[PS3] PlayStation 3 Discussion Thread

I wouldn't be at all surprised if the price was way out of alot of people's reach. When the PS2 was released here, it amounted to exactly $1000 NZD. That's roughly $668 USD(thank you, currency conversion) and still way overpriced. Mind you, the currency difference over the period of 2001 through to 2006 has changed, so it isn't entirely accurate. Still, it's alot for a console, a console which is a first version and there's bound to be issues come up.

Myself, I'm waiting until everything's cleared up and there's a revision or a MASSIVE price drop, whichever comes first. There's the simple problem of knowing that it's going to set your wallet on fire, and then there's the simply problem of not knowing what errors you might encounter.

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Originally Posted by Metal Sphere

Oh hell no! I'm not going to take the credit for that. DarkPhoenix on GAF made that little conversation up, and it had half the forum in stitches. The facial expressions and comments are hilarious.

Oh God... People actually listen to EB employees for news about next gen consoles? And yes, Merrill Lynch's revised estimate for the bill of materials for the PS3 came under more fire than the first, from every angle because it just reeked of being fabricated while on the crapper.

Whoever made that up instantly wins the internet.

Somebody please tell me there's going to be a purely black PS3, and none of this dark grey/navy/tainted crap. They probably won't use the same surface for the PS3 as they did with the PS2, but they should simply so that everyone has matching consoles.

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Originally Posted by LivingDreams

The member at the official playstation forum do.

Yeah, because an "official forum" with a bunch of members believing game store workers on their release dates makes it official/confirmed, right?

This is a next generation console we're talking about, not just another PS2 game release. There's always a higher possibility in this case that they fucked up their information.

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Originally Posted by LivingDreams

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Old. Photoshopped. And completely false.

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Originally Posted by Metal Sphere

Hmm, I'm guessing May/June for Japan and September/October for the U.S. with Europe getting it either late November or anytime in Dec.

I hope like hell europe doesn't need to wait until 07. I mean, the 360 was released in 05. And the PS3 is being released in 07? That's quite a gap for Microsoft to fill.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by T1249NTSCJ

Say this does happen, it'll be like the M$FT release. So far the PS3 has a weak launch title lineup and most of the games aren't anywhere near completion. :eyebrow: It'll be a pretty box to to look at in the living room though.

What?

Originally Posted by Gamespot

Playable games a no-show at event, but Sony reveals rock-solid third-party support with 102 games and 71 publishers.

Originally Posted by Gamespot

Acquire
New historical action game, action adventure

Arc System Works
BB (tentative name), next-generation fighting game tool

Artdink
Bipedal Movement Simulation, Simulation
Aquanote no Kyujitsu: Inner Mind Adventure, Inner Mind adventure

Astroll
Seikan (tentative name), survival

Atari
Alone in the Dark sequel, action adventure
Stuntman (working title), driving action
Driver 5 (working title), driving action

Athena
Pro Mahjong Final (tentative name), mahjong

Atlus
Shin Megami Tensei series, RPG

Bandai
Anime related project, TBA
Mobile Suit Gundam (tentative name), action
Unnamed robot action game, action

Banpresto
Super Robot series, TBA

Capcom
action game, action
Devil May Cry 4, stylish action
Biohazard 5, survival horror

Cavia
Unnamed action RPG, action RPG

CyberFront
simulation game A, growth simulation
simulation game B, management simulation
puzzle game, puzzle action

Success
RPG, RPG

Success
Hitsuji Mura (tentative name), simulation

D3 Publisher
Dark Sector, shooting action
Fighting action game, fighting action

Datam Polystar
Unnamed adventure game, adventure

Digital Gain
Naxat Plan (tentative name), adventure

Dorasu
Slotter Mania series, Pachinko

Eidos
Unnamed action game, action

Electronic Arts
Fight Night (tentative name), sports

Enterbrain
Derby Stallion (tentative name), breeding

Entertainment Software Publishing
Unnamed action game, action

Ertain
TBA, action

From Software
Armored Core 4, 3D mech action
Dark RPG (tentative name), RPG
Black Blade (tentative name), action

Genki
Japanese sword fighting series, action
Racing game series, racing game

Global A. Entertainment
Comical history action, action
Comical history stimulation, simulation

GoodNavigate
Mystery adventure game, adventure

Gust
Unnamed role playing game, RPG

Hackberry
Pachinko Jikki simulation series, Pachinko

Hamster
Management simulation, simulation

Hudson
Unnamed RPG, RPG
Bomberman, action
Rengoku: The End of the Century, sci-fi action RPG

Idea Factory
Shin Ten Makai VI (tentative name), Simulation RPG

Interchannel
Unnamed love adventure game, adventure

Irem Software Engineering
Action-adventure game, action adventure

Koei
Blade Storm: Hundred Years War, action
Fatal Inertia, racing
Ni-Oh, action
Mahjong Taikai (tentative name), table

Konami
Gradius series, shooting
Unnamed soccer game, soccer
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball series, sports
Unnamed action game, action
Unnamed role playing game, RPG
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, tactical espionage action

MTO
ActiveDogs (tentative name), action sports

Magnolia
Value 2000 Igo, table
Value 2000 Shougi, table
Saikyou Ginsei Shougi 7, table
Saikyou Ginsei Igo 7, table

Mainichi Communications
Shougi World Champion Gekisashi (tentative name), table

Marionette
War simulation game, simulation

Marvelous Interactive
Unnamed action game, action

Mediaworks
Unnamed adventure game, adventure

Michaelsoft
Project D, RPG

Namco
Unnamed RPG, RPG
Unnamed fighting game, fighting
Unnamed shooting game, shooting
Unnamed sports game, sports

Nippon-ichi Software
Makai Wars (tentative name), RPG

Now Production
Unnamed action game, action

Ongakukan
Train Simulator Online (tentative name), train simulation

SNK Playmore
King of Fighters: Maximum Impact 3 (tentative name), 3D fighting

Sega
Fifth Phantom Saga, action shooting
Sonic the Hedgehog, action

Sony Computer Entertainment
Angel Rings (tentative name), RPG
Gran Turismo series, TBA
Genji 2 (tentative name), action
The Eye of Judgment (tentative name), TBA
Minna no Golf 5 (tentative name), sports
Monster Carnival (tentative name), action RPG

Spike
Way of the Samurai 3 (tentative name), action adventure

Square Enix
Final Fantasy series, TBA

Sun Denshi
Unnamed simulation game, simulation

Sunrise Interactive
Sunrise Eiyuutan series, 3D simulation RPG
Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula series, 3D racing

Taito
Extreme (tentative name), action
Project Psychic (tentative name), action

Takuyo Kyougyou
AKARI Project (tentative name), simulation
MASTER Project (tentative name), action RPG

Tecmo
Action game, action
Action-adventure game, action

Ubisoft
Assassin (working title), action adventure
Brothers in Arms 3 (tentative name), FPS

Warashi
Mahjong Oh, Mahjong

Yamasa Entertainment
Yamasa Digi World DX (tentative name), Pachinko

Yuke's
Pro wrestling game, pro wrestling


JAPANESE PLAYSTATION 3 PUBLISHERS
Acquire
Arc System Works
Art Dink
Asmik-ace Entertainment
Astroll
Atari Japan
Athena
Atlus
Bandai
Banpresto
Capcom
Cavia
Chunsoft
CyberFront
D3 Publisher
Daitogiken
Datam Polystar
Digital Gain
Dorasu
Eidos
Electronic Arts
Enterbrain
Entertainment Software Publishing
Ertain
Fog
From Software
Genki
Global A. Entertainment
GoodNavigate
Gust
Hackberry
Hamster
Hudson
Idea Factory
Interchannel
Irem Software Engineering
Jaleco
Kadokawa Shoten
Kids Station
Koei
Konami
MTO
Magnolia
Mainichi Communications
Marionette
Marvelous Interactive
Mediaworks
Michaelsoft
Namco
Nippon-ichi Software
Now Production
Oaks
Ongakukan
SNK Playmore
Sammy
Sega
Shoeisha
Sony Computer Entertainment
Spike
Square Enix
Success
Sun Denshi
Sunrise Interactive
Taito
Takuyo Kyougyou
Tecmo
Ubisoft
Warashi
Yamasa Entertainment
Yukes
Yuki Enterprise

If you think this list isn't impressive, there's something wrong with you.

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I happen to think that the launch list is seriously going to kick ass. Specifically due to these games:

Originally Posted by PS3 LAUNCH titles

* Devil May Cry 4 - Capcom
* Fifth Phantom Saga - Sonic Team
* Final Fantasy PS3 - Square Enix
* Heavenly Sword - Ninja Theory
* Metal Gear Solid 4 - Kojima Productions
* Mobile Suit Gundam - TBA
* ShadowClan - Tiger Hill Entertainment
* Tekken PS3 - Namco

These are titles which apparently are being released on the PS3's launch date. MGS4 and Devil May Cry 4 are enough to get me going, but I've seen pictures of Sega's Fifth Phantom Saga and it also looks really good.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by RYU

Playstation 3 Delay Confirmed Officially

source

Well that basically confirms that europe won't see the PS3 until 2007, and america probably won't either.

Oh well, I can wait. So long as they get the backwards compatibility sorted out on the official launch date there won't be much of a problem. As a side, this is a great excuse to spend money elsewhere, on more important issues.

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Originally Posted by neothe0ne

And because of pirates, to watch next-gen DVD's on the computer, we need a new computer monitor, graphics card, and disc drive? To watch them on a TV, which should be superior, we need a new HDTV and a new disc player?

Something's out of place here, but it almost seems like Hollywood wants to make itself a niche instead of being mainstream.

PIRATES TAKING OVER.



I wouldn't be at all surprised if alot of people stuck with the current generation of items: PS2, Gamecube, xbox, and DVDs mainly because they're all freely available, quite easy to understand, and all of the above can be pirated.

Also, I haven't heard anything of next generation DVDs requiring you to fork out for a new monitor in order to play them.

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Quote:

Gamesindustry.biz also has information from unnamed European sources, who indicate that Sony will make a "a major announcement" next week. The sources, however, wouldn't elaborate further or even confirm that the PS3 would be involved.

This doesn't sound right. They've gotten information from an unnamed source, but when they talk to the unnamed source, they don't elaborate. And why is it unnamed?

Could be a rumour.

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Sweet. Let's hope that a "worldwide launch" includes europe, australia & nz because they're so easily forgotten about.

Also wow, GPS for PSP? That's nuts.

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Originally Posted by SailorDaravon

Apparently yes for Europe, no for Australia. No idea about New Zealand.

Wait, why?

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Originally Posted by SailorDaravon

Why don't I know about New Zealand ?_?

No, that's not what I said. Way to miss what I was getting at.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Qwarky

He was asking what the hell are you trying to say. I couldn't understand your question either.

Yes, because trying to understand what "Why?" means is SO FUCKING DIFFICULT.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I asked "why?" because I didn't know "why" they excluded AU/NZ regions when it's meant to be a worldwide release.

Since worldwide release means, well, global. Everywhere. So to answer your question, I wanted to know why it didn't include down under.

Originally Posted by Grubdog

You know, in your last two posts of being an ass, you could have actually cleared it up and stopped the confusion yourself. Now it continues!

STOP RUINING IT.

FELIPE NO

Well, I didn't call him a moron, but whatever floats your boat.

Sony doesn't lie. They just announce something, delay it, and explain why. That isn't lying exactly, that's more like, business.

I'll just be happy if the PS3 is released globally within some month of 2006. Waiting until 2007 is boring.

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Originally Posted by Gamespot

[UPDATE] Sony confirms delay for next-gen console, says it will support an Xbox Live-like online gaming service; console will require a 60GB Linux HDD--but will it be sold separately?

TOKYO--Today at the 2006 PlayStation Business Briefing in Tokyo, Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutagari made it official--the PlayStation 3 has been delayed. The news confirmed widely circulated Japanese newspaper reports, which said that the delay was due to copyright-protection problems with the next-generation console's Blu-ray drive. For his part, Kutaragi would only say the delay was due to "Blu-ray spec finalization."

Kutaragi told the crowd at the event that the PS3 would now launch in November 2006 worldwide. That dispelled fears that the console would make it to Japan in time by the fall, but would miss the all-important holiday shopping season in the US and Europe. In fact, Kutaragi explicitly told the crowd of game retailers and journalists present that the PS3 would arrive before Thanksgiving in all territories.

Besides the delay, Kutaragi also made official another widely reported aspect of the PS3. He said that Sony is indeed preparing an Xbox Live-like online gaming service for the console, which would be called the "PlayStation Network Platform." Though he was short on specifics, the executive did say that currently Sony planned the service to be "free."

While the simultaneous tri-territory PS3 scheme may sound much like Microsoft's international launch of the Xbox 360, Sony plans to avoid the shortages that befell its competitor. Kutaragi said that the company plans on producing at least one million units of the console each month in order to keep the supply channel full. He said the goal was to ship 6 million PS3s worldwide by March 2007.

[UPDATE] The SCE president also told the crowd that the PS3 would use a 60GB 2.5" hard disc drive (HDD). A slide show during the presentation said the HDD would will be loaded with the Linux operating system versus Microsoft's Windows OS. The show also said it could be used as a "home server" and be directly connected to the Internet, and be full "upgradeable."

Kutaragi also made it clear that the hard drive will be necessary to play games--Sony is telling developers to make games assuming every PS3 has a hard drive installed. "We view the Hard Drive to be mandatory for the PS3," he said. "Rather than have developers create games for the PS3 with or without the HDD, we will be asking them to develop games as though all PS3s have the HDD installed."

However, Kutaragi revealed that Sony had not decided whether or not the PlayStation 3 would come with the hard-drive pre-installed. "We might end up installing it in all PS3s, though that depends on the market," he said. This raises the possibility that the PS3 could be sold without a piece of hardware needed to play PS3 games--in effect forcing consumers to buy a peripheral for basic functionality.

Kutaragi also said that PS3 games would be released only on Blu-ray discs, as DVDs have become too easy for software pirates to duplicate. The high-capacity format is capable of storing around 50GB on a single disc. Sony reps confirmed the PS3 will still play DVDs and CDs, as well as PS2 and PSone discs, as previously announced.
By Tor Thorsen, Brendan Sinclair, Henry Niizumi -- GameSpot

I liked the "will require" part.

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Originally Posted by sega.co.jp

While the PS3 is guarenteed the top spot for most of this decade

It really isn't, we haevn't seen squat in terms of PS3 material. You have the CG scenes, and about 5 seconds of actual gameplay. And that's for a single game. Whose to say that the single game will be the most popular title? It could be Perfect Dark Zero all over again, except it will sell.

I wouldn't want to rush to conclusions and get my hopes up over the PS3. The price is automatically going to put me off, no matter how impressive the games are.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by sega.co.jp

Launch time hype based inertia can only carry you so far (10 million units tops)

That would depend on whether you're influenced by said console enough to fork out for a console, then probably a HDTV. Hype only sells so far, but I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that the PS3 already has twice as much hype as the 360 had.

I bet a bunch of moronspeople bought a HDTV just for the 360. It will be the same for the PS3.

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That's dodonpachi, a bullet hell shooting game by Cave. I think wikipedia can explain the game a little better than I can. Unfortunately I have next to no idea what that dodonpachi is being played on.

The controller looks like one made by Sammy, and you can buy them for dirt cheap off of play-asia here.

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Originally Posted by AcerBandit

The idea of Linux on a PS3 is just one of those things to show off the adaptability of Linux.

I think the fact that you can run Linux on Dreamcast and iPod already demonstrate it's vast adaptability.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Why would you want to play Lemmings on a PS3?

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Originally Posted by www.sega.co.jp

Because Lemmings is on almost every other platform (see here), it's a rite of passage for a game system. Plus Lemmings is a damn fun game, why wouldn't you want it on the PS3?

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Because it's.. a next generation console and you're playing retro games on it. Lemmings is far, far superior with a mouse, but I won't get into that. It seems kind of pointless Sony making Linux compatible with the PS3 so you can play Lemmings and shit like that.

They could of, you know, just shoved the game in as a built-in one. Considering how powerful the PS3 will be, it wouldn't take up much space at all.

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Holy hell, Lemmings for DS is a fantastic thought. Probably thought of before, obviously, but I'm not sure how it would work.

You'd need to have the touchscreen act as a cursor, so the map would be on the bottom screen, and the different selections would probably also be on the bottom screen. So, whatever fits on the top screen, I don't know.

I'd like to know how Lemmings PSP works as well. Gamespot provides useless.

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Originally Posted by AcerBandit

Lemmings for PSP is just regular Lemmings with prettier graphics controlled with the nub. There might be some way to switch command types with the face buttons to make it easier and probably L and R scroll the map. The only thing PSP has going for it besides fancy graphics and oh god it's a freaking Lemmings game whoopee for graphics is that the PSP has a nice wide screen.

Okay, listen. I hate the PSP too. But there's no reason to go flying off the hook about how much it sucks - it's stating the obvious. Hell, if companies are stopping UMD movies for it, there's definitely a sign. However, the PSP has advantages over the DS such as emulation which is superior to the GP2X.

Along with a few actual PSP titles, such as DJMAX, Taiko no Tatsujin Portaboloo, Popolocrois and Breath of Fire III which are worth buying, there isn't much else out there. It's still good for emulation, if you're incapable of enjoying emulated games on a Gamepark, xbox or PC.

I don't own a PSP, and I probably wouldn't ever buy a PSP since there's so much fuss over it in regards to dead pixels, but it isn't an outright bad thing to own. I'd like to see how Popolocrois ran on a DS.

I'm enjoying my DS thoroughly due to the range of games, and the range of kickass GBA games which I can play on it thanks to backwards compatibility. The PS3 will be the same, as there's a massive load of PS2 games worth buying.

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