The Playstation 3. Complete with Spiderman brand fonts. Only in black on release. [Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk]The Ugly
The Price - Holy shit, $600?! You can say what you like Sony, $500 or $600 for a gaming console is nothing short of craptacular. Quoted from Sony themselves,
"The PSOne and PS 2 were both 10,000 Yen more than their competitors at launch, yet both sold to shortages. If you consider the PS 3 a toy, yes, it is an expensive toy. However, it is more than a toy. It is a Playstation 3."
Yes, and? So, what you're saying is I need to be driving a Ferrari since it's obviously a Ferrari, and way better than a Honda? The fact now is, the damn thing better be able to fly people to Mars, 'cos even if I had the money, I'd think twice before shelling out 600 big ones on a gaming machine. Of course, I'm not saying I wouldn't eventually get one myself, but I'd probably wait a year or so before I do. And living in Malaysia, I wouldn't have much of a choice. All issues of piracy and modded versions aside, the PS 3 will probably be priced around RM 2500++ a unit over here. Something I can't just throw out of my pocket.
A bit like a coffin, eh? [Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk]Games - Hey, the games are great. FF XIII, Resident Evil 5, and Assassin's Creed are reason enough to be awed. But competitors like the XBox 360 have had a year to refine and better their game releases and will certainly have a big say in whether you get a PS 3 or not. Halo 3 and Gears of War. 'Nuff said.
See, we were too lazy to think up anything. So, we just removed the vibration and added a little gimmick. [Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk]The Crappy Controller - Well, not exactly. However, taking away the force feedback is like making me play with my PSOne all over again. Darn it, why couldn't Sony just leave things. If you can't sell the boomerang, then at least give us what we're used to. Tilting the controller like an idiot doesn't sound particularly cool to me. Nintendo Wii has this feature, and loads more. So, this is half-baked if you ask me. Oh, and WE STILL CAN'T PLAY FPS the way it's supposed to be played. Seriously, games like Resistance can go to hell if I have to contend with auto-aim crap.
Blu-ray - Okay, how much is this thing going to cost? And if it doesn't take off, we all know what will happen to the PS 3. Sales will drop tremendously. It won't be worthwhile to get a PS 3 whether you like the games or not. HUGE storage space is all it has going for it, but when games like Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion on the PC takes less than 10GB, I wonder what we need Blu-ray right now for? Maybe we can stuff Sony's ass in one of these discs.
Okay, enough of that. Now for a bit of the better things to come.
The Good
Hard Drive - The PS 3 has a built-in 60GB hard drive. This is great news considering future plans to download stuff off the net. Alas, we pitiful people in South East Asia have yet to be able to experience this. Also, a hard drive will most likely make loading much faster in the PS 3, as data can be streamed from both the disc and the HD together, just like in a PC. And no more memory cards! Yay.
"If you hold it like this, Aeris will come alive," says Ken Kutaragi. [Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk]Online Play that's FREE - Okay, the only way Sony was going to beat XBox Live was to offer their online services free. Anyone with a broadband connection can get online right out of the box. A definite plus. However, I don't think there are many games implementing online play yet, so things may start off slow.
Games - Yes, games again. The good side now. And again...FF XIII, Resident Evil 5, Assassin's Creed, Metal Gear Solid 4, who in their right mind wouldn't want to play these? So yes, if you're a fan of these games, or console gaming, the future is still bright for the PS 3. Big name games always assure the sales and popularity of a console. So, if they pull it off, it may just be in your best interests to pick up half a grand worth of plastic, wires and chromium.
That's about it then. Until the next expo, where lucky Japanese and game-mag geeks get to play more games on the PS 3.
>>> Gamelog
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1 comments:
The free online is a bit of trickery though.. like it's free if you want to use it for any MMORPG games (which you'll be paying someone else a monthly fee for anyway), but non-subscription games will require you to upgrade to the Sony Platinum or whatever service
That's how I remember reading it anyway.
If it wasn't for FF and MGS, as of right now, X360 would have my money no questions asked (since I usually only buy one system). But Sony is probably more likely than Microsoft to pull out some nice single-platform RPG's further down the track as well, so it's tough to say.
I'm sick of all these shooters that everyone's developing though. If I want to play a FPS I'll use my PC.
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