[PS3] PlayStation 3 Discussion Thread

Yeah, I'm not sure what leveling up does either. I know you can unlock new skins, but not entirely sure what they are or how to unlock them. I saw someone using a black guy but that's about it. :/

Also Katze I outranked you in our last match (4th place baby).

How ya doing, buddy?

Psh, you left before I got my killing spree on

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

omg I just watch this new ps3 commercial and just found out that Sixaxis is a palindrome XD

for me I really like those ps3 commercial, I think they really go "beyond" what we are use to with simple game commercial ^^

FELIPE NO

So, this (close up version here) just happened to a friend, and it looks like he'll probably have to take it up with Sony or something, since there are no more PS3s around here to replace it with.

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

Damn that's nasty. I was starting to think most of the systems would be working just fine given the lack of complaints. That just makes me appreciate my own console more.

just don't decide to quit on me, okay.

Any updates on upcoming game releases? Will we be getting any of the aforementioned ports this year?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by SOLDIER

Well, as I mentioned before, I don't play many FPS games, and I certainly haven't tried out Gears of War or Halo. I find Resistence perfectly acceptable for a launch game, but I can understand if FPS players might not find much new to it. That said, it's also a bit premature to judge a system's future purely by its launch lineup. Did the PS2 even have any notable launch games?

Gears is third person, not first, but I don't blame you for not knowing that. Mo0 didn't either until he opened the game up.

I guess saying Resistance is fine as a launch title makes sense I guess, since most launch FPSes (including the recent Perfect Dark Zero, and possibly Red Steel [haven't had a chance to try it but I hear it's not any good]) are pretty crappy. But right now it's the best game of the launch, and it's still purely mediocre. Hell, I'm deriving more enjoyment out of the extremely simple ExciteTrucks than I am out of this.

As for the PS2 launch...if you promise not to laugh, I got some good milage out of Smuggler's Run back in the day.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Smuggler's Run was the shit, no questions. SSX was fantastic too -- a buddy of mine and I stayed up all night and played it just trying to beat teh hi-score.

How ya doing, buddy?

Yeah, but it holds up about as well as Battle Arena Toshinden. In retrospect, it really WASN'T that good, but was pretty entertaining at the time for reasons that are pretty hard to understand now.

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To be honest, I happened to get a kick out of Evergrace. The little launch title that could (for me and like three other guys).

Originally Posted by Colonel Skills

I guess saying Resistance is fine as a launch title makes sense I guess, since most launch FPSes (including the recent Perfect Dark Zero, and possibly Red Steel [haven't had a chance to try it but I hear it's not any good]) are pretty crappy.

People are slightly exaggerating because of the letdown behind it, but no, it's not any good. Call of Duty 3 is plenty good with the control scheme from what I've heard, but that might not count because of its non-exclusivity.

I was speaking idiomatically.

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Gears is third person, not first, but I don't blame you for not knowing that. Mo0 didn't either until he opened the game up.

I did know that, but I made the comparison based on the feel and setting (soldiers shooting up aliens...well, alien in appearance and feel anyway).

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As for the PS2 launch...if you promise not to laugh, I got some good milage out of Smuggler's Run back in the day.

I won't, since in a couple of years we may look back and say "what, you thought Resistence was fun? ROFLMAO!"

Anyway, looks like Linux and some other OS is available to install to the PS3. Downloads and instructions can be found here.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=129437

It sounds simple enough to install, but I'm wondering what I'll get out of doing that right now. Aside from future homebrew emulators, I don't exactly know what Linux can do for my PS3.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

If Resistance isn't any good, why am I enjoying it so much? I think it's dueling opinions here. I personally can't stand the CoD series, so hey. Halo was cool, but not too engulfing, likely because I never owned it and just played co-op/online at a friend's. So as far as console FPSs go, Resistance holds my attention and keeps me playing. It's a great game, but people are being overly negative for reasons beyond me.

As a game, I'm sure GoW is better regardless of 'genre', but again I can't be one to judge since I a) haven't played it, b) don't own a 360 nor will in the immediate future.

FELIPE NO

Seems there are already a few bonuses to installing all that OS stuff to PS3. PS1 games can be upscaled to 480p, audio CDs are played in perfect quality, and youtube works much faster too. I'll still probably wait until the next couple of firmware updates, to save me some of the extra work in installing everything.

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Originally Posted by Cobalt Katze

If Resistance isn't any good, why am I enjoying it so much?

I dunno, same reason people liked Perfect Dark Zero for the first few weeks, I'm guessing. Because there was nothing else to play on your fancy new paycheque destroying box? If you ask me, there is serously nothing out of the ordinary about it. You're free to enjoy it all you want though. More power to you. The fact that I don't is making me teeter on the edge of returning this thing though. *shrug*.

I'll make up my mind by Wednesday about what I"m going ot be doing with it.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Haha awesome, someone's already turned the PS3 into the much hyped George Foreman killing grill. =o









Knockin' out the fat.

How ya doing, buddy?

Haha, that meat must taste horrible with all the plastic it's cooking in But that's hilarious.

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

Man, I'm going to need a serious crash course on Linux and its respective applications. I've never touched the OS before, but people are already using some cool features with it on the PS3. So far there's an NES emulator, a MAME emulator, Firefox, a faster youtube, PS1 games in 480p, PS2 games in 480p (aspect ratio is incorrect though), and whatever the heck this is.

Tivo on PS3?:

I'd love to get all this working, but it sounds like you have to format your HD on the PS3. I think I'll wait until I get a larger capacity HD for cheap before messing around with this (unless you can format the 20gb one without losing your savedata).

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psp 3.00 update came out today, to go with some feature of the ps3, like remote play, that if I'm correct let you stream music, video from your ps3 to psp or psp to ps3.

but the most interesting feature to me is: to be able to play ps1 game that you bought via ps3 playstation store on your psp ^^

currently the only way to have those ps1 game is to download them on your ps3 first and then transferring them on psp, the psp alone can't download any ps1 on the playstation store for now (this will probably come in a future update)

the first ps1 game are suppose to come online in the playsation store tomorrow (but I think it's only for Japan, I'm not sure if it's for the US)

here is the listing of the games that will be release on the Playstation store tomorrow (well at least in Japan)

Capcom

• Resident Evil : Director's Cut

Konami

• Konami Antiques : MSX Collection Vol. 1
• Konami Antiques : MSX Collection Vol. 2
• Bishi Bashi Special

Sony

• Arc The Lad
• Jumping Flash
• Hot Shots Golf 2

Namco

• Silent Bomber
• Tekken 2

if those really come in the US tomorrow too, I guess I'll probably take Resident Evil to see how this ps1 emulation work ^^

I was speaking idiomatically.

Saw the list earlier today. None of those really interest me aside from Silent Bomber, which was awesome (and I only played the demo). I updated my PSP but I can't get remote play to work. It said in the online manual that I'm supposed to configure the remote play option in my PS3 (under network settings) but it doesn't show up. Is this for 60gb systems only or am I overlooking something?

I have plenty more questions, even though very few of us own the system. Hopefully some of them can get answered.

1. PS3 will only accept Mpeg-4 videos for now, right? Isn't that the format for I-pods? Wouldn't that mean that the videos would be really compressed?

2. What's the best program that'll let you convert videos to mpeg-4?

3. What's the filesize limit in sending attatchments to friends? I tried to send a picture but got a message saying I was over the limit.

4. Will a USB adaptor for standard PC Hard drives work? I've read mixed results on this.

5. What is currently the best and cheapest way to share media on the PS3? Pro Duo Cards (via PSP)? Flash Drives? HD via USB?

6. How many levels is Blast Factor, and how long is that $7.99 price going to last?

And finally, Sony responds to the downscaling fiasco.

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CEA Comments on PS3 Resolution on Older HDTVs

Sony is working on a fix for sets that lack 720p

A number of reports have been circulating on the Internet recently, suggesting that Sony's new PlayStation 3 has encountered problems displaying high-definition visuals on HDTV sets that do not support 720p. Today Sony Computer Entertainment America confirmed the problem to GameDaily BIZ:

"A small number of older High Definition television sets found in the United States only have 1080i inputs for HD signals. Those televisions will currently only play some PS3 titles at 480p resolution. PS3 games render images at either 720p or 1080p for High Definition, and you need 720p input on the TV to play select games that do not support 1080p. This is an issue on the side of the individual television sets, which do not accept 720p input, so when a game outputs an HD signal only at 720p, these select TVs have to display the game at 480p instead."

The SCEA spokesperson went on to assure us that Sony is working on a solution.

At least they're aware of the situation, so hopefully a solution will be available soon (wouldn't the best solution be to include a 1080i option with all games?). Though there's a chance I might be able to upgrade to an LCD that has both 1080i and 720p this Black Friday.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by SOLDIER

I updated my PSP but I can't get remote play to work. It said in the online manual that I'm supposed to configure the remote play option in my PS3 (under network settings) but it doesn't show up. Is this for 60gb systems only or am I overlooking something?

yes because only the 60gb has WiFi (it make you stream music/video wirelessly(sp? XD))

Originally Posted by SOLDIER

5. What is currently the best and cheapest way to share media on the PS3? Pro Duo Cards (via PSP)? Flash Drives? HD via USB?

well I'm not sure what you mean by share, but since you have the 20gb version and a psp, I think it would be by pluging your psp via USB(but you said you had problem with that...) I don't know if it work with a usb<->usb plug to your PC (I'm not sure if your PC or ps3 can recognize the other)



btw on the remote play, do you really need to have your router set with WPA security? because I'm with WEP (I know WPA is better but the DS doesn't support it) and would like to know if there's another way...

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by SOLDIER

6. How many levels is Blast Factor, and how long is that $7.99 price going to last?

Blast Factor has 7 "Specimens", which is to say groups of 6 stages with a bonus round after the first 3, and a boss at the end. Each specimen also branches out depending on how fast you clear the stage, for a total of 12 stages per, potentially.

Thing is, the game's difficulty ramps up a bunch. I'm currently stuck halfway through the 4th Specimen. Pretty challenging stuff. A lot of it is a huge rush for a high score, which has a global leader board, with the added option to rank yourself against your friend list also. I'm something like ~300 globally? lol

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Yeah, I saw your name on the high scores. I'm currently waiting it out just a little longer until I grow bored with Resistence. Then I can play BF while waiting for the long stretch until May (when the ports start coming). March has Motorstorm, Lair and Heavently Sword (which, according to the Sony Prophet, will "look like Advent Children when finished"; of course I don't believe that, but it'll be a feat if it looks even half as good as the movie).

So the whole remote play thing can only be done with Wi-fi? Is it possible to implement this feature with wireless routers via (yet again) a firmware update?

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well I'm not sure what you mean by share, but since you have the 20gb version and a psp, I think it would be by pluging your psp via USB(but you said you had problem with that...) I don't know if it work with a usb<->usb plug to your PC (I'm not sure if your PC or ps3 can recognize the other)

The PSP works fine with my PS3. I guess a Pro Duo card would be the best means of storage (for both systems). Hopefully they won't all clear out before I set out to the stores on Black Friday.

heh, Tifa:

I guess it's a good thing I haven't seen Narnia yet. That'll be a definite purchase for me.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

well I guess the ps1 game in the playstation store was only for Japan ; ; can't wait to try some ps1 game on my psp and on my ps3 later XD

How ya doing, buddy?

I don't have a PSP, so... bring on the emulation asap!

Also, boo to BluRay not playing in 720p... Doesn't seem like I'll reap the full benefits of the medium until I get a bigger TV

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

Dumb question for someone still new to HDTVs, but isn't 1080i better than 720p, at least for movies?

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It's a higher resolution, but it's interlaced as opposed to progressive scan.

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