nice video but the music is giving me a headache ( no offense). It feels like some guy screaming into my ears, and I don't understand what he is saying.. Lol, the video is fine nevertheless.

aaah good old sony. they sure do love to hype up their crap by only showing CGI, only like 5% of that whole video was actual in game footage. weak.

The song is



Artist: Tool

Album: 10,000 days

Song:Jambi



an album well worth buying

Where is the footage of Afrika! Come on man, I even pre-ordered that one. LOL.

Finally, another person who can appreciate both system's qualities. thank you, darksquirrel. It was expected that PS3 launch games would look like ass, but they don't. X Box fanboys love to compare 1st generation PS3 games to 2nd generation 360 games because they look incredible. a fair analysis would be comparing 1st gen to 1st gen, where, in that regard, the PS3 smokes the 360.



of all the games i saw and played at E3 for the PS3, i don't think a single one looked last gen to me. what it boils down to is time. Microsoft launched the 360 within a year of it's announcement. that's quite a feat, actually, but as a result, developers had to rush and put out titles, and they didn't really get a chance to learn the system, and really push the console visually.



in order for Microsoft to get an edge this console cycle, they needed to launch before the competition. can you imagine if the PS3 had launched first? it's lead would be to much. the PS3 on the other hand, has had an additional year of development time, and the launch games show that, as the system is already using techniques that it has taken Microsoft a year to learn.



next year promises to be much, much more interesting, as PS3 second generation games are going to be coming out (like Metal Gear Solid 4 and Final Fantasy XIII). the few sneak peeks we've seen of that generation look comparable, if not outright better than second generation 360 games. personally, i don't care which system looks better, i just want to play some good games, and both systems will have them in spades. from exclusives (like MGS 4 and the Naughty Dog game, as well as Final Fantasy, Gears of War, Mass Effect, and Too Human), to multi platform (GTA 4). man, i'm so excited about all 3 systems that i'm close to bursting, actually. good times are ahead, and in lew of all this uncertainty, that's the one singular guarantee of all the new consoles.

I have a few questions for you:



Were you at E3 this year?



Did you get to hold the PS3 controller in your hands?



Did you get to see, first hand, and not grainy videos, the games the system will be offering come November 17th and 2007?



If the answer is no to one or more of these questions, kindly sit down and reserve judgement until you do. Trust me, come later this year, many feet will be in many mouths, and it will not be the feet of Playstation fans.

cant wait to see what happens at launch

Very cool video. I hadn't seen some of the footage. I'm hyped for Assassin's Creed and MGS4.

To give insight into my opinion, I'm going to share my experience with my last 2 generation of consoles.



I started with an N64 in the N64 era, and was a die-hard Nintendo fanboy (After all, I was 11 and wanted to make myself feel better about what console I had). But by the end of that generation, I had, and loved, a PS1, due only to the freaking sweet game selection on that system.



Thus, going into the PS2 generation, I was all over the PS2, getting my first job in order to buy myself one (14/15 at the time). However, by two years ago, I had all three consoles, because each one had a few exclusive must-have games (Halo, Zelda, FF). So, since I have all three consoles, I'm basing my opinion on this generation based on which system I'd rather play 3rd party non-exclusive games on. The winner? Xbox. IMO, Xbox wins this time around simply because it was able to get itself some good exclusive titles, it's the most powerful system, and its amazing (by this gen's standards) HD support.



So, what conclusion does this long and boring story lead me to? Its going to end up just like the last generation--each console is going to have its exclusive titles worth owning the system for, and fan-favorites will be decided by console power. Thats why my launch money is going into the PS3. On top of having games that are looking to be better than the 360's 1st gen launch titles, HDMI output, Blue-Ray support, a 60-Gig HD are going to be what sells the system to me.



--18 I'm glad to hear that from someone who's been to E3. I had always been relying on the MGS4 shots to show what can be done realtime with the PS3, as past MG games tended not to make pre-rens look better than actual gameplay footage.



Added note: As much as I hate to admit it, Linux support is another selling point for me. Thats going to save me a couple hundred dollars that I was going to spend building a junk computer to run Unix on.



/rant

i'd say 90% of that was real-time.

PS3 is the only next gen console. Wii are doing their own generation. and xbox is left behind, cant even do true hi-def.

I could watch these kind of videos on my Nintendo DS. Where's the actual gameplay. Hmm..... no where to be seen. Go figure... How is this a pick me up. Rendered graphics are nothing new... pretty, but give you nothing when compared to actual gameplay. I say Boo.... Wii60 for life!

http://www.youtube.com/v/zvmLM60_aSc



There is a link to the vid.

to 23: Thanks a lot! I was actually going to be a blogger on this site, but I had to decline as work with my cartoon picked up, and now I'm working at Obsidian Entertainment testing Nevewinter Nights 2.



to 27: Also thanks! i do find it hilarious and ironic the role reversal concerning Sony fanboys and X Box fanboys. last gen, it was all

"X Box just looks better! I got the X Box version because the graphics were off da hook!"

this gen:

"Whatever! Graphics aren't everything, it's all about the gameplay! and X Box Live!"

that halo 3 trailer was real time, confirmed by bundie,. microsoft, IGN, and the press. get your facts straight. and about this video, the majority of those games are coming out for xbox 360 as well, except for metal gear and ff, which i could care less about. sony has shot themselves in the foot this generation. within the next 10 years, expect to see crash bandicoot and snake make their first appearances on the Next Xbox. Sorry sony fans, youre getting screwed and its not fair.

halo 3 has been talked about ever since halo 2. as i recall sony screwed you over ALOT with the psp. i waited and waited for my psp, and now all i use it for is a web browser. there are no good original games for it.

Actually, the PSP has a few good original games for it. Syphon Filter Dark Mirror, is possibly the best game on the platform. Daxter is an original title that is also very good, Exit is another good one. there's also the Metal Gear Acid series, which is interesting and enjoyable. on the horizone are Ratchet and Clank, which i played at E3, and it was enjoyable, there's Lemmings, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, Loco Roco, Silent Hill: Origins. while some of the characters may be familiar, the games are all new storys and adventures, and not ports. also, FFVII Crisis Core is coming to the PSP, and it looks promising. personally, i don't care if the games feature familiar faces or original creations, as long as the games are good. and they're finally starting to do just that. the PSP had a rough start, and emulators basically got me through, but now the system is finally coming into it's own as developers are using it as more than just a portable playstation, with "port" being the operative word here.

all those "original games" where based on consoles or ripped directly from consoles with the play time cut down. daxter was basically jak 2 with no jak and with 1/4 of the total play time. ratchet and clank is basically ratchet and clank for ps2 with worse graphics and less play time. all those games are better left on consoles where they look better and play much longer.

who said i liked nintendo?????i dont like portables.

@49 - Thaks, I hadn't seen that trailer before. It definately looks like a game I'm gonna buy.

i just saw tool. great show. great video. Its a good time to be alive, i dont think ive ever been so excited about gaming consoles. f all the bs.

i watched the video again, and at least 60% of it has been confirmed real time. seriously, people, stop being such skeptics and actually look up some of these games before you outright dismiss them. The MGS4, Getaway, Stranglehold, Naughty Dog game, The Bar shootout game, most of the Final Fantasy XIII footage, Tony Hawk, and the FPS at the end are all real time. Medal of Honor: Airborne and Assassin's Creed, and the Train segment of FFXIII are prerendered. in either case, the PS3 is going to prove itself as a graphics powerhouse, and all the dissenters are going to eating a lot of their feet.



#53, you may or may not work for Sony, but you don't work at Square-Enix or Kojima Productions. Hideo Kojima has never exaggerated when it came to his Metal Gear trailers. They *always* looked like the trailers. going by that universal truth, if the PS3 can deliver graphics as top notch at MGS4(which has been proven with real time demonstrations) , what makes you think that it can't deliver the visuals in FFXIII, or the Naughty Dog game? i swear. all this negativity and skepticism is really getting old.

Tool sucks. MGS4 proves to be the only worthwhile game. HERE'S 660 DOLLARS SONY LOL

you must not like video games much, huh?



and while i do think that MGS4 will prove to be a worthwhile game, to dismiss the others reaks of fanboyism.



i suppose the millions of gamers that sunk their cash into Final Fantasy, Tony Hawk, Medal of Honor, Prince of Persia, Call of Duty, Devil May Cry, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper, Ratchet and Clank, Grand Theft Auto, and Splinter Cell have been wasting their time then? those millions of gamers have nothing to look forward too on the PS3? or any other console for that matter?



i'd recommend thinking before talking out of your ass again. just a little bit of friendly advice for future episodes of extreme and ignorant fanboyishness.

Sly, Ratchet and Jak weren't just for little kids, and the games appealed to a much wider audience, than, say, a GTA title would. i'm 26 and i happen to own the sly and jak and ratchet games, and they are no less enjoyable for it. not everyone that purchased those specific titles were 8 years old.



indeed, the PS3 isn't for the under 18 market, but out of 5 billion people on this planet, i'm sure Sony can find a few million willing to shell out $600 for their new console this year. the people who were 15 when the PS2 came out are 20 now. they've grown up and matured, and have jobs, and want a Next Gen console. probably more than one. and if they want it bad enough, they'll save up for a PS3 and buy it.



i don't get what all the fuss is about, as the price *will* drop. the PS2 sold 90 million units world wide. those 90 million units didn't sell itself during the system's first year. there were a bunch of folks that thought $300 was too much. so what did they do? they waited until the price dropped (and it did), then the other 80 million people hopped on board and purchased the system. i expect the PS3 to undergo a similar trend.



this first year is for the early adopters.

the second year will see the systems first price drop as the manufacturing process becomes more streamlined and cost effective. the 60 gig PS3 will probably drop to $500, the 20 gig to $400.



the third year will see another price drop, because of the same reasons as the second year, and also, just to remain competitive. knock off another $50 to $100 for each model. coincidentally, the cost of HDTVs will have dropped significantly in 2008 as opposed to 2006, and that $1000 flat screen will probably be retailing for $600 or less (i've already seen a 30 inch HDTV for under $1000, and a 20-25 inch for $700, so the prices *are* dropping).



by the fourth year, the PS3 will be under $300 for each model, and HDTV prices will have also dropped. as an added bonus, PS3 developers will have accummulated four years of experience developing for the console, and the games will be extremely close to tapping out the systems potential, as well as delivering some new tricks. since Sony plans on making this system "future proof" for ten years, we've only reached the halfway point of the PS3s life cycle, so you don't have to worry about plunking down *another* $600 in five years for the PS4.



by the PS3's fourth year, Microsoft will be releasing, or planning to release, the follow up to the 360, which will probably retail at $500 to $600. judging by how they unceremoniously abandoned the 24 million people who purchased X Boxes, especially the ones that bought one the year before the 360 launched (like me), i don't put it past them to abandon however many 360 users they have and dive full force into the 360 part 2. the X Box has little to no support, making the $200 i spent on that unit a wasted investment. if i had known the five titles i bought on the X Box would be supported by it's follow up, i would have saved that $200 and bought a 360 instead. as it stands, i didn't know about the 360 launch at the time i bought my X Box, so i feel kind of cheated, and i'm not in a hurry to give Microsoft my money just yet.



The PS2 is still getting heavy support from most, if not all developers, with titles like Okami, God of War 2, Destory All Humans 2, Final Fantasy XII, Valkyre Profile, FFVII: Dirge of Cerberus, and many others, so i'm still seeing entertainment return on my $300 investment five years ago. *That* is why i'm more willing to put my business with Sony in *this* console cycle. the PS1 and PS2 didn't let me down, so i have no reason to believe (especially based off of what i saw and played) that the PS3 will be any different.

may i ask how old you are? between 16 and 22 im guessing. As you grow up, youll realize that if you want to do the things you like to do, that age doesnt matter anymore. Sure some games are cutesy and others are bloody gore fests. Besides your friends placing stereotypical comments and peer pressure on you to play 'more your age'. I bet you would love to pick up your pokemon and see how fast you can race through it, how many you can catch, or even for the h*** of it. The ESRB rating only suggest the lowest age limit to the games you play, they dont give you an upper age limit saying you cant play a E rated game after you reach the age of 15. So grow up a lil and realise the joy in being a kid again, have a carefree moment or two. Oh, and stop being pressured by what your friends think about what you play.