PS3

[Tale]

If I owned a PS3 and not an XBox 360 (never owned either of them yet), would it still feel like I was missing some of the best games? For a long time as a neutral observer, the 360 seemed like where the best games were. The 360's red ring problems and nickel-and-diming always put me off, as did the PS3's upfront cost, but I might pick one now.

I'm primarily a PC gamer. I already have a Sony Blu-Ray player (came with my Sony HDTV), a Wii and balance board (because I'm fascinated by input device technologies), and a long-dead Xbox 1 (Christmas tree lights problem).

[Velorath]

You'd be missing out on Gears of War 2, Fable 2, some Halo games, and that's about it.  Even Alan Wake is supposed to get a release on Vista.

[Hawkbit]

Is there any word on PC launches for Fable 2 and Gears 2?  Both those games' first editions were released on PC 9-12 months after xbox. 

[schild]

Is there any word on PC launches for Fable 2 and Gears 2?  Both those games' first editions were released on PC 9-12 months after xbox. 

They'll be announced eventually. I really can't recommend Fable 2 to anybody though. That thing is a joke.

[Dion]

Is there any word on PC launches for Fable 2 and Gears 2?  Both those games' first editions were released on PC 9-12 months after xbox. 

They'll be announced eventually. I really can't recommend Fable 2 to anybody though. That thing is a joke.

I don't think GoW2 will get on PC, Cliffy B raged about piracy with the first game.

[SnakeCharmer]

Finally got the PS3 hooked up tonight with an HDMI.  Getting lots of blue static pops.  The fuck? 

Any ideas?  First inclination is a bad HDMI cable.

Edit:  Also, freezes up 17 percent in to updating Drakes Fortune.  Awesome.

[schild]

Oh, Craigslist. How doth never disappoint. :(

Try formatting the whole damn thing or something. If you haven't, you should've anyway.

[SnakeCharmer]

Bought it new.

Fixed the connection/download issue.

Moved it to another TV.  Worked flawlessly.  So either I'm getting some bad interference in my office or the TV is bad.  Going to pull the TV out of the office and set it up temporarily somewhere else and see what happens.  FWIW, my router is sitting 4 feet away from the TV that's acting up.

[schild]

I get green noise on some screens on my Vizio if it helps you feel better. But mine is ooooooooooooooold. I could probably fix it, but I'm lazy and it doesn't effect gaming.

[Hawkbit]

My purchase might be getting bumped up to mid-July.  From there I only need to see if we'll get a price drop or slimline announcement. 

The PS2 game thread got me thinking.  What are the must-haves for the PS3?

I'm going to pick up InFamous because it looks cool, along with Uncharted.  I'll snag Demons Souls when it goes American.  What else?

[Azazel]

Depending on your game type/genre preferences:

Resistance 1/2
MotoStorm 1/2
Metal Gear Solid
Little Big Planet

If you don't have a 360 and are after more than platform exclusives:

Saints Row 2
Guitar Hero WT/Rock Band 2
Lego Star Wars

Hard to go much more into depth without knowing what genres you like.

[Yegolev]

Ratchet & Clank.  Yes, I love this series and I'm not insane.

[stray]

lol, almost every exclusive is pretty fun to me, barring the downloadables. heavy on the action side, but they're all pretty good. just depends on whether you like their respective atmosphere or not. top games for me are uncharted, lbp, and maybe now that i think about it, valkyria.

I'd say download Wipeout HD at least. There's a new Wipeout in the works, but Wipeout HD's pretty cheap. umm.. the Last Guy is pretty cool too.

[Rasix]

My purchase might be getting bumped up to mid-July.  From there I only need to see if we'll get a price drop or slimline announcement. 

The PS2 game thread got me thinking.  What are the must-haves for the PS3?

I'm going to pick up InFamous because it looks cool, along with Uncharted.  I'll snag Demons Souls when it goes American.  What else?

MGS4
Disgaea 3 (If you're into srpgs)
Valkyria Chronicles

I did not like LBP, but a lot have. The jumping physics drove me crazy.

Other genres like shooters and racers, I'm just not that into.  Multi-platform console you can figure out for yourself.

[Hawkbit]

Ratchet & Clank.  Yes, I love this series and I'm not insane.

I enjoyed the first two on PS2 very much.  When they made the design shift for the third/Deadlocked I felt it lost something. How do the new ones hold up in comparison?

[Yegolev]

Ratchet & Clank.  Yes, I love this series and I'm not insane.

I enjoyed the first two on PS2 very much.  When they made the design shift for the third/Deadlocked I felt it lost something. How do the new ones hold up in comparison?

I've been replaying the first one recently and it's got some definite charm, like the chatty Gadgetron vendor and the music.  I do find that I miss some of the bits added to the later ones, though.  The Future portion of the series continues the development of the line towards relatively story-heavy play while keeping Deadlock's refined (?) combat.  I'm not in love with most of the weapons in the Future games, unfortunately, but the platforming and combat is great.  It's still funny, too.

Personally I feel that Quest for Booty is even stronger than Tools of Destruction, which is good because the generation-leap problem was very obvious in ToD.  QfB has some great puzzles and atmosphere.  QfB is also damn funny.

[fuser]

For anyone else in Canada. Dell Canada has the Logitech cordless Mediaboard Pro PS3 on for $39.99 +tax (shipping is free).

[Segoris]

How is the wireless keypad compared to the keyboard? If it is a decent accessory I'd much rather have the keypad over a keyboard.

Also, I hear about 3.5" HDD tray adapters so I could use regular desktop HDD instead of the more expensive 2.5" HDD, has anyone tried one they'd recommend?

[Hoax]

If I owned a PS3 and not an XBox 360 (never owned either of them yet), would it still feel like I was missing some of the best games? For a long time as a neutral observer, the 360 seemed like where the best games were. The 360's red ring problems and nickel-and-diming always put me off, as did the PS3's upfront cost, but I might pick one now.

I'm primarily a PC gamer. I already have a Sony Blu-Ray player (came with my Sony HDTV), a Wii and balance board (because I'm fascinated by input device technologies), and a long-dead Xbox 1 (Christmas tree lights problem).

If you've gone this long unless you want to play RPG's, 2d fighters or racing games I'm not sure what the point is.  You have BR which means you can't justify it as a player and as a pc gamer I would expect you to not need shooters.

[schild]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FRTP94?ie=UTF8&tag=f13-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001FRTP94

PS3 is the deal of the day (80GB @ $350). There's 3 editions on the page, click the one that just says 80GB.

[Hawkbit]

Dammit I don't quite have the cash for it.  Thanks for the link though.

I wonder if this means they're clearing them out for a new bundle like Target and Walmart are getting. Or clearing for an announcement.

[AutomaticZen]

The PS3 I purchased off Ebay, pulled out the hard drive, popped in a 500GB (it's what I had lying around), hooked it up, and went to the races.  Watched a bit of Casino Royale on Blu-Ray (pretty!), played some Uncharted (pretty and fun!), and downloaded some stuff from the Playstatino Store.

I think I prefer the Xbox Live Marketplace overall, but I dig spending real money instead of fucking around with Microsoft points.  Plus my girlfriend just about died being able to get FF7 on her PSP.

Only thing I'm not feeling is demo installation.  I downloaded something, and I can't do much with it without an install, so why doesn't it just do it automatically?  I'm assuming that while Microsofts demos and such are straight executables, the PSN stuff is archived in some fashion?  It just seems like a weird extra step.

After Uncharted, I'm probably going after Infamous next.  BlazBlue/KOF will probably be for 360, since I already picked up the FightPad for SF4, and there can't be that much difference between the two revs.

[Yegolev]

Only thing I'm not feeling is demo installation.  I downloaded something, and I can't do much with it without an install, so why doesn't it just do it automatically?  I'm assuming that while Microsofts demos and such are straight executables, the PSN stuff is archived in some fashion?  It just seems like a weird extra step.

I agree, this bothers me a tiny bit, but really the fact that I can use actual money instead of abstract points really takes care of most of my gripes.  Also I can't seem to remove an expired credit card from my XBLive config, which is something I have to pay attention to every time I add points, so PSN++.  Buying things on PSN is so easy that I have to remember to SLOW DOWN and see if that LBP costume is also part of a bundle which might save me a dollar or two.  I also like the Add To Cart bit for when I'm buying a lot of little things.

I really wish that I had had the patience or foresight at the time to replace my PS3 disk immediately.  Good job.

[Oz]

i found a way to avoid the double install hassle of the PSN.  que everything you want to download from store late at night.  then go to far right and choose "shut down" and check the little box for it to shut down after it installs.  go to bed. 

[Yegolev]

Neat.

[Azazel]

Is there a way/workaround so that you can use PS2 controllers on the PS3?

[Yegolev]

Is there a way/workaround so that you can use PS2 controllers on the PS3?

No sir.

[Hoax]

Apparently there is no way to get the ps3 controllers to work w/ vista64 or any 3rd party controllers that suck less. I'm looking at you L2 and R2 you fuckers.

[Hawkbit]

Expect a price drop in 31 days because I just got mine today!  What a smooth system.  Makes my little Wii look so lonely next to it. 

My 4yr old immediately took to the controller, had her little Sackboy jumping all around and changing it's colors.  That's something she simply couldn't do on the Wii.  The Wii controller setup isn't intuitive enough. 

Picked up:

LBP
Ratchet and Clank: Tools of something or other
Oblivion (because it crashed all the time on my PC)
InFamous
SW: Force Unleashed

Really stoked.

[Velorath]

Expect a price drop in 31 days because I just got mine today! 

That would make Activision happy since they threatened to pull PS3 support if there isn't a price drop soon.

[Tale]

If I owned a PS3 and not an XBox 360 (never owned either of them yet), would it still feel like I was missing some of the best games? For a long time as a neutral observer, the 360 seemed like where the best games were. The 360's red ring problems and nickel-and-diming always put me off, as did the PS3's upfront cost, but I might pick one now.

I'm primarily a PC gamer. I already have a Sony Blu-Ray player (came with my Sony HDTV), a Wii and balance board (because I'm fascinated by input device technologies), and a long-dead Xbox 1 (Christmas tree lights problem).

If you've gone this long unless you want to play RPG's, 2d fighters or racing games I'm not sure what the point is.  You have BR which means you can't justify it as a player and as a pc gamer I would expect you to not need shooters.

I think you're right. I just have to be patient for PC release dates and ultimately I can play everything with what I've already got.

[schild]

Expect a price drop in 31 days because I just got mine today!

That would make Activision happy since they threatened to pull PS3 support if there isn't a price drop soon.

Kotick is such a tool.

Not that it matters, their products are on par with EA's bad days now.

[Velorath]

Expect a price drop in 31 days because I just got mine today!

That would make Activision happy since they threatened to pull PS3 support if there isn't a price drop soon.

Kotick is such a tool.

Not that it matters, their products are on par with EA's bad days now.

Of course they do have what's probably the biggest selling non-Nintendo franchise of this gen.

[Azazel]

hm... what's the PS3 selling for in the US? $400?
If they sold it here in Aust for that equivalent, it'd be under (or about) AU$490-$500 and I'd be much more likely to buy one.

Instead they insist on keeping the RRP sky-high at AU$690-700. Or in your money, that's US$570.

So I continue to not own a PS3.

[naum]

Activision’s Kotick: ‘We May Not Make Games For The PS3 Next Year’

“It’s expensive to develop for the console, and the Wii and the Xbox are just selling better,” Kotick told the Times Online. “Games generate a better return on invested capital on the Xbox than on the PlayStation.” Publishers typically plan game release schedules roughly one to two years in advance—and Kotick said Activision was thinking hard about whether to release games for the PS3 and the handheld PSP in 2010 and 2011. That would mean no future iterations of the best-selling Guitar Hero or Call of Duty franchises for PS3 owners—which could spark a downward spiral of even fewer console sales for Sony. (As for other publishers following suit, that could go either way. Rivals could choose to cut their losses, or spotlight the fact that they still put out PS3 games as a value proposition).