Why The PS3 Will Rock |
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Ok, enough with all the doom and
gloom, right now the PS3 is reeling from a somewhat lackluster E3
showing and the negative publicity that comes with announcing a high
priced piece of hardware. It's time to put put some things in
perspective.
The real reason behind all the hubbub is that for the first time in ten years of being on top Sony appears vulnerable, and Microsoft and Nintendo fanboys are relishing every second. Appearances can be deceiving.
1) The PS3 games at E3 may not have
looked leaps and bounds above what's on the 360, but there are
months of development time left, titles like Heavenly Sword, Warhawk,
and Resistance: Fall of Man already look fantastic.
2) The
only 360 game I saw on the show floor that really impressed me and
that made me want a 360 was Gears of War. At the Sony booth I had fun
with Motorstorm, Warhawk, Heavenly Sword and Resistance: Fall of Man,
heck just days after E3 I found myself wishing I could get my hands on
them again. I felt no such pining for most of the 360 games, Crackdown? Shadow Run? Saints Row? Please.
3)
Nintendo isn't a threat (no offense), they've successfully targeted a
different demographic and aim to coexist with Sony and Microsoft,
that's why the "PSWii" and "Wii60" avatars are so
popular all of a sudden. While the Wii is going to be fun, there are
certain epic experiences you just won't be able to get on it.
4) The controller will be a hit, I know because I've held it. For all this talk of innovation the fact is most of us still play games the same way, with a standard controller (why do you think Ninty's releasing a "shell" for the WiiMote?) Many would agree that the Dual Shock design is perfect, which is why there was such a big ruckus when the boomerang pad was shown, why break what 'aint broke right? Sony's new controller keeps all the best bits of the old Dual Shock while infusing added functionality and control via the L2, R2 trigger buttons and tilt sensitivity. And all this noise about Sony copying Nintendo? Who really cares, Sony "copied" the analog stick and rumble feature from the N64 controller and implemented a better solution, who's to say the same won't be the case here?
5) Sony has the most powerful hardware. Sorry Microsoft fanboys but it's true, and even you know it, right now you're going through the same denial Sony fanboys went through when the original Xbox specs were announced. The evidence might not be so apparent just now, but it will become so in the future, this first generation of launch titles is looking just as good, if not a little better than the second generation of 360 titles. That says something.
6) You'll get used to the price, and realise it's probably worth it. Considering what you get in the package, a blu-ray player, 60GB hard drive, the ability to run Linux and homebrew, wifi, memory card slots, a fully fledged media centre and the most powerful gaming machine ever to grace God's green earth, $600 really isn't that steep.
7) Sony still has the biggest guns. There's just no challenging Sony's lineup, let's quickly run though a list of titles that traditionally debut on Sony hardware:
Onimusha: We haven't heard a peep yet, but you can bet it's in development and if it's predecessors are anything to go by, it'll blow us away.
Devil May Cry: Personally, I say to hell with all the rumors, this one's coming to the PS3 first and it'll most likely stay there. DMC was notably absent at E3, and now we know why. Come the Tokyo Game Show we'll get our hands on a playable build of this delightfully devilish dish.
Ratchet and Clank: The short clip we've seen looks amazing, Insomniac are witches, and they've cast a spell on us.
Jak and Daxter: Naughty Dog are capable of doing things with Sony hardware that would make you swear the team thinks in binary. Rumors abound of an MMO set in the Jak universe, the idea of a Massively Multiplayer Online Adventure Platformer has me bouncing off the walls.
Gran Turismo: It has to be emphasised that you haven't seen a single frame of GT5. What was shown at E3 was GT4 running in 1080p. PGR what?
God of War: It's coming, it has to be... and it will make you its manslave. Can you even fathom how amazing it'll be fighting a giant kracken in high resolution, blood spurting and scales glistening as twin blades cut arcs of death through the frigid air? Can you?
Silent Hill: Think back to the first time Silent Hill mentally scarred you.
Final Fantasy: You will be ownt.
Kingdom Hearts: Considering how good these games looked on the PS2 hardware,
Shadow of the Colossus: You didn't play Shadow, you experienced it
Metal Gear Solid: Kojima's MGS games have always resonated with emotional and philosophical depth, the technical and visual artistry on display knows no peer. Plus they' re damn cool.
Castlevania: Symphony of The Night, but real this time. Let's see it Konami.
SOCOM: With the power of the PS3 behind them, Zipper will finally be able to deliver a SOCOM experience that runs smoothly,
looks great and
delivers depth of gameplay we all know and love.Wipeout: I'd be surprised if we didn't hear something about a Wipeout game coming to PS3 very soon and considering how much fun Wipeout pure was, a next gen Wipeout is a civic responsibility.
Lair: Have you seen this game!? No one knows exactly what it's about, but holy aunt Jemima does it looks tasty!
Soul Reaver: Probably the most intricate and detailed story ever written for a videogame, the Soul Reaver series needs a PS3 entry. There's no evidence of a new game in the works but it would kick much buttock to wander the landscape of Nosgoth powered by the PS3...oh, oh, Nosgoth Online!
Killzone: Conspicuously absent at E3, rumor has it Sony didn't want to take the focus off Resistance: Fall of Man. When next we see Killzone, it'll be big, very big
Bottom line is that E3 was only the tip of the PlayStation iceberg and it focused mainly on launch window titles and new IP's, Sony's saving the big guns, and it won't be long before we start seeing and hearing more from them.
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Along with that list you made, keep in mind the works in progress we've seen.
Warhawk
Resistance
Heavenly Sword
Motorstorm
The Untitled Naughty Dog Project
PS3 has the goods this time around, no questions asked.
PS3 PS3 PS3
god of war is coming to ps3? i thought it was only for ps2..is another sequel planned for ps3?
Person who wrote this sounds like a bit of a fan boy none of the games shown at e3 realy looked that good to me apart from resistance maybe. How do you know the ps3 will look so much better than the 360 u have a time machine or something?
For me its all about the online play if sony doesnt improve the online play much this time round itll be 360 for me...
there is no way sony will win this time with games being delayed and offered on xbox360 that were exculisves the 360 will win i give nintendo second place for the simple fact that if devolpers actually use the power of the wi and the controller that all of us will be back to nintendo ! sorry sony but the price is wrong beeeitch
Thank god for this article
People understand that you will pay more if you get more stuff, in this case - BluRay, 60GB, WiFi out of the box etc...
XBOX 360 fanboys keep saying crap like the PS3 will be a total flop and the XBOX will take over the world. Fact is that people who are going to buy the PS3 will know what theyre getting and I would consider it a good purchase on a value-for-money basis
im really happy that ps3 is going to have free online ( i really dont care if there are advertisments when you go online) , but what really got me excited was the wi-fi. Since i dont have a connection to the internet in my room i can just connect to the free online wi-fi service in my area! woot!
why is every game fan classed as a fanboy for liking a certain console and telling people that the console is actually good
why is every game fan classed as a fanboy for liking a certain console and telling people that the console is actually good
This article was amazing.
For half year since launch 360 have DELIVERED 3.3 mil of consoles to shops, God knows how many have they sold. Ps2 sold 1 million just in Japan on launch during one single weekend. People love Sony, ms is hated all over the world because of their os and arrogance. Wait and you will see who the King is ;)
He did play the games so lets just give him some credibility...im totally buying ps3 if it comes with 2 worth games
to comment 4
Sorry Microsoft fanboys but it's true, and even you know it, right now you're going through the same denial Sony fanboys went through when the original Xbox
loser.O_O
Ps3 4 life
Basicly, you are clearly a sony fan boy.
I brought an xbox360 because I think its the right consol this time, I thught the playstation 1 was AMAZING but the ps2 was mediocre. The games sony have for playstation may be good but do you want to play the same things over and over, a good thing about sony is the japanese developers but then iv been playing my 360 for half a year longer than youv been playing your ps3 for basicly half the price... and oh its not even out. I DO NOT think that the "specs" of the ps3 mean much, its just the developers have spent more time on the games which does give them an advantage. Most of 360s games are EA games at the moment thats why the graphics are not very good, also developers have not used more than one of the cores for the games, theres another 2 there for use.. Even if the ps3 had batter graphics, so what its not about graphics... ITS ABOUT THE NINTENO WII
I myself am i loyal customer of Sony. i think that many people r forgetting the loyaltiy that sony has installed into there customer. Almost all the ppl that bought ps1, bought a ps2, that bought a psp and will, or wantto buy a ps3. i myself will ofcourse will buy a ps3, and u know why? it because sony has never let any of its customers down before. Nintendo is trying to make up for past sins by make a gaming console that is user friendly. it is very innovative and natural feeling. if it offered more games that are my cup of tea, such as blood, gore, and tities&booty, i would buy them too. Microsoft has had a couple of dissipointments such as the transformers (but noone knew not to but them on carpet) and not all games are backwards compatible. Also the graphics look just like shiny updates of the ps2/xbox game graphics.
Microsoft kinda reminds me of Sega of in the 64, ps2, dreamcast war. Dreamcast seemed to be the best. it had great internet connection, cheaper than the ps2, and had great graphics(but 360 doesnt have better graphics than the ps3). it seemed to be the obvious winner, but it failed. im not sayin that 360 will fail as bad the Dreamcast, but it seems to be taking the same road as sega did.
and to u #11:Total number of units sold by the Xbox 360 top 10: 1,031,829.
that's not good for a year, ps2 sold that in a month...
I'm from the UK and bought a 360 Core earlier this year for £210. Since then I have bought a Hard Drive (£65) and the 'official' 360 wireless adapter (also £65), the core also didn't come with any HD cables so I had to buy a VGA adapter also (£15). This comes to a grand total of £355! Everything in that package comes with the 60GB PS3 model (apart from the VGA cable which has been replaced with a superior HDMI). The Hard Drive is MUCH bigger, and the wireless network is included.
The UK PS3 (60GB) in the UK is going to cost £425 - now that's still £70 more I hear you say. Not if you factor in the Blu Ray player - Microsoft have announced a HD-DVD add-on for the 360 but if that costs less than £70 I'll eat my own ass!
The 360 only seems cheaper at it's bare bones - you need to buy extra to make it even come close to the PS3, and then it's suddenly not so cheap after all!
I WIN!!!!!
Why are you saying non of the games looked like xbox360 quality? He did actually play them, while you watched on your computer. Its not the same you know? By the way ur right # 11. When it launched in Japan, it seemed like all its people where lining outside waiting for the shops open. When I went to get my PS2 when it launched, all the stores I checked had all of their PS2, sold out within 30 minutes! What does that tell you?
I thought the author had a lot of good points in the article. However he did seem a little one sided towards Sony. I myself enjoy playing any console.
So you did get there right one for you but we oder that whan't ps3 knows whay and that is a thing you will never now. The only MS thing I have ever got is windows oder then that I don't buy MS things. If you look back on MS history and how they do you will mabye find out way.
Oh and xbox360 will have 160 games to the holy days, 160 games after one year hmm simes a litel low for me oh and when ps3 gets out there will be al lot more game then 160 game that you can play on it.
But you did your way so now let oss that will buy ps3 make ower way.
Sony is going on the line w/ the PS3. There are making a huge gamble right now. With Sony's description the PS3 should rock but, things don't always go as planed. I have a PS2 now ,but I dont' know if I will get a PS3 or 360 both are decent consoles, but I will go up to the wire on this one seeing if sony can pull of the PS3 , which I hope they will.
when a new system comes out i buy it May it be the 360 ,Ps3 or Wii
But the one i see standing out of the Pack will be the PS3 as comment .17 has Stated at frist glance the PS3 Looks like it cost more But when you come down to the reality of it the cost show be around $$1,200 or More
As for witch looks better 360 or Ps3 i have PLayed my 360 meany times and seen Meany games for Ps3 and when the Ps3 games look better on the Tv show then the 360's in real life that says somethen.
as for Wii i am sure your Kids are going to Love it.
seriously, u guys need to chill on the whole fanboy thing. i dont know why is it that people choose to be allied to a particular system. the bottom line is that the sony ps3 is going to perform slightly better than a 360 when it comes to graphics. ill get it one once the technology is proven. dishing out close to a thousand on a system is just something the average person cant afford. Apparently the guy who wrote the article mentions fanboys, when it seems that he's a little on sony's sac. dude, u kinda failed to mention mass effect, lost planet, and BIOSHOCK on the 360 side of things. i dont see warhawk or heavenly sword being as being game of the year contenders the way i see gears of war and bioshock. every system is gonna have exclusivity to certain titles. pushing a system at 600 will obviously push some developers to pursue their options with respect to other consoles. will the ps3 rock? only time will tell. u just dont have to be such a fanboy about it, stop living in denial. haha. ill get mines once god of war 3 (hopefully by then we'll be looking at a 400 dollar system) is released for it. for now ill be happy with my 360 and the upcoming hype which is gears of war and halo 3.
At E3 this year I got to play Crackdown, Prey, Shadow Run, Too Human, Splinter Cell: Double Agent, Rockstar's table Tennis, Saint's Row and Lost Planet, the only title that I'd buy if I actually had the system was Gears of War (based on the demonstration I saw).
For the PS3 I got to play Resistance: Fall of Man, Motorstorm, Heavenly Sword and Warhawk, I would buy all of those if I had a PS3 because each one provides something you absolutely cannot get out of current gen hardware, the same cannot be said for the 360 games I played.
If it seems the article's one sided that's because it is, it's titled "Why the PS3 Will Rock". I feel the Wii will be a GREAT console, and the 360 will provide more hits than the original Xbox, but the PS3 is poised to offer SO much more.
I'm sorry, but the 360 fanboys have no idea...
First things first... The Playstation has better Franchises than any other console... Let's see the ones worth mentioning.
Wii:
Mario
Mario Kart
Zelda
Metroid
360:
Halo 3
Gears of War.. - is that even a franchise?
Fable
PGR
Forza
Too Human
... and a couple more worthy titles...
PS3:
GT
Tekken
MGS
God Of War
Final Fantasy
Assassin's Creed
Heavenly Sword
Eighth Day
Jak and Daxter
Killzone
Warhawk
and a whole lot more...
Look, i know that the listed games are not the only 'exclusive' franchises for each system.. but no doubt they make the console.. and really any fool can see that Sony is king of the Franchise...
Everyone can laugh at sony and it's price for the PS3... but come november- Sony will have the last laugh.
Sorry Microsoft fanboys but it's true, and even you know it, right now you're going through the same denial Sony fanboys went through when the original Xbox specs were announced. and I mean BIG DENIAL!!!!l
and I don`t feel sorry for any Microsoft fanboys at all. because they are total loserand why, it is because they will need to buy a new xbox720 in 3 more year later and why. I will give you a good a sample look at your old and dead xbox it only live 4 and 1/2 year only but the ps2 still alive and have 6 year. that mean the same for the xbox360 it will died soon to make the next new system. when nintendo or M$ make a new system they kill the old one. but sony they keep supporting their old system after putting out a new one for another 2 or 3 more year. a good example ps1 it live for almost 10 years and ps2 will still alive after ps3 launch.
LOL #17!!!! That'd be halarious to see! LMAO, ahh bah your right! People are flipping out about the price when if you were to get the same amount of stuff in teh 360 it would be close to the same price.
Also, Great article! It really shows that Sony's got some huge game franchises and those are more then enuff (IMO) to warrent the PS3 price tag.
To #15, umm you say that developers aren't use to the 360's architecture and the multiple processor config? Well I've been hearing from a ton of Devs who say the 360 is considerable easier then the PS3 to develop for, they're having a much harder time getting their heads around the Cell processor then they are the setup in the 360. Even though they're having a harder time with the PS3's processor and it's architecture developers seem to make amazing looking games on teh system, and they're not even finished products yet!!! there's still time to polish.
I have never owned a PS1 or PS2 but im certainly getting PLAYSTATION 3....... I dont know abt the rest but Playstation 3 is the new dawn of High Definition entertainment unit...i like many more millions are not only gonna buy a PS3 for its gaming superiority but its Blu-ray, SACD, DVD....(and i bet many didnt know it would play SACD)...its HDMI output....its an whole entertainment pack in one unlike the 360 which is a little retard in HD and 2 boxes? to even begin at the lower end of HD.?? not a smart move!!!...think of all that noise generated by the fans of the both HD-dvd and main unit??? midnight gaming is going to be really a strain for the ears...well i can start comparing now but i think every "adult" knows what they want. This system is exactly what sony targeted for...home enteraintment for everyone!! Its got a 30yr old waiting eagerly for the launch, and altought im not a serious gamer but game line-ups is looking very attractive compared to any other console. Kudos to Sony for finally bringing a system which the whole family could enjoy!! One more sold for PS3!
I keep reading over and over again that although the PS3 is $600, your getting a lot of bang for your buck. While I can't argue with that, maybe you should sit back and think. Although it's hefty on the features, do you really think people can spend $600 on a console. Im not saying thats much but its a lot more than what people are used to. Think of a car: you've got more expensive cars becuase they look better and have many more features. Does that make people buy them more than the others? No..Sony's really gearing there system towards the hardcore gamer and leaving out the average ones. For someone who just wants to play a game with a good story, will $600 justify their purchase. There putting too many features into it that will be nice but not necessary to enjoy a good game. Most people already have a computer that can do many of the things the PS3 will be able to do except playing the games and blue ray. The PS3 will be cool but I think Sony is taking the wrong approach.
ditto
And was considering the whole Wii60 thing, but man that article!
It put things into perspective.
Its highly likely im going to end up with all three...
(And have no money, or time to play all 3)
the author of this article did not, in any fashion, hint at 360 being crap... so why are the fans of 360 getting upset? look, ps3 will rock, but that doesn't mean 360 doesn't rock too!
as has been stressed a million times, it's the games which will prove whether a system is worth getting (although some techies may just see ps3 as a bluray player with added functionality). now there are some good titles on 360, personally i don't really know them but i'm sure they're a lot of fun. and there are going to be some good titles on ps3, there needn't be this animosity when trying to prove that you are justified in your choices.
personally i was starting to feel rather defiant, with the whole press saying how sony had dropped the ball and yet i was most excited by sony's e3.
the price is high, but again, as many people have said before, you get what you pay for. the difference in the pricing strategies with 360 and ps3 is that you can buy the central gaming unit minus the frills for 360 for a lot less... and ps3 is more of a bundle deal. as is the way with buying 'in bulk' shall we say, you get better value for money when you buy more stuff, but some people don't need/want to buy in bulk and as such 360 fits them better.
i guess sony did backtrack on some things, but i can forgive them that kind of thing (ie, 2 packages - core and premium, 2 hdmi became 1/0 hdmi) they have a tendency to promise more than they deliver, but the games speak the truth, and they were impressive.
kudos to christopher c for sticking up for ps3 for a change!
I did mention Lost Planet, I played it and it was pretty cool, but there was nothing there that blew me away. Mass Effect's supposed to be hot, but i didn't get to see it (it was only show behind closed doors).
Bioshock? That's coming to the PS3 as well. Watch.
"it because sony has never let any of its customers down before."
Okay... what was the PSP then? and Betamax if we zoom out a bit.
All I hear from xbox360 owners is how good it is. Tell me what game on the xbox360 is just so damn good? Oblivion targets only the hardcore RPG fans. Any regular gamer will play the game for a little and put it down because its not an easy game to play.
PGR is a sequal with really no improvements over the xbox versions. Same gameplay, better graphics.
FPS games are a shame. PC ports that look crappy. I run a AMD 3200+ with a 7800GS AGP card and it looks much better then the xbox360. And the Xbox360 is several times more powerful then my computer. So why does it look so crappy in comparison?
I have FFXI on the computer and see no reason to buy it for the Xbox360, there is no improvement.
I own an xbox360 and sadly, im disappointed in the lineup of games. People talk talk talk talk talk about how great "Future" Xbox360 games will be.
Halo3 will probably just add as much enhancement to Halo2 as Halo2 did for Halo. Im not expecting anything great from Halo3, Halo2 had a decent Singleplayer and a decent Multiplayer.
"there is no way sony will win this time with games being delayed and offered on xbox360 that were exculisves the 360 will win i give nintendo second place for the simple fact that if devolpers actually use the power of the wi and the controller that all of us will be back to nintendo ! sorry sony but the price is wrong beeeitch"
Theres no way the Xbox360 will win with no great first-party games. Right now the Lineup sucks. There are merely a few good xbox360 titles out right now. When developers start using the PS3 power to its fullest the xbox360 wont be able to keep up. If you could spell correctly and put your comments into sentences, maybe, just maybe, you could make a point.
I don't why everyone is taking sides. sony, MS, and nintendo are supposed to make us want to buy them. Your not supposed to get whichever one u had first. You get the best one, 360 is awesome but Sony is more for ur dollar. And hopefully PS3 wont' flop if sony does it right they will have a huge advantage on it's competetors. I guess well have to wait but a lot of fanboys need to get the facts
34: The psp kicks ass. go over to pspupdates and check the scores. the psp is killing the 360. even though the psp has had an earlier launch than the 360, if the 360 supposed to be the greatest next-gen system, why is it being out sold by 2 (PSP and DS) portables. as far as the Wii goes.. it's ok. it complements the PS3 and 360(but more over the ps3 because the motion in both controllers, not saying exactly the same, just semi-similar criteria). The psp is actually really good, and with the new games comming out, the gps,the camera, and the ps3 funcionality, things can only get better.
(Just because i'm a fanboy, doesn't mean you have to disagree with what i say. just saying what comes to mind.)
Score board:
PS/2/p
100+ million
Nintendo
35+ million
Microsoft
22 million
Combine the nintendo and microsoft sales then double them, sony still reigns supreme!!
dude what are u talking about. the psp is great. and the ps3 will be better, and since they can communicate they will be great together
One thing that was not mentioned:
PS2 games are fully compatible on the PS3!!!
The same cannot be said for XBOX!
Even is there's not that many games at lauch, you can still play amazing PS2 games on your PS3, no DL needed!! :)
My 2 cents.
XBOX 360 = CLUTTER!!
Playstation 3 = NEAT! TruHD n NEXT GEN!
1.TWO BOXES(360) versus ONE NEAT Lookin one PS3,
2. The possibilty of being three boxes when blu-ray win next gen format!! Imagine that!! Clutter clutter...
3. Noise generated by 2boxes versus one very quite PS3 even more then slim design PS2!! wow
4. Blu-ray-video,Blu-ray-rom , DVD-rom, DVD-video, SACD, CD.....Bluetooth....Dolby TRUE HD....compare to plain old dvd 360.
5. NOW dont even start on hardware, you MS fanboy know deep down that denial heart that PS3 is far superior!!!
6. GAMES - Need i say? PS1 PS2 and soon Ps3 titles.....where is the original xbox titles??? whats happen to your first xbox?? has it become a door stop? maybe your sisters doll house coffee table??
7. Dont you even start about game play, you boys know it there are far more great games on playstation then any other.
8. Let me quote no.11
"For half year since launch 360 have DELIVERED 3.3 mil of consoles to shops, God knows how many have they sold. Ps2 sold 1 million just in Japan on launch during one single weekend. People love Sony, ms is hated all over the world because of their os and arrogance. Wait and you will see who the King is ;)"
Now this is very true as u can visit your nearest store and you will find planty of 360 stock around, UNSOLD!!
9. FREE online......just get better,
10. You get what u pay for!!
another qoute "I will give you a good a sample look at your old and dead xbox it only live 4 and 1/2 year only but the ps2 still alive and have 6 year. that mean the same for the xbox360 it will died soon to make the next new system. when nintendo or M$ make a new system they kill the old one. but sony they keep supporting their old system after putting out a new one for another 2 or 3 more year. a good example ps1 it live for almost 10 years and ps2 will still alive after ps3 launch"
And for the GRAND FINALE........where is you XBOX.....fanboys? so now u gonna have 3 boxex sittin in front of your telly? or maybe 4 when MS adds bluray player....boy i pitty u guys....unplug the 360 and then plug in your older box play a game then...unplug the older one plug in 360....jesus....how is this going to work out......clutter clutter clutter clutter clutter clutter is wat ms is very good at!!! only if u had a Playstation from the begining.....boooyaa
my friend bought a 360 about a month ago
heres what he bought:
360: $500
wireless router: $200
wireless adapter: $130
3 more controllers: $39.99 each
faceplate: $30 bucks
**All of this is canadian funds so there is also 15% tax**
Anyone care to do the math...
most these titles listed are sequels to the sequels of sequels,
arent you tired of tekken?, and gran turismo? I know I am, but I must admit I have to play mgs4 (another sequel incase you didnt notice ?) God of war 2, gotta have it (a worthy sequel)
. warhawk hhhhmmm, I dont know about that one, looks like you could catch a wicked case of carpultunel syndrome on that one, heavenly sword huh ? well if kratos gets to bang that chick....sss head against the floor then maybe I'll buy it,
resistance: fall of man, dont know anything about it so Im gonna do some research, well is that it?, dont see anything else? oh well guess I'll come back when there is something to be excited about, keep up the morale...your going to need it !!!
ahem... what? fix it up when u can buddy. nice article!
Sony is banking on fanboys to buy it just because it has the Sony name on it. Suffice to say it will not rock, 90% of the games you will be able to get on the 360 and they will look just as good plus you will never get Halo or Gears of war or Mass Effect or Fable 2 or any games from RARE. That plus you Sony guys have to pay 200$ more to play games.
your a big sony fanboy but it is funny that you think sony will be on top considering they will be last, well at least your a hopeful:)
I love the PS3, I think it's technically better and will produce amazing physics and graphics. I think it's the better console when it comes to gaming.
I have a 360 and I think it will be strong competition for the PS3, the 360 has something that the PS3 will never have, Windows Compatibility.
Live Anywhere will be a big hit, windows smartphones will sell very well in the next 2 years, there will be a big demand for windows mediacenters and extenders and Windows Vista will really get some attention.
The 360 will end up behind the PS3, no doubt about that, but it will gain a lot of market share during the battle. All MS has to do is launch another Next Gen console before Sony does and I believe they can take Sony out, I hope Sony is ready for a long hard battle.
The new OPM magazine has an inreview with Phil Harrison about the PS3 and it answers ALOT of questions. So go look it up.
And XBox fans, stop making stuff up
lets see, you buy the crappy version, and then buy everything in the premium.
you could have saved a few hundred dollars by just buying the premium instead of the core. simple. $500 for 360+WiFi+HDcable s+Harddrive
then again, i think the WiFi is a ripoff, so i dident get it, so $400 for a console that plays the same games as the $600 version.
yes, Blu-Ray is expensive, and the price you are getting the player for is a deal.. but consiter how it wont change the gaming experience by much and is the primary source of the massive price and you will realize that you could have saved $200 on the console, and $10 per game if Sony had gone with any other format.
now i know that the PS3 is more powerful than the 360, but the thing is that it isint THAT much more powerful, at most its a 5% preformace boost, and thats ONLY in the processor design. the Video cards are equal in power, and will provide the exact same graphics.
so as said before, buy a console becuase you want some games for it. NOT becuase you like the brand.
because ppl can't wait for their favorite game to make the leap to Next Gen
am i tired of it? no, not if it means playing a new tekken MGS GoW DMC FF and SotC
Nintendo invented the sequal, where are we at Super mario 8? zelda 5? super mario cart 4? mario party 1000!? Sony is master of the franchise, nuff said, and MS is banking on their sequals as.
PSP is awesome. the homebrew stuff are amazing even with sony constantly giving it the shaft. but the PS3 will welcome homebrew and the dev community. im rejoicing.
i will most likly being laying my money down for a PS3. for two reasons. last generation i went MS thinking "supeirour hardware is better its an automatic win" but i was wrong... i found that there are ALOT more games for PS2 that suit my taste in games. i was very dissapointed with xbox. Xbox Live is not nearly as hacker free as some claim it to be. secondly the E3 2006 press confrences. I was most impressed with Sony because the games looked amazing but appeared to play very smoothly and gameplay looked rich. Wii was a dissapointment. speaker in the remote? that system is DEFINATLY not for someone who does not want to look retarded while playing this system. MORE IMPORTANTLY in the zelda demo... the motion detection wasnt even used for sword battle... waste of technology. the M$ confrence was nothing special. the halo 3 trailer was pointless no matter what they tell us (they claimed it was rendered in realtime PFFT... yeah it was... on multiple systems lmao) i wasnt quite impressed nearly as much as with the Sony confrence. M$ just needs to give up... they gain monopoly over the market by endangering funds.. once they have the monopoly they bump up the price so they can make a profit. and VOILA M$ takes over the world and every other company is doomed.
You sony fanboys make me sick. You can't see past the love of the name sony to see that the ps3 is an overpriced piece of crap. the 360 has same graphics lower cost and has better exclusives than the ps3. also to the people who are adding up prices of bundles and *****, you say the 360 is more expensive after buying adapters and controllers and ***** but wont you also have to buy extra ps3 controllers and how much do you think they will cost. Finally the price of games is going to kill your pockets, with next gen graphics and those expensive blue ray disks you're looking to spend like $70 or more for a new game.
Linux rocks
PS3 will rule
MSG4 and clan will keep us busy
MiscroS0ft just stick to OS
360 a.k.a Dreamcast brother just sux!
end of story
MSG4
GTurismo
Killzone 2
Fall of man
FF7
Assassins creed
Games alone win over a gamers heart.
PS3 + Nintendo for me
Microsoft can rot in some little town in America coz us britz ain't having none of it.
wow..u didnt just call 360 dreamcast..u ignorant bastard...know your facts
the ps3 will be a huge success, but the 360 will also be very good. i have 360 and i also plan on buying a ps3. anyone who says only 1 system is good is just too poor to not be able to buy 2 systems, which i understand with the 1k plus price...and wow the maker of this article was a huge fanboy also
(haha..ima play the 3rd wheel...go Wii!!!)
Well for me is all about PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii. Im gonna buy a PS3 hopefully the Launch Day and a year after a Nintendo Wii.
But im gonna blame Sony if the Online Platform is not even similar to Xbox Live, im a Sony Fanboy but guys we deserve a good online experience.
~ Cheers.
Thank you for this article, the PS3 rocks. I have the (had)PS1, PS2, PSP and will be getting the PS3 and I'm telling you Sony is the way to go. Rock on.
Peace
why do ppl keep saying that the ps3 and 360 are the same? first of all they are not, hardware wise and am talking about the beefed up versions of the ps3 and 360,
ps3 is equiped with blu-ray while ms decided to give the consumers an option to upgrade if they wanted to, all the standard stuff the 360 should have had, they didnt like a bigger hdd, instead of using the hdd to save games, you use a mem. card (last gen), the system is not wi-fi enabled out the box even the wii has that function, as for hi-def output (which i could care less about) that ms had been touting yet they didnt support the highest output.
now for the games you might say since the 360 has gta and some square games that sony has nothing else, well this is were you xbox fans will realize that sony does not depend on one single franchise to sell there box (talkin about ms and halo). sony has so many first party games that they can afford to lose some of the exclusive titles and yet have something that apeals to everybody not just fps.
now sony is not all that perfect too, cause they make promises they never keep except for one that the ps3 will be expensive. look at the 2 hdmi ports, the 6 usb ports and the 2 giga ethernet ports, even though they were all concepts why didnt sony say that in the first place instead they led ppl on thinking the console will be a super computer but when the final specs came out it was nothing but a watched down version of what they've been sayin and thats why most are dissapointed because they get so caught up in sony's hype that when the final product is released you feel like you've been cheated.
This is what happens when you say "Why does QJ only have bad news for the PS3". Although there are come good points in there, I do not expect the PS3 to "rock". But it wont to too bad.
AGAIN another topic on the Ps3 seriously, I don't won't to spend the next for months on Qj seeing a new article every day to tell me how incredible the Ps3 is, I don't know how much you get paid for being a Sony fanboy but come on give us a break!
Buy it or dont, there's no reason to keep posting the same tired ass comments. IF you have something intelligent to say make sure it hasn't been said before...Please? i've just wasted thirty minutes of my life reading the same gripes over and over again.
"90% of the games you will be able to get on the 360 and they will look just as good plus you will never get Halo or Gears of war or Mass Effect or Fable 2 or any games from RARE." The proprietry games, No unfortunatly you will not be able play them on PS3 but 90....bull*****. Excuse my language, But retarded people make me angry.
And for the price comparison just let me jump over to buy.com and do some math here..... lets see
x360 20gb bundle - $399.99
Composite HD cable - $ 39.99
Wireless network adapter $ 99.99
$ 539.97
seems about right......
Oh BUT WAIT How much is the HD-DVD adapter going to cost? I dunno $99? $149?
Oops wait that's a 20 gb hd on top of the console? can I upgrade it?
Yea the blue ray disks are probably goign to cost a bit more but how much do you spend on Live each month?
OK so maybe i'm a bit bitter because of all of the jackasses who rip on a system that is not even out yet.
$10/word, but shhhhh! Don't tell anyone!
Its so funny, Chirs - just last week you were accused of being a Sony-hater and a Nintendo fanboy.
Some of you guys are so fickle and quick to judge because you don't read what you want to hear. ;)
when it comes down to it both con have around the same gfx power so how can evein say the ps3 will look better than the xbox360 it like saying a p4 3.2 cpu with 7800gxt will look
better than a amd fx57 cpu with 7800gtx the ps3 game will be able to have more of things going on in game that it !!!
you buying in to the lies use your brain ffs
exactly correct, the video card is what makes up the graphical power.
the 360 has a card that is a ATi x1900 with superior shading technology.
the PS3 has a GeForce6800 but with new chipset speeds to bring it up to the 7900GTX power. (superoverclock ed video card)
as for the processors, its not even a difference, the developers for both consoles will utilize the hardware differently for where they are best suited. thus anything possible on one console, is possible with the same quality on the other.
that whole Extra $200 ontop of the PS3 price is just the cost of blu-Ray, which wont really change your games a whole hell of a lot. but rather allow you to watch Blu-Ray movies if you ever decide you would actually do that.
lol spot the xbox fanboi's trolling.
I JUST LOVE HOW THOSE MS FANBOYS ARE IN DENIAL, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS CLIP.
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2700699
Windows 98 the greatest OS in the world.
..allows for more storage on a single disc. Not currently, but eventually, many games won't be able to be stored on a regular DVD-9 disc, making a Blu-Ray disc much more handy (and durable, as well).
@ 17: Well, too bad you are a moron and spent all that money on a core when you could have got it all sans wifi for 400. And instead of spending 100 on wifi you could have bought a cord for 5 bucks and just plugged it in.
@ 41: If your friend went out and bought a router just so he could use wifi for his 360, then he is an idiot and doesnt deserve to keep his money. Also, I realize it's more in Canada, but if he spent $200 canadian on a router, he got ripped off hard, too bad for him. Also, you can't compare a 500 canadian dollar 360 to a 500 dollar US PS3...It'd be like saying well the Wii costs 10,000 pesos so its actually more expensive then all of them. Oh, and he just HAD to get a faceplate, too, therefore the 360 costs more. MS gave you a choice, and youre friend chose to buy a faceplate. They are in no way responsible for him being 30 dollars poorer. Same with the controllers, you think sony will include 7 dualshocks (or maybe just "duals" now) with the PS3? That was a choice he made, it has absolutely nothing to do with the price of the 360, nice try. Not like he needs them anyway, what with Xbox Live and all.
@ #60: The premium (400 dollar) 360 comes with component HD cables. So once again, nice try, but that is NOT something else you have to buy after the purchase. And the HD-DVD player? Again, a choice. I probably won't get one, since DVD's look fine to me, but if i bought a PS3 i'd be paying for one whether I wanted it or not. Same with wifi, doesn't bother me a bit to plug it into the wall, so there is another thing I don't HAVE to pay for. Unless of course I bought the 500 dollar PS3, which I couldn't ever upgrade if I needed to.
When comparing prices, it is only fair to list both premium packages and what you get out of both. 360 offers less, but at 200 dollars cheaper. If I wanted whatever PS3 had, I could always upgrade.
And Elder Scrolls has yet to be mentioned. Is that another thing that has somehow slipped your minds?
I own a PS2 a premium 360, psp and laptop. For the first time with PS3 you are getting an all in one box. Downloads, High def output, blu-ray, games, Wi-Fi, homebrew, seamless transfer with your psp and access to all media types. I for one will be getting one on launch day as it will replace just about every other gadget I own.
The problem I have with 360 is Microsoft is saying that the place for downloading content is a media centre PC. In other words we are not giving you that function out of the box with 360 because we don't want to impact on our XP os sales.
On a final silly note I have a young family so most gaming is confined to the early hours of the morning. As a result the television volume is turned down low and is drowned out by the sound of the massive turbine that is my 360 drive!
afaik, Elder Scrolls is a multplatform game and not a 360 exclusive.
to say that it will *NEVER* come to the ps3 or the psp would be naive to say the least. In fact, not too long ago there was a leaked game release list from Bestheda listing oblivion as a planned ps3 release. Although just a rumor, afaik M$ has not yet acquired exclusive rights to Oblivion atm, so the rumor can come out true.
Besides, i've played oblivion it imo, its not that great. Its a good game, but doesn't really suit to my tastes.
Its like the war between Windows and Linux :)
Everyone has Windows but Linux not so far (with its own fans and etc.)
P.S. I'll buy PS3 because of linux at least.
just face the truth. PS3 has the best titles to offer. same titles on pc and other machine (console) shew that PC has no spirit. Game must be pretty and has min. 40fps. That's why i invest in consoles. those games will rock the spot!
I have 360 and let me say why I will buy ps3- it has FULL HARD DRIVE SUPORT! 360 is spinning fu#king dvd’s at full speed all the time. It’s so noisy and that even destroyed one my original dvd game!!! With hd loading ps3 will be much more silent and reliable than 360 and I won’t have to think every single time when I’m playing the game is that noise from my 360 is the sign that another my game is destroyed :( Ma, it's windows all over again :(((((((
PS3: £999 austalia, $800 UK, $600 (good ver) USofA
360: £450, austalia, $380 UK, $400 (good ver) USofA
-PS3 has NO games at lauch except warHawk...
and that will get 8.9 tops.
other games (good ones):
MGS4 (rumoured to go to 360)
DMC4 (developer said it may be coming to Wii and 360)
GTR4 (Forza2 and GTR on 360 are better) SAYS PREV REVIEWS-------------------------------------------------------
and errr...ratchet and clank......er a crappy platformer for kids----------------------------------------------------------
XBOX360:
HALO3
MASS EFFECT
FEAR
TOO HUMAN
NEW FINAL FANTISY
CRACKDOWN
SAINTS ROW
FORZA2
GTR
HALF-LIFE 3
GEARS OF WAR
...to name a FEW!
REMEMBER PS2 LINEX!!!!! (probley not since your all 10)
WHY THE ***** ARE YOU BUYING ONE!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!
Wii60 IS THE BEST COMBO YOU CRABS!!!!!
SHUT THE ***** UP!!!!!!!!!
I HAVE ONE AND IT IS VERY RELIABLE, NO PROBLEMS ATALL. YOUR TELLING ME YOU OWN ONE BULL***** WHAT A LOAD OF BOLLOKS! PLAYSTATION FANBOY.
SONY WILL FAIL....AS IF A CASUAL GAMER WILL PAY ALL THAT MONEY -JUST- FOR A CONSOLE.
THEY THINK THERE GODS AND CAN RIP OFF PPL AND SHUV IT DOWN OUR THROUTS
360 is pretty loud no doubt on that
Take a look at this!
According the SCEE CEO, Sony believes that the next-gen battle will be decided six months following the PS3's release when ...all those hardcore gamers have bought PS3, they have also bought Xbox 360 and they have probably bought Nintendo Wii as well. I'm not sure which gamers he is thinking about but we doubt that many will opt for all three consoles just in order to decide which one they like best.
The final comment made by Mr. Reeves is the one which stands out and raises some doubts over Sony's state of mind when they were devising their next-gen strategy. We have built up a certain brand equity over time since the launch of PlayStation in 1995 and PS2 in 2000 that the first five million are going to buy it, whatever it is, even it didn't have games. We certainly hope that Sony has got its facts wrong as it wouldn't say much about gamers if that proved to be the case.
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Cell Yields Troubling Sony
According to a report on the Inquirer.net Sony is facing problems with the yields of its Cell microprocessor, to such an extent that insiders have described the numbers of “good†dies that are coming off the test wafers as horrible.
Industry insiders are not surprised and agree that any chip, built from the ground up, such as Cell is expected to have a shaky start. IBM, Sony’s partner in the Cell, has faced yield issues in the past with its G5 chip but claims to have the expertise to recover. This news however does question Sony’s ability to stage a global launch in November 2006 as promised. Sony may have to revise its strategy if it wants to avoid the embarrassing shortages experienced by its rival Microsoft during its XBox 360 launch late last year.
Test runs on new chips rarely produce excellent results but they can serve as indicators of what you can expect during production runs.
Sony’ insistence on using proprietary technologies may be one of the reasons it has faced so many delays with PlayStation 3.
"Compared to previous generation game consoles the Xbox 360 is quite loud, much of this noise is produced by the disc drive when it reads a game disc. Because games can be played both with and without the detachable hard disc, the drive spins close to its maximum 12X speed to reduce load times"
wikipedia.org
If you really had 360 you would know this but when I was buying 360 I didn’t know that. After reading for all troubles with 360 should I consider myself lucky because I had trouble “just†with one broken disc? Is that normal for over 700$ I spent on 360 and games?
You have to understand that there are people who wants best quality for money and that they don’t care for brand or company. I don’t care for sony or ms but for my money.What do you think, that ms or sony cares for you or just for your $? Go there and ask for one free game and you will find out. Xbox had full hd support and it was great. There was virtually no loading times and I was very happy with that so most of multiplatform games I played only on xbox. Now they dropped HD and 360 is one step behind compared to xbox functions. On the other hand ps3 will have full HD support which means same loading times as once was on xbox and 360 already have long loading and malfunctions because it try’s to shorten it with high reading speeds.
Stop be mindless funboy and start asking best for your money. MS had hd in last gen and now they dropped it when hd is more needed than ever. And this doesn’t bother you at all? I know that ps2 really annoyed me because it came without hd.
DUMB *****S PS3 IS A PIECE OF CRAP ACCEPT OK CRAP LOL FANBOYS GO CRY 2 THAT GEORGE FOREMAN LOOKIN ***** AHHAHHAHA
The Price
PS3-600$ and you dont need anything else
360-(to bring it up to PS3 spec) a WiFi adapter, a new HDD(60GB laptop HDD), and the HD-DVD adapter, so you have more cables running around in your play room....
please someone find the prices of those accesories, as I am too lazy to look for them
MSG4 WILL NOT go 360, were the fack you get that rumor from??? your neigbor? it will mybe go Wii, but it is a very small posibility
first of all, you wrote GTR, its PGR you rtard.
Final Fantasy, PS3 only, and a plausible FF7 remake, that will kick as
#2 the ONLY good for 360 are Halo 3(which i think all the Halo series sucks), and Half Life 3(which is good), o and FEAR and Perfect Dark.
the PS3 outweighs in this areas
WAY more exclusive games that are good
It's a computer, a very good computer for 600 bucks, i mean, it beats the crap out of my laptop that cost 1,400$(which runs Linux btw.)
out of the box HD movie support
it has the Playstation Network Plataform, which is a very good rival of Xbox live, and the basic (free) service lets you play online.
so tell me what else do you want to rant about
(p.s. the Xbox 360 is good don't get me wrong, but I think the PS3 is better)
now i know that the PS3 is more powerful than the 360, but the thing is that it isint THAT much more powerful, at most its a 5% preformace boost, and thats ONLY in the processor design. the Video cards are equal in power, and will provide the exact same graphics.
"5%, try alot more then that. Its been proven that the Cell processor is much more efficient then any other processor at multimedia. This includes games. The Video Cards are equal in power, true, but its how they are utilized with the other hardware in the system."
"the 360 has a card that is a ATi x1900 with superior shading technology.
the PS3 has a GeForce6800 but with new chipset speeds to bring it up to the 7900GTX power. (superoverclock ed video card)"
Yeah Its not the x1900 dude, Its more like the x1800. Xbox360 has the equal to the x1800 and PS3 the 7800 Equal. Both cards perform on equal bases. Its pretty much dead even between the cards. In this age where high-end graphics cards are used, its the other hardware that has to keep up. The processors have to be able to supply the video cards with data at insane speeds to the full power of the video cards. Read Video card reviews you idiots. X1800 doesnt have better shading technology. Its clocked at higher speeds and its fill rate is higher and thats about the only reason it minorly outperforms the 7800 in certain games. While overall the 7800 has the lead.
The Video Card in the Xbox360 has to render everything. One advantage and a major advantage at that is the PS3 Cell processor can render a share of its own graphics as well. SO a game that only uses 4 Cell Cores for the game itself can ask the other 3 to render along with the Nvidia Chip. Then the PS3 has a Physx PPU which means better graphics and physics as well.
Having a Hardware Physics Processing Unit has proved to be the next best thing in terms of graphics. You take a huge load off the processor and you gain a better expierence
MGS4 (rumoured to go to 360)
Wont happen
DMC4 (developer said it may be coming to Wii and 360)
Again wont happen
GTR4 (Forza2 and GTR on 360 are better) SAYS PREV REVIEWS-------------------------------------------------------
What previews? GT is still by far the most realistic racing game you can get. Every other game has a little arcade style mixed in. What does GT have? Cars, Tracks. and Loads more then Forza and PGR combined. So you pay for two games and combined you dont get 1/2 the content that GT has always shown.
and errr...ratchet and clank......er a crappy platformer for kids-------
Keep saying that buddy, but kids play games and theres more kids who play games then adults.
XBOX360:
HALO3
This will be another upgraded Halo2 with a linear singleplayer and "decent" multiplayer
MASS EFFECT
A decent looking title ill admit
FEAR
Too bad it will be another crappy looking title next to its PC counterpart.
TOO HUMAN
This game could come out on PS3 as well.
NEW FINAL FANTISY
If you want the spin-off games, go ahead. You wont ever see the Main FF games.
CRACKDOWN
A GTA style game
"SAINTS ROW
Another GTA style game
"FORZA2"
"GTR"
Both games pale in comparison to GT series.
HALF-LIFE 3
LOL HL3? Now I know your an idiot.
"GEARS OF WAR"
Hmm doesnt his sound the same and plays almost the same as "God of War"
The PS3 has 8 SPE's, one is reserved in case one of the other 7 malufunctions.
and, to all you Xbox Live addicts
PlayStation Network Platform (PNP or PSNP) is the online service to be provided for use with the Sony PlayStation 3 video game console.[1]
It's currently in development by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) Europe with the Sony Online Entertainment. Parts of PNP will incorporate the Central Station (already working in Europe) and a possible integration with Connect.com marketplace.
Services
On March 15 at the 2006 PlayStation Business Briefing, Sony confirmed that they are preparing for an Xbox Live-like online service named PlayStation Network Platform.
The full list of planned services for the PlayStation Network Platform is as follows.[1]
Communication/Community:
* Account created through user registration
* Lobbies/Matchmaking
* Scores/Ranking
* Game data upload/download
* Presence/Friend List/Avatar
* Voice/Video Chat
* Messaging
Commerce
* Shops (can be accessed from inside games)
* Content Download
* Game boot from HDD
* Subscription
* Selling item by item
* Micropayment
* Entitlement Management
Account
* User Registration
* Login ID/Handlename issue
Comparison to Xbox Live
Unlike Xbox Live (a service provided for the Microsoft Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles), Sony will offer a PNP "basic" service comparable to the Xbox Live Silver service, except it will offer many more features including video chat. Where Sony's basic service has a leg up on Xbox Live Silver is the ability for gamers to play multiplayer games online for free, unlike Xbox Live which requires you to pay for a "Gold" subscription card.
1)Harder to develop for
2)Controller isn't really that innovative, it doesn't add anything.
3)PRICE!
4)I don't want a blu-ray player, I want a game player.
5)1080p isn't that great, 720p is just fine.
Wow, you didn't even mention Bioshock...
First of all Hideo Kojima said if he was ever going to make a game for 360 it would not be a MGS game. That is strictly staying on the PS3. Second ive read the article about Devil maycry and he never said yeah it was coming to wii and 360. He said that it might come. Who knows. Thirdly i hate to break it to you but you cant compare GT4 to forza because they are not the same game. If you read comparisons of these games they are not the same. GT4 is a simulation game and forza isnt. Ive played forze its not a bad game but the cars didnt feel like cars. GT will never be second to forza ever. You know why forza got better reviews because it had online gameplay. But forza never had 150 tracks or over 750 cars. Also you cant even play forza2 all they showed was a half CGI half and real-time trailer. If you have ever played ratchet and clank its not really a kids a game.
Here what i have to say about the line up you have. Also note i have a 360 and i love it but im just telling you the truth.
1. Halo3 - over rated, i would rather play Red Faction 2
2. Mass effect - looks good from what ive seen
3. Fear - the second installment is coming to PS3
4. Too human - not really into this kind of game
5. New final fantasy - Dont get your hope up for FFXIII
6. Crackdown - looks cool but i dont know
7. Saint Row - just another GTA wanna be - if im gunna get a game like this ill just wait for GTA
8. Forza2 - hated the first one but will give this a shot
9. GTR - boring
10. Half life 3 - LINK - better on PC anyways
11. Gears of War - Preordered this game a year ago - im happy its finally coming out
I know your just trying to get people to buy 360. Which i dont mind but dont post bull***** made up stuff to get what you want. Also there are way more games that are coming out for PS3 that you didnt mention that look good. MGS4 will sell the PS3.
two words for ya. GROW UP
EXCELLENT, NOW WITH THE PS3, SOCOM WILL BE ABLE TO CREATE THE GREATEST LAG EVER!!! That game sucks. BLuray is worthless and a waste of money, remind me to make fun of u all in 2 years when ur console is in the bargain bin
1)Harder to develop for
What do you mean harder. For less then a year the games will be harder to develop for but thats the same with any coding language. DirectX9 was released LONG LONG before games started to even use it. DirectX9 was harder to develop for, and it put alot of strain on the graphics card and CPU. So they kept using DirectX8 for the long time after DirectX9 came out.
2)Controller isn't really that innovative, it doesn't add anything.
Tilt Sensing isnt adding anything? Games like Warhawk will definitly benifit from tilt sensing. RPGs can enhance Mini-Games with the motion sensing.
3)PRICE!
If 600 bucks is too much on your budget then its time to get a better job. Anyone who has the money to buy a nice TV wont mind spending 600 bucks on a PS3. For one it will take advantage of the TVs potential, unlike the xbox360
4)I don't want a blu-ray player, I want a game player.
Multifunction devices are selling. No one wants to buy a deview that only does one thing. DVD players are dead cheap going for 40 bucks but they are being outsold to DVD players with Recording functions that sell for 150.
5)1080p isn't that great, 720p is just fine.
You wouldn't be saying that if you EVER saw 1080p next to 720p. Saying that in comparison there is no difference is like saying the xbox360 isnt that much better then the xbox. 1080p is more then 2x better then 720p.
theres no competition i know ppls that said oh xbox is better but for crying out loud its also about the next dvd format. according to the articals ive read every major company is supporting blu ray and i heard crap saying ps3 cost too much but the blu ray player cost $1000 and you SAVE 400 bucks already. go ahead buy a 360 and then when blue ray becomes a dominant format spend an extra more to get a ps3. so at the end your bound to get a ps3 because of the blu ray but ending up paying more cause u bought the crappy 360. also in my opinion their marketing stratagy SUCKS i mean who comes up with their "next gen" console and make like what 5 not that of a good game? and all those ppls with a 360 or suppoting it are all in denial. MS just sucks overall trust me i no ppls
am waitin 4 gta 4...it will rock da world
I alugh at people that care so much for free online, 35 euros for a year subscription on Live, but don't care for paying 600 euros for a console
Heavenly Sword looks incredible, but its coming in 2007 (
http://darkzero.co.uk/news.php?newsid=9807 ) and without that no PS3 gaming looks worth 600 euros/ dollars. NEother Warhawk, Genji, Resistence, Fatal Inertia, Untold Legends, those launch titles look average at best.
All those franchises are awesome, however their PS3 versions won't came at least in a year, and they aren't even announced in most cases, so to expect them in short term is ridiculous.
When they arrive, I'll get a PS3, but November 17 won't have me there with those titles, I don't care for blue-ray and sorry but Xbox360 is going to have so many killer games this Christmas (Gears of War, Forza 2, Mass Effect, Too Human, Prey,...), plus Zelda Twilight Princess on Wii, that I won't miss at all the PS3.
Okay, so lets spend $600 dollars on a PS3 to play PS2 games, what a dumbass. And to the people who keep comparing the prices, just stop it. Those who keep listing 3 controllers, games, wi-fi, hd-dvd drive, faceplate to show the PS3 is supposed to be cheaper...People are still going to buy add on's for the PS3 and we have no idea on the price so stop comparing until we compare apples for apples. If I want to enjoy a good game on the 360, i only have to spend about $460. With the PS3, there adding a bunch of stuff that isnt needed for games and its still going to be more.
GTR4 (Forza2 and GTR on 360 are better) SAYS PREV REVIEWS-------------------------------------------------------
What previews? GT is still by far the most realistic racing game you can get. Every other game has a little arcade style mixed in. What does GT have? Cars, Tracks. and Loads more then Forza and PGR combined. So you pay for two games and combined you dont get 1/2 the content that GT has always shown.
**First off, he said Reviews, not previews and maybe forza didnt have as much content as GT4, but GT4 is starting to get old. Come on, no car damage..thats just lame. Forza beat it out on reviews by a great margin.
"GEARS OF WAR"
Hmm doesnt his sound the same and plays almost the same as "God of War"
***WOW, you're an idiot. Two completely different types of games but if thats the way Sony people think, maybe thats why they buy Sony's console.
Lastly, the CEO of Sony Europe just said 5 million PS3's will sell even without games. WTF..How the hell are you going to sell a video game system ( oh yeah, i forgot, its a computer this time) without games? That doesnt make any sense. Sony people are such fumbducks and say the stupidist s hit just to get the idiots out there to buy there system. Amazing
GTR4 (Forza2 and GTR on 360 are better) SAYS PREV REVIEWS-------------------------------------------------------
What previews? GT is still by far the most realistic racing game you can get. Every other game has a little arcade style mixed in. What does GT have? Cars, Tracks. and Loads more then Forza and PGR combined. So you pay for two games and combined you dont get 1/2 the content that GT has always shown.
**First off, he said Reviews, not previews and maybe forza didnt have as much content as GT4, but GT4 is starting to get old. Come on, no car damage..thats just lame. Forza beat it out on reviews by a great margin.
"GEARS OF WAR"
Hmm doesnt his sound the same and plays almost the same as "God of War"
***WOW, you're an idiot. Two completely different types of games but if thats the way Sony people think, maybe thats why they buy Sony's console.
Lastly, the CEO of Sony Europe just said 5 million PS3's will sell even without games. WTF..How the hell are you going to sell a video game system ( oh yeah, i forgot, its a computer this time) without games? That doesnt make any sense. Sony people are such fumbducks and say the stupidist s hit just to get the idiots out there to buy there system. Amazing
I guarantee that forza2 will not be out this holiday. If i didnt see any gameplay at E3 then it wont be out this year. I like MS fan boys that promise something that wont be able to happen. Like all they all think there getting MGS4, Assassin creed, UT2007, FFXIII, and Devil Maycry. Yeah but wheres the proof every interview i watch i see it will be exclusive to PS3. I dont believe rumors i believe the truth.
94, please listen to Peter Moore speech in E3 2006 when talking about Forza, he says specifically that Forza 2 is coming this holiday, I hate when people talk without making a little research at all, just a quick note:
It's on its way this Christmas.
http://www.gamingtarget.com/article.php?artid=5378
On the other hand, there's a stupid discussion of how cheap PS3 is since it's a blue-ray player and that blue-ray player is going to be the mass market option, thus you save 400$ from the current 1000$ players.
Please, for Blue-ray to become mass market it will have to go below 200$ for the average joe to purchase it, so if it's really going to be that succesful, players will get cheap soon enough, and so the 400$ saving from the PS3 600$ PS3 would be stupid. Right now, you get a 100$ blue-ray player with 100 titles available at $30-$40 each, that's not making me interested in blue-ray at all.
The PS3 is more powerful than Xbox360? Prove it, just don't get the Sony PR so easily. I remember when PS2 was so powerful they were being imported to Iran and Irak as missile launch computers, the emotion engine would be making as cry with it's real life CGI graphics, etc, and still 5 years after release the current gen characters performance is akin to the worst porn movie actors.
The only thing we know for sure about PS3 is that it's graphic chip is based in a two year old technology, that Cell cores can't run in parallel which is hell for developers, and that the stupid controller doesn't have rumble feedback. It doesn't look good.
I am an Xbox fanboy. But I have come to face the fact that PS3 is more powerful and better than the 360. Face it, the 360 controller doesn't even have motion sensing techonology. All the 360 controller has is the old rumble technology that doesn't even add to gameplay value and mechanics. And hell, the Ati card in the 360 is so weak compare to the RSX. The specs have said it, and the games have shown it. Face it, most of the 360 games run on 480p at 30 fps scale up to 720p. Compare to the PS3's game, running at 720p at 60 fps. That's like, twice the power of the 360. But in the end, it's all about the games, and so far, Gears of Wars is the only good game on the 360. Meanwhile. the PS3 is getting more and more exclusive games like FF13 and MGS4. It's time to accept the fact.
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"Meanwhile. the PS3 is getting more and more exclusive games like FF13 and MGS4. It's time to accept the fact."
you are saying they are getting more and more exclusive games? FF and MGS4? Sorry to burst you bubble...but they have had those two since ps1...they haven't had to gain it...
they have actually lost exclusives.
GTA4 and Alan Wake ring any bells?
and the motion technology? Did you even see the vids with it being used?
compared to the wii...looks like the ps3 is an expensive gimmicky device.
You fanboys suck. Concider this; get off your fat asses and get a damn job, the PS3 will surely drop in price and win this round. They are in just too great a position here. Don't get me wrong, I have a 360 and will be getting a Wii as well, but it's a no brainer here. Sony have such a huge market share, it's safe to say that they will have this round too.
The funny thing here, is that while all you idiots go on about how your Killzones are better then Halos, or Ninja Gaidens being superior to DMC or whatever, il be sitting at home enjoying the best of all 3 platforms, laughing at everyones ignorance.
Specs don't mean ***** people, Sony proved that with the PS2, and Nintendo are showing that through the DS. I don't give a ***** to whether or not my PS3 can play Bluray, or my Xbox HDDVD, im happy with regular DVDs thanks.
Don't get me started on controllers. Sony copied nintendo, the MS pad sucks because it doesnt have motion sensors..erm who CARES?! The MS pad is one of the most comfortable ive ever used, and the PS3 pad is based on a controller I already know and love. Motion sensing my ass, how will that be implimented into MGS4? Anyone? Thought so.
Post number 96: you were directly above where im typing so im going to pick on stuff you said here. It's obviously a fake post, and your an idiot, why pretend online in front of a group of people who don't know you or give 2 *****s about who you are?
Bottom line- Fanboys suck, seriously, people like you put everyone else off games.
hi, i have read most of the feedback here and i have come to the conclusion that most of you are biased towards 1 company . i have been playing games for a long time (sega . nintendo , sony and microsoft ). I now own a xbox 360 and i am very happy with the first generation of games. One thing has changed in this generation that is very different to the past , that is online gaming. I think for sony to stay on top they have to have a replica of XBOX LIVE or better than it. Me and all my mates cant play 1 player games any more(honestly). When it comes to the nintendo Wii it doesnt appeal to me or my mates. doesnt matter how inovated it is because (no offense to nintendo people) the graphics are not next gen, and i like playing games on a control pad. Even if the graphics were next gen i wont buy it because after half an hour of playing the Wii I am sure i will be tired moving my hands or playing while standing up. Can you imagine a nintendo console after the Wii e.g.. you will be playing a game and you are in a rainy stage and the controller constantly squirts out water at you. I dont want to get involved in a game to the extent that you have to really run or really move your hands, that to me is called life. I think microsoft have got it worked out this time. it seems to me sony is confused , always changing their minds , copying other ideas from other companys. Sony looks very disorganised, and everyone is noticing that . Its only my opinion
The great thing about ps3, above all things we know, is the fact that is linux, that opens a big door to homebrew, and as the psp (and with the kind of horsepower) it would not be strange that somehow we will be able to hack games from xb360 and wii.... So hold up broos ´cause the hacker will help to smash down those others wannabe consoles...jejejej
I have no clue why people are saying the price is way too much, basically the ps3 @ 549.99 CAD is only 50 bucks more than the premium xbox 360. now that is a nice comparison cause they both have no SD or HDMI. ps3 can handle more controllers, CELL, and blu ray. i aint buying no peripheral for the xbox360, and they're not gonna force me too. imagine halo 3 comes out and microsoft says, "well im sorry if you want to run halo 3 you'll have to buy this as well, otherwise, bye". in the end ps3 will dominate.
ya its your opinion #100, but you see, your probably from the us or the eu and i think theres another side which will also have a huge effect and that is the technology freaks that they are, the japanese.
And as i have seen in the sales in japan, the Gba is selling better than the xbox360, well...actually everything is selling better than the xbox360 (maybe people are not buying xbox360's in japan to save up for a ps3?), anyways it means that onlineplay is not everything and surely the us is not everything so at the moment only god knows whats gonna happen and who's gonna "win the console war", most things that people are saying now is all speculation so we all just have to wait till the ps3 comes out. Personally i think that the price is high but still possible and i think that a lot of people are gonna buy it. When the ps2 came out here in the netherlands it was 1000 gulders, thats about 500 euro's, so say around 630 dollars......BUT 600 dollars in that time is like worth 700 dollar or more now!
i mean i'm no fan boy or anything like that, Its just that the more that marrier, I hope that ps3 will be sold a lot, but i hope the 360 will also be sold even more, competition never did the consumer any damage.
so everyone should just take it easy and hope for the best.
He forgot to mention ZOE 3, FEAR 2, GTA 4, and RE5.
That guy defiantely isn't a sony fanboy. The games sure do look "leaps and bounds" above 360, heck, any pre-rendered game looks leaps and bounds above anything.
I find it interesting alot of people are complaining about the cost of the PS3 being expensive at $600. now while i agree that is a chunk of change has any one considered what the cost of a stand alone blu-ray player is. best buy lists 2 players both listing at $999.99 now that's basically over $1,000 after tax for just a movie player.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7763823&type=product&id=1142288677966
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7772822&type=product&id=1142289574588
the PS3 is not only a Blu-ray movie player but is a Gaming console that is covering 3 generations of systems, a homebrew dev unit, DVD player, and Media center all for $600.
i know some of you think i sound like a fanboy but i have owned just about all the consoles out there at some point in time and currently still have a PS1, N64, Dreamcast, PS2, Xbox, PSP, DS Lite. i do not consider my self a fanboy because i don't think one company is better then the other. i all ways make my choices based on avalible content and features of hardware not who owns or makes it (except for Square Enix Games).
case in point i bought a PSP when it was released couse hardware and software wise i thought it to be better then the DS and never planned on buying a DS. and i still consider it better then the DS but with the new DS Lite i consider both to be equal in both hardware and software. don't miss-understand i still consider the origanal DS to be far under a PSP in hardware but the new Lite version has fixed alot of the issues i had with the origanal DS. it's why i pre-orderd a DS Lite and hopefully on June 11 will be a prowd owner of one.
any way just my 2 copper plated aluminium discs and hopefully this will give some thing to think on for some of you.
It's not really about who comes on top, but about what system provides a better gaming experiance.
I currently have a 360 and am very excited about the titles that Microsoft is addting to it's portfolio. Mass Effects, Too Humans, Gears of War, Halo 3, Fable 2 are all exclusives that i'm looking forward to. Notice how only 2 out of the 5 are sequals? GTA 4 is also comming to the 360, which would have been probably the only title that i would have bought a PS3 at lunch for (sony lost a huge franchise on that one).
Personally I'm tired of the same thing over and over again with better looking graphics which is what the case seems to be over at Sony (as well as EA for that matter lol). I have to admit Heavenly Sword does look nice, and i'm kind of dissapointed that Final Fantasy 13 is going to be a PS3 release since i don't plan on purchasing one anytime soon due to the fact that i can't dish out $600 + $50 per controller + $60-75 per game etc.
The simple truth is, many of the Sony exclusives will eventually go multiplatform (aside from games such as grand turismo, killzone, jak & dexter and the very few other worth mention first party titles) due to the fact that it costs sooooooooo much to develop a game now adays and simply restricting it on a system with such a narrow target audience in mind would = alot of money lost.
Also Sony has yet to set up a foundation for an online service, something that Microsoft had accomplished with the original Xbox and is now taking advantage of it during this generation as well as improving it in order to provide a better online experiance. I believe that the key to the next gen battle between these two companies will be the online aspect which currently Microsoft seems to be leading.
But regardless as i said at the start the winner will be who will provide the better gaming experiance to a larger audience and my opinion that is Nintendo with the Wii. Sure it has a goofy name, but with the new concept and the wide range of titles attracting all sorts of people it will do fairly well especialy with an estimated cheap price point.
Anyways that's my take on it. Only time will tell though.
I applaude this article, not because I'm a fan of Sony, but it's truth of facts. Thanks for that.
I know in the end i will probably buy all three systems, heck i already have all three of this generations consoles(ps2,xb ox,gc) but still i dont like what Sony is doing. I dont care if they copied nintendo's idea or not, i dont mind that it looks like a George Foreman Grill, I dont mind that they dumped the rumble feature(well i kinda do, i will miss it) I love that the controller looks the same(it just feels natural). There are so many more things that i like about sony, heck the PS was my first system when it first came out, but that price tag is still a huge deterant. many people, especially parents, are going to be reluctant to shell out 600 dollars to get the PS3. i mean it is bad enough that the Xbox360 is 300 but that i feel is the highest any console should ever go, anything above is too much. I know i will EVENTUALLY get one because it has many of my favorites, but it makes me sad to see it cost so much. I think that they are really heavily relying on peoples loyalty to the PS2 to pay the price to get a PS3.
I've got a gaming PC that OWNZ the PS3 and Xbox 360!
So why should I get a PS3 when I've got something better?
PURE OWNAGE *****ES!!!!
ps3 is screw already with out games and with that big as price tag 600 already is making people to go buy the xbox 360 i mean come on how in the ***** is going to buy that ps3 for 600+ tax and with out games come on guys sony is crazy this time and why they didnt us about the price of the games ??? blue-ray more money in conclution ps3 has the games but i do not want a play a game that cost me that much money ....
xbox 360 welcome to next gen of money
okay "zero" you talk about playing the same thing over and over again on the ps2 but the only reason people play xbox or xbox 360 is because of halo which is a gay game its a shooter that you kill aliens and drive around vehicles how kool
599.
every one who says ps3 is to expensive check these out
http://www.ps3land.com/article-375.php
so how much did you pay for that computer of ownage? a few grand maybe? It may have better graphics than the 360, but till we see a final product from the ps3 you have nothing on it. Not only that but i bet your games will still hickup and give you problems anyways. Theyll be playing on 32-bit architecture (minus the few 64-bit optimized ones), and are only optimized for one core. So that ownage computer is only getting half used at best for your gaming needs...while consoles will be able to get full use of their hardware because of custom taloring to a single standard. Anyways if you like pc games keep your comp and maybe a 360 for your style of games.
So you think my computer aint better than the PS3??
Quad Graphic cards of the newest NVIDIA and The best AMD Prosessor on the marked with the newest and best RAM with low latency
The nvidia card in the PS3 is not the newest. Mine is newer!
The PS3 uses GeForce 7800 GTX normal version, not overclocked.
I've got 4 graphic cars of the new model GeForce 7900 GTX
Also the once I've got is overclocked and gives more than 30% more than the regular GeForce 7900 GTX! And the memory of the cards is 512MB and the PS3 has only got 256MB!
And, do you know what? I didn't pay anything for it! Because I've got contacts!
SUCK ON THAT!!
You guys arent seeing the bigger picture, competition in the market pushes developers to push the envolope, create better games, and advance the whole market. I applaud Sony, their efforts at E3 will surely push MS and Nintendo to go the distance to pursuade people to buy their machine, and in the end, gamers like myself who are not biased like little children arguing over which power ranger is the best, will reap the benefits. Soon, the PS3 and Wii will join my 360 next to my HDTV and I will be laughing at all of you who argue here like idiots.
You sir, are a fool.
Games can easily look just as good as they do on a PC on a console with 1/3 the specs of the PC. This is because instead of games having to be coded that they can run across a wide variety of hardware configurations, the games are tailored and optimised for one hardware specification.
Btw, your computer lacks a physics processing unit, which the Cell can have one of its 7 SPU's fill in for.
Once some new hardware comes out I'm allways getting the newest right away! So, I'll allways have the best!
BTW, when PS3 is out all computer parts are way better than the specs on PS3!
I can run QUAD AMD X2 64 Processors!
PC will allways be better!
Well, lets say there is alot of fanboy here, let's say half are for PS3 and the other half is for XBOX360...Why ?! Cause besides the fact we're fanboys, we at least know that consoles are BETTER than a pc when it comes to games/graphics !!!! So #119, go ahead, stay into your bubble ! lol I'm totaly a Xbox 360 fanboy but i won't say PS3 is crap, not at all, these 2 consoles are just amazing, xbox 360 is starting to get good games and PS3 is coming out with a good game list on the end of this year. It will be a good console "war" ! :)
*(Don't tell me "you don't know your grammar", i speak french and most of you probably don't so i had to write that in english ;) )
Sorry, you're totally wrong!
There are more games on PC than on any platform!
Xbox and Playstation has their games, but the best games allways comes to PC aswell. Some say MGS is extremley good and that's an example of a game not available on PC yet (some of them are but not all). Well, let me give you a reason for telling you this. I personally think MGS is the most overrated and hyped up game ever. So I don't care if it's not available on PC! The only good thing with MGS is the music. You all see the trailers and think "oh, that's how it will be ingame, like a movie" Newsflash! It's not! It's got the same old cameraview!
Also you are saying that the graphics are so much better on consoles, that's wrong!
Unreal Tournament 2007 and Medal Of Honor Airborne looks the same on PC and the consoles.
Crysis, The Witcher and Huxley looks even better than the console games allready!
And Especially Project Offset!
So don't come here and try to prove anything without having a clue what you are talking about!!
"So you think my computer aint better than the PS3??
The nvidia card in the PS3 is not the newest. Mine is newer!"
So on that logic a if I go out tomorrow and buy the newest VW Golf it will be better and faster than a Nissan Skyline bought last year? Or if I bought a 1.8Ghz laptop tomorrow it will be more powerful than a 3.6GHz Desktop computer I bought last year? No most likely not
And to #95
"the only thing we know for sure about PS3 is that it's graphic chip is based in a two year old technology"
So? The a modern Internal Combustion engine is based on the original design by Karl Benz but over the years it has been optimised and improved upon. Granted, Sony or nVidia haven't had over 100 years to refine the graphics chip but in computing 2 years is still along time. Also, to #74 Australia uses $ and Britain uses £, not the other way round and in Britain the price of a PS3 has been confirmed at £425 and not £999 or $800 or whatever you thought Britain's price would be
And also Rachet and Clank is as much an adults game as it is a kids game
Go out, get some air.
Don't b here *****in bout "oh my systems bettr than yours!! i teh Pwnz u to hell@11111111111 mofo! these are just entertainment systems, stop bithin. if you like X system, buy and leave us in peace, and thats a fact.
" So on that logic a if I go out tomorrow and buy the newest VW Golf it will be better and faster than a Nissan Skyline bought last year? Or if I bought a 1.8Ghz laptop tomorrow it will be more powerful than a 3.6GHz Desktop computer I bought last year? No most likely not "
That's not the same. I compare the specs and how much the requirements for PC games are right now and frankly my PC can handle more than the PS3!
And Rachet and Clank is a kids game! You're just not grown up yet kiddie..
Really great article, thanks 'Qj' ! finally some site has taken itself out of shrouds and gotten itself even with the reality of the affair. The greatest thing about Sony really is, that remember what excellence they showed with the most simple console PS2 in the current generation of systems.......so now its a mystery to behold what they'll do with the most powerfull machine in te gaming world right now. Thanks again Qj.
Shuddafackup and go do your homework you fool!
PS3 will rock and just because your mummy or daddy has bought you a 360 coz you couldn't wait you slimey toad aint our fault .. so tough ***** your stuck with a *****ty console and we will all buy ourselves a lovely PS3!
:)
Bravo on the article.
You forgot to say that they copied the triggers... no not from the xbox, from guns... god some people need to get a life, it's not really copying it's using your common sense and using whatever's good and will work.
Can't wait for the PS3, who cares about the price it will be miles worth it!!!
...Unreal 2007!!!!!!! w00t?!!!
PS3 is the best i am going to buy a 62in hdtv and ps3 for $600 and resistance and warhawk xbox will loose but i got to give it up to halo but xboxs will loose hahaha.
The article makes no mension of its comparison to 360 yet so many ms fanboys are being all defensive against the the 360 for what little it has left to compare against it. So far if you break it down, nearly all aspect's of the ps3 nearly double that of the the 360, even hardware specs.
The only thing loyal m$ fans have left as a solid fact to argue with is that it costs $100 less. Everything else is just non-sence speculations and opinions such as the following:
"360 will have better online service"
"360 will have better games"
"Games will take longer and be hard to develop for the ps3"
"No games could possibly need so much storage space, nor need so much power so its not worth the hefty price to include a blu-ray drive and cell processor since no games could ever possibly utilize it"
If im getting nearly twice as much for only a small % more money i would go with the deal of getting 2x more for the bargain and so would any other typical unbaised consumer.
To analogize how much of a deal this would be so its understandable to most people who read these blogs look at it like buying cereal at the grocery store. You see 2 boxes of the same cereal but different brands, one of the boxes has twice as much as the other box. The smaller cerial box costs 5$ and the one with 2x more cerial and cost 6$ (360 vs ps3). Of course some people are loyal to their brands (fanboys) but lets consider the majority (neutral customers). Which one of the cereal boxes would the neutral costumer be more likely to buy? Now loyal fanboys of the cheaper box of cereal could use silly opinionated arguements like "No one needs all that cereal, waist of an extra $1", And "this brand has better quality cereal" and so on.
It may not be accurate that the ps3 is = 2 x 360 but if you look at the facts and specs, and features of each console out of the box it would seem like that. This analogy is very similar to those loyal fans still trying to say 360 is better or going the dominant console. The only people who would agree are those loyal to microsoft, not the over all majority of the world population who are nuetral becuase every bit of solid fact shows that the ps3 is a better bargain and will dominate other consoles.
And before you call me a fanboy myself, just so you know, i dont plan on ever buying a ps3 unless the price drops to around $100 - $150 as i did with every other console, and i can wait till Wii becomes emulated on the PC before i start playing any of it's games. And Im NEVER EVER going to pay a subscription fee to play a multiplayer game over the internet if it can be played for free with system link or split screen. So i wont ever buy a 360 untill playing games multiplayer online becomes free of any charges.
So in the end when its all said and done, ps3 will be dominant, but who knows, a meteorite may fall and land ontop of sony's head quarters and end the ps3, or when they release it has a huge bug, a bug thats big enough to destroy the world. Seems silly that thats the only sort of thing could stop sony from keeping their system as the dominant system. Only loyal ms fanboys will still be in denial and disagree that ps3 > 360.
I hope the goddamn PS3 is good, financially, I don't see Sony coming out with the PS4, hell I want a good console before they run out of steam.
and all these "PS3 WILL ROCK THE WORLD" people and the like are idiots. Get out of your parents basement and get a life.
what a crap. ps3 sucks and that's it. btw - have fun with your sequels on your massmarketsuper commercial ps3.
warhawk ... lol
motorstorm ... lol
genji2 ... lol
heavenly sword ... lol (god of war)
assassins creed ... lol (running on pc at e3)
resistance ... lol (even cod on 360 looks better)
so what ... mgs4 ??? ok, keep that ***** coz there are more movie sequences than real gameplay in that mgs-*****.
you're so lame!!!! lolololol
#1, byt buying a 360, i am helping a woorld-wide monopoly which emphaziezes on importing Africans to work on highly underpaid salaries.
#2by buying a 360, im am selling my soul to MS, and they will push all this Windows Vista crap on my PC so the 360 can veiw a crappy streamed video.
#3 by buying a 360, i will need to fork over 50$ to this corporation to help them get richer, and to know that my 360 is being updated, and blocked off running any homewbrew/emulator/pozzle bubble clone.
#4 by buying a 360, i am forced to keep my old Xbox, since my other games that are not Halo or Halo 2 cannot be played.
i played the 360 for 6 hours straight, and I think those 6 hours were the most boring of my life. (the games were, COD2, BF2. PGR3, NBA live 06)
All I hear on this forums is BLAH BLAH BLAH WHINE WHINE B!TCH MOAN. Who cares about XBOX? This is a damn PS3 website. All ya MS B!TCHES piss off and go talk about your stupid system somewhere else. OOOh the xbox is FAR superior (whine) If its sooo superior then why's the PS2 still selling? How can y'all talk down a system that hasnt even come out yet? It's clear to me that these MS 'tards havent owned a PS, or are just jealous that they didnt buy one and got stuck with a crappy oversized console that doesnt even support proper dvd-video playback LOL!
Say what u wanna cause i wont even read whats posted after this. SONY's gonna whoop MS's a$$ in sales from day #1
You know, Microsoft has more money than Sony and Microsoft is buying up every gamedeveloper there is, so where the ***** will the games be for the playstation then?
Don't you see that Microsoft are bringing down Sony slowley?
thanks Christopher C.
It's about time a PS3 website writes something good and true about the ps3
....I'm tired of going to a ps3 site and just seeing all negative stuff....
This is the only site i'm going to now.
Don't anyone forget about --WAR OF THE MONSTERS--
they have to make a part 2 for the PS3!
http://www.gamespot.com/features/6151435/p-9.html
QUOTE FROM GAMESPOT!
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It's hard to believe that a year ago we were wondering how the PC would keep up with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. But thanks to Crysis, the PC looks to outdo its console rivals before one of them even gets out of the gate. There was simply no game on the show floor that graphically came close to Crysis. It's so good that Microsoft showcased it as a Windows exclusive during its E3 press conference, and the Crysis demo stations at the show had no shortage of admirers and gawkers.
"
OWNED!!
"74. » THE REAL DEAL...
PS3: £999 austalia, $800 UK, $600 (good ver) USofA
360: £450, austalia, $380 UK, $400 (good ver) USofA
-PS3 has NO games at lauch except warHawk...
and that will get 8.9 tops.
other games (good ones):
MGS4 (rumoured to go to 360)
DMC4 (developer said it may be coming to Wii and 360)
GTR4 (Forza2 and GTR on 360 are better) SAYS PREV REVIEWS-------------------------------------------------------
and errr...ratchet and clank......er a crappy platformer for kids----------------------------------------------------------
XBOX360:
HALO3
MASS EFFECT
FEAR
TOO HUMAN
NEW FINAL FANTISY
CRACKDOWN
SAINTS ROW
FORZA2
GTR
HALF-LIFE 3
GEARS OF WAR
...to name a FEW!
REMEMBER PS2 LINEX!!!!! (probley not since your all 10)
WHY THE ***** ARE YOU BUYING ONE!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!
Wii60 IS THE BEST COMBO YOU CRABS!!!!!"
Dude get ur arguement right. Developers said that DMC is staying with ps3... the only reason why u guys think that was because it was absent from e3.... and just to let u know Capcom said the game will be playable at this years TGS.... on final PS3 dev kits ... along with RE5 ... MGS4 coming to Xbox360... right.... when ac is installed in hell...
a new final fantasy..... i dont know
sqaure was looking at it's earnings in japan for the 360 version of FFXI and it wasn't too bright.... chances are u wont be getting another final fantasy in ur life... the partnership with MS and square probably just ment you guess will get a new franchise for your system.... so dont you think that a new final fantasy is on it's way to MS keep in mind that as of this E3, final fantasy games were announced as ps3 exclusive 2.... and all you guys have is a hd 720p port of a really old ps2 and pc game.... which aint doin to well on you xbox 360...
Halo3 is over rated... it's only gonna be a glossier version of halo2, Bioshock the game soo many was raving about at MS's confrence this year which was good might i add is very much on the way. sony has already bought rights on it as well so u'll be seeing that game maybe next year on the ps3.
Crackdown and SaintRow= halfassed watered down wanna be games like GTA which microsoft finally succeed in getting... But a much prettier version with more extras will be availible the day it hit shelves for ps3...
forza 2.... sigh ok forza 2, next
fable 2 right.....
already ps3 first gen games are starting to look better than first gen xbox 360 games and they have a full 6 months to be polished by the launch of the ps3 games will look even better than what they were showing at e3.
we have some promising games coming about
Lair
MotorStorm
Assasins Creed
God of war 3
DMC 4
Gradius 6
Tekken 6
Rigde Racer 7
Ratched and Clank next gen
RE 5
killzone
Virtua fighter 5
MGS 4
a new Jak and Daxter
Resistance: FoM
Fatal Inersia
Ni-oh
Castlevainia
Socom
no doubt an onimusha is in the works
GTA4
Final fantasy XIII (2 of them for that matter)
GTHD and GT5
heavenly sword
Warhawk
the list can go on and on
I can see Gears of war being good because it it and lost planet was hot because i had a chance to demo it at the Ms conference
the people at capcom and at Epic kno how to make games but those are like the only 2 games that really got my eye
the people at Crytek cancelled The farcry 2 sequel because the Xbox360 didn't deliver on the granpgics and physics out put so they made it a pc game... now rumor has it that Crytek is is considering making it a ps3 title as well...
so what now
Ms fans are like wetting there pans because they know that PS3 will rock, and they know that they are gonna end up forking over money for sony's console when killzone totally eats the glossy ass Halo 3, you ll want final fantasy, you all want MGS4, you all want DMC 4 hell you want all that we have but cant get it poor children
stick with your loud, overheating system that isn't that power full... ok and at launch see how the ps3 and it's software fly off shelves... you all keep raving about ps3'
I can't wait for all the systems to be out so that you people can chill out and stop going apesh*t over what will win.
...Then again, I really doubt that'll stop it.
And another thing: Why is everyone calling someone who likes a particular system a 'fanboy'? What the hell? That's like the dumbest insult since 'noob'.
all these comments make me laugh but this whole true highdef from sony i have to laugh at that 99% of game makers commented that they wont support 1080i ...so why bother with 1080i and worse off alot hd tvs dont even support that high sure they will in the future but by time this all goes mainstream new systems will be around the coner ..all tv broadcast where spose to be hd by 2001 now they pushed it back then again and now its up to what 2007? lollook i had a psp,ds...xbox,ps2....i now own a dreamcast,xbox, 360 i dont plan on buying a ps3 not cuase i dont like it and not cause im cheap but i refuse to pay 600 for a machine that i never use to play movies lol that just puts more work on the system and dvd drive making its life even shorter lol and besides standalone players will be far better then any console will ever produce and last blueray movies wont be cheap when they hit....anyone remember how much the first dvds cost...lastly to take full advantage of the bluray you will need hmdi input on your tv and alot current hd tvs dont have that granted it will still play bluray but it will be downscaled due to copy protection that uses hdmi lol all in all the PS3 still isnt a bad deal but its not great either your paying more for stuff the average gamer wont use ....like hmdi since alot people dont have hmdi on current hd tvs let alone analog and the 60gig wow 40 more gigs then the 360 ...even iwth all the demos and what not i dont use up all my hardrive and i have tons of music on it....but i didt buy the 360 to be a full entertainment system thats why i have my surround system with dts and 1,000 watts for.....all im saying is i know alot people who dont use there 360 for media center or other content just to play games and play on live and yeah sony offers a 500 unit but that is a major rip off if its even close to what they hinted at e3 20 gigs? lol compared to the extra 100 and no hdmi ...blueray is pointless then lol they are doing what microsoft did made two system cause they saw microsft had success doing that for fact that more people would pay extra 100 for extra stuff hence they get what they want...but not all that is worth extra 200 i dont htink i mean wifi? for what ..talk with your psp only a couple million have psp lol....not to many other htings have wifi and i have wifi on my 360 with the adapter anyhow bottom line is until both systems are out no telling who will do what and who will win but sony prolly win but i dont think as much as some think but im sure some ps3 fanboy will have something to say about my comment so have at it lol
The author of this article to me seemed to be pretty one sided towards Sony, especially since it seemed he was making assumptions rather than actually reporting on confirmed games, God Of War isn't confirmed for the Ps3, same with Shadow Of the Collosus, Kingdom Hearts, unless I'm in the dark, I don't think any of these have even been talked about on the Ps3. I'm not a MS fanboy or a Nintendo fanboy, I plan on purchasing every console, but this article really did seem to have a bias.
1. This is SO fanboyish.
2. Why did Ninty make a normal contoller? For the Virtual Console feature!
3. I'm not playing $600 to play videogames. I don't care if it's got a Blu-Ray player, 60GB hard-drive and a media center. I use my awesome PC for most of that stuff.
4. What epic expierences will you be not be able to see on the Wii? More detailed textures?
5. You just admitted that you think Sony copied Nintendo and don't care. I've played the Warhawk game, and honestly, it feels so dull just tilting the controller compared to the Wiimote.
6. Also, the 360 pad feels so much better. I don't want that thick plasticy stuff anymore. If you want good graphics and don't want a hole in your pocket, go for a 360.
i remember e3 last year, all ps3 trailers were awesome, i was excited; but after i saw the real ps3 in action this past week i have to say i won't buy it until i see 300.00$ or less price tag on it. do you think sony cares about their fanboys?NO. Do you think microsoft cares? either. but they came out first and they have a decent line up; by the time ps3 come with a 2nd generation of games "KILLZONE" "METAL GEAR" etc... xbox its going to be probably on the 4th generation on a shipper price. is it worth it to pay 600.00$ at that time? heck NO even if the ps3 is a little more powerful than the 360.
ummmmmmmmmm....yea what they said.....looks around.......tekken rules
GREAT article! the PS3 will rule!
He is trying to defend it, because he too (I bet) was disappointed. After all the bull***** Kutaragi prick said, one expected the system to run circles around the Xbox 360. And once agian, the little prick lied. No doubt that at launch the games will be sweet, but not in the way that little prick described.
His responses are that of a typical $ony fanboy. It is as though nothing that the Xbox 360 had would please the *****er. Why? He was already biased, giving $ony alot more praise than it's competition.
How the ***** does he know what is going to happen? Does he have a damn time machine to make such a bold statement? This guy is just a *****ing, retarded $ony fanboy trying to defend the system after one helluva dissapointing showing. God, people like this should be shot and killed. And ok, this PSWii and Wii60 thing are stupid as well, I will give him that. But trying to push down the competition just to praise the crappy showing reeks of *****ty fanboyism.
Really, can I go and kill this guy? Pretty please? I will only maim him...perhaps rip him to pieces and feed the pieces to rabid dogs. Just because he HELD the controller, he thinks it will be a hit? Please. He needs to hold a vibrating dildo and shove it up his urethra and ass so he can feel "the hit". And he is praising how $ony copied Nintendom, yet if his idea was stolen, he would whine and ***** like a little baby. Wah.
Funny, how now the price is "acceptable" to him. It may be acceptable to those who: 1) DOnt care about money, 3) Don't know the value of money, 3) collectors, 4) Retarded Sony fanboys.
Sorry *****, the system is EXPENSIVE LIKE HELL AND YOU KNOW IT. So stop acting like it's not that expensive, you *****ing *****.
Most of those games can easily appear on another console, so what's his bull*****? Some of those games aren't as good to begin with. Really, the guy has to embrace the idea of a painful death. It's the best thing for him.
The ps3 is an overpriced piece of ***** that isn't going to be worth your money. I'll stick to my xbox 360
Stick to your xbox360, go make some twirly gay cirqles and then shove that xbox, 360 degrees up your A*S, and tell me how it feels to have Bill gates children, you *****. The xbox360 is a pathetic way for ms to get a chunk of the gaming market. It's ungly, the hardware is sucks and who gives a frack about xbox live, if you wanna play online, just go on the pc which has the best fps WITH A MOUSE, and for the rest of the stuff just play on your console and with that i mean the ps2/3 and not the 360 times piece of crap. You know why there is a shortage of the xbox360, because it takes a lot of people to ***** so much crap out of their A*S.
well if you dont think that is a good response to all those *****y ms fans here, then you can go frack your self 2....just kiddin
This is a PS3 Website. we (most of us hopefully,) don't go tp the 360, wii sites and bash other systems. I'm ALL for bashing the 360 but i feel bad for making fun of the wii because it's like making fun of a little kid. I made the mistake of updating all the time for my psp, but not very regretful, and i'm excited of the ps3 being homebrew friendly. ps3 connecting to the internet, downloading homebrew games and programs sounds like the *****! For real!! stop bashing the ps3 on a ps3 website. this must be the dumbest thing ever! I;m also with the guy who says being proclaimed a fanboy is retared! i claim Playstation because to me it has easy and universal controlls: x triangle square circle up down left right anolog sticks. l/r 1/2. the xbox has WAY too many controls to push. that's probably why the xbox is getting its ass handed to them every day to them by
GBA, PSP, and every other console.
(FOR ALL PEOPLE WANTING TO see the funniest ***** ever, go to one of my favorite websites, smashmyxbox.com. the name explains everything.)
I know i'm going to get flamed by some people, so all i have to say is bring it on MOFO's!!!
Well that was a good read and its interesting and true in part. I agree the PS3 is a great machine however I dont believe its leaps and bounds over the 360 and definatly not double the power going from a purly tech specs standpoint. I know some will disagree but please I dont want to hear it as I work in computer hardware and software. I have a friend who is a manager at Datel (which is a electronics company that deals in video game enhancement products) and he went to E3 and he said the games that appeared on both the 360 and PS3 were near on identical and he isnt byass toward anyone machine. I do agree though that the price isnt too bad for the PS3 but some may not be able to afford to splash out on it. Dont forget kids, adults cant go to their parents to get one and when you grow up you tend to get responsabilitie s like a morgage, bills bills and more bills. So some people may not be able afford it. I will get a PS3 (as i can afford it) even though I have a 360 because as great as the ps3 is and great the games look it doesnt have HALO and Oblivion (being im a big RPG fan and thats one of the best) and I really like these games so got to have a 360. Not forgetting the Wii of course for Zelda. PS3, 360 and Wii will all have something great to offer I just wished people would get some brains and actually see it.
I mean Biased not Byass.
I will definitely buy a PS3, because I NEED to play MGS4. But I wont necessarily buy a PS3 on its lauch day. But definitally before MGS4 hits the store.
I will definitely buy a PSP, I want to buy the PSP2 with camera function, to play MGS Portable Ops.
I might consider buying a Wii, but my choice leans more towards not buying it, but this might change in the future. It just that, I hate Mario, Zelda and them. But the controllers look awesome, I'll just wait and see.
And X-box 360, nah, maybe when it is really, really cheap.
Just to get this out of the way, I'm 21 years of age, and I'm getting a Wii. Also, I'm a Nintendo whore, but that aside, I have decent reasons for chosing Wii over the 360 or the PS3.
(prices mentioned are in Canadian funds)
1: I'm not so rich that I can spend $500 + on a gaming system. Sure, I could ask my parents for some money if I'm strapped for cash, but that clearly removes even more money from my college budget, which is already strapped as-is. Most, if not all my spending money I earn myself, and I'm sure that the most of us who have jobs and have to survive on our own know that $500+ is not to be taken lightly.
2: HD is nice, yes, and clearly the cost of both the 360 and the PS3 reflect this. But again, I'm not that rich, thus, I do not own an HD-TV. So HD has little value in my appartment.
3: Sony is pushing Blu-Ray as the standard for HD-DVD. Sure, it's apparently better than standard HD, but to even see a difference in visual performance, you'd need to have a collosal HD-TV. Also, DVDs are not so terrible that they require an upgrade from their current format. Granted, Blu-Ray allows for more storage, but that just happens to be something that the PS3 "requires" in order to store and process the information that is contained their-in. In other words. Sony made a realy powerful machine. This machine is capable of incredible things. For developers to create a game that doesn't end in five minutes, Sony needed to create a new storage format that could hold all of this above-and-beyond visual quality. Thus they introduce Blu-Ray a Hi-Def 80gig DVD format and for this, they obviously include the Media Player in the system.
Basically what is being said is that Sony isn't "giving" you this HD-DVD player because they want to, it's because they have to. At least Microsoft gives you the choice between getting a DVD player or not. Most households already have DVD players, and it's not like standard DVDs are going to go away anytime soon.
Personally, unless you're super-rich, I think that HD-DVD is "currently", an overated fad. Maybe in a few years when there is a justifiable cause to switch to HD, it might fly, but for now...I don't think it will. DVDs took off because they were of significantly higher quality than VHS tapes as well as being capable of storing more information and outlasting VHS tapes as far as age-deterioration is concerned. So again, the jump to HD...well, it feels a little too soon, like...maybe five to ten years too soon.
The 360 probably isn't worth the money either, but when most games nowadays are cross-platform, I think most people would consider the cheaper, yet not so bad alternative.
Don't get me wrong, the PS3 is going to be a great system, but Sony, let alone anyone else, this article included, have yet to prove to me, and probably any other hardcore gamer my age, that the PS3 is worth it's asking price.
I would rather buy a japanese console and pay the majority to a japanese company they will use my money to develop some funky ass robots or other new technology than buy an american console and pay the majority to an american company so they can kill, murder,torture and terrorise people around the world.
first off I would like to clarify that I will probably buy all three,
There have been multiple developers including ID software reps that have stated in interviews that there will not be a significant difference between the xbox360 and PS3. Im tired of hearing rants and raves from morrons who no nothing about either system wasting everyone elses time by trying to compare the two. I'll stick with the expert opinions.
On the whole HD-DVD Blue-ray war, I have read many articles by industry analysts stating that tangible hd-dvd disks are not the future of viewing HD content. We are already seeing internet speeds increasing to incredible lengths, think about it, if Universal pictures wants to deliver a certain movie to a mass public what will be the best way to do it. put it on an hd disk that requires production and shipping costs to deliver them to consumers, or put it in downloadable format that would be immediately available to every person with a highspeed internet connection. Direct tv has already made deals with Microsoft and Sony to deliver hd streaming content to both systems. Face it niether blue ray or HD-dvd will win the war. there will be no war, wasting your money on eiter two formats in the next 4-5 years will be a waste.
last thought, analysts are also saying that because production costs are becoming so extremely expensive on the ps3 and 360 that we are all going to see fewer and fewer exclusives on either system. sure you can argue that their will always be halo and msg on their respective systems but use GTA4 as an example. Rockstar was put on the map by sony (and sony by rockstar for that matter) you would think if any company should be faithful to sony it would be them. However GTA4 is to be released on both systems simultaneously, same with Devil May Cry 4 (also usually a sony exclusive). It doesn't cost very much at all to code a game to multiple systems and your guaranteed a larger market share to target putting the game on both. Which makes me wonder how successful nintendos system will actually be.
Uh, i'm a Sony fanboy to the end, I usually hate Microsoft, but after E3, I think i'm going to purchase a 360.
Let me say this: Dead Rising was better than any game Sony showed. This alone wiped the floor in gameplay aspects and in most games, graphics. 300+ weapons with 500 zombies onscreen is ALOT of fun, honestly. I was chainsawing, lughtsabering and even pee-ing on zombies, I swear, this game is a masterpeice. This game alone wants me to purchase a 360.
"Rockstar was put on the map by sony (and sony by rockstar for that matter) "
Um, GTA and rockstar have been around before the playstation was even chalk on a board in sony's office. - The original 2d game GTA was a massive hit in the 80s on the commodore 64 which i played alot, and then later on PC's in the early 90s then years later finally ported to the playstation. If anything the playstation version has helped escalate controversy over the game.
Get a damn life. Xbox360 is better than Ps3. Ps3 is better than Xbox 360 who gives a F2ck. Get a girlfriend, go to the club, the movies something. Dont sit at your damn cpu all day or play video game. Go pipe a girl if ya even now what thAT Means. Losers. Just a word of advice. Oh if you want to reply hit me on the spot which i know some loser thats on the computer talking about sh1t that nobody cares about. I end by saying i quote "GET A LIFE".
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6153438.html
It all makes sense now.
Even Sony can't afford a PS3.