"Better than standard airwave TV"
Then you've never seen a 1080i broadcast coming in strong... Blows away "HD" cable, and only Dish Network's new HD service is better.
While I was living in Philadelphia, I could receive 10 1080i network broadcasts. Once I found I could do this with just a little indoor antenna and a HD tuner, I dumped cable TV.
Unfortunately the selection is not nearly as good everywhere in the US... I moved back t...
I can sympathize with your mixed feelings on Trophies/Achievements... It took me a WHILE to warm up to them.
Although, after the Uncharted trophy patch I was hooked. Then again, it didn't hurt that trophy hunting had me going through every nook and cranny of one of my favorite PS3 exclusives. ;-)
I have found that Trophy hunting has me playing through games multiple times now, where previously I would beat it once and shelve it (unless there was some killer online ...
There's only a handful of games released after the 2.50 firmware that don't support trophies out of the box.
I was pleasantly surprised to see that even EA was jumping on the trophy bandwagon early on (Dead Space and Rock Band 2 supported trophies out of the box).
I never quite understood the draw towards gamerscores on the 360, but once the PSN trophy bug bit me, I've felt so dirty ever since... ;-)
Now if only more games were patched for trophies (loo...
Honestly, the PS3 does have a killer lineup coming up... But I'm not sure how much longer they can get away with having that much steeper of a price of entry than their competition.
A $299.99 60GB 360 Pro is a killer bargain compared to a $399.99 80GB PS3.
The PS3 will need a price drop by mid-summer next year at the latest. With the current financial crisis it will become even harder for people to afford $399.99 for a console. And one thing that has shown true is...
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Once the PS3 hits $299.99, sales will go through the roof.
To even imagine that the PS3 would be where it is now is pretty amazing (after quite possibly one of the worst major product launches in recent history). Sony managed to show that even with the ridiculous launch prices, and consistently being the most expensive console on the market, they can still grow their userbase quickly.
A $299.99 80GB PS3 would absolutely show the value you get compared to the 60GB ...
All it will take is a $299.99 PS3, and that 5-6 million gap will close very quickly.
The PS3 already has some great exclusives, with more coming very soon. Not to mention Sony got the hardware right this generation, with the PS3 known as a reliable console.
$299.99 for an 80GB PS3 will be the sweet spot. You get 20 more GB of storage than the comparable 360 bundle, with WiFi, free online gaming, and Blu-Ray included for the same price.
Sony could even ...
The single player campaign was a good time with a good story. (I'm on my second play-through now) Although online is what really impressed me about Resistance 2.
The online co-op is great. Getting in with a full party of eight and taking on huge swarms of chimera while completing objectives is incredibly addictive.
Online competitive is pretty sweet as well. And with the levels/rank bonus system online, it's just as addictive as CoD4 was (for me at least ;-)
Wow... This looks promising, and will probably make me go out and rent CoD:WaW to see what all the hype is about.
If it's anywhere near as addictive as CoD4 online, then I can see how this happened. Insane that it beat out GeoW2 so shortly after its release.
Now if only Sony would start releasing stats like this on PSN... ;-)
That's just hard to believe that Halo 3 of all 360 games would have this issue. You would think that Microsoft would have worked with Bungie to make sure that anything like this was patched before the NXE release.
Ohwell... Yet another case of Microsoft jumping the gun and releasing a half-baked update (trying to get in before Home hits).
Microsoft was caught trying to exploit a potential licensing loophole. They were looking for a way to gain an edge on a Sony product (PS3/PSN) by using the existing NetFlix Sony Pictures movie streaming license.
It's simple business. The reason why Sony Pictures is doing this and not other studios is because they don't have the direct conflict of interest that Sony does.
I'm sure that once Microsoft works out a licensing agreement with Sony, this will all be a moot...
NetFlix is a separate subscription. My guess is that you'll be able to access it with a silver XBL account, but Gold XBL doesn't give you free NetFlix.
Kinda like FF XI on the 360. Your FF XI account was a separate subscription.
To be honest, this is a shame. Ensemble Studios has brought some of the best PC RTS games to the market, has been a big success for Microsoft, and M$ can't even give them enough time to put a Covenant campaign into Halo Wars.
Even though I'm not the biggest fan of the Halo franchise, I REALLY enjoy Ensemble's RTS games. This will be a damn good game.
I still think that Microsoft is making a mistake by closing down Ensemble.
Seriously dude... Gears of War 2 looks good, but you seriously need your vision checked if you think Gears 2 looks better than Killzone 2.
I hope Sony does a good job of getting demos out to sales kiosks for Killzone 2 weeks before launch. With this one, seeing will be believing...
Man I hope that was sarcasm...
That little video clip, even with the slight flaws, blew away anything I've ever seen on a console... Gears of War 2 looks damn good, but this just made me brick my pants... :-P
February can't possibly come quickly enough!
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If someone REALLY wants to pay a subscription for PSN, subscribe to Qore. Simple.
Keep online gaming free as it has been since launch. Maybe give Qore subscribers access to faster Playstation Store servers or something like that...
I much prefer the method that Sony has chosen to go with this. Keep online gaming free, but charge for early access to demos, as well as beta access to those that pay the monthly/yearly subscription to Qore.
This keeps PSN free for everybody, but gives perks to those that subscribe to Qore. Win-Win if you ask me.
Keep in mind that this is a professional grade OpenGL accelerator card. If you are doing CAD or 3D Modeling work, then this thing is great.
The article is completely mis-leading for even pretending that this card is good for gaming.
If you are building a SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Softimage or Maya workstation, and you have a BIG budget, then this is your card.
If you want to play Crysis, you're better off with a GeForce or Radeon rather than a Quadro or Fire...
Well... Although I am no fanboy of Microsoft, I do have to admit that they have brought some good changes to the industry as a whole.
Do you really think that online console gaming would be where it is now without XBox Live? There's a chance that something like Nintendo's god-awful "friend code" system would have become the norm, or we would be stuck with having to have an online account per-game like the old PS2 online days... (glaring at Konami and their backwards ...
True... But it is nice to be able to manage your Blu-Ray NetFlix queue straight from the PS3 browser... :-)
I still wonder what Microsoft's major hangup is as far as putting a browser on the 360... Even the Wii had Opera at launch!