lol ps3 = teh sucks!

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally Posted by FutureBoy

Huh?
PS3 crappy version = $500
PS3 "Premium" = $600

The crappy version isn't as crappy anymore. It now will have an HDMI port.

[Floppy Nono]

did you guys hear about GT? not only are their going to be TWO Different discs...the multiplayer and improved graphics on the 2nd...but you only get TWENTY CARS and THREE TRACKS to start out...all the rest have to be bought...for every car and track they will have available it will cost in the range of 670 dollars

[Floppy Nono]

on a side note how many of you guys that game here have hdtv's and who doesn't? i'd like to see a statistic for this forum just for the hell of it if you guys would be so kind

[FutureBoy]

Originally Posted by Nimrod's Son

The crappy version isn't as crappy anymore. It now will have an HDMI port.

Yeah, not sure how big of a selling point that is. I mean the HD can be upgraded too, but for the cost, just get the premium which has wifi built in.

[FutureBoy]

Originally Posted by Floppy Nono

on a side note how many of you guys that game here have hdtv's and who doesn't? i'd like to see a statistic for this forum just for the hell of it if you guys would be so kind

I hope to have one next year, but not at the moment.

[Floppy Nono]

also the 360 hd-dvd drive can now be hooked up to any pc with a 3rd party driver and program. i think that may be a bigger selling point if someone without a 360 can make use of it for consequently cheaper then any other hd-dvd player on the market

[mirrar]

Originally Posted by bardy

or this, since he loves volcanoes and earthquakes. I think he would probably fake like he enjoyed it and secretley go I think it's cool though!!

http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/ca...uct/sku__FI124

that is hilariously bad fleamarket styles. i'd get it for someone as a joke and pretend i really thought it was nice, and watch them squirm and try to pretend they thought it was really beautiful and then say you dumbass it's a joke present, and throw something nicer at them.

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally Posted by Floppy Nono

also the 360 hd-dvd drive can now be hooked up to any pc with a 3rd party driver and program. i think that may be a bigger selling point if someone without a 360 can make use of it for consequently cheaper then any other hd-dvd player on the market

well i think HD-DVD is a dying technology, so I disagree

[bardy]

Originally Posted by mirrar

that is hilariously bad fleamarket styles. i'd get it for someone as a joke and pretend i really thought it was nice, and watch them squirm and try to pretend they thought it was really beautiful and then say you dumbass it's a joke present, and throw something nicer at them.

this is awesome!!! I wish it wasn't $50

http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/ca...uct/sku__SL001

[FutureBoy]

Still a smarter buy than a PS3.

[Floppy Nono]

i just enjoy xbox alot...i guess i've got a bias

[Dead]

Originally Posted by Floppy Nono

agreed but sony has been claiming a vastly superior system in terms of graphic processing but these screen seem to prove them dead wrong and for that i think these pictures are a relevant judge for the system

All that says is that the developers slacked off on the PS3 version/port. But looking at those shots there sure is a big difference, sloppy work.

[Dead]

Originally Posted by wounded

i don't know if camping out for the wii is necessary....how many units are they shipping?

From what I've read maybe around 20-40 per major store, and possible that Toys R Us is getting double what other stores are (rumor)

[Irridescent Fairysex]

Originally Posted by Floppy Nono

on a side note how many of you guys that game here have hdtv's and who doesn't? i'd like to see a statistic for this forum just for the hell of it if you guys would be so kind

I play my 360 on an XGA projector. It's not true 720p resolution, since it loses a bit in the black bars, but it's close enough. I'm satisfied with the projector but I can only play at night, or when it's dark enough to get an optimum picture. I'm thinking about selling the projector and buy an HDTV, but I'm still not sure if I want to get rid of the huge fucking image I get.

I wonder how many of us have an xbox live gold account, we could set up a leaderboard. I have chris_bakewell and choobie woobie on my friends list.

[Shapan]

id rather have a wii over PS3 and xbox because i love the nintendo games. sony doesnt even have exclusive rights to final fantasy anymore, doesnt seem worth it to purchase one.

[Floppy Nono]

Originally Posted by Irridescent Fairysex

I wonder how many of us have an xbox live gold account, we could set up a leaderboard. I have chris_bakewell and choobie woobie on my friends list.

add me, my gamertag is Tony Iommi as in the guitarist for black sabbath. it's pretty goofy i know but i made it when i was like 15.

how have you been enjoying gears of war?

[Effloresce]

They're first-gen titles, what do you expect...? Plus, it's Ridge Racer. Namco shits these games out with practically no oversight. I'd wait till the second-gen of PS3 and 360 games before we all jump to conclusions about how different or alike they both are graphically.

Originally Posted by Nimrod's Son

The crappy version isn't as crappy anymore. It now will have an HDMI port.

Yep. And you can get a cheap WiFi adapter for the USB port ($10 or $20 online), a cheap USB card reader (I've seen these as cheap as $7.99), and upgrade the hard drive to whatever the hell you want as long as it's a notebook-sized one (which is very cheap if you order from newegg or something).

I'm definitely getting the $500 PS3.

[avian chaos]

I feel bad for Nimrod in this thread

[Super Cres]

Will you be able to play non blu-ray dvd's on a blu-ray player? Like regular definition dvd's not hd-dvd's.

[Floppy Nono]

i believe so since it plays older ps2 games and many of them are on dvd


however, when you buy an hd-dvd you also get the standard dvd version of the movie on the other side...as far as i know that is not true with blu-ray discs

[Trotskilicious]

I don't see the point in buying a $600 system so I can play Madden.

[mccririck]

Bandwidth exceeded. Is that what "teh sucks" means in Spanish?

[Mooney]

Originally Posted by Nimrod's Son

The graphics capabilities of the PS3 well beat the 360. You posted screenshots from one game, and most likely the port to PS3 was rushed in order to get it out in time. This is about the game itself, not the hardware.

the graphics will be indeed slightly better, but that won't make up for the fact they are using a slightly redesigned version of a controller that was released nine years ago.

[FutureBoy]

Originally Posted by IGN.com

November 12, 2006 - Sony may have *******d the PS2's CPU and GPU with every PlayStation 3 system, but the system still appears to be having some problems with backwards compatibility. Just in time for the PS3's second anniversary (the second day it's been on the market in Japan), Sony passed on the specifics.

Now accessible at the Japanese PlayStation.com site is a page for seeking out the backwards compatibility status of PS2 and PS1 titles. The Japanese page can be accessed here. By inputting the title, publisher name, release date or product number (an eight digit code containing four letters followed by a hyphen then four numbers), you can seek out the status of the 7,841 titles in Sony's database.
(*******s Directors Cut): Movie scenes may not have proper sound playback.

# Driving Emotion Type-S: BGM may not properly play back during races

# Gran Turismo 4: The screen may freeze following the title demo.

# Hot Shots Golf 3/4: Some sort of problem with the controls becoming unresponsive

# Operator's Side: The game freezes at the logo screen when started up with the Seamic controller

# Onimusha Dawn of Dreams: Screen will occasionally appear 2cm to the right

# Hyper Street Fighter II Anniversary Edition: The screen will not appear correctly in some instances. The S.F.II Movie cannot play properly.

# Megaman X7: There are times when the background music won't play properly

# Devil May Cry: The screen will sometimes freeze during the title demo

# Onimusha: During movie playback, the sound will occasionally stop

# Suikoden III: Cannot read PS1 data during the game.

# Silent Hill 2: When going from the title screen to the demo screen, the screen may freeze

These are the major problems we found looking through the numerous pages for Sega, Namco, Capcom, Square Enix, Sony and Konami.

Some problems, including those for Ace Combat 5, Oz, SOCOM and so forth, were fixed with the System 1.10 update. Sony still lists those problems in the database.

We also noticed a few recurring problems, sometimes based off a common feature, sometimes carried across an entire series of titles. The PS3 Virtual Memory Card specifications do not allow for PS2 games to read PS1 data, which is something that's apparently used in Suikoden III and a few other titles. Most of the microphone-compatible games seem to have problems. Konami's dance/music games seem to have a number of problems.

In addition to the software compatibility issues, Sony has made public the issues that arise due to hardware differences between the platforms, specifically the PS3 not using physical memory cards, not using a multitap, not having rumble built into its controller and other issues related to different hard disk and USB specifications.

As previously announced, you can keep using your PS2 game saves by purchasing a Memory Card Adapter (which is currently harder to find in Japan than actual PS3 units, it seems). Once you have the adapter, you'll be able to transfer your save files to the PS3 hard disk. The only catch is that games whose save icon displays a "No Copy" icon in the PS2 browser cannot have their data copied over.

The PS3 can't use a multitap. However, Sony states that this shouldn't be a problem with the system's ability to recognize seven Sixaxis controllers simultaneously.

Regarding USB peripherals, Sony states that some software that use such peripherals may not run properly on the PS3. It asks that users conduct the manufacturer of such products. As noted above, games using a microphone peripheral seem to have problems.

HDMI also gives problems to PS2 games. Sony states that as of 11/11, when the PS3 is connected to your entertainment center using HDMI, PS2 and PS1 games will output only in 2ch digital. When switching to Dolby/DTS modes for PS1 and PS2 games that are compatible with these sound systems, you'll get no sound output. For now, Sony recommends using an optical cable for such titles. This, of course, will require that you go into the settings menu and change the audio output cable.

The PS3 has no i-Link port, so you can't replicate the i-Link link-up feature from PS2 titles. The i-Link port was used as a bonus in only a few titles and was removed from future PlayStation 2 revisions.

Games that use the hard disk will currently not run. The problem is that the built-in PS3 hard disk cannot currently be used as a PS2 hard disk. We haven't tried it out ourselves, but this means games like Final Fantasy XI and Nobunaga's Ambition Online won't work.

For now at least. The good news is that Sony plans on making hard disk based PS2 games compatible in a future system software update. The list of titles that will work once this magic system update is carried is basically just Nobunaga's Ambition Online, Final Fantasy XI and the Play Online viewer, and Front Mission Online in all their variations, including expansions.

Other backwards compatibility problems will also, hopefully, be fixed in future updates. It's doubtful that the PS3 will every be fully backwards compatible, though, as even the slim model PS2 doesn't play back some PS2 titles properly.

Not sure if its in this article , or somewhere else, but a Sony rep basically said that there are people that arent going to care about not having audio.

[ravenguy2000]

Since we're on the topic of new consoles and such, does anyone know what the general availabilty of the Wii is going to be at launch? I'm nearly convinced I'm buying one this Sunday if I can get my hands on one but I'm not going to camp out or whatever. I'll be buying it at a Best Buy if that makes any difference.

[Travis Meeks]

18

[FutureBoy]

I dont think a camp out for the Wii will be needed, just go early launch day. I remember hearing the big stores (best Buy, Walmart) will be getting like 90-100.

[FutureBoy]

Ok, forget that, supposedly this tells you about Target allocation numbers
http://wii.clambert.org/

[ravenguy2000]

Originally Posted by FutureBoy

Ok, forget that, supposedly this tells you about Target allocation numbers
http://wii.clambert.org/

Thanks, and yeah. If my local Target right up the street from me is getting 51 units I doubt I'll have much trouble at Best Buy.

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally Posted by Super Cres

Will you be able to play non blu-ray dvd's on a blu-ray player? Like regular definition dvd's not hd-dvd's.

Yes. My blu-ray player does.