Micro$oft's foray into the game console industry is purely to monopolize it, just like with Winblow$ on the PC - and create a cash cow. They know about loses made in console sales and how they need to be made up in licencing. Now, the question is how long they are willing to stick it out and keep taking those loses?
The only way Micro$oft will win is if Sony concedes. This is not going to happen. Sony is still raking in millions with PS2 - an old gen h/w - which is still outs...
Only idiots compare ports of the same game.
What you idiots are comparing is how well the developers have done in porting the game - this will depend on their experience with the system, techniques used and how much of the system potential they have tapped. Since xbox 360's been out a year longer then it's obvious that it'll have generally better graphics than the ported PS3.
The full potential of PS3 won't be realised for another two years.
So sto...
Only idiots compare ports of the same game.
What you idiots are comparing is how well the developers have done in porting the game - this will depend on their experience with the system, techniques used and how much of the system potential they have tapped. Since xbox 360's been out a year longer then it's obvious that it'll have generally better graphics than the ported PS3.
The full potential of PS3 won't be realised for another two years.
So s...
Most PCs are used to access the internet, do some office work, play the odd music or video here and there, and the odd game as well - familiar things a certain console can do.
Serious Gamers, engineers, scientists, developers are a minority. They are examples of people who truly need a high spec PC. They are not the normal PC user.
The PC Console(eg. PS3) becomes a bargain for the normal PC user. Just buy one unit - not a PC AND console.
PC console...
To all u fanboys/gamers who don't like change....this is the future whether you like it or not.
There's no sense in buying a separate PC AND console AND software for each. Tomfoolery!!!!
Just buy a single unit....the PC Console.
Your wallet will thank you for it $$$.
I've no doubt that the pure gaming console is dead, the future is the PC Console(aka Home Entertainment system with gaming, media center, internet and productivity).
I'd have really loved to know how far Sony was going to go with Linux and the PC Console future:
* will they preload Linux(better still, develop their own Linux distribution) so that you'd have a ready to go PC straight off...
* will they free up the GPU so 3D graphics can be utilized ...
It's simply a damn good shooter. But there's nothing brilliant about the game. Everything in it that makes it successful are obvious and can be easily copied:
(1) Stunning locations Visuals as well as audio.
(2) Awesome weapons
(3) Dual Weld weapons
(4) usable vehicles
(5) net play and gimmicks(eg man cannon)
I'm surprise PS developers haven't learned form the Halo franchise: KISS
Imagine if Resistance was set in the same locat...
Micro$oft will be treading in dangerous waters if it pushes its portable console too far. It'll start entering laptop territory.
Now xbox 360 is primarily a game console but PS3 is not. You can also use it as a PC by easily installing Linux and FOSS(Firefox, Thunderbird, Gaim, OpenOffice, The Gimp, NVU, Scribus, Inkscape, Blender 3d etc).
Sony has in the past produced PSones with attachable screens. If forced to, they could do so again with a slimline ps3. Better...
Looks like my prediction that gaming consoles are going to become PC alternatives(gaming, media centre, internet, productivity) is coming true - especially when a PS3 can be easily installed with Linux and FOSS. Wow, we sony & Linux fanboys are truly visionaries.
Now all Sony has to do is put a Cell chipped motherboard into one of its Vaio notebooks, slide in a Blu-ray R/W drive, convert GameOS to it's own optimized Linux OS ....then Micro$$$$oft and its crap Winblow$ is fi...
Sony should have bought the GT developers years ago(..likewise, Metal Gear Solid, FF). Games are suppose to evolve/improve over time. Damage should have been in GT from the start. And had it been so, GT5 would have been the most anticipated realistic racing simulator ever. But it won't.
Now I'm really, really - it starts with P and rhymes with kissed - for looking forward to Forza 2 as it's undoubtedly going to be a great game. Damn you Micro$$$oft!!!
Remember,...
This does not mean the PS3 is better...merely important.
The basic TV will always be number one as it provides the essential visuals and audio - with quality always improving with both esp HDTV. However TV's entertainment value is limited by the various external inputs (broadcasting freqs, video recorders/players, cable, media centres, game consoles, PCs). It is reliant on these external inputs.
T3 is merely recognizing that the PS3 is essentially an All-in-One u...
....as it will set the standard for classy, functional, user-friendly hand held devices - http://youtube.com/watch?v=...
But PS3 is a worthy second as a PC alternative(gaming, internet, media centre, productivity suit with Linux & FOSS).
Little Big Planet is going to to be the pinnicle game for PS3. It will be perfectly timed for release 2008 when there will be a reasonably impressive library of games.
Little Big Planet is going to be Huge.
Huge, Huge, HUGE!!!
It's going to set the standards of for future gaming - user created content - and secure Sonys future as it will become a must have game for anyone who truly loves gaming.
Do you listen to the CFO of Eidos(a successful gaming company) with plans to make more profits on the success of PS3 in 2008 ( http://www.mcvuk.com/news/2...
... or....
do you listen to a journalist from a netzine(they're a dime a dozen), who has nothing to lose but his reputation? Poor fella.
It' s obvious to the intelligent and well informed. Not so...
It's just an ordinary game. However...as much as I'm a Sony/Linux Fan and absolute hater of Micro$oft, Halo 3 pawns this game anyday and will be a major hit - especially with its game and multiplayer net play. If only Sony had discovered Bungie first. Dammit! Dammit to hell!
It'll be another two years before PS3 developers master the system and produce eye watering candy. Killzone 2 won't look as good as the trailer but Killzone 3 will - can't wait for either.
Th...
It's just like an old version of Warhawk but with a Dragon instead of a fighter. Puuuhleeease! The combat scenes on the ground were a yawn. There should be some trolls who could take on the dragon, instead of it simply slaughering the troops. And the troops pinning down the dragon with grappling hooks would be great. I hope you can dismount the dragon and fight troops, trolls, dragons on terrafirma with wide range of weapons. Now that would make the game rock.
Don't get me wrong with respect to xbox 360. It's a capable machine with a great collection of games. In fact, I'm going to buy a secondhand unit in a year from now so I get my hands on Forza, Halo, GoW, Bioshock etc.
But with my Comp Science background and knowledge of the history(esp Micro$oft's monopolistic practises and actions to discredit Linux), it is clear the Redmond Company is trying to force out and monopolize the game console market as it has with OS on PCs. It will...
As usual, we have the ignorant comparing a port of a game(optimized on one system) to another(not optimized). Developers have had xbox 360 much longer than ps3 and know how to achieve the full potential of that system. It will be at least another year or two before we see the sheer power of Ps3.
However, there are developers who still know enough to produce great games like Virtual Fighter, Resistance and Motorstorm. As they gain more experience with Ps3, Resistance 2, Motorsto...
Take your head out of the ass of Bill Gates - the same guy who said the internet would never take off.
Micro$oft and its crap Winblow$ only became the dominant Operating System on PCs because Apple(who made both h/w & OS) was a direct competitor to IBM and it's PC. There was no way IBM was going to put Apple's OS on their PCs. Micro$oft got lucky and secured its trash on PCs for the next 20 years - creating a monopoly and raking in B$$$$$. Apples OS was far superior then......
Micro$oft's foray into the game console industry is purely to monopolize it, just like with Winblow$ on the PC - and create a cash cow. They know about loses made in console sales and how they need to be made up in licencing. Now, the question is how long they are willing to stick it out and keep taking those loses?
The only way Micro$oft will win is if Sony concedes. This is not going to happen. Sony is still raking in millions with PS2 - an old gen h/w - which is still outsel...