PlayStation 3 Available For PreOrder in U.K. 85
motorheadabega writes "BBC is carrying the story that as of today the PS3 is available for preorder for only £550 ($1,020). All that and they can't even guarantee delivery before Christmas." From the article: "The electronics giant had originally planned to launch the new console in the spring, but was forced to delay because of technical problems with its high-definition Blu-ray DVD drive. The PS3 comes in two different models. The basic model has a 20GB hard drive, while the more expensive model comes with a 60GB one. The lower end model also lacks wi-fi, a slot for memory cards and a HDMI port for high-definition programmes. "
Re:Brace for it (Score:1, Interesting)
Okay - maybe not, but it's getting a lot of interest from the developers. Developers like a low power machine with a new controller. The can spend all their time fooling with funky gameplay mechanics. The extra power od the PS3 has potential, but getting the most out of that is a lot of work programming, optimising and debugging, whereas new gameplay mechanics are a lot more fun to work with.
Computer Anyone? (Score:2, Interesting)
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Even the shop staff don't care (Score:2, Interesting)
In GAME today, chatting to the manager - he says that he's starting to get lists of pre-orders for software for PS3, and he thinks he's going to get stuck with a lot of unsold stock, especially among the many, many sequelae. As in Ridge Racer 6, Tekken 5 and Tony Hawk's 8. He said he thought they'd end up having to do bundles very early on just to shift some of these games. Apparently most of the pre-orders are from parents whose kids want the PS3 for Xmas. People who are buying their own machines are mostly going for the 360 now, or waiting for the Wii.
Re:Games sell consoles not the other way around (Score:4, Interesting)
So, I'm down for a Wii right now. In fact, I like it so much, I bought the company! - literally, today I bought 500 shares of NTDOY.PK (Nintendo ADR shares), after having sold off 400 Microsoft shares at the market peak (before the crash).
Call me a fool if you will, but my guts rarely wrong about these things. And over the years I've learned to listen to my gut.
Re:Another Nintendo wank-fest (Score:2, Interesting)
I'm using the weak-form of faith here. Not as in religious belief, but as in confidence in capability. Everyone here is talking about how they'll get a Wii this November, and that's based on faith --- confidence in the idea that Nintendo will deliver the gaming experience they are promising.
I have no such confidence, because Nintendo's track record with its last two consoles just isn't good. What I was wondering was why (honestly), everyone else seems to have confidence in them, despite emperical evidence to the contrary?
People accuse Sony of relying on hype, but it's not Sony relying on hype this time around. Even with all the negative publicity they've received, there are a lot of people looking forward to the PS3. They're certainly not looking forward to it based on the previews, but because of Sony's track record with the PS1 and PS2. Meanwhile, everyone is fawning over Nintendo for a good showing at E3, despite the knowledge that the previews suggested that the N64 and GC were going to be awesome too, but those systems never built up a substantial library.
Re:Another Nintendo wank-fest (Score:2, Interesting)
I do like Nintendo titles, they tend to be excellent examples of their respective genres. I have 30 games for the cube I spent an average of $15 apiece on, and about 45 for the PS2, which I've spent about $18 apiece on. I'm happier with my Cube because it was cheaper, we play it at just about every get together I've had, and it hasn't broke on me yet(I'm on my third PS2, just picked another one up after determining I wasn't going to get a PS3 at launch).
Both of which are spin-offs from the main sequence of games. The games could end up being decent, but given how hard Crystal Chronicles sucked, and how poorly spin-offs in general do, I don't have much hope. In any case, who would want to play offshoots when the real Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest sequels will appear on PS3?
So was Seiken Densetsu AKA Secret of Mana(which was Seiken Densetsu 2). It started as FF: Adventure. FF:CC really wasn't a bad game either, you just had to play it with 2-3 other people for it to shine as anything other than a generic real-time dungeon crawl(the bucket was freakin' like Eris's apple, we almost got into fist-fights playing that game)*. The only thing I know about the new FF:CC is that it looks classic FF in styling, which is a good thing imo, and even if it goes along the same formula as the last one, that's no bigger of a departure than XI or XII. I've played every FF since 1(missing 3, which I'll probably play on the DS when it comes out) and the main series has been disappointing to me of late, so...
As to Dragon Quest, the only Dragon Quest title I know of for next gen systems *is* Swords. The prequel to swords was a game called Dragon Quest Kenshin, a stand-alone unit with SNES-style graphics, a friend of mine has it, it's actually quite a bit of fun. As to the main series - I found VIII to be incredibly easy, and short. I played it like the a DQ and just tore through it. It also had little annoyances like lens flare(in a cartoon!?) and inconsistant rendering(non cell-shaded environments). I'm not a graphics whore, at all, but I am a style whore. One of the things I loved about the original metroid prime was the little details they put in. Water flowing off the visor, mist, heat off the power beam, Samus's face lighting up. Or Windwaker, where the whole thing had a very consistant and imo excellent style to it.
Which will be a second-rate port of the "real" 360 and P3 versions.
Maybe, maybe not. You could argue that the 360/PS3 versions will be second-rate versions of the PC version, they won't look better, and they won't have the control.
The Wii version could end up having the control of the PC version, while lacking the graphics, and vice-versa for the PS3/X360.
The N64's TBA lineup was also quite promising as well. However, once the PSX picked up steam, a lot of those games vaporized.
Most famously FFVII. The SNES/Genesis->N64/PS/Saturn transition is why I don't buy consoles based upon the future. I've been burnt on that before. It is completely possible the same thing could happen to the PS3. I'm not counting on it, but it's possible.
The games I listed(that you quoted) are all Nintendo first/second party though, so it's unlikely they'll vaporize.
It's premature in both cases, but not equally so. On the PS3's side, it's just an assertion that the status quo will be maintained. On the Wii's side, it's an assertion that a dramatic turnaround will happen. Maintainence of the status quo is generally the more likely outcome. That is not to say that the Wii will fail, but rather that the odds are against it succeeding.
History within the console realm maintains that no company has yet to keep dominance for more than 2 generations. The status quo argument is the same one that was used for the N64, and we all saw how that worked out. If Sony pulls it off, it'll be the first time it's ever been done. And th
Re:I'll buy one... (Score:3, Interesting)
Yes, I am enjoying the latest N64 games, in my computer with 1964. I usually play Mario Tennis, Mario Kart 64 and Mario Golf, all of them with my girlfriend and sometimes a flatmate.
Oh, and I sometimes also play Army Men (both of them). They are very cool!
So what? anything wrong with that? I do not have to spend hundreds of £££ to compensate a lack of appropiate cock size with uber-expensive boring-as-hell console games.
Yeah, I am waiting for the Wii, and I just bought Worms 1 and 2 from Ebay for £5 (incl shipping) to play in epsxe.
So what? you surely are one of those jerks taht buy EA sport games each year just because to have the sports teams "up to date", when the gameplay has been the same for the last 10 years (yeah, I also love International Super Star Soccer for the N64) oh, and we also play Dr. Mario for the NES.
So suck it loser