Sony's Conference

[bobcat]

Originally Posted by gekko

My long biased rants will come next week, when I get the net hooked up in my room.

But let me just say, every time I've complained about Sony's controller design, I take it back. Aside from the fact that it's incredibly dated, at least it was confortable. This is well... humorous at best. Sony should've just added USB support for PC controllers and not included one

The console is umm... nice... but... ugly. Glad to see someone using Bluetooth (1.1 or 2?), and it's nice to see 1080p and HDMI output. Bravo. If only they could make a game that I cared about, and could sell this thing for a reasonable price. Sure it's going to sell for under $500. $499.99+tax!

Still haven't seen a picture of a game, just heard some announced titles that put me to sleep. They'll sell, but they're just not for me. But please tell me that they gave real-time in-game shots, and not the stupid BS renders that they wowed us with to prove how superior it was to DC.

3 consoles shown, none have "wowed" me.

Have you seen the war video thingo on PS3?

That wowed me. Is that really in game graphics??? Even though it looks like it is from a gameplayers perspective,who's to say somebody didn't computer generate some or all of it? I'm confused

Also where are the gamelists? I haven't seen ANY games yet that have stood out and grabbed me by the nutz.

[gekko]

No. Got internet being installed on Tuesday. For now, I'm on a relatively slow, and very expensive public computer. So no big downloads until Tuesday. Then I have to sort through this mess of 80 posts per console.

[Perfect Stu]

The only games known for PS3 release are:

Killzone 2
I-8
Gran Turismo 5
Motor Storm
Heavenly Sword
Metal Gear Solid 4
Grand Theft Auto next
Final Fantasy next
Rockstar western (Red Dead Revolver 2?)
Fight Night round 3
Formula 1
Devil May Cry 4
Mobile Suit Gundam
Tekken
Ni-Oh
EyeDentify
Warhawk
Killing Day

but it's not set to release for another 10-11 months, so you cant expect a very large game list. how large was the XBox 360's game list 5-6 months ago?

[MuGen]

Originally Posted by gekko

My long biased rants will come next week, when I get the net hooked up in my room.

But let me just say, every time I've complained about Sony's controller design, I take it back. Aside from the fact that it's incredibly dated, at least it was confortable. This is well... humorous at best. Sony should've just added USB support for PC controllers and not included one

The console is umm... nice... but... ugly. Glad to see someone using Bluetooth (1.1 or 2?), and it's nice to see 1080p and HDMI output. Bravo. If only they could make a game that I cared about, and could sell this thing for a reasonable price. Sure it's going to sell for under $500. $499.99+tax!

Still haven't seen a picture of a game, just heard some announced titles that put me to sleep. They'll sell, but they're just not for me. But please tell me that they gave real-time in-game shots, and not the stupid BS renders that they wowed us with to prove how superior it was to DC.

3 consoles shown, none have "wowed" me.

I hope you've seen the game play footage being run on unfinished PS3 hardware.... those graphics will wow you.... even if the game isn't your type.

Bluetooth 2.0 EDR (Sony and Ericsson invented Bluetooth... what do you expect?)

Now about the price... let's check out some marketing patterns

Newspapers speculate an up to $700 price tag for the Playstation 2.
Sony launches PS2 in Japan for $379.00
Sony launches PS2 in US for $299.00
Newspapers speculate a $465 price tag for the Playstation 3.
Sony will probably launch in it Japan for $399
And end up launching in the U.S. at $350.00

Sony will keep their price at a competitive price point to keep people interested instead of making them go to Xbox 360.

Everyone knows PS3 looks way more powerful, so $350 would be a justified price point, for the extra horsepower in it....

But if it matches the X1.5 at $299.... EVEN BETTER... I'm not stopping them from doing it....

[bobcat]

Originally Posted by Kyuzo

I hope you've seen the game play footage being run on unfinished PS3 hardware.... those graphics will wow you.... even if the game isn't your type.

If you're talking about Killzone then I hate to be the one to spoil your fun.............

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/614/614924p1.html

I think it's not realtime, it just looks too ............. polished to be real time. I mean the way everything happens, it just doesn't seem believeable. However I could be wrong.

Originally Posted by PS2IGN

We're inclined to mistrust Killzone 2's gameplay legitimacy even further because of the way the video plays out. No shooter in existence features characters that do exactly the right thing at exactly the right time all the time. It seems as if the entire Killzone 2 showing was like a wish that did not waver, not even once. Then there's the way the control seems suspiciously fast to be done on analog sticks. The circumstantial evidence is just too much to ignore, you know?

All that being said, I cannot in good faith tout Killzone 2 as the best looking game ever because I really don't think it's a real game yet. But it sure is one hell of a CG sequence that, if in anyway happens to be representative of the final product, shows us what next-generation shooting should be like.

[gekko]

Originally Posted by Sony

Bluetooth 2.0 EDR (Sony and Ericsson invented Bluetooth... what do you expect?)

Who's complaining? Bluetooth is one of the greatest technologies out there. 2.0 is even better, saves on battery life since it transfers more information per second, therefore its not transmitting as often.

But also on the price point, Blu-Ray is expensive, and the price isn't going to go down since its now pretty much became a proprietary format. Where Microsoft and Nintendo are banking on cheap lasers and cheap discs. Allows for a cheaper console, as well as lower game production costs, which is crucial for those smaller developers Sony has been known for having. But it has its benefits.

I just don't see Sony selling this at a reasonable pricepoint, and after seeing PSP go for $250 in America, I'm not feeling confident that they will get it lower than $399.

[Canyarion]

Originally Posted by gekko

after seeing PSP go for $250 in America,

Value Pack, VALUE PACK before they kill you!

[Crash]

[Teuthida]

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[MuGen]

uhmm.... wow....... the PS3 isn't that big.... it's as big as the 50000 series PS2....

[bobcat]

Originally Posted by Crash

lol

[Bond]

Originally Posted by Sony

uhmm.... wow....... the PS3 isn't that big.... it's as big as the 50000 series PS2....

You actually changed your username to the name of a corporation? Wow, that's extreme... maybe I was wrong about this whole supporting capitalism thing.

[Null]

Originally Posted by Sony

uhmm.... wow....... the PS3 isn't that big.... it's as big as the 50000 series PS2....

lol. well the highly awaited Megaton announcment has left some people a bit grumpy.

[Teuthida]

That truly scares me...changing your name to Sony...not even PlayStation but Sony. When I get enough dlbns gonna change my name to General Motors...no...Coca-Cola...no...Square-Enix...no...Anheuser-Busch... which billion-dollar company should I sell my soul to?

[DarrenMcLeod]

That photoshop is extremely good though... the expression on his face and his arm locations... makes it look like he's actually lifting a huge load.