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Comment by: ofolion (Aug 24, 2006 06:57)

The only reason the PS3 has as much popularity as it does and fan base is because the PS1 and PS2 whre the most popular of their generate and so have loads of people who dont have a clue about the other systems proclaiming PS3 is the best because they read it in some PlayStation "propaganda" magazine. (seriously they sound like its coming from Sony themselves its like "PS3 has this, this and this. More powerful than all the others, which obviously means its gonna have the best games ever!" its really sad that they can't accept competition. Also probably at the end of this generate i dare say PS3 might have sold the most, when its come down in price so much even i will buy one

Comment by: Andrew691 (Aug 24, 2006 07:07)

yea thats about right, but all sytems have huge hype with the developers spraying crap in every direction, granted Sony has been known to this more than its competition but the end result is generally still good.

Offtopic: looks like microsoft are giving away FREE domain names and webhosting http://www.officelive.com

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Aug 24, 2006 21:27)

PS3

the PS3 has the potinal to to bring console gameing to match PC gameing if not go beyond it at least in trems of "avarage" non rich Gameing rigs go.

Wii

has enough potinal in its innvoation to keep things intresting.

360

I cant realy find anythign to like about the systm,as it stands now its bearly a "next gen" system on the other hand there hasnt been alot of games to use every bit of its hardware so it can blossom from being 3 feet in the round but I just dont see it doing much,its bascily like the 32X only rich gamers and MS die hards will love it.

Comment by: Andrew691 (Aug 24, 2006 23:51)

Hopefuly Sony focus on getting the bluray player working good, ive seen Dell and Sony Vaio laptops have had a huge battery recall. The batterys in these where made by sony so on top of finilizing the console there busy recalling batterys and trying to find the fault that caused the probs. http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/23/sony-gets-theirs-flaming-vaio-brings-the-firefighters/

After 16 versions of ps2 being released only the last v13-v16 have actually had stable lasers, that IMO is really stupid of Sony, 16 revisions and only just getting rid of the problem, that was found in luanch consoles.

Comment by: janrocks (Aug 25, 2006 01:46)

Just to go back to the Blu-ray issue.. the games are going to work out at 5-7gb..the rest is going to be empty sectors and duff checksummed data to attempt to stop us backing up the disks.

I don't even care which one wins.. It isn't important.. If you like the games buy one. Personally I'd rather buy a gun and shoot sad people who think that discussions about "which toy will sell more" are a relevant waste of server space on a tech forum...Me... I can't wait to get a master system..they are supposed to be the dogs!!

Comment by: UkSheep (Aug 25, 2006 13:57)

to tycobb: Wtf happened to the models looking like real humans?

bungie said something about this when halo 2 lanched something known as the gulf of realism, probably still on bungie.net the more realist they made the models the more freakish they became,even the human models. can't really remember all of it but thats why halo 2 was more cartoony than halo 1

Comment by: vgaddict8 (Aug 25, 2006 16:04)

Oh....what the heck?.....Where are the flying cars? Aren't we in the 21st Century? I was told in the early 90's that we would have flying cars in real life by now...but I don't see any.........

Comment by: Mofomac (Aug 25, 2006 18:05)

The only reason why PS3 will sell so many is becuase they've been saying they will commingout with the PS3 for years. And people just wait and wait in anticipation. And then Xbox goes and put out the 360 right away instead of waiting for the PS3 to come out. Everyone knows that the original Xbox is technologically better than the PS2. Microsoft should've waited and tweaked with it a little after the PS3 comes out. Then it would be a good rivalry. And nintendo... I don't even know what the hell they're thinking with that F'ed up controller they came out with! People want to play video games, they wanna sit on the couch or lie on their beds and play until ungodly hours of the night. They don't want to get physical! I might as well go out side do something real, than to do all that crap inside.

Comment by: lxhotboy (Aug 26, 2006 08:33)

If you search the history of video gaming you will see that just because a system is more powerful than the next doesnot make a good rival or competition. The library of games has always been the deciding factor so all the argueing over which will be the most powerful system really is obsolete.

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Aug 26, 2006 08:51)

vgaddict8

we do have flying cars they just cost 80grand a pop and get bad gas mileage ..plus theres the whole having a flying permit and such *L*

lxhotboy

*nods nods*

UkSheep

Becuse MS bite off more than it could chew haveing that many HIGH RES models on screen at once thats why you dont see D3,Q4 or PREY haveing more than a few models on screen at once,besuides thier saveign that for HALO 3 *L* surely the 360 can do it........

Mofomac

Dont worry my little friend the Xbx 2 will e out in 2 or 3 years to wish you happy MSers off into S land....whever that is....while the rest of us like games over the system they are on.

Comment by: vgaddict8 (Aug 26, 2006 14:52)

People....hold on a second...Microsoft is not that bad. I like microsoft because the system gives better graphics for it's games. In the past, if the games come out on several platform...I have always loved it the most on the xbox. I can't wait to get my hands on a samsung xbox360 with the firewire put on it. Bill gates is good.

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Aug 26, 2006 21:43)

vgaddict8

thats becuse your a Graphics over gameplay kinda guy :P

*noogies* I wish I was I am tired at being pissed at alot of games ><

LOL

Comment by: Rouzuki (Aug 26, 2006 23:09)

Well I'm buying a PS3 and not an xbox360 (maybe Wii)...score one for Sony? Plus i've enjoyed Playstation's, both gens, over the other consoles games so please don't say PS3's games won't be a selling point for PS3.

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Aug 26, 2006 23:34)

Rouzuki

Ya if anythign that should be the main focus,cant be as bad as the 360 if anythign them deleying lunach means more titles at lunch.

Much liek the 360 it has its own herdals to cross lets hope with the price of it they dont trip on every other starting hurdel like teh 360 has...

Comment by: vgaddict8 (Aug 27, 2006 16:10)

ZIppyDSM......the games have to look good for god's sake because we are in the 21st century. Would you want to play a xbox360 or ps3 game with nes sprites....... PLEASE!!!!!

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Aug 27, 2006 16:19)

vgaddict8

can you enjoy a bad game that looks great?

if you can..shallow me thinks you are....

speakign of witch its time to crack out FF 1-2 remake for the PSX :3

weeeeee! *L*

Comment by: vgaddict8 (Aug 27, 2006 16:35)

Of course ZIppyDSM......Why do you think I loveDOA3 on the xbox so much? I just put that game in to stare at the ladies... LOL!!! This game makes me feel special because by just press 1 button...I can do cool moves and beat the crap out of anyone...LOL!!!! Just kidding ZIppyDSM.....No I can't play a good looking game that has poor gameplay. But can you play a crappy looking game that plays well for "LONG"!!!! I am not for either gameplay or graphics....but I want a game that plays well "AND" looks good. So the games have to look somewhat decent because we are in the 21st century.

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Aug 27, 2006 16:50)

vgaddict8

I do have trouble with some odd older 8bit titles :P

Comment by: vgaddict8 (Aug 27, 2006 17:01)

I am not sure about you but nes sprites give me a headache after about 5 minutes. So does First Person Shooters because the framerate moves so freakin fast!!!

Comment by: hardski (Aug 27, 2006 17:46)

But who wants BluRay?

What percentage of people actually own an HD-TV?

We want great games at an affordable price!

Im not taking sides but £199 for an Xbox360 or £530 for the PS3 dosent take much thinking about.

If i want to watch HD movies i also got the choice to buy the HD-DVD add on for the Xbox360 and before all you PS3 fanboys stick the boot in HD-DVD has only a slightly smaller storage capability than BluRay so what the hell!

Glad to hear you opinions

Comment by: lxhotboy (Aug 27, 2006 19:07)

well i think if you cant enjoy a game b.c it has older graphics but the game is great then you have to be shallow. I am not buying a game just b.c it looks great. What would it sound like if i told someone,"Oh i bought this game b.c the graphics are killer even though the game is boring." I have a psp and love playing zelda on nes emulator. Graphics are years outdated but the game is great. So is the zelda on Snes. Look at ms. pacman. If you walk into an arcade if you dont see anygame you will see ms. pacman and its not b.c of the graphics that is for sure. What about games that are so addictive like tetris, ms. pacman, luminees, bubble bobble, bust-a-move(aka puzzle bobble), super tecmo bowl(NES), etc.. I am 27 years old and i love to play those old games and graphics sure dont make them great today. I love good graphics as well though but that is just a plus to have as long as the gameplay can match up to the top notch graphics.

Comment by: DamonDash (Aug 28, 2006 05:06)

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/3/382881

Comment by: voxaryx (Aug 28, 2006 18:34)

"because of the high price tags that come with third-gen consoles, fewer will be sold this generation"

Yeah, so The Yankee Group has no idea what they're talking about. The PS3/X360/Wii are 7th generation consoles. Well, if you're counting from individual companies, the PS3 is 3rd gen. The Xbox360 is 2nd gen, and the Wii is 5th gen. In terms of all consoles overall, though, all three are 7th gen.

And of course none of them are going to sell as well. The difference between the upcoming gen consoles and the current one is much less than between previous consoles. The extra bang for your buck is getting smaller with each generation.

The forecast that the PS3 will sell 30 million units by 2011 carries with it a huge assumption, namely that Sony will still be around and selling them in five years. The electronics division of Sony has posted losses in the millions of dollars in four out of the past five years. Things aren't going to improve in the next couple years, as the launch of a new console always brings with it a huge initial profit loss. The PS3 just might be the end of Sony as we know it.

Comment by: vgaddict8 (Aug 29, 2006 19:23)

ZIppyDSM...........Mowing lawns ain't going to get you anywhere. You need to get a job at McDonald's...LOL!!!... so you can buy the latest consoles suck as the xbox360 and ps3. You need to quit playing those old OlD games. I am a poor b*stard... and even I will collect every single pennie till I save up for a xbox360 and ps3. I HATE RICH BA*STARDs!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by: derhama (Sep 12, 2006 15:47)

creaky got me, i'm such a tool