I say not just "no" but fuck no.


I'll buy the Revolution and wait for PS3 to drop below 500

I'm not buying anything. All I need is my computer, and I'm happy.

The Revolution is called the Wii now (Pronounced like We).

I really want to play Metal Gear Solid 4, but I imagine it'll take years for the PS3 to get to a price point I can stomach (Sub $300). At $600, no fucking way.

Imago said:

I say hell yeah! I want my Madden & Tekken!

Well that'll depend on whether the games can be copied. I've bought around a hundred games for my ps2 for around $2 a pop. There's no way I could buy all but the best games I absolutely have to have if I couldn't get burned copies. Anybody know if they'll be able to copy these blue ray discs? If not, I won't buy a ps3, which will be a shame. I can't afford $50 games and I'll miss going down to Phanthip to pick up the latest games, that are often not even out in the US yet.

Another thing, anybody know anything about there being two different versions of the ps3 offered?

Fauxie said:

White, gray, and black? Oh wait, that's three.

FUCK THAT BOX!..commercialism is bullshit.

TMPletz said:

Only black in the US initially, it seems.

Ok, apparently there'll be a $499 20GB version and a $599 60GB version with more multimedia features.

Bit big, sorry.

So the controller has changed back to something almost identical to the ps2 ones, although it's wireless. Only has a 24 hour battery life but you plug it into the ps3 via USB and charge it. It has tilt sensitivity too, just like the new Nintendo one.

Some tech stuff from GameSpot.com:

The PlayStation 3 will have a 3.2GHz Cell processor that consists of a single PowerPC-based core with seven synergistic processing units. The Cell is the result of a joint effort between IBM, Sony, and Toshiba. The primary PowerPC core has a 512KB L2 cache, and each SPE has 256KB of its own memory to work with. The CPU has an eighth SPE for "redundancy." IBM has stated that the first prototypes have weighed in with 234 million transistors each. To put things into perspective, desktop PC processor manufacturer Intel only broke into the 200-million transistor range with its dual-core Pentium Processor Extreme Edition chip, which was released in early 2005.

Sony will pair the Cell with a very powerful graphics processor based on advanced Nvidia technology. You may remember that Nvidia did the graphics for the first Xbox system, but with reports of contract disputes between Nvidia and Microsoft, few were surprised when both companies chose to change dance partners for the next console cycle. Microsoft went with ATI for the Xbox 360, and Nvidia hooked up with Sony on the PlayStation 3.

The end result of that collaboration is the PlayStation 3 RSX "Reality Synthesizer" graphics-processing unit, a massive 550MHz, 300-million-transistor graphics chip based on advanced GeForce graphics technology. According to a written statement from Nvidia, the RSX transistor count is "more than the total number of transistors in both the central-processing units and the graphics-processing units of the three leading current-generation systems, combined." During the PlayStation 3 E3 2005 presentation, Nvidia CEO and founder Jen-Hsun Huang explained that "the RSX has twice the performance of the GeForce 6800 Ultra, the highest performance GPU in the world today. Each of these GPUs retails for $500. There will be two of them, equivalent horsepower, in the RSX."

Um, a resounding YES! You people are crazy, this shit is gonna ROCK!!!

jerseykrs said:

Plonker! Buy the cheaper Wii or 360, wait 2 years for the slimline PS3 which will be much smaller and will have any PS3-related problems ironed out of it, whilst being half the price.
At this rate, the ps3 is gonna fail the console war (thank god).

Spookymuffin said:

ditto

I think JerseyKRS must have a thing for Nobuyuki Idei

not for 599 im planning on getting the 360 this christmas for my son lol

brownsugar said:

The 360

Imma get the Revolution--I mean, the Wii instead.

Imago said:

whats wrong with the 360?

AW Hell Naw!

Hell no.....I am still waiting for Atari to be more reasonable....



This system will be less than $300 within 6 months....

The PS3 is simply not worth $599.

I plan to get the 360 once I get an HDTV. Maybe a Wii for my wife. She likes the kiddie games.

OdysseyMiles said:

I think the Mario games are some of the best games ever made.

Imago said:

Yeah, but get the 360 too since the Revolution will look horribly dated graphically in 2-3 years time.

Also, suck my dong.

Notice that at the nintendo press conference, shigsy said:

"when you touch revolution"

For obvious reasons; just goes to show how stupid Wii's name is.

Fuck yes!! That will be an awesome Xmas present to myself.

Spookymuffin said:

I'll never buy Nintendo again. Gamecube had no games. Nintendo 64 had some incredible games, but I'm done with them.

u2prnce said:

Will you touch bentendo?

Spookymuffin said:

That is an awesome cheesy pickup line. You have to use it at least once for the horrified reaction.

u2prnce said:

i still like the Gamecube but not for me. my son is only 8 and he likes it. he wants the revolution now. if i get two game systems it maybe the revolution and the 360 or the ps2

You're all nuts, the games are going to BLOW away the 360 and the Nintendo crap. That's all that counts with me, the gameplay.

Imago said:

Yeah, they seem really fun, which is what Nintendo's all about. I'm very intrigued by the new controller, and the prospect of a future Star Wars title including some lightsaber action takes my geek meter into the red.

I'm definitely getting the thin PS2 very soon for one reason. Well, two reasons; Guitar Hero I & II. Most addictive game I've played in a long time.

jerseykrs said:

I disagree. Sony's got some great titles, but have you seen Mass Effect? Gears of War? Crackdown?

Sony's price is insane. I appreciate the fact that Miscrosoft is giving their customers an option, a choice. You want HD-DVD, buy the add-on. If not, just get the console.

jerseykrs said:

COMPLETELY WRONG EMO-KERS!
The whole point of the Wii is that it will champion gameplay. PS3 actually looks to have the worst with NO original IPs (you can argue MGS, but all the other MGS games have come out on Xbox too so stuff it).