Could you imagine playing World of Warcraft on your PS3?
Sure. I chose to play Final Fantasy 11 on my PC using a USB controller that was basically a dual-shock clone, and it worked amazingly well. I was irritated when I started playing WoW and couldn't use it.
Actually, the SF figure is probably not even relevant, since the Sony Metreon got FAR FAR more PS3s than ANY other store, so there's probably just a higher amount of people here in EVERY category (people who bought to keep, and people who bought to sell).
Not to be too negative about the PS3, but the PS3 is designed to be "Exactly like every other system in history... only better"
Good, because that's what a lot of people want as well. Sometimes you want to just lay back and play games and not be flailing around. I recently started playing Twilight Princess, and, to be quite honest, I found myself wishing that I could just press a button to swing the sword. The Wiimote is GREAT for the quirky games (Trauma Center is fun, and Wii sports is AMAZING - I can't even count how many games of tennis I've played), but give me a normal controller for the traditional games and don't make me swing my arm all night.
That's where the PS3 really shines - playing the types of games you already enjoy playing, just with more complexity and better resolution. The sheer power and storage size will allow for quite a bit of engine complexity and huge, detailed environments, and as much as I hate to admit it, after playing games in high-definition, it's hard to go back to 480i/p PS2/Wii realistic-looking games (doesn't really matter for the cartoony ones). It's hard to argue with the benefits of an increase in resolution from 720x480i to 1920x1080p. How many of you still play PC games in 640x480 rather than at least 1024x768?
There's a need for both types of consoles - a quirky one and a traditional one. I don't see it as Wii VS PS3 VS 360, but more as PS3 VS 360 and the Wii does its own thing on the side.
For $40 after rebate you can get a fancy-pants Divx/XVid-playing DVD player at Circuit City (DVP642). The bottom-of-the-barrel ones are coming in at $25-$30 nowadays.
With like 6.5 billion other people in the world (something like that) The problem is that over 5 billion of those haven't ever seen a computer in their lives.
Not only is Sony getting FFXIII, but they're getting FF Versus XIII. Also (although this is pure speculation), since Square has put so much into their "White Engine" for the PS3, I doubt they'll just drop it to begin work on an entirely new console.
The fact that nearly nobody designs their pages to be viewed on a resolution that small really hurts it. Side-scrolling ALL over the place. Browsing in 1080p on the PS3 is quite nice, and Nintendo's browser is pretty much blown away by it. WHY COULDN'T YOU HAVE GIVEN US HD, NINTENDO?! Argh!
That said, it's rare that I'll be doing much more than Gamefaqs lookups on the browsers anyway, so whether it's 480p or 1080p doesn't matter too much.
It's easy to say "do without", but in a situation like this where all that exists on a large scale is a monopoly, it becomes harder to "do without". You will say "music isn't something you need, it's not food", but how is that your place to decide? I think a lot better with music playing, it helps me concentrate.
The difference is that you have an absolute ton of non-RIAA music that you can purchase instead. Oh, what you WANT the music that the RIAA invested in to produce? Then suck it up and pay their price. Don't whine about having no choice when there very obviously is one.
Reasonable rates by whose definitions? Yours? I'd like a new Corvette for $10,000 - I think that's reasonable. That doesn't mean that I should be able to justify buying a stolen one for ten grand.
Listen, I don't like the RIAA, either, but THEY get to decide how much they want to sell their product for, and your (moral) choices are "Do I pay this?" or "Do I not pay this?". "Do I pay 1/5th the amount to someone who gives nothing back to anyone who made an investment into this music" is not a valid moral option. Until more artists start selling their own stuff directly, this is going to be the way it is, and you can justify your actions any way you want, but that still doesn't make them right.
For instance if A console maker looses a large amount of money on the system then they're more likely to lock down the accessories to proprietary devices rather then utilizing widely accepted standards.
What, you mean like generic interfaces (USB, HDMI) that can accept generic accessories (plain cables, USB network adapters and whatnot) and even being allowed to install generic OSes (Linux) on your machine? The PS3 has the most generic stuff available out of any console I can remember. That hardly follows your example.
Based on the thoroughness of the statement and the use of the word 'precedent' in the second sentence, it appears that the Google PR team huddled with the legal team to get their point across.
I use the word "precedent" all the time. Apparently I can go around telling people I'm a lawyer now. Sweet.
Actually, I DO want a browser on my console - preferrably one I can access even when I'm playing a game. It'll make gamefaqs runs that much easier - no having to run into the other room everytime I want to look something up.
Basically, if all you want is a PS2 with HDTV graphics and sound, you'll love the PS3. (Assuming you get past the sticker shock.)
Excellent, I'll be sure to get one.
I picked up my Wii yesterday (#61 in line out of 63 people! YAY!) and while I was having a great time with the quirkier titles that make good use of the controller (Trauma Center, Monkey Ball), playing Zelda with it was underwhelming. Much of the time, I was just sitting there wanting to play it with a normal controller. Both my roommate and other people I've talked to at work today have expressed the same sentiments.
I *DO* want a souped-up PS2 to supplement it for normal-style games, and the 360 so far hasn't fulfilled that need for me (despite a stack of six or seven green DVD cases, I use it almost exclusively to play DVDs and Lumines). I still find myself playing my PS2 more than the 360. Hell, I play my DS more than the 360, too. If the PS3 can fill that niche (and looking at its upcoming releases, it looks like it can), then it's exactly what I, and I'm sure many others, want.
"Innovative", while nice in many cases, isn't always what you want.
The point of marketing is to make you remember. If you've had ANY reaction to the commercial that makes you remember it more, then they're doing just what they've paid for.
What do you mean "Microsoft does the same thing"? Don't you mean "People do the same thing for Microsoft consoles"? People will be doing the same thing for the Wii, too. It just works that way nowadays. Trying to put this on any manufacturer is idiotic.
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I can't believe you're bashing, of all games, Gran Tuismo for lack of gameplay.
Could you imagine playing World of Warcraft on your PS3?
Sure. I chose to play Final Fantasy 11 on my PC using a USB controller that was basically a dual-shock clone, and it worked amazingly well. I was irritated when I started playing WoW and couldn't use it.
Actually, the SF figure is probably not even relevant, since the Sony Metreon got FAR FAR more PS3s than ANY other store, so there's probably just a higher amount of people here in EVERY category (people who bought to keep, and people who bought to sell).
Not to be too negative about the PS3, but the PS3 is designed to be "Exactly like every other system in history ... only better"
Good, because that's what a lot of people want as well. Sometimes you want to just lay back and play games and not be flailing around. I recently started playing Twilight Princess, and, to be quite honest, I found myself wishing that I could just press a button to swing the sword. The Wiimote is GREAT for the quirky games (Trauma Center is fun, and Wii sports is AMAZING - I can't even count how many games of tennis I've played), but give me a normal controller for the traditional games and don't make me swing my arm all night.
That's where the PS3 really shines - playing the types of games you already enjoy playing, just with more complexity and better resolution. The sheer power and storage size will allow for quite a bit of engine complexity and huge, detailed environments, and as much as I hate to admit it, after playing games in high-definition, it's hard to go back to 480i/p PS2/Wii realistic-looking games (doesn't really matter for the cartoony ones). It's hard to argue with the benefits of an increase in resolution from 720x480i to 1920x1080p. How many of you still play PC games in 640x480 rather than at least 1024x768?
There's a need for both types of consoles - a quirky one and a traditional one. I don't see it as Wii VS PS3 VS 360, but more as PS3 VS 360 and the Wii does its own thing on the side.
For $40 after rebate you can get a fancy-pants Divx/XVid-playing DVD player at Circuit City (DVP642). The bottom-of-the-barrel ones are coming in at $25-$30 nowadays.
Seems like beeming info to shopper' cellphones would be a much more marketable (and profitable) endeavour
Knowing Japan, they're already working on getting RFID reading built into their phones. Everything else already is.
With like 6.5 billion other people in the world (something like that)
The problem is that over 5 billion of those haven't ever seen a computer in their lives.
Not only is Sony getting FFXIII, but they're getting FF Versus XIII. Also (although this is pure speculation), since Square has put so much into their "White Engine" for the PS3, I doubt they'll just drop it to begin work on an entirely new console.
The fact that nearly nobody designs their pages to be viewed on a resolution that small really hurts it. Side-scrolling ALL over the place. Browsing in 1080p on the PS3 is quite nice, and Nintendo's browser is pretty much blown away by it. WHY COULDN'T YOU HAVE GIVEN US HD, NINTENDO?! Argh!
That said, it's rare that I'll be doing much more than Gamefaqs lookups on the browsers anyway, so whether it's 480p or 1080p doesn't matter too much.
Depends on if they started before or after the IPO.
It's easy to say "do without", but in a situation like this where all that exists on a large scale is a monopoly, it becomes harder to "do without". You will say "music isn't something you need, it's not food", but how is that your place to decide? I think a lot better with music playing, it helps me concentrate.
The difference is that you have an absolute ton of non-RIAA music that you can purchase instead. Oh, what you WANT the music that the RIAA invested in to produce? Then suck it up and pay their price. Don't whine about having no choice when there very obviously is one.
Reasonable rates by whose definitions? Yours? I'd like a new Corvette for $10,000 - I think that's reasonable. That doesn't mean that I should be able to justify buying a stolen one for ten grand.
Listen, I don't like the RIAA, either, but THEY get to decide how much they want to sell their product for, and your (moral) choices are "Do I pay this?" or "Do I not pay this?". "Do I pay 1/5th the amount to someone who gives nothing back to anyone who made an investment into this music" is not a valid moral option. Until more artists start selling their own stuff directly, this is going to be the way it is, and you can justify your actions any way you want, but that still doesn't make them right.
For instance if A console maker looses a large amount of money on the system then they're more likely to lock down the accessories to proprietary devices rather then utilizing widely accepted standards.
What, you mean like generic interfaces (USB, HDMI) that can accept generic accessories (plain cables, USB network adapters and whatnot) and even being allowed to install generic OSes (Linux) on your machine? The PS3 has the most generic stuff available out of any console I can remember. That hardly follows your example.
Pretty simple - the DS is more popular in Japan, where the most people will be buying DQ games.
Based on the thoroughness of the statement and the use of the word 'precedent' in the second sentence, it appears that the Google PR team huddled with the legal team to get their point across.
I use the word "precedent" all the time. Apparently I can go around telling people I'm a lawyer now. Sweet.
Actually (ignoring current ebay-price-gouging), a grand will get you two of the 20GB models.
Actually, I DO want a browser on my console - preferrably one I can access even when I'm playing a game. It'll make gamefaqs runs that much easier - no having to run into the other room everytime I want to look something up.
Yes, I'm lazy.
Actually, I'm quite liking the "Wii would like to play" commercials that've been showing. I definitely think they surpass the GoW one.
They got them to mod and put thousands of classic games on, of course.
Basically, if all you want is a PS2 with HDTV graphics and sound, you'll love the PS3. (Assuming you get past the sticker shock.)
Excellent, I'll be sure to get one.
I picked up my Wii yesterday (#61 in line out of 63 people! YAY!) and while I was having a great time with the quirkier titles that make good use of the controller (Trauma Center, Monkey Ball), playing Zelda with it was underwhelming. Much of the time, I was just sitting there wanting to play it with a normal controller. Both my roommate and other people I've talked to at work today have expressed the same sentiments.
I *DO* want a souped-up PS2 to supplement it for normal-style games, and the 360 so far hasn't fulfilled that need for me (despite a stack of six or seven green DVD cases, I use it almost exclusively to play DVDs and Lumines). I still find myself playing my PS2 more than the 360. Hell, I play my DS more than the 360, too. If the PS3 can fill that niche (and looking at its upcoming releases, it looks like it can), then it's exactly what I, and I'm sure many others, want.
"Innovative", while nice in many cases, isn't always what you want.
What they did with the PS2 was include automatically-installing updates on game discs. I assume they'll do the same thing this gen.
The point of marketing is to make you remember. If you've had ANY reaction to the commercial that makes you remember it more, then they're doing just what they've paid for.
FINALLY, a fresh take on this tired joke. Kudos.
You could always add "-wikipedia" to every search you perform (or write a GreaseMonkey script that does it...)
What do you mean "Microsoft does the same thing"? Don't you mean "People do the same thing for Microsoft consoles"? People will be doing the same thing for the Wii, too. It just works that way nowadays. Trying to put this on any manufacturer is idiotic.