Heaven Sword. I have to say that the life action screen shots of the Heaven Sword were right there with Crysis. Remember we are just comparing screenshots. Crysis is an FPS with emphasis on realism and physics where Heavenly Sword is Cinematic and not two concern about how accurate the jungle interacts with the environment. I though some of the scenery in Heavenly Sword look better than Crysis and the facial animation technology definitely looks better in Heavenly Sword than Crysis - last s...
Remember the days of RPGs They were less about physical interaction and more on the Puzzle solving but they often relied on Cinematic representation rather than full control 3D. Cinematic gaming was used non RPGs like what Mortal Kombat using digitize sprites of real people to give it an edge graphic wise. Heavenly Sword takes it to the extreme. Gone are the complicated menu structures of old but the puzzle elements are still there from RPG but the the leveling up is not emphasized. I belie...
Windows. (Mac and Linux are really gaming oriented [yet!]). I buy a game at the store for my console I just pop in the Disc and wait for it to load up no installation worries. I never really get that feeling from my PC (I am not trying that using a PC for gaming is hard)unless it is totally installed on my hard drive but then I have to worry taking so much precious Hard Drive space.
I haven't really tried Vista so don't know if Microsoft improved on that. Somethings just don'...
makes it easier for the U.S. industry to finally settle on a standard without alienating to many people. Looks like it will be 1080p-24/30. 15% isn't bad. Some people have to have televisions and can't wait it out so they go and buy a cheap old school TV or 720p at Walmart instead of waiting for 2009 DTV change or for 1080p to come down to a reasonable price range. This should keep DVD popular for at least a couple of years
If consumers thought that 720p/1080p standard was co...
Not so much the Ray tracing but demonstrating that multiple PS3's can be used with software without any Hardware modification. One can assume that if Sony really wanted to they could update their own OS to allow SMP among multiple processors.
I like to see Sony give it a shot. Just like PC games, take the same game and add SMP to the game for those who can use it. Could be an in game setting to improve performance and graphics in the game.
I think that the dem...
A person can easily drink gallons of water just not all at once (same goes for anything).
Too much of a good thing with in a short period of time is a bad thing. However, If I didn't drink 2 gallons a water a day in Iraq I would have been hurting.
I don't think people realize how dangerous those "all you can stuff" contest are. I remember reading an article were some lady died from potassium poisoning from an Banana eating contest.
Just ...
This was a very creative video clip. I have to admit the music is very catchy (I believe this is what is being used on Little Big Planet. I would not be surprised if Sony eventually used it as an official background music for Sony advertising.
The xbox elite thing for $479 vs PS3 20 gig for $499 is not correct you would have to up the price of the PS3 20 gig whatever the cost of an internal sata 2.5" drive would cost. as well as add $10 for an HDMI cable. But wait to mak...
What if Nintendo decided to support that other small HD format - HD VMD The start-up that uses existing DVD technology but holds enough to hold 40 gigs. Now we would have 3 competing formats to chose from. Now why would that be significant. It wouldn't except for the Wii isn't that expensive and could actually change the market by giving consumers a recordable disc console while the others (Sony, Microsoft) don't have that ability. This could cut the cost of the HDD because all you would ...
If anything positive can be said for a multi-format war this is one of them:
Prices for the consumer dropping quickly.
Another note:
The wonderful thing about technology improving is that the more it improves how picky the consumer can be - especially in the pricing.
I expect that the next major revision in next gen consoles (next xbox, ps4, next Wii) will still be 1080p even if the Televisions will support higher resolutions. It wi...
and I don't even own a ps3...
Why am I piss. Because everything in life always comes full circle..
if this happens now it will only happen later for something else (like making xbox 360 look bad). I thought N4G was above this.
There are way to many factors that are not hardware related that make this article/video pointless.
This story should not have gotten this much attention.
Sure, HDMI isn't important. Microsoft just put it on there for the hell of it. (sarcasm)
I doubt that very much. However, since Penello called him out on Microsoft selling the idea that HDMI wasn't needed he couldn't openly admit that they were wrong. But to justify the Elite purchase for the hard drive is stupid. It also sounds like Microsoft is alienating its customer base by pushing the Elite as the IPTV machine while Xbox 360 premium users are left to shell out big bucks...
Its funny how just a little while ago last year that certain xbox 360 commenters heckled Sony fans when Sony had originally announced that the PS3 20gig would not have HDMI.
It just seems ironic that now Xbox 360 fans are now facing that very scenario with Microsoft's decision to bring out Elite. Funny, I don't see those same hecklers giving Microsoft a hard time.
I, on the other hand, do not change my position on two totally different system setups. This was b...
Something I have been noticing lately in all screen shots regardless if it is a comparison shot or not is that the PS3 screen shots tend to show that the PS3 seems to handle lighting better than the xbox 360 - specially when displaying sun light. The first part where the stadium is shown and the sunlight in the sky the PS3 just seems more real. There are other games where I see this as well. Perhaps the PS3 is able to use real lighting effects on the objects on the stadium and the developer...
the other is fudging the number and is wrong but they quote theirs then they are right.
Basically you can't use software sales to win an arguement about hardware sales. Your numbers, however, would be a concern to a developer wanting to make money on a system.
Also your numbers really don't help your case they actually hurt it.
While less games were sold/bought on the PS3 platform the PS3 actually sold more consoles with less games during the fir...
And poor innocent Microsoft just smiles and waves (sarcasm, yea right). Its all BS and Microsoft is just as guilty. What did you think Sony' Heads are going to say? The same thing that Microsoft rep would say if they were talking about their company.
Heck, Nintendo never really came out and said. "We suck, we are the worst company in the world for coming in Third Place with the Gamecube. Sony and Microsoft are Gods and we Nintendo don't know what we are doing" (s...
Gameplay is already crossplatform. There have been great gameplay for generations. What then is different about this generation over the last? Graphics, physics, new stories (not the Sameoldstory v# whatever), There are great games on the old systems that had great gameplay. It is next generation gaming that will take this great game play and immerse even deeper than we already have before.
Wii is proof that good gameplay doesn't need the pretty graphics but that's not why ...
For those Xbox 360 AND PS3 commenters trying to 1up each other is pathetic.
Sony has a Huge customer base. They could almost lose half of their customer base to Wii and Xbox 360 still be in contention for the lead and definitely be strong Second. Then there are those who haven't jumped into the Console Scene yet. I believe both Microsoft and PS3 can both be successful no matter what place they are in as long as the get over the 20 mil console hump. Nobody has even got close...
I had a blast playing this game. The game's controls were simple and the timing was challenging enough that you comeback for more. Plus, because you really didn't need massive concentration and brainbusting skills to play it - you could enjoy the artwork that went into this interactive cartoon.
I don't have a HD-DVD player for my 360. Has anybody used the HD-DVD version on their 360 and is the extras just for the blu-ray?
Usually exclusives stay exclusives because they don't need to wory about the money and they can tailor the game to the machine. This is what it means to me
DMC series had a loyal fanbase on the Playstation but the numbers didn't add up to cover a full blown next gen title so now they are seeking other consoles.
This now will give us what I call a dumbed down version of the game. Capcom more and likely won't release a better version one over the other so now xbo...
Programmers are inherently lazy. They don't want recode or start from scratch if the don't have too. Thankfully, there are still quite of few not so lazy Programmers that don't mine creating/learning/programming new code. Now, don't get mad at me programmers, this isn't a personal attack against you but a collective thought because I too program (and can be lazy at times). Its sort of a half joke in the programming industry. However, most good programmers keep there mouth shut about Hardwa...