The OP is referring to the PSN versions of the PS3 disk based games. Most of the PSN only stuff is smaller, Zuma is only 19MB for example, though they too can reach GB of data. Also some of the Wii Shop stuff is NES/SNES/N64/Genesis games which required much less storage space than PSone games do.
Yes. but how much did that Triniton cost? How much does it weigh? How much did the computer you connect to it cost, back in 2006. How much power does the whole thing suck down? Probably quite a bit considering the "heats the entire damn room" phrase.
Yeah, I'm one of SCEfoo's hardcore fans, GAP member and everything. If they'd have asked me back in the PS2 era what kind of features I would have wanted in the PS3 I would have said:
1. HD output. 2. Ability to run Linux out of the Box with no additional hardware required. 3. built in hard drive. 4. built in memory stick reader 5. at least 4 USB ports. 6. PS2/PS1 compatibility. 7. PS3 versions of the PS2 Japan only BBN features (web browser, CD ripping, video, demos, downloads)
So they listened to people like me and not the Joe Blow who only plays Madden and ESPN games, and gave us the PS3. Joe Blow saw that price and turned away. Joe Blow is also the kind of person for whom all those features wouldn't matter, or he might not even know about them. Joe Blow is not going to want to play ESPN-foo PS2 when ESPN-foo PS3 is out.
multi-disc games tend to have a bit more enforced linearity, removing your ability to do certain things or return to certain areas once you've switched to the next disc. I'd lay odds that this is one of the reasons FFXIII is more linear, unlike FFXII, a single disc game that while it has a linear storyline, you can go off and wander if you want.
Perhaps it's time to make the default install disc a DVD. I know that there are still older machines without DVD drives, but it's time for the LiveCD to become a LiveDVD.
but I "sacrificed" the media card reader, built in wifi, and that snazzy chrome trim for a 20GB
And the 4 USB ports. I often have USB Keyboard/mouse hooked up, along with an external hard drive. My headset is the Logitech USB one I've been using since SOCOM 2.
Funny thing is, I use my PS2 when I want to play most of my PS2 games
PS2 games look slightly better upscaled over HDMI than they do over component on a PS2. Also, virtual memory cards on the hard drive are very convenient.
Considering how you can hook a regular USB keyboard to the PS3/360 and don't need to buy a special one like with the Deadcast, they really ought to port Typing of the Dead. (they never released the PS2 version, which did have USB support in the US)
Yes, but what kind of RPG fan owns a Gamecube rather than a backwards compatible PS3. That's what pissed me off about Sega, they didn't port the ONE game PS2 RPG players wanted to see most to the PS2.
And of course with Steam and GOG I don't have to worry about switching discs and scratched games, something console games can't match.
Actually, they can match with the download services of PSN and XBLM. Scratched discs are also a relic of the past. While PSone discs were quite prone to them, PS2 and PS3 discs are not.
Why would I care? There's more games that I'd like to play released for the PS3 than I could ever play or buy for that matter. I'm under no obligation to play "indie" games just because they're "indie". Especially since some indie developers aren't really all that original and spend their time cloning Diablo or various puzzle games.
Noooo, as someone who builds and repairs PCs I'll be happy to tell you why many game on consoles: It is because they are clueless. Not trying to be insulting, just stating a fact.
I'm a console gamer. PS3. Though I do on occasion play games in a terminal.
[quote]You ask them what OS they have?[/quote]
Fedora 13 64-bit and Windows 7 64-bit.
CPU?
Athlon II x2 240.
Graphics? RAM? HDD space?
Nvidia 6150SE 3GB 500GB (split between Win7 and Fedora 13)
They don't know if it is good, bad, shitty or great. They just have no clue at all.
The computer is good for your basic use scenario, it's not a gaming rig, doesn't have to be, I have a PS3. I could make do without the Windows partition, but keep it, just in case. Had Linux on my PS3, used it as my desktop until I got this machine and then updated it's firmware to 3.21.
Clippit...there I said he name....now his fellow Help Assistant Death Eaters will find me: "I see you are composing a Slashdot post, do you need some help with that."
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The OP is referring to the PSN versions of the PS3 disk based games. Most of the PSN only stuff is smaller, Zuma is only 19MB for example, though they too can reach GB of data. Also some of the Wii Shop stuff is NES/SNES/N64/Genesis games which required much less storage space than PSone games do.
You CAN re-download games from PSN, the "not responsible" applies to your saves and personal media (pictures/music/web browser bookmarks)
Yes. but how much did that Triniton cost? How much does it weigh? How much did the computer you connect to it cost, back in 2006. How much power does the whole thing suck down? Probably quite a bit considering the "heats the entire damn room" phrase.
Yeah, I'm one of SCEfoo's hardcore fans, GAP member and everything. If they'd have asked me back in the PS2 era what kind of features I would have wanted in the PS3 I would have said:
1. HD output.
2. Ability to run Linux out of the Box with no additional hardware required.
3. built in hard drive.
4. built in memory stick reader
5. at least 4 USB ports.
6. PS2/PS1 compatibility.
7. PS3 versions of the PS2 Japan only BBN features (web browser, CD ripping, video, demos, downloads)
So they listened to people like me and not the Joe Blow who only plays Madden and ESPN games, and gave us the PS3. Joe Blow saw that price and turned away. Joe Blow is also the kind of person for whom all those features wouldn't matter, or he might not even know about them. Joe Blow is not going to want to play ESPN-foo PS2 when ESPN-foo PS3 is out.
Actually it DOES upscale PS1 games and performs smoothing too. http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/settings/gamesettings.html#2443
No Fighting games in the War Room!
Sure, for nerds like us. But put the stereotypical Wii Fit playing "Yoga Mom" in front of it and she'd be overwhelmed.
multi-disc games tend to have a bit more enforced linearity, removing your ability to do certain things or return to certain areas once you've switched to the next disc. I'd lay odds that this is one of the reasons FFXIII is more linear, unlike FFXII, a single disc game that while it has a linear storyline, you can go off and wander if you want.
No, the PS3 has always had an HDMI port, they just didn't ship it with an HDMI cable.
Perhaps it's time to make the default install disc a DVD. I know that there are still older machines without DVD drives, but it's time for the LiveCD to become a LiveDVD.
Drawing things on top of images, arrows or circles on screenshots, simple graphics on top of family photos...
I'd respond with the classic "You must be new here" except my UID is higher than yours.
You only lose access to PSN if you decide to keep Linux and not update your firmware to 3.21+, but when/if you do, you can access PSN.
And the 4 USB ports. I often have USB Keyboard/mouse hooked up, along with an external hard drive. My headset is the Logitech USB one I've been using since SOCOM 2.
PS2 games look slightly better upscaled over HDMI than they do over component on a PS2. Also, virtual memory cards on the hard drive are very convenient.
Considering how you can hook a regular USB keyboard to the PS3/360 and don't need to buy a special one like with the Deadcast, they really ought to port Typing of the Dead. (they never released the PS2 version, which did have USB support in the US)
Yes, but what kind of RPG fan owns a Gamecube rather than a backwards compatible PS3. That's what pissed me off about Sega, they didn't port the ONE game PS2 RPG players wanted to see most to the PS2.
There's a joke that goes something like this:
You're in a room with James Cameron, Michael Mann, Michael Bay and Uwe Boll. You have a gun with three bullets, who do you shoot?
Wait for it.......Uwe Boll, three times. Then you take the empty gun and hit him over the head with it a few times...just to make sure.
You dare disparage the First Somerset Strikers? By the Steiner Fist and Davion Sunburst, you shall pay for that. :-)
The series is actually quite faithful to the milieu in some ways, in other ways...not so faithful.
Actually, they can match with the download services of PSN and XBLM. Scratched discs are also a relic of the past. While PSone discs were quite prone to them, PS2 and PS3 discs are not.
Why would I care? There's more games that I'd like to play released for the PS3 than I could ever play or buy for that matter. I'm under no obligation to play "indie" games just because they're "indie". Especially since some indie developers aren't really all that original and spend their time cloning Diablo or various puzzle games.
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Snarl! Hiss!
For two reasons:
1. I know about Jennifer Usher from the various transgender oriented USENET newsgroups and am not a fan at all.
2. Transphobia. Using a picture of a transperson in a derogatory way, is not cool, even if it's Jennifer Usher.
I'm a console gamer. PS3. Though I do on occasion play games in a terminal.
[quote]You ask them what OS they have?[/quote]
Fedora 13 64-bit and Windows 7 64-bit.
Athlon II x2 240.
Nvidia 6150SE
3GB
500GB (split between Win7 and Fedora 13)
The computer is good for your basic use scenario, it's not a gaming rig, doesn't have to be, I have a PS3. I could make do without the Windows partition, but keep it, just in case. Had Linux on my PS3, used it as my desktop until I got this machine and then updated it's firmware to 3.21.
Clippit...there I said he name....now his fellow Help Assistant Death Eaters will find me: "I see you are composing a Slashdot post, do you need some help with that."
Noooooo.
Paris has a disadvantage compared to Chicago...history. Paris was a city when Chicago was a marsh full of wild onions.