The Sony PS3 thread (apparently *still* obnoxious!)

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:31 pm 0

Cheers

Bubba

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:38 pm 0

Old_but_still_a_kid wrote:
Marius wrote:
Old_but_still_a_kid wrote:Nintendo has, and for the forseable future will have IMO, the lions share of the handheld market though. I didn't really expect the PSP to outsell the DS because of the name badge on both consoles. Years of selling Gameboys has given them a certain kudos IMHO. More suitable games helped them too (although I only want one for Nintendogs really and see what happens)

Nintendo=Built a machine to run the next level of handheld games they wanted.

Sony=Shrunk a PS2 into a handheld and hoped for fun games to appear.

Do you see?
Well, are they appearing anytime soon? But I must say that it was very clever of Sony making sure that the PSP gets flooded with titles people have already played to death on their PS2. Yes, it's certainly important to stamp out any signs of originality and creativity in the early stages. But they missed Loco Roco though. Probably an oversight, won't happen again.
I do agree, but there are times when using the stylus input has been made a gimick over playability, WTF were Nintendo thinking making the star wing control via the stylus too Neither is perfect and if I was loaded I'd end up with a DS Lite and Nintendogs only and a PSP and Colin McRea 2005 only probably (never finished that one see). *meh* they both need their heads banging together seriously!

I have a gamegear, that suits me fine now that you can get Duracell batteries for about 50p each these days

But from what I've read controlling the star wing with the stylus works fine, but perhaps it's all down to personal preferences. And I cannot see how else they could have done it, since the digital pad is way too unresponsive and unconfortable for such games.

It certainly works much better than expected in Metroid Hunters, although I wish other buttons could be used for firing your weapon.

Kronos · Post by **Kronos** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:41 pm 0

So....it's free....and each game has it's own system for entering online gaming.....just like PC gaming....oh god that is soo terrible isn't it

Atleast it won't be limited to just enough online players for a game of footy

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:45 pm 0

Old_but_still_a_kid wrote:So....it's free....and each game has it's own system for entering online gaming.....just like PC gaming....oh god that is soo terrible isn't it

Atleast it won't be limited to just enough online players for a game of footy

Don't make me post the cartoon again...

Cheers

Bubba

Kronos · Post by **Kronos** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:04 am 0

Don't make me troll how 360's are dying quicker than MK1 PS2s after the new updates online, quality unified service huh?

Well gotta get their figures up somehow

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:07 am 0

"LOL"

Cheers

Bubba

Jamesac · Post by **Jamesac** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:35 am 0

You do realize you can't compare the death rate of PS3 to anything until mid-December or so, right? This is new hardware from Sony we're talking about here, and these "360 dies LOL" comments are going to come back to haunt you.

James

Kronos · Post by **Kronos** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:43 am 0

Windows is the only OS after installing OSs on about 600 machines that has actually killed the thing stone dead, you do realise this? So a bit of software from microsoft that kills the 360 hardware isn't a shock to me really

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:46 am 0

Marius wrote:But from what I've read controlling the star wing with the stylus works fine, but perhaps it's all down to personal preferences. And I cannot see how else they could have done it, since the digital pad is way too unresponsive and unconfortable for such games.

Flying your Arwing is bloody awful on the DS, and the digital D-pad worked just fine for the SNES version.

Kronos · Post by **Kronos** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:55 am 0

Great game ruined by controls, totally agree there. Peaked with Starfox64 which I loved

Absolute_Zero · Post by **Absolute_Zero** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:59 am 0

Old_but_still_a_kid wrote:Yes the 360 has such a fantastic online service, that it can fuck your console for good in one fell swoop. wooo that's the power of microsoft Wink

How old? (but still a kid)

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 2:00 am 0

Old_but_still_a_kid wrote:Windows is the only OS after installing OSs on about 600 machines that has actually killed the thing stone dead, you do realise this? So a bit of software from microsoft that kills the 360 hardware isn't a shock to me really

Yes, all hardware has a HCF command. Which only Microsoft can access. Grow up - the live update is a software bug - a simple re-flash of the firmware would fix it (no doubt that's what service centres will be doing starting from tomorrow). Yes it was really fucking stupid and whoever let it happen should be shot. But it's not "killing hardware", only killing software. But why get in the way of a good anti-microsoft rant.

If you honestly think it's possible for Windows to kill a computer then, once again, "LOL".

Cheers

Bubba

Edit: And if you think the same thing won't be possible via the PS3 online service then you truely are living in a dream world where everything is free and consumer software is certified bug free.

Kronos · Post by **Kronos** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 2:06 am 0

think? no, KNOW, I have 2 tablet PCs that windows 98 install fried completely

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 2:45 am 0

Old_but_still_a_kid wrote:think? no, KNOW, I have 2 tablet PCs that windows 98 install fried completely

"LOL"

Cheers

Bubba

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:46 am 0

Old_but_still_a_kid wrote:So....it's free....and each game has it's own system for entering online gaming.....just like PC gaming....oh god that is soo terrible isn't it

There are a lot of benefits to a unified online system on a console. I'm very surprised Sony don't give a toss. It works *extremely* well on the 360.

YakYak

The Sony PS3 thread (apparently still obnoxious!)