Ok, but it turns out that the guy who came up with the name, is actually the brother of the guy that Saturo Iwata owes money to. But he doesn't really owe money to him, he just says he does so Bruce Willis will help him kill the zombie hitlers that are overrunning Neo Tokyo.
Tak, of course. I see it all so clearly now! Bruce Willis was trying to subliminalize everyone in Japan with his crappy car commercials.
(He does really lame artsy commercials here and just keeps repeating something that i have forgotten. I probably pushed it out of my mind intentionally and then purged any memory associated with the out-pushing to save myself)
That reminds me of a story I wrote in English class a while ago. It was about the end of the world. Tokyo survived because it had giant force fields normally used to keep the monsters away.
While there's probably only 1 or 2 people here that don't read VGCats links are still good.
But yeah, making such drastic (and unoriginal) changes so late in the development of the console is not a good sign. The more I read about the PS3, the less I like it.
I already talked to Tak about this, but I'm not too concerned about Sony stealing Nintendo's ideas, since this implementation is just so half-assed. Tilt sensors are so Wario Ware Twisted (hell, they're Kirby Tilt N' Tumble), and they didn't even include rumble, a feature that Wario Ware was able to maintain. The Wiimote is capable of so much more in terms of immersive gameplay and free movement analogous to real-world motions. A tilt sensor controller cannot, for example, emulate a sword or bat swing like the Wiimote can. I'm not overly concerned about the PS3 competing directly with the Wii.
That said, I think the PS3 will do just fine on its own. At $600, it'll be the cheapest Blu-Ray player on the market by far (people interested in next-gen DVD technology would never buy the HDMI-less $500 model), which is also a strong point in favor of Blu-Ray over HD-DVD. Convergence of entertainment technologies is the current "name o' the game' nowadays, so this console will do smashingly in the geek and early adopter markets, which are pretty good at swaying the mass consumer market by showing them what's "hip".
But this isn't to say the Wii won't do great in the gaming market for both hardcore and casual gamers; it'll grab all sorts of consumers that might not have given video games a second glance in the past, and bring families together, and align the planets and bring peace to the Middle East and all that jazz!
I'm sorry, this post lost its focus. I'm super pumped about gaming's immediate future. Except for the Xbox 360, that stuff sucks.
I hated the 360 until the Sony price announcement. Now... I kinda like it.
$600 would be a good price for a game + Blu-Ray player, if I cared at all about being a Blu-Ray early adopter. As it is, it's a massively expensive console with a currently useless, overpriced-at-best feature. Remember the selection of DVDs for that first year? Yeah, like that, only they'll cost more, and so will the thing that plays them. Boo-urns.
Also, DVDs didn't go through a format war like Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are trying to do (and they're both off to a rather poor start, quite frankly; I'll stick with good ol' DVDs for the time being); you don't even know if Blu-Ray will be the superior of the formats! At that point, its "useless" status will extend far beyond the here and now.
Wow. Sort of makes my $300 first-gen DVD player seem like a deal.
If only MGS4 didn't exist in such an awesome manner (and the fact that no doubt every weirdo Japanese niche game I'll want to play will end up on the PS3) I could forget about the PS3 forever.
Oh, and I remembered something about that controller: the PS3 controller doesn't so much rip Nintendo off as it does one of the PS1's (and N64) third party controllers: the Pelican Tilt Force 2. I loved this thing for playing RPGs one handed (thus freeing up my snack-gruffling hand), but it was totally terrible for everything else.
So yeah, that's PS3 innovation. Overpriced Betamax-style movie player + unsuccessful PS1 controller.
PS3:
Same as the PS2 controller, sans lead
Tacked on 3D motion sensing
No rumble
Tried and tested design (Albeit a bit boring)
Wiimote:
New and sleek, and frankly, drop dead gorgeous.
Responsive 3D Motion detection.
Rumble
Attachments
Sound
Cool name (Wiimote )
But honestly, I agree with mario, nintendo have very little to worry about. Although this is a blatant rip-off, I doubt it'll work as well as nintendo's controller, as it seems tacked on, and stuff thats tacked on at the last minute is generally not very good. That, and the console costs about $400 more than the Wii... Also, as its not a compulsory part of the gameplay mechanic (I doubt games such as MGS4 will be better or worse with the 3d motion), I don't think may developers will opt to use it. But then...Katamari would be interesting with it...
If I were interested in being an early Blu-Ray adopter, I'd probably consider buying one of those newfangled PS3 dealies. As is, Apple's gonna support Blu-Ray drives as soon as they hit the market, so I'll just wait until I need a new desktop computer.
I personally am not letting the whole blu-ray, HD-DVD issue affect my console/computer/DVD purchase decisions. I'll be waiting til next year at least to see which comes out as the winner, as I don't want to waste money on one or the other, and I'm happy with my DVDs as is.
Theoretically, it can get 1.6 terabytes of data on a disc just barely larger than a current CD or DVD. Of course, it's all still in research, but it's a good thing to keep tabs on.
And with regards to Wii vs. PS3, it's all about the games!
It's only all about the games on the Wii. PS3 and Xbox 360 (oh yeah, and PSP) are focused on multimedia jack-of-all-trades content. I'm not saying that's how things should be, but it's how things are, and it has been since the PS1 wowed the world with its amazing ability to play audio CDs.
1.) My guess on price? Probably $299. Not a great price, but fair.
This is not the "entry level bullshit" price. It'd be THE price.
-no hard drives, no cables, no need for an HDTV.
Nintendo won't be taking substantial (if any) losses on their technologically less potent console even with the lower cost.
2.) If they aren't taking losses on the console, they aren't trying to make them up elsewhere. Instant decrement on Wii game prices. Furthermore, overlooking the Wiimote and a couple other extra features, the Wii is supposedly very much like a gamecube. Developers would probably find it fairly simple and familiar to develop for, especially when not being saddled with the need to achieve HD-quality graphics. This could lead to better and/or possibly cheaper yet game prices.
3.) Nintendo is not Sony or Microsoft. Their business is games and games alone. They are not going to promote HDTVs or HD-DVDs or Blu-Ray discs or any sort of special software packages. Just games. I have not head a peep from Nintendo about in-game ads either. All around, I figure I can reasonably expect that I'm not purchasing the engine that drives an ad campaign with the Wii.
Other considerations:
-slower hardware tends to draw less power, and less power means less heat being produced, which leads to simpler cooling solutions. Or more specifically quieter cooling solutions. I'd expect the Wii to be less obtrusive sitting in a living room than the other consoles. It aslo plays DVDs If I recall. DVD players are cheap. This isn't much of a feature, but maybe you'll decide that old $40 DVD player doesn't need to be there any more. Maybe it's not HD, but your not buying a console to play movies anyway are you?
I probably won't have the cash for any of this for a couple of years, but i think if I find somewhere to settle in, the PS3 would be perfect for all my multimedia needs. It takes the place of the box that I can't recall the proper term for in a home-entertainment system. but if I just wanna play kick-ass games with an entertaining story line, Nintendo is always the way to go.
While there still are many games that are cross platform, don't forget that some of the biggest names are only one console. Devil May Cry, God of War, and Halo to name a few. I think Nintendo has the most single console games, but I believe a lot those are just variations of Mario.
Personally, the most games that spark my interest are on the PS3. The Wii is a close contender for second. However, I could afford the Wii, whereas I may have to sell my body to afford the shit bundle for the PS3.
$600 would be a good price for a game + Blu-Ray player, if I cared at all about being a Blu-Ray early adopter. As it is, it's a massively expensive console with a currently useless, overpriced-at-best feature.
My thoughts exactly. No one should have to pay $600 for the console just because Sony wants to promote their Blu Ray technology. I'm rather sick of this "pile as much extra garbage as you can" philosophy of designing a video game system. I want to PLAY VIDEO GAMES. And I don't need them to look as realistic as possible with super HD output and whatever other crap they're trying to sell. My games look fine the way they are now, and let's not forget that graphics aren't the most important thing when making a video game. I think Sony's really screwed up on this one.
Oh yeah, and the Spiderman font on the console = stupid.
Do you know what would be cool? If there was some sort of standardized interface for data output in regular DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-Ray players. That way the console people wouldn't need to put a disc reader in their systems at all. They could just include the port to hook it up to the movie player.
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(He does really lame artsy commercials here and just keeps repeating something that i have forgotten. I probably pushed it out of my mind intentionally and then purged any memory associated with the out-pushing to save myself)
And, Tokyo gets attacked like every week. This week it's zombies, next week it'll probably be another mech or evangelion.
PS3 TAKES GOOD IDEA AND MAKES IT CRAPPY!
Hell, now the boomerang looks like a good idea...
But yeah, making such drastic (and unoriginal) changes so late in the development of the console is not a good sign. The more I read about the PS3, the less I like it.
That said, I think the PS3 will do just fine on its own. At $600, it'll be the cheapest Blu-Ray player on the market by far (people interested in next-gen DVD technology would never buy the HDMI-less $500 model), which is also a strong point in favor of Blu-Ray over HD-DVD. Convergence of entertainment technologies is the current "name o' the game' nowadays, so this console will do smashingly in the geek and early adopter markets, which are pretty good at swaying the mass consumer market by showing them what's "hip".
But this isn't to say the Wii won't do great in the gaming market for both hardcore and casual gamers; it'll grab all sorts of consumers that might not have given video games a second glance in the past, and bring families together, and align the planets and bring peace to the Middle East and all that jazz!
I'm sorry, this post lost its focus. I'm super pumped about gaming's immediate future. Except for the Xbox 360, that stuff sucks.
$600 would be a good price for a game + Blu-Ray player, if I cared at all about being a Blu-Ray early adopter. As it is, it's a massively expensive console with a currently useless, overpriced-at-best feature. Remember the selection of DVDs for that first year? Yeah, like that, only they'll cost more, and so will the thing that plays them. Boo-urns.
If only MGS4 didn't exist in such an awesome manner (and the fact that no doubt every weirdo Japanese niche game I'll want to play will end up on the PS3) I could forget about the PS3 forever.
Oh, and I remembered something about that controller: the PS3 controller doesn't so much rip Nintendo off as it does one of the PS1's (and N64) third party controllers: the Pelican Tilt Force 2. I loved this thing for playing RPGs one handed (thus freeing up my snack-gruffling hand), but it was totally terrible for everything else.
So yeah, that's PS3 innovation. Overpriced Betamax-style movie player + unsuccessful PS1 controller.
PS3:
Same as the PS2 controller, sans lead
Tacked on 3D motion sensing
No rumble
Tried and tested design (Albeit a bit boring)
Wiimote:
New and sleek, and frankly, drop dead gorgeous.
Responsive 3D Motion detection.
Rumble
Attachments
Sound
Cool name (Wiimote
But honestly, I agree with mario, nintendo have very little to worry about. Although this is a blatant rip-off, I doubt it'll work as well as nintendo's controller, as it seems tacked on, and stuff thats tacked on at the last minute is generally not very good. That, and the console costs about $400 more than the Wii... Also, as its not a compulsory part of the gameplay mechanic (I doubt games such as MGS4 will be better or worse with the 3d motion), I don't think may developers will opt to use it. But then...Katamari would be interesting with it...
http://www.maxell-usa.com/Content/Pages/Page.asp?Section=pressreleases&department=maxellusa_pr&Line=datapr&Open=datapr41
Theoretically, it can get 1.6 terabytes of data on a disc just barely larger than a current CD or DVD. Of course, it's all still in research, but it's a good thing to keep tabs on.
And with regards to Wii vs. PS3, it's all about the games!
1.) My guess on price? Probably $299. Not a great price, but fair.
This is not the "entry level bullshit" price. It'd be THE price.
-no hard drives, no cables, no need for an HDTV.
Nintendo won't be taking substantial (if any) losses on their technologically less potent console even with the lower cost.
2.) If they aren't taking losses on the console, they aren't trying to make them up elsewhere. Instant decrement on Wii game prices. Furthermore, overlooking the Wiimote and a couple other extra features, the Wii is supposedly very much like a gamecube. Developers would probably find it fairly simple and familiar to develop for, especially when not being saddled with the need to achieve HD-quality graphics. This could lead to better and/or possibly cheaper yet game prices.
3.) Nintendo is not Sony or Microsoft. Their business is games and games alone. They are not going to promote HDTVs or HD-DVDs or Blu-Ray discs or any sort of special software packages. Just games. I have not head a peep from Nintendo about in-game ads either. All around, I figure I can reasonably expect that I'm not purchasing the engine that drives an ad campaign with the Wii.
Other considerations:
-slower hardware tends to draw less power, and less power means less heat being produced, which leads to simpler cooling solutions. Or more specifically quieter cooling solutions. I'd expect the Wii to be less obtrusive sitting in a living room than the other consoles. It aslo plays DVDs If I recall. DVD players are cheap. This isn't much of a feature, but maybe you'll decide that old $40 DVD player doesn't need to be there any more. Maybe it's not HD, but your not buying a console to play movies anyway are you?
I'm just preaching to the choir though I suppose.
Personally, the most games that spark my interest are on the PS3. The Wii is a close contender for second. However, I could afford the Wii, whereas I may have to sell my body to afford the shit bundle for the PS3.
Consider selling only part of your body, such as a kidney.
My thoughts exactly. No one should have to pay $600 for the console just because Sony wants to promote their Blu Ray technology. I'm rather sick of this "pile as much extra garbage as you can" philosophy of designing a video game system. I want to PLAY VIDEO GAMES. And I don't need them to look as realistic as possible with super HD output and whatever other crap they're trying to sell. My games look fine the way they are now, and let's not forget that graphics aren't the most important thing when making a video game. I think Sony's really screwed up on this one.
Oh yeah, and the Spiderman font on the console = stupid.