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

[teamonkey]

far fewer than on the 360 at launch.

Speaking as somebody who has been using 360s since before the launch, and hasn't encountered anything he'd call a 'niggle' so far, I'd be interested to hear what you mean by that.

I meant the "niggles" like the bugs and missing in the OS, bricking, the scratched disc issue, the occasional bricked machine, overheating. All minor issues, now fixed and much overplayed in the media. The usual 1st-gen tech problems. The update bricking PS3s is a bit of a doozy, but it hasn't affected that many. That dodgy PS3 tray drive on YouTube seems to be an isolated case, not even a bad batch. Overall the PS3 turnout just seems a little smoother and polished. The biggest issue is the lack of games, but there'll be more out in the next month.

Remember this time last year when there was a lot of pissing on the 360 before launch except for a vocal minority of D_K-style fanboys and those who'd actually got proper hands-on experience? This is pretty much the same. Once it's launched here people will realise that actually it's a really good games machine.

[Duck Turkin]

I think us Ninty fanboys are here to fill the void as there doesnt seem to be a huge amount of gloating going on here at all...

Yeah, what's *up* with that? At least one person on here has a ps3, surely there should be some "hey but guys, this is really cool despite all the niggles" stuff? I've seen NONE, here or on my LJ friends list. Bugger all. Maybe it's because the bulk of the ps3s are still going through eBay, who knows? All the new Wii people have been Wii-Wii-Wii-ing away about how much fun they're having, where's the noise for the ps3?

If they *do* bring out Wipeout (and I pray to Goat that they are) then no thread will be safe from my spooing, for sure .

So come on, ps3 whistle possee, make some fucking noise! ...

Definitely one reason is that non-Ebay'ed PS3s are as rare as hen's teeth, but secondly almost anything positive said about the PS3 is criticised, often quite harshly, by the Nintendo fanboys of which there seem to be a lot here.

OK, now for some noise for the PS3

*ahem*

I think the PS3 looks cool!
The dashboard seems great!
I've already updated my PSP in anticipation!
The Sixaxis works pretty well! (I had a small play on one at Circuit City)
The graphics are nice! (although still Xbox360 nice)

[Jamesac]

The biggest issue is the lack of games, but there'll be more out in the next month.

I'll grant that it's doing better than the 360, with its one game of DoA4 in December, but the upcoming release list is pretty bleak. This is it in full for December-

Fight Night Round 3
Blazing Angels
Full Auto 2
Sonic the Hedgehog

In a spirit of pure generosity, I'll even toss January onto the pile.

College Hoops 2K7
Rainbow Six Vegas

February is sad as well, although it's got Oblivion in it. The problem is a near-total lack of stuff worth buying that I couldn't get somewhere else on a console I already own, and honestly, there isn't one game on the PS3 that fits into my personal buying habits. It all looks like the same old formula given a new polish and chucked onto a blu-ray.

Heavenly Sword and Lair hit in March, maybe. Up to that point it's a wasteland.

Also, for those thinking the Spring release of the PS3 in Europe means a better game selection- Good luck, but brace yourselves for the worst.

James

[disciple]

The PS3 photo thing is impressive.

I thought the previous faulty drive vid was a pisstake. Just someone putting the disc in only partially to make the PS3 struggle, I found it humourous to watch which was why I laughed. Comedy genius with a PS3 a disc and a hand as it were.

[teamonkey]

Heavenly Sword and Lair hit in March, maybe. Up to that point it's a wasteland.

Yeah, it does look a bit dry.

Motorstorm might also arrive in March as well; Indiana Jones, Half Life and FEAR ports too. There was sod all on the 360 until the end of February this year, with XBLA being the saving grace. Hopefully the PS3's equivalent will provide something useful in that period.

[Rod_S]

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

According to the Edge Guide To PS3 supplement in E170 there's another two visualisers planned as downloadable content, maybe there's a possible opening for Llamasoft there.

Reading the Edge supplement has made me a lot more optimistic about the PS3, it was good to get a solid angle on it after reading so much speculation, misinformation and amateur rantings on the internet. The Edge article gives the impression that it's an immensely powerful machine with a solid and well planned future.

The conclusion to the main PS3/Wii article in the mag was interesting:

With Wii's distinct identity, and PS3's bottomless potential, both leave the 360 feeling like the last of the old breed. Despite Live and Arcade, the Ring of Light and achievement points, the 360 now looks like the pinnacle of a process of console evolution, finishing a line drawn from Playstation to Dreamcast to Xbox. And, despite the stark contrast between the two new consoles (Wii & PS3), this is the key they share. PS3 and Wii are simply too disruptive to belong to that lineage: there is no map for where Sony and Nintendo are about to take you.

I think this time next year will be a great time to to own a PS3. No rush, finish off some of those old games and enjoy releases like Okami and God Of War II in the meantime, then get the proper next-gen daddy in time for Christmas 2007.

[Marius]

My PSP hasn't been used for almost five months, the poor thing. I wonder if it's still working...

[radio]

PS3's OpenPlatform has me super excited, I wouldn't have considered buying a PS3 for a good while, now I want one on release day.

You can run Linux on it, for free, with no need for mad hackz. You can download it now, from here. Stick on a memory card / USB HDD / CD / DVD etc, shove that up your port and install.
Once you've done that, well, you could write things for it, games and shit. yo.

Sony's been (mostly) really decent regarding homebrew with the Yaroze and PS2 Linux Kit. So I imagine (might have been confirmed already - I *think* I've read somewhere) that you get mostly full access to everything all 7 SPE's etc.

And if Sony doesn't update the PS3 OS to handle every type of media ever, you can bet that PS3MC will appear with that ability and replace XBMC as the (quieter) king of the living room MC castle.

/me *gibbers* and starts looking for things to sell to be able to afford a PS3 within the next 5 years...

[gilesgoat]

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[grue]

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Not very nice attitude.

[gilesgoat]

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Not very nice attitude.

Check my LJ then ...

[Yak]

ZZZzzzzzz ZZzzzz ZZZzz

Not very nice attitude.

hell, he's not even excited about *Zelda*...

[grue]

ZZZzzzzzz ZZzzzz ZZZzz

Not very nice attitude.

hell, he's not even excited about *Zelda*...

Fair enough, but the ZzzZzzz & *yawn* comments are bad for my nerves. Sorry.

[gilesgoat]

ZZZzzzzzz ZZzzzz ZZZzz

Not very nice attitude.

hell, he's not even excited about *Zelda*...

Fair enough, but the ZzzZzzz & *yawn* comments are bad for my nerves. Sorry.

You don't know how bad some comments are for MY nerves and how many
times I am biting my lips man and doing my best to watch somewhere else ...

[Duck Turkin]

ZZZzzzzzz ZZzzzz ZZZzz

Not very nice attitude.

hell, he's not even excited about *Zelda*...

Well, he's not the only one .