Anyone thinking about the PS3?

[FeelTheRT]

its pretty hyped up. Everyone thinks its amazing now, but when it comes out its just w/e. Just like my 360. I dont even wanna know how my brother and dad got it when it first came out but im sure it was a hell of a lot of money. We barely even touch it. Same with every other console that was supposed to be the breaking edge console, i was never impressed with any console's graphics because they hype it up so much that im just expecting way too much. The only console that i was ever amazed was N64. That was a huge leap, it was 3d.

[skife]

i've heard that the WII release date is nov 19th, unreliable source but its what i heard.

[FlawleZ]

i've heard that the WII release date is nov 19th, unreliable source but its what i heard.

It's supposed to release the day after the PS3.

[PumpPlayer]

It's a video game console. I will be able to play games in 1080i(which I don't need nor have) after the next update. The PSP tried the whole multi-function and failed miserably to the DS. Perhaps the same situation will emerge?

Oh, BTW you will not be able to play PS3 in 1080i out of the box.

Somebody give that man a cookie!


I don't think BluRay will catch on nor will any "next-gen" DVD technology. Not right now at least. HD is growing but most people still don't have it. What they do have is an entire library full of DVDs and a system that they'd rather not switch out. I also don't think people are going to want to pay $40 for a BluRay disc...

Sony cranks out the "next best thing", dumps it on the market then walks away once they've made a few bucks off it. They don't make it easily compatible with existing hardware and media and they overcharge for it. That's just their business model.

The PS1 was a fantastic machine but that's only because it was a Nintendo product that got dumped when they decided to stick with cartridges with the 64. By comparison, I think PS2 was inferior to the PS1, taking into account the technology gap of a few years, of course. The PS3 looks to be great at what it wants to do but I think it misses the mark and alienates too much of it's market because it's not a pure gaming machine.


The Wii is going to ship with more units, has better manufacturer support, a better warranty, has games that appeal to a much wider demographic and comes with a price tag 1/3 of the PS3.

November 19th is indeed the date and I know which system I'll be buying...

[tribalman]

wow. sony is just dying on this console, release numbers are cut in half, AGAIN!!

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/10/31/sony_cuts_ps3_numbers_ms_rolls_out_360_update/

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=212

oh well, just gives them more time to over hype the darn thing

yes the wii out in november. nintendo.com even has it up on their site.

[SpecialBlend2786]

A cool little ps3 site that has some neat info on the consule. Of course it's there to generate hype, but it's entertaining if you're in the market.

http://www.playb3yond.com/

[Armory]

The PS3 is ALOT of hype, all the numbers point to the fact that it has massive processing speeds BUT the same graphical out put and the inability to carry a stable 1080 signal. The HD/DVD BlueRay stuff is try to introduce it into the market but frankly its WAY to early for it to be a mainliner in a gaming system. MS was smart by making an External HD drive for release when ever its ready or when ever they think the markets ready. Things over budget and overpriced.

[gibby]

It's a video game console. I will be able to play games in 1080i(which I don't need nor have) after the next update. The PSP tried the whole multi-function and failed miserably to the DS. Perhaps the same situation will emerge?

Oh, BTW you will not be able to play PS3 in 1080i out of the box.

You mean 1080p. 1080i should be fine out of the box. Not too many people have 1080p HDTVs anyway. As to why the PSP failed, I don't think it failed cause it tried to do too many things, it failed because of the games. Lots of people complained that the games for the PSP were mostly PS2 ports. It's hard to find "original" titles for the PSP. Why?

Simple. It's because if you do the budgeting for making a PSP game, it's almost as much as making a PS2 game. The PS2 has a larger market share. So why not develop a PS2 game which can be easily ported down to the PSP? This will allow a studio to be more successful and reach a wider audience.

However, you have to admit, Nintendo has always ruled the handheld market and they managed to break free from the usual gaming audience with the DS. Also, the number of unique games was also in abundance which was their key to success. Unfortunately for the PSP, I think they missed out by making the hardware too expensive and favored the technogeeks.

[gibby]

The PS3 is ALOT of hype, all the numbers point to the fact that it has massive processing speeds BUT the same graphical out put and the inability to carry a stable 1080 signal. The HD/DVD BlueRay stuff is try to introduce it into the market but frankly its WAY to early for it to be a mainliner in a gaming system. MS was smart by making an External HD drive for release when ever its ready or when ever they think the markets ready. Things over budget and overpriced.

The bluray drive isn't for only watching movies in HD. If Sony's plan is to release true HD games, you need the storage capacity for it. Higher resolutions means more detailed textures. More detailed textures means bigger files to store on 1 disk. Not to mention the HD audio. As for MS's external HD-DVD, they've made it clear that it's only going to be used for HD-DVD movie playback.

I do however wished Sony would allow you to upgrade or add options to the PS3 very similar to what you can do with the 360. Release a base model that doesn't cost so much and allow people to buy the addons like the hard drive, bluray drive, WiFi, and multicard reader. At least this way, you would have minimized problems during production and have a higher production yield eliminating the shortages of units. Not to mention minimize costs.

But like many of you, I will buy one later once they come out with more games I'd like to play on it. I could probably afford to buy one now if I could, but why bother if the games coming out for it aren't my type of games?

I might sound like a fanboy...but really, I'm not. I love all my consoles from Nintendo, Sega, Sony, MS, 3DO, etc! For me, it's not what the system can do technically on paper...it's what games are out for the system that I will enjoy that counts!

[Head knight of Ni]

The bluray drive isn't for only watching movies in HD. If Sony's plan is to release true HD games, you need the storage capacity for it. Higher resolutions means more detailed textures. More detailed textures means bigger files to store on 1 disk. Not to mention the HD audio.

Right now we are not using the max of an HD-DVD disc to store games. If develoupers need more space it is much simpler and the norm to print multiple discs.

True HD?

EDIT: For 1080, SONY is not including the component cabling needed to output 1080. So, out of the box a PS3 will need and additional accessory to display true 1080.

Much of the PSP's failure was the price point and the systems layout. All those extra(read useless) features drove the price higher than the consumer was willing to pay. The control layout was laughable; One joystick for a Socom game?! There were some appealing games for the system but the system itself killed the games. UMD?

[gibby]

Right now we are not using the max of an HD-DVD disc to store games. If develoupers need more space it is much simpler and the norm to print multiple discs.

But that's my point. MS doesn't intend to use HD-DVD for games anyway as a storage medium. Their HD-DVD drive is strictly for movies. Unless MS changes their minds about using the HD-DVD drive for games, developers will be stuck trying to make an HD game content using regular DVD disks. I'm sure they'll run out of disk space quickly. Unlike with the PS3, it's designed for the future of gaming. (Okay...now that def. sounds fanboyish...but it's true.)

As for Sony not being capable of displaying 1080i/p out of the box because you have to buy extra cables...the same goes for the 360. If I can remember, you still need to buy the HD cables for your 360. So I don't know why that's even a case against it. Also, the 360 needs a patch update to display 1080p via VGA/component connections...and even that isn't without its problems.

Believe it or not, the trend with our game consoles are moving towards multifunctional systems. Whether it's the 360, PSP, DS, PS3...etc. I agree, the PSP is expensive and the reason I haven't bought one. And even if I do, it's not to play games with. I'm not much of a handheld gamer anyway.

[Armory]

Videos games take up alot of storage but aren't into the terrabits that an HD movie has. It all comes down to programing and software if they overload a dics with a thousand layers that might have mild different features that not even HD will pick up then you can use 100 for the same purpose and mostly everything relys on the lighting. Oblivion fits onto 1 dics and its one of the largest games ever produced the only thing comes near is on the pc and has multiple dics. I highly doubt that addition of the BlueRay will improve anything but possibly sound and even thats iffy... Software is the thing that people are working on, hardware's nearly secondary.

[Warwitch]

I will be waiting in line! I havent bought a system since the first PlayStation so I dont feel too guilty.

[fcpchop]

I'm thinking about getting one, its more of a decision of do I want to get it now or wait. I read online that online pre-ordering will become available soon, so thats what I'm looking out for, for now.

[Altimas]

Yeah Im building a new PC soitll have to wait till next year or so for me. Plus I dont have an HDTV yet.. *GASP* Yes its true...