[PS3] PlayStation 3 Fan Noise. Annoyingly loud, ain't it?

Sony compete with Nintendo on what level? The last thing we need is two consoles being used to peddle half-arsed collections of mini-games to people. I don't know what's so complex about the control schemes currently being used, what makes them difficult is when people try to crowbar too much in (the random use of Sixaxis controls being an example of that).

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Originally Posted by Shenlon

BUT, if you log into a japanese account and go into the playstation store there is a very nice game with a cool concept. It looks like a very fancy flash game and the music is just calming and very awesome. It's a game that focuses on the different demensions of the area such as "If you can't see it, it doesn't exist" "It exist but you just can't see it" and the drops and jumps also rely on the perspective on the screen. It may have japanese text but the dialog is in english and learning curb is easy. If you like puzzle games you find it interesting.

That would be the demo for Echochrome. I imagine a thread exists for that game on this very forum (about to go to sleep so can't be arsed to search).

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Sony have clearly bitten off more than they can chew with Home. I would bet money that any time the get people using the service, even internally, they generate a large amount of new ideas/bugs/change requests that all need looking into. I think Sony know they can't afford to cock this up, so it's now down to a battle of PR issues and fan backlash up front (delays) versus PR issues and fan backlash on release (when it all goes horribly wrong).

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Musharraf

... the only good thing about SecondLife was the fact that you could create a hot female account and sell your body to sex-hungry nerds and actually make a fortune with it.

Suddenly any questions about where Mush gets his money from are answered.

And, don't get me wrong, I think Home is a pretty rubbish idea too. I might give it a go when it's finally released, purely because it'll be free, but the concept doesn't appeal.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I have to say, I'm becoming more and more impressed with the PS3 as a machine. My flatmate was telling me how in the last week he replaced the 40Gb HDD with an 120Gb one, to which I commented that I like the idea of doing that but wouldn't want the hassle of losing data. Turns out there's a sweet back up facility so you can do restores easily.

I had just assumed that, much like Microsoft and the 360, it'd be a complete pain in the arse to do. Fair play to Sony on that one, I might consider doing that at some point.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I read somewhere today that Criterion are going to be able to apply Trophies retroactively for Burnout Paradise because of the way it stores user data, so anything you would have got you will get a Trophy for. No good for me, since I have BP on the 360, but it's ace that they're able to do that. I would like to think Uncharted can be the same as they clearly have a system in place for monitoring stats for their own 'medals' in-game system.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Tokimeki

Its not as loud as the XBOX 360 fan. However the PS3 fan does get abit louder when being used for like over 2 hours+.

Wow, someone took that thread title a bit too literally. If you looked you'll notice that the title is a pun, the thread is actually just general discussion about the PS3.

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Apparently there's no Warhawk thread, so I'll plonk this in here. New updates coming soon, including a free update that will add two new games modes and trophies.

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In addition, more details about the third Warhawk expansion have been released. Dubbed, Operation: Fallen Star, the premium add-on introduces a forested location, Tau Crater, where, sure enough, some "experimental technology" is recovered from a crashed Chernovan warship: Jetpacks! The booster pack also includes 10 new battlefields. (A coinciding free update will add two new game modes and Trophies).

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There's a video at the source link, and the jetpacks do look kinda cool.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I was thinking about picking up the newest expansions bundle, but when I logged in last night it hadn't appeared on the store yet. Might see if it's on there tonight when I get back from work.

Like Rock I doubt I've done anything to earn any trophies yet, unless there's ones for dying lots.

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Originally Posted by eprox1

So did anybody preorder SOCOM...? Word on the street is that the beta begins tonight at midnight-ish.

Here in the UK they were offering codes for the beta through EuroGamer, and I managed to snap one up. Downloading it as we speak.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by BigCN401

Tried connecting again but says something about failed to initialized network.

That was happening a lot by the sounds of it. Happened to me, Skills and DE last night when trying. I tried a couple of times and then gave up. Hopefully, as you say, it will have settled down today, but who knows. Unless they get it sorted sharpish it doesn't make a great impression.

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Be thankful you've managed to get into a game at all. I've tried a couple of times now with no success. Apparently a patch was due to hit last night along with some new servers, so I might give it another go. However, if it is still hard to get into then I'll be deleting the download and SOCOM will be confirmed in my mind as something I have no interest in.

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Roll on next week:

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Sony has confirmed WipEout HD will be released next week.

It's out on Thursday 25th September, to be precise, in both the UK and US. Over here it'll set you back GBP 11.99.

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Fuck yes.

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Originally Posted by Karasu

His ass with be exploded by my missiles, or i'll energy drain the bastard.

Whatever you guys want to do in your own private time I guess... o_O

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Aardark

Hey guys, Folding@Home was turned into Life with PlayStation.

It looks sweet

By 'sweet' did you mean 'boring as hell'? It gives you the weather and some news. If the PS3's browser wasn't a piece of arse that might be semi-worthwhile, but really, I can check both things without having to wait for my PS3 to load and then to load that application. Don't get me wrong, it's free and looks pretty well presented, but I just don't really give a damn and wish Sony were spending their time on getting things I care about into the interface and XMB rather than dicking about with making a pretty, spinny globe that has weather icons on.

FELIPE NO

I'm not going to tell you 'must have' games, because that is going to be entirely up to you and your preferences. What I will say, is it's worth checking out some of the following games, and seeing if there you're kind of thing:
- Assassin's Creed
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- GTA IV
- Metal Gear Solid 4
- Race Driver: GRID
- Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction
- Rock Band / Rock Band 2
- Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
- Warhawk

Some upcoming titles to keep an eye on:
- Fallout 3
- LittleBigPlanet
- Resistence 2
- Valkryia Chronicles

Also, yes, WipEout HD should be landing tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by Karasu

Well its the 25th, and I dont see Wipeout HD at the store. Hopefully it's tonight or something. I want it D:

I don't know about the US store, but I've bought the game already and am in the process of downloading it as I type this (though in the tradition of PSN downloads it's super slow).

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Some screenshots taken real quick with WipEout's in-game photo mode, in case you were doubting how sexy this thing is (click for full 1080p size):






The second one is currently my current wallpaper for now.

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Originally Posted by Pew pew pew

It has absolutely NO BUSINESS looking this good. It runs circles around anything else released on any platform this year, and it doesn't even BLINK. Smooth 60, no matter what the fuck's going on, it's just...damn near flawless from a technical standpoint.

This.

Originally Posted by RockgamerXIII

It easily trumps every other game released on the PSN so far, and a lot of retail games as well.

And this.

This game is gorgeous and runs silky smooth the whole god damn time. It's not a huge install, load times are pretty damn short, it's priced incredibly well (many people would have charged full release price for this) and overall it puts a lot of release titles to shame. I don't know if there's a demo available, but everyone with a PS3 needs to at least try this game.

Also, we definitely need to get a GFF session going (I'll be on tonight for some gaming).

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Animechanic

Anyone care to enlighten me?

The game does feature 8 tracks, but with reverse configurations too (which make them rather different prospects to race around), so 16 race layouts.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I guess it depends how tight money is, but for $20 you're getting a pretty great chunk of game. It's worth noting that this does include a 'Pilot Assist' feature to help newer (or newb) players find their feet.

I was speaking idiomatically.

It's also worth noting that online play adds to your loyality stuff, so you can build up a fair amount of points without thinking about it.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Animechanic

Pics of new liveries plz.

This is the second of the EG-X liveries:


Also, some more snaps from this gorgeous looking game:




FELIPE NO

I'll be interested to see Home purely to see how it ends up, but yeah, can't say I'm at all bothered by it though (don't think I'd bother with the beta even if I'd been given a code) because it seems like a bit of a dragged out mess. You'll have to post your thoughts somewhere Rock and let us know what you make of it.

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Originally Posted by Miles

Why does the Japanese PSN get all the good games. ;_; SCEA, can you please make our PS1 selection suck less. Thanks!

Don't go thinking it's just America missing out. A bit like how Microsoft seems to think the world is comprised of the US only when it comes to special offers and content, Sony clearly see only Japan. Either way, Europe gets screwed hard by everyone.

Anyways, seems I've been invited to the Home beta. I'm not all that interested by the Home concept, but I'm willing to check it out so I'm downloading that right now and will give it a look. I'm not expecting much though to be honest.

Jam it back in, in the dark.