteen years ago) link
(if msft would just come out with an xbox 360 that wasn't atrociously huge and ugly I would get one just for XBLA)
― El Tomboto, Friday, 5 October 2007 22:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Where did you hear that Tekken 6 was coming out this year? I'm pretty sure that's not right.
It's really not an exciting line-up for the rest of 2007 - tho I'll probably pick up Ratchet, Uncharted - and possibly/maybe/undecided about Folklore and/or Haze. Definitely planning to download Wipeout & Everyday Shooter.
Early 2008 though with MSG4 and Burnout Paradise and hopefully Little Big Planet(?) is looking quite strong.
― Jeff LeVine, Friday, 5 October 2007 23:05 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1649&Itemid=49
Tekken 6 Namco Bandai US: 12/01/07 UK: TBA
― marmotwolof, Friday, 5 October 2007 23:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Why the fuck would they remove backwards compatibility? I thought the whole point of the software compatibility was that it wouldn't cost them any more to manufacture units. God they are dumb.
But yeah the launch line up for the next 12 months looks hott. Don't forget Singstar in December!
― webber, Saturday, 6 October 2007 01:38 (sixteen years ago) link
+ Assassin's Creed
Is Folklore really that exciting? I played through the demo once (using the woman character) and was already bored by the end of that.
― webber, Saturday, 6 October 2007 01:40 (sixteen years ago) link
WIPEOUT HD SOUNDS AWESSSSSS
I JUST HOPE THE SOUNDTRACK INCLUDES PHOTEK AND THE PRODIGY AGAIN
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 6 October 2007 18:18 (sixteen years ago) link
IGN gave Folklore a 9 and they usually hate anything that isn't a ready made blockbuster in the first place. I'm getting it.
― marmotwolof, Saturday, 6 October 2007 22:32 (sixteen years ago) link
http://jbooth.blogspot.com/2007/10/ps3-misconceptions-and-spin.html
― El Tomboto, Friday, 26 October 2007 20:06 (sixteen years ago) link
http://daveasbell.blogspot.com/2007/08/trouble-with-ps3.html
― El Tomboto, Friday, 26 October 2007 20:12 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/ratchetandclankfuturetoolsofdestruction
― Jeff LeVine, Friday, 26 October 2007 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link
one holiday title from insomniac a year should definitely keep the business alive.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 26 October 2007 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
haha, Kaz is quitting coz the ps3 is a failure!
― kingfish, Saturday, 27 October 2007 06:14 (sixteen years ago) link
gran turismo 5 is awesome
― webber, Saturday, 27 October 2007 13:08 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/10/sony.html -- sad story
The look is appropriate; almost everything about PlayStation represents a fresh take on the industry. Kaz Hirai is just 36 years old. Almost everyone in his management team is in their 30s -- too young, they say, to have much regard for the status quo. "Young people don't have preconceived notions about how things should be done," says Phil Harrison, SCEA's vice president for third-party relations and R&D. "They just come up with solutions -- without even realizing that they've arrived at success in a 'strange' way."Harrison personifies the point. At 27, the tall, amiable Englishman works with outside game developers (Electronic Arts, Lucas Arts, Crystal Dynamics) to create a relentless stream of killer PlayStation titles. It's a role for which he seems born: ambitious, bright, and deeply interested in computers and video, he programmed his first game at 13 and at 16 quit school to become a consultant. Six years later he joined Sony and was assigned to a top-secret project known only as PSX. After two years of work, PSX became PlayStation. Harrison, still a kid, became an executive.
Harrison personifies the point. At 27, the tall, amiable Englishman works with outside game developers (Electronic Arts, Lucas Arts, Crystal Dynamics) to create a relentless stream of killer PlayStation titles. It's a role for which he seems born: ambitious, bright, and deeply interested in computers and video, he programmed his first game at 13 and at 16 quit school to become a consultant. Six years later he joined Sony and was assigned to a top-secret project known only as PSX. After two years of work, PSX became PlayStation. Harrison, still a kid, became an executive.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 27 October 2007 19:52 (sixteen years ago) link
kingfish where did you hear that? or are you clowning my ass
Geoff Keighley: In a way, Sony is handing the keys to the kingdom to Microsoft this holiday season. But will Microsoft fully capitalize on the opportunity? I'm not so sure. Why? It might have something to do with a Nielsen study that came out which says only 14 percent of US homes have HD-capable TVs. This is less than half what was estimated by the Consumer Electronics Association in July, and may help explain why the Wii continues to dominate relative to the 360 and PS3.
N'Gai Croal: Sony has learned the hard way that it can't afford to launch a) 12 months after Microsoft with b) esoteric hardware, subpar tools and an incomplete online service at c) a $200 premium. Kutaragi's forced departure, the sale of Sony's semiconductor facilities to Toshiba and the fact that Sony Electronics has yet to launch any Cell-based products demonstrate loudly and clearly that the Era of the Visionary Engineer is over at Sony Computer Entertainment.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 07:23 (sixteen years ago) link
tom i appreciate your continuing quest to convince me to never buy something i was never going to buy anyway!
― gff, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:02 (sixteen years ago) link
(not trying to be snarky, i like this thread)
haha I am really being a nintendo homer here but like I've said before following the implications of this particular exercise in mismanagement, how they went from being the unassailable number one to being the lol wtf of the industry, without any big changes in leadership or brain drain, is fascinating. I plan to buy another PS2 probably.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:06 (sixteen years ago) link
i still only have a ps2! and i'll probably pick up a 360 when the used prices come down a bit more. whatever gets me into GTA. if anyone cares!
shame about gran turismo 5, tho. pour one out.
― gff, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:12 (sixteen years ago) link
it's too bad that "esoteric hardware" was coined to describe this instead of something actually awesome like it sounds
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Agreed. This has been great reading. Basing my next-gen buy on whatever platform "Silent Hill 5" chose, have been reading this thread and crossing fingers that they didn't go the PS3 route exclusively. Once they announced a 360 release, bought mine.
Now I only fear the red rings.
― scampering alpaca, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I finally have a ps2 again, after buying it from departing roommate.
― kingfish, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 18:31 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm not sure Geoff Keighley (whoever he is) knows what he's talking about - for one thing the Neilson study didn't say "only 14 percent of US homes have HD-capable TVs," it just said only 14% of US hosehold use their TV to watch HD programming - those are two different things. I actually know at least a few people who have HDTVs but never have gotten anything HD with 'em - crazy but true. For another thing, one paragraph later in that conversation he states he's not sure if he believes Super Mario Galaxy will sell 500,000 copies in November!
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 18:34 (sixteen years ago) link
I can't be bothered to tell my landladies to get DirecTV to come and upgrade our satellite to the 5-LDR whatsit you need to even get HD, so more like "lazy but true." As stated previously by me I find the additional contrast provided by finally upgrading to component cables to be more than enough for me at the moment.
If Keighley means in North America alone, then I can see it not necessarily moving 500,000 copies by December.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 18:37 (sixteen years ago) link
I have a 360 and no HD-TV, and have been very satisfied with my purchase. The graphics might not be as good as they could be, but they're still obviously better than my PS2 or the Wii, and unfortunately that does matter to me.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 20:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I did say "at the moment" btw
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 20:54 (sixteen years ago) link
uncharted: drake's fortune demo out today! if it's as good as everyone says it is, sounds like it will be the best ps3 exclusive of the year.
i really think sony are starting to get their act together. maybe that's wishful thinking
― webber, Thursday, 8 November 2007 22:27 (sixteen years ago) link
The fate of the PS3 at this point seems to very emphatically hinge on the adoption of blu-ray as the next-generation media standard that everybody needs to replace their DVDs with, and I'm not buying it, at all.
WHAT SAY YOU NOW, WISEGUY?
― cankles, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 00:37 (sixteen years ago) link
that everybody needs to replace their DVDs with
still not satisfied!! NEMBM
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 00:39 (sixteen years ago) link
(not even michael bay movies)
divx/xvid hd ftw
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:52 (sixteen years ago) link
the ps3 can play those too!
― webber, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 05:55 (sixteen years ago) link
to follow up on a few of my previous posts to this thread:
1) i have now finally bought a real monitor cable to connect my laptop to my TV, and i have to say -- a well-encoded divx/xvid looks FANTASTIC. who needs bluray when i can essentially watch DVDs, in DVD quality, for free.
2) on the other hand, the PlayTV thing looks a lot neater to me now than it did back then. a PVR with a nice interface and twin Freeview tuners, all controllable via the PS3? uh.. OK then!!! i guess the only slight caveat is the relatively paltry amount of space on a PS3 harddrive. my PVR has 160G.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 15:25 (sixteen years ago) link
here's the most recent news about PlayTV, priced at £99 and available in spring 2008 - http://www.psu.com/PlayTV-DVR-service-priced-and-dated-for-UK--a0002267-p0.php
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 15:26 (sixteen years ago) link
TH - you do know you can switch out the harddrive in a ps3 to whatever size you so desire? http://kotaku.com/gaming/howto/upgrade-your-ps3-hard-drive-326750.php
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:59 (sixteen years ago) link
oh man $400 for the console + $160 for a useful size disk + $60 for the cable + $150 for the PVR add-on AND I still get to pay for HD programming on a monthly basis! THAT's a steal
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 20:40 (sixteen years ago) link
(GBP mileage will vary obv but I don't imagine by much)
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 20:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I agree that all this TV, blu-ray and download movie add on stuff is pretty much just a waste of time and money (and focus). I just wanna play games!
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 20:55 (sixteen years ago) link
I play my 360 on a pathetic 20" standard television, so I won't be buying a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD anything for some time. Also, I still watch a surprising number of VHS movies, so maybe I'm not the target market.
Still, it would be nice to be able to actually read game menus.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 22:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I hate that just as much as you do. My lousy little TV set just isn't good enough to read text during a game.
― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 23:11 (sixteen years ago) link
That's the developer's fault though.
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 23:14 (sixteen years ago) link
$60 for a cable tombot? where do you shop?
― webber, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 23:41 (sixteen years ago) link
ok it does appear that some economies of scale have started working in HDMI consumers' favor
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 23:43 (sixteen years ago) link
I hadn't checked in probably 1-2 years tbh
OK, I'll call em up and tell em to re-do the menus.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 10 January 2008 00:39 (sixteen years ago) link
while you're there can you ask them to take out the boss battles because they got boring 12 years ago kthx
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 10 January 2008 01:12 (sixteen years ago) link
u down with hd-dvd? yeah u know me~
― cankles, Thursday, 10 January 2008 05:45 (sixteen years ago) link
just 4 context btw:
Paramount is poised to drop its support of HD DVD after Warner Brothers’ recent backing of Sony’s Blu-ray technology, in a move that will sound the death knell of HD DVD and bring the home entertainment format war to a definitive end.However, Paramount, which is owned by Viacom, is understood to have a clause in its contract with the HD DVD camp that would allow it to switch sides in the event of Warner Bros backing Blu-ray, according to people familiar with the situation.
However, Paramount, which is owned by Viacom, is understood to have a clause in its contract with the HD DVD camp that would allow it to switch sides in the event of Warner Bros backing Blu-ray, according to people familiar with the situation.
― cankles, Thursday, 10 January 2008 05:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, but whata re you gonna do? Tell them to patch every game they've ade to be SDTV-friendly? Nah, you gots to go buy a HDTV (or a VGS adapter for the 360, much cheaper)
― Will M., Thursday, 10 January 2008 15:11 (sixteen years ago) link
But seriously, isn't this like companies only making Betamax and abandoning VHS? Or is Sony handling their proprietary format differently this time (unlike Betamax, A-Trac, Minidisc, Memory Stick Duo... any others I am forgetting?)?
― Will M., Thursday, 10 January 2008 15:12 (sixteen years ago) link
What does a VGS adapter do?
― polyphonic, Thursday, 10 January 2008 17:13 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/home_entertainment/video/e3i3fd4ee13311f04022e54b3409b401b2e
LAS VEGAS -- A New Line Home Entertainment spokesman confirms reports that the minimajor is following distributor Warner Home Video's lead in abandoning HD DVD and releasing all future next-generation titles only in the Blu-ray Disc format.
And HBO Video president Henry McGee says HBO, too, is "following the same policy as Warner Home Video."
― webber, Thursday, 10 January 2008 22:08 (sixteen years ago) link
i meant to say VGA adapter... allows you to attach a 360 to your computer monitor
― Will M., Thursday, 10 January 2008 22:17 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Will M., Friday, 11 January 2008 02:12 (7 hours ago) Bookmark Link
Not really. You can't assume everyone playing your game will have a 200 inch HD screen. Just don't use tiny fonts unless you genuinely need to.
This, and dopey developers forgetting those of us who are red/greed colour deficient and chucking an incredibly stupid colour combination puzzle bang in the middle of a game that prevents us playing any further. 'Just shoot the purple ones! The blue ones are wholesome and will lose you points!' I mean seriously, it's not like two people in the world have colour impaired vision ffs.
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 10 January 2008 22:40 (sixteen years ago) link
$400 for the console + $160 for a useful size disk + $60 for the cable + $150 for the PVR add-on AND I still get to pay for HD programming on a monthly basis!
- i already have the cable - no need to pay for HD programming, since DVB over the air is free
it is still quite a bit of money for a game device that can record TV..
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 14 January 2008 12:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Eh? AA, that's not at all what I was asking about... I was talking about Sony's proprietary formats, and how they usually all end up doomed because Sony handles them really stupidly. But yeah, the red-green thing sucks, one of my best buddies is a giant puzzle game nerd and automatically can't play a BUNCH of games due to this. Also, he can't see the purple guys against the blue bkgd in Geo Wars.
― Will M., Monday, 14 January 2008 16:17 (sixteen years ago) link
So, um, are there any good games for this that aren't FPSs? I'm looking at getting Virtua Tennis 3 and Virtua Fighter 5 so far and I have Rock Band.
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 20:45 (sixteen years ago) link
are there any good games for this that aren't FPSs?
ok lol
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 20:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, I know.
Also can someone clear up the compatibility thing for me? According to my manual, PS2 games are NOT compatible????
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 20:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Never mind:
40GB PlayStation®3 System: This model of the PLAYSTATION®3 system is designed to play PLAYSTATION®3 format software and has limited backward compatibility. This system is not compatible with and will not play PlayStation®2 format software. Some PlayStation® format software may play on this system.
THANKS SONY (not yr fault, Dad; how could you know?)
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 20:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Oblivion, if you haven't got it on something else. Not long til GTA 4. That's all I got.
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
The last Virtua Tennis was pretty disappointing (I had the 360 version but sold it back). The problem with Virtua Fighter on the ps3 is no online play - maybe not a problem for you? Tekken DR is available as a digital download for 30 bucks, I think, and does feature online play - though it has a weird matchmaking system - and not too many players - which can too often lead to frustratingly laggy games (I still play it tho).
Burnout Paradise is out today! Skate? Hot Shots Golf just officially announced for March Super Stardust HD is a fun twin stick shooter (available for download - eight or ten bucks)
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 21:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Soul Calibur 4 comes out this year, right?
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 21:58 (sixteen years ago) link
also Ninja Gaiden Sigma if you didn't play the earlier versions and are up for a challenge.
The Ratchet and Clank is sort of a combo platformer / shooter. What I've played (1/3?), I've only thought was ok (put it down when Super mario came out a week or so later), but some other people seem to have enjoyed it a lot.
and I haven't played it (not my kind of thing), but some people seem to think the rpg-ish Folklore is worth a look (there's probably a demo on the store, I can't remember).
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 21:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Both Soul Calibur 4 and Tekken 6 are supposed to be out later this year... no dates yet though?
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 22:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Isn't Uncharted supposed to be hell of good except for the clunky, tacked-on motion controls?
― jamescobo, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 22:45 (sixteen years ago) link
assassin's creed isn't really an FPS? you might dig it. probably easy to run down a used copy, too
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 22:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I tried the Folklore demo. It is a bag of dicks.
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 22:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Also all of the used copies of Assassin's Creed I've seen so far are only $5 off the new price (wtf Gamestop).
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 22:51 (sixteen years ago) link
never shop gamestop/eb unless you are in a dire and terrible video game emergency
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 23:35 (sixteen years ago) link
motorstorm is pretty great, as is colin mcrae dirt fight night 3 is supposed to be pretty good and you can pick it up for very cheap these days i think
seconding super stardust hd, and everyday shooter is pretty good too. tekken 5: dr is worth the 20 or so bux
― webber, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 05:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Tho Gamecrazy is good if you're 2-3 years off of release date and you want to get a neat jrpg for $13-$15
― kingfish, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 07:09 (sixteen years ago) link
I still play Motorstorm sometimes - though I never played it too much. I feel like it is kind of limited and the races can be kind of cheap. Though it's a pretty good looking game. The menu thing does kind of bug me every time I put it in though.
What I've played of Dirt (which I only just recently picked up) has been really solid. Great looking game too. It's hard, challenging, but fair. It also works with racing wheels (if you have one). I would knock a point off though for it not having a proper online mode. In this day and age that seems cheap in a racing game - even GT5: Prologue has online racing.
Motorstorm's online mode works surprisingly well and can be fun in a more casual (mario kart?) kind of way...
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 07:21 (sixteen years ago) link
wait, PS3 isn't compatible with PS2 games, wtf????
by the way i am still ordering PS1 games off ebay - i can't help it, i'm addicted!
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 16:52 (sixteen years ago) link
The 40GB version isn't compatible with PS2 games. I don't know why.
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link
they took out the bits that made ps2 games work, helping reduce the cost of the console. i suppose it makes sense cos ps2s are so cheap these days + a lot of the target market already own one anyway. is there a way of finding out the software attach rate for the ps3? theres been some talk about how a lot of people buy the ps3 as its one of the cheapest bluray players, and when the price of standalones fall the ps3 will sell even less (i kinda doubt this though)
― zappi, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 17:41 (sixteen years ago) link
fight night 3 is supposed to be pretty good
Fight Night 3 is stupidly great and I will rep for it anytime anyone mentions it ever.
― jamescobo, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 17:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Another theory about taking out the ps2 backwards compatibility (besides cost cutting) is that eventually they want to be able to sell the ps2 library as software emulated downloadables on the store, killing off the used games industry, or at least getting a piece of it (like the 360 has started to do with their xbox classics line, but since you can still buy the used discs of those games for less and they'll work on the 360, I don't know how successfully that's going).
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link
It's a shame that they took it out though, because when you upscale the ps2 games via the other models of ps3, many of them actually look a fair bit sharper on an hdtv than when played on the ps2
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 18:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Rumors are that Sony are going to drop the price of the 40 gig PS3 and introduce a new white PS3.
Also, Sony have a deal where you get http://sonycard.sony.com/sonygateway/gateway.asp?offerlink=adbrit100&PID=none&SPID=B7RZ&CELL=628Y&MSC=MO001001&AFFID=&CLICK=&CID=&PROMO=DF0100 back if you sign up with their credit card and buy a PS3. You get 0% interest for 12 months too. $199 Playstation? Pretty good if it's true.
― webber, Thursday, 24 January 2008 07:13 (sixteen years ago) link
argh fuckin code. that is supposed to say you get $100 back if you buy a ps3
― webber, Thursday, 24 January 2008 07:14 (sixteen years ago) link
http://bp2.blogger.com/_dFTTyOQ8rOY/R4L3D9rPVDI/AAAAAAAAACU/Un7ZJ-jWgf4/s1600-h/whichconsole.jpg
― caek, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 21:38 (sixteen years ago) link
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/4732/whichconsolerb9.jpg
― caek, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
the first question must be code for "do you have $2000?"
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 21:55 (sixteen years ago) link
"Are you one of those assholes who will only play a FPS with a mouse?"
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 21:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Slutsky made this masterwork (my name is Luc):
http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/8162/whichconsolerb9wm7.jpg
― antexit, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 23:10 (sixteen years ago) link
I didn't know my name was Luc!
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 23:11 (sixteen years ago) link
so now that's settled, should i buy one of these?
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 23:15 (sixteen years ago) link
lol, I'm cool!
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 23:18 (sixteen years ago) link
you also like video games! go back to ITR, nerd!
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 23:32 (sixteen years ago) link
so should i? hi dere do you like it? does it bring you joy? are you glad you bought it?
i want it about 50-50 for bluray/media centrage - gaming.
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 23:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I am not buying either of the elite next-gen systems until one of these damn companies comes out with a slimline model. both are still way too lol hueg and ugly besides
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 23:38 (sixteen years ago) link
it's not like i want to put it down my pants.
yet.
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 23:39 (sixteen years ago) link
I have done my c-b analysis for the coming year and decided that the yuk face I have to make every time I sit down on my couch is more of a problem than either console will be able to remedy at current $$$
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 23:40 (sixteen years ago) link
I received it as a gift. I would not have bought it because it appears to only have 3 games out for it that I would actually consider purchasing (Rock Band, Virtua Tennis 3, Virtua Fighter 5). All of these games are fucking gorgeous, though. (Also, because it was a gift, it is a model that is NOT backwards-compatible with PS2 games. Grr.)
The Blu-Ray player is nice, I'll grant that. Also I think it looks about a bazillion times better than the X-Box.
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 23:43 (sixteen years ago) link
does anyone have a link to a list of upcoming games? there's a bunch of games i'd like to play that are out already... ratchet & clank, drake's fortune, cod4, rock band, burnout, orange box... tho many of those are on xbox too. wanna know what to look forward to.
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 23:46 (sixteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_3_games
you can sort by release date and country
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 23:47 (sixteen years ago) link
thank you.
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 23:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Actually I'd play Assassin's Creed if I could find a copy of it for less than $55. Ditto Heavenly Sword.
I am fucking JACKED about Soul Calibur 4.
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 23:52 (sixteen years ago) link
ok now do you have a list that tells you which ones are going to be good?
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 23:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Soul Calibur 4 will be good.
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 23:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, Street Fighter 4.
My 360 got about 1000x better when they finally included the ability to watch AVI files.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 21 February 2008 00:56 (sixteen years ago) link
What about watching BluRay?
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 21 February 2008 01:19 (sixteen years ago) link
what about it?
i'm gonna do it.
i also look forward to ditching my useful but kind of annoying philips dvd usb divx duder.
― s1ocki, Thursday, 21 February 2008 05:24 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't know why it never occurred to me before but no hd-dvd means that everybody + dog is going to start buying ps3s
i'm with tom on the slimline thing
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 22 February 2008 01:07 (sixteen years ago) link
can't imagine that'll happen soon.. though i guess it would be cool if it did. everyone looks the same in the dark anyway.
― s1ocki, Friday, 22 February 2008 01:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I think you meant to post that to the "Should Slocki's wife lose 50 lbs?" thread
― antexit, Friday, 22 February 2008 13:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I figure XBOX will come out with an external Blu-Ray drive at some point now that the format war is over. This is why I didn't buy a HD-DVD external when I bought it, for what it's worth.
― polyphonic, Friday, 22 February 2008 17:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I just can't imagine a BluRay add-on for the 360. I mean, I'm sure I'll eat my words, but that's essentially giving Sony money from 360 users? For some reason I think it's more likely that they push the downloads harder, and play the "dedicated game system" angle and go crazy pushing exclusives as they have been for the past couple years. Maybe even release a new SKU with BluRay on it, but manufactured by Toshiba or something... I dunno, I calld HD-DVD winning because it had the name "DVD" in it and because bluray = betamax = minidisc. So I'm basically the worst futurist ever.
― Will M., Friday, 22 February 2008 18:27 (sixteen years ago) link
i can't imagine that happening any time soon, considering how much of the ps3's success is tied up in using bluray. there is no reason to buy a ps3 over an xbox 360 unless you take movies into account
― webber, Saturday, 23 February 2008 07:22 (sixteen years ago) link
what if you are tho.
― s1ocki, Saturday, 23 February 2008 18:56 (sixteen years ago) link
oh, I can think of a lot of reasons, especially what looks to be a better, more diverse line-up of games in 2008. Not to mention a quieter, slicker, generally more dependable console.
― Jeff LeVine, Saturday, 23 February 2008 19:32 (sixteen years ago) link
you got me on the more dependable console, but wouldnt the future lineup be a good reason to buy one in the future?
― webber, Sunday, 24 February 2008 00:14 (sixteen years ago) link
i luv my ps3 btw
― webber, Sunday, 24 February 2008 00:15 (sixteen years ago) link
I know.. I know... though that future is starting. Right around now was when I originally thought I might pick up a ps3 - I only picked one up much earlier cause my 360 had red-ringed and while it was in the shop I had the cash and figured what the hell - I'll probably buy the thing someday (MGS4) so I might as well buy it now. A week later the price dropped one hundred bucks :(
Upcoming N.A. ps3 dates March 2nd - MLB The Show (demo seems good, but I haven't decided if I really want to get into another baseball game) March 16th - Hot Shots Golf (did they fix the online stuff?) April 13th - Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (40 dollars for a demo, I guess so, sure) June 15th (rumor) - Metal Gear Solid 4
Later this year? Wipeout HD(!), Little Big Planet(!!!), Infamous, Afrika(?), Yakuza 3, Tekken 6, Killzone 2(?), Resistance 2(?)
Mix in a few of those cross-platform things we already know about like GTA IV, Fallout 3 and Soul Calibur and it looks like apretty nice year
― Jeff LeVine, Sunday, 24 February 2008 01:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I go back and forth on which console I like more - they all have their strenghts and weaknesses - I'm just not as excited about what I've heard about upcoming 2008 games on the other consoles. For the 360 you got Ninja Gaiden 2 and Gears 2, both which I do want to play, but seem maybe a little bit too much like just more of the same - and I'm curious to hear more about Too Human. On the wii there's Smash Bros and Mario Kart and then (???) nothing (???)
― Jeff LeVine, Sunday, 24 February 2008 01:19 (sixteen years ago) link
and echochrome! and home!
― webber, Sunday, 24 February 2008 01:54 (sixteen years ago) link
ok Wipeout HD basically makes me super happy I own a PS3
― HI DERE, Sunday, 24 February 2008 01:57 (sixteen years ago) link
have you played "Skate", Dan?
― sunny successor, Monday, 25 February 2008 17:50 (sixteen years ago) link
i am now officially cool!
psn name Krangor if anyone wants to play anything with me!
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 07:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I've been playing Pixel Junk Monsters most of the night. It's a lot of fun and totally addictive. And I was skeptical at first, but now I'm obviously really glad I picked it up. The slower pace is fun, and it's just really different from all the other games I've been playing lately (only played a tiny bit of desktop tower defense before, which I guess this is just another version of, but with a good style of its own). Nice music too.
It's a little unfair sometimes, like that it doesn't give you the power to run fast until you've beaten all the "easy" levels, because to perfect those levels and earn a rainbow (which you need seven of to unlock a later section of the map), you pretty much need the run fast power, I think. It seems like there's lots of game there for ten bucks though - and repeating and perfecting the levels actually is challenging and fun - weirdly.
I think there's also a demo up there now if anybody wants to try it out first.
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 07:35 (sixteen years ago) link
is that the tower defense game thingy?
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 07:37 (sixteen years ago) link
i guess not if you have to run.
p.s. I'll add you to my list slocki next time I turn the thing on - jefflev13
what game/s did you get?
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 07:37 (sixteen years ago) link
the running is pretty slow - you move like an eighty year old instead of a ninety year old
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 07:38 (sixteen years ago) link
here's the Japanese trailer... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3daGeJrgvE&feature=related
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 07:48 (sixteen years ago) link
i didn't buy any games but my one friend with a ps3 lent me a bunch:
ratchet & clank orange box motorstorm virtua fighter uncharted
what do you have?
what should i get? to be honest i don't really have the cash to throw around on a lot of games right now so i'm gonna focus on what i can get used, or borrow from my friend, or stuff. but maybe i'll pick up resistance or cod4 or burnout if i can??
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 15:14 (sixteen years ago) link
as far as i know (meaning: never picked up a ps3 controller) you have pretty much everything grebt right there. maybe rent heavenly sword, and also rent resistance fall of man if that's your thing... but no real "buys" until mgs4, or final fantasy xivixivixiv: versus agito xxxivtreme, or disgaea 3, or the new jak+daxter, or... uh is killzone 2 out yet?
― Will M., Tuesday, 4 March 2008 15:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Sort of like Will said - Resistance is okay, but nothing exceptional - I much prefered Call of Duty 4 - but have switched over to pretty much only playing Team Fortress 2 (on PC) when I want a shooter. It'll definitely take you a while to play through the Orange Box, if you never have before - Half Life 2 (wow). Ninja Gaiden Sigma is one of the better releases on ps3 if you never played the xbox version (also it runs at true 1080p) - still better than Devil May Cry 4 (which I've yet to finish). I'm not a big fan of Burnout - I much prefer every other racer on the system that I've played. Heavenly Sword is also skippable.
Some of the best ps3 stuff is actually in the download store (and relatively inexpensive).
Tekken 5 DR (with online play, unlike Virtua Figher) Super Stardust HD (addictive, beautiful twin stick shooter) Gran Turismo HD concept (FREE, but just one track of time trials with different cars - still, FREE)
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 16:28 (sixteen years ago) link
I forgot to say Everyday Shooter and Pixel Junk Monsters
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 16:33 (sixteen years ago) link
i dled teh resistance demo. seems pretty fun but frankly i only need so many war shooters in my life and cod4 seems more fun.
i've played through HL2 before (one of my favourite games ever) but i'll probably do it again. same with ep 1. psyched for ep 2 tho. do you play team fortress??
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 16:34 (sixteen years ago) link
super stardust looked fun when i played it a friend's house but it seemed somehow less cool than geometry wars :(
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 16:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I played the demo, which basically has made me want to buy it.
VF5 is the tits. lovelovelove it
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 17:14 (sixteen years ago) link
how much is tekken 5?
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 17:20 (sixteen years ago) link
whoa is it really $30??
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 17:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Is that expensive question marks or cheap question marks? It's the full game - totally worth it in my opinion - tons of modes, tons of characters, online play, 1080p etc...
So I finally started playing Uncharted this morning - got to 7% and so far, I must say, I feel like this game is over-rated by some folks. Admittedly I'm not very far into it, but so far it just feels very average. The artwork is okay, but at times kind of clunky - in no way does it come anywhere close to say, Crysis (which I heard some people comparing it to - give me a break). The puzzles so far are stupidly simply (shoot a barrel to cause a pillar to fall over - hit 4 switches in a certain order, but in your guide book it actually numbers the order to hit the different switches in!). The shooting is unimpressive. The cut scenes - well - there's just too damn many.
While I'm in a grumpy mood, I'd also say Ratchet and Clank, which I only played a third of, isn't that great either. It has some good stuff, but then right next to it, will be some game play that wouldn't feel out of place in a clunky, poorly designed nes game. That Super Mario Galaxy came out on a much less powerful system, but is worlds better says a lot.
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 18:27 (sixteen years ago) link
"worlds" better indeed!
i think uncharted is supposed to get way better after the tombraiderish puzzly beginning, at least according to my friend.
i like ratchet & clank a lot. it's really exactly like every other R&C game but i love this colourful cartoony silly gun shit.
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 18:35 (sixteen years ago) link
comparing a platformer to a nintendo mario offering is a little unfair tho. they're ALWAYS gonna rule that genre.
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 18:50 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah (but it's hard not to since they came out a couple of weeks apart). I've been intending to get back to Ratchet - I just got really fed up with the mission when you're flying your ship through the asteroid belt & the boss fight after. Just so many other games to play.
and I definitely intend to continue with Uncharted tonight when I get home. It's not a bad game so far - just hasn't impressed me yet either.
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 18:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Gran Turismo HD concept (FREE, but just one track of time trials with different cars - still, FREE)
I don't think this is on the PSN anymore, being replaced by the GT5 Prologue demo (which is very good as GT games go)
I only played the Uncharted demo, but I didn't really think much of it.
― webber, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 04:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh also the Everybody's Golf demo is on the UK/Australian store, and it seems great.
― webber, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 04:39 (sixteen years ago) link
well, my second dose of Uncharted went okay. A little over two hours in and already 27% thru the game - looks to be a short one then. I like the platforming bits and some of the character animation. There has been a little more combat than I would have liked and it gets kind of samey (hide behind a pillar and shoot some guys - I see the Gears of War comparison, but it doesn't seem to have the punch that game had).
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 07:36 (sixteen years ago) link
played pixeljunk monsters at a friend's house yesterday.
it seemed pretty fun and looked nice but i sensed right away that it would have the exact same fun value as any other web-based tower defense game... ie addictive for a few hours then impossibly hard and i never want to look at it again.
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 19:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Still can't decide if I want to pick up mlb 08 the show or not
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
lemme know if it's good!
not that i've ever found baseball games, or sports games at all, that exciting.
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 20:28 (sixteen years ago) link
The only sports game I really got into was NFL2K on the Dreamcast.
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
i really want a baseball game but they always always end up disappointing. there hasn't been an MLB or NBA title in a long time that has been nearly as fun as the Madden series. someone with more $ than me needs to check out MLB 08 and take the hit for the rest of the board.
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 21:21 (sixteen years ago) link
oh man nhl 96 ruled my tiny grade school life for a while, with its weird midi version of... what was that song? it was from the dance mix '93 days... it was ready for this by 2 unlimited!!! that is it!! hahaha!!
― Will M., Thursday, 6 March 2008 16:34 (sixteen years ago) link
what else do we like on psn store?
i got loco roco (insane) and super puzzle fighter (yay)
― s1ocki, Monday, 10 March 2008 19:44 (sixteen years ago) link
So tempted to get super puzzle fighter! I just downloaded the sudoku game and it's pretty nice.
― HI DERE, Monday, 10 March 2008 19:52 (sixteen years ago) link
get spf!!!!!
― s1ocki, Monday, 10 March 2008 23:17 (sixteen years ago) link
psn loco roco is pretty lame.
― s1ocki, Friday, 14 March 2008 00:04 (sixteen years ago) link
I forgot to update this with the firmware update shitpants adventures
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 04:20 (fifteen years ago) link
although if I knew a person who was worth half a shit at FPSs I would probably go over to their house just to watch them beat Killzone 2
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 04:27 (fifteen years ago) link
i like how the whole point of the firmware was to add functionality that the xbox has had for 3 years, too
― webber, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 12:05 (fifteen years ago) link
one of these in my house for ~3 weeks, other than metal gear what should i play? uncharted? anything else? i already have a 360. it can't be psn since it someone else's machine and i don't feel like charging shit to my buddy's cc.
― Will M., Wednesday, 9 July 2008 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
see please answer this i love games question for answers, I think
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 22:06 (fifteen years ago) link
$400 for 80GB model is good price? I think it's a pretty bare-bones package.
― Leee, Monday, 18 August 2008 00:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Depends on if you want to play PS2 games on it.
― abanana, Monday, 18 August 2008 01:00 (fifteen years ago) link
(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playstation_3#Retail_configurations . the new 80gb model is the same as the nerfed 40gb one but with a bigger harddrive.)
― abanana, Monday, 18 August 2008 01:06 (fifteen years ago) link
i like the ps3
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 August 2008 02:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm looking at this one, which only has 2 USB ports and so I guess no PS2 compatibility, which isn't so bad because I really only want to play MGS and GTA and watch the odd Bluray moviefilm.
― Leee, Monday, 18 August 2008 03:41 (fifteen years ago) link
so far i have been fairly satisfied with my ps3. i would probably enjoy more games on the xbox, all told, but that's ok, i don't need more reasons to play games. happy with blu-ray though it'd probably make more sense on a bigger screen.
― s1ocki, Monday, 18 August 2008 04:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I think this is going to make me buy a PS3:
http://uk.ps3.ign.com/dor/objects/811232/quantic-dream-project/videos/heavyrain_e306demo.html
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 18 August 2008 10:29 (fifteen years ago) link
shame the mouth is all wrong
― Ste, Monday, 18 August 2008 11:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Definitely got that crazy uncanny valley thing going. Also it would've been far more effective without the obvious music - if they were avoiding the over-the-top Kojima-style of "filmmaking". I get mixed feelings about when other mediums, like video games or animation, deliberately imitate the limitations of film/video (handheld shakycam) and use them to make it more "realistic".
Still, very interesting. Maybe it'll end up better when they finish it. I've got to try out Indigo Prophecy soon - I liked the demo when it came out.
― Nhex, Monday, 18 August 2008 20:16 (fifteen years ago) link
What's awesome is that that demo (now two years old) represents the kind of thing you'll see in the game - not graphically necessarily, but as far as what actually unfolds on screen, what kinds of choices you'll have to make, the kinds of things people will say to your character, etc. In Indigo Prophecy (aka Fahrenheit) I think your characters (psycho killer; lady cop; guy cop) actually shoot a gun... once? At a shooting range.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 18 August 2008 20:28 (fifteen years ago) link
I hear these things are good for tech demos and blu-ray, guys
― El Tomboto, Monday, 18 August 2008 20:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Just to confirm; if I download the PS2 software update from the Playstation store, I still will NOT be able to play PS2 games on my 40GB PS3?
― HI DERE, Monday, 18 August 2008 22:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I doubt it, pretty sure they chucked out all of the PS2 emulation when the 40GB model was introduced - even the software emulation. Last model to have it was the older 80GB model, which is replaced now with an upgraded model of the current 40gb. Damn, Sony.
― Nhex, Monday, 18 August 2008 23:19 (fifteen years ago) link
did not read thread but did you end up getting one yet tombot?
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 00:22 (fifteen years ago) link
I manage to have both ps2 and ps3 plugged in at the same time, so the backwards playing doesn't bother me. I just wish there were more games for the darn thing.
good for blu ray yes, i'd rather play games though.
So what's the next greatly anticipated title ?
― Ste, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 08:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Well, mine is Heavy Rain.
I think they should make a game that's basically like Shadow of the Colossus, except about sex.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 12:50 (fifteen years ago) link
On ps3? I'm most looking forward to Little Big Planet now. Also The Last Guy (which I think is supposed to be out at the end of this month) and hopefully someday Wipeout HD.
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 14:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Afrika?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWBpW9UdrB4&feature=related
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 17:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Sure the graphics look nice for Africa, but the gameplay, riding around in a jeep you don't control and taking pictures of animals, sounds less than compelling.
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 19:53 (fifteen years ago) link
whatever, I had hell of fun with Pokemon Snap back in the day
― jamescobo, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 22:36 (fifteen years ago) link
hahaha that game
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 22:37 (fifteen years ago) link
― haitch, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 06:51 (fifteen years ago) link
I remember seeing that "the casting" video when it came out and thinking it was pretty impressive! Now it looks just horrible. Unless, did they remake it with a lower quality graphics engine or something?
― Dan I., Wednesday, 20 August 2008 11:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Sony Leipzig conference on at the moment - so far : PSP 3000 announced - new screen, built in microphone. out on October 15th 160GB Limited Edition PS3 for 449 euros - comes with 70 euros of downloadable games. out on October 31st keyboard addon with touchpad for controller - how ugly is this going to be?
― zappi, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 15:37 (fifteen years ago) link
keyboard addon with touchpad for controller
lol trying to beat PC gaming by selling PCs at a massive loss per unit
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 21 August 2008 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
heavy rain looks to have heavy use of QTEs
lame
― cozwn, Thursday, 21 August 2008 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm very much looking forward to Force Unleashed.
― B.L.A.M., Thursday, 21 August 2008 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link
yeh that trailer for Heavy Rain was one QTE after another. are there any hands-on reviews yet?
ugly controller is ugly!
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/08/ps3-keypad-1.jpg
― zappi, Thursday, 21 August 2008 21:10 (fifteen years ago) link
When I saw Force Unleashed being played at SDCC I thought it looked really good - didn't play it myself though - but I've since heard it actually plays very average. I will probably try out the demo. Kind of still burnt out on star wars themed stuff anyway.
Last Guy demo is also supposedly up on the US store today (now)
I concur that the quick timed event heavy rain footage looked unappealing / unfun
― Jeff LeVine, Thursday, 21 August 2008 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link
that controller is very darth vaderish
― abanana, Thursday, 21 August 2008 23:09 (fifteen years ago) link
are they fucking kidding? That looks like the ass end of a blackberry grew some trashy hips
― TOMBOT, Thursday, 21 August 2008 23:14 (fifteen years ago) link
It wld be worthwhile IF they made PS One's TYPING OF THE DEAD as downloadable content.
I just got a PS2 a year ago, meaning I will get a PS3...probably never.
― Abbott, Thursday, 21 August 2008 23:56 (fifteen years ago) link
http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com/haveyou/totd6.jpg
― Abbott, Thursday, 21 August 2008 23:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I have ordered my PS3!
― Leee, Sunday, 24 August 2008 19:31 (fifteen years ago) link
is that a "lookin' boy" video game?
― s1ocki, Sunday, 24 August 2008 23:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Typing of the Dead was a Dreamcast (and arcade and PC) game. It's available on Gametap.
― abanana, Sunday, 24 August 2008 23:56 (fifteen years ago) link
i thought that controller looked pretty neat.
starting to like the looks of that heavy rain game
― Ste, Monday, 25 August 2008 00:40 (fifteen years ago) link
the last guy looks kinda neat*
*this maybe only because I like maps
― cozwn, Thursday, 28 August 2008 12:18 (fifteen years ago) link
I haz a PS3! Haven't actually played anything yet tho... ;_;
― Leee, Wednesday, 10 September 2008 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Get Soul Calibur IV! Oh, and Ultimate Marvel Alliance! And Lego Star Wars!
― lol (HI DERE), Wednesday, 10 September 2008 21:17 (fifteen years ago) link
nerds
― the valves of houston (gbx), Wednesday, 10 September 2008 21:29 (fifteen years ago) link
DAMN SKIPPY
― lol (HI DERE), Wednesday, 10 September 2008 21:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Nerds? On ILG? I thought it was just me and all the cool kids hangin out in between parties and sports.Anyway, Morrisons were doing a sweet deal on PS3 games (and even sweeter deal on other consoles) the other day. They had chart games, including MGS4 and such, for £25. Incidentally, Wii games were £15, but they only had shit ones left.
― CraigG, Wednesday, 10 September 2008 21:39 (fifteen years ago) link
...
― hereinfereindryalin (cozwn), Thursday, 11 September 2008 04:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Fahrenheit / Indigo Prophecy was chock full of QTEs and it's probably my favorite PS2 game ever, so that doesn't really bother me.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 11 September 2008 16:16 (fifteen years ago) link
I mean, I've grown very uninterested in mastering videogame fighting systems, whether it's unit command, martial arts, or FPSes (all of which, seen a certain way, are just sophisticated QTEs that stand between your character and the next part of the story). So for me it's cool to play an action-oriented game that doesn't require learning how to land the right kind of leg-kick, or which sort of grenade to select, etc. My character just DOES it, if I'm paying close enough attention and am quick enough in my responses.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 11 September 2008 16:22 (fifteen years ago) link
well we went ahead and bought the 1080p sony tv today, so i guess we might as well be getting a PS3 to play blu-ray?
what are some games ms f0zi will want to play? skate for sure, i think. neither of us are really gamers but she is even less than me. i think she likes tony hawk and mario kart and dislikes shooting.
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 15 September 2008 05:34 (fifteen years ago) link
I bought Tiger Woods PGA 09 on the weekend and I'm loving it so far. So, that.
― nate woolls, Monday, 15 September 2008 07:21 (fifteen years ago) link
A little over a month until Little Big Planet
― Jeff LeVine, Monday, 15 September 2008 07:30 (fifteen years ago) link
PlayStation Home looks pretty impressive.
http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/09/15/video-goes-through-all-of-homes-features/
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 15:31 (fifteen years ago) link
What exactly is the point of PS Home??
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 15:55 (fifteen years ago) link
"lol u spent money on something more useless than Second Life"?
― lol (HI DERE), Wednesday, 17 September 2008 15:56 (fifteen years ago) link
It's free though, isn't it?
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 15:57 (fifteen years ago) link
"lol u spent money time on something more useless than Second Life"?
― lol (HI DERE), Wednesday, 17 September 2008 15:57 (fifteen years ago) link
LASS UNS SPIELEN
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 15:58 (fifteen years ago) link
People who enter each other's "home" (called a "HomeSpace") can stream the host's music and videos from their HDD
Haha the comedy potential of this
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 16:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Finally we will learn who out there is using their PS3 as a porn server!
― lol (HI DERE), Wednesday, 17 September 2008 16:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I want to be able to use PS2 controllers on xbox 360, without having to pay an arm and a leg : ?
― cozen (cozwn), Wednesday, 17 September 2008 16:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I wonder if there' ll be a system of lending PS Home keys to your friends to "water the plants"
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 16:24 (fifteen years ago) link
to pee on your head?
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 16:33 (fifteen years ago) link
I seriously doubt I will even bother downloading home - I've yet to read one single thing about it that makes it look worthwhile. I'd rather keep the hard drive space. Also, Kohler posts today that there will be no video sharing after all http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/09/sony-no-video-s.html
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 19:30 (fifteen years ago) link
OMG I want this! 80GB $364 Buy it now w/free shipping
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Playstation-3-80GB-Video-Game-System-PS3-BLOWOUT_W0QQitemZ200256035355QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item200256035355&_trkparms=72%3A1205|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1308&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 22 September 2008 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
just a point, the cable for the controller is way too short. I know it's a wireless controller but i still want to us it when i'm recharging.
― Ste, Monday, 22 September 2008 13:58 (fifteen years ago) link
still want to "use" it
blimey
― Ste, Monday, 22 September 2008 14:04 (fifteen years ago) link
right but hasnt the 80GB been selling at 500+?
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 22 September 2008 14:31 (fifteen years ago) link
The item in this auction is refurbished and may show signs of LIGHT use/scuffs.
$364 seems a bit much for a scratched 2nd hand PS3 when you can get a new one for ~$400 e.g. http://cgi.ebay.com/SONY-PLAYSTATION-3-80GB-HARD-DRIVE-NEW-IN-BOX_W0QQitemZ170264136795QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item170264136795&_trkparms=72%3A1205|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
― aye it's me (onimo), Monday, 22 September 2008 15:00 (fifteen years ago) link
oh. i thought it was new. damn. well there you go.
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 22 September 2008 15:36 (fifteen years ago) link
"scuffs"
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 22 September 2008 15:37 (fifteen years ago) link
all i bought from ebay today were bumble bee tights for my kids halloween costume and even those seemed too expensive at $16
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 22 September 2008 15:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I am seriously considering buying one of these things in order to play Little Big Planet. My wife is not 100% in support of this decision.
― GM, Monday, 22 September 2008 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
i think tombot should take back his title statement. clearly that honor belongs to XBOX360
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 22 September 2008 17:08 (fifteen years ago) link
it says one ofnot THE
― TOMBOT, Monday, 22 September 2008 17:10 (fifteen years ago) link
list thread
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 22 September 2008 17:13 (fifteen years ago) link
ha, didn't we have that poll?
― El Tomboto, Monday, 22 September 2008 20:17 (fifteen years ago) link
oh no, we just had theseBest failed gaming consoleThe Greatest (Console) Generation
― El Tomboto, Monday, 22 September 2008 20:18 (fifteen years ago) link
im tempted but that a long list. do you start at game and watch era or sega master system era?
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 22 September 2008 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
btw i kind of love that controller zappi posted upthread
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 22 September 2008 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Little Big Planet looks amazing but I'm really not as interested in jumping and memorizing as I used to be
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 22 September 2008 23:55 (fifteen years ago) link
you know my friend brought his PS3 over so that we could watch a blu-ray movie and as great as it was, i wasn't really feeling the games so much.
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 23 September 2008 01:12 (fifteen years ago) link
maybe your friend buys shit games
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Tuesday, 23 September 2008 01:41 (fifteen years ago) link
we looked at FIFA, gran turismo, siren: blood curse and metal gear 4
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 23 September 2008 02:36 (fifteen years ago) link
for reference, games i like: mario, zelda, vice city and halo
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 23 September 2008 02:37 (fifteen years ago) link
well, there you go
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Tuesday, 23 September 2008 03:15 (fifteen years ago) link
little big planet shadow of colossus-esque level designed by Parsons students in 24 hour contest...http://www.viddler.com/explore/Joystiq/videos/131/
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 23 September 2008 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link
I just figured out how to stream media from my laptop to the PS3, but I have to turn off my firewall to do that. Anyone know how to configure Zone Alarm to let it through? Something about expert rules?
― Leee, Saturday, 27 September 2008 06:04 (fifteen years ago) link
what are you using? medialink?
― s1ocki, Saturday, 27 September 2008 06:18 (fifteen years ago) link
WMP 11.
― Leee, Saturday, 27 September 2008 06:31 (fifteen years ago) link
use medialink it r00ls (if it's available for PC)
― s1ocki, Saturday, 27 September 2008 15:50 (fifteen years ago) link
oh geezI just bought one of these thingsgame name is hammjamm, if you feel like befriending a guyI played the first level of the Little Big Planet beta last night; basically just a tutorial, but just about the most charming one ever
― GM, Friday, 3 October 2008 13:26 (fifteen years ago) link
ILG's PS3 names here
There's a Little Big Planet thread
― nate woolls, Friday, 3 October 2008 13:38 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks for these links
I feel like a hungover dude gradually remembering the embarrassing stuff he did the night before
― GM, Friday, 3 October 2008 13:55 (fifteen years ago) link
So getting back to all that 1080/720 stuff at the top of this thread: will I be perfectly okay with a 720p 30-something incher, or do I need to spring for the 48" 1080 monstrosity? My apartment is small and I generally sit no more than six feet from the screen. Also: what the hell is an HDMI cable?
― GM, Thursday, 1 January 2009 15:48 (fifteen years ago) link
okay, it's not at the top of the thread, but around about July of 2007 or so.
― GM, Thursday, 1 January 2009 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Very few ps360 games output in true 1080p, the vast majority run at 720p or less and are up-scaled. So for gaming on console this gen, a 1080p tv is a bit excessive. On the other hand, if you're into blu-ray, they do all output at 1080p - however all HDTV broadcasts at only 1080i (as far as I've seen). But honestly, you won't see too huge of a difference between watching a movie or playing a game at 720p vs 1080p, unless you have a really really large TV, I think. So basically, I think buying a 1080p tv at this point is a bit excessive, though it would probably be slightly more future proof.
An HDMI cable is the standard cable for connecting HD components to a HDTV - they claim the provide the best quality. Cable sold separately from the system of coursehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Definition_Multimedia_Interface
― Jeff LeVine, Thursday, 1 January 2009 18:15 (fifteen years ago) link
If you're only six feet away, you definitely won't see the benefits of 1080p. As far as TV size, I would just go to the store and stand about the same distance away and see which size seems big enough.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, 1 January 2009 18:22 (fifteen years ago) link
haha yeah I will gladly purchase shoes, suits, or furniture on the internet, but a new teevee definitely means having to leave the house and compare first-hand
― TOMBOT, Thursday, 1 January 2009 19:19 (fifteen years ago) link
and speaking of hdmi cables, they're transmitting a digital signal, so you don't have to worry about signal degradation if you buy a cheap one from Monoprice instead of an ass-expensive one from Sony (said the ridiculous tool who didn't realize this until after buying one from Sony)
also it's kinda funny that one of the games which DOES output at 1080p happens to be Mega Man 9
― jamescobo, Thursday, 1 January 2009 19:58 (fifteen years ago) link
ya buy your HDMI cable on ebay for $5.
― s1ocki, Thursday, 1 January 2009 22:24 (fifteen years ago) link
wow, thanks for all these tips. probably picking a tv up tonight. so any HDMI cable will work with both the PS3 and the 360?
― GM, Friday, 2 January 2009 14:44 (fifteen years ago) link
should work with both and your cable box? make sure your tv has a few (more than one) hdmi inputs.
― TOMBOT, Thursday, January 1, 2009 1:19 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
and then buy on the internets if only to avoid tax. unless youre a britisher or something.
― choomette (sunny successor), Friday, 2 January 2009 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I know that HDMI is nice and everything, but I just plugged my 360 straight into my HDTV with the cord that came in the box and I have been totally satisfied with the image, so if you want to hold off on paying for the cable, you can.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 2 January 2009 18:52 (fifteen years ago) link
PS3 is arriving today!
― There's a Grady now?? (sunny successor), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 19:26 (fifteen years ago) link
I cant imagine how jealous you guys are.
so jealous
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 20:24 (fifteen years ago) link
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, January 2, 2009 6:52 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
what kind of cable? component or composite?
so like, one yellow plug or three, blue green and red?
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 20:25 (fifteen years ago) link
composite IIRC
― ^likes black girls (HI DERE), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 20:26 (fifteen years ago) link
you are playing your xbox through your HDTV in 480p? heavens.
― cutty, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link
oh i'm sorry 480i
― cutty, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
if you are willing to spend $$ on the HDTV then at least get a fucking component cable. some people...
― cutty, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 20:37 (fifteen years ago) link
wait I got that backwards, I meant the three separate RGB-pronged cable
― ^likes black girls (HI DERE), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 20:37 (fifteen years ago) link
ok, so polyphonic you are using component, which is 720p.
― cutty, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 20:39 (fifteen years ago) link
xbox comes with component rite? but ps3 comes with composite. so yeah gm will want to get some other sort of cable
― webber, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 02:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Wednesday, 7 January 2009 03:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Hopefully Sony's crap sales track record with this thing combined with the economic crisis means this fucking thing will be a reasonable price soon.
― INVERTED 4 LIFE (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 7 January 2009 04:15 (fifteen years ago) link
ATTN every single one of you with a PS3: if you do not purchase Crash Commando I am going to jump through the internet and kick you to death
― jamescobo, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 04:46 (fifteen years ago) link
what is it
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 04:52 (fifteen years ago) link
http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=%22crash+commando%22
― INVERTED 4 LIFE (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 7 January 2009 05:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Contra (dudes running & shooting) + Bangai-O (jetpack-y floating around) + Super Stardust (twin-stick aiming & balanced weapons) w w/ amazing foreground/background interaction gimmick, a leveling-up system AND trophies, and multiplayer support of up to 32 players.
not even kidding.
― jamescobo, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 05:13 (fifteen years ago) link
why would you be kidding?
― Lamp, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 05:14 (fifteen years ago) link
because it really is that awesome.
― jamescobo, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 05:38 (fifteen years ago) link
stop kidding.
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 05:45 (fifteen years ago) link
shit, busted.
― jamescobo, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 05:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Crash Commando (PSN)
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 06:07 (fifteen years ago) link
so everything I'm hearing about Killzone 2 makes it sound like the platonic ideal of console FPSeseses
― jamescobo, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 18:18 (fifteen years ago) link
so yeah gm will want to get some other sort of cable
I totally got some other sort of cable. Two HDMIs, for both the PS3 and the 360. Looking great in 1080, but maybe just a bit too overwhelming. My eyes don't always know what to do.
― GM, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 19:17 (fifteen years ago) link
and yes, got 'em for nine bucks total through Amazon.
― GM, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 19:18 (fifteen years ago) link
my suspicion was right - ps3 is so much better than xbox360
― tacos, fettucini, linguini, martini, bikini. (sunny successor), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 20:20 (fifteen years ago) link
well yeah, but it took a year and a half of fixing
― jamescobo, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 22:02 (fifteen years ago) link
in other news, flOwer dated for February. man I sure can't wait to... do... something? maybe?
― jamescobo, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 22:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai has dismissed Microsoft and Nintendo as competitors because he sees PlayStation as the "official" industry leader.
"This is not meant in terms of numbers, or who's got the biggest install base, or who's selling most in any particular week or month, but I'd like to think that we continue official leadership in this industry," Hirai told Official PlayStation Magazine.
― Glans Kafka (MPx4A), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 15:23 (fifteen years ago) link
"We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that developers want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do, so then the question is what do you do for the rest of the nine-and-a-half years?" explained Hirai.
― Glans Kafka (MPx4A), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 15:26 (fifteen years ago) link
haha i love the pretend your competitors dont exist business strategy!
― tacos, fettucini, linguini, martini, bikini. (sunny successor), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 16:27 (fifteen years ago) link
okay Sony is doomed if that's supposed to be a sensible argument
― ^likes black girls (HI DERE), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 16:30 (fifteen years ago) link
hahahhahhhahah oh shit that is some dumb dumb stuff to say
― non-ironic safety helmet wearer (John Justen), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 16:35 (fifteen years ago) link
We just write songs for ourselves and if anyone else like them it's a bonus.
― Glansel & Gretel (Raw Patrick), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 17:37 (fifteen years ago) link
its all about the gaming, man!
― tacos, fettucini, linguini, martini, bikini. (sunny successor), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 17:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I love my PS3 but a Kaz who done lost he mind
a shameful Kaz
― jamescobo, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 18:30 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/sony_releases_new_stupid_piece_of
― caek, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I played Flower a few days ago. It was more game-like than I thought, but I found it a little bit boring.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 17:38 (fifteen years ago) link
better than the whole machine not working, at least. I HATE Home, though. It's a useless, useless program. While I could frankly care less and not use it, what the hell took Sony years and years to release this? It's like a bad version of an MMORPG with slightly better graphics and no gameplay. When online games have better online lobby functions and let me jump into a game right away, why would I ever want to go through Home at all? I guess there is an inherent value in the "online community" aspect of virtual socializing, but at least in something like WoW there's a freaking game to play. Here I get some useless UFO game in the center plaza and an ugly man avatar telling me "do u cum here often"
― throwbookatface (skygreenleopard), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 20:32 (fifteen years ago) link
home is truly the most retarded thing in video gaming recent history.
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
<controversial wii-zing deleted>
― my dad has a bazooka (cozwn), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link
I think Wii Zing was the lead singer of Fear.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 21:24 (fifteen years ago) link
i believe the ps3 is one of the best consoles ever made. love this thing.
― cutty, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 15:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Upscaled DVDs look fantastic played through it.
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 15:47 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, i bought the remote because i'm fully secure in using this as my regular DVD player as well. anyone know if there is a region free hack?
― cutty, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 17:51 (fifteen years ago) link
I want one but I don't wanna buy one. How to solve this dilemma.
― ledge, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
― cutty, Tuesday, February 24, 2009 5:51 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
remote is great. plus blu-ray!
i use the ps3 to watch EVERYTHING... dvd, bluray, downloaded avis...
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Cutty OTFM
― quadratrillionaire (sunny successor), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:35 (fifteen years ago) link
someone gimme one
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:38 (fifteen years ago) link
PS3 really does realize sony's goal of having a multi-media portal type gizmo. I use it for games, DVDs, some internet, and we subscribe to a Japanese TV provider that works through the browser.
― Super Cub, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 22:19 (fifteen years ago) link
i played our youtube videos via the ps3 and they looked better than they do on the comp?
― quadratrillionaire (sunny successor), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 03:06 (fifteen years ago) link
oh i gotta get into that
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 06:07 (fifteen years ago) link
BBC iPlayer looks really good through it as well.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 08:35 (fifteen years ago) link
s1ocki, what method do you use to watch avis?
― calstars, Thursday, 26 February 2009 00:02 (fifteen years ago) link
so i watched the liverpool game tonight on my ps3 and even though through streaming it still looked pretty good.
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Thursday, 26 February 2009 00:20 (fifteen years ago) link
have you tried PS3 Media Server yet? far and away the best streaming-media solution I've ever found; it transcodes everything I throw at it without a hiccup. I do get DLNA errors every so often but apparently that's due to my firewall than to anything else.
― jamescobo, Thursday, 26 February 2009 00:25 (fifteen years ago) link
how much noise does the ps3 make (fans drive etc)? my xbox 360 is just too noisy to be used as a media extender.
― zappi, Thursday, 26 February 2009 01:04 (fifteen years ago) link
somewhere between none and none and a half. back when I had a 40 gig one, I accidentally left it on for like a week because I didn't notice.
― jamescobo, Thursday, 26 February 2009 01:10 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah. i have both. it makes some noise but its barely noticeable in comparison to xbox360
― quadratrillionaire (sunny successor), Thursday, 26 February 2009 02:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I would buy a ps3 if they clock in at the magic 299 price point.Sounds like it's happening, but they may pull blu-ray? What a gyp.
― Throwing Puffy under the gay bus, whatever that means (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 February 2009 03:04 (fifteen years ago) link
wha? they can't get rid of blu-ray, as all the games are on blu-ray discs bro
― Jeff LeVine, Thursday, 26 February 2009 03:45 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ps3-price-cut-announcement-in-the-next-couple-of-days-janco
"He also said that there is talk of a PlayStation 3 unit without the Blu-ray drive, although such a console would not be compatible with the PS3 software already on the market.
"We are also hearing continued speculation that Sony is working on a non-Blu-ray PS3 console, which could enable them to make the aforementioned hardware price reduction." "
― Throwing Puffy under the gay bus, whatever that means (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 February 2009 05:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Pretty skeptical about that noise. Why would somebody buy the console if it couldn't play any of its games? Doesn't make any sense...
― Jeff LeVine, Thursday, 26 February 2009 05:15 (fifteen years ago) link
yeh, i suspect that theres some crossed wires with the much more probable new/updated nonUMD PSP
― zappi, Thursday, 26 February 2009 05:26 (fifteen years ago) link
that makes no sense at all.
― s1ocki, Thursday, 26 February 2009 05:40 (fifteen years ago) link
― calstars, Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:02 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i either stream it with MEDIALINK (best imo) or shlep it over with a usb key or what have you
― s1ocki, Thursday, 26 February 2009 05:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Download games from PSN, bam. Discs are stupid anyway.
― punk is deady brewster (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 26 February 2009 06:25 (fifteen years ago) link
ya but until a 50gb (or even 8gb) download is a piece of cake uh... i'll pass
― s1ocki, Thursday, 26 February 2009 06:48 (fifteen years ago) link
fair point
― punk is deady brewster (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 26 February 2009 08:22 (fifteen years ago) link
otoh ps3 gets oberfuhrer56http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7752/img1207.jpg
― cozwn, Thursday, 26 February 2009 11:03 (fifteen years ago) link
isnt his avatar asian??
― quadratrillionaire (sunny successor), Thursday, 26 February 2009 13:55 (fifteen years ago) link
the idea of a street fighter (i'm assuming that was the game) playing video game nerd who hates asians is pretty lol
― s1ocki, Thursday, 26 February 2009 14:34 (fifteen years ago) link
tbqh I can see the appeal of a PS2 + PSN + DS3 + wireless internet support et al, but they'd have to be hella careful w/ how they priced it in order to keep from pulling a GBA micro. if they're really looking to add value to the console, I really think the smarter move would be to bite the bullet and bring back software BC and maybe drop the price like $50 if at all possible; that way they could appeal to both the people who haven't upgraded yet AND the people who said fuck it and bought a non-BC model.
― jamescobo, Thursday, 26 February 2009 23:24 (fifteen years ago) link
the idea of a street fighter (i'm assuming that was the game) playing video game nerd who hates asians is pretty lolhttp://bestuff.com/images/images_of_stuff/210x600/the-black-white-supremacist-138928.jpg
have you tried PS3 Media Server yet?
I'm so glad you posted this link. I've been trying and failing to stream to my PS3 for about 9 months. Downloaded and installed this last night, literally 2 minutes later it was all working like a dream.
― nate woolls, Friday, 27 February 2009 11:30 (fifteen years ago) link
okay that media link, this has blown my mind. THANK YOU!
and yeah the ps3 is almost silent.
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Friday, 27 February 2009 13:13 (fifteen years ago) link
can the ps3 stream video from a NAS?
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 27 February 2009 13:31 (fifteen years ago) link
so guys was tombot right or shall i get a ps3 rather than xbox360?
from my research so far it looks like- games run the same if not better on xbox360??- ps3 has bluray which is now what's winning??- xbox360 breaks down quite a lot with rrod????
is that right? what else should one consider???? i kind of mainly want to play GTA4, SF4 and pro evo..
― \∫Öζ/.... argh oh noes! (ken c), Friday, 27 February 2009 17:22 (fifteen years ago) link
- games appear to run roughly the same, I'd suggest that the ps3 graphics look somewhat better based on eyeballing same game running on both systems. but only 13 year olds would care- i dunno if bluray is "winning" unless you have a good soundsystem/HD tv; if you're chilling with a cathode ray as i am, regular dvd is fine. I'll upgrade all the way around when I go for it and will likely get a ps3 then.- 360 rrod seems to be on serious decline and they appear to have fixed the problem for the most part for any new machines. The real issue is that the fan on the 360 is LOUD LOUD LOUD like literally about half as loud as a dustbuster
― Fight scenes don't hold a candle to Asian action (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 February 2009 17:54 (fifteen years ago) link
if your NAS is DLNA compliant and your video is formatted to play on a PS3, yes
― jamescobo, Friday, 27 February 2009 18:28 (fifteen years ago) link
mmmmmmm so if i can live with the 360 fan then i should save myself £150 and get an xbox?
― \∫Öζ/.... argh oh noes! (ken c), Saturday, 28 February 2009 01:56 (fifteen years ago) link
are you used to playing a ps2?/
― quadratrillionaire (sunny successor), Saturday, 28 February 2009 04:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Ken, if you're not interested in blu-ray movies and only interested in multiplatform titles (that's all you listed), there's pretty much no logical reason not to purchase the less expensive console. You probably don't want to buy the cheapest 360 though, but the "pro" model so you have enough hard-drive space to install the games you like (when games are installed the 360 runs MUCH more quietly). Also you'll be able to download some of the great, essential xbox live arcade games.
― Jeff LeVine, Saturday, 28 February 2009 04:48 (fifteen years ago) link
"DLNA compliant"
lol, it's not, although this page makes it sound like dlna compliance isn't required per se:
http://www.synology.com/enu/support/help-page.php?q_id=375
what do you mean by "formatted to play on a ps3"?
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 28 February 2009 16:00 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.bradblog.com/Images/siren.gifhttp://www.bradblog.com/Images/siren.gifhttp://www.bradblog.com/Images/siren.gifhttp://www.bradblog.com/Images/siren.gifhttp://www.bradblog.com/Images/siren.gif
MLB 09: The Show is tremendous
― jamescobo, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Goddamnit. :(
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
can someone please quickly list the ps3 exclusive titles so far ?
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Friday, 6 March 2009 09:28 (fifteen years ago) link
valkyria chroniclesdemon's soulsmgs4killzone 3yakuza 3
― cozwn, Friday, 6 March 2009 09:40 (fifteen years ago) link
LAIR lolmotorstormlittle big planetratchet and clankwarhawkresistance
― abanana, Friday, 6 March 2009 12:01 (fifteen years ago) link
There is a sortable list on Wikipedia:
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 6 March 2009 12:26 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks all
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Friday, 6 March 2009 12:43 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah we got bumpy trot 2. suck it xboxers!
― quadratrillionaire (sunny successor), Friday, 6 March 2009 13:51 (fifteen years ago) link
ratchet & clank seemed like a big deal to me a couple years ago. i LOVED those games
― s1ocki, Friday, 6 March 2009 14:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Yep I played that game solidly for about 6 weeks. Loved it!
― nate woolls, Friday, 6 March 2009 14:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I enjoy the polish of the PS3 interface and hardware, and the fact that I don't have to deal with MS, but the fact is I wish I had bought an XB instead. WTF Rockstar?
― calstars, Saturday, 7 March 2009 01:59 (fifteen years ago) link
that's how i feel too, and also no dlc for fallout3 either.
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Saturday, 7 March 2009 03:01 (fifteen years ago) link
YES
http://blog.logitech.com/2009/03/20/caught-were-going-to-provide-you-with-logitech-harmony-ps3-blu-ray-control/
YES YES YES YES YES
― jamescobo, Sunday, 22 March 2009 00:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Is there any difference between this "PS3 Media Server" and something like TVersity (which I've been using so far)?
― baaderonixx, Monday, 23 March 2009 15:40 (fifteen years ago) link
I've been meaning to ask the same question. I have the ps3 media server installed but lately it's been a bit dodgy, skipping movie files and sometimes crashing altogether.
i installed tversity but it just seemed so wtf over complicated and i didn't understand why it gave me the option of watching episodes of beverly hills 90210 and why it was taking hours to download something from google video?
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Monday, 23 March 2009 15:59 (fifteen years ago) link
ie all i want to do is access my pc files, which media server does (or did)
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Monday, 23 March 2009 16:04 (fifteen years ago) link
medialink is the only good one
― s1ocki, Monday, 23 March 2009 16:25 (fifteen years ago) link
if you are on pc and you want a minimum of fuss, just add your video and music directories to the library of windows media player, let it scan and add files once, and then close it and never reopen. you will never need to do anything else. it won't play .mkvs tho obv
― webber, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 02:40 (fifteen years ago) link
MediaMall's PlayOn product has been pretty good thusfar. They sure do update a lot - and that's a good thing/sign usually. Watching old 'strangers with candy' episodes via hulu interface now with my wife as I type - picture/sound look great! My download speed is usually only around 1.5/2 Mb /sec too.
― BlackIronPrison, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 02:55 (fifteen years ago) link
So far I've been extremely happy with TVersity for video streaming. Howevre, for a large music library it does not seem very practical. Maybe I should try WMP but god do I hate that program. Sucks that you can't install iTunes on the ps3...
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 11:28 (fifteen years ago) link
With MediaLink's flawless iTunes integration, getting to your songs on your PlayStation 3 is just as easy as it is on your Mac. Find any song, album or artist with ease in the Mac-like navigation system provided by MediaLink. MediaLink also conveniently shares your Playlists, Podcasts and Videos to your PlayStation 3.Made a change to your Playlists? No problem, MediaLink will pick it up automatically in a few seconds and reflect that change on your PlayStation 3.
Made a change to your Playlists? No problem, MediaLink will pick it up automatically in a few seconds and reflect that change on your PlayStation 3.
For real? I might need to try this
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 11:31 (fifteen years ago) link
i can't seem to get the ps3 media server to work properly anymore, it keeps cutting my connecton off after about 5 mins into any media stream, and even when it does work its stuttery as fuck.
anyone know what's going on?
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Monday, 11 May 2009 11:58 (fourteen years ago) link
no idea but my stupid controller wont connect unless its plugged in anymore. v. annoying when you have to sit 3ft from a 42" tv.
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Monday, 11 May 2009 13:08 (fourteen years ago) link
that was beautifully worded
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Monday, 11 May 2009 13:09 (fourteen years ago) link
just got a nice HDTV, is the PS3 worth the hassle for hi-def dvds? Does it make that much of a difference?
― I’ve seen a lot in my days as an mp3 blogger (forksclovetofu), Monday, 11 May 2009 13:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Blu rays look amazing, especially if your TV is capable of displaying 1080p and not just 1080i.
― nate woolls, Monday, 11 May 2009 13:57 (fourteen years ago) link
blurays do look amazing.
imo the i/p difference is indistinguishable on most home-sized screens tho.
― s1ocki, Monday, 11 May 2009 14:20 (fourteen years ago) link
sunny - if you don't want to spring for a new controller, you can at least go buy a longer USB cable. You should be able to get a ten foot long cable for under $5.00
forks - movies are movies... is it worth $400.00+ to you to have a slightly sharper/clearer image to watch on your TV?
― Jeff LeVine, Monday, 11 May 2009 14:28 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah that's what i did, got 3 extensions for under a tenner. now the controller is rarely not plugged in, as i've recently found out the battery drains even when i'm just watching films.
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Monday, 11 May 2009 14:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Good idea. Thanks, guys!
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Monday, 11 May 2009 14:34 (fourteen years ago) link
― I’ve seen a lot in my days as an mp3 blogger (forksclovetofu), Monday, May 11, 2009 1:55 PM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
if you'd buy it JUST for the movies (im sure it wouldnt be the case, but just for the sake of argument) you'd do better to wait till bluray players get a bit cheaper, which will be v v soon
― s1ocki, Monday, 11 May 2009 14:40 (fourteen years ago) link
there is also the possibility of a price cut for the PS3, E3 is in 3 weeks time.
― zappi, Monday, 11 May 2009 15:21 (fourteen years ago) link
You can actually get a Netflix-streaming Blu-ray player now for $250, not terrible, especially if you can use Netflix.
― Nhex, Monday, 11 May 2009 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link
that's actually a pretty damn good deal if you're just interested in bluray playback, but if you have any interest at all in setting up a media center (like, even if you're only %1 interested) a PS3 is definitely worth the extra money. plus I'd always heard that it's actually a really solid, future-proof bluray player.
― jamescobo, Monday, 11 May 2009 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
It's 1080p that I've gotten but I'm still getting all the accessories together. I do use Netflix and have a "media center" in my 360. Still awfully tempted. Just blew 800 on the monster HD tivo... gonna be tough to justify a ps3 to the gal. Maybe for xmas.
― I’ve seen a lot in my days as an mp3 blogger (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 May 2009 04:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Where's Tombot, anyways?
― kingfish, Tuesday, 12 May 2009 07:59 (fourteen years ago) link
bought a ps3 and hasn't been seen since.
― caek, Tuesday, 12 May 2009 12:58 (fourteen years ago) link
you spent $800 on a tivo?!?!?!
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 12 May 2009 16:19 (fourteen years ago) link
800 yen
― admiral tub-a-lub (HI DERE), Tuesday, 12 May 2009 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
sell yr 360, get one Roku player and one PS3, bask in the warm nurturing light of the future
― jamescobo, Tuesday, 12 May 2009 16:44 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882610009&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Digital+Set-Top+Boxes-_-TiVo-_-82610009plus lifetime service. The tivo cost as much as the tv, but i love my current tivo a lot EXCEPT for the fact that I'm constantly filling it up. This should take care of that.
― I’ve seen a lot in my days as an mp3 blogger (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 May 2009 20:46 (fourteen years ago) link
"Save up to 150 hours of HD programming or 1,350 hours of standard-definition programming at a time"
― I’ve seen a lot in my days as an mp3 blogger (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 May 2009 21:04 (fourteen years ago) link
And before anyone tells me how I could set up a drive and a dvr and yadda yadda, I love the interface and the tivo service. it works well for me.
― I’ve seen a lot in my days as an mp3 blogger (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 May 2009 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
"The PlayStation 3 will be one of the worst game consoles ever made."
It truly is isn't it.
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 14:28 (fourteen years ago) link
no.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 13 May 2009 14:33 (fourteen years ago) link
bah, foiled again
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 14:46 (fourteen years ago) link
and can someone explain why Amazon.co.uk have priced the 40gb version at £399 whilst the 80gb version is £289 ??
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link
economies of scale. the manufacturer pays them to take the extra 40G
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 15:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Original Price:$599.99
i think u overpaid forks
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 13 May 2009 15:33 (fourteen years ago) link
800 is with lifetime service, which runs about 400 independent of the dvr normally. This was, believe it or not, on sale.I've had a tivo for two years at 13 bucks a month and once I realized that I'm never going to have a television without tivo again, I kicked myself for buying milk instead of the cow. Decided to bite the bullet on this one.
― I’ve seen a lot in my days as an mp3 blogger (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 15:44 (fourteen years ago) link
wait - how much was the milk?
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 13 May 2009 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link
"13 bucks a month"
― I’ve seen a lot in my days as an mp3 blogger (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 16:16 (fourteen years ago) link
if you ever sell the tivo, you can transfer the service.
― I’ve seen a lot in my days as an mp3 blogger (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 16:17 (fourteen years ago) link
"The Tivo will be one of the worst game consoles ever made"
lol at eurogamer trolling ps3 owners w/their inFAMOUS review
― zinguist (cozwn), Thursday, 21 May 2009 10:56 (fourteen years ago) link
watched The Thing on blu-ray last night, no fucking difference whatsoever. overrated much.
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Thursday, 21 May 2009 11:48 (fourteen years ago) link
are the new PS3s really not backward compatible with PS2s? im considering buying one for games like heavy rain and mgs4 but i'd also want to be able to play ps2 games on it as i've never had one before. just seems insane and incredibly dickish to drop this now, is there some kind of workaround?
this kinda stunt just makes me more keen to wait til someone chips it and get ps2/3 games that way instead
― NI, Thursday, 21 May 2009 14:02 (fourteen years ago) link
― zinguist (cozwn), Thursday, May 21, 2009 10:56 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
how's that? seemed like a pretty fair, mostly positive review. is it because it got a 7? if that's an outrage these days, that's pathetic.
― s1ocki, Thursday, 21 May 2009 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link
yup and yup; check out the comments on the article
they don't call it a 9bargo for nothing
― zinguist (cozwn), Thursday, 21 May 2009 15:17 (fourteen years ago) link
jesus fuck. if i gave out numbers, 7/10 would be a GOOD review for a movie.
― s1ocki, Thursday, 21 May 2009 15:19 (fourteen years ago) link
xxxpost
yeah, the last PS2 BC model was the MGS4 one, and that went out of production last year. looks like you can get a 60gig on ebay for like $350 these days, though.
― passed on the lead in "all i can do is crossups cuz ihave no skills" (jamescobo), Thursday, 21 May 2009 16:52 (fourteen years ago) link
I wonder if people will be mad if Sony drops the slim PS3 and there's no price drop.
― Nhex, Thursday, 21 May 2009 19:23 (fourteen years ago) link
People are upset over that review? That's the kind of writing that should be the norm for games journalists- honest, evenhanded criticism that gives the reader an accurate understanding of the product, its strengths & weaknesses, etc.
― Telephone thing, Thursday, 21 May 2009 19:24 (fourteen years ago) link
are the new PS3s really not backward compatible with PS2s? im considering buying one for games like heavy rain and mgs4 but i'd also want to be able to play ps2 games on it as i've never had one before. just seems insane and incredibly dickish to drop this now, is there some kind of workaround?this kinda stunt just makes me more keen to wait til someone chips it and get ps2/3 games that way instead― NI, Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:02 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark
― NI, Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:02 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark
This isnt a new thing. Certain models are fully backwards compatible, some are somewhat backwards compatible, some arent at all. You want one with 'Emotion Engine'.
There is a graph of which does what here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3
I got a refurbished 60GB and it works like a peach. That would be my suggestion.
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Thursday, 21 May 2009 19:43 (fourteen years ago) link
looks like the CECHAxx model is the route to go.
― im drunk so no forks (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 21 May 2009 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
ah great, thanks guys. im busy working my way through the best consoles & games of the past decade and half (finally got enough disposable income to blow on xbox 360, ds and soon, a wii) so i'll wait until i hear of someone selling an old ps3 near me before i buy one.
the worry is that the BC ps3s will become highly-prized and end up costing more than modern ones, or just not be sold on at all. what is the logic behind sony deciding to do this? are the relevant chips super-expensive? regardless, this issue and the crazy price of the machine compared to its equivalents aren't encouraging me to throw my $$$ sony's way anytime soon
― NI, Thursday, 21 May 2009 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
it's a baffling decision, I agree. full hardware BC was originally cut so that Sony could save like $10 on every PS3 sold; they switched to a hardware/software hybrid solution a few months later but then decided to scrap it completely for some inexplicable reason (speculated to be that the PS2 was still selling pretty well at the time and Sony didn't want to fragment the market). as for why they haven't brought it back, it seems pretty likely that they're working on an emulator for some future firmware release so that they can make people buy their PS2 games all over again. (personally, this is all the more reason to get a 60gig imo; it's pretty unlikely that they're ever going to have obscure third-party titles like God Hand or Fire Pro Wrestling for sale. look how long it's taken them to bring friggin MGS to the store ffs.)
in the meantime, Craigslist is reportedly a good place to find a bargain on a BC PS3. you can also try stalking Gamespots; I had to trek all the way out to Universal City (a hell of long trip from Miracle Mile when you take public transportation) to get my 60 gig last summer, but w/ trade credit and everything it came out to like $325 (and this was back when BC models were going for nearly $500). also note that w/ 20 and 60 gig models, you get more USB slots and card-reader functionality (definitely on the 60, I think on the 20 too). definitely worth remembering if you play a lot of music games or plan on plugging many doodads in.
plus aren't "normal" ps3s like $300 these days? if you've got a list of PS2 games to play through then it's definitely worth the price of one game to be able to play them on the PS3.
― passed on the lead in "all i can do is crossups cuz ihave no skills" (jamescobo), Thursday, 21 May 2009 23:27 (fourteen years ago) link
is ps2 emulatable on a regular computer yet?
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 22 May 2009 00:02 (fourteen years ago) link
it's doable but not too consistent afaik
― passed on the lead in "all i can do is crossups cuz ihave no skills" (jamescobo), Friday, 22 May 2009 00:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Are there any huge advantages (besides using the HD for save games) to using a PS3 over a PS2? I never got one and am considering getting a new $99 PS2 later in the year, but there is the temptation to get a used 20GB or 60GB PS3.
― Nhex, Friday, 22 May 2009 00:32 (fourteen years ago) link
get a used old-school ps2, the ones with a hard drive bay. (conspiratorial wink wink)
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 22 May 2009 00:37 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^ true
― passed on the lead in "all i can do is crossups cuz ihave no skills" (jamescobo), Friday, 22 May 2009 01:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Weren't there compatibility issues with some PS2 games on the older-model PS3s? I've got to second the recommendation that you get a used PS2 with a hard drive.
― Telephone thing, Friday, 22 May 2009 04:23 (fourteen years ago) link
meanwhile the ps2 continues to outsell the ps3
― zinguist (cozwn), Friday, 22 May 2009 06:28 (fourteen years ago) link
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/ps3-bested-by-older-brother/1315218
― zinguist (cozwn), Friday, 22 May 2009 07:06 (fourteen years ago) link
i think the emulation ones were a problem. just get the 60GB
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Friday, 22 May 2009 16:57 (fourteen years ago) link
"placement" in the console race is an asinine thing to worry about this generation; the PS3's sold 22 or 23 million units. the 360, by way of comparison, has sold something like 27 million units with its year-long lead time and lots of ppl having to buy more than one due to hardware failure and etc. plus IMSMR both Sony and MS are still losing money on every console sold.
and the PS2 outselling the PS3 probably has more to do w/ the price dropping to a hundred bucks. hell, a bunch of those were probably bought by ppl who sold off their PS2s for money towards a BC-free PS3; at the time of the price drop a stock PS3 and a new PS2 would have cost less than the ebay price for a used 60GB ps3.
the real place Sony's getting their asses kicked is in software since multiplat titles always sell a butt-ton better on 360. good thing they've got Bluray and Home profits to help offset that loss, although I have no idea how much $ that actually accounts for.
― passed on the lead in "all i can do is crossups cuz ihave no skills" (jamescobo), Friday, 22 May 2009 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
a slim PS2 isn't exactly a space hog. i'm just going to keep mine, not worry about BC, and plug it in whenever i get the itch to play katamari (or a PS1 game..)
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 22 May 2009 18:14 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd rather get a slim PS2 new but as you guys said... the HD. You would need a fat one with a network adapter installed, right? But I heard recent advances have been made allowances for nice things with memory cards.
― Nhex, Friday, 22 May 2009 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
what PS2 games need an HD?? i r being dumm, i never even realized this was a thing
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 22 May 2009 19:22 (fourteen years ago) link
er um
― passed on the lead in "all i can do is crossups cuz ihave no skills" (jamescobo), Friday, 22 May 2009 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm absolutely looking into this.
― im drunk so no forks (forksclovetofu), Friday, 22 May 2009 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
oh i see. it's the new modchip.
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 24 May 2009 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Anybody else having a harder and harder time connecting to PSN? It started for me a few months ago and just keeps getting worse. It's weird cause when I turn on my console it's connected to the internet and I can use the browser, however it seems to hang on trying to log onto PSN (thereby making online games and the store not work). I can't figure out what is going on, but it's starting to get frustrating. Usually after a restart or three it seems to connect, but finally tonight after five plus tries I just had to give up. It's doubly strange because earlier today I connected to PSN with no problem. ANybody else having similiar issues or know what's going on? All my other devices (PC, 360 have no problems related to the internet & online games). I do also get occassionally knocked off PSN when playing games too for no reason that I can figure out and it never happens with PC or 360. Getting fed up :(
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 01:09 (fourteen years ago) link
"oh i see. it's the new modchip."
There's no modchip necessary, unless you mean "it's the new modchip" as in "pizza is the new tapas" or something.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 01:34 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost try this Jeff, it worked for me:
http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=psnetwork&thread.id=22245&view=by_date_ascending&page=1
got a Harmony adapter, but it looks like I got a lemon :( first one of these Logitech doodads to go ass-up on me though.
― passed on the lead in "all i can do is crossups cuz ihave no skills" (jamescobo), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 02:36 (fourteen years ago) link
james - thanks, I manually changed the DNS setting to 4.2.2.1. and 4.2.2.3 and it signed right in. Hopefully that did the trick and it'll keep working.
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 03:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Philip that is in fact exactly how i meant it - it's the thing that allows you to play pirated and/or imported games
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 11:56 (fourteen years ago) link
will buy all of thishttp://www.amazon.de/Sony-PlayStation-3-Konsole-slim/dp/B002JM1GPU/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1249095783&sr=8-14
― I h8 meatheads (cozwn), Saturday, 1 August 2009 12:07 (fourteen years ago) link
haha er
http://playstation3slim.com/
Our site aims to provide you with all the latest news on the upcoming Playstation 3 slim due out later this year. We are in no way affiliated with “SONY” or “PLAYSTATION”. Playstation is a registered trademark of Sony.
― thomp, Saturday, 1 August 2009 12:12 (fourteen years ago) link
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 1 August 2009 16:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Fat Princess is pretty fucking fun so far, although I (a) haven't attempted to take it online or (b) gotten to the infamous lava level in single-player yet so that may change soon. the game does a REALLY good job of incentivizing the boring classes, too - I end up playing as the worker more than anybody else. plus the game makes the intelligent move of allowing you to switch classes really easily, so it's awfully hard to get bored. and I REALLY wasn't expecting it to be this pretty. if you liked Castle Crashers' look, get ready to be knocked the fuq out by this.
― passed on the lead in "all i can do is crossups cuz ihave no skills" (jamescobo), Sunday, 2 August 2009 05:38 (fourteen years ago) link
fat princess is out?
― http://tinyurl.com/npaahw (s1ocki), Sunday, 2 August 2009 08:43 (fourteen years ago) link
it's out and it owns
― passed on the lead in "all i can do is crossups cuz ihave no skills" (jamescobo), Sunday, 2 August 2009 08:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Slim officially announced at Slim officially announced at $29999 - and there's still some (probably false) hope that the PS2 compatibility will get dropped back in with a future firmware update...
― Nhex, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Whoops. Really would like an "edit post" function here!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 18:58 (fourteen years ago) link
v v tempting. i made sure to get a 60GB with backwards comp but have made less use of that than expected. looks like they are going for $250+ on ebay so could upgrade for less than $50 + hassle. v v tempting indeed.
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 19:09 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i did the same thing ^^^^
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
tempting but still expensive, still no bc, and still massive
― cozwn, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
xxp Most of the ones I've seen on ebay completed go anywhere from $300-400, so you'll probably break even or even profit... unless Sony announces new firmware w/BC I think the prices will hold.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 19:21 (fourteen years ago) link
power consumption reduction is a big selling point for me. the company we share office space with is doing this big green drive and a flyer appeared in the kitchen talking about how a PS3 on standby uses for energy than NASA or some shit and even though i don't leave my PS3 on stand by i feel guilty every time i turn it on.
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 19:35 (fourteen years ago) link
uses more energy
The exclusive(?) game line-up for the rest of the year is still pretty unexciting. Other than Pixel Junk Shooter I can't think of anything. Was hoping for that Gran Turismo announcement. Still - 299 is a semi-reasonable price for the WipEout HD machine.
I seriously doubt there will ever be an across the board software emulation solution for all ps2 titles.
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 20:19 (fourteen years ago) link
psp has a more exciting line-up of games ffs :(
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 20:26 (fourteen years ago) link
i will buy this. beyond good and evil 2, heavy rain, wipeout hd, plus blu-ray? sign me up. and no need for BC cauze i've still got my slim ps2 innit.
somewhat concerned that i won't be able to stand this on its side.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 22:25 (fourteen years ago) link
via Kotaku...
"Koller said that Sony is not considering adding backwards compatibility support to the PS3, a feature stripped from the line a while ago but sometimes requested by some fans. "Backwards compatibility is off the table," he said."
http://kotaku.com/5340286/sony-market+boosting-slim-ps3-will-phase-out-old-models
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Even tho I already have an original backwards compatible ps3, I do wish they'd bring it back because I'm afraid my ps3 is going to die at some point (it has already started running hotter, gotten louder and disconnects from the net after twenty minutes for no reason I can figure out), as I do probably play ps2 games on it as much as I play ps3 games and I gave away my ps2. If it does eventually completely die, it would be a drag/crazy to have to rebuy two consoles to replace it.
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 23:27 (fourteen years ago) link
smthing similar might work (replace ps1 w/BD player)http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2006/11/ps3-1.jpg
― cozwn, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 23:29 (fourteen years ago) link
firmware update is one big yawn. more adverts and "premium" animated backgrounds and avatars? woop de doop.
― zappi, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 00:04 (fourteen years ago) link
wha - you don't think it's great that now as soon as you turn on your ps3 you get a screen with six advertisements?
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 01:34 (fourteen years ago) link
The exclusive(?) game line-up for the rest of the year is still pretty unexciting. Other than Pixel Junk Shooter I can't think of anything.
Uncharted 2*? Demon's Souls? MAG? Trine (console exclusive anyway)?
*yes we've had this conversation a billion times before, but the MP in the U2 beta was some of the most fun I've had with the vidya games recently
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 03:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Right, Uncharted isn't my kind of thing (really didn't like the first game)... nothing against those who dig it. MAG is questionable (not out till sometime in January 2010 anyway). I'm semi-interested in it, I guess, but I don't think $60 interested (and I feel like the new CoD will be plenty of console shooter for me). The Massive Action Game squad based structure and giant maps - I'm just not convinced that's really going to work in a fun way. I'm still open to it, if reviews and word of mouth end up being good, but it's not something I've yet gotten excited about. I'm still hopeful for Gran Turismo - even though they didn't announce it today, there's still strong hints it'll be out before the end of the year (that said, I'm equally excited in some of the other racing games coming out this year, Forza3 and Dirt2, and don't feel like GT is as essential as it once was (like if it had come out a year or two ago) - except the wheel situation on ps3 remains worlds better than what you can get on 360). Don't really know anything about the other two you mentioned except I know Trine is some kind of platformer(?) already out on PC and isn't Demon Soul's a jRPG that kind of flopped in Japan? Should I be more into those? Let me know. Next year looks better with at least the Last Guardian and God of War 3. I'm not totally down on ps3, just not totally hyped on it either at the moment & feel like its line up (that we know of) over the rest of the year is lacking excitement. Overall, I still feel like the other consoles offer greater variety, fun and value.
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 03:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Trine is basically the Lost Vikings in HD and with more killing people. the PSN version's supposed to have online co-op which is why it's getting delayed forever and a day. Demon's Souls is by pretty much all accounts (a) the best RPG of this generation, J or otherwise, and (b) probably the most epic-feeling game since Shadow of the Colossus. (it is also supposed to be intransigently difficult.)
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 03:53 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI1fLFEc-A4
I watched a this review of Trine, but I don't know... it just looks boring to me (possibly cause I'm just not really into the wizards and warriors vibe? or possibly because everything just seems to move so slow and be so small?). I'm downloading the demo though and will try out
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 04:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Update: Okay, actually playing the Trine demo (it's the first two levels?) made a better impression than watching the video. The background graphic style is quite nice in the way darkness is mixed with the colorful, bright highlights. The overall atmosphere looks really good, though the characters and their animation are kind of (forgivably) generic. It does play a little slow for my tastes... in general I think I like my platforming a little more frantic & challenging, and what combat there was (at least in the first two levels) felt very basic. There's not too much fighting though, especially compared to a Castlevania game, which this actually reminds me of (did not play Lost Vikings). I think I liked most the instant switch between characters and having to figure out which character's abilities are best used to get you past a little puzzle part or through some combat. Overall I didn't find it super compelling - I'm definitely not pulling out the credit card @ $22.95, but if there ever is a killer steam or psn sale where it hits the 5-8 dollar range, I'd seriously consider picking it up. I think Shadow Complex looks better though (and I'm planning to skip that one too).
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 05:33 (fourteen years ago) link
psn sale where it hits the 5-8 dollar range
gamesharing, my e-bro
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 05:46 (fourteen years ago) link
also fyi Demons Souls is an action RPG w/ lots of blood and screen-fillingly huge monsters, not one of those fancy-pants list-picking RPGs. this is how combat works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awTag3BWc80
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 07:52 (fourteen years ago) link
I want demon's souls so much
― cozwn, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 09:18 (fourteen years ago) link
looks boring
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 14:56 (fourteen years ago) link
well duh, it's an RPG.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 15:38 (fourteen years ago) link
no u
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/demons-souls-review
― cozwn, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
looks kinda fascinating and terrifying.
― 'steen suicide (don't drive it) (s1ocki), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 17:32 (fourteen years ago) link
am practically jizzing in anticipation for that game tbh
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 17:33 (fourteen years ago) link
wow, that looks awesome. I think I'll be getting a ps3 in early 2010 and leaving my ps2 out but not hooked up for backward compatibility needs.
― sample rants or ?BURNS?. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Gotta side with Jeff on this one... honestly that doesn't look like something the PS2 couldn't do, just with more polygons.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 23:28 (fourteen years ago) link
well the online component sounds like it's been integrated in a pretty damn sophisticated manner. (also part of the reason why I'll be getting this day 1 is because I want to see how the online evolves from early adopters trying to help other folks out to battle-grizzled griefers fucking with n3wbz at every opportunity.)
I concede that the animations look a little clunky but then again y'all are talking to Mr. Yakuza 2 here.
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Thursday, 20 August 2009 03:30 (fourteen years ago) link
also I don't mean to go around whiteknighting for Demons Souls; it's pretty self-avowedly Not For Everyone. it damn sure deserves to be brought up in any conversation about promising PS3 exclusives of the near future though.
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Thursday, 20 August 2009 03:35 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.3d-heroes.net/
― Jeff LeVine, Thursday, 20 August 2009 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
oh look, sony are going to sell a plastic stand for the PS3 slim, only $24. what a bargain!
http://imgur.com/L0aGn.jpg
― zappi, Friday, 21 August 2009 10:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I've pre-ordered a slim
god help me
― cozwn, Friday, 21 August 2009 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/20/sony-ps2-back-compat-not-returning-to-ps3-ever/
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Friday, 21 August 2009 19:54 (fourteen years ago) link
oh whoops sorry missed that upthread
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Friday, 21 August 2009 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
cozwn - don't feel bad - I ordered a Japanese 360 today
― Jeff LeVine, Friday, 21 August 2009 19:57 (fourteen years ago) link
going to get my valkyria chronicles and demon's souls on oh yeah!!! :D
― cozwn, Friday, 21 August 2009 20:03 (fourteen years ago) link
jeff, for espgaluda and that other recently announced shmup?
― cozwn, Friday, 21 August 2009 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, for shmups... Death Smiles (out now), Mushisama Futari 1.5 (late-November) and Espgaluda II (early next year). DoDonPachi Daioujou when it gets patched up & hopefully the Ketsui port will get back on track too.
― Jeff LeVine, Friday, 21 August 2009 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm kinda feeling this just to do the bluray thang. I think my girl has promised to buy me a ps3 once she gets a new job but i dunno if i wanna wait.
― sample rants or ?BURNS?. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 21 August 2009 20:15 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZyw86te3qk
― Jeff LeVine, Friday, 21 August 2009 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty sure this is racisthttp://imgur.com/UuOTv.jpg
― cozwn (webinar), Friday, 21 August 2009 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
oh man im *so close* to getting one of these tyrna hold of temptation for a couple of months
― jveggra va pbqr (Lamp), Friday, 21 August 2009 20:52 (fourteen years ago) link
You gotta figure they'll drop to 250 after/during xmas right?
― sample rants or ?BURNS?. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 21 August 2009 21:11 (fourteen years ago) link
or there wont be enuff and ppl will be ebaying for $$$ idk - either way i just paid lol tuition so im broke right now
― jveggra va pbqr (Lamp), Friday, 21 August 2009 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
http://neocrisis.com/news/135-game-news/3478-ps3-slim-vs-all-consoles
― cozwn (webinar), Saturday, 22 August 2009 13:40 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/Despairfactors/IMG_0039.jpghttp://regmedia.co.uk/2008/01/02/pana_bd_1.jpgguess we'll get a ps3 slim slim at some point
― cozwn (webinar), Tuesday, 25 August 2009 23:25 (fourteen years ago) link
New big ps3 3.0 firmware update is out & they've done what I once thought was impossible, they've finally managed to tweak the user interface just enough so it's actually less elegant than what you get when turning on the 360. They did make one good improvement, by ever so slightly increasing some font sizes, making certain menus easier to read. While by default the new xmb boots into a ps3 themed advertisement section, they've actually thankfully given you the option to turn this off, just go into the system setting and turning "what's new" to off, so you can still boot into the games column. However, the orange ticker that you were once able to turn off, has now become a clear ticker under the time/date, and as far as I can see, you have to have this ticker running at all times now, which to me is a drag. They've also majorly changed the way the friend's list displays, surrounding each name in a giant grey bubble box. Not a big deal, but it's uglier. That's my whole problem with this update, everything just seems to be getting clunkier and more disjointed. Originally the xmb was very visually understated, functional and attractive, but now it's a mish mash of fonts and styles and motion that really feels hobbled together - everything rubs up against each other in a very visually jumbled fashion. Games also boot differently, with no logo, but the browser currently boots with the old logo. The ps3 itself boots with the new 1970's style thin logo. They did finally fix the clock overlay problem (LOL - took a whole year), but now it runs up against the grey ticker tape thing in a mushy poorly designed way. I wish they would get somebody in there to redesign the whole UI system, back to something simple / elegant, so it had a consistent feeling again, instead of this mess.
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 05:00 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOdISm4VHNo
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 05:06 (fourteen years ago) link
new iplayer interface is a welcome addition, the rest is a bunch of ehhhhhhhhh.
― zappi, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 11:37 (fourteen years ago) link
"It's not as big as a purchase intent driver as you may be hearing," he says. "We've got such a substantial lineup of titles on the PS3; most people are buying the PS3 for PS3 games. They've been buying it for PS3 games and Blu-ray movies. That won't be returning."
"Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) announced today a new and exclusive PlayStation®3 (PS3™) offering for the critically acclaimed God of War® franchise, God of War® Collection. Scheduled for release this holiday season, God of War Collection will feature reworked versions of both God of War® and God of War® II on a single Blu-ray Disc... Both critically acclaimed games, which were originally developed for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system..."
― cozwn, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 11:55 (fourteen years ago) link
what's iplayer?
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 14:53 (fourteen years ago) link
uk only, streaming bbc tv & radio. used to be really clunky via web browser, now has a dedicated button & fullscreen support.
― zappi, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 14:55 (fourteen years ago) link
I hope it's better than the Youtube interface, which sucks donkeys.
― a fact-checker with The New Yorker magazine (HI DERE), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 14:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh god, does it ever. Dunno if everyone has this problem or if it's to do with my ISP, particular hardware package, etc but Youtube videos are horribly jerky, running as low as half their normal framerare, unless I watch them in fullscreen, in which case I have to deal with giant pixels.
― More Butty In Your Pants (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 15:14 (fourteen years ago) link
http://scrawlfx.com/2009/09/new-3d-dot-game-heroes-shots-get-custom-feature-english
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Saturday, 5 September 2009 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
the insane thing is that PS3 now uses "YOUTUBE XL" which is made for bigger screens but doesn't support high-res versions of videos
GARGH
― steener HOOStinov (s1ocki), Saturday, 5 September 2009 23:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Not that I'm doing this but if i WERE doing this, what five PS3 games are must buys with the system? I'm eyeing Little Big Planet, Valkyria Chronicles, God of War III, Demon Souls and Heavy Rain for when I do this, but what am I missing?
― That is awful. I am sorry. Help it up. That is mean. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 04:04 (fourteen years ago) link
as far as exclusives: Metal Gear Solid 4 and Super Stardust HD. LittleBigPlanet is OK but not amazing.
― abanana, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 04:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Honestly, you're not missing much. For the most part, most PS3 exclusive games have turned out average at best. I don't really rate MGS4 - it's much more cut scene than game & unless you're totally invested in the Metal Gear mythology, those cuts scenes don't have a ton of value. LBP is probably my personal favorite for disc based exclusive releases, though it suffers some from a lack of focus. It's still a great looking platformer, even if ultimately the actually platforming isn't as satisfying as in the truly great platformers (if that makes sense). It's a fun game for co-op though, if your friends have ten minutes of patience to get used to the controls. I think there's a demo available now (though I'm not sure). If you've never played Ninja Gaiden - Ninja Gaiden Sigma is pretty fucking great if you're up to the challenge. The downloadable titles is really where it's at, I think. In particular, both Pixel Junk Monsters and Pixel Junk Eden are well worth a look. And finally, WipEout HD is the one game that has really justified buying a ps3 for me & really the reason I've yet to trade mine in.
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 05:00 (fourteen years ago) link
3D dot heroes! and the last guardian
― capn save a noob (cozwn), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 10:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I've never played it and I don't like the look of it but they say uncharted is great; jamescobo international playboy will be better able to fill u in
― capn save a noob (cozwn), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 10:11 (fourteen years ago) link
modnation racers is slightly making me wish i had a ps3
― all that heroin and he choked on the damn mouthpiece (stevie), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 10:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Valkyria Chronicles is awesome if you're into turn-based strategy games. It's like Military Madness crossed with anime and a FPS.
― GM, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 11:20 (fourteen years ago) link
actually, the two coz pointed out are major motivating factors.
― That is awful. I am sorry. Help it up. That is mean. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 13:05 (fourteen years ago) link
uncharted is very fun.
― steener HOOStinov (s1ocki), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 13:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Uncharted cosigned. And Ratchet & Clank is always dependable, and the first ps3 installment can be picked up dirt cheap.
― More Butty In Your Pants (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 13:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I think Modnation Racers looks promising, but will it ultimately be as fun in the driving department as the other good kart racers out there? Will the track creator allow people to create tracks that are actually fun, challenging & different enough from each other, or will the user created tracks just feel like a change of scenery and kind of pointless? And will there be a way for the good tracks (if there are any) to rise to the top, so you can find them and race them, unlike the ocean of unsortable shit LBP has spawned? If you just want an HD kart racer, Sonic & Sega All Star Racing might end up being just as good (and will be available on the other consoles too), or better...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TscjFq37x3Q
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 14:13 (fourteen years ago) link
was that one of the super monkey ball dudes there? i'm in...
― all that heroin and he choked on the damn mouthpiece (stevie), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link
- Uncharted really is awesome - the environment is a very literal jaw-dropper, the characters are really likeable (and I say this as someone who usually finds video game characters utterly indefensible), and the game does a really good job of keeping your playtime active (if you turtle behind a wall and try to headshot folks from half the map away, you gon' git raped). I thought the platforming was really well-done too. be advised that for some reason the game is currently incompatible with the current PS3 firmware; also the sequel comes out in a month or so and will feature some of the baddest-assed multiplayer ever.
- Motorstorm: Pacific Rift is also maybe my favorite racing game ever; not only is it as gorgeous as Uncharted, but the sheer number of branching paths (each of which has different implications for different vehicle classes) almost makes the game a full-on open-world racer. it's also very pick-up-and-play friendly due to the sheer volume of unlockable gewgaws; you practically can't turn the game on without picking up a new trophy or medal or w/e. the caveat is that this game will fkn eat you alive until you get the controls down (and then again until you get them down for every vehicle class).
- as coz pointed out, 3d Dot Heroes is going to own all-encompassingly; the gameplay apparently takes a cue from LTTP and that + the art style = sold. still waiting to hear how extensive the english is going to be, although it's been confirmed that there's going to be at least SOME. same dudes who did Demons Souls, too.
- I like Buzz Trivia in the same way a bunch of my friends seem to like Rock Band & Guitar Hero: as entertainment for crowds of drunks. plus it does some fun stuff w/ the Eye too.
- as mentioned elsewhere itt, MLB 09 The Show is probably the greatest leap forward for sports games since Fight Night Round 3, maybe even since the Dreamcast NFL & NBA games. it is harder than Geir at a Yes concert but still worth checking out just to take in the production values.
- there's a bunch of PS3 games which will probably be getting pricedrops as we get closer to Christmas - I'm thinking Killzone 2 and Infamous will be greatest-hits titles by then. I had fun w/ both (GameFlyed the former, bought the latter full-price), and at $30 or so they'd each be really good values.
- tons of foax rep the Ratchet & Clank games to death. I've never been too diehard about the series in the past but I'm interested in the new one if only because the graphics look so stunning (some of the in-game stuff looks almost Pixar quality).
- Jeff is correct in that you should set aside hell of $$$ for downloadable stuff; the Pixeljunk games and Wipeout HD and Fat Princess and Crash Commando and Warhawk are all worth your time and money. once again I will rep for gamesharing as a way to save some scratch - in fact, how come we don't have an ILX gameshare set up already? come ON guys.
also the PS3 makes for an amazing media center; I also hear it plays some sort of Blue Rayed Disk or something.
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link
sly raccoon series RIP :'''(
― capn save a noob (cozwn), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost Europe just got platinum versions of Killzone 2, Resistance 2, Metal Gear Solid 4 and MotorStorm: Pacific Rift (all £19.99), so no doubt they'll be announced soon for the US as well.
― zappi, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 19:24 (fourteen years ago) link
we have an ilx gameshare, but it never took off.
― That is awful. I am sorry. Help it up. That is mean. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
hmm what is gameshare? is it region specific?
― zappi, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 19:37 (fourteen years ago) link
i agree with most of what cobo said EXCEPT: the characters in uncharted are as generically cringingly "cool guy" as any other tries-too-hard video game and fat princess sucks.
― steener HOOStinov (s1ocki), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 19:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds is a really good ps3 exclusive that I regret not playing more of (got distracted & then keep forgetting about it). Also one of the best psp games.
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
xp to cozwn
hold on, no one has said Sly Raccoon is dead, at least to my knowledgeI played the first city of Sly 3 and that was brilliant. I think the controls were a little off when jumping from pole to pole though.
― CaptainLorax, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
suckerpunch's wikipedia page still shows sly 4 as tba but I'm not holding my breath following the success of infamous : /
― capn save a noob (cozwn), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
I've heard (somewhat credible) rumors that they're working on a new Sly as we speak (in the Infamous engine) for 2010
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link
oooooh
― capn save a noob (cozwn), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
The Official ILG Game Trade Thread: US edition
― That is awful. I am sorry. Help it up. That is mean. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
PS3 game sharing is a little bit different - it's an entirely legit way for like-minded e-bros to split the costs of PSN games (except for Warhawk):
http://www.ps3blog.co.za/guides/playstation-3-game-sharing/
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
the characters in uncharted are as generically cringingly "cool guy" as any other tries-too-hard video game
I should have said "characterizations"; the characters themselves are pretty cut and dried. but the sheer volume of voice clips (and Nolan North's peerless voice work) did a really good job of keeping the character fresh; apparently the second game's going to have even MORE clips, too.
and fat princess sucks.
NO U
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
The second Uncharted will surely be an improvement over the first. At the least it won't have the embarrassing twist (at the 2/3rd point) and the horrible, final, quick time boss fight, right. Right?
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 20:50 (fourteen years ago) link
wow is mlb the show 09 really that good? is it the graphics? or the gameplay?
i've NEVER EVER been satisfied by baseball video games cause they feel too stiff and after awhile you've seen all the player animations..
baseball is a game of routine - what interest it has is in the tiny little wrinkles that make each play and each game unique.. too often in videogame form it just feels like robots going through the motions
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
oh man, if that's the case then you need to get The Show RIGHT the fuck now; it's the wrinkliest game in history on both a micro level (you can play dozens of games without seeing an animation repeat) and a macro one (player progression, stat tracking, development, economics, etc. all come into play). it's like the difference in scope between GTA3 and GTA4.
plus I always like games that force you to conform to their rules instead of being all I DO WAT I WAWNT, and The Show is sterner than a British headmaster w/r/t that shit. I mean I've had it for like six months now and I'm still getting a handle on batting.
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 22:47 (fourteen years ago) link
"the wrinkliest game in history"
this should go on the box!
― mountain G.O.A.T. (s1ocki), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 21:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Katamari Forever demo is up in the US store - may be worth taking a look at?
― Jeff LeVine, Thursday, 10 September 2009 22:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Also Silent Hill- finally I can play the first one! Or more likely buy it, play it for five minutes, remember I hate combat in that series, never touch it again
― More Butty In Your Pants (Telephone thing), Friday, 11 September 2009 01:56 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah... just don't
― Nhex, Friday, 11 September 2009 03:20 (fourteen years ago) link
a great monster fighting game ruined by all the monster fighting
― unblapped goldmine (onimo), Friday, 11 September 2009 09:02 (fourteen years ago) link
"flap.... flap.... flap... SKREEEEEEE"
thrash thrash thrash pant pant.. walk... lost...
"flap.... flap... flap......"
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 11 September 2009 12:38 (fourteen years ago) link
joust?
― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Friday, 11 September 2009 12:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Sounds like Tracer's copy of Arkham Asylum is dodgy.
― JimD, Friday, 11 September 2009 13:25 (fourteen years ago) link
A technical question: I've got a new monitor with an HDMI port that I'm planning on hooking up to my ps3, but that leaves me without sound. I know about the optical digital audio port, but is there any way to hook it up to my computer speakers? I don't mind having to switch the plug between the pc and ps3 (though if I can find a cheap solution to that I wouldn't mind).
― More Butty In Your Pants (Telephone thing), Monday, 14 September 2009 02:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Here's a youtube post that goes through a how-to on HDMI to monitor with sound output options - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrxJXvOMij4
― BlackIronPrison, Monday, 14 September 2009 03:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Awesome, thanks. Figured I'd have to go through the RCA cables somehow. I should have everything up and working soon- the local Best Buy had exactly zero of the cables/adapters I needed (2 fem RCa to male mini y-cable, mini stereo coupler).
I picked the worst possible time not to have sound, though- the Katamari Forever demo is out and one of the 2 levels has a Senor Coconut remix of the theme music. MUST HEAR
― More Butty In Your Pants (Telephone thing), Thursday, 17 September 2009 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link
i am BUSTING for katamari hopefully this weekend. but i have most of next week off work to to play it too, and also NFS:Shift
― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Thursday, 17 September 2009 15:27 (fourteen years ago) link
can anyone in the uk get the iplayer to work? every time i click on the small screens to play something it just freezes. dammit.
― zappi, Thursday, 17 September 2009 16:19 (fourteen years ago) link
this 3.0 update, they've removed the auto-start for when you switch on your ps3 with a disk already in? nuts.
― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Friday, 18 September 2009 14:30 (fourteen years ago) link
hmm, actually i think i hated the auto start when i first experienced it but then got used to it. oh sony stop playing with me.
― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Friday, 18 September 2009 14:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Are you sure? I've had it switched off ever since I got the console, but I could swear I saw it in the options menu last night when I was fiddling around. Or is that just to auto-start a new disc when you insert it, not on startup?
― More Butty In Your Pants (Telephone thing), Friday, 18 September 2009 15:25 (fourteen years ago) link
btw Way of the Samurai 3 looks incredible - it comes out same day as Demon's Souls too. here's a really good, REALLY long writeup I ganked from SA:
Get that katana sharpened and start eating things you pick up off the ground! This is Way of the Samurai 3!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20iOsARQPy8
*What is Way of the Samurai 3?
Way of the Samurai 3 is the fourth and latest entry into Acquire and Spike's niche franchise, published for the PlayStation 3 by Agetec and Xbox 360 by UFO Interactive. Way of the Samurai 3 follows the familiar formula for the franchise, allowing players to take to the streets as a lone ronin who arrives at a troubled town. Their choices and actions will affect what happens to the people within the town! Just think of Way of the Samurai as a really cool Create Your Own Adventure... with swords.
*What kind of game is it?
Way of the Samurai 3 can best be described as a samurai fanatic's dream come true. The player takes control of a wandering ronin (who can be fully customized with different heads, clothing options, accessories, and costumes) and leads them to free roaming sandbox world of high stakes samurai action! Engage in dramatic battles, take part in dangerous one-on-one duels, accept jobs from the various factions in town, explore it to your leisure. Don't stop there though, build your own weapons! Pick fights with whomever you please! Feel free to be a dick to absolutely everyone you meet!
Combat is a match of simplistic one-on-one battles with the complexity brought by skills, weaponry, and situational awareness. Players often tangle in fights with roving gangs of thugs and samurai, but in classic Samurai flick fashion they'll only attack one at a time. The player is able to perform basic hack-and-slash attacks as well as long combos that can involve chaining moves together or popping enemies into the air, not to mention a heavy focus on combat flow through pushing and pulling the enemy into advantageous positions through their moves. Just watch out if you die, because death means losing your sword and items permanently!
Way of the Samurai 3 is a simpler game, it doesn't spend millions of dollars to make a hyper-realistic brown city and try to get you to sympathize with some washed up samurai scrub. It may not have the graphics but it makes up for it with content! The game comes with a story that spans over in-game weeks and has over 20 different conclusions to be reached. Can you fight through to the best endings and see the true ending to the conflict?
The best part of the game though is its encouraging New Game + function. Whenever you complete the game, you'll be rated on how well you performed as a samurai and be issued a special title to signify your rank, then you'll recieve "Samurai Points." These points are used to unlock all sorts of fun things such as: special modes, new customization options, and new skills! The fun doesn't stop at just unlocking things though, Way of the Samurai lets you keep all of your things for the next game! Your weapons, parts, money, skills, abilities, techniques, these will all be carried over for every new game!
Way of the Samurai 3 is a game meant to be played and enjoyed over and over again, not a game you play once and shelve forever. Strive for the better rankings, more powerful swords, better accessories, superb endings, and those achievements/trophies for the OCD in the crowd!
*What's this game about?
Way of the Samurai 3 tells the story of an unknown ronin, previously a grunt soldier in a long-defeated army. It takes place in the small rural town of Koshu, populated by poor farming villagers who are caught in a stranglehold of taxation, forced labor, and bandit oppression, located within the fictional prefecture of Gishu Amana. This prefecture is ruled by the Fujimori Clan, who've recently seized power through brutal warfare. The player comes to town and quickly finds themselves in the middle of an escalating conflict between the Fujimori and their bitter foes: The Ouka Party. A notorious gang of samurai thugs who are under the employ of the Sakurai Clan, the previous rulers of Gishu Amana.
The player's choices and actions will directly affect the outcome of the story. Will you aide the Fujimori in keeping control of the land? The Ouka Party in overthrowing the new lords and reclaiming what's theirs? The poor villagers who desperately need saving? Maybe you'll just walk away from it all... Or maybe you'll kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out! The choice is yours!
*What's new in Way of the Samurai 3?
Build your own Katana!
For the first time in the Way of the Samurai franchise, players are now able to build their own weapons from scratch! You first start by collecting the weapon parts, such as: blades, handles, and handguards. After collecting these parts, players take them to the local blacksmith, Dojima (reprising his role), who can then help you forge those parts into a brand new sword or spear! You can name your masterpiece and even create your own unique move list by assigning moves to it! With over 200 original parts to mix and match along with 750 different moves, players can finally create their own unique samurai blade!
The fun doesn't stop there though! After that new weapon is forged, you're free to improve it in any way you see fit! Ramp up the strengths at the blacksmith, buy scrolls to unlock those moves for use faster, obtain charms to unlock its true potential, temper it to have more durability,and even give it a wicked title to strike fear in the hearts of your enemies! That sword or spear you've just made may seem weak at first, but if you give it enough time and love you'll see it'll become that unstoppable instrument of carnage you always dreamed of.
Don't worry though if you screw up on improving it though, Dojima will now be glad to revert that sword back to its previous condition! No more save-scumming for the best upgrades!
*New weapons! New fighting styles!
Way of the Samurai 3 has finally brought some well needed variety to the fighting experience in the form of new weapons and fighting styles. WotS3 still has the familiar fighting styles from 1, 2, and Western for you to use: Upper, Middle, Low, Side, One-Handed, Fencing, and Ninja, but it's brought some new friends to the party to mix things up a little!
Dual wielding has since been phased out as a sword style, now replaced by a brand new unlockable ability that allows players to dual wield any two katanas at any given time! Players are no longer bound by specifical "dual wield" katana sets, they can make two special katanas and go nuts! Spears are no longer classified as Side weapons, they have officially been given their own class and unique movesets. The biggest new addition to Way of the Samurai though is the long awaited inclusion of Unarmed combat! Broke your sword? No problem! Your fists can finally do the talking, Fist of the North Star-style!
In true Acquire fashion, Way of the Samurai 3 also offers a wide array of joke weaponry for you to bring the pain with! Take on the armies of Japan with nothing more than a stick! Turn those onions and leeks into precise killing machines! The temple's wooden idol is more than suitable to go upside someone's head! Not even the mightiest generals can stand in the face of giant frozen tuna!
*New Fighting Engine! QTE Combat! Surrender!
Way of the Samurai 3 has returned to the classic combat style featured in Way of the Samurai 1: The Push/Pull System, while abandoning Way of the Samurai 2's Parry system. Players can either push or pull their enemies into advantageous positions through the blocking of enemy attacks or through the force of their own attacks when the enemy blocks.
Another old friend of WotS1 has returned too: Awase! Players can learn how to automatically block special moves by carefully timing their own blocks at the moment the blow would strike the. Awase has also been ramped up by combining it with the WotS2 Parry System!
Parry may no longer be the main combat engine, but it has made a unique return in WotS3. Players who perform the Awase successfully will see a quick button symbol flash onto their screen, akin to a QTE (Quick Timer Event), and if this button is pressed in time your samurai will instantly kill the attacking foe! Not only that, but your sword will become infused with bloodlust and begin to glow! Any attacks made on you during this brief period of time are automatically awased, letting players use constant QTEs to clear out entire rooms and adding time onto their bloodlust for each successful kill! How many kills can you rack up?!
But wait! There's more! Are you more of a pacifist? Do you prefer taking the Batman route to your combat troubles? Maybe you've got a thing for anime and exist in 1998 when people still liked Rurouni Kenshin? Well, Way of the Samurai 3 has got you covered! You can now fight using the backside of the sword, or using a reverse-edge sword! Not just an angle for weepy samurai, it's also a deadly tool used for unlocking the best stuff!
Maybe though you've bitten off more than you can chew? Worry not, for the new Surrender option can save you a load of grief! Players can now surrender in combat to prevent their inevitable death if they happen to be on the drastically tipping wrong end of a fight, of course the decision of whether you live or die is entirely up to the winner of that fight. This doesn't apply to just you though, even the enemy can surrender to you! Famous (or infamous) warriors can drive the weaker peons to their knees in forgiveness without even drawing their blades!
*Identity Theft: Play as any NPC!
So, you've unlocked all those creation parts, played for so long that every samurai looks the same, and you're dying for a new experience. You think it might be funny to slice up samurai as a middle-aged house wife. Well, Way of the Samurai 3 has got you covered! Akin to the niche Acquire game "Shinobido: The Way of the Ninja," players can now control almost every NPC in the game once they have been "unlocked!"
Of course, you're asking "how do I unlock them?!"Well, it's as simple as whipping out your favorite sword in backside mode/favorite reverse-edge sword/favorite blunt weapon and going up someone's head! Every NPC defeated with a K.O is added to a list of unlocked NPCs, simply complete the game without dying and you'll be able to begin your next game as the character you just unlocked! Way of the Samurai 3 features a grand total of 140 different NPCs to unlock, from the lowliest grunts and bandits all the way up to the vital story characters!
*Companions!
A feature only skirted with in the second game, Way of the Samurai 3 finally offers the ability to hire a permanent henchman to assist them in their adventures!
Featuring a wide variety of bizarre and returning characters, players now have someone they can rely on as they engage in the dangerous work of being a samurai. Popular past characters such as WotS1's original Afro Samurai 'Dona Dona' and the deadly shinobi 'Kasumi' from WotS2 are only a couple of the returning characters that can be enlisted. There is also a full cast of unique and original companions for you to choose from! From gangsters to samurai nobles, foreigners to grieving widows, ghosts to catgirls! They'll do everything from follow you into battle, hold onto your gear, and assist you in every job that you do.
*Cutscene Interaction!
In previous entries to this franchise, the player's interaction with the story primarily relied on being in the right place at the right time and decisions made in cutscenes. These decisions were typically dialogue-based and came at set moments, but in Way of the Samurai 3 you now have additional ways to guiding the story to your liking. Players now have the option to show aggression or submission if they offer is placed at any time during a cutscene, using these is entirely optional but the timing of their use can shift the entire flow of the story!
*New Time System! Improved Map and Travel!
In the past, time flowed in very strict ways. There was a set number of periods in the day and a set time you could spend in each one, and there was a set number of days until the end of the game. Way of the Samurai 3 throws this ideology out the window by finally offering no time limit and features real time progression with a day/night system! Players can now progress in Way of the Samurai 3 at their own pace and finish the game when they feel it's time to end it.
Getting around the world has been made a whole lot easier as well. Way of the Samurai 3 combines the best of both worlds when it comes to travel, offering the WotS1 style of getting anywhere you need to be on foot without ever seeing a menu, as well as the WotS2 map hub to let you instantly teleport to where you want to go. Not only this, but the Map now serves as a storyboard to show you where the next big story events are taking place! So you'll no longer accidentally walk into a story event you're not ready for.
*What's all this about Downloadable Content?
Way of the Samurai 3 originally released in Japan as an exclusive to the PlayStation 3, but later came out on the Xbox 360 with "bonus content." This content included costumes, accessories, and weapon parts. It was later added into the PlayStation 3 version as DLC. This DLC will be featured on-disc for both PS3 and Xbox 360 versions in North America.
*I'm a big otaku baby who won't play any game dubbed in English
Don't you worry one bit, Way of the Samurai 3 is coming to North America with both Japanese dialogue featuring English subtitles and English dubbing. So for those who want the authentic samurai feeling to their game, you have the option, just as much as those who want a campy dialogued game with mistimed subs and inappropriate voices can get theirs too.
*I heard that the PlayStation 3 version didn't have Trophies! Will the NA version have them?!
Yes! Agetec has confirmed that the localized PlayStation 3 version of Way of the Samurai 3 will launch as trophy-enabled. The list itself is just the same as the Xbox 360 version's Achievements (with the inclusion of a Platinum Trophy)
*So when does this game come out?
Way of the Samurai 3 will be coming out in North America this October for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360! With a retail price of $49.99 USD, various sources are claiming that October 13th/14th will be the release date. For those in Europe, never fear! Way of the Samurai 3 is coming to Europe for PS3 and Xbox 360!
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Friday, 18 September 2009 21:42 (fourteen years ago) link
where the first two any cop?
― cozwn, Friday, 18 September 2009 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link
what he said.
― EVERYBODY WANNA BOOOOO ME BUT I’M A FAN OF REAL POP CULTURE! (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 September 2009 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Way of the Samurai 3 can best be described as a samurai fanatic's dream come true.
^^ really not the best way to describe it imo
― goole, Friday, 18 September 2009 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
I never played the first two since reviews always made them sound a little overly ambitious, but I'm always on the lookout for them whenever I'm out a-thowin' money down the terlit in Gamestop or wherever. 3, however, sounds like the kind of explosion of scope that GTA4 represented for that series, and tbqh I think that's kind of interesting in its own right.
also,
http://j.photos.cx/Joke4-b41.jpg
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Friday, 18 September 2009 22:39 (fourteen years ago) link
sold
― EVERYBODY WANNA BOOOOO ME BUT I’M A FAN OF REAL POP CULTURE! (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 19 September 2009 04:33 (fourteen years ago) link
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Sunday, 20 September 2009 22:23 (fourteen years ago) link
cobo what is the deal with yakuza and why is it awesome -tell me why i should be psyched.
― fountain bleaut (s1ocki), Sunday, 20 September 2009 22:27 (fourteen years ago) link
well basically I am to beat-em-ups what JeffLev is to shmups, so Yakuza is mostly just right down my alley. incredibly easy to pick up and play, but there's tons of insanely deep details (maybe even oppressively deep - the second game had a mahjong minigame with something like twelve tiny-fonted pages of instructions & strategy) for you to explore at your leisure.
also "I peacocked your mom."
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Sunday, 20 September 2009 22:37 (fourteen years ago) link
spectacularly unretarded
― cozwn, Sunday, 20 September 2009 22:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I wish we were getting this one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7_xBMGZbd0
but if Yakuza 3 really does make it over here (I don't feel like 1up is a reliable source these days), I'll definitely pick it up too.
― Jeff LeVine, Monday, 21 September 2009 00:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Way of the Samurai 3 a bloo bloo bloo
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Friday, September 18, 2009 9:42 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark
so Gamestop isn't accepting in-store preorders of this game; the first print run is apparently something like 20 or 30 thousand copies and stores don't know how many copies they'll be getting (if any). just a heads-up.
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 04:17 (fourteen years ago) link
but but but _I'm_ a big otaku baby! I can accept any bizarre, mistranslated if not utterly nonsensical dialogue as long as it's actually spoken in Japanese; too many years of anime have inured me to such qualms.
― kingfish, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 05:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Tho, it should be noted that playing _Witcher_ in the original Polish doesn't really improve the game as much as one would hope.
― kingfish, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 05:23 (fourteen years ago) link
my friend (who speaks japanese) just brought back yakuza 3 from japan and is currently rockin' it
― il miglior Fabio (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 15:44 (fourteen years ago) link
you know who sucks? anyone who doesn't buy Critter Crunch.
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Friday, 9 October 2009 23:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Slocki I can't believe you don't remember my household antics w Yakuza 1&2. The first one especially my brother was completely obsessed with and spent weeks just grinding storyline stuff. I remember coming home from work and listening to him complaining about shit like the prices between one Salaryman bar and another.
― antexit, Saturday, 10 October 2009 00:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Omg I remember that now
― lil' kim jong-il (s1ocki), Sunday, 11 October 2009 16:14 (fourteen years ago) link
just started replaying yakuza 2. is fkn sick
― cozwn (webinar), Sunday, 11 October 2009 21:45 (fourteen years ago) link
did you get the Huge Cone?
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Monday, 12 October 2009 03:13 (fourteen years ago) link
is Yakuza 1 worth it?
― kingfish, Monday, 12 October 2009 03:25 (fourteen years ago) link
naw just get yakuza 2
― history maybe (Lamp), Monday, 12 October 2009 04:37 (fourteen years ago) link
or two copies of pt1
― lil' kim jong-il (s1ocki), Monday, 12 October 2009 11:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I peacocked your mom.
― cozwn (webinar), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 10:12 (fourteen years ago) link
it really is the greatest.
― "I have seen bloodstains on the Pac Man joystick" (jamescobo), Thursday, 15 October 2009 00:28 (fourteen years ago) link
WotS3 owns considerably, pick it up or be prepared to have your sexual orientation impugned by a message board bro
― okamadablobisney (jamescobo), Thursday, 22 October 2009 16:59 (fourteen years ago) link
bought uncharted 2, demon's souls and fifa 10 last night :/
― cutty, Monday, 26 October 2009 15:11 (fourteen years ago) link
yaaaaaaaa
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Monday, 26 October 2009 15:24 (fourteen years ago) link
if you buy a ps3 what else do you need to get? Second joystick? rechargers? Anything like that? what's the additional startup cost?
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:09 (fourteen years ago) link
nothing, really, unless you want another controller and that's up to you. controllers charge via a usb cable (included) into the machine. i guess maybe an hdmi cable?
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
So maybe 40 bucks beyond the 299 system price, eh?
At this point, I'm eying exclusives for GOW III perfect, LBP GotY, Uncharted 1 and 2, Afrika, Demon Souls, Valkyria Chronicles, Killzone 2 and R&Clank with high hopes for Yakuza 3, 3-D Dot Heroes, Last Guardian and Heavy Rain... with a downloadable side of Pixeljunk, Wipeout, Noby Noby, Echochrome, Trine and at least four more I just don't know about yet.... so that's about 800 bucks to glom all that and another 250 for the upcoming stuff. Just not sure I have that to blow on a hobby I find less and less time for these days. BUT I WANNA says my greedy inner child.
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
haha!
well, you should NOT spend $40 on an hdmi cable. do as i do and buy one off ebay for $5. exact same thing.
and you don't have to buy it all at once! get one or two games and download wipeout or a pixeljunk game. (or betteryet, game-share!)
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:14 (fourteen years ago) link
If you need cables check out monoprice.com. Whatever type of cable, adapter or switch you need they have it cheap. They also ship really quick - like from order to your hands in 2-3 days.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
I got a decent hdmi cable pretty quickly from amazon for like $5
― mayor jingleberries, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
forks look on ebay for a system - i got a new one for $211
― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
incl shipping
― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Good little library there! I would skip Uncharted 1, Killzone 2 (unless you really need to play another dumb mindless shooter, just like so many other games) and Noby Noby Boy (unfortunately, ultimately as entertaining as a screensaver)
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
ya noby noby boy sucks.
killzone 2 is good if you want an FPS tho. though if i had a choice i'd pick COD4 over it.
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:32 (fourteen years ago) link
but kz really does look quite spectacular.
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:33 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah - graphics are amazing, but game just felt like more of the same, or less than that (I only played halfway through or so, due to getting bored) & didn't really enjoy the multiplayer compared to CoD or even Resistance or Rainbow 6
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Okay, so let's revise:
299 for a system (i really want a new one and the inherent warranty and i can't play the ebay game)47 for Bluray of Planet Earth (gotta have something to show off)120 for Uncharted 2, demon souls, LBP GotY edition (buy 2 get 1 free!)45 for Valkyria Chronicles45 for 2 pixeljunks and wipeout40 for second joystick15 for hd cable
that's roughly 620 for a (not exactly bare bones but still not over the top) startup
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Why are you buying ALL of that all at once????
― ADVANCED CHORD CHANGES (HI DERE), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i don't get it. and no MGSIV?
― cutty, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
BECAUSE INNER CHILD SAY NOW NOW NOWand i've always bought new systems with two or three games and the full setup so that I don't have any back end costs
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
honestly haven't cared about MGS since the sequel.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2zf36uo.png
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:54 (fourteen years ago) link
buying a new game system is one of the most pleasurable experiences in the world to me
opening the box, smelling the nintendo, starting it for the first time, i envy you
― cutty, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
299 for a system (i really want a new one and the inherent warranty and i can't play the ebay game)120 for Uncharted 2, demon souls, LBP GotY edition (buy 2 get 1 free!)40 for second joystick15 for hd cable
this satisfies what you are looking for for $475 (and if you want to "show it off", upgrade yr Netflix subscription to Blu-Ray movies)
― ADVANCED CHORD CHANGES (HI DERE), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
yyyyyyyeah.... i think i'm trying to convince myself NOT to buy it buy overloading the price where it sounds unreasonable.i likely won't do this, but i keep getting these greedy greedy asshole voices in my head demanding i conSUME
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
dude. it's almost november. it's a ps3. the price just dropped. who cares what robin says.
― cutty, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 19:59 (fourteen years ago) link
;)
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:00 (fourteen years ago) link
please to note username
do it, FOR VICARIOUS JUSTICE
― Nhex, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
dude none of the games you are buying really require a second joystick either.
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
oh, johnpaws
― coz (webinar), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
you guys are a terrible influence
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
argh, i'm going to go by best buy tonight and see if i break down i think
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
blazblue btw
― coz (webinar), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:13 (fourteen years ago) link
it's not like i've even finished arkham asylum yet and i have some work-style projects i should take on. i am such an immense spoiled baby
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:13 (fourteen years ago) link
yup!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
hey, what's the deal with internet on this thing? Does it come with a wireless attachment or do you have to buy something?
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:40 (fourteen years ago) link
it's not attached, it's INSIDE OMG!
― cutty, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
srsly fuck xbox
it's easy to get a signal?
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:43 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah though internet lore says that wireless inherently means less reliable play. if this is actually true or noticeable i'm not sure
― Nhex, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:46 (fourteen years ago) link
if you're going to stream media from your pc (and you should do, its really easy to set up - i'd recommend the free program PS3 Media Server http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/) i'd suggest that you wire the ps3 directly to your router via ethernet if at all possible - i've found the ps3s inbuilt wireless to be a little bit flaky.
― zappi, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:49 (fourteen years ago) link
never had a prob wiht the built-in wifi
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
u guys just want somebody else to join your freakish club don't you
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:54 (fourteen years ago) link
http://tversity.com/
Never used PS3 Media Server but this ^^^^ is awesome
― ADVANCED CHORD CHANGES (HI DERE), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:57 (fourteen years ago) link
PS3 IS A NETFLIX HAVING SOONLIKE:
http://netflix.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=334
― okamadablobisney (jamescobo), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link
i've had problems connecting my ps3 wirelessly to the media server, but once it connects it plays fine
― richard belzer (jeff), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
never had problems with wireless connection either, apart from the media server which seems to run very stuttery at times.
― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 21:55 (fourteen years ago) link
that netflix/ps3 thing has me salivating
― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link
just get uncharted 2 then when ur done w/tht get demon's souls
u can probably even get a ps3/uc2 bundle for cheapsies
― coz (webinar), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 22:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I was annoyed when I heard the PS3 Netflix would require a Netflix blu-ray in the drive at all times, until I realized a) it's just a technicality so they don't violate the letter of their Microsoft contract and b) I would be complaining about WHAT THE FUCK, YOU LET ME RENT A MAGICAL DVD WITH A JILLION MOVIES ON IT? NICE GOING ASSHOLES
― More Butty In Your Pants (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 23:47 (fourteen years ago) link
from that link:
Initially, watching movies instantly streamed from Netflix via the PS3 system will be enabled by a free, instant streaming Blu-ray disc that is being made available to all Netflix members.
I heard on the internet that when Microsoft's rights to having the service launch from the dashboard lapse in a few months you won't need to use the disc anymore.
― okamadablobisney (jamescobo), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Netflix said as much in an interview- they're going to remove the requirement with a system update in late 2010.
― More Butty In Your Pants (Telephone thing), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 00:32 (fourteen years ago) link
ps3 got real this year huh?
― legit 40 (Lamp), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 01:39 (fourteen years ago) link
SHIT IS LEGIT
― cutty, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 01:41 (fourteen years ago) link
money money money, is all you need
― Nhex, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 03:10 (fourteen years ago) link
i hate u guysi bought onew uncharted2, demonsouls and valkyria
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 04:24 (fourteen years ago) link
fuck you, spoonman
― Nhex, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 04:26 (fourteen years ago) link
INNER CHILD KEPT YELLING
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 04:27 (fourteen years ago) link
forks, u weak
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 04:29 (fourteen years ago) link
but i have a ps3
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 04:38 (fourteen years ago) link
PS3 names
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 05:21 (fourteen years ago) link
forksgiantmanbabytofu
― coz (webinar), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 09:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Thinking of getting one of these.
Justification is something like: I want a blu-ray player and I figure it's only a wee bit extra for a 7th gen (worst) games console (ever made) w/ a blu-ray player. £269 for a 250GB with Uncharted 2...
― Suggest Gandhi (onimo), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 13:02 (fourteen years ago) link
don't want to be all hotukdeals but last week sainsbury's were doing a PS3 w/UC2 and a choice of A.N.other big game for £250. maybe worth a look?
― coz (webinar), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 13:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Will demons souls be noticably worse if I play it in 2011? The multiplayer ghost stuff sounds cool.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 13:29 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, the resolution should only be 480p or so (or less) in 2011, i'd play it now before it goes down noticeably...
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 14:05 (fourteen years ago) link
in 2011, you can leave notes for others that will never be read
― richard belzer (jeff), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 15:14 (fourteen years ago) link
online elements of demon's souls only guaranteed until April 2010 or something silly, apparently.
― aarrissi-a-roni, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link
will anyone have finished the game by then
― richard belzer (jeff), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 16:03 (fourteen years ago) link
the online is only running for six months?!
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
i think it's only "guaranteed" till then.
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 16:27 (fourteen years ago) link
what does that mean?
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
link?
ha i think they're just adding to the torture
― cialis morissette (goole), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 16:34 (fourteen years ago) link
s1ocks since when you are gullible mcgee
― cutty, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 16:38 (fourteen years ago) link
hha
IM HAVING A STRESSFUL MORNING OK
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 16:45 (fourteen years ago) link
link? ;)
― cutty, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.geekologie.com/2009/01/23/link-bento-1.jpg
― it's like a Shark-Cage but for "Your Junk" AKA Your Penis & Balls (stevie), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 16:57 (fourteen years ago) link
^^NN approved?
― coz (webinar), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
minus the white rice
― cutty, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.atlus.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4424
― aarrissi-a-roni, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 18:01 (fourteen years ago) link
I expect this to run for 20 years minimum Atlus/SCE!
― Suggest Gandhi (onimo), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
gamer messageboards really do a good job of reminding me of exactly how fucking stupid people are
― ADVANCED CHORD CHANGES (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 18:34 (fourteen years ago) link
same poster 32 minutes later
I just hope it runs online for a minimum of 5 years, preferably more.
If he gives up 15 years that quickly he'll be begging for just one more day in no time.
― Suggest Gandhi (onimo), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 18:35 (fourteen years ago) link
gamer messageboards really do a good job of reminding me of exactly how fucking stupid people are― ADVANCED CHORD CHANGES (HI DERE), Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:34 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^^bombingest truthingest truth bomb
― coz (webinar), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link
we're so smart lol
― cutty, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
dS-sMs-ataRi-Tgx
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't think ppl are stupid btw just ppl on gamer message boards
― coz (webinar), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:34 (fourteen years ago) link
WE HAVE SEEN THE ENEMY AND IT IS US
― cutty, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:37 (fourteen years ago) link
btw tombot's opening post in this thread is some gamer message board bullshit
― cutty, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:38 (fourteen years ago) link
good for some 2009 laughs
1. Blu-Ray will still cost $$$ WHOLESALE. Ha ha ha ha ha oh wait I'm the consumer.TRUE
2. There is no way on Earth this imbecile is going to come up with an online service that "beats Xbox Live."TRUE
3. Sony is like the absolute worst company on Earth when it comes to proprietary content distribution. I mean #1 already covers this, but based on the PSP, is the PS3 supposed to be a set-top entertainment center for the 22nd century and beyond, or a game console?PSPGOLOL
4. The hardware is "barely better than the 360" but will arrive a year later and with an even bigger pricetag, by all accounts.UNTRUE but TRUE IN PRACTICE
5. The controller has yet to be finalized. Meaning all games are being programmed for the dual shock II.LOL
6. Actually the hardware design isn't finalized either, since it's apparently not yet possible to fit everything into the case AND include a 2.5" HD.GEORG FOREMANG
7. pick out one title from this list that could make it worth buying this machine at launch (Gradius 3 = comedy gold?)TRUE
8. Blu-ray read speed (load time) is evidently not that much greater than current DVD. Additionally, games are being developed for 10x DVD load times anyway. So between this tidbit and #5, what exactly does this thing do that my PS2 doesn't?DUNNO DUN CARE
― coz (webinar), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
dude ws a visionary
― coz (webinar), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
they got me with the exclusives! the delicious exclusives
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
tombot is/was a past master at button pushing, but this was one of his weaker efforts. he was distracted by his legendary nintendo-colored spectacles.
― aarrissi-a-roni, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:43 (fourteen years ago) link
dude would smash http://www.fototube.pl/pictures/visioenariescdcoeversccfroent.jpg?
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:43 (fourteen years ago) link
with magical powers they fight
― aarrissi-a-roni, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:45 (fourteen years ago) link
i like how we went from "gamer msg board ppl are dumb" to a console argument. all on a gamer msg board.
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Full disclosure, my comment was more driven by reading that link plus the WoW forums, which are just awful.
― ADVANCED CHORD CHANGES (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
full disclosure, I'm dumb
― coz (webinar), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:49 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah pretty much ;_;
― ADVANCED CHORD CHANGES (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:50 (fourteen years ago) link
the PS3 is sick, there's no denying it. it's exclusives are amazing, as is PSN. I'm just sour I've not got one yet ;_;
― coz (webinar), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 20:57 (fourteen years ago) link
let's discuss Visionaries for awhile, shall we?
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 21:34 (fourteen years ago) link
xp i'm sour i haven't been able to buy any console system this generation
two things tho: 1)where is TOMBOT? 2)what the hell is Visionaries
― Nhex, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 22:36 (fourteen years ago) link
good questions
― cutty, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 23:46 (fourteen years ago) link
3D DOT GAME HEROES IS A AMERICA RELEASED IN BEING DEFINITELY
SRSLY GUYS, HYPERVENTILATING OVER HERE
― okamadablobisney (jamescobo), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 23:52 (fourteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visionaries:_Knights_of_the_Magical_Light
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 October 2009 03:06 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNwNlLAUq5o
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 October 2009 03:07 (fourteen years ago) link
all at once: visionaries/silverhawks/thundercats/mask/dinoriders/battlebeasts/like a zillion other toy and cartoon series.Visionaries had an interesting idea and the GAYEST action figures. The accessories were HOLOGRAM STANDARDS and CHEST PLATEShttp://www.toyarchive.com/STAForSale/NEW2001+/Visionaries/CryotekComplete1b.jpg
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 October 2009 03:11 (fourteen years ago) link
oh god i totally remember those now
― Nhex, Thursday, 29 October 2009 10:40 (fourteen years ago) link
is this also the thread for ps3 downloadable games?
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 October 2009 21:07 (fourteen years ago) link
let's put this thread to bed and create a nice one, maybe?
― Jeff LeVine, Thursday, 29 October 2009 21:18 (fourteen years ago) link
or maybe use this one what's worth buying for the PS3 lately?
― Jeff LeVine, Thursday, 29 October 2009 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link
We could just take "worst" out of the thread title.
― antexit, Thursday, 29 October 2009 21:32 (fourteen years ago) link
The PlayStation 3 will be one of the [CONTROVERSIAL MOD EDIT] game consoles ever made.
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 October 2009 21:39 (fourteen years ago) link
do what jeff said
― Nhex, Thursday, 29 October 2009 21:40 (fourteen years ago) link
whitewashing history
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 29 October 2009 21:45 (fourteen years ago) link
good luck ilg!
― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Thursday, 29 October 2009 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
we need a reconciliation panel
― coz (webinar), Thursday, 29 October 2009 22:09 (fourteen years ago) link
The Playstation 3 is a game system
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 October 2009 22:13 (fourteen years ago) link
anyone know why my blu ray player on the ps3 gives out a crap audio service? For every movie, for people talking the sound goes quiet, then as soon as there are explosions or some such its friggin noisy as fuck.
― PSOD (Ste), Saturday, 31 March 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
"The successor to Sony's PlayStation 3 is code named Orbis and it's coming in time for the holidays next year, according to a report from gaming site Kotaku.
The next-generation game console won't be play PS3 games, Kotaku reported Friday, citing unnamed sources. " link
― we gotta move these refrigerators (CaptainLorax), Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
Ste - It sounds like you have an audio setting wrong. What kind of set-up do you have? I'm going to guess you have the ps3 outputting blu-ray audio for 7.1 or 5.1 audio set-up, while you're actually putting the sound through regular tv stereo speakers or a more basic stereo - or vice-versa. I don't have a ps3 in front of me, but I'm sure in the settings there is a place to adjust the blu-ray audio output so that it matches whatever your system can best support. The other thing could be your stereo receiver isn't set up balanced correctly, if you have one.
― JCL, Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
yeah its just a basic tv system speaker. what should i have the setting as. on the actual blu ray i've tried both 4:1 and 5:1 (default) but to be honest i couldn't notice the difference. i'll have a look in the ps3 settings on the menu, when i've finished watching this film!
― PSOD (Ste), Saturday, 31 March 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
ya it should have nothing to do with the ps3 but the way bluray discs are mixed and mastered.
tv is mixed for tv: everything compressed and loud and upfront. blurays and dvds tend to be mixed more like movies in the cinema: lots more dynamic range, dialogue usually in the center channel, etc.
can you change the audio output settings from 5.1 to just stereo? that should help.
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Saturday, 31 March 2012 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
I had the same problem, but it was caused by my AV amp; it has different dynamic range compression modes. I cycled through those til it sounded normal. It's still not perfect but way better than it used to be
― CraigG, Sunday, 1 April 2012 10:21 (twelve years ago) link
the whole mixing for the movies things is a great idea until you're watching a movie at 1am and you both want to hear the dialogue and not ratle the dog who lives downstairs every time vin diesel explodes a car #fast5problems
― Alderaan Duran (Will M.), Monday, 2 April 2012 04:46 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejBt-CWCv4E
― polyphonic, Monday, 9 April 2012 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
WTF?
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 9 April 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
In Story Mode, the player plays through missions centered around various animals. Eventually, the player will discover the truth behind mankind's disappearance.[2] A Pomeranian dog and thoroughbred racehorse are key characters in the story.[1]
In Survival Mode, the player takes control of an animal and fight for survival against other animals for as long as possible. Tokyo Jungle has online leaderboards so the players can compare their survival skills against one another[1]. Smaller animals will fight in groups, and the player's group can win fights against larger animals by just having one of the group survives the fight[2].
The player will have to build up a pack of animals. This is easier for some plant eaters, which means the player may not necessarily be at a disadvantage even if a weaker type was chosen[2].
There are 50 breeds and 80 types of animals to be expected[2]. Animals confirmed for Tokyo Jungle include lion, crocodile, tiger, giraffe, hippo, cheetah, chimpanzee, gazelle, chicken, beagle, tyrannosaurus, hyena, and fox[1]. As the player plays through the game, additional playable animals will be unlocked[2].
― polyphonic, Monday, 9 April 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
Character
Pomeranian dogRan out of pet food, the Pomeranian dog now has to fend for itself in a now-wild-and-vicious Tokyo.
Thoroughbred racehorseWith its passion for running still burns, the Thoroughbred racehorse runs around Tokyo, searching for its old track rivals in hopes of staging one more race.
― polyphonic, Monday, 9 April 2012 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
like I said, WTF?
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 9 April 2012 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
i want to play this game
― fka snush (remy bean), Monday, 9 April 2012 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
ok i don't know where else to put this so i'll just put this here:
can anyone explain to me how the PSN store actually works? i'm not really finding anything helpful anywhere. i've never actually tried to use the store but my parents have a PS3 and i'm trying to figure out how to get games. they have an account and i can get to the store but how much is actually available there? if i were to say, desire to play fallout: nv (not dlc), is there a way to download it using nothing more than the console itself or do i need to buy a physical copy or like dl it online or smth? this newfangled stuff confuses me so
― shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat (zachlyon), Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:00 (ten years ago) link
i was on a medical trial in january and very annoyed i couldn't figure out if it were possible to download xcom on the hospital ps3
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:06 (ten years ago) link
Some games are available as downloads, whereas others are not
― polyphonic, Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:10 (ten years ago) link
i used it a cpl times, bought Little Big Planet 2 and final fantasy 8 (lol), seems to be an extensive number of full games on there
― sleepingbag, Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:11 (ten years ago) link
fallout new vegas is not available for download. in general, retail (disc-based) releases that are also on the ps store have ripoff prices and aren't worth bothering with.
― oxygenating our wombspace (abanana), Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:12 (ten years ago) link
o ok thx
― shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat (zachlyon), Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:14 (ten years ago) link
i was hoping it'd be like steam :(
yeah not quite. my guess is that PS4 will be like steam tho.here's your wiki:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_Store_games
― utilizing my famously feline agility to seek managerial succor (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:57 (ten years ago) link
and again: get ps+ as it's basically a monthly game subscription where you'll get one great game, one okay game and six useless things every thirty days. At five bucks a month it's a bargain.
― utilizing my famously feline agility to seek managerial succor (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:59 (ten years ago) link
Current lineup is Sleeping Dogs, Darksiders, Little Big Planet II, Ratch and Clank, Infamous 2, Closure, The Cave, Knytt, Vanquish, Joe Danger and wahtever
― utilizing my famously feline agility to seek managerial succor (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 May 2013 00:03 (ten years ago) link
the browser based PSN store is much easier to use Https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/once you've bought something from it you can download on the PS3 via Account Management
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 17 May 2013 00:29 (ten years ago) link
it's ruining my day that someone in the world wants to play fallout new vegas but can't
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Friday, 17 May 2013 00:30 (ten years ago) link
lol i have ulterior motives for it, but i love the franchise anyway
― shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat shit, cat (zachlyon), Friday, 17 May 2013 01:36 (ten years ago) link
lol @ Tombot
― am0n, Friday, 17 May 2013 01:55 (ten years ago) link