PS3 General Discussion

[DuckRacer]

Frankly, I agree with this view. Leaderboards within a game make much more sense.

While I don't look at someone's gamerscore and judge them by how many points they have, I judge them by the achievements they've won. I usually have more respect for people who have 3000 points, and have gotten all platinum medals in PGR3, and/or have completed all levels in Call of Duty 2 in Veteran difficulty, and/or have gotten all 1000 points in Ridge Racer 6, etc, than people who have 9000 points and have only really played sports games (where they practically give away points).

That was for Circle

Seriously though, I really can't wait for the Linux/PS3 thing. That is going to be real fun. Usually, I wouldn't care about something like that. But, I can't help but like the idea of this. It will be fun to play with, thats for sure.

IMHO, the Linux on PS3 will be freaking cool to play around with, but when I eventually get to use it, I'll probably just play around with it for fun, unless Sony/Yellow Dog provides some good firewall/antivirus software.

Yeh, you play your Wii, but trust me, it's no where near the revolution in fun and gaming anyone thinks it is. It doesn't hold a candle to the DS, any day of the week.

Oh, and why should we trust you? Have you actually played the system? All the thousands and thousands at E3 would like to disagree with you.

 

[Circle T]

IMHO, the Linux on PS3 will be freaking cool to play around with, but when I eventually get to use it, I'll probably just play around with it for fun, unless Sony/Yellow Dog provides some good firewall/antivirus software.

Yea. I don't plan on using this thing as another regular use PC or anything like that, so I'm not too concerned about av/firewall stuff. If they have it, fine. If not, no biggie. I'm mostly going to work on trying to get some media center capability with it. Thats what excites me, and would make it very useful.

CT

 

[Jeremy Ricci]

While I don't look at someone's gamerscore and judge them by how many points they have, I judge them by the achievements they've won. I usually have more respect for people who have 3000 points, and have gotten all platinum medals in PGR3, and/or have completed all levels in Call of Duty 2 in Veteran difficulty, and/or have gotten all 1000 points in Ridge Racer 6, etc, than people who have 9000 points and have only really played sports games (where they practically give away points).



IMHO, the Linux on PS3 will be freaking cool to play around with, but when I eventually get to use it, I'll probably just play around with it for fun, unless Sony/Yellow Dog provides some good firewall/antivirus software.

Oh, and why should we trust you? Have you actually played the system? All the thousands and thousands at E3 would like to disagree with you.

Uhh, who has gone off ranting and raving? As far as I've read, everyone say's it's "neat" but it's no where near the "revolution" everyone is making it out to be. I played it for about 30 minutes, and I was marginally impressed.

All I am at liberty to say is a college budy of mine who is a general manager at a certain retailer has recieved a kiosk (which technically he is not allowed to dispaly or open). But, suffieicent to say, I was not impressed, nor wowed. The gameplay was buggy, the visuals were less than sub par, and the overall experience was a tad "1995 arcade" to me. It just didnt' feel fun at all.

 

[speed_demon]

^^it all depends on what you would call fun because what you find boring many others may enjoy

 

[Jeremy Ricci]

Well, the reason it wasn't fun was because it was extremely inaccurate. It just didn't function well for "gesture" recognition. Sure, it worked with Wii Sports wonderfully, because all you have to do is "swing" the controller, but the other title I played, did not work well.

 

[Circle T]

Let me see if I can put this in a way you will understand...

Yea, you didn't like the Wii, but trust me, your opinion is not what I use to make my own decisions on what I feel a revolution in fun and gaming is. It doesn't hold a candle to my own opinion and feelings, any day of the week.

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[Tornado]

Well, the reason it wasn't fun was because it was extremely inaccurate. It just didn't function well for "gesture" recognition. Sure, it worked with Wii Sports wonderfully, because all you have to do is "swing" the controller, but the other title I played, did not work well.

[stir]Sony Eyetoy[/stir]

 

[KENJIusa]

Let me see if I can put this in a way you will understand...

Yea, you didn't like the Wii, but trust me, your opinion is not what I use to make my own decisions on what I feel a revolution in fun and gaming is. It doesn't hold a candle to my own opinion and feelings, any day of the week.

CT

Yea, you love the Wii, but trust me, your opinion is not what I use to make my own decisions on what I feel a revolution in fun and gaming is. It doesn't hold a candle to my own opinion and feelings, any day of the week.

 

[Tornado]

Yea, you love the Wii, but trust me, your opinion is not what I use to make my own decisions on what I feel a revolution in fun and gaming is. It doesn't hold a candle to my own opinion and feelings, any day of the week.

Yea, you love the Wii, but trust me, your opinion is not what I use to make my own decisions on what I feel costs only 250 freaking dollars. It doesn't hold a candle to my own expectations and feelings, except when my wallet thanks me.

 

[Jeremy Ricci]

[stir]Sony Eyetoy[/stir]

I'm sorry, I seem to have missed the part where I said the EyeToy was a good product, or where Sony made it a massive part of their control scheme for all their games...refresh my memory?

 

[Circle T]

Yea, you love the Wii, but trust me, your opinion is not what I use to make my own decisions on what I feel a revolution in fun and gaming is. It doesn't hold a candle to my own opinion and feelings, any day of the week.

But see, thats where you're wrong. I don't LOVE the Wii. I'm very excited about it, yes. But until I get my hands on it and actually experience it myself, I'm not going to have an opinion on it one way or the other. I also won't be making any bold, wide-spread assumptions for everyone else about it. Nor will I ever, for that matter. Hell, I might try it myself, and find the same thing Jeremy did, and in turn not want one. Until then, I'm just excited about its possibilities.

I respect the fact that Jeremy has his own opinion on it. He apparently has seen it first hand, and did not like what he saw. Thats a perfectly acceptable opinion. I just don't agree with him telling EVERYONE that it isn't going to be what WE ALL think it will be. That is a decision for every individual to make on their own, not him to tell us. Thats all I was saying.

CT

 

[KENJIusa]

No big deal, make that "love" become "very excited".

Yes, 250 dollars is a great deal for a console like wii, but I am not going to get it, 'cause I don't like it (but who cares any way).

Come back to the PS3 please.

 

[Solid Lifters]

October 23, 2006

Sony to provide replacements for dead Playstation 3 Sixaxis controller

Sony recently revealed that the Sixaxis controllers of the upcoming Playstation 3 gaming console would not offer replaceable batteries.

This led to concerns in the gamers mind on what would happen when the batteries in these controllers die down.

Sony has now responded and said that it would offer an exchange program for the controller’s “when and if” the batteries died.

The company added that latest generation of Lithium Polymer batteries hardly suffer any memory effect at all, so it will be many years before there is any degradation in terms of battery performance.

However, they did not give any detail on such a possible replacement program. There are no details available on how much it might cost the owners of PS3 to get their controllers replaced.

 

[Circle T]

...only 250 freaking dollars....my wallet thanks me.

HA, totally. I couldn't agree more. There is no doubt that the PS3 has a lot more tech going for it. But, with that tech comes a pretty hefty price tag. The Wii, on the other hand, because of its mainly gaming-only intentions, has a much easier entry price. And, I have to say, thats a big factor on why I'm getting one over the PS3 next month.

Back on topic though. Has anyone heard if the PS3 will be able to use Bluetooth keyboards and mice?? I have an older MS wireless BT desktop set, and would love to use it. I haven't read anything about that. Has there been anything said to the possibilities of that?? I just don't want USB cords strung all across the room if I don't have to.

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[KENJIusa]

Yes, I don't see the reason why you can't use your bluetooth mouse and keyboard. the PS3 use bluetooth for its controller after all.


At metal gear Solid : great info:tup:

 

[Circle T]

the PS3 use bluetooth for its controller after all.

Right, that part I got. That was why I asked. I just didn't know what kind of so-called "driver" issues it would have. Maybe it will just find them and go straight away. I'm guessing the extra function keys won't work, but thats fine. I just didn't know what type of functions or connections the PS3 was going to allow through the BT.

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[KENJIusa]

Hopefully this helps:

Register BlueTooth Device -- This is where you can set up your various BlueTooth wireless devices to network into your PS3. The feature was already working, and pretty cool. The menu option came up with a search function for Headset / Microphone / Headphones as the devices it searches for first, and there were no BlueTooth Keyboard / Mouse or other devices to select instead. (Not that there were any to find in the room.) However, the BlueTooth register feature was already going beyond the simple features, and when we asked it to scan, the system found a number of BlackBerry PDAs being held by journalists and PR reps at the event. A number of generic drivers should be available for various devices, and SCE's reps (if you want to call EyeToy mastermind Richard Marks a "rep" -- note that we got this information second-hand by eavesdropping, and aren't 100% sure this was what he was talking about) said that PS3-compatible drivers might be available for various BlueTooth units to download.

 

[Solid Lifters]

Some cool new shots of the PS3 in action... but, nothing we haven't already seen...

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20061023/online05.htm

 

[Quisp]

wish it played Divx. Then it would have everything I would need a DVD player to do.

 

[speed_demon]

it would be good if you could connect your phone to the ps3 and download playstation 1 games etc to your phone

 

[DuckRacer]

it would be good if you could connect your phone to the ps3 and download playstation 1 games etc to your phone

I doubt your phone is powerful enough to handle a PS1 game. Besides, what would you do without analog sticks?

 

[Omnis]

Man, I don't know why people are complaining about prices SO much. We've all known about the price for a very long time and have had time to budget and everything. Sure, the Nintendo is a lot cheaper, and 600 bucks is a pretty penny, but it's not like it's impossible to come up with 600 extra bucks over a year.

Not being financially prepared = 👎. That's how you get poor real quick.

 

[DuckRacer]

Man, I don't know why people are complaining about prices SO much. We've all known about the price for a very long time and have had time to budget and everything. Sure, the Nintendo is a lot cheaper, and 600 bucks is a pretty penny, but it's not like it's impossible to come up with 600 extra bucks over a year.

Not being financially prepared = 👎. That's how you get poor real quick.

I can easily afford it, hell, I could afford two of them, but I just can't justify the price.

 

[a6m5]

Not being financially prepared = 👎. That's how you get poor real quick.

I see what you are saying, but when the new model costs just about the double of the outgoing model, there will be ...............

Console and stuff for it like extra controllers and games will easily reach seven, eight hundred bucks. To a lot of people, that is too steep for video gaming. Me, I keep telling myself that it's a Blu-ray player and PS3 in one.

 

[UnoMOTO]

I can easily afford it, hell, I could afford two of them, but I just can't justify the price.

How much did you pay for the computer your typing on? and your computer can play a blue ray disc to boot? Its not just a gaming system so stop trying to put a game console price on it.

 

[a6m5]

How much did you pay for the computer your typing on? and your computer can play a blue ray disc to boot? Its not just a gaming system so stop trying to put a game console price on it.

I can agree with you, personally. But not everyone wants the extra stuff found on the Playstation 3. It's not fair to force that view on someone who doesn't want, for example, a Blu-ray Disc player.

 

[UnoMOTO]

But not everyone wants the extra stuff found on the Playstation 3. It's not fair to force that view on someone who doesn't want, for example, a Blu-ray Disc player.

Its sad that we have come to a point that someone is complaining that you might be getting extra stuff. We should never tell a company that they are trying to hard or giving us to much. The problem is people maybe having a "I WANT IT NOW" issue. The tech wheel must keep rolling forward. Save your paper route money kids and get on board.

 

[a6m5]

Its sad that we have come to a point that someone is complaining that you might be getting extra stuff. We should never tell a company that they are trying to hard or giving us to much. The problem is people maybe having a "I WANT IT NOW" issue. The tech wheel must keep rolling forward. Save your paper route money kids and get on board.

"Extra" comes with a price tag. They are not "giving" us anything. They want to "sell" more to you.

Paper route thing is cute, but believe it or not, there are gamers with higher priorities than video gaming. Since I'm old, bunch of gamers have kids. They will have serious issues with spending close to a grand on gaming.

Please, take it easy on people who are Playstation fans, just like us, but can't quite afford it.

 

[DuckRacer]

How much did you pay for the computer your typing on? and your computer can play a blue ray disc to boot? Its not just a gaming system so stop trying to put a game console price on it.

I paid $800 for my Mac, $300 out of pocket since I used the money from the sale of my previous computer. And for what I use it for, it's worth every penny. This isn't the case with the PS3. I can't justify the $600 price tag for the PS3. And also, I know the PS3 can do other stuff, but I will not use any of it. At all. I have absolutely no need for Blu-ray, or whatever it comes with. And the "extra stuff" you keep on mentioning isn't free, and I have to pay extra for crap that I don't want. It's not like the PS3 is $400. It's $600.

And really, I have every right to think of it as a game console, because you know what? It's a game console with multimedia features. Sure, you can browse the web or watch videos on it, but most people will use it as a game console.

 

[Tornado]

How much did you pay for the computer your typing on? and your computer can play a blue ray disc to boot? Its not just a gaming system so stop trying to put a game console price on it.

No it is not just a gaming system. It is a multimedia PC. But, um, being on GTP kind of gurantees that you already have a multimedia machine, does it not?
Yes it has a Blu-Ray player. But what if Blu-Ray fails?
No it isn't just a gaming system, but niether was this, this, this, this or this, and look at how successful they were because they had a price that wasn't for a game console. I'm not saying that the PS3 will suffer the same fate (and I believe the opposite will occur honestly), but assuming it's price is automatically justified because of the amount of extras you are getting is foolish.