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

Stevo · Post by **Stevo** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:34 pm 0

Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:Sorry dude, I pipped you to the post last night

http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?t=17941&start=14535

Cunt

Kronos · Post by **Kronos** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:37 pm 0

Snakey wrote:
Mayhem wrote:I'll agree partly there. Sony was the #2 reason. Sega itself is the #1 reason why Sega failed imo.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. No.

Sega couldn't have done anything more right with the Dreamcast.

I actually agree there, Resi:Code Veronica and Soul Calibre actually looked better on the DC. Just bad luck with the whole DVD explosion and not being DVD from the start, Sega did nothing wrong, nor did Nintendo, their sales on the whole weren't exactly a failure compared to their past records. Sony just kept finding new customers for the console market and expanded the whole game that's all IMO.

Anyway...just noticed this on my ebay

ebay announcement wrote:
16 November, 2006 | 02:18PM GMT

We wanted to let you know about some restrictions that will be placed on pre-sales of the Sony Playstation 3 console and games. To protect the whole eBay community, sellers will not be permitted to list PlayStation 3 consoles and games on ebay.ie until the authorised European pre-sales period begins in February 2007

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:00 pm 0

ebay.com is still selling them, so I guess prohibiting them only in Ireland won't make too much of a difference.

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platfor ... suitgundam

Whoops

Purple Grapefruit · Post by **Purple Grapefruit** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:34 pm 0

PS3 vs sledgehammer, action!!!

http://www.planetboredom.net/video.php?id=2944

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:40 pm 0

Old_but_still_a_kid wrote:Soul Calibre actually looked better on the DC.

Better than 2 did on the PS2 perhaps, but it's not even close to how 3 looks on the PS2.

Still one of the most stunning technical achievements ever though.

PumaG · Post by **PumaG** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:30 pm 0

Flabio wrote:
Old_but_still_a_kid wrote:Soul Calibre actually looked better on the DC.
it's not even close to how 3 looks on the PS2.

Exaggeration meter = off the scale

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:30 pm 0

PS3 vs Xbox360 from a developer point of view
http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-348-1.htm

May be highly biased, although some of the info on the GPU and CPU comparisons are interesting, as are the "buggy" dev tools.

Cheers

Bubba

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:38 pm 0

PS3 music visualizer even more rubbish than Winamp, nothing like as cool as on the oxbox360, according to Ars Technica:

"You can rip your own CDs, and the PS3 will go online and get you album information, but you can't make playlists and while the visualization software has some nifty elements, it's nothing that Winamp doesn't do better. I was hoping for something fun here, or at least interactive like the Xbox 360, but as it stands it's more of a bullet point than a feature you'll use your PS3 for."

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/ps3.ars/3

grue · Post by **grue** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:48 pm 0

Yak wrote:PS3 music visualizer even more rubbish than Winamp, nothing like as cool as on the oxbox360, according to Ars Technica:

"You can rip your own CDs, and the PS3 will go online and get you album information, but you can't make playlists and while the visualization software has some nifty elements, it's nothing that Winamp doesn't do better. I was hoping for something fun here, or at least interactive like the Xbox 360, but as it stands it's more of a bullet point than a feature you'll use your PS3 for."

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/ps3.ars/3

Was there any competition at all?

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:56 pm 0

Oh dear, that Ars review is well worth a read, but can be a bit depressing in places. The interface for movie / music playback seems to be copied and pasted from the PS2, and I could never stand that! The lack of a scaler means that unless your TV can do 1080i/p then you'll be getting your Blu-Ray movies at 480p. So that rules out an awful lot of sets here. Maybe when 1080p takeup is higher it'll be less of an issue, but the 360's scaler wins hands down for this kind of situation.

It's not all bad though, the photo slideshow looks awesome! *Really* wish the 360 did something that cool

Cheers

Bubba

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:59 pm 0

Bubba wrote: It's not all bad though, the photo slideshow looks awesome! *Really* wish the 360 did something that cool

And that's one of the nicest things i've found about the 360 - it could do that in the future.

It's great that they can update the dashboard and introduce new features and functions - so whilst the PS3 may well have some cool ideas and concepts there's nothing to say that they'll remain PS3 exclusives.

arron · Post by **arron** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:09 pm 0

You need to apply a little positive Sony Spin (TM) to that statement.

PS3 quote done right wrote: You can rip your own CDs, and the PS3 will go online and get you album information, but that's not all. you can also not make playlists, making it just what what people want from a clean uncluttered music player. The visualization software has some nifty elements putting it head and shoulders against any visualiser available on Sony hardware. Winamp doesn't do better on the PS3. I was hoping for something fun..The Xbox 360..as it stands it's more of a bullet point than a feature you'll use your PS3 for."

Still factually correct, but reading between the lines and one case removing one or two, that rather biased negative statement puts the PS3 back out in front behind and above, spiralling outwards in customer sales and satisfaction..

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:19 pm 0

WiredWorm wrote:
Bubba wrote: It's not all bad though, the photo slideshow looks awesome! *Really* wish the 360 did something that cool
And that's one of the nicest things i've found about the 360 - it could do that in the future.

It's great that they can update the dashboard and introduce new features and functions - so whilst the PS3 may well have some cool ideas and concepts there's nothing to say that they'll remain PS3 exclusives.

That applies to the PS3 too, most of the issues will probably be resolved
before it even launches in Europe.

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:22 pm 0

well, yes, that's kinda the point; some reviewers are saying that basically ps3 feels unfinished, and I reckon that's probably partly true.

The more I hear the more I'm *glad* that we're not getting it until March, when hopefully all these issues will have been addressed. And I think they were crazy to launch this side of Christmas *anywhere*, tbh...

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:33 pm 0

The visualization software has some nifty elements putting it head and shoulders against any visualiser available on Sony hardware.

YakYak

The Sony PS3 thread (apparently still obnoxious!)