Call me a hater if you want...
This is one of my concerns about the usability. Put a 3D interface on your computer with 3DNA and see how long it takes you to go back to the easier interface.
I promise, after about a month of "walking" to everything, you'll just use the XMB. Users usually tend toward the easier method.
I'll admit Home looked pretty cool back when it was revealed, but I have steadily cooled off to the idea. I started to realize that instead of improving the service, they just put a 3D... err 4D... window dressing on everything. They borrowed the 360 Achievement system... and complicated a good idea. And they are adding to the "micro-transaction" fad, something that no company should support if they can avoid it.
And the degree to which users are going to be seeped...
How do the controls fit when it's closed?
I'm sorry to say this, but this is not news.
Of course. ANY purchase can be broken down so that it's sticker shock diminishes. It's still shelling out $600 at a single point in time. You can't get around it. That means lost opportunity costs for each amount you pay over time...and inflation...and the fact that anyone letting you buy a PS3 and pay over time (credit cards, unscrupulous loan scams) are going to charge you a premium.
And THERE it is. A list of the upcoming "exclusives" on PS3. Every time I see...
Good for you. But your smell is a bit off...
I love my 360 (Premium) and think the Elite isn't necesarry, and I realize it's on the list, not because of anything special about it, but just because it's new. Did I say the Elite should be higher on the list, or on the list at all? No. You made that assumption trying to paint me as a fanboy.
And, I also have to ask, in that light, who makes the first comment on your OWN story?
Now...
If...
Good for you. But your smell is a bit off...
"Someone could say yeah right the 360 elite shouldn't even be in the top 20 then what would you say?"
I love my 360 (Premium) and think the Elite isn't necesarry, and I realize it's on the list, not because of anything special about it, but just because it's new. Did I say the Elite should be higher on the list, or on the list at all? No. You made that assumption trying to paint me as a fanboy.
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I can't find anything that indicates that Microsoft has controlling interest in CNET. You would think they would have shut up the anti-Vista articles if they did...
...and the fact that it's still here bolsters my point.
Look what it's above. Wii? EVERYONE wants a Wii, but no one can find one. Wouldn't that indicate it would be more wanted in the general population than a PS3? Anyone can go out and buy a PS3 right now. The question is why aren't they? It's not that people want it and can't pay for it. People WANTED it, but said "FU Sony" when they saw the price. Get it straight and stop gaming the numbers: If you can't pa...
I get weary of games that don't use in-game engines for cinematics. It's a huge waste of space to put high res video on a game disk, espcially since DVD9 has 8 gigs to work with. I'm not saying DVD9 is any worse than Blu-ray. I'm just saying they have to budget their space and prerendered videos are NOT the way to do that. DVD9 is plenty of space, as long as you don't waste that space.
...excessive reading, poetry, writing, and studying have been shown to likewise stunt "development".
Another notch for "Truthiness". Seriously, they asked how people "feel" about these things. What do they want us to accept. That either the subject, the pollster, or the charity is qualified to make these decisions? Sounds like technophobes railing against change to me.
I don't know how anyone feels about sandbox games. Call them GTA clones sight-unseen if you want, but Crackdown was a block buster that never got the respect it deserved. Until people played it.
I have my own wishes for the content in these packs...but I'll be happy to revisit this game when the time comes. Hey, I might even play it while the Halo 3 beta is running.
Someone talked about if Apple made a game console.
No. THAT is what it would look like if Apple made a game console.
We are in strange times. Children's lunch box snacks (YoGos - "don't eat them too fast"), men's body spray (RGX - "I don't want to smell you from here"), and now video games being sold on the less is more idea. Finally. We get to see, in hindsight, what marketing in the 90's and early 00's really was: Junk to the Xtreme!
@Keyser: So you don't think posing as a legitimate site supposedly made by amateur bloggers to garner real word of mouth isn't dirty marketing? I don't like being manipulated into buying a product that doesn't have the support they claim.
I feel like everyone in this thread is just hyping what PS3 is going to "someday" or is doing poorly right now.
You know what's also funny? When someone muses that Sony ISN'T loading the numbers, they have nothing t...
It's funny how this story turned up in the Xbox 360 section. Like someone is trying to tell us something.
I'm not buying this report. Why did PS3 suddenly rocket up to #1? What did Sony do to deserve this? Think people. I call shenanigans.
And if you don't think Sony loads the numbers anywhere they can, you haven't been paying attention to their PR style. Read any press release that trumpets the so-called success of the PS3. Instead of making a quality pro...
Ahem. After reading this, I get why the CS rep was laughing. The box was opened...plain and simple. You break the seal, you void the warranty and any opportunity to repair the console. Why does this surprise anyone?
If you go through the proper channels, Microsoft has done a damn fine job of getting this stuff dealt with. AND they have added new concessions to the original warranty to deal with issues like shipping fees. Even out of warranty repairs are getting a whole ne...