Prizog - Thanks for keeping up with the TRUTH behind PS2's grapghical potential. With essentially 3 GPU's and a fat bus, what's the texture problem again? Oh yeah, talented programming!
Kevin DeGraaf - Supposedly early in its development Ken Kutaragi needed an abbreviation that wouldn't give away the name and so PSX (Play Station eXperimental) was used in early media. Perhaps as an omen, the X stuck...
Re: Early adopters/first-in-line - What's wrong with wanting to be first? It is possible to be on the front lines of tech and culture without breaking the bank. I waited maybe an hour in line for EP1 with tickets bought by phone. I got to sit front-row dead-center and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Cost to me? $6.75.
As for the PS2, I preordered but DID NOT put down the full price. On 11/10, I was called in, plunked down $315 and walked out with the goods. No lines, no camping, and I got mine only 10 days after launch. I've been renting titles like a madman and am having a blast. Cost to me? Same as it would be if I had waited maybe even a year!
DC Zealots - You're right, current DC games overshadow "the monolith". That won't last, and besides, hardcore gamers have many systems and have probably already preordered GameCube (What cube? Why'd they drop Dolphin?) and X-Box. I know I am.
GTRacer
- Put Gran Turismo on CD-i and I'd buy it!
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What's with all the hate and intolerance? Don't you know that's how Satan and Saddam gain power?
I have a few comments to make on both the PS2 itself and on the whole YABASIC issue and then I'll return to my cell...
OK, the PS2...Whether or not you like any of the currently-available 35 games, it was a pretty good launch. So the "shortage" of systems was probably a scam to keep us all in line. I preordered like a sane man and got mine a few days after launch.
Yes, I know the Japanese versions of Tekken Tag and Ridge Racer sucked graphically, but have any of you actually SEEN the US-spec TTT on an S-Video hookup? It's freakin' sharper and smoother than the ARCADE UNIT! I will admit, it still not the DreamCrusher, but we're still on first-gen games not using the full power of the GS chip or its 2 GPUs. Wait until the second generation begins to give way to the third and then there'll be some visuals. As for the Bug's Life comment, no one said that would be available at LAUNCH, just that the system can approach that render-level.
Also, any REAL hardcore gamer wouldn't sit around finding *new-and-original* ways to shit on other consoles, they'd be setting up another spot on the shelf and plugging into the A/V selector! Duh!
Okay, on to the UK bonus disc. First off, freebies are always good. Remember the CueCat? So what if it IS BASIC? Done right it could have some potential. And who here didn't try at least one BASIC program on a classic Atari 130XE or C64? I wouldn't be here today if it weren't for those boxen!
Secondly, it's called USB people. Get a keyboard, type some code. Easy.
And who said YABASIC was going to be the ONLY language? Who knows, if enough people boot up and crank out some spiffy code maybe our Sony masters will up the ante. Alternatively, if yoy still think this whole YABASIC thing isn't l337 enough, then you have a nice Frisbee(r).
Oh yeah, about the tax dodge thing. So what? If I could lower my taxes by simply claiming an inanimate piece of plastic as a dependent, I sure would! (But then, Al doesn't live at my house...)
GTRacer
--No more GT3 screenshots! I'm running out of underwear!
P.S. As far as Sony's world dominance goes: If I had to be enslaved by a megacorp, it would either be Sony or Honda. Aibo, PS2 and 20-inch mecha or Mr. P3, NSX and S2000? Tough call!
"Hi, I'm from the BSA! I need to search your systems. Probable cause? Hey, look over there!"
Nothing to fear? NTF my ass!
I'm Number 2 on the I/S totem pole at a 40-employee company. We provide claims and H/R management expertise to a number of regional clients. We're not Fortune 1000.
However, that didn't stop an ex-tech from installing a bunch of unlicensed software, getting fired and then ratting us out to the BSA! Didn't matter that HE was the one responsible for the violations in the first place!
We're still working on compliancy and have, since the initial BSA notification, installed a Software Licensing person.
I remember when the CEO asked me to do an inventory for "this BSA group" that I thought it was some minor deal. One website visit later I was having flashbacks of SPA raids...that I heard about...from somebody...at another company...
GTRacer
- GT3 is delayed? Great! Get it right this time!
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Prizog - Thanks for keeping up with the TRUTH behind PS2's grapghical potential. With essentially 3 GPU's and a fat bus, what's the texture problem again? Oh yeah, talented programming!
Kevin DeGraaf - Supposedly early in its development Ken Kutaragi needed an abbreviation that wouldn't give away the name and so PSX (Play Station eXperimental) was used in early media. Perhaps as an omen, the X stuck...
Re: Early adopters/first-in-line - What's wrong with wanting to be first? It is possible to be on the front lines of tech and culture without breaking the bank. I waited maybe an hour in line for EP1 with tickets bought by phone. I got to sit front-row dead-center and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Cost to me? $6.75.
As for the PS2, I preordered but DID NOT put down the full price. On 11/10, I was called in, plunked down $315 and walked out with the goods. No lines, no camping, and I got mine only 10 days after launch. I've been renting titles like a madman and am having a blast. Cost to me? Same as it would be if I had waited maybe even a year!
DC Zealots - You're right, current DC games overshadow "the monolith". That won't last, and besides, hardcore gamers have many systems and have probably already preordered GameCube (What cube? Why'd they drop Dolphin?) and X-Box. I know I am.
GTRacer
- Put Gran Turismo on CD-i and I'd buy it!
I have a few comments to make on both the PS2 itself and on the whole YABASIC issue and then I'll return to my cell...
OK, the PS2...Whether or not you like any of the currently-available 35 games, it was a pretty good launch. So the "shortage" of systems was probably a scam to keep us all in line. I preordered like a sane man and got mine a few days after launch.
Yes, I know the Japanese versions of Tekken Tag and Ridge Racer sucked graphically, but have any of you actually SEEN the US-spec TTT on an S-Video hookup? It's freakin' sharper and smoother than the ARCADE UNIT! I will admit, it still not the DreamCrusher, but we're still on first-gen games not using the full power of the GS chip or its 2 GPUs. Wait until the second generation begins to give way to the third and then there'll be some visuals. As for the Bug's Life comment, no one said that would be available at LAUNCH, just that the system can approach that render-level.
Also, any REAL hardcore gamer wouldn't sit around finding *new-and-original* ways to shit on other consoles, they'd be setting up another spot on the shelf and plugging into the A/V selector! Duh!
Okay, on to the UK bonus disc. First off, freebies are always good. Remember the CueCat? So what if it IS BASIC? Done right it could have some potential. And who here didn't try at least one BASIC program on a classic Atari 130XE or C64? I wouldn't be here today if it weren't for those boxen!
Secondly, it's called USB people. Get a keyboard, type some code. Easy.
And who said YABASIC was going to be the ONLY language? Who knows, if enough people boot up and crank out some spiffy code maybe our Sony masters will up the ante. Alternatively, if yoy still think this whole YABASIC thing isn't l337 enough, then you have a nice Frisbee(r).
Oh yeah, about the tax dodge thing. So what? If I could lower my taxes by simply claiming an inanimate piece of plastic as a dependent, I sure would! (But then, Al doesn't live at my house...)
GTRacer
--No more GT3 screenshots! I'm running out of underwear!
P.S. As far as Sony's world dominance goes: If I had to be enslaved by a megacorp, it would either be Sony or Honda. Aibo, PS2 and 20-inch mecha or Mr. P3, NSX and S2000? Tough call!
Nothing to fear? NTF my ass!
I'm Number 2 on the I/S totem pole at a 40-employee company. We provide claims and H/R management expertise to a number of regional clients. We're not Fortune 1000.
However, that didn't stop an ex-tech from installing a bunch of unlicensed software, getting fired and then ratting us out to the BSA! Didn't matter that HE was the one responsible for the violations in the first place!
We're still working on compliancy and have, since the initial BSA notification, installed a Software Licensing person.
I remember when the CEO asked me to do an inventory for "this BSA group" that I thought it was some minor deal. One website visit later I was having flashbacks of SPA raids...that I heard about...from somebody...at another company...
GTRacer
- GT3 is delayed? Great! Get it right this time!