The PS3 Is Here. - Page 8

stfuitsbrandon · 08-31-2006, 04:07 PM

i was watching the news, and apparently with ps3 you can donate some of your internet "horsepower" to a lab to help make research for cancer easier? wtf?

suicidalmuskrat · 08-31-2006, 11:13 PM

Can't we all do that on our computers right now?

**Squeek** · 09-6-2006, 09:36 AM

Haha oh man.

I swear Sony just begs for bad news.

Here's what has happened between now and what I posted about last time.

1) You pay $600 for a console that has sweet high-def capabilities and awexome grafX. But oops we're not giving you the cable to actually GET those graphics. Go pay $40 for one. And $60 for all our games, with prices going up to $70 or even $80. Want another controller? Tack on another $30. So after buying an HDTV for three grand and spending six hundred on the console and over four hundred for some games and the ability to actually play them then ROFL -$4000 NOW YOU CAN PLAY YOUR PS3!11111

2) Turns out that Blu-ray sux the big one one one. Here's why. Yay storage space boo loading times. The way production of the blu-ray discs work makes them susceptible to insanely slow loading times. Xbox 360 has a 12x DVD drive, meaning it can load about 16 MB/s. Turns out Blu-Ray can only read at about half that with 9 MB/s. Also turns out that all that uncompressed data takes forever to compile and run.

3) Wow so the laser is having problems already and they can't keep with their promises yet again. Turns out they can make 500,000 for launch date. 400k are coming to the states, 100k in Japan (stupid). This is totally banking on the "PEOPLE WILL BUY IT EVEN IF IT HAD NO GAMES LOL WE'RE SONY" deal. Even so, they killed the worldwide launch already. Europe is out of the equation until Spring 2007 entirely, their 5,000,000 units by the end of 2006 is dead and over, and somehow I even doubt they can even get the console out by Christmas at this point.

Somehow I think Sony is purposely making this console suck.

Edit: checklist from comments in Joystiq post.

- Overpriced
- Under Specced (compared to its promise)
- Delayed (in Pal regions)
- No rumble (ARGH!)
- Arrogant Bosses and PR men
- No HDMI lead as standard
- Cack launch lineup
- Features "pinched from competition" (pad/entitlements)
- Oversized and fugly
- Made by Sony
- Cancelled games and devs being wary

emptiness · 09-6-2006, 03:55 PM

Ouch for sony

nforcer06164 · 09-6-2006, 05:08 PM

Finally, the fanboys learn the truth. Sony doesn't really care about them.

emptiness · 09-7-2006, 01:41 PM

Why does Sony have to be a poopie head? A big poopie head

Biff_tech · 09-7-2006, 02:36 PM

Cause you smell funny

**Chromer** · 09-7-2006, 03:08 PM

Wow. Despite all of that Squeak, you still reek of Nintendo fanboy.

cC@Zz · 09-7-2006, 03:58 PM

I wish more of these current consoles came in a more variety of colors. I dont want my only choice to be white.

The pS3 looks like its huge. I wonder how big the game discs are.

**Squeek** · 09-7-2006, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chromer

Wow. Despite all of that Squeak, you still reek of Nintendo fanboy.

Supporting the winner.

I am incredibly anti-Sony though. Shoddy products from them for years and they've never resolved that issue. And I would never pay $400 for a console, so the 360 is out of the question as well.

It's easy to shop for me.

DDRcrazy5 · 09-7-2006, 08:40 PM

I think its lame itcosts 600 bucks, just buy the xbox360 or the revolution(wii)
its a piece o' crap. it copied microsoft

Raptordrew · 09-7-2006, 08:47 PM

tru..ps3 is cooler looking than 260 and im still debating on whether to admit its better...but as long as yall admit it...microsoft (bill gates) is choosing stay in combat with sony..like sriously?? he could buy out sony if he wanted to..but why would he?? what would be the point of that. HYe likes having competition. i still love my 360.

sjoecool1991 · 09-7-2006, 09:09 PM

PS3 isnt worth the price, sony is really stupid.
they lose money every time they sell a system.

nforcer06164 · 09-7-2006, 09:26 PM

I think their plan was to lose money with this system, if only to market blu-ray. I'm dead serious about this -- they'll literally LOSE money every time they sell a PS3, even at $600. The hardware costs astronomical amounts of money.

After UMD failed, they are again trying to market a new media format. This one is actually practical, able to hold 25 gigs. But, it's SONY DEVELOPED, so I'm not sure how reliable it can be. But hey, DVD DL can hold up to 8.5 gigs (less in an "actual" sense), and I'm perfectly fine with my ruby red laser burning my discs.

Grandiagod · 09-8-2006, 12:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squeek

Supporting the winner.

I am incredibly anti-Sony though. Shoddy products from them for years and they've never resolved that issue. And I would never pay $400 for a console, so the 360 is out of the question as well.

It's easy to shop for me.

Stop being so cheap and buy a waranty.

**Squeek** · 09-8-2006, 01:02 AM

Ok.

Find me good games.

I don't like sports games, I don't like racing games, and I don't like Halo. Any good game on this system will inevitably end up on PC.

There goes my reason for getting an Xbox 360.

I don't like Sony.

There goes my reason for getting a Playstation 3.

**Squeek** · 09-8-2006, 02:06 AM

Ninety Nine Nights - Heard it sucked
Enchanted Arms - Never heard of it.
Dead Rising - Never been a zombie-killing fan
Dynasty Warriors Empires - Never liked Dynasty Warriors
Geometry Wars Evolved - Have and got tired of a Geometry Wars lookalike
Saints Row - GTA ripoff
Perfect Dark Zero - Sucks horribly.
Battlefield 2 - Never heard of it; probably sucks
GRAW - Probably good from all the press I've heard but holds no interest for me
FarCry - Beat it although I don't know why as it was a terrible game
The Outfit - Never heard of it

I'm not saying it's only putting out bad games and that I just hate anything that shows up on the system, they just never play to my tastes. My tastes are for challenging and intellectual games, not "kill everything because you can" games.

If the 360 can entice me enough, I might get it. But so far, it looks like a heck of a lot of devs are signing on to Nintendo or at least pushing focus into that field in case it's a hit.

But back to PS3 news in this thread. Turns out it still sucks! More at 11.

emptiness · 09-8-2006, 11:59 AM

Agreed

vashthestampede0987 · 09-8-2006, 12:42 PM

BF2-Another generic FPS that is a hell of a lot better on the computer because you don't have to pay that extra $4 a month crap to play it online. Still a good game though IMO.

And that's possibly one of the few games that I would get for the 360 if I ever decided to get one.

Grandiagod · 09-9-2006, 12:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squeek

My tastes are for challenging and intellectual games, not "kill everything because you can" games.

Point at screen and move doesn't count as intellectual. Still mindless fun.

08-31-2006, 11:13 PM	#142
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09-6-2006, 09:36 AM	#143
Squeek let it snow~ Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 37 Posts: 14,444	Re: The PS3 Is Here. Haha oh man. I swear Sony just begs for bad news. Here's what has happened between now and what I posted about last time. 1) You pay $600 for a console that has sweet high-def capabilities and awexome grafX. But oops we're not giving you the cable to actually GET those graphics. Go pay $40 for one. And $60 for all our games, with prices going up to $70 or even $80. Want another controller? Tack on another $30. So after buying an HDTV for three grand and spending six hundred on the console and over four hundred for some games and the ability to actually play them then ROFL -$4000 NOW YOU CAN PLAY YOUR PS3!11111 2) Turns out that Blu-ray sux the big one one one. Here's why. Yay storage space boo loading times. The way production of the blu-ray discs work makes them susceptible to insanely slow loading times. Xbox 360 has a 12x DVD drive, meaning it can load about 16 MB/s. Turns out Blu-Ray can only read at about half that with 9 MB/s. Also turns out that all that uncompressed data takes forever to compile and run. 3) Wow so the laser is having problems already and they can't keep with their promises yet again. Turns out they can make 500,000 for launch date. 400k are coming to the states, 100k in Japan (stupid). This is totally banking on the "PEOPLE WILL BUY IT EVEN IF IT HAD NO GAMES LOL WE'RE SONY" deal. Even so, they killed the worldwide launch already. Europe is out of the equation until Spring 2007 entirely, their 5,000,000 units by the end of 2006 is dead and over, and somehow I even doubt they can even get the console out by Christmas at this point. Somehow I think Sony is purposely making this console suck. Edit: checklist from comments in Joystiq post. - Overpriced - Under Specced (compared to its promise) - Delayed (in Pal regions) - No rumble (ARGH!) - Arrogant Bosses and PR men - No HDMI lead as standard - Cack launch lineup - Features "pinched from competition" (pad/entitlements) - Oversized and fugly - Made by Sony - Cancelled games and devs being wary Last edited by Squeek; 09-6-2006 at 09:46 AM..

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09-8-2006, 01:02 AM	#156
Squeek let it snow~ Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 37 Posts: 14,444	Re: The PS3 Is Here. Ok. Find me good games. I don't like sports games, I don't like racing games, and I don't like Halo. Any good game on this system will inevitably end up on PC. There goes my reason for getting an Xbox 360. I don't like Sony. There goes my reason for getting a Playstation 3.

09-8-2006, 02:06 AM	#157
Squeek let it snow~ Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 37 Posts: 14,444	Re: The PS3 Is Here. Ninety Nine Nights - Heard it sucked Enchanted Arms - Never heard of it. Dead Rising - Never been a zombie-killing fan Dynasty Warriors Empires - Never liked Dynasty Warriors Geometry Wars Evolved - Have and got tired of a Geometry Wars lookalike Saints Row - GTA ripoff Perfect Dark Zero - Sucks horribly. Battlefield 2 - Never heard of it; probably sucks GRAW - Probably good from all the press I've heard but holds no interest for me FarCry - Beat it although I don't know why as it was a terrible game The Outfit - Never heard of it I'm not saying it's only putting out bad games and that I just hate anything that shows up on the system, they just never play to my tastes. My tastes are for challenging and intellectual games, not "kill everything because you can" games. If the 360 can entice me enough, I might get it. But so far, it looks like a heck of a lot of devs are signing on to Nintendo or at least pushing focus into that field in case it's a hit. But back to PS3 news in this thread. Turns out it still sucks! More at 11.

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