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Sony Displays New PSP, Polished Games At E3
Sony had a lot to prove coming into this event, and kicked off on a high note. The PlayStation 2 is still selling units, and the PSP's numbers are apparently up as well. They followed that with the news of a new version of the PlayStation Portable. It's slimmer, lighter, has a longer battery life, and the ability to connect directly to your television to display video and games. There was a good deal of discussion about upcoming PSP titles, some of which are connected to a PSP bundle. Pushing out the PS3, they show several PlayStation Store titles, included the fascinating-looking Echochrome . Moving onto the Home service they discussed cellphone and website tie-ins to the Home service, as well as the ability to launch games from directly within the Home environment. Referencing the price cut, they reveal sales have already gone up. NCSoft, Epic, and Ubisoft are all referenced as heavy backers of the PlayStation, with a tantalizing statement suggesting that user-created mods for Unreal Tournament will be coming to the console via the Playstation Network. A lengthy Metal Gear Solid 4 trailer and a statement that the game is only for the PS3 (still to be determined), due early in 2008, cap off the third-party section. First-party titles show all of the highlights of Sony's portfolio with the LittleBigPlanet trailer emphasizing creation rather than play, and their Heavenly Sword highlight showcasing the game's story for the first time. A new sandbox title with a morality component was announced, InFamous, as was a new chapter in the Gran Turismo series. The press conference wrapped with a gripping trailer for Killzone 2, completely running in real-time.
I am highly pissed that Crush is only available for the PSP. We finally get an imaginative, mind stretching game, and it's for that thing.
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I hope it's running in real real-time and not just real time like the previous trailer at last year's E3. Because as real as time was at the time, the demo wasn't very real, just based on what they believed would be real.. at the time.
Everything I've seen has been FMV trailers, and though they DO look great... So did the FMV in Final Fantasy VII...
The new slim PSP is awesome. The bundle with the new PSP + 1 GB memory stick + a game + several UMD movies in an extraordinary value. Additional features on PSP are cool, basically TV out on your PSP. They said the new PSP is something like 33% lighter and 25% thinner, unfortunately it will be 100% less hackable too. Not too excited about the 80GB PS3, I think the 60 GB PS3 priced at $499 is a better value.
Home looks great, everything I hoped it would be. It's a full-featured virtual MMO world with tons of new social networking features. I predict home will replace the normal "launch game" interface of the PS3, launching your games in a 3D virtual world is so much cooler than just using a menu.
PS3 -- GAMES, GAMES and MORE GAMES. That phrase was repeated twice, and it's true. FIFTEEN first-party exclusives coming out for PS3 before the end of the fiscal year and more third party exclusives. 150 Blu-Ray games out for PS3 by the end of the year in North America. Obviously we're going to see a large number of titles launch in the next five months. All the games presented looked good, some looked AMAZING. Gran Turismo - WOW. It was like watching a real car race. MGS4 - the LAST game of the Metal Gear series. Also looks awesome. Little Big Planet is something we've never seen from a video game before. And don't forget KILLZONE 2. Just AMAZING. Graphics were off the chart. I can't describe how awesome Killzone 2 looked, you have to see for yourself. Wow just wow.
Overall it was an awesome presentation by Sony. They presented what I wanted to see which was GAMES. Way better than the boring Nintendo presentation with spreadsheets and graphs and NO GAMES. I especially liked the Kaz "Riiiiidge Racer" joke, shows these guys have a sense of humor. Congrats on a great E3 Sony.
Of the 3 presentations it was by far the most interesting.
Engadget has the photos. It doesn't look that much thinner to me.
What the hell are you talking about?? Sony talked about PS2 for two minutes or so, then PSP for about fifteen minutes, then Home / PSN for fifteen minutes, followed by PS3 for about an hour. They saved the best for last.
Be it exclusive or timed exclusive, those are some pretty big titles.
I was extremely disappointed that the hot chicks from the square never came over to have the turkey burgers.
I've been to many E3s and watched coverage of everyone since the first. Never has there been this big of a leap in graphics from one console company as Sony just showed with the PS3.
Sony's first party stuff is just mindboggling good.
Microsoft looked absolutely pathetic with the same old last gen looking Halo stuff. EARTH TO BUNGIE! NO ONE IS IMPRESSED WITH BRIGHT LIGHTS ON SHINY METAL ANYMORE! Other than a couple of crossplatform titles with Call of Duty 4 and Assasin's Creed, Microsoft is forcing 360 owners to sound like Wii owners with talk about "we don't care about graphics, just gameplay"
...as long as you're interested in FPSs, FPSs, and more FPSs (with some racing!)
Will it blend?
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I think you misposted -- you should be at http://blog.us.playstation.com/
I think that this year's E3 was exactly what Sony needed last year. Overall I think they showed off plenty of eye candy and a few exclusives that should help to drive sales in the coming months. The only problem is that many of these key games (MGS4 in particular) won't be coming until after the holiday season. A lot of the media and public opinion is that Sony is failing and a big holiday season for them would help to dispell some of those doubts.
What I liked most about their conference is that they focused on showcasing the games coming out on their system instead of talking about sales figures and statistics (After watching the first fifteen minutes of the Nintendo conference, I was about ready for a nap). I suppose most of that stems from not having a lot of good news on that front. I don't mind a little bit of business, but I'm really more interested in seeing the games.
Depending on how things turn out over the next few months and other games that Sony manages to add to the PS3, I might almost consider buying one now that they've dropped the price a little bit. Hopefully I'll get to learn a little more about some of the games being released before the holidays to see if it's worth purchasing one of them. It also seems as though they've done a lot to revitalize the PSP, which is also a lot more appealing.
Overall I think that they should've given me a more compelling reason to puchase one of these during the holiday season or right now, but I think with the recent price drop and some of the good news from E3 that sales should pick up a little in the following weeks. If nothing else at least Sony has managed to pull its head out of its ass and get back on the right track. They still might end up like Nintendo during the GameCube era where they didn't receive a lot of support. They've still got a lot of leg work to prove to the rest of the world that they're a major contender.
After reading for whole year about the PS3 and 360 on places like beyond3d I was under the impression that the two systems were about equal in graphics power. After this E3 all that talk turned out to be nothing but fanboy bullshit. Unless Microsoft has some hidden gems they have yet to reveal it's obvious that the PS3 completely destroys the 360 in graphics.
Can anyone explain how the PS3 is this powerful?
Because world != you. That is all.
Did anyone else notice that everything that looked amazing had 2008 attached to it? And everything that looked with par with the 360 had 2007 attached to it?
I mean its great they finally showed off some potential but slapping 2008 on it all doesn't give me much confidence to go out and buy the console today or even this holiday season.
If you have a PS3 this is great news well except for that nasty price drop. Ouch.
Last I heard MGS may not be exclusive to the PS3.
Until the games are on the market it is all just hype.
It is still an improvement for Sony.
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Actually I think it's a great idea, however the link in the parent article does say how they do it. The linked Article says:
"It will also come with the ability to output high-quality video by pressing the display button. This means that movies, games, photos, and all other PSP applications can be output to a TV screen."
So does this mean there are TV out ports (or a proprietary connector) to the PSP that connects to a TV VIA Composite, component, S-Video... or does it stream content to a PS3 and play on the screen?
I think it gives them some credibility when they talk about their ten year product cycle for the PS3. If the PS2 is still receiving new games and versions of games that aren't showing up on the previous generation consoles of their competitors they can point to this and how they stand behind their product. The fact that the PS2 is outselling all other consoles short of the Wii and still has content being developed for it is amazing considering that we're over a year into the next generation.
I think you're just muck racking and naysaying, trying to proclaim the death of Sony when you don't have anything of real substance. If you want to suggest that Sony is failing at least offer something more than a shot at the success and continued viability of the PS2 as a platform.
I'm interested in becoming a Sony astroturfer, can you tell me how to become one?
I didn't get the special Sony rootkit software they were offering, but I've had plenty of problems with their products and support (.. if it's still under warranty, why do I have to pay for repairs?)
I also have no plans to give Sony any money either, what's the opposite of a Sony fanboy?
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I always said that if they added a tv out i would probably pick one up, the 5g ipod had tv out and was released at the same time. The only argument against a tv out was that it might impact ps2 sales (since a lot of psp games are ps2 ports) but if you have a tv out the psp becomes a fairly high spec portable media machine, thats how most people will use it I think.
Can anyone explain how the PS3 is this powerful?
Fanboy Goggles. Once you take them off you'll see it differently.
If I could mod you, I would. But would I go for Insightful or Funny?
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Does the new PSP still use the orwellian-named Universal Media Disc", that is compatible with nothing but the original PSP? The UMD for which there is no way for anyone but Sony to burn a disc? Or maybe they've got a miniBlu-Ray, which would be a lot cooler.
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I can hear the 360 brigade and MS fan boys warming up on this thread. whooosh.
I have a PS3, I got it on day one, I love it, Resistance is a fabulous game.
Yes there are not as many games, yes it costs more - but for fucks sake it's a blu-ray player! not some piddly DVD player. At the time I got the PS3 I could not get a blu-ray player for that money. I like the machine, the geek in me admires the Cell technology. And I feel that strongly that Sony are getting a rough ride from a bunch a script kiddies and annoying teenagers. There I said it.
Sony are trying to run a business, not gain a foothold with massive loss making subsidies and oppressive leverage. I'm not saying that what MS is doing is wrong after all they are trying to run a business - but that does not mean I admire them for their business tactics.
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Having said that, in a few months I'll be getting a 360 for Halo 3, which looks to be a fabulous game!
Sales are up after a price drop!
So. The real question is this: How much higher will they be a month or so AFTER the price drop?
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Title says all, unless you don't know what operator != means.
The thing that excites me as a gamer, is that Sony seems to have embraced the idea of user generated content - from the ability to use user created levels in UT, to being able to create an share user generated levels in Little Big Planet, basically a cushy physics simulator.
In the link that led to talking about user generated content being less certain on the 360, that's because it would have to go through Live and Microsoft still has not worked out what they want to do there. They may yet also allow substantial user content, they just haven't done so to date with the fervor Sony has.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Right...
And you've got the evidence to prove the Xbox 360's power:
* PGR bogus 'photomode pics'
* Forza bogus 'photomode pics'
* Gears of War bogus 'in game renderings'
* Mass Effect bogus 'in game renderings'
Right fanboy?
The 360 is a fucking graphical disaster.
Yes, they had a good show. But keep your frickin' pants on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-exK-gV7yaE oh my. oh my.
.. And I thought Resistance looked good. Dribble.
Agreed, Sony definitely stole the show, especially after the somewhat lackluster performance from Microsoft and the utter snooze-inducement crappy casual game BS from Nintendo.
This is just retarded, who is modding this guy flamebait and troll? Talk about abusing your mod points >_>;
Bash Sony = Mod Up
Praise Wii = Mod Up
Baseless comments are getting too much attention. People need to stick to the moderator guidelines or stop modding up groupthink style.
You constantly struggle for self improvement - and it shows.
Hooray for bad Engrish on fortune cookies
"Yeah, poverty sucks. Sorry to hear you're too fucking poor to own the most powerful console. I just drank 100 dollars worth of booze last night. Sorry, clown, I'm not laying awake at night that a console got a price drop."
You sad, sad little person... I can't help it if you wish to flush money down the tubes. I am sure some PS3 user is not all that happy about Sony saying that there would be no price drop and then hello...
As far as your bragging about that $100 worth of booze. I am really happy for you. You know people that have real money don't go around trying to impress anybody.
And as far as fanboy goes...
Have a nice day.
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From reading the announcement it LOOKS like the answer is TV out, unless there is an extra PS3 he's not mentioning:
11:49AM PDT - "You can control what you're seeing, I'll pause it, get rid of the menu, etc. If you want the video back on your PSP, push the display button again and it's back on your PSP. You can play games, videos, show photos, all of that on a tv screen or your PSP. With DLNA, you can also access the files on your PC at home via your PSP. This sparks the imagination, and encourages developers and players alike to think beyond the norm." We envision a bizarre future world where we stream computer video to the PS3 to the PSP over RemotePlay and then video output to a friend's HDTV. Sure, we'll only use this feature once
I Wonder, why is NCsoft a "heavy backer" for the PS3? So far they've mostly released MMORPGs for the PC...
Seriously why is this modded down as troll? This really is Nintendot isn't it.
XBox is made by Sony or Nintendo? News to me.
I must admit, when I saw the CGI trailer last year I was very skeptical about whether or not they could get anywhere near it.
It's very rare that I'll watch a trailer for something with my mouth half open. The Transformers trailer and the Killzone 2 trailer had this effect on me.
I think I've watched it 5 times now and I still don't believe it's realtime, even though it is*
*it is realtime, isn't it?
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It's a different meaning of "universal". It's not "universal" as in "every device ever made will read and write it", but "universal" as in "we can store games _and_ movies on it and god knows what other digital stuff we'll think about later."
Not saying you should necessarily get one, just clarifying why the name.
And, no, there's nothing Orwellian about it. Some words simply have more than one meaning, surprising as that may seem. Same, if you will, as F/OSS fans will write all over the place about the difference between "free as in beer" and "free as in speech". That's another word whose meanings aren't even vaguely related to each other.
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Sony impressed me and also failed to impress me.
PS3: Impressive. I'm glad to see they're able to showcase a lot of high class games as well as a number that are reaching out to a broader crowd. Things may take off for this system yet, though I doubt its possible for it to gain enough momentum to dominate this generation. It would at least break previous precidents if it did.
PSP: Unimpressive. I feel like Sony is trying to copy the DS Lite without understanding why the DS Lite did well. The DS Phat's key dimensional problem was its depth. There were a number of pockets incapable of holding one, and to boot it was relatively heavy. The DS Lite improved on all of these, while looking simultaneously much sleeker. The new PSP is hard to distinguish from its predecessor, which was sleek to begin with. I'll be very surprised is this causes any long-term changes in PSP sales.
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Mate - why do you reply to your own posts? It just looks like you're trying to give the impression of people agreeing with your fan-boi ravings.
Nintendo are going to go HUGE with the Wii-fitness thing - mark my words, its going to be insane the number of consoles they sell on the back of that.
Recently, I've found that the real value of the PSP is in its non-UMD power.... namely, being able to emulate the NES, the Playstation and everything inbetween :P
The movie thing is cool too, I guess... but emulating actually good games makes up for the lack of such titles in UMD format.
Tell me something...it's still "We, the people"... right?
The first and more important fact is that the hardware is powerful enough on both the 360 and the PS3 that you can get more payback for good artistic direction and heavy technical investment than ever before. The 360 and the PS3 will both respond very nicely to extravagantly expensive development budgets, and the skill of the developers and artists working on the average game will probably make much more difference in the quality of the results than any differences between the hardware will.
That said, and while the 360's graphics chip is probably superior to the PS3's, the PS3 was designed to have the Cell and RSX working together in a very close fashion. Killzone 2 is being developed with a deferred renderer, in which the Cell can overlay lighting calculations on top of the rendered polygons, rather than having all of that be always done with the RSX. Lair is using the Cell to do dynamic winnowing down of the in-game geometry to present only the essential data to RSX, while continuing to animate everything with high fidelity. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is using Cell to do very ambitious dynamic animation blending on the main characters.
Between Cell and RSX, you can do awful lot on PS3, but you have to develop the games for it, and the kind of distributed programming required to harness 8 distributed processing cores (1 PPU, 6 SPU, 1 RSX) takes a lot of time and money to do, and straightforward ports from 360-style DirectX games won't necessarily show what the PS3 can really do to best advantage.
The PS3 has another advantage with the Blu-Ray disc, as it has over 5 times more on-disc storage than the 360 has (though at the cost of a reduced maximum transfer speed). That can help allow for more extravagant level budgets, especially in titles that support streaming audio and graphics loading.
The bottom line is, we've not begun to see the best of what either the 360 or the PS3 will be capable of. The good news is that Sony is making a big enough push that they might get enough purchasers of their console that the budgets will have a chance to continue to be there to make these amazing games.
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It's a good start. Still not enough for a $499 (minimum) system.
Because Slashdot isn't written for you personally. Rather it's for a whole lot of people in addition to you. And they don't all have precisely the same opinions as you. Nor are they obligated to choose as you have.
Some people besides you won't let one incident in the past, an incident that maybe didn't even affect them directly, decide their entire future from that day forward. Perhaps you want every single one of the hundreds of thousands of people who work for Sony (and Sony-BMG and presumably Sony-Ericsson) to lose their jobs for one bad decision of a few record company losers. But not everyone does.
They still haven't shown me any games that compel me to purchase one. There's a bunch of "well that looks cool, if I owned a PS3" but nothing to motivate me to go out and spend $500+tax on one. Maybe, like the 360, one of my roommates will be compelled to pick one up. Even Metal Gear I can wait on the system hitting $300 and the game going budget/cross platform for.
I will own a PS3 eventually(only console of a generation I *haven't* owned is an original XBox), and I plan on picking up the titles that fit that criteria as I see them, but... meh.
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Sure the big hitters (and PS3 exclusives) MGS4 and Killzone2 are 2008, but there are big hitters were not shown, that will be the bread and butter until then.
Unreal Tournement (PS3 timed Exclusive till late 2008)
Haze (PS3 exclusive)
Ratchet And Clank Tools Of Destruction(PS3 exclusive)
Warhawk(PS3 exclusive)
Drakes Fortune(PS3 exclusive)
Lair(PS3 exclusive)
GT5 Prologue(PS3 exclusive)
In addition, you have GTA IV to keep you happy until then..
I'm sure there are plenty more that I forgot, either way, that list is releases between now and Xmas..
That ain't even remotely all. At the time, droves of Slashdotters were swearing to do the Right Thing. Teh Eveil Sony are R00t3d we! Many of us, who are a bit older, with perhaps a bit better judgment of human nature (or just more cynical--your call) laughed, and wondered how long that would last. Not so very much later, it's a non-issue. It's just expected that any boycott would be gone, in the frenzy for the next console. An AC gets an 'Insightful' just for saying what everyone knows anyway.
Sorry to disagree, folks, but if you've sold out so readily, it's pretty easy to see how you can be lead around by the nose. Who to vote for ("You can run, but you can't hide," to thunderous applause), what movies to watch, buying the latest Harry Potter POS book, clicking on Paris Hilton links, imagining that CNN delivers unbiased news, etc.
And Slashdot folk often think they are some sort of intellectual elite. Can you say, "Sheeple?" It's not even a matter of not being able to think for yourselves. Most can, and sometimes do. The problem is more along the lines of doing the Right Thing, which generally *won't* be done if it's any more than slightly inconvenient.
Why the world is such a mess isn't such a source of great wonder to the old and cynical. There's certainly little hope of anything like a majority putting themselves out so far as to form an intelligent conclusion on who to *vote* for. Jingoism and a herd mentality is so much easier for sheeple.
The 10% (Sturgeon was dead-on) I've conversed with, or who's posts I've read here, who represent the thoughtful and honorable, I salute. I've sometimes disagreed, and sometimes argued vehemently, but *damn* you folks are rare, and should be appreciated. The other 90%, such as the AC I'm responding to? A steaming pile of generic humanity. Primates who haven't evolved nearly so far as they imagine, if they even *accept* evolution.
What you do with a computer does not constitute the whole of computing.
you should actually try gears of war on a 360. If you call it a fucking graphical disaster, you need an eye exam.
No, no, you've got it all wrong! It's: Praise Sony = Mod Down Bash Wii = Mod Down
Sony has designs on making money, and consumers sure as hell aren't stupid enough to buy the same machine with no compatibility with all the games already out for the platform. Presumably anyone capable of working a keyboard ought to be able to apprehend these blindingly obvious concepts, but apparently not.
The point of the Blu-Ray included in the PS3 isn't so much for the movies (though that's good, too)-- it's about game content. Today's games often fill up a DVD, and now that HD games are coming out, the Blu-Ray disc allows for better textures, larger game levels, and just all-around more content.
PS3 games will be able to take advantage of greater capacity discs, a hard drive for streaming textures (making game levels bigger and better), and so on.
The fact it'll play Blu-Ray movies is almost secondary.
Microsoft is to software what Budweiser is to beer.
...and the small ass screen you have to watch it on...
After many years of flying, I have come to realize that a small screen is actually better than a laptop screen.
* How easy is it to use your laptop screen in cramped seating when the front seat goes back?
* How annoying is it to the people sitting next to you, to have a giant glowing screen?
* When you get where you are going, you have to worry about leaving your laptop behind in the hotel room.
I still take my laptop on flights but I don't usually get it out anymore. I just bought an iPhone, and frankly I think that screen size and resolution will be about perfect - but from accounts the PSP probably is also a perfect form factor for airline movie watching as well.
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I think he might be this guy.
It's just you.
The PS2 continues to sell extremely well and continues to be a major revenue driver.
You don't really want to have the most GFLOPS/polygons/texels per second videogame. What you want is to have the most profitable one.
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I would like to add:
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I know they have plans to provide better integration of PSN services, including streaming content from the PS3 to the PSP, but it does not make sense for them to keep the 802.11b chip in the upgraded PSP and elegantly support the integration they/we desire.
Oh yeah? Well I can't wait to get an XBox 1 this year. There are so many awesome things happening for the young system.
Every time I start to have faith in humanity, I ruin it by driving to work between 7 and 8 am.
Waaait a sec! Nobody said anything about having to wear pants!
Every time I start to have faith in humanity, I ruin it by driving to work between 7 and 8 am.
Sometimes I wish that posts could get so many mod points that they go above 5...
Every time I start to have faith in humanity, I ruin it by driving to work between 7 and 8 am.
I think it gives them some credibility when they talk about their ten year product cycle for the PS3. If the PS2 is still receiving new games and versions of games that aren't showing up on the previous generation consoles of their competitors they can point to this and how they stand behind their product. The fact that the PS2 is outselling all other consoles short of the Wii and still has content being developed for it is amazing considering that we're over a year into the next generation.
The reason for new games on PS2 are the same reason it's taking so long to find any good games on PS3: ubiquity.
Since PS3 isn't selling half as well right now I wouldn't extrapolate your findings to PS3 just yet. Of course I'd rather give them some 1-2 years more to develop their market, but I still believe PS3 will stand behind XBOX and Wii in sheer number of consoles sold.
You see, developers may have some preference regarding consoles that are more powerful, or easier to program for, but their bosses don't. Their bosses care: if I make game for console X, what's my potential market.
I could go in my garage and built the bestestest console ever in the world with 50 cores, 64 gig RAM and make it cost $10. If no one else has it, everything else is irrelevant, EA won't port games for my console.
Baseless comments are getting too much attention. People need to stick to the moderator guidelines or stop modding up groupthink style.
I hope you realize the irony of the situation... You were modded up since it's now part of the groupthink to mod up groupthink criticism.
Microsoft's extremism in console security trumps any such wish for user-generated content. Microsoft knows that if user-generated content is allowed, it won't be long before someone finds a bug in a game and exploits it to run Linux. After all, this happened repeatedly on Xbox, and on 360's King Kong, even without true user-generated content.
Sony doesn't really have this problem. The system is already hacked, and it ran Linux to begin with. They couldn't keep up with such exploits on PSP.
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PSP graphics are impressive on a small screen, but will it look good on a TV? I suspect that it wouldn't, but I don't know what Sony is planning here. I seem to recall the Game Boy Advance games looking good on TV's (via Game Boy Player), though all I've seen of that are Internet videos. Does anyone have more info?
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The main problem I had was while the graphics really were amazing, there was almost no game I even was mildly interested in. I counted 10-11 shooter 9 of them first person 2 third person, 2 wannabe rpgs which in fact were just third person fighters. Ratched and Clank was interesting though, MGS4 also (because I have not played the other parts) and then the most interesting thing was the puzzle game with the 80s style vector only graphics. Anyway Sony did it right this year, while Nintendo was somewhat of a letdown. But the sony lineup definitely is not a reason to shell out 900USD (that is the price in Europe) for a PS3!!! For that price I can get a decent gaming PC!
"Baseless comments are getting too much attention. People need to stick to the moderator guidelines or stop modding up groupthink style."
If this were any other topic, I'd wholeheartedly agree. However, what makes this case interesting is Sony themselves have poo-poo'd the competition in similar fashion, and now their potential customers are following their example. I really don't care for the sheople moderation Slashdot is known for, but hopefully one day Sony will wake up and see that the bad PR they have is of their own doing. Once they sort that out, maybe we'll actually see innovation from their camp.
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I guess you're right.
Oh my god, it's the ps triple guy, on Slashdot!
Yeah but announcing Wii Fit at the E3 was probably not the best move. Only regular gamers follow E3 coverage while Wii Fit seems geared at the audiences that wouldn't even know what E3 is.
Justice is the sheep getting arrested while an impartial judge declares the vote void.
If you would like to compare the next gen game machines relative to each other look at the following: http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=X360®1=Al l&cons2=PS3®2=All&cons3=Wii®3=All&align=1. In case you are not interested the PS3 and Xbox360 actually match up in sales while the Nintendo Wii is 2.5 times higher.
Looks like the Wii is killing the market but I would be very interested in how does this translate to game sales after all if you sell a lot of consoles then providing you make a profit and Nintendo does then this is good for the console manufacturer. What really makes profits for the console manufacturer are games, merchandising and add-ons and plenty of sales, however most games successes have been in the order of only a few million. With regard to the casual gamer who seem to be the predominate ones who purchase the Wii are they people who only pay for a few party games or do they eventually convert to a more dedicated gamer? The PS3 and Xbox360 gamers are more dedicated and will most likely purchase a variety of games. For most game producers this knowledge is absolutely vital if they are to profit from their games if not then they will not produce games for a console they can not make a profit on their game sales.
There ain't no such thing as proprietary standards only proprietary formats. Standards are by definition open.
I own a PS3, and that price drop is good news for me. Why? Sure, I could have bought later and maybe gotten that $100 off, but that's a little more than a day's work for me there (including taxes), and I've gotten more than a day's worth of enjoyment out of it already. That's why it isn't bad news.
Why it's good news is it means more people might buy, which means larger installed base, which means more games and more support and so on and so forth. Price drops only help me.
Xbox Media Center of course!
http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/
Reviewing just the first hour of video games.
E3 isn't for hardcore gamers or even casual gamers. It's for industry people. Retailers want to know what will be hot so they can know what to order. Wii Fit was unveiled to continue generating interest in the system and games with retailers and industry, not so that gamers will drool over the system.
I think it's also important to note how well the PS3 handles PS2 games now with the latest firmware. They look great on a modern 1080p HDTV, considering they are at such a lower resolution. I think the upscaled PS2 content on the PS3 looks better than the Wii.
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Right... Que the "you must be new here" brigade.
This sig isn't original enough, it's time to come up with something witty...
Yes, you have demonstrated that in spades.
They covered Wii Fit at the very end of their conference so it would make the mainstream media and spur the major retailers into pushing it.
The entire conference up to that point was all about the regular gamers. Nintendo confirmed and dated three major releases (Metroid, Mario Galaxies, and Super Smash Brothers Brawl) for this year, and announced that a fourth would be out early next year. That's the big news for gamers.
Technically, the very first Metal Gear was released on the MSX, which was a Microsoft-directed PC standard (sort of a predecessor to the 3D0).
- have two PSPs... just used the recent Lumines exploit to downgrade one of 'em to 1.50, then upgrade to 3.40-OE... thanks to the hacked firmware, i can now use my PSP to read .PDFs and control my TV using the (commercially useless) iR port! (many PSP hardware features are not available from ANY commercial software, and Sony controls ALL optical media production!!!)
.mp3s from my laptop using RSS
.pdf books using homebrew software
- for those that don't know: Sony has been playing cat-and-mouse upgrades with hackers offering exploits to take advantage of homebrew apps on the PSP... IOW, Sony's official upgrades are nothing more than patches to disable the ability of folks to get more functionality out of the units...
- even more insidious is that Sony now releases 'upgrades' that won't upgrade any PSP recognized to be patched, and all new games REQUIRE upgraded systems!
- talk about shooting yourself in the foot!
- anyhow, i like my PSP... i use it to:
1. watch downloaded movies or DVDs ripped using John the Ripper and Handbrake (google has lots of videos, but you have to sort through the YouTube cruft - what a waste!)
2. listen to
3. watch slide shows of images using RSS
4. read
5. read more than 30,000 books via http using a Gutenberg DVD on my laptop (html)
6. control my TV using the homebrew iRShell application
7. take pictures and movies using the (as-yet non-U.S. marketed) Chotto Shot USB camera attachment (about $60 from any various importers out of Los Angeles)
8. store documents or other important data (backup pics/scans)
9. oh, and play games - many in Flash, but some off the UMD (optical drive)...
looks like my psp is gonna break so i can get one of the new ones.
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apparently not all is as i seems! *cue dramatic music*
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This is a short-sighted view. It's going to take developers several years to learn to tap into the quirks of RSX and power of Cell in the PS3, probably more so than the 360 which has more conventional architecture and components. I doubt Insomniac made much, if anything, on Resistance but they've learned a lot about the PS3 and are banking on the PS3 being a long-term profitable platform.
Now three-to-four years down the line, the PS3 booms and those developers who overlooked the PS3 in favor of the [then] better-selling Wii and 360, step into the PS3 development, they may well be one or even two generations of software development behind those who got in on the ground floor and find it hard to compete.
Of course this may not happen, but this is the gamble that early-adopter developers like Insomniac (Resistance) and Ninja Theory (Heavenly Sword) have taken on the PS3. Both are third-party, neither are bankrolled by Sony but both obviously trust that Sony will pull off the hat trick and make the PS3 a viable, profitable platform longterm. The 360 may look safer but Redmond have still to turn a profit and they dumped the Xbox after a mere four years. Microsoft are habitual platform/project/partner droppers when things don't work out or fit in their business plans.
I think UT for the PS3 only allows you to play PC created mods, not create them on the PS3.
But the PS3 title Little Big Planet has a whole object and level creation component, that you obviously store on the HD (which all PS3 models have) and then can transfer up to the PSN network to share with others. At least, that is what they have said in interviews on the matter. They had a lengthy demo of the creation tools at this years E3.
You can also import any pictures or even video you like to use in the levels you create (so you would edit those components on a PC first, or directly import them from a camera). Since the PS3 has a kind of media import extender, and supports standard USB external storage, it's pretty easy to get stuff into or out of the system.
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OK, assume that I've no clue--not a great stretch for you, right? In the last couple of presidential elections, there was at least some assumption that the youth vote would turn out, and stake out a firm position. Didn't happen. Much railing against Bush on /. but no turnout, from a historical perspective.
/. ID, after all.
In the end, the youth vote simply didn't count, either for or against. Sorry, but I stand by my opinion. Slashdotters (I'm thinking of Slashdotters as a relatively youthful population, compared to the general populace) are great at spouting off, but they are far less great at actually accepting any hardship, whether that be a boycot, or simply voting.
Predominantly a bunch of lamers in search of whatever they can get for free, no sense of responsibility, and an inflated sense of self-importance. They damned sure make much of an effort to look at the real issues. RTFA is famously too much trouble for these general lamers.
OK, that's more flamebait. At this point, you could repeat your last post, with some justification. I'm cool with that. I mostly lurk here, and just generally observe the human condition. This ID is only the latest in a long string. It's just a
My post wasn't about intellectual arguments. The only people that I have to prove my intellect to are the people that *pay* me to be bright. You don't, so your opinion is irrelevant in that respect. The post was about whether a willingness to take a stand exists within the general Slashdot populace. If history is any guide, vendors of game consoles will win. Sony can do whatever they'd like 'root kit' be damned. Major US news media companies will continue to deliver eyeballs to advertisers, vice information that might be, let's say, *helpful to voters*.
Examples:
a) Terrorism is far less likely to kill you than a bee sting, and we shouldn't sacrifice freedoms for it.
b) Bill Clinton was the guy that approved developing the bunker-buster nuke--a singularly bad idea.
c) The current administration has a horrible track record of distorting science.
OK, mod me down. It's nearly time to ditch this ID anyway, so that's irrelevant as well. But think. Find some better news sources. Perhaps when Iraq 'benchmark' news broke, it would have been better to avoid commentary from the eyeball-delivering spin-meisters here in the US, and get it in tabular form from the BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6294694.stm
Oh, wait. That would involve people thinking, weighing importance, and forming conclusions. That would have seriously detracting from the latest Harry Potter, Transformers, Beckham and Posh Spice making their royal entrance in Los Angeles, etc. We all get what the least common denominator deserves.
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