So.. this only applies to the 40/45nm 320GB model, according to the article. That model is the one that's bundled with the Move.
Wierd. You'd think the 320GB (CECH-2501A) and 160GB (CECH-2501B) were basically identical, except for the HDD.
I'm sure NGP will. Maybe they'll port it to PS3 at the same time.
I'm wondering what the name will be. Gears of Extraction? Resident Gears: Lambent Chronicles?
"the XPERIA play is just an android phone with playstation suite"
So.. you didn't notice the slide-out PlayStation controls, eh? Tell us about all the other phones with that.
@sidar
It benefits me personally in the same way that things like XBL have been a benefit to me, even though I mostly use PSN. Competition has made both services better.
If the PS3 had truly flopped at the beginning of the generation, pay-to-play-online would be the de-facto future of online console gaming. I'm not too big a fan of that -- and that's a personal stance. i.e. it benefits me personally to be able to have a choice, and demonstrate, wit...
I think its the same thing that spurred people to want the PS3 to fail at the beginning of the console generation. People who disliked the PS2, didn't want a repeat -- they want to keep gaming the way they enjoy it, and they were worried that, by one company having an effective monopoly, what they love about gaming would wither away.
People who don't like 3D, or the DS, or Nintendo, are going to naturally not want most of the handheld games industry's investment ...
"Plus, console games are not necessarily well suited to a hand-held"
I think one could argue that narrow view-angle & manually-adjusted view distance 3D is not well-suited to a mobile environment, where you hold the viewscreen in-hand, as well.
"However, in scenes where there is no 3D, or the developer chooses not to use 3D, the visuals far exceed the first PSP"
..but, that's not going to happen.
If the hardware 3D is inactive, the machine *still* has to render 2x the pixels, because no game is going to say "Dear player, and owner of this 3DS, set your 3D slider completely off, or this game won't display correctly, because it doesn't use 3D on your 3DS, so it looks better&...
This is a really dumb statement.
Does he think CoD is popular because people dislike the concepts that make it CoD?
While I agree that ripping off CoD to-a-tee is not the best plan of action, ignoring its greatness is just as foolish.
Ironically, BF3 is sounding just like CoD, except with 24 players instead of 18, and destructible environs. ..and mission-objective based play, hopefully. I guess you beat CoD by being CoD, including some MAG,...
Heavenly Sword was a brilliant game. It's only serious flaw was that it was too short -- i.e. it was great and people wanted more, since there was no MP. Sony promoted it pretty dang well -- I still have the pre-release cartoon movies on my PS3.. they were epic!
Anyone who has played both will NOT tell you that Enslaved was the better experience. Ninja Theory needs to stop spending so much freaking money on their projects (how is 1.7M not a success, especially on an ex...
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say.. because Kinect doesn't really work for shooters, even rail shooters.
Disagree if you've thrown away your 360 controller because you now own Kinect, and are crossing your fingers, knowing those hardcore Kinect games will come along sooner or later.
What country are they talking about this "mile" in? Lilliput or Blefuscu?
Honestly I thought I was going to settle for a 3DS before the NGP was announced.
Now I know I'll just pass on the 3DS instead. I preferred a PSP last gen, I can't see myself switching gears this time around -- I want the high-end handheld again, I'm certain. I certainly don't want a new handheld that is barely an improvement over the handheld I've been using for 5 years now.
A PS3 collection I believe. Low cost-of-goods with one disc means that they can sell it at $40 (or cheaper) and still profit decently after the retail cut.
A 360 collection would likely span 3 discs, since any two of the games, if they have any uprezzed textures (which HD remakes almost universally seem to), would likely exceed the 360 max disc size together. If the 360 gets a gimped 2-disc version, *without* uprezzed textures... well that'd stir up some controversy for...
This article reflects my own belief that handheld 3D and handheld motion controls (on the handheld, as opposed to separate) are not very useful ideas.
Both are fine, when the viewing screen is stationary -- it really needs to remain in-place for an enjoyable experience.
Probably not. Different demographics. I don't think the 3DS really needs to worry about the iPhone.
Wow @ Americans.
They look at the "250" on the 360, and the "160" on the PS3, and... well at least they know some numbers are bigger than others.
I wonder if they realize how useless HDD space is past about 60GB, unless you buy a ton of stuff from PSN or XBLA, or download tons of movies, etc.?
$250 is ridiculously low for a handheld of such power. Anyone who thinks it'll be that cheap is delusional, IMO. Similar devices cost upwards of $600. You read me right.
For the fastest handheld gaming platform in existance -- by a wide margin, no doubt, I would expect no less than $300, and $350 sounds pretty accurate. Sony would be stupid to throw away money at the rate they did with the PS3 -- there's no way this thing would cost $250 to make, let alone have a ...
I don't think so.
We'll see 250GB and 500GB models at the same price before the year is out, no doubt, but I sincerely doubt Sony will cut the price just when they start to turn a profit.
My GameCube was getting worn down.
I have a lot of great GC games -- the Wii was a perfect replacement. The GC games really have held up well, IMO. Some of them (like Eternal Darkness, which I'm playing lately) look pretty dang close to Wii-quality titles.
The GC was an amazing console. Its library is a huge boon to Wii gamers everywhere, IMO.