all these people complaining about two controller ports and no modem should look at the stats and realize how upgradeably it is
That's why I like my consoles better than my computer. I don't have to upgrade and spend more money. I don't have to worry about hardware incompatibilites or having to download the latest patches. The last thing I want to do is spend time (albeit not much hopefully) and money upgrading the stupid thing.
On a sorta related note, anyone else wish controller cords were longer? I mean, how much does it really cost Sony to add an extra 2 feet of cord? I'd love to have a little more room, or, if it weren't so expenisive already, just have cordless controllers. Wouldn't that be neat.
It wouldn't suprise me. I mean, Sony's only been doing videogames one generation, it's not like it's existence is insured. The NES owned the mid to late 1980's, yet the Sega Genises a generation later cut Nintendo's market share basically in half. The same thing could happen with the PS2.
And then I'd also recomend you check out the MB's connected with some of those sites because there are some very interesting discussions in there. Also expect the major news organizations (MSNBC, ZDNET, CNN) to pick it up sometime tonight too.
The links that are in the article arent' the only ones that have news about it you know, try to do some checking before you automatically assume it to be false.
I agree. I like my N64 better simply because it has the games I like to play. I don't like RPG's, so I could care less that FF MXXVIII is coming out for the PS2. (BTW, if it's Final Fantasy, how can they have more than one, wouldn't the first one be "final":-)). I'll take all those Mario games (Mario 64, Mario Kart, Mario Golf, SSB, etc) anyday. And with Rare as a Nintendo only developer, I'm definitly getting a Dolphin at least.
With a rumored price point of around $150, and possibly having a Mario game (what's so bad about Mario anyway?) and a Metroid game, Nintendo will most likely have a good launch.
You're wrong : ) Story here tells all about the networking cababilities. Heck, I won't even make you click, just read:
.....In addition to packaged media, and recognizing the potential of broadband networks to offer the consumer a vast selection of content and the convenience of download capability, Sony Computer Entertainment will establish broadband based distribution of digital content, beginning with the PlayStation and PlayStation2 software libraries. With an Ethernet connection to a broadband network such as digital cable, PlayStation2 users will be able to download data-intensive computer entertainment content to hard-disc drives to be provided by Sony Computer Entertainment.
Sony Computer Entertainment will develop an electronic transaction system, including authentication and encryption technology, to support the e-distribution system. The company will also include in 2001 a PlayStation2 expansion module as a network adapter (PC card interface) and establish an e-distribution server.
Yes, you can connect to the internet via Sonic. I don't think you play against each other, but you can d/l stuff (or something like that) and post scores. I'm not totally sure because I don't own one yet, but I'm just basing that off what my friends have said.
Current owners of PSX's (many millions of people) who remain loyal to the platform will upgrade
You can't always count on that, all of those PSX owners couldn't have bought a Sony before, since there was none to buy, which means they either are new, came from Sega, or came from Nintendo. So Sony could lose some too if the Dolphin proves as good as it should be.
$360 is *NOT* expensive, especially if you put a keyboard/model on this thing for an addition $100, you've got a computer which blows the living hell out of the cheapest comparable PCs you can buy.
Why, are they going to make a word processing, graphics editing, or FTP emulator on this thing? Sure, if you just play games by all means get a PS2 or Dolphin, but this will not take over PC's because it is a limited use function. I don't see any business software on the PS2 lineup.
On a related note, Nintendo recently annonced their manufacturor of their RAM. I don't know much about it, except it's supposed to be incredibly fast. The story is here.
It is, definitly not attractive at all. It's way too square, and the ridges in the front look horrible. The logo is pretty stupid looking too. This thing would definitly not win a beauty contest.
A remote would be cool. What Sony/Nintendo should do, is have it like a CD tray. That way I can turn on the system, pick a game (or switch games), and play it without ever having to leave my chair. Either they could integrate the remote into the controller (press left to choose game) or else have a sepaparate remote. Of course, for the DVD I don't think a regular controller would work, but for just playing games, I think it would be very handy.
The only way I can see this succeding is for a parent to want a DVD player, and then figure they might as well have a game system included into the DVD player. This actually wouldn't be too bad of a way to get my dad to pay for it : ). I could sell it to him by saying that it'll play DVD's, while I get the benifit of playing games on it. But if someone already owned a DVD player, than I don't see them buying it. As for me, I don't see me buying it untill it gets below $200, $250 at the most and that's if it has games that I just HAVE to have.
On interesing theory on what Nintendo might do is package a plain Dolphin that only plays games, and sell it for $150, and then have a super-ultra edition that they would target to parents that would play both DVD's and Nintendo games. Unfortuanitly, it doesn't look like that will happen because Miyamato has said that the Dolphin will not play DVD movies. At least the Dolphin's rumored price is to be as low as $99, no more than $200, and with the most likely being $150.
I agree very much with only having two controller ports being bad. I love multiplayer with my friends in Goldeneye, and it just wouldn't be the same with only 2 people. Even though it has networking, I still find it fun to play with friends next to you so you can hit them when you die : ). Surely it wouldn't cost that much more for 2 more ports, and it would add SO much more to the games. And to the arguement about splitting up the screen, first of all, it's a lot more powerful than the N64, so maybe the framerate problems will be fixed. Second, I don't find it THAT hard to see with it split 4 ways. If you do, than don't play 4 player, but if someone has a big TV, why deny them the fun of a 4 player deathmatch? Sony needs to learn from Nintendo and Sega, add 4 ports!
I think the tray thing could actually be a good idea. A while ago, there was a topic on a MB I frequent about what they would like in the Dolphin (it's a Nintendo board). One of the major things was to make it stackable, like a VCR. That way I could pile my PS2 and Dolphin on top of each other, takes up less space.
Speaking of pictures, my friend actually found some porno program on his calculator. It should a naked women bent over, but it was realy hard to make it out clearly. He brought it to school and showed all of us, and the ones that had a TI-83 he gave it to.
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all these people complaining about two controller ports and no modem should look at the stats and realize how upgradeably it is
That's why I like my consoles better than my computer. I don't have to upgrade and spend more money. I don't have to worry about hardware incompatibilites or having to download the latest patches. The last thing I want to do is spend time (albeit not much hopefully) and money upgrading the stupid thing.
>What color were the NES, SNES, and PSX
NES: Gray
SNES: Gray and Purple
PSX: Gray and I'm pretty sure there was a special edition white one too.
On a sorta related note, anyone else wish controller cords were longer? I mean, how much does it really cost Sony to add an extra 2 feet of cord? I'd love to have a little more room, or, if it weren't so expenisive already, just have cordless controllers. Wouldn't that be neat.
>Could this be Sony's first flop?
It wouldn't suprise me. I mean, Sony's only been doing videogames one generation, it's not like it's existence is insured. The NES owned the mid to late 1980's, yet the Sega Genises a generation later cut Nintendo's market share basically in half. The same thing could happen with the PS2.
Someone has a sig on /. that says:
"A nerd is a person whose life revolves around computers. A geek is a person whose life revolves around computers and likes it."
Last I heard the technoology hadn't been invented yet. Intel said they couldn't make those chips till sometime next year
Huh? What are you talking about? Are you saying Sony is lying to everyone?
I've made a small list of what seems to be a pretty complete list of the new PS2 info. If I've missed any, feel free to add-on.
Sony of America
Sony of Europe
Sony of Japan
PSX Nation
IGNPSX
Gaming Age
Next-Generation
Gamespot
The Magic Box
And then I'd also recomend you check out the MB's connected with some of those sites because there are some very interesting discussions in there. Also expect the major news organizations (MSNBC, ZDNET, CNN) to pick it up sometime tonight too.
Yea, it's so fake, someone cracked both Sony of Japan's and Sony of Europe and Sony of America and planted all those pictures and stories.
The links that are in the article arent' the only ones that have news about it you know, try to do some checking before you automatically assume it to be false.
I agree. I like my N64 better simply because it has the games I like to play. I don't like RPG's, so I could care less that FF MXXVIII is coming out for the PS2. (BTW, if it's Final Fantasy, how can they have more than one, wouldn't the first one be "final" :-)). I'll take all those Mario games (Mario 64, Mario Kart, Mario Golf, SSB, etc) anyday. And with Rare as a Nintendo only developer, I'm definitly getting a Dolphin at least.
That "disc like" thing will be DVD.
The proof is that:
A. It's on every single major videogame website
B. It's on Sony of Japan's site
With a rumored price point of around $150, and possibly having a Mario game (what's so bad about Mario anyway?) and a Metroid game, Nintendo will most likely have a good launch.
You're wrong : ) Story here tells all about the networking cababilities. Heck, I won't even make you click, just read:
.....In addition to packaged media, and recognizing the potential of broadband networks to offer the consumer a vast selection of content and the convenience of download capability, Sony Computer Entertainment will establish broadband based distribution of digital content, beginning with the PlayStation and PlayStation2 software libraries. With an Ethernet connection to a broadband network such as digital cable, PlayStation2 users will be able to download data-intensive computer entertainment content to hard-disc drives to be provided by Sony Computer Entertainment.
Sony Computer Entertainment will develop an electronic transaction system, including authentication and encryption technology, to support the e-distribution system. The company will also include in 2001 a PlayStation2 expansion module as a network adapter (PC card interface) and establish an e-distribution server.
It will be an add-on.
Yes, you can connect to the internet via Sonic. I don't think you play against each other, but you can d/l stuff (or something like that) and post scores. I'm not totally sure because I don't own one yet, but I'm just basing that off what my friends have said.
Current owners of PSX's (many millions of people) who remain loyal to the platform will upgrade
You can't always count on that, all of those PSX owners couldn't have bought a Sony before, since there was none to buy, which means they either are new, came from Sega, or came from Nintendo. So Sony could lose some too if the Dolphin proves as good as it should be.
$360 is *NOT* expensive, especially if you put a keyboard/model on this thing for an addition $100, you've got a computer which blows the living hell out of the cheapest comparable PCs you can buy.
Why, are they going to make a word processing, graphics editing, or FTP emulator on this thing? Sure, if you just play games by all means get a PS2 or Dolphin, but this will not take over PC's because it is a limited use function. I don't see any business software on the PS2 lineup.
32Mb RAM for the latest-and-greatest?
On a related note, Nintendo recently annonced their manufacturor of their RAM. I don't know much about it, except it's supposed to be incredibly fast. The story is here.
It is, definitly not attractive at all. It's way too square, and the ridges in the front look horrible. The logo is pretty stupid looking too. This thing would definitly not win a beauty contest.
A remote would be cool. What Sony/Nintendo should do, is have it like a CD tray. That way I can turn on the system, pick a game (or switch games), and play it without ever having to leave my chair. Either they could integrate the remote into the controller (press left to choose game) or else have a sepaparate remote. Of course, for the DVD I don't think a regular controller would work, but for just playing games, I think it would be very handy.
The only way I can see this succeding is for a parent to want a DVD player, and then figure they might as well have a game system included into the DVD player. This actually wouldn't be too bad of a way to get my dad to pay for it : ). I could sell it to him by saying that it'll play DVD's, while I get the benifit of playing games on it. But if someone already owned a DVD player, than I don't see them buying it. As for me, I don't see me buying it untill it gets below $200, $250 at the most and that's if it has games that I just HAVE to have.
On interesing theory on what Nintendo might do is package a plain Dolphin that only plays games, and sell it for $150, and then have a super-ultra edition that they would target to parents that would play both DVD's and Nintendo games. Unfortuanitly, it doesn't look like that will happen because Miyamato has said that the Dolphin will not play DVD movies. At least the Dolphin's rumored price is to be as low as $99, no more than $200, and with the most likely being $150.
I agree very much with only having two controller ports being bad. I love multiplayer with my friends in Goldeneye, and it just wouldn't be the same with only 2 people. Even though it has networking, I still find it fun to play with friends next to you so you can hit them when you die : ). Surely it wouldn't cost that much more for 2 more ports, and it would add SO much more to the games. And to the arguement about splitting up the screen, first of all, it's a lot more powerful than the N64, so maybe the framerate problems will be fixed. Second, I don't find it THAT hard to see with it split 4 ways. If you do, than don't play 4 player, but if someone has a big TV, why deny them the fun of a 4 player deathmatch? Sony needs to learn from Nintendo and Sega, add 4 ports!
I think the tray thing could actually be a good idea. A while ago, there was a topic on a MB I frequent about what they would like in the Dolphin (it's a Nintendo board). One of the major things was to make it stackable, like a VCR. That way I could pile my PS2 and Dolphin on top of each other, takes up less space.
Speaking of pictures, my friend actually found some porno program on his calculator. It should a naked women bent over, but it was realy hard to make it out clearly. He brought it to school and showed all of us, and the ones that had a TI-83 he gave it to.
Do you mean if you burned them on a CD? I think so, since you can play regular CD's on it.