Bahamut Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Oh...damn Sony. I guess that'll mean no PS3 purchase for 2 years then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penfold Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Btw, the PS3 is not region-encoded right? I recall hearing this some time ago, just wanted to make sure I remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Author Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Btw, the PS3 is not region-encoded right? I recall hearing this some time ago, just wanted to make sure I remember correctly. Region encoding is still iffy this gen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeFu Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Btw, the PS3 is not region-encoded right? I recall hearing this some time ago, just wanted to make sure I remember correctly. Importing would jack the price up anyways, so it would cost about the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverStar Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 They added the HDMI thingy on the cheapo version too, so you win Evilhead, no need for a 900 dollar system. Awesome. I'll pick up a Japanese PS3 at launch if I can. I think I can deal with less hard drive space and spend the extra cash on games. Yeah, me too. Hearing that, I think I might actually buy a PS3 before an XBox 360 if that price change comes over to the US. $400 for a PS3, or even $430, would be really worth it. If they made it $450CAD, then the system would be worth it. Perhaps even more than an X360. But not at $499USD and up, to come with nothing but a handful of exclusives, and Sony being the only ones showing absolute faith in their system. 100 games are being developed internally now.. sheesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Penwald Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 So I played Ridge Racer 7 today. Looks really neat, but it's not a system seller IMO. It seems that PS3 will be a system that you really do not need to buy immediately after it will be released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverStar Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Problem is, if you don't buy it when it's newly released, you won't get the full use of it, for very long. When Sony locks out BluRay videos to non-HDMI outputs by 2009, there goes the primary purpose of the system, aside from the games themselves. Unless you fork out for a whole new TV set with HDMI inputs, that big, bad, $500-600 BluRay player that you think is cheap now, becomes useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Penwald Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 BluRay (as well as HD DVD) can go and suck my ass. I'm not going to buy all my movies AGAIN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 BluRay (as well as HD DVD) can go and suck my ass. I'm not going to buy all my movies AGAIN. It's not like you HAVE to buy them again if you have them on DVD already - they'll still play DVDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted September 23, 2006 Author Share Posted September 23, 2006 I just hate how there's a format war now. It's so stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitsuta Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 I just hate how there's a format war now. It's so stupid. On principle I hate it, but practically I don't care. I probably won't be getting any kind of new TV until around 2009, and even that's only going to happen if something gets thrown at our current one. I will not likely have HD for a very, very long time. There just isn't enough support for it, especially in terms of TV programming, where you have to pay a major premium to get the HD channels. There's no tangible reason to get a high-def player/movie - faster and bigger is great, but it's nothing compared to what the advantages were of switching from VHS to DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linkspast Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 So have any games using the completely original tilt dector been announced? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephfire Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 There's Warhawk. And I think Lair has shown some tilt functionality (or maybe White Knight, I forget which). I'm sure we'll be seeing more as we get closer to launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KakTheInfected Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Lair has it. Looks pretty interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobwillis Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 I'll wait till killzone 2 comes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baleshadow Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 I just saw the trailer for White Knight Story. I have to say I'm impressed. Of course, it's by Level 5, which is one of my favorite developers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-n-j-i-n Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Not sure you guys watched this yet, but 1up covered TGS for PS3 and 360: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3153999 And though the pricerange of the games are out of my reach, I think the consoles' situations are much better than all the negative hype surrounding them (especially for the PS3) are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_NutS Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 In more recent news, seems like sony is making a shift with his ps3 plans, and will be cutting the price to around 400 US$. This sounds like great news to us who are eager to get our hands on a ps3 but find it too damn expensive, however, with this shift in plans also comes a compensation for the low cost of the hardware, and sony will be charging more royalty to developers to make up for the money lost with the hardware, suposeddly raising prices to around 70-90US$. As many people are thinking now, is this a step back to neo geo era? This will only hurt the consumer in the long way, because after a few games you will be feeling the weight of those 100$ you saved on your console. Anyways, for details on the matter go here: http://blogs.ign.com/Gerry-IGN/ And here: http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/25/japanese-ps3-games-to-cost-up-to-9-800-85-usd/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penfold Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 In more recent news, seems like sony is making a shift with his ps3 plans, and will be cutting the price to around 400 US$. This sounds like great news to us who are eager to get our hands on a ps3 but find it too damn expensive, however, with this shift in plans also comes a compensation for the low cost of the hardware, and sony will be charging more royalty to developers to make up for the money lost with the hardware, suposeddly raising prices to around 70-90US$.As many people are thinking now, is this a step back to neo geo era? This will only hurt the consumer in the long way, because after a few games you will be feeling the weight of those 100$ you saved on your console. Anyways, for details on the matter go here: http://blogs.ign.com/Gerry-IGN/ And here: http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/25/japanese-ps3-games-to-cost-up-to-9-800-85-usd/ Price drop just on the 20gb model though right? Have they said anything about price drops on the higher-end model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_NutS Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 In more recent news, seems like sony is making a shift with his ps3 plans, and will be cutting the price to around 400 US$. This sounds like great news to us who are eager to get our hands on a ps3 but find it too damn expensive, however, with this shift in plans also comes a compensation for the low cost of the hardware, and sony will be charging more royalty to developers to make up for the money lost with the hardware, suposeddly raising prices to around 70-90US$.As many people are thinking now, is this a step back to neo geo era? This will only hurt the consumer in the long way, because after a few games you will be feeling the weight of those 100$ you saved on your console. Anyways, for details on the matter go here: http://blogs.ign.com/Gerry-IGN/ And here: http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/25/japanese-ps3-games-to-cost-up-to-9-800-85-usd/ Price drop just on the 20gb model though right? Have they said anything about price drops on the higher-end model? No news on that, it seems like this new plan includes a more traditional approach to marketing, and that is, no multiple SKUs. That's why they included hdmi support with the 20 gb version of the console, to make it more complete. The expensive one will be probably hard to find now, and will not be marketed a lot by sony, their focus will be on making the cheap version the "main" version now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 In more recent news, seems like sony is making a shift with his ps3 plans, and will be cutting the price to around 400 US$. This sounds like great news to us who are eager to get our hands on a ps3 but find it too damn expensive, however, with this shift in plans also comes a compensation for the low cost of the hardware, and sony will be charging more royalty to developers to make up for the money lost with the hardware, suposeddly raising prices to around 70-90US$.As many people are thinking now, is this a step back to neo geo era? This will only hurt the consumer in the long way, because after a few games you will be feeling the weight of those 100$ you saved on your console. Anyways, for details on the matter go here: http://blogs.ign.com/Gerry-IGN/ And here: http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/25/japanese-ps3-games-to-cost-up-to-9-800-85-usd/ The price drop is only for Japan. Kutaragi (who should shut his mouth more often) said that the U. S. and Europe prices will remain the same, claiming that the consumers have come to gripes with the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_NutS Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 In more recent news, seems like sony is making a shift with his ps3 plans, and will be cutting the price to around 400 US$. This sounds like great news to us who are eager to get our hands on a ps3 but find it too damn expensive, however, with this shift in plans also comes a compensation for the low cost of the hardware, and sony will be charging more royalty to developers to make up for the money lost with the hardware, suposeddly raising prices to around 70-90US$.As many people are thinking now, is this a step back to neo geo era? This will only hurt the consumer in the long way, because after a few games you will be feeling the weight of those 100$ you saved on your console. Anyways, for details on the matter go here: http://blogs.ign.com/Gerry-IGN/ And here: http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/25/japanese-ps3-games-to-cost-up-to-9-800-85-usd/ The price drop is only for Japan. Kutaragi (who should shut his mouth more often) said that the U. S. and Europe prices will remain the same, claiming that the consumers have come to gripes with the price. It is very possible that the price change comes to the states as well, the announcement has been said in japan because of the tgs, but I'm pretty sure that japan aren't the only ones that are complaining about the price, and I'm sure the media and the users have let sony know about it. Besides, having two very different selling strategies wouldn't be very wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Author Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 In more recent news, seems like sony is making a shift with his ps3 plans, and will be cutting the price to around 400 US$. This sounds like great news to us who are eager to get our hands on a ps3 but find it too damn expensive, however, with this shift in plans also comes a compensation for the low cost of the hardware, and sony will be charging more royalty to developers to make up for the money lost with the hardware, suposeddly raising prices to around 70-90US$.As many people are thinking now, is this a step back to neo geo era? This will only hurt the consumer in the long way, because after a few games you will be feeling the weight of those 100$ you saved on your console. Anyways, for details on the matter go here: http://blogs.ign.com/Gerry-IGN/ And here: http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/25/japanese-ps3-games-to-cost-up-to-9-800-85-usd/ The price drop is only for Japan. Kutaragi (who should shut his mouth more often) said that the U. S. and Europe prices will remain the same, claiming that the consumers have come to gripes with the price. It is very possible that the price change comes to the states as well, the announcement has been said in japan because of the tgs, but I'm pretty sure that japan aren't the only ones that are complaining about the price, and I'm sure the media and the users have let sony know about it. Besides, having two very different selling strategies wouldn't be very wise. Repeat after me: So Ny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Sony stock drops a bit after reports of the PS3 overheating and crashing at TGS. Which is to be expected, since the place was supposed to be uncomfortably hot, with no AC and the cabinets the sysetms were in had poor air circulation. Not to mention that the hardware for the PS3 is supposed to be running pretty warm to begin with, and it was on all day. But that still doesn't prevent fanboys from all three sides taking shots at each other, does it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calpis Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 So does anybody else get the impression that Sony just keeps Kutaragi around as a publicity stunt? Every time he says something, people listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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