E3 - Page 4

AgentGreen · Post by **AgentGreen** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:24 am

Once again I'll probably only get ninty's console this gen. All the games I definitley want to play are Nintendo franchises anyways. The only reason I'd get a PS3 is for the prospect of upcoming Final Fantasy games and maybe GTA games. But seeing as GTA games usually end up getting a PC port, I'm not paying +400 bucks for something I'll only use for a small handful of games. It'd be like getting a 360 just for that awesome upcoming zombie beat-em-up (can't remember the name). The FF Franchise seemed to go downhill, save FF9, since 8 in my opinion anyway.

I'm not going to shout "thievery" over the wireless tilt controllers, but I knew they were going to use the same old controller shape once I heard the boomerang was scrapped.

Disheveled DrFreeze · Post by **Disheveled DrFreeze** » Tue May 09, 2006 6:28 am

god if that wasnt a desperate attempt to one-up nintendo i dont know what is

british sony guy wrote: and it works WITH NO EXTERNAL SENSORS AT ALL

i mean come on WTF

as for the warhawk demo, to me it looked like the guy playing had about 0 controll of where the hell he was aiming at, he was just able to do a few fly-bys without serious aiming or anything....

and 599 for the fill package, LMAO, if rumours are right about MS' price drop to 220 and 300, they will be launching at twice the price as the direct competition, not to mention nintendo with a plausible sub 200 launch price

back to the controller for a minute, the dual shock was reason enough for me not to pick up a ps2 on a whim, and now they have gone with it for the Ps3, even if they launched the machine at 100 bucks i wouldnt buy one for myself

Post by **Specially Cork** » Tue May 09, 2006 7:34 am

melancholy wrote:
BlackAura wrote:In terms of the number of developers, and types of games being developed, it seems indistinguishable from the Xbox 360.
Unless you are an RPG fan, that is. And in two years, I'll bet the gap between the developed games will be huge in Sony's favor. Of course, in two years the system will be a few hundred dollars cheaper too.

And thats the exact reason I will still end up getting one. There is very little exciting about the PS3 at the moment, and I refuse to pay that much. But further down the line it will be a Japanese RPG haven, and thats exactly what I want.

Post by **melancholy** » Tue May 09, 2006 10:25 am

Not to bash on Sony more, but this whole 'two packages' thing is going to be pretty hard on their sales as well. Unlike Microsoft's packages, most people will opt for the cheaper one this time around. And you know that, similar to Microsoft, Sony is going to have the majority of their systems on the shelves be the 'premium' one. So basically, I'm willing to guess that most retailers will only stock the package that most people are not going to want. Sony should have just kept the 20 gig hard drive (why would you need a 60 gig anyway?) and all the little extras and just marketed one package at $500.

Disheveled DrFreeze · Tue May 09, 2006 11:30 am

w00t, nintendo conference should start any minute now!

404NotFound · Post by **404NotFound** » Tue May 09, 2006 11:38 am

Ugh... could that be any nerdier? Conducting with the wiimote...

Post by **pixel** » Tue May 09, 2006 11:42 am

ASCIIN wrote:lol its common knowledge that the ps2 had the best library of game between the 3 dont be such a fanboy

from what i heard they actually started to make a profit on ps2 sales last year

lol that's right no one is allowed a different opinion

Disheveled DrFreeze · Tue May 09, 2006 11:47 am

crappy gamespot obviously underestimated the viewing audience, i got about 5 minutes of stream and now its pretty much unwatcheable, audio works, but the image is 1 frame every 5 secs

404NotFound · Post by **404NotFound** » Tue May 09, 2006 11:51 am

Ugh i had a good stream and hit enter by mistake. Now im in the same boat, drfreeze.

butters · Post by **butters** » Tue May 09, 2006 11:57 am

ASCIIN wrote:
lol its common knowledge that the ps2 had the best library of game between the 3 dont be such a fanboy

from what i heard they actually started to make a profit on ps2 sales last year

<sarcasm>Yes because I don't have a huge pile of ps2 games on my floor along with my Gamecube games....</sarcasm>

Sure there are some good games for the ps2, just like any other console, but just walk into Gamestop and look around and you'll see so much utter crap sitting on the shelves for $10.

MulletMan13 · Post by **MulletMan13** » Tue May 09, 2006 12:17 pm

Damnit... frickin 2 versions of Zelda-- I preordered the GC one about a year ago, and now I want the Wii version... blahhh... i hope they'll let me switch -_-

Post by **melancholy** » Tue May 09, 2006 12:23 pm

YOSHI'S ISLAND 2!!!!!!!

Another great year to own a DS!

Post by **melancholy** » Tue May 09, 2006 12:40 pm

Dude, that contest winner was soooo unexcited. That contest had to have been rigged. He acted as if he knew exactly what to do.

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Tue May 09, 2006 12:41 pm

The release of the PlayStation 3 will be an opportunity to test the popular theory that Japanese gamers shunned the original Xbox because of it's size...

isd_glory from Slashdot wrote:Another "feature" not mentioned is that is is apparently larger and heavier than the old Xbox.

PS3 from the press release:
Approximately 325mm (W) x 98mm (H) x 274mm (D)
Approximately 5 kg

The original Xbox
Dimensions: 320 ? 100 ? 260 milimeters (12.5 ? 4 ? 10.5 in)
Weight: 3.86 kilograms (8.5 lb)

Also, see below:

Post by **melancholy** » Tue May 09, 2006 12:42 pm

And it's over. As I predicted, there wasn't really anything too spectacular shown. I missed the whole Zelda thing, though. I finally got a feed about the time they started talking about the DS.

Post by **melancholy** » Tue May 09, 2006 12:44 pm

Humpin' Hasney wrote:
melancholy wrote:YOSHI'S ISLAND 2!!!!!!!

Another great year to own a DS!
ISLAND?!?!? I thought that said touch and Go!

Nope, Island. Now you understand my excitement.

Post by **Specially Cork** » Tue May 09, 2006 12:45 pm

Yeah, there was some good stuff on show, but nothing amazingly amazing. The amazing thing about Wii though is all going to be in the game playing, movies aren't going to distinguish the differences.

ASCIIN · Post by **ASCIIN** » Tue May 09, 2006 1:11 pm

butters wrote:
ASCIIN wrote:
lol its common knowledge that the ps2 had the best library of game between the 3 dont be such a fanboy

from what i heard they actually started to make a profit on ps2 sales last year
<sarcasm>Yes because I don't have a huge pile of ps2 games on my floor along with my Gamecube games....</sarcasm>

Sure there are some good games for the ps2, just like any other console, but just walk into Gamestop and look around and you'll see so much utter crap sitting on the shelves for $10.

yeah most are gamecube games

Cyphix · Post by **Cyphix** » Tue May 09, 2006 1:25 pm

ASCIIN wrote:
butters wrote:
ASCIIN wrote:
lol its common knowledge that the ps2 had the best library of game between the 3 dont be such a fanboy

from what i heard they actually started to make a profit on ps2 sales last year
<sarcasm>Yes because I don't have a huge pile of ps2 games on my floor along with my Gamecube games....</sarcasm>

Sure there are some good games for the ps2, just like any other console, but just walk into Gamestop and look around and you'll see so much utter crap sitting on the shelves for $10.
yeah most are gamecube games

Wrong.

arrowhead · Post by **arrowhead** » Tue May 09, 2006 1:30 pm

Cyphix wrote:
ASCIIN wrote:
butters wrote:
ASCIIN wrote:
lol its common knowledge that the ps2 had the best library of game between the 3 dont be such a fanboy

from what i heard they actually started to make a profit on ps2 sales last year
<sarcasm>Yes because I don't have a huge pile of ps2 games on my floor along with my Gamecube games....</sarcasm>

Sure there are some good games for the ps2, just like any other console, but just walk into Gamestop and look around and you'll see so much utter crap sitting on the shelves for $10.
yeah most are gamecube games
Wrong.

Seriously. Walk the racks and you will see endless ps2 games from 1.99-9.99. Try that on the gamecube rack and you might get some multi platform sports titles, but otherwise, not really.