Hopefully the quality of 3D games on the PS3 can get better with time as developers learn how to utilize it properly to enrich the gameplay experience. It's disappointing to know it doesn't impress in its present state though.

PS3 doesn't need 3D imo .. It already does everything & that's good enough for me. :)

hater fanboys in here holding onto their xboxes likes its their company going down slowly but surely

A lot of people haven't tried this new stereoscopic 3D lark and yet they already have opinions about it. I've tried it. It's very good. I haven't seen games, but I've seen game trailers and CG movies and it's epic, So I basically have the opposite opinion to this journalist. Sure, it will give you a headache after about an hour or two, but the same could be said of Marvel vs Capcom, and it's early days yet.

It's the next standard. End of story. Sony produces Tvs, they own SCE and Columbia Pictures, they've got Samsung, Panasonic, and IBM as resources and Nintendo's glasses-free 3D technology only works with a custom screen - and I don't see Nintendo making their own line of Tvs anytime soon. Sony is in control of what comes next, just like they were with Blu-Ray. 3D is the next thing.

i'll take the word of many big game sites over this one little site and they say it looks incredible saying it is a game changer and even comparing it to avatar. 3D is the future all you haters(360 fanboys the only group not really getting much 3D) can continue living in the past you're just going to have even less impressive games then you do now when it becomes the standard because you will be playing catch up.

But with time look what happened.

3D is not even available yet and people is starting to say isn't good... wait for it and check it for yourself,

That was actually a very well written article and very informative. I have heard this before about the foreground and background being distracting. Look at Jimmy Kimmel he put on those glasses and was immediately confused and died. I think it's the future, they just have to figure what works and what doesn't.

I have heard conflicting feedback with regards to 3D. Some say its the best thing ever others say it simply does not work for them. The best thing to do is test this out for yourself and than make a judgment call. Even the darling of E3 the 3DS has been getting the same kinda feedback from people. I think it comes down to if your eyes are defective in some way you'll not have a great experience with 3D regardless of tech.

After seeing Killzone 3 being a jaggied blurry mess in the press conference video, I'd rather have better quality 2D.

Depends on the game,.. they have to make compromises in quality of certain assets in some games,..
I heard Motorstorm is f***** insane ,.. I used to have one of the first glasses that worked with nvidia chips,.. 3d is insane!

Wow. It's like a no-life circle jerk with the amount of unsubstantiated anti-sony ramblings in the thread. Have some self respect dudes, and at least conclusively prove your opinions, rather than basing them on some hit-hungry illiterate website!!

I am not quite sure how does it looks like to see 3D in one of those 3D TVs but no one can stand to watch two 3D movies in a row bc our eyes get extremely tired.

What I think is that atm 3D might be more for ocasional players like those that loves those gadgets (Kinect &wii remotes) over a controlpad or keyboard mouse .

I doubt that a real hardcore PS3 player will preffer to keep using those googles all night long while playing a multiplayer mode in a FPS for exemple.

I have no desire for 3D. Your not gonna be able to play as long as you would without 3D and I have no desire to hurt my eyes over a period of time.

Let you guys be the guinea pigs first to see how long term 3d effects your eyes.

Im not convinced that 3d or any of this motion stuff is any good.

The verdict is still out, when these things arent out and when they are I give them a yr if they dont do well, onto the next thing

I'm not convinced nor do I care. I just bought a state of the art local dimmer for my PS3 and it is beyond beautiful. No need for 3D here. Heck, stop motion like Nightmare Before or Fantastic Fox already looks 3D. I sure as hell am not going to be wearing glasses for 5 hours straight. I agree with the article. This is all hype.

This guy is a tool. "Its confusing where to look" Umm how about you look at your targets you freakin idiot.

"Motorstorm was too dark and we kept running into walls" Maybe you just suck. Motorstorm is a very difficult and unforgiving game. Has this guy even played the previous versions?!

Sounds more like a fanboy rant to me.

3D isn't for every game, heck Avatar shown that not every movie can use it so good. Their only some titles on the PS3 that I see 3D being something fun to have.

Is it needed? No but it be nice to choose to play in 3D or not, the glasses are going to get cheaper. Just look at the cost for the LED Tv that does 3D, they are pretty cheap for something new.

60inch Sony Tv that can do 3D is being sell for only 2,700 dollars here where I live, so I would give it more time before saying much about it and judging it on price for the glasses.

No.

This guy is either blind or hates Sony.

I'm sorry, but these 3D games are amazing! Unless you've played them, you won't know.

Edit: SubZero - The 3DS is 3D from within a 20 degree angle. It's like an optical illusion. It's not real 3D. Read previews.

The PS3's 3D is phenomenal! Go try it somewhere! As soon as people put those glasses on and press start, they're blown away! Even Fallon was impressed...and he made it painfully obvious that he's never touched a PS3.

and real games.

"I'm sorry, but these 3D games are amazing! Unless you've played them, you won't know."

Yeah tacked on 3d from the 1980's the 3ds does it out of the box.

'The tech Nintendo is using is not something they created. IN fact TVs were shown using it at CES last year."

boy you people are pretty stupid none of these companies create any of this technology it's always made by someone else they just license it.

funny thats the opposite of reaction that jimmy felon had...i think i'll go with jimmy felon instead of this guy?

To me it seems un fair to compare the two whn the 3DS was designed for #d feature right out of the box. Most everyone that is playing on a console has a tv that wasnt designed with 3D being the main feature. The article was a good read, but reports say that the 3DS makes your eyes tired after a short while. So if the glasses make it easier on my eyes than im all for it.

Exclusive for Japan,Cos no body else deserve it....
Like what Sharp and Hitachi did for their glasses free 3D mobile screen until Nintendo adopted it for 3DS.
And for Haters you already prefer a cheap console,3000$ TV is out of your League.

I'm still confused as to how the 3DS makes 3D that much better. From what I've seen, (Kid Icarus is what I've seen) It just gives that effect where you can rotate around the player 3D, like we saw with that 3D screenshot of Halo Reach before. So i'm not sure what's the hype with the 3DS, if anyone may enlighten me.

Good luck with Gaming in 3D without glasses. The technology is SO POOR it's not very convenient. The 3DS technology requires you to remain at a STATIC distance from the 3D screen in order to view the 3D effect properly, if you shift to either side, back or forth, the 3D effect vanishes and you have to re-adjust yourself, or the slider to compensate.

It's a POOR implementation of the technology, and 3D TV without glasses will never be mainstream. Only 1-2 people will be enjoying the 3D effect while the other people (not at the right angle) will be seeing blurry TV.

Wait until MS joins the 3D, suddenly 3D is a good thing. This journalist got a free 360 slim?

NOTE: YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLAY IT IN 3D IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, IT'S JUST AN OPTION. NOW STFU GAMERLIMIT.

3d is truly amazing. This is another one of those typicall n4g articles. author-fail.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Ahh that's all i need.

"the PS3 isn’t doing much that is positive for 3D gaming."

No Imparciality added!
Now with more Fanboy Bullsh*t!

"As I delved deeper into the level, I started to realize that it might all be a trick."

What's that comma mid sentence for? Are you thinking about something just before you attempt to complete that fragmented piece of dribble?

I like his (comma) four little friends' comments on his page, cheering for him, "go Andrew!"

Way to go Andrew, have a gold star...

I don't know if 3D is the future, but it really seems to have a different effect depending on the audience : some people have headaches, some people are amazed, some don't even seem to see the effect at all

I'd like to try a game in 3D (Gamescom, maybe) to make my own opinion

that sony introduce it now, if they plan to support it heavily. the ps3's 3d may be in its infancy, but if dev's start working out the kinks this gen, then by next gen the 3d will be truly amazing. i dont know why people dont get this.

i've heard equal amounts of praise for the 3D, so its pointless to think about it.

one day i'll check it out at a store or something, and judge myself.

either way im not interested due to high prices and glasses, but i'd say give sony time, its still very young tech (with HD tv's and so on)

in 2 or 3 years lets judge =)

Why do people hate choices or options? All the PS3 has done is given you options.. You want to watch DVD and Blu Ray? Go ahead pick. You want to use WI FI or not? Go ahead pick.. You want motion control or normal controllers? Go ahead pick. You want to have 3d games? Go ahead..

Just because it has ALL these features doesnt mean you have to use them..

ITs there IF you CHOOSE to use them.. Which I think is nice

"Oh yes do you know how much those glasses cost plus the tv, oh dear that's too much, plus those glasses look horrible"...hey wanna know how much a steroscopic tv cost? Yea about 2 years of your college tuition. "Oh look at the 3DS, its wonderful and you don't need glasses"...really now? Let's compair about 3-4" of steroscopic to 50" come on now. 3D will grow. The same way people didn't want HD, the same way people didn't want Blu-Ray and the same way people didn't want to go to digital from analog, it will just grow on you, and become the new trend.

if that is true then why did jimmy fallon go om my gosh on the killzone 3d showings, Ms is reaching deep here posting troll articles about everything sony:(:(

Anything that comes out of Japan/China all I hear is how its going to fuking fail.Let me ask a question how do you trust more with technology Americans or our Eastern brothers.

Even though I live in tha USA i will buy anything that is made in China/Japan because I know they will not release anything until its perfect.

85% of my electric appliances are from China.

And if im not mistaking wasnt most of tha games he named still in pre alpha.Thats tha problem with this country if its not american and still getting worked on it a fail.But when a amercian company release something and it fails it gets a pass.

And yes i read tha artice he made some good points but to judge technology b4 its truly release its not tha way to go.Because technology changes everyday.

They say ok we can praise 3ds and then that will give us an excuse to bash sony. Im sorry but the person who wrote this article obviously has bad vision. He probably has the strongest prescription for glasses ever lol. Im tired of nuubs with bad genes crying all the time. STop breeding already.

Its funny how this guy says he doesnt like the 3D on the PS3, when just about every other article ive read about 3D, including IGN, and G4 ect ect, went from skepticism to impressed with what they saw of the tech. Im going to wait try it myself before i make any judgements. I have a feeling 3D is here to stay.

Honestly, all this motion controls, 3D features are just going to put more stress on devs and could even delay games or up the prices of them.

Imo, it's great that Sony have this feature but I think it should be properly implemented in the next console generation.

I'd rather try 3D and form my own opinion.

3D without glasses is the only way it'll ever take off. They've had the technology for years and they were planning to release it 2-3 years ago, but they wont because they want to make money off of stupid suckers like you people, buying $4000 for a TV and $200 for each pair of glasses while they laugh all the way to the bank, then release the glasses free TVs two months later and laugh when you go buy one of those. The only way we'll get glasses free 3D tvs is if you morons stop being all "3D IS AMAZING MUST GO BUY MY 3RD TV NOW" and stop buying them, which wont happen. People are amused by flashy gimmicks, like a kid with downs syndrome is amused by tinfoil. Unfortunately most Americans have more money than brains.

Also, I wont buy a 3D tv until long term exposure is proven NOT to fuck up your eyes or your brain, which right now is not looking so good.

Damage control FTW! Another one of those "not needed" blog piece.

I went to a SONY store and played Motorstorm in 3D and it was awesome, the glasses really didnt bother me, but at the same time. I dont see anyone playing games in 3D for hours at a time which many people do.

cross game voice chat.

Great read. Completely agree.

This guy sounds like he expects too much from 3D. And maybe instead of attacking it he should take more time to see how it does. You don't ever want to test a new technology the way he did. The E3 show floor is the last place to do it. Find a place where it's more like a living room at least. He complained about dark graphics. Maybe that's because of the environment. I don't know about 3D gaming really but I'm not impressed with his report on it.

3D is optional, which means:

IF YOU WANT TO BE OBSOLETE AND STICK WITH 2D, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DO SO!

STFU, 3D rock.

3d is nothing new. I use to use it on my sega system. I don't known if anyone remembers the crazy electronic shutter glasses for games like sewer shark.

Why would you need a tv that cost 3000$ for HD? Any tv with a refresh rate of 120hz or above can do the job. I bought my tv last year and it has more then 120hz, didn't cost me 3000$, it costed just a little above 1000$.

As for the glasses, any glasses can do. Just go see a movie in 3D, you get free glasses. I got free glasses you can buy in store for 80$.

Also, 3D is awesome. Super Stardust HD is gorgeous in 3D.

Everyone wants to rush out and wreck thier fukin eyeballs over this overhyped 3D garbage. Lmfao when i start reading about people suing Sony because thier PS3 gave them fuked up mutated looking googly eyes!

Everyone keeps saying 3D is optional, and they are right....but what about the non-optional time that devs put into 3D when they could be using it to make their game better.

KZ3 and all these other recent games are like the alice in wonderland of video games.Everyone has seen that Avatar (which was truly amazing), and now everyone wants to "tack" on 3D. Avatar was filmed in 3D making it so amazing. Alice and wonderland and games like KZ3 have all had 3D added after everything was done.

Maybe when games were made specifically for 3D, it will start catching on.

you PS3 fanboys dont want 3D, do you? because you sure as hell go on and on and on and on and on about how you dont want Sub-HD games on the PS3, especially Sub-HD exclusive games - and pretty much every single game that comes out in 3D is going to be Sub-HD.

and not just like 719p type sub-hd - we're talking SD resolution sub-HD. when a title with as much backing by Sony as Killzone 3 can only get 3D running in very sub-HD resolution, thats saying something.

so you guys wont be buying anything in 3D and certainly wont be telling the rest of us how good it is, will you? since they wont be in HD.

Consoles just aren't ready for 3D yet. Next gen the hardware will be more than enough to run 3D but right now consoles are just too weak.

Looks like the writer played on the wrong type of TV. Everyone knows Panasonic has the best 3D TV. It doesn't mess up when you move.

I get dizzy just to think about 3D... with the glasses on?!

heres my thing about 3d... i dont want it. its bad enough that im using a bluetooth device or headset plus a controller now 3d glasses. thats to much crap to be using just for gaming.

3D is affordable people. If you haven't realized it yet, you can buy any samsung or mitsubishi dlp tv and it will be 3D ready. that means you can buy a pretty decent 60-65" 3D ready tv for $1000. It won't be lcd but oh well, it still looks good. so check it out and stop buying into the bs that you have to buy a $3k tv to see 3D.

Yeah die again 3d get your tumors the old fashion way.

I'm surer you'll get used to it.

I did not try any new 3d technology yet, and i do not plan to try soon.
Way too expensive, and playing with glasses is so ridiculous... I remember 3d cinema in the 80's, with glasses. And now, almost 30 years later, we are still supposed to wear those stupids glasses? Sad.

Hopefully, nintendo is here to offer some real new stuff.

and from my experience, it's spectacular. Killzone 3 (even in it's current pre-Alpha stage) looked stunning. I can't wait to see how well it's refined by the time the game launches.

I sat and played Gran Turismo 5 and apart from a slight shimmer effect here and there on some of the textures that also looked great. It changed the game entirely with the ability to really 'see' the corners on the track and openings between cars.

Overall, I got to try (or watch over someone's shoulder) Super Stardust, Wipeout, MLB 10, Sly Cooper, Motorstorm Apocalypse, Killzone and Gran Turismo. Each of them looked great and really made me a believer. Is there room for improvement? Of course there is. This is the first take on the technology and it will only get better in time.

The other thing that Sony stated (and I later confirmed with several developers) is that you're getting two complete versions of the games on one BluRay disc, the 3D version and the 2D version. One won't compromise the other and the 3D will be there waiting for you whenever you get a TV to support it.

And the worst graphics by far, Bayonetta and RDR are proof PS3 hardware is ancient

The advertisement team of Sony must do much better work if they want to convince that ancient tech in PS3 is any good

360 does 3D far better, Crysis 2 proves it

3D will be the future for gaming.. but not in this gen.

Look how much money it costs Hollywood to make a Movie in 3D.. only big titles get it.

Same goes for gaming... the tech is right now WAY to expensive and the costs are not efficient for devs.
i bet that MS will bring with the next xbox a true 3D experience before SOny will.

Now that Jim Ryan is gone just need to remove Herman Hulst from his position! And maybe give Shuhei the position he deserved.

This gen hasn't been the best for games, last gen consoles are still out there and now there's been talk of the PS6 and Xbox Two for a year or so. Many games this gen will be ported to next gen and the cycle will continue. The re-release of the Neo Geo AES+, games on cartridge for £70 ($95), gaming is going back in time. Gaming has gone pricing mad with the high cost of games, consoles and controllers. The men and women at the top are clueless.

It’s always interesting to hear behind-the-scenes stories like this, especially involving veterans like Shuhei Yoshida and leadership figures like Jim Ryan. That said, there are usually multiple sides to decisions at that level. It could be less about not “listening” and more about differences in long-term vision for PlayStation. Yoshida played a huge role in shaping the brand, so whatever the reason, his impact is undeniable.

If true, and I'm inclined to believe it is, it goes to show that Sony lost their way when they became more western/didn't respect the PlayStation origin story. Andrew House and Jack Tretton did great work, but they also didn't try to fundamentally change the PlayStation DNA. Ryan oversaw the death of Japan Studio and a live service direction.

I already figured this, good lord imagine if Shuhei took over instead, would've been a platinum era 😩

I miss the first three generations of PlayStation. The way they turned PS3 around, we knew they meant business. We were all worried for a bit there around launch. Eventually from 2008 they started shifting slowly. But since Yoshida was fired, it's never been the same. Still enjoy my PS5 daily. I got a backlog dating back to PS2 lol So I'm fine but new games aren't as appealing anymore.

It seems like we were thrown on to the worst timeline possible where everything is too expensive and the wrong people were put in positions that makes the world a shitty place. We could have had Shu as the head of PS but we got the shitty alternative. Same goes for everyone in power around the world. Doesn’t matter the company or country the majority of us got the shitty picks and the world is declining like never before. I do think PS can come out of this because of their studios, talent and IP but they need someone more in touch with gamers leading things like Shu was. They’re still the best place for console gaming imo but it could be much better than it is especially without the massive live service failures. The rest of the world I have a lot less hope for right now. Hopefully the pendulum swings back towards the good ole days but I’m preparing for the worst.

There goes illuminati distraction story

So now there's certifiable proof that Ryan was in fact "fired", as opposed to when it was first announced that he "retired", in order to save face.

There's another guy who recently "retired" as CEO of another large gaming company, after doing a dismantling job as lead for well over a decade.

seems legit, the business man, fires the one who has ideas to move the business forward.

Jim Ryan is the reason why we are entering year 6 since the PS5 launch and many of us don't feel like the PS5 has gotten started as yet.

I hope going forward, we will see a return to form.