"I've been saying this for a while, its not like its impossible, its been done on the PSP... "
As far as I know you can't play games while using Skype on the PSP. And that is the main idea behind the article. It would be awesome no question about it. Calling my friends on their PCs, PS3s, PSPs, PDAs, just awesome... But I seriously doubt this will happen.
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@Ju: Who said Skype to landline on the PS3 would have to be free? It's Skype charging the p...
While I would welcome Skype on the PS3, it isn't doable from a technical perspective. Skype requires a buttload of ram due to security measures to seal off the code. I can see a special version just for the PS3, designed to support cross game voice chat, but that would be like creating a whole new app from scratch as it has to be as memory efficient as possible to not interfere with game performance. Still this would be a way to avoid patent violation.
"There is a reason that its GTA4, and not GTA6, because even the devs themselves realize the series hasen't progressed enough to warrant an official sequel moniker. Honestly, I think SA progressed the series more that GTA4."
The reason is the official title for VC and SA is GTA III Vice City and GTA III San Andreas. Because they used the same engine for all three titles.
And in terms of gameplay I think GTA4 was a true GTA sequel, but still different. It fe...
While I do believe GTA4 hasn't delivered, I don't get you people. What is wrong with GTA? The games don't come out every year, are there so many GTA clones out there that the original has to reinvent itself over and over? I can't wait for the next GTA, and I don't want Rockstar to change the franchise fundamentaly, add stuff around it but keep it as it is.
Aren't you playing anything else in between GTA games that you need Rockstar to make a completely new experience? That's what...
People will complain if they see reason to complain. Well ok these days people just make up things so they have a reason to b!tch. I stopped counting those ridiculous and baseless "Sony is doomed" articles that came out just this week.
But for you it's simple, Valve, don't give reasons to complain. By throwing so much free stuff at your community and then releasing a sequel to a game that feels unfinished, just one year after it's release, that qualifies as a reason. <...
Auron89: Just don't bother talking to someone who thinks an engine has absolutely nothing to do with source code.
@Foxgod: Thanks for the laugh.
"Just look up what a graphical engine does as opposed to a source code."
The engine IS the source code. Engines are written in C++ (most of them anyway) and then compiled, every program ever made and every program that will be made, including games, operating systems and yes, engines, are made of code segments a.k.a. source code. What do you think is used to create an engine? Wood and metal? Cheap plastic for licensed games? O...
"Doesn't matter who you were speaking to your garbage post still fit with what I said so I assumed you were speaking to me. The guy below me didn't say anything about Sony dropping a console"
You've proven again that you can't read.
"so once again you're backed into a corner."
Oh my god, you got me, what does the script say next, should I put my hands on the wall? You are pathetic.
"Teehee."
No com...
You do realize there is another comment below yours? I guess you are the one having problems reading after all. But I've seen your comments and noticed you are quick to jump the self defense wagon even though people didn't even talk to/about you. That's right, you're not the center of the world. Sorry to break the illusion for you, I just thought someone had to.
PS: This also is the Internet, the WORLD WIDE WEB. If you see a discussion you don't want to be part of, just move alo...
What is your problem? Is the PS2 in your way or something? Is it holding you back from buying a next gen console? People still buy the PS2, means Sony is making money on it, why drop something that brings profit? A 10 year old would figure that out, you couldn't?
Easier to understand for you I assume: "Don't chop off the hand that is still capable of feeding you."
Seriously where the hell did this Sony hate come from. Microsoft has a reputation for playing dirty and ripping off consumers, but then they produce a console with 33% failure rate and suddenly people love them? Give me a break. Sony is responsible for 15 years of second to none quality entertainment, now along comes Microsoft and suddenly people spit all over Sony. They drive technical innovation, new IPs, greenlight projects other publishers would not even consider because they are too risk...
South Korea will declare war on Blizzard. I mean, Starcraft is like the national sport there, the gamers are superstars and they have tournament after tournament. And that is exactly the reason why they won't like SC2, without a LAN mode, how will you host tournaments? It's a really stupid move from Blizzard. I really think Activision has it's dirty fingers in this because for Blizzard to commit suicide in the South Korean market, it just doesn't seem like Blizzard.
To be honest I couldn't be bothered to read the entire comment. But I find it quite amusing. Back in 2007 it was something to be proud of if your console is "just" a gaming machine. Now after MS have included stuff the PS3 had since launch, and has still more features, the 360 is trying hard to prove itself as a media center, not just a gaming machine. At least the same fans who were "proud" back in 2007 try to prove it.
"OmG teh PS3 is a movi playa!"...
Sorry but, kamikaze135 stated features the PS3 offers, you stated why YOU don't need them, along with some 360 features. I don't use half of the stuff he pointed out, but I am also not the only person in the world to own a PS3. My colleague has built his home theatre system around the PS3. Another one doesn't own a PC, he sold his old one because with the PS3 having a browser and all, he doesn't need it anymore. Also regarding the browser, you mentioned you simply use your PC for browsing the...
Having more ram to work with can have a lot of benefits. Crysis for example is simply not possible on consoles, if you chop a tree for example, you move on and if you come back later, it still lies on the ground at the exact spot, everything you manipulate stays. This requires a huge amount of ram. Though faster memory has it's share of benefits as well. Uncharted for example, it loads the textures you will see in the next scenery and throws away the previous ones, it does it so quickly that ...
Stealing is taking something away from somebody so you end up beeing the only one who has it. Duplicating software so that the original owner doesn't lose it is not stealing, it's called piracy, not stealing. Thinking that 1 downloaded copy equals 1 lost sold copy is the logic of a moron. I'm not justifying piracy but calling these people thieves while defending a moneysucking corporation makes you a giant idiot I'm sorry.
As John Carmack pointed out in his QuackeCon 08 keynote: "We lose 300 MB behind the couch on next gen games."
CDs weren't enough for the PS1, DVDs weren't enough for the PS2, Star Ocean 3 used 3 DVDs but if "my" console has no other option, it's enough! No, it's not. If the 100GB Bluray discs don't become standard during the PS3s life cycle, we will see 2 disc games on the PS3.
DVD cripples this generation. Look at GTA4, if this would be PS3/PC on...
Well if I recall correctly UT3 runs on dedicated servers on PSN while is it P2P on Live. Also Halo 3 runs on P2P, might have changed, I'm not that up to date on this. I also could be mistaken about this but I think I heard Call of Duty 4 is also P2P on Live while it runs on dedicated servers on PSN.
@Kushan: Why do you bring Sony into this? Is it Sonys fault XBLA games have a size limitation? Is it Sonys fault that Epic negotiated with Microsoft in order to allow mods on Live and...
Multidisc games are way larger than one disc games. You need to duplicate a hell lot of data that is present in a lot of sections of the game. Like textures, character models, sound effects etc. So a 14 GB game would be 3 DVDs, in some cases even 4. Final Fantasy would be one of those cases. As you need to duplicate the entire game world.
This is the main concern I have about the game. In a Final Fantasy game there are places, large places, you have visited in the past and need a...
@Mart: The US have a ridiculous patent system, you can patent an idea, let alone a working service.
Did you know IBM has a legit patent for a Black Hole generator? Their way of telling america their patent system sucks.
MS has around 60 different patents on the cross game voice chat alone to cover every hole Sony might find. Doesn't take a Einstein offspring to figure out Sony has trouble finding that hole.