Actually the Sony controller works better than the Wii for flight sims. It handled pretty well with Warhawk. Personally, I wouldn't like using the Nintendo controllers for every single game and I doubt anyone else would either, which is why the Wii has a controller more like a Dual Shock as well now.
It doesn't matter who's "copying" who -- do you use Internet explorer? OMG it so COPIED netscape. Get over it.
From everything I've seen (and in fact it was mentioned in TFA) the Sony controller did not work well in Warhawk. Everything I've read has said it was laggy, you could even see that it was laggy during the press conference. As for the fact that it worked better for flight sims, it would seem to me that if you hold the Wii controller sideways (like they did for Excite Truck) that it would have the exact same functionality as Sony's controller. There was even a flight sim for the Wii on the show floor that seemed to control at least as well as Warhawk if not better. Also it's been hinted at that the Wii will also use Gamecube controllers to control games such as Super Smash Brothers, so that shouldn't be a problem.
As for the "Dual Shock copy" that is the Classic Controller it's been said that it will only be used for Virtual Console games, and it really looks more like an SNES controller with two analog stick than it does a Dual Shock.
An no I don't use Internet Explorer. I can't believe that any self respecting member of/. would use IE. I use a combination of Opera and Firefox, and I'm extremely excited that Opera will be on the Wii and DS in the near future.
Multiple experiences with a controller after reviewing multiple games.....
one experience with a controller after reviewing one game......
It's this kind of insightful reporting that keeps me coming back...
Considering there is only one game on the PS3 that uses the feature (because Sony only told developers about it 2 or 3 WEEKS AGO), it seems to be a good early preview of the capabilities.
The fact that there is only one game that utilizes the motion control and the fact that Warhawk's development team only had a few weeks to put it into the game is very telling that this was a last minute addition to the console. If there's anyone out there that thinks that Sony isn't trying to copy the Wii they are in denial. I just hope that Sony's cheap rip-off doesn't cause people to overlook the Wii because they think it will be bad as well.
You might also need to look into getting "vobblanker" if you're planning on doing a lot of ripping and re-authoring. Newer DVDs like Chicken Little and Madagascar have new copy protection schemes that you might need "vobblanker" to get rid of.
check out http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/d vd_tools/index6.cfm for a link. There are also a lot of other video/audio tools and guides on how to use them at after dawn.
I wonder if this is about piracy or if it's just another ploy to let the studios double (or triple or quadruple, etc.) dip in the DVD market. Think about it, the day the films released a bar bones DVD of the film is also released. It's probably not anamorphic and comes with the film only. Then 6 months down the line the studio releases the "special" anamorphic edition with special features, DTS sound, etc. This gives them an even better excuse to double dip and the sad part is a lot of consumers will spend money on both versions. For some reason I don't see piracy as the only motivation here.
Am I the only one who sees a chance for the theater owners to profit a bit out of this deal? Let's say Star Wars Episode III was released in theaters and DVD on the same day, what's to stop an enterprising theater owner from setting up a small kiosk in his lobby with said DVD for sale (with just a slight mark-up of course). Those theater goers that found the movie to be worth owning could then buy it without having to make a separate trip to the store. It seems like a good idea to me.
I can see the Revolution bringing a bigger boost to Indy gaming, as long as Nintendo allows new downloadable games on their virtual console. Think about it, when a developer makes a game for Xbox Live Arcadem they still have to develop it for the Xbox 360. However, with the Revolution you could develop for the NES, SNES or N64 and still be able to run it on the Revolution. I would think that it would be a lot easier (and cheaper) to develop a new NES game than a Xbox 360 game.
I know people probably aren't going to believe this, or they're going to say that I'm working for the company or something, but I have won something from Blingo. It was only a free movie ticket, but it is proof that it's not a scam.
Well I can't say I'm surprised. Microsoft just announced their own antivirus subscription service and now their Anti-Spyware product deletes another anti-virus product. Does this really come as a shock to anyone?
Well not everyone realizes that the XBox bombed in Japan. All they see is it's relative success in the US and then wonder why Microsoft is taking a loss. I dunno if they would have been in the black by now if the XBox was a success over seas, but I am sure they hoped and expected it to do better than it did.
I really don't understand the logic behind this. Selling more of a system that you're selling at a loss in the first place is not can to cause you to make more money in fact it'll put you farther into the red.
For example lets say I sell hot dogs for $1.50, but they cost me $2.50 a piece to manufacture. If I sell 100 hot dogs I lose $100, but if I sell 200 I lose $200, even if I sell other things along with the hot dogs such as soda and chips it's still going to be hard for me to overcome the loss of money from the hot dogs.
My main question is why should I even go to a store like Best Buy and buy the CD? I can just go to iTunes and download the album, usually for less money, and then I can make my own CD and use the music on an iPod. Also if I need copies of the files without the DRM I either use one of the utilities available on the internet, or I just burn and then rip to MP3. What incentive is there for me to buy music from a brick and mortar store anymore? I guess I just don't get what the point of this is.
I personally think the thing is ugly, but my main question is, why have on surface curved? won't that make it harder to stack within all your other media components? Also did Spider-man have something to do with the development, because they decided to steal his font.
I think that the difference between this and when the PS1 first entered the gaming market are huge. At the time the PS1 came around there was already some major competition in the home console market. When was the last time Nintendo has had any serious competition in the handheld market? I personally don't know what to think of the PSP yet. I'll have to wait until there are enough units that we can see how it performs in real life situations.
You heard wrong. Even by Sony's inflated estimates, when they will even give an answer, it's 4-6. In reality it'll probably be closer to 1-2.
I agree that the battery life will probably not be 6 hours on average, but I also don't see Sony being stupid enough to put it out there with a 1-2 hour battery life. I think that somewhere between 3-5 is probably going to be typical, but again I could be wrong.
I don't really find this reasoning very logical. Microsoft hasn't had a failed system, but that doesn't mean that the Xbox2 won't fail. The only failed system that Nintendo has had is the Virtual boy, and I think even that made a decent profit in Japan. You can't rely on past performance to guide how you think a new system is going to do. If you could the N64 would have been the dominant console of that generation not the PS1.
Cartridges have been used forever, the size of cartridge may have changed, but that's about all. Just because no one else uses them now doesn't mean it's proprietary. For it to be proprietary the company has to own the patent for the format, as Sony does with UMD's and Nintendo does with their Gamecube discs.
The Gameboy use cartridges, which are not a proprietary format, and the DS uses flash cards, which are also not proprietary. The Gamecube on the other hand uses a proprietary game disc of some kind.
Someone at Sony has said that they'd eventually like to release batteries that would survive a plane trip from Tokyo to New York. I may be wrong but that's 14+ hours I believe. I really think that's a pipe dream.
Not only is Sony not going to release a UMD burner, they aren't even going to let developers get their hands on the format. All source code must be sent to Sony on a traditional DVD and then they handle it from there. I read that on Gamespot I believe. I can try to find a link if you want.
Yesterday I was reading an article on Gamespot (http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/12/10/news_6114 827.html) which said that so far no major movie studios, even those owned by Sony, have announced plans to release any content on UMD. As far as I know, only the Final Fantasy 7 movie has been announced as going to be on UMD. I'm sure that in the future there will be some films that come out on UMD, but I don't see a lot of that happening. I could be wrong though.
I'm not trying to start a flame war or anything, but I really don't understand this line of reasoning. Why boycot an entire system just because it runs a game which you don't like. I have never really liked GTA, but that doesn't stop be from owning a PS2. I just don't buy GTA. Could you explain this to me?
Oh I hadn't heard that. The one thing that I did see was that the head of Sony Games, Ken Kutaragi, admitted in an interview that a game like Ridge Racer probably wouldn't even live up to the 4 hour battery life expectation.
There are still some problems with these stats though. First of all from what I understand this is what it would be with a relatively simple game that didn't access the disc much. So a puzzle game could get this kind of battery life, but a game such as GTA will get no where near this. Also, if you have headphones that means that the speakers aren't turned on, meaning that without headphones the battery life will be even less. I'm really interested in a PSP, but if the real-life average battery life is going to be less than 4 hours I think I'll wait until they come out with higher capacity batteries or something. I also think it's just a little odd that the system is launching and Sony still hasn't released official statistics on this question.
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Actually the Sony controller works better than the Wii for flight sims. It handled pretty well with Warhawk. Personally, I wouldn't like using the Nintendo controllers for every single game and I doubt anyone else would either, which is why the Wii has a controller more like a Dual Shock as well now.
/. would use IE. I use a combination of Opera and Firefox, and I'm extremely excited that Opera will be on the Wii and DS in the near future.
It doesn't matter who's "copying" who -- do you use Internet explorer? OMG it so COPIED netscape. Get over it.
From everything I've seen (and in fact it was mentioned in TFA) the Sony controller did not work well in Warhawk. Everything I've read has said it was laggy, you could even see that it was laggy during the press conference. As for the fact that it worked better for flight sims, it would seem to me that if you hold the Wii controller sideways (like they did for Excite Truck) that it would have the exact same functionality as Sony's controller. There was even a flight sim for the Wii on the show floor that seemed to control at least as well as Warhawk if not better. Also it's been hinted at that the Wii will also use Gamecube controllers to control games such as Super Smash Brothers, so that shouldn't be a problem.
As for the "Dual Shock copy" that is the Classic Controller it's been said that it will only be used for Virtual Console games, and it really looks more like an SNES controller with two analog stick than it does a Dual Shock.
An no I don't use Internet Explorer. I can't believe that any self respecting member of
Multiple experiences with a controller after reviewing multiple games..... one experience with a controller after reviewing one game...... It's this kind of insightful reporting that keeps me coming back... Considering there is only one game on the PS3 that uses the feature (because Sony only told developers about it 2 or 3 WEEKS AGO), it seems to be a good early preview of the capabilities.
The fact that there is only one game that utilizes the motion control and the fact that Warhawk's development team only had a few weeks to put it into the game is very telling that this was a last minute addition to the console. If there's anyone out there that thinks that Sony isn't trying to copy the Wii they are in denial. I just hope that Sony's cheap rip-off doesn't cause people to overlook the Wii because they think it will be bad as well.
You might also need to look into getting "vobblanker" if you're planning on doing a lot of ripping and re-authoring. Newer DVDs like Chicken Little and Madagascar have new copy protection schemes that you might need "vobblanker" to get rid of. check out http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/d vd_tools/index6.cfm for a link. There are also a lot of other video/audio tools and guides on how to use them at after dawn.
I wonder if this is about piracy or if it's just another ploy to let the studios double (or triple or quadruple, etc.) dip in the DVD market. Think about it, the day the films released a bar bones DVD of the film is also released. It's probably not anamorphic and comes with the film only. Then 6 months down the line the studio releases the "special" anamorphic edition with special features, DTS sound, etc. This gives them an even better excuse to double dip and the sad part is a lot of consumers will spend money on both versions. For some reason I don't see piracy as the only motivation here.
Am I the only one who sees a chance for the theater owners to profit a bit out of this deal? Let's say Star Wars Episode III was released in theaters and DVD on the same day, what's to stop an enterprising theater owner from setting up a small kiosk in his lobby with said DVD for sale (with just a slight mark-up of course). Those theater goers that found the movie to be worth owning could then buy it without having to make a separate trip to the store. It seems like a good idea to me.
I can see the Revolution bringing a bigger boost to Indy gaming, as long as Nintendo allows new downloadable games on their virtual console. Think about it, when a developer makes a game for Xbox Live Arcadem they still have to develop it for the Xbox 360. However, with the Revolution you could develop for the NES, SNES or N64 and still be able to run it on the Revolution. I would think that it would be a lot easier (and cheaper) to develop a new NES game than a Xbox 360 game.
I know people probably aren't going to believe this, or they're going to say that I'm working for the company or something, but I have won something from Blingo. It was only a free movie ticket, but it is proof that it's not a scam.
Well I can't say I'm surprised. Microsoft just announced their own antivirus subscription service and now their Anti-Spyware product deletes another anti-virus product. Does this really come as a shock to anyone?
Well not everyone realizes that the XBox bombed in Japan. All they see is it's relative success in the US and then wonder why Microsoft is taking a loss. I dunno if they would have been in the black by now if the XBox was a success over seas, but I am sure they hoped and expected it to do better than it did.
I really don't understand the logic behind this. Selling more of a system that you're selling at a loss in the first place is not can to cause you to make more money in fact it'll put you farther into the red.
For example lets say I sell hot dogs for $1.50, but they cost me $2.50 a piece to manufacture. If I sell 100 hot dogs I lose $100, but if I sell 200 I lose $200, even if I sell other things along with the hot dogs such as soda and chips it's still going to be hard for me to overcome the loss of money from the hot dogs.
My main question is why should I even go to a store like Best Buy and buy the CD? I can just go to iTunes and download the album, usually for less money, and then I can make my own CD and use the music on an iPod. Also if I need copies of the files without the DRM I either use one of the utilities available on the internet, or I just burn and then rip to MP3. What incentive is there for me to buy music from a brick and mortar store anymore? I guess I just don't get what the point of this is.
I personally think the thing is ugly, but my main question is, why have on surface curved? won't that make it harder to stack within all your other media components? Also did Spider-man have something to do with the development, because they decided to steal his font.
Call Ben Affleck this machine must be destroyed before it causes the destruction of humanity.
I think that the difference between this and when the PS1 first entered the gaming market are huge. At the time the PS1 came around there was already some major competition in the home console market. When was the last time Nintendo has had any serious competition in the handheld market? I personally don't know what to think of the PSP yet. I'll have to wait until there are enough units that we can see how it performs in real life situations.
You heard wrong. Even by Sony's inflated estimates, when they will even give an answer, it's 4-6. In reality it'll probably be closer to 1-2.
I agree that the battery life will probably not be 6 hours on average, but I also don't see Sony being stupid enough to put it out there with a 1-2 hour battery life. I think that somewhere between 3-5 is probably going to be typical, but again I could be wrong.
I don't really find this reasoning very logical. Microsoft hasn't had a failed system, but that doesn't mean that the Xbox2 won't fail. The only failed system that Nintendo has had is the Virtual boy, and I think even that made a decent profit in Japan. You can't rely on past performance to guide how you think a new system is going to do. If you could the N64 would have been the dominant console of that generation not the PS1.
Cartridges have been used forever, the size of cartridge may have changed, but that's about all. Just because no one else uses them now doesn't mean it's proprietary. For it to be proprietary the company has to own the patent for the format, as Sony does with UMD's and Nintendo does with their Gamecube discs.
The Gameboy use cartridges, which are not a proprietary format, and the DS uses flash cards, which are also not proprietary. The Gamecube on the other hand uses a proprietary game disc of some kind.
Someone at Sony has said that they'd eventually like to release batteries that would survive a plane trip from Tokyo to New York. I may be wrong but that's 14+ hours I believe. I really think that's a pipe dream.
Not only is Sony not going to release a UMD burner, they aren't even going to let developers get their hands on the format. All source code must be sent to Sony on a traditional DVD and then they handle it from there. I read that on Gamespot I believe. I can try to find a link if you want.
Yesterday I was reading an article on Gamespot (http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/12/10/news_6114 827.html) which said that so far no major movie studios, even those owned by Sony, have announced plans to release any content on UMD. As far as I know, only the Final Fantasy 7 movie has been announced as going to be on UMD. I'm sure that in the future there will be some films that come out on UMD, but I don't see a lot of that happening. I could be wrong though.
I'm not trying to start a flame war or anything, but I really don't understand this line of reasoning. Why boycot an entire system just because it runs a game which you don't like. I have never really liked GTA, but that doesn't stop be from owning a PS2. I just don't buy GTA. Could you explain this to me?
Oh I hadn't heard that. The one thing that I did see was that the head of Sony Games, Ken Kutaragi, admitted in an interview that a game like Ridge Racer probably wouldn't even live up to the 4 hour battery life expectation.
Unfortunately at least 3 pokemon games have already been announced for the DS.
There are still some problems with these stats though. First of all from what I understand this is what it would be with a relatively simple game that didn't access the disc much. So a puzzle game could get this kind of battery life, but a game such as GTA will get no where near this. Also, if you have headphones that means that the speakers aren't turned on, meaning that without headphones the battery life will be even less. I'm really interested in a PSP, but if the real-life average battery life is going to be less than 4 hours I think I'll wait until they come out with higher capacity batteries or something. I also think it's just a little odd that the system is launching and Sony still hasn't released official statistics on this question.