Nintendo Wii and PS3 - Page 2

Karl Connor · 12-08-2006, 01:41 AM

ps3 is too risky a buy imo. the verdict is out on whether blu ray is going to be a prominent propietary media, and whether the ps3 itself is going to be near successful as its past iterations.

i personally think in about two years it'll pick up. but i dont think i'd get one in fear of it being like the nintendo 64 - where it was pumped as some great console but the developers jumped ship early in its life.

Rarely · 12-08-2006, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Karl Connor

ps3 is too risky a buy imo. the verdict is out on whether blu ray is going to be a prominent propietary media, and whether the ps3 itself is going to be near successful as its past iterations.

i personally think in about two years it'll pick up. but i dont think i'd get one in fear of it being like the nintendo 64 - where it was pumped as some great console but the developers jumped ship early in its life.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BLU-RAY?! IT HAS A BLUE RAY!

Dead · 12-08-2006, 01:43 AM

Dirty cops exposed: cut to front of PS3 line

A pair of greedy Rhode Island police officers have been accused of skipping the line that formed outside of Providence Place Mall's Sony Style retail store on PlayStation 3's launch day. Two security guards allowed the officers, along with five others, to move past those who had gathered earlier. The guards have since been dismissed from employment, and the officers now face punishments handed down by their respective police departments.

One of the officers has admitted to his superiors that he cut the line, but believes in using his authority to do so, he has done nothing wrong. "I just beg to differ. We think he did something very wrong," expressed a concerned Providence Police Chief Dean Esserman. "He's been identified and he's going to be disciplined."

The second officer, of Warick, is currently under investigation. "If the facts bear out these allegations, we will take disciplinary action against the officer," declared Warwick Police Chief Steve McCartney.

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/07/di...t-of-ps3-line/

Karl Connor · 12-08-2006, 01:44 AM

speaking strictly in terms of buying a blu ray console, its a very good value. i think most blu ray players go for like $1000 whereas the ps3 is like half that much

Karl Connor · 12-08-2006, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Dead

Dirty cops exposed: cut to front of PS3 line

A pair of greedy Rhode Island police officers have been accused of skipping the line that formed outside of Providence Place Mall's Sony Style retail store on PlayStation 3's launch day. Two security guards allowed the officers, along with five others, to move past those who had gathered earlier. The guards have since been dismissed from employment

for cutting in line?

waltermcphilp · 12-08-2006, 01:49 AM

the security guards who let them cut were fired. not the cops.

Karl Connor · 12-08-2006, 01:52 AM

oh, yeah.

Dead · 12-08-2006, 01:56 AM

the cops should be fired for using their position as cops to cut in line and get PS3s. they've dishonored the badge. pathetic!

Dead · 12-08-2006, 02:00 AM

Here's a different report on the same blu-ray story:

Survey: Sony's Rep Killing Blu-ray

It looks like Sony's grand scheme to turn the Playstation 3 into a Blu-ray Trojan Horse may have backfired. A recent survey here in the US points to a distrust of Sony and their strong-armed, cram-Blu-ray-down-your-throat tactics as a major factor in consumer negativity surrounding the Sony-backed format.

Personally, Sony's tactics didn't bother me much. The PS3 costs less than some Blu-ray drives, so I see it as a nice add-on feature. What did annoy me and continues to annoy me to this day, is that the console's delay was, it seems, caused mostly by Blu-ray issues and that on-going stock shortages can also be traced back to the Blu-ray bits.

I still haven't made up my mind about which format, via a game console, I like more. Right now I'm sorta leaning toward HD-DVD, though I think that has more to do with the PS3's still percolating interface. Brian Crecente

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/hd+dvd/...ray-220192.php

The Pashing Smumpkin · 12-08-2006, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Dead

the cops should be fired for using their position as cops to cut in line and get PS3s. they've dishonored the badge. pathetic!

you would have done the same!

Dead · 12-08-2006, 02:01 AM

I wouldn't have done the same!

Elvis The Fat Years · 12-08-2006, 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Dead

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Trotskilicious · 12-08-2006, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Dead

Here's a different report on the same blu-ray story:

That's not a report, it's an editorial. Obviously indicated by the use of personal pronouns. Further the link sends me to a messageboard which is probably about as excellent source of information as this is. God you're a dunce.

I don't even know what the fuck blu-ray is and I don't know why I should care, but you'r e a moron.

Trotskilicious · 12-08-2006, 04:06 AM

this is the link to the actual survey you goddamn tool

http://techdigest.tv/2006/12/consumers_favou.html

fuck you piss me off

Shapan · 12-08-2006, 04:10 AM

the wii is a lot of fun, played the rayman, zelda, madden, and wii sports. i really want to play zelda but i havent had the time amidst finals, though i played a bit yesterday after my bio final.

keep up the pointless complaining threads green chair and after 10 years you might catch up to julio

Dead · 12-08-2006, 04:13 AM

what the hell is your problem, i first linked to an article about the survey, who cares if my 2nd post was an editorial? take it easy.

Trotskilicious · 12-08-2006, 04:29 AM

because it's not a different report, you posted a link to a faggoty forum with a link to the actual report on it

i mean what are you stupid

Trotskilicious · 12-08-2006, 04:30 AM

Besides all you have to say is SONY: BETA, MINI DISC, BLU-RAY = SUCCESS!

Esty · 12-08-2006, 04:30 AM

I wish dead hated the Wii.

Esty · 12-08-2006, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

Besides all you have to say is SONY: BETA, MINI DISC, BLU-RAY = SUCCESS!

Did you ever get that minidisc you wanted?

Trotskilicious · 12-08-2006, 04:36 AM

oh man worst purchase EVER

Trotskilicious · 12-08-2006, 04:37 AM

i'm pawning that fucking thing tomorrow so i can pay my cable bill

Esty · 12-08-2006, 04:38 AM

I remember you needing something to do with a minidisc, I just can't exactly remember what it was. I had one until I got an ipod. I was happy with it.

Elvis The Fat Years · 12-08-2006, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Dead

take it easy.

don't tell him to take it easy, you take it easy or im gonna take it easy on your face&balls.
http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/6418/fghdgr4.jpg

Trotskilicious · 12-08-2006, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Esty

I remember you needing something to do with a minidisc, I just can't exactly remember what it was. I had one until I got an ipod. I was happy with it.

oh it was a TCP/IP cord. I don't really care. I really hate having to convert all my mp3s into the sony sound format so I can write it onto my minidiscs. I hate how obnoxiously bulky and SONY oriented they made it. They're such pricks.

Besides, I highly doubt that their software is linux compatable since they probably hate the shit out of the ops because it's free source (HOLY CRAP WHAT KIND OF SENSE DOES THAT MAKE?) so even if i got the TCP/IP cord then I would still have to find a patch to make the program work, and that's about a one in a million shot. I can't even find a patch to make Civilization III work.

Elvis The Fat Years · 12-08-2006, 04:47 AM

i have no idea what any of that says.

Esty · 12-08-2006, 04:50 AM

I'm a bit lost myself. Sorry you couldn't get it to work for you. I still have a softspot for my old minidisc. I loved that format for a long time.

Trotskilicious · 12-08-2006, 04:52 AM

You know the cord you use to plug the minidisc player into the back of your computer? I don't have that. And my OS isn't windows so I can't use the software even if I did have the cord.

Elvis The Fat Years · 12-08-2006, 04:57 AM

i know that says, 'im fucked.'

Esty · 12-08-2006, 04:59 AM

Fuck, I guess you could always ebay the fucker, but they won't get you much nowadays. Good luck getting rid of it.

12-08-2006, 01:41 AM	#31
Karl Connor ADMlNISTRATOR Posts: 18,933	ps3 is too risky a buy imo. the verdict is out on whether blu ray is going to be a prominent propietary media, and whether the ps3 itself is going to be near successful as its past iterations. i personally think in about two years it'll pick up. but i dont think i'd get one in fear of it being like the nintendo 64 - where it was pumped as some great console but the developers jumped ship early in its life.

12-08-2006, 01:43 AM	#33
Dead Deaddy is your daddy! Location: Veronica Mars played with my Wii. Posts: 39,187	Dirty cops exposed: cut to front of PS3 line A pair of greedy Rhode Island police officers have been accused of skipping the line that formed outside of Providence Place Mall's Sony Style retail store on PlayStation 3's launch day. Two security guards allowed the officers, along with five others, to move past those who had gathered earlier. The guards have since been dismissed from employment, and the officers now face punishments handed down by their respective police departments. One of the officers has admitted to his superiors that he cut the line, but believes in using his authority to do so, he has done nothing wrong. "I just beg to differ. We think he did something very wrong," expressed a concerned Providence Police Chief Dean Esserman. "He's been identified and he's going to be disciplined." The second officer, of Warick, is currently under investigation. "If the facts bear out these allegations, we will take disciplinary action against the officer," declared Warwick Police Chief Steve McCartney. http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/07/di...t-of-ps3-line/

12-08-2006, 01:44 AM	#34
Karl Connor ADMlNISTRATOR Posts: 18,933	speaking strictly in terms of buying a blu ray console, its a very good value. i think most blu ray players go for like $1000 whereas the ps3 is like half that much

12-08-2006, 01:49 AM	#36
waltermcphilp Socialphobic Location: I DO C-C-C-COCAINE Posts: 11,142	the security guards who let them cut were fired. not the cops.

12-08-2006, 01:52 AM	#37
Karl Connor ADMlNISTRATOR Posts: 18,933	oh, yeah.

12-08-2006, 01:56 AM	#38
Dead Deaddy is your daddy! Location: Veronica Mars played with my Wii. Posts: 39,187	the cops should be fired for using their position as cops to cut in line and get PS3s. they've dishonored the badge. pathetic!

12-08-2006, 02:00 AM	#39
Dead Deaddy is your daddy! Location: Veronica Mars played with my Wii. Posts: 39,187	Here's a different report on the same blu-ray story: Survey: Sony's Rep Killing Blu-ray It looks like Sony's grand scheme to turn the Playstation 3 into a Blu-ray Trojan Horse may have backfired. A recent survey here in the US points to a distrust of Sony and their strong-armed, cram-Blu-ray-down-your-throat tactics as a major factor in consumer negativity surrounding the Sony-backed format. Personally, Sony's tactics didn't bother me much. The PS3 costs less than some Blu-ray drives, so I see it as a nice add-on feature. What did annoy me and continues to annoy me to this day, is that the console's delay was, it seems, caused mostly by Blu-ray issues and that on-going stock shortages can also be traced back to the Blu-ray bits. I still haven't made up my mind about which format, via a game console, I like more. Right now I'm sorta leaning toward HD-DVD, though I think that has more to do with the PS3's still percolating interface. Brian Crecente http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/hd+dvd/...ray-220192.php

12-08-2006, 02:01 AM	#41
Dead Deaddy is your daddy! Location: Veronica Mars played with my Wii. Posts: 39,187	I wouldn't have done the same!

12-08-2006, 04:06 AM	#44
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	this is the link to the actual survey you goddamn tool http://techdigest.tv/2006/12/consumers_favou.html fuck you piss me off

12-08-2006, 04:10 AM	#45
Shapan Socialphobic Location: intellectual hobo Posts: 11,798	the wii is a lot of fun, played the rayman, zelda, madden, and wii sports. i really want to play zelda but i havent had the time amidst finals, though i played a bit yesterday after my bio final. keep up the pointless complaining threads green chair and after 10 years you might catch up to julio

12-08-2006, 04:13 AM	#46
Dead Deaddy is your daddy! Location: Veronica Mars played with my Wii. Posts: 39,187	what the hell is your problem, i first linked to an article about the survey, who cares if my 2nd post was an editorial? take it easy.

12-08-2006, 04:29 AM	#47
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	because it's not a different report, you posted a link to a faggoty forum with a link to the actual report on it i mean what are you stupid

12-08-2006, 04:30 AM	#48
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	Besides all you have to say is SONY: BETA, MINI DISC, BLU-RAY = SUCCESS!

12-08-2006, 04:30 AM	#49
Esty Netphorian of the Decade Location: Waiting in line for his geranium kiss Posts: 15,478	I wish dead hated the Wii.

12-08-2006, 04:36 AM	#51
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	oh man worst purchase EVER

12-08-2006, 04:37 AM	#52
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	i'm pawning that fucking thing tomorrow so i can pay my cable bill

12-08-2006, 04:38 AM	#53
Esty Netphorian of the Decade Location: Waiting in line for his geranium kiss Posts: 15,478	I remember you needing something to do with a minidisc, I just can't exactly remember what it was. I had one until I got an ipod. I was happy with it.

12-08-2006, 04:47 AM	#56
Elvis The Fat Years 007 373 5963 Posts: 31,408	i have no idea what any of that says.

12-08-2006, 04:50 AM	#57
Esty Netphorian of the Decade Location: Waiting in line for his geranium kiss Posts: 15,478	I'm a bit lost myself. Sorry you couldn't get it to work for you. I still have a softspot for my old minidisc. I loved that format for a long time.

12-08-2006, 04:52 AM	#58
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	You know the cord you use to plug the minidisc player into the back of your computer? I don't have that. And my OS isn't windows so I can't use the software even if I did have the cord.

12-08-2006, 04:57 AM	#59
Elvis The Fat Years 007 373 5963 Posts: 31,408	i know that says, 'im fucked.'

12-08-2006, 04:59 AM	#60
Esty Netphorian of the Decade Location: Waiting in line for his geranium kiss Posts: 15,478	Fuck, I guess you could always ebay the fucker, but they won't get you much nowadays. Good luck getting rid of it.