So will you be buying a PS3 on launch day?

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TwistedScrote wrote:When I see PS3 I cant help but think of the Sega Dreamcast..
Burn the heretic!!!
asr4096 wrote:I'll wait for Burnout and then decide between PS3 or OxBox,
At this point, based on the limited info on Burnout 5 I've seen, I'm thinking Burnout Dominator on PS2 might be the better game. Subject to change without notice based on new information and the games coming out, of course.

As for supply, if the European launch is anything like the rest of the world's, the PS3 should be easily found at retail a month after launch.

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Jamesac wrote:
TwistedScrote wrote:When I see PS3 I cant help but think of the Sega Dreamcast..
Burn the heretic!!!
Yes :(
How dare anyone compare sonys rubbish to the Dreamcast.
, far better than the 360's media capabilities. That tips the balance over the 360 at the moment
oh, thats news to me.
Whats wrong with Xboxs media abilitys in comparison?
HD output from wmv discs, using MP3's in any games you like, and being able to download in the background while playing....everything I heard about the 360 pointed to good media abilitys.
Heck, I heard somewhere its even got some visulisation thingy ;)
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When I see the PS3 and all the talk of the complicated architecture, I think of the Saturn... it's going to be difficult to get the best out of it for a long while.
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Darkflame wrote:Whats wrong with Xboxs media abilitys in comparison?
HD output from wmv discs, using MP3's in any games you like, and being able to download in the background while playing....everything I heard about the 360 pointed to good media abilitys.
Heck, I heard somewhere its even got some visulisation thingy ;)
It won't play common video formats like DivXs or XviDs or MOVs or fullscreen YouTube vids. It's currently impossible to fit the 360 with a good amount of hard drive space to store a selection of HD video on. As a stand-alone media centre it's a bit rubbish - it plays DVDs, MP3s and WMVs but to do much else you need it connected to a Windows Media Centre PC that it can stream the data off. Even then it doesn't do half the stuff that XBMC, or even Myth TV, excels at.

The other thing with the 360 is the noise. The PS3 is almost completely silent, much quieter than the 360.
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I've been discussing the Wii vs PS3-scenario with a buddy and I love how he protects Sony at any cost. We are supposedly getting a very cheap and good Blue-Ray player. The fact that I'm after a gaming console and not a glorified DVD-player doesn't seem to go home...

And Sony is really shooting themselves in the foot having so many truly great titles being released for the PS2.

I already own a 360, so my appetite for "next-gen" gaming has been satisfied. Sure, the PS3 might or might not have better looking games, but not to such a degree that I would feel left out of the next generation of graphics.
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teamonkey wrote:
Darkflame wrote:Whats wrong with Xboxs media abilitys in comparison?
HD output from wmv discs, using MP3's in any games you like, and being able to download in the background while playing....everything I heard about the 360 pointed to good media abilitys.
Heck, I heard somewhere its even got some visulisation thingy ;)
It won't play common video formats like DivXs or XviDs or MOVs or fullscreen YouTube vids. It's currently impossible to fit the 360 with a good amount of hard drive space to store a selection of HD video on. As a stand-alone media centre it's a bit rubbish - it plays DVDs, MP3s and WMVs but to do much else you need it connected to a Windows Media Centre PC that it can stream the data off. Even then it doesn't do half the stuff that XBMC, or even Myth TV, excels at.

The other thing with the 360 is the noise. The PS3 is almost completely silent, much quieter than the 360.
Will the PS3 be able to play DivXs, MOVs, etc straight off the hard drive? The PS3 60Gb drive is obviously bigger than the 360s 20Gb one, but I believe people who have a big video file collection tend to keep it on other hard drives as the capacity usually is so much more, so I think the ability to stream video from a PC is a plus point. I'm sure TVersity for example will support PS3 at some point as they currently do with the 360, since it's possible to even stream to the PSP from that software (well audio anyway).

I agree about the 360s noise though. That's the worst thing about it for me really.
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Sony is evil so no PS3 for me. :wink:
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chub wrote:Will the PS3 be able to play DivXs, MOVs, etc straight off the hard drive? The PS3 60Gb drive is obviously bigger than the 360s 20Gb one, but I believe people who have a big video file collection tend to keep it on other hard drives as the capacity usually is so much more, so I think the ability to stream video from a PC is a plus point.
It will play MPEG-4 and H.264 natively in PS3 mode, so probably. I don't know about the status under Linux, but someone's bound to hack it in if it's not already been done. Someone's already hacked a USB TV tuner to allow it to record to the hard drive.

The PS3 doesn't use any fancy hard drive. You can just open the slot and replace it with a bigger 2.5" one.
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http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=22382
gi.biz wrote:Sony UK boss reports positive response to PS3 launch news


Wow!, who'da thunk!?
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No, and never.
On the other hand, a 2nd Wii is on the cards some day soon. :-)
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Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=22382
gi.biz wrote:Sony UK boss reports positive response to PS3 launch news


Wow!, who'da thunk!?
Somebody send him a link to this thread. We're exactly the people who are supposed to be getting excited. [yawn]
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No way will i buy any console until it's sub £200 for the full monty.
Infact the Wii may be my first full price purchase when i can afford one.
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Buy a PS3? *chuckles* No.
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Haha PS3 :lol:

I'm having a hard enough time trying to get hold of a Wii, but at least it looks like it'll be worth the effort. And of course, under half the price. And Nintendo aren't arseholes. And there's more imaginative stuff to look forward to than Gran Turismo 27 and Grand Theft Auto 41.

Sony can shove their overpriced blueray-agenda-in-a-box...

There are 3 criteria that must be met before I'll even consider one. These are ANDs, not ORs:

a) Final Fantasy XIII (a given)
b) A serious price drop, to £200 or so (haha, maybe when the PSThree or PS4 comes out)
c) If Sony stop shitting on their own fans (ah, so that's when Hell freezes over then...)
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Yes!

Oh..sorry..I mean't

No!
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