[PS3] PlayStation 3 Discussion Thread

I wouldn't worry about the PS3 costing an arm and a leg. Console makers never make any profit off thier consoles anyways, right? Why would they price it insanely high to cover costs. Price it lower, sell alot, make up the money from software. =/

I know I wont be getting a PS3 anytime soon though. I'm more worried about getting a HD capable TV first. I dont really want to hook a PS3 to my dinky 20 year old TV.

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Originally Posted by ShadowScythe

i think the sony will almost definitely miss the US spring release date. From what i've heard, sony can't get the ps3 to work...there's stuff wrong with the blue-ray technology and some other software problems...can't really remember what, but they're having all sorts of problems >.<...

And where did you hear this from oh wise one. Do you have some magic Sony genie that tells you what goes on down at the PS3 factory?

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Originally Posted by Megalith

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...php?story=8396



What did I say. Oh yeah, CELL is just fine and dandy, LoL.

Poor man's Blu-ray. It's over.

It's just like the PS2, then. Which means it will sell thousands.

PS2 was a cheap ass dvd player at the time (even if the dvd player was crappy). Because of this lots of people bought it. Set top DVD players were much more expensive. Now the PS3 is a cheap ass Blu-ray player. Guess what's going to happen?

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Or, you know.. it could be the fact alot of movies lately have been shit.

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It will be some time before any great games come out for the 360. (I am aware some people would argue that current games are fine but I do not agree, sorry.) Does it really matter if either console comes out awile longer?

I would hope for most people they buy a console to play the games they're interested in. To me, the 360 has no games currently that warrant the purchase of the console. Sure, in some time from now it will but right now? No.

The PS2 is still popular and still has some new games being pumped out for it. Even if the PS3 is delayed I think Sony can handle it. They still have the PS2 going strong with many new games coming out.

I dont know about any of you but I'm just fine with my current gen consoles and buying games for those.

If they need the time to get the PS3 out right then give them the time. I dont think it really matters anyways. No one who wanted to get the PS3 is suddenly going to just go and buy a 360 unless there are games for it they want. Well, that is if people still buy consoles for the games and are not 'tards that buy expensive hardware to be 'cool'.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Deguello

$425 Minimum? Are they out of their gravy-coated gourds?

It will most likely be 399$ here in the US. But that's still alot cheaper than friggin 500$. And at 399 it's the same as the 360.

How ya doing, buddy?

I thought CRTs had better black levels and contrast than plasmas and LCDs?

And SED is the wave of the future. Screw these CRT, Plasma, and LCD sets. Brightness and contrast of CRTs, less power consumption than Plasmas, as thin as Plasma/LCD, bigger screens, ~1ms response time, oh and.. a 100,000:1 contrast ratio.

Due out around ~07. D:

Imagine one of these hooked up to a PS3~

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Well.. that is how Sony sold so many PS2s back then. They were cheap ass DVD players and many purchased it for that. >.>

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Third-party developers could also shy away from the PS3 because of the high costs needed to create the games. The draw of lower costs to develop with the Revo could bring in alot of people.

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Are there any places that will have live coverage of E3? Mainly the Sony bits. Last year I missed the whole thing and had to download videos and read articles. This year with the unveiling of the Wii and all that info on the PS3 I would really like to see things as they come out.

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Damn, I cant connect at all. I'm even having trouble accessing that site with the text updates. =/

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Uh, is anyone else having Stereo problems with the 700k stream? I only get sound from the left.

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Originally Posted by AcerBandit

lol Brass Monkey.

There's a 700k stream? Mine is 300k and sound is coming out of both speakers.

Yeah sorry, I dont know what I was thinking. I meant the 300k stream. I only get sound out of my left speakers. I guess something is wrong on my end.

I was speaking idiomatically.

You have to be kidding me. Billy jean? Michael Jackson?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Ofcourse they will. I mean, how else will they play Final Fantasy! Announcing two FF games for the PS3 and saying it's PS3 only? People will end up buying it regardless for games like that, sadly.

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Originally Posted by Metal Sphere

Wow, this just in, the $499 model doesn't have an HDMI output, internal Wi-Fi or memory card slots.

http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/rele...f/060509ae.pdf

Please tell me this is a joke. What happened to not pulling a MS 360, Sony?

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Quote:

"PS3 has Linux installed and programming is allowed. License fees are not required for individual developers. Licensed PS3 game developers can get SDK and technical support by SCE, but Linux programmers while not having to pay a license fee, obviously won't get as much support. In Linux, Cell is under the hardware layer of the OS supervisor, but things including SPEs are expected to be open to developers. Didn't show off non-game apps at E3, because well, it's E3.."

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30746

This actually sounds very good. Imagine all the nifty software that will come out that you can run on the PS3. Internet browsers? Emulators? So on and so on.

But from that link.. the PS3 sounds like a 600$ computer.. This for instance, makes me think that it's just a big fat computer:

Quote:

PS3 is a computer, just like a typical computer which downloads a program from CD-ROM to HDD then executes it from an HDD as a cache. If the HDD space is small for you, you can buy a bigger HDD. In the next year even a PS3 with 120GB HDD may be released. It's not another version of PS3, it's just another configuration. Because PS3 is a computer. We may be able to sell it in BTO (built-to-order) for each customer. With that assumption, the internal of PS3 is designed with modularity in mind unlike home appliances and game consoles. In the way of thinking with which a computer is designed, we adopted standard interfaces and selected various parts with extensibility in mind.

And this

Quote:

Unlike PS2 and other game consoles with OS and drivers on a game disc with the assumption that the hardware spec doesn't change, PS3 allows the change of the hardware spec with demands of the times. The OS and drivers are installed in PS3 and it absorbs hardware differences, which resembles the current form of PC.

Well, I'll stop quoting and just point you all to the link. It sounds like there could be many future versions or variations of the PS3. Ugh, what if this brings about problems we already have on the PC? You buy a new game but cant play it untill you buy XXX upgrade. >_>

And what about those who buy the PS3 early and Sony comes out with a future version that has that 2x HDMI screen thing enabled or any other major update for example?

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Yes, suposedly you'll be able to program for the PS3. They'll even let you create your own games if you wished. But you wont get the support they would normally give to developers.

I wouldn't be surprised if things like emulators started popping up for the PS3. That is, if they can be ran decently on it.

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Originally Posted by BigHairyFeet

Yeah I found this other source which described that basically, a gamer buying a PS3 game would buy a license to play the software, which would remain Sony property. Which I think is BS, and this particular bit of news hasn't been denied by Sony.


http://www.gamesradar.com/gb/ps3/gam...sectionId=1006

Why is it bullshit? You do realize that's basicly how it has been on computers for the longest time? You do not own the games and software you use. You merely purchased a license to use the software. The creators own the software, they're just letting you use it.

It may not be the best way to go about it but it's nothing new. If you're sitting here reading this post on any windows software then you're showing you have no problem with that kind of thing.

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Oh, I guess I'm mistaken then. I thought it was the same though. It certainly sounds similiar.

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Originally Posted by Newbie1234

I'm pretty sure those pics of the dashboard aren't final, at least I'd hope not. That looks like it was made in 10 minutes considering that it's identical to the PSP's.

It looks identical because Sony has been using that interface in alot of thier electronics. They plan to put it in even more of them so it's going to look very similiar.

You're going to see it in thier consoles, televisions, cameras, and so on. Though, I'm pretty sure it's been used in TVs before the PSP for awile, no?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Metal Sphere

The PSX media player had the XMB as did some of their TVs before the PSP rolled around. I covered why the menu looks like that and why it's probably only for the devkit.

Yeah, sorry. I knew someone did but I couldn't remember who or where in this thread. Too lazy to go back and check. ;| (yeah I know that's a bad habit)

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So we can edit our PS1/PS2 game saves now? Or did I just misread that quote?

I'm assuming this adapter uses USB to connect, right? Wouldn't that mean with the right files you could connect it to your computer? Sounds like an easy way to cheat in games. If I can access the PS3 from my PC and copy PS1/2/3 saved game files or even edit them on the PS3 itself (since it runs linux I wouldn't be surprised if lots of software starts popping up for it) I can cheat to my heart's content.

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Originally Posted by Sepharite

Heh. Obviously, they're trying to say that Nintendo/Microsoft are the babies; and Playstation is the dominant one that regulates and controls the baby. Meh.

Or the babies are the whining consumers.

Weird. =/

Really I thought they were just trying to say the PS3 is so powerful it makes other toys come alive or some shit like that. You know, regular baby doll sits next to PS3 and the PS3 makes it come alive and emotional.

The rubiks cube one is just a retarded commercial to show off the power of the cell processor. Hay look the PS3 is so powerfull it beats this thing instantly and blows it to pieces!!!11

This is why I hate all console commercials. Not once have I ever seen a console maker just show the console playing games. It's always weird as fuck commercials.

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Alright, that commercial IS hillarious but I still think all these companies need to start making ads that show the consoles doing something. :P

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