FOREWORD BY DOC: I never thought I would see the day. Over the weekend, Lono bought a PS3, and in true Lono form a slew of games and peripherals. He called me and was audibly shaken. “I don’t know man. This better not suck. That was a lot of dough,” he told me, apparently unaware that he had an option NOT to add every available add-on to his cart. For the past several months our podcast has been at time criticized for not following PS3 news as much as we could. Well, be careful what you wish for fanboys. Lono’s one of YOU now.
I finally collected enough Best Buy Gift Cards and goodwill with my wife to allow me to purchase a Playstation 3. You can finally check that little item off of your Apocalypse Checklist.
How the heck did this happen? After my purchase of a PS3 on Saturday, I now own or have owned every gaming apparatus ever made by Sony and I’m ashamed to admit I owned a mini disc player at one time too… The PS3 was just too expensive to justify. I don’t know why I get accused of being an Xbox 360 fanboy. I defy anybody to check out my articles and to find any fanboy stuff in any of them.
Well, now I’ve got one and I’ll just go through my first impressions… Yay! Blogging like its 2006! I know, I know, but I’m pretty sure I’m not the last person to buy a PS3, so bear with me.
My first impression when I took the thing out of the box was that it looks way cooler than the 360. It’s like something out of Star Trek, but way cooler. It’s totally silent as well, which was a welcome perk and was pretty easy to set up, although the actual system set up stuff takes forever…
As for games? Well I picked up Warhawk and it’s expansion, Lair (yes I like the game), Motorstorm, and a bunch of PSN games that I’ll give quick reviews later in the week. I know that I’m a little late to the party on Motorstorm, but dang if it doesn’t look purty.
Due to my familiarity with the PSP, the actual user interface wasn’t as daunting as most people may find it at first. It’s a bit overwhelming with the amount of customization and settings you must apply, or set, or tweak, for your optimal experience. The whole set up is pretty slick, after you get used to it. No problems there.
Now for some gripes. Downloading and installing games is a bit time consuming. First you have to find the game on PSN, which isn’t the most user friendly store I’ve ever used, but I have heard that the store will be a bit streamlined in the coming months. After you finally find whatever it is that you want, you download it, and you can download multiple items, unlike on the 360. Here’s the kicker: after you finally download the item, you have to install it and you can’t do anything else while you’re installing it. That sucks.
Second gripe: I couldn’t use Lono Lives as my PSN ID. Also couldn’t use Lono_Lives, so I had to settle for LonoLives. Sucks.
Another gripe: Voice chat. You can’t do anything else when you’re chatting with a friend, which really kind of makes you want to avoid chatting with people. I hope they fix that.
What about inviting friends to games? Is this even possible, or maybe I’m just an idiot because I can’t figure it out? I dunno, but when I was trying to get some peeps together to play Warhawk, I ended up having to host the match because I couldn’t figure out how to invite friends once I got in a server. That sucks big time and in the long run it will likely limit my multiplayer purchases for the PS3. I hope they fix this as well.
Overall, it’s a slick device that is a bit cumbersome and really seems unfinished, even after over a year and a half after launch. I know they constantly update the firmware, but some of my gripes are basic and I hope they address them sooner, rather than later.
One quick recommendation though, go and buy Pixel Junk Monsters. That game rules them all.
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61 responses so far ↓
1 jackass // Mar 17, 2008 at 11:09 am
first post
2 Scism // Mar 17, 2008 at 11:14 am
The sky turns black and fire hails from the Heavens.
3 ajnokia // Mar 17, 2008 at 11:37 am
Lono has seen the light
4 Animathias // Mar 17, 2008 at 11:37 am
You know, I was at the store today, and I put some serious thought into picking up the PS3. Then I remembered that the money I would spend on the PS3 would put gas in my car for maybe a week.
Anyways, I still have to buy R6V:2… so I’ll hold of on that purchase. Congratulations, though.
5 refinedsugar // Mar 17, 2008 at 11:40 am
My meager two cents … you get called a fanboy because of the podcast. You guys primarily talk shop on the 360 and play up every PS mistake to the hilt. None of you owning a PS3 (until now) helped this matter too.
6 MrGilder // Mar 17, 2008 at 11:40 am
For easier Warhawk action you can setup a Clan which makes organising matches a lot easier..
7 8bitBass // Mar 17, 2008 at 11:42 am
Lono,
I too finally just got a PS3, similar to you, I had a slew of best Buy Gift Cards. My wife and I bought a LCD flat screen and she suggested I use the BB cards for a PS3 for its Blu Ray.
I wanted to actually have a game to play on it. It was hard up to figure out which of the 3 exclusive titles the PS3 has to purchase, so I settled on Ratchet and Clank (not bad.)
I have a PSN account now and have set up my ‘gametag” but I am yet to even figure out how to connect to other players (well I don’t have any games for that anyway as all of my frineds play on 360 anyways.)
One thing I LOVE about the PS3 is that you can tweak the audio and video output settings. For example I can have the audio either go out through my HDMI cablle into my TV or set it to go out through the optical out to my reciever while leaving the video output on HDMI).
This gives me a lot of flexibility since I am running all my systems through 2 switch boxes that can be set between my TV or a projector without removing any cables.
just my 2 cents, I am drinking a martini to celebrate us new PS3 owners!
8 HeavenlyYeti // Mar 17, 2008 at 11:47 am
I’m waiting for the PS3 Slim.
9 Youlikeyams // Mar 17, 2008 at 12:34 pm
You’ll be waiting a loooong time.
10 Lono // Mar 17, 2008 at 12:45 pm
@refinedsugar: I appreciate your input, but I think that’s a bunch of crap. We’ve made fun of the 360 and the Wii. I’ve got to admit that the stupid stuff that Sony has done is way funnier to talk about than the 360 RRoD issues, so it’s probably more memorable, but please remember that we’ve devoted whole podcasts to 360 failures and stupid Wii crap too…
11 refinedsugar // Mar 17, 2008 at 1:01 pm
You don’t have to tell me. I was just stating why I think you get the label.
12 Sean "rothbart" Workman // Mar 17, 2008 at 1:13 pm
@Lono/refinedsugar: That’s an accurate observation… I’ve had people ask me why I hang out with that bunch of Xbots (referring to the SG podcast crew). Like it or not, people think that… it shouldn’t bother you though, I don’t get bothered by PS3 fanboy accusations.
I have one question though, where do you guys get all these Best Buy gift cards that total up to any significant portion of a $400 purchase?!?!
Oh, and Lono… take back that God-awful chatpad… how much was that thing? Get a decent keyboard/mouse combo, you’ll likely want it for several reasons. And you don’t need to go Bluetooth either, get a wireless USB set with ~25 foot range or something… I got a Kensington Pilot Laser keyboard/mouse set that works great… it probably ran twice what that chatpad did, but I can also use it to play some killer UT3 with mouse/keyboard control… or use it with the web browser, linux, chat, PS Store, etc.
As for “liking Lair”… wow. You go boy!
13 LJ // Mar 17, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Well I’m glad you liked it at least. And out of all the reviews I have ever heard for a Ps3 I think this one is the most accurate to how I feel when I use one. Thanks Lono for actually giving it a real shot.
14 LJ // Mar 17, 2008 at 2:30 pm
((sorry for posting twice)) But I was reading comments and I saw the small disccusion of Fanboyism and to say the least ps3 has the worst fanboys I have ever scene man. Now for the fact that im about to get slammed for that comment keep in mind this.
1. If your not a ps3 “fanboy” ignore me..Wasn’t talking about you. And a fanboy is a guy who jump in front of a bullet to save their favorite console.
2.I said nothing about the ps3. Only the fact that the people who deluted by nothing but love realtionship of this console are retarded more than most of all the other consoles.
But not by much.
And if you need any proof look SDF.com Most deluted website out there were facts just arent true anymore.
15 crash // Mar 17, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Congrats!
About those PSN grips, they say that in-game xmb is coming soon, but damn, it take year and half to implement basic Live stuff.
16 Sean "rothbart" Workman // Mar 17, 2008 at 2:59 pm
@LJ: You _do_ know SDF is one big joke, right? That’s not a “real” site of “real” PS3 supporters…
17 Lono // Mar 17, 2008 at 3:02 pm
@ Rothbart: Been collecting them since Christmas, my B-Day and rewards from my CC…
@LJ: please don’t use offensive words, they’ll just get deleted. Oh and I thought everybody knew that SDF is supposed to be satirical. It’s not a real “sony” site, it makes fun of… ah never mind.
AND YES, I LIKE LAIR. IN FACT, I REALLY LIKE LAIR. GET OVER IT. That game was given the shaft, I don’t know why, but Today, I’m raising my Freak Flag for Lair. Consider flag raised.
Let the Lair bashing commence, but be warned, it will not be taken kindly.
18 Dave B // Mar 17, 2008 at 3:23 pm
I almost bought one last week, 20% off and buy now, pay in a year with no interest.
I then realised I might as well wait ’til next Christmas when the bundles of value start appearing and ordered a PSP.
Hopefully my portable foray into the world of Sony since San Andreas came out will lead me on to bigger and better things. Until PSN is comparable to XBL, I think I’ll stick to my PC for online stuff and continue playing on my Mass Effect/GTA IV machine once a month when my PC’s out of action for whatever reason.
19 LJ // Mar 17, 2008 at 3:31 pm
@ Sean- Of course man.
just stating that people like that annoy me.((To the point of wanting to commit murder))
I support all the consols man. I just dont support fanboyism in any shape or form. Thats the only reason why i like this site.
20 LJ // Mar 17, 2008 at 3:34 pm
@Lono-
My bad.
21 Saccia // Mar 17, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Okay, thanks for the heads up Lono. I know to avoid the PS3. Even if I get the cash, the 360 has already set my standard for what next-gen machines should have online-wise. I would be pissed if I had to sit through a download content install. I’d be pissed if I couldn’t chat with someone while I did something else. Just the other night, I was chatting with a buddy while he played a game and I was playing something else.
Maybe if they fix all that stuff you can write another article so I know when its “safe” to buy a PS3. Until then, I’m not buying a half-baked online next-gen console.
22 DougB45 // Mar 17, 2008 at 5:19 pm
you have to get have its going to be the best ps3 game ever its coming out in my or april
23 DougB45 // Mar 17, 2008 at 5:20 pm
get haze*
24 gliff159 // Mar 17, 2008 at 6:42 pm
i like how he has 1 good thing to say about the ps3 it uh looks cool. everything else = teh suck
25 Prophet of Gaming Gods // Mar 17, 2008 at 9:10 pm
When Jack Thompson sues Donkey Kong for rape in 2018 it will rain blood, and Satan’s ghost army will pillage the World. Than, a showdown between Jesus, and Jack Thompson.
26 Matt "Volkov" Schmidt // Mar 17, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Woot, now Lono can be the coolest kid in Anime Club!
27 Mrbadguysan // Mar 18, 2008 at 1:20 am
My God, is this Lono, liking something?
28 veilx // Mar 18, 2008 at 2:13 am
ok… wow i had just funig=shed reading the whole thing, but u are super super correct about everything… but u almost make it sound like a POS, but i do definetly have to agree with the store… it sux big time, 1’s of all you hve to wait like 1.5 days 4 a game to download… but 1’s you gotta find it… (kick in the rear). but i hve done some realy cool stuffs with mine, i got some full length movies in there, and it took like 10 seconds to copy the the movie onto the HD, and i also coypd all the music from my iPod on there, (connect ur iPod into 1 of the usb ports, puch Triangle, display all, iPod control, music, and the F0 folders, then triangle on the folder, and copy!). i also suggest getting skins and special stuff from the store, the even got a CoD4 1, its cool, ill try so send you a whole bunch of cool stuffs for the ps3, but i do aggre about everything (=… hey how come no Podcast today?
29 Lono // Mar 18, 2008 at 7:15 am
@Velix - I agree buddy. There’s some cool stuff to be found for sure.
30 Cube // Mar 18, 2008 at 7:48 am
2 reasons this thing is worth the money.
The only reason I have a ps3 is for metal gear and…
to Hack it with linux and make it do stuff it should not do like play every SNES NES, sega genesis gameboy, game gear atari lynx, sega master system commadore 64 game ever made. and play my videos and junk stored on my network.
Thanks sony for making it so hassle free this time I did nto have to sodler anything on to your over priced console with a lame controler this time.
I use the ps3 OS like once a week to do some folding to add to my small medical super computer network.
Oh and maybe to do junk with my PSP.
I have not even opened hevenly sword yet.
And you know the one thing THE ps3 does right? it dectects my windows media connect server better than my xbox 360.
Yes microsoft own console can not dectect its own microsoft software on
MY microsoft OS PC to stream my media but the sony coded and was never anywhere near microsoft Ps3 Os can every single time with no problems.
Nice job microsoft making your rivals console work so much better with your own software. God even my wii can get into my PC better and it’s not even supported.
31 Cube // Mar 18, 2008 at 7:53 am
OH and sony gave me a bunch of free PS3junk to go with my Ps3 because they are desprate and gave me over $100 off the good model with all the ports and PS2 CPU in it. There is another good reason i bought one.
Other than that stuff I never use it.
32 Cube // Mar 18, 2008 at 7:57 am
And get a mouse and keyboard for it you can use the mouse to browse the store and the XMB and play some games with it that makes the controler options 1000 times better than XBOX 360 already.
dont need a Xbox 360 wannbe chat pad.
33 Playstation 3 Owner: Day One | Forklift News // Mar 18, 2008 at 8:28 am
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34 Episode 32: Lono’s got a brand new bag | SarcasticGamer.com // Mar 18, 2008 at 10:00 am
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35 ummm, Yeah... // Mar 18, 2008 at 9:50 pm
@Matt
Don’t hate on Anime Club, man. Those are the people who you REALLY don’t want to mess with. They’ll bust out their keyblades and buster swords and go to town on your ass.
36 Kman // Mar 19, 2008 at 8:15 am
all i can say now is…Your My Enemy, PS3 IS THE ENEMY
37 Naveed // Mar 19, 2008 at 11:45 am
WOW he was a really good impression on the first games released for the PS3 good on you. A few suggestions:
if you’re into story lines choose the darkness, uncharted, the orange oc and lost: via domus.
For pure gameplay and amazing online choose cod4, Turok(better story mode though) and of course mk2(psn seriously addictive easy online No lag or problem and easy to play with friends only downside is no voice chat)
38 iceatcs // Mar 19, 2008 at 11:58 am
Congrats!
Yeah I have similar problem with Warhawk but I suspect they are holding for built in feature on Home when it’ll out like invite friends, rearranged team etc…
39 Orakga // Mar 19, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Lono:
First of all, huge grats on getting a PS3.
But … LAIR??? (and you LIKE it??) Having not owned a PS3 for so long has clearly taken a huge toll on your grasp of the Playstation landscape… So let me throw out some suggestions for you, as a day-one PS3 owner that admits that the PS3 library has been a bit of a mixed bag in the past 18 months (I’m only going to mention the PS3 exclusives):
Retail games (or equivalent):
- Warhawk (you got it; good)
- Uncharted
- Armored Core 4 (if you liked the previous ones)
- UT3 (if you liked the previous ones)
- Tekken 5 (if you liked the previous ones)
- Resistance (I don’t like it so much personally but the scale of the game is pretty impressive)
Downloads:
- Super Stardust HD
- Pixel Junk Monsters (if you have a spouse; HIGHLY recommended!!)
Start with these first, please. The others (like Heavenly Sword and Motorstorm, etc) are honestly not as great as they are made out to be, and I’d rather have you get started on the truly good games before you move onto the multi-platform releases.
Enjoy the machine. The next 3 months will prove to you that you made the right choice.
And OH!! Get “Planet Earth” on Blu-Ray!!!
40 Xbots Shall Die // Mar 19, 2008 at 1:01 pm
LOL,Microsoft need to do something quick,even die hard Xbox fan kids are buying Ps3’s now.
Ahhh,to be a longtime Sony supporter in this lovely year,mh mh mh!
41 Cube // Mar 19, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Do not get torok or most other games that on xbox 360 or you will get a lesser version.
I gave up trying to play aything that is not only on ps3 since 95% it is better on XBOX 360 or PC.
Now for this game turok Ps3 has lesser textures and horrible slowdown that is even worse than it is on xbox.
and call of duty 4 you can get that on PC why even bother.
UT3 you can get on PC and it looks 5 times better and does not play as slow as the ps3. playing it on Ps3 is like playing the game trapped in a fake matrix sim slowmotion that has been deprived of sleep and does everything like a slugish overworked whitehouse intern.
42 Bill // Mar 19, 2008 at 1:51 pm
You’ve owned/own every Sony rig and you bought the 40Gb? No Ps2 games left in the collection, or do you plan on keeping a PS2 also?
Anyway, congrats on the rig, and post up on that charger stand. I was thinking of getting it, but not sure about it.
43 Lono // Mar 19, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Still have the ps2, so BC isn’t that big of a deal, but If i did have BC, I would have played the hell out of God of War 2…
I think I’ll definitely stick with the 360 for cross-platform games, especially multiplayer games… Not much coming out exclusively for PS3 for a while, but I swear to god, if they reduce the price by 50 bucks right before GTA IV goes on sale, I am gonna be pissed…
Maybe Haze will be cool… who knows?
44 Tuna // Mar 19, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Ever hear of Metal Gear solid 4 Lono? The only thing keeping Me, (a disgruntled ps3 owner) from chucking it out the window.. It better be damn good..
45 Tuna // Mar 19, 2008 at 5:22 pm
I’ve owned the ps3 since day 1, Suggestion to all on the Fence, Wait til either the release of Grand Theft auto 4 because of a possible $50.00 price cut and Grand Turismo 5 prologue, or wait til June 12th, the bundled release of Metal Gear solid 4+dual shock 3. My brother is in the other room playing the hell out of Call of Duty 4 right now.. I can’t stand that game.. Not because of the game, i think it’s a really good game. It’s just that it’s the only good game WORTH playing.. and it’s multiplatform. Wait til June and you get MGS4, Gran Turismo, and SONY PLEASE RELEASE HOME ALREADY! i’ve been waiting since October. : THE PERSPECTIVE OF A DISGRUNTLED PS3 OWNER.
46 Bill // Mar 19, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Not much Lono? GT5 Prologue, Hot Shots 5, Metal Gear 4, and Haze shortly with Little Big Planet & Resistance 2 later on.
I agree that sticking with the 360 for multiplayer makes sense for now. GTA4 DLC & more users & better online features…(at least until it breaks again - arGRRRhhh)
47 Socom_SaL // Mar 19, 2008 at 5:41 pm
i too played the Xbox360 for over a and a half and after getting my PS3 and trying to play games online with friends its just to damn hard. the PSN is really really really far behind Xbox360 and untill they can fix some of the more basic issues there is no way this System will catch up to the Xbox60, even with games. if you cant play them online with your friends in a headache less manner then its pointless to buy the same game on the Xbox360 thats available on the PS3. all mutliplatform games will be Xbox360 with a better online service and achievements
and i like the original Blog felt like i purchased a unfinshed console and its already over a year old. how long must the PS3 users wait for themn to get the online functions right?
48 Tuna // Mar 19, 2008 at 5:46 pm
My guess Is July.. That’s when Home is coming out. XMB+”ACCOMPLISHMENTS” HAHA. It may be a rip off Microsoft’s Achievements but a perk is that this copycat will be Free. Hopefully Home is a hit.
49 DJ // Mar 19, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Makes sense. Supposedly better game launching, grouping and seemless chat comes with Home. I agree, they do need to add that stuff.
Check out Ratchet & Clank and Uncharted, two very impressive games.
I also look forward to your PSN game review. I find while there is less quantity than XBL the quality is there. For instance SSHD really pwns Geometrs Wars…
50 Killer Tomato // Mar 20, 2008 at 12:11 am
Does anyone realize that we are at the same kind of fork in gaming that we were at when it was N64 vs PS1. If the majority of gamers then, were as easy to lure with gimmicks like gamerscore and “HD(not really though)” visuals, we would still be blowing in our cartridges everytime we wanted to play our games. You should all just embrace the clearly better piece of hardware and the software will come in spades. More than you could ever wrap your wallet around. So quit making me wait for all the third party research and development just because legions of shortsighted gamers want to play inferior product for more achievement points.Please. Oh yea, and boycott EA games. They are trying the one ring to rule them all thing and that would be cool except they suck.
51 Treefingers // Mar 20, 2008 at 12:26 am
@Lono
you wont have to worry about price drops for a while, i have a feeling they wont be obligated to lower prices (with Blu-ray victory and all) untill a few months after MGS4 and maybe if FFXIII is close to release (which i dont think it will be) itll be even longer, look for a price drop months after MGS4 though… Sony doesnt need to drop the prices its already the most fully functional Blu-ray disc player and the cheapest price. also the fact that they have been outselling the XBOX360 for months now can attribute to that fact.
52 Charles // Mar 20, 2008 at 7:05 am
My experiences with Xbox 360 have been interesting to say the least. My first system overheated and froze, my refurb replacement gave error messages and scratched discs, the next four did the same thing, and finally the system I have now only rarely gives read errors and no scratches yet. I began using d-skins to protect my investment following an acquaintance moving the system while on (first system), I then began using game skins from Gamestop (EB/Software Etc) and good thing I did otherwise these series of Xbox 360 refurbs would have destroyed my Saints Row, Halo 3, BioShock & Call of Duty 4 discs plus a few more titles. Microsoft does not admit there is an issue, therefore if I had not protected my investment at my own personal cost, they would have at this point destroyed a bare minimum of $240 dollars worth of games and would not replace any of them except Halo 3 upon me paying them $20 for a replacement disc. I also bought a Xbox 360 wireless head set, in which the battery was defective, I then had to exchange it three times at GameCrazy, all of which died with the same problem, before finally having to contact Microsoft and at my own expense ship them the item for replacement. I estimate I’ve spent over $75 dollars protecting my investment. This has lead me to seriously considering dumping the entire platform based on the fact that Microsoft does not value, nor respect its customers enough to make things right with them when they’re clearly to blame. Therefore PS3 with its Blu-ray, featuring the most important multi-platform games running in parity is very attractive considering I have heard almost nothing but good things by large regarding their hardware. With that said there is the lack of in-game XMB and in-game messaging, but those should be available in April and Home is very interesting as a social networking application I believe could evolve the way people meet to party up in games (much like Saints Row’s warehouse a 3d graphical environment that can be used for strategy and socializing before, later, and between matches). All told Micrsoft has the advantage on online for the moment, but in the hardware reliability category Sony has the clear advantage.
53 Mark // Mar 20, 2008 at 7:39 am
I have the same complaints. Recently, I’v noticed Rainbow Six Vegas 2 won’t let me even join my friends rooms. It seems like it works when it wants to. But, that’s not the PS3’s fault that’s Ubisoft’s fault. For making yet another buggy PS3 port. If you like hack and slash check out Heavenly Sword, it’s short but it looks great.
54 D_Dot // Mar 20, 2008 at 7:40 am
Well I recently bought a PS3 maybe about 3 weeks ago when my 360 died for the second time…..And i regret it….I am pretty sure that i will still buy more games for my 360…..to me there is no comparison…360 is the way to go…
55 Killer Tomato // Mar 20, 2008 at 9:41 am
I really don’t see how anyone who has experienced the best that both consoles have to offer could possibly say that the 360 is better. The 360 is not even a next gen machine. Anyone who thinks it is should ask themselves one question. Why is it that it cannot play Microsoft’s own HD format. Because it’s not a true high def machine. Blue Ray Disks are not written or read in the same way as DVD tech. The 360 is most definitely still DVD tech. Maybe that’s a little inside joke for Microsoft. Think about it, where do you end up if you do a 360 degree turn? Right back where you started. Same tech, same disc format with more memory and the standard quarterly upgrade in processing power. The PS3 is in it for the long haul. Soon we will be buying Blue Ray drives for our 360s and future 360 exclusive titles could even come on a BD. And what can I say about the Cell Processor. This isn’t just some new fangled fad. We will see this become the standard for processing over the next decade. We will also see it applied to robotics as it is the closest man has come to replicating the function of the human brain. Anyone who still cannot be convinced that the best thing they could possibly do for themselves and for gaming is to buy a PS3 should just hear this. A new Microsoft console will be here in the next 5 years. It will almost certainly come with a Blue Ray drive. I would bet it will feature some form of parallel processing capability, and I bet it will cost around oh I don’t know , 600 dollars. Wake up little kiddies.
56 Lono // Mar 20, 2008 at 9:46 am
@Killer Tomato: Gaming is all about the… wait for it… Games. Right now, the PS3 is still behind the 360. The cross-platform games suck on the PS3 vs. 360 and the 360 exclusives, overall, outshine the PS3 exclusives.
You must be one of those “imaginary games” fanboys.
You can have whatever fancy shmancy processor you want in your gaming machine, if it can’t get a cross-platform game to play properly, then I ask you:
What is the point?
57 shadow skill // Mar 20, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Lono what is the point of paying for an online service that does not even use dedicated servers across the board, leaving you with something called host advantage? What is the point of buying a console where most of the console exclusives end up playing better on the PC? As long as you have a decent processor you could easily get a graphics card that would enable you to play most of the Xbox 360 console exclusives rather well anything more than that would probably run another 200-400USD. If you look at the PS3 exclusives you notice that they are not available on the PC for the most part. It doesn’t even make sense to buy a 360 for it’s exclusives when an overwhelming number of them end up on the pc. If it is about games the 360 really does not have much of anything worth buying. Of course in real life a purchase is about more than just games, it’s about what is cost effective, what you can do with the product, and what you are looking for not to mention build quality.
58 Lono // Mar 20, 2008 at 3:13 pm
@shadowskill : The problem with your argument is two-fold.
1) Host advantage is seen only in GoW
2) Video cards and computers in general, are more expensive than 360’s.
Now what?
59 shadow skill // Mar 20, 2008 at 9:28 pm
First off host advantage a is a phenomena not unique to any one game or network, it is a function of how the online play itself is structured. Who ever is the host of a game tends to have less lag than anyone else connecting to them. Secondly you do not need to buy the 600USD graphics card in order to get great visusals out of a pc game. Finally if you are a wise shopper you can pull off a good machine for around 400-600USD within the range of both of these consoles. Even if I grant you your second point it just means that the games available are not the sole reason for purchasing the console and that cost effectiveness is part of the equation as well.
60 Tanker9111 // Mar 22, 2008 at 4:20 am
(Quote)Lono // Mar 17, 2008 at 3:02 pm
@ Rothbart: Been collecting them since Christmas, my B-Day and rewards from my CC…
@LJ: please don’t use offensive words, they’ll just get deleted. Oh and I thought everybody knew that SDF is supposed to be satirical. It’s not a real “sony” site, it makes fun of… ah never mind.
AND YES, I LIKE LAIR. IN FACT, I REALLY LIKE LAIR. GET OVER IT. That game was given the shaft, I don’t know why, but Today, I’m raising my Freak Flag for Lair. Consider flag raised.
Let the Lair bashing commence, but be warned, it will not be taken kindly. (Quote)
i liked Lair also, (couldnt buy it before it repeatedly sold out here tho) along with heavenly sword, had some controller issues but fun game none the less. alot of the good ps3 games get the shaft just for 1 little issue usually complained about by someone who just cant grasp how todo / use it, of which is usually some little kid that cant figure it out and starts the whole issue. Both Lair and Heavenly sword are fair graphics and good game play so just ignore them
61 Tanker9111 // Mar 22, 2008 at 4:22 am
*By them i mean people complaining about certain games*
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