PS3

[fuser]

Do Warhawk or Valkyria Chronicles have a demo?

Valkyria Chronicles *had* a demo on the PSN unsure if its still there.

[stray]

What's cool about Valkyria Chronicles is that you don't need a demo. 

[Teleku]

Thanks for all the help Trippy!

[Azazel]

What's cool about Valkyria Chronicles is that you don't need a demo.  

Because you're sending me a copy for free?   

[Rasix]

The first shooter I tried was Uncharted and I sucked so bad at it I had to melee all the enemies in the very first scene.

Did you ever figure out that just shooting from the hip autoaims? 

[Trippy]

Resistance and the other one (Killzone??) - both FPS and no 3PS option? For some reason I can handle 3rd person console shooters but not FPS.

Both are first-person only (barring where you are controlling vehicles and such).

Do Warhawk or Valkyria Chronicles have a demo?

Yes. The PlayStation Store has a lot of PS3 demos available. They tend to be quite large (usually > 1 GB each), though.

[Trippy]

The first shooter I tried was Uncharted and I sucked so bad at it I had to melee all the enemies in the very first scene.

Did you ever figure out that just shooting from the hip autoaims? 

No I was too busy going "Fuck stop staring at your fucking feet, no fuck it not the sky either!" to notice that when I was first trying it out.

[Azazel]

Both are first-person only (barring where you are controlling vehicles and such).
Yes. The PlayStation Store has a lot of PS3 demos available. They tend to be quite large (usually > 1 GB each), though.

Thank you and thank you. I'll skip the shooters and pick up both demos before popping for the games.

[Mrbloodworth]

PS3 hardware question:

Friend of mine comes over once a week with some movies and or videos on a external hard drive. I had been streaming the nights entertainment from my PC using azures (i could never get that PS3 server program to work...ever.) So, last night we tried to hook up the drive directly as the ps3 is currently running on wireless because i have/do not want to take a cable from the back of my apartment to the front. Anyway.

It did not see the drive. I read it needs to be a fat32 formatted drive to be seen (and of course, its not). SO, we tried a thumb drive, the machine recognized just fine, but said there were no videos present, i assume this is format or codex issue (something i guess the azures  was fixing?). Other than that, I'm not sure whats up/wrong.

Anyone have any experiences reading videos and movies in data form off external drives or thumbs? Tips, considerations, rules of note?

[Riggswolfe]

Ah, then I know why we are opposites.  If I want a game and it is available on PS3 and 360, I get it on PS3 because of the 360 console itself being garbagy.  It's like an outboard motor with advertisements that locks up after long periods of not saving, plus it has Miis on it and doesn't like static IP addresses.  Although it hasn't locked up with Last Remnant for some reason, probably because I can save anywhere.  That game has terrible performance anyway, probably for the best that Squeenix couldn't get Unreal Engine to work on PS3.

The PS3 has been out long enough that I'm hoping the learning curve is mostly done.

To your last point, I still see those kinds of things to this day. Usually, all I buy for the PS3 are its exclusives with rare exceptions where the PS3 gets a better "extra". Like Soul Calibur 4. If I had to have a Star Wars character in my Soul Calibur I much preferred Vader.

As for your main point, I'm one of those weird people who has had zero problems with his 360. I'm an odd statistical anomaly. I got my 360 a couple of months after launch, when they were still new enough that you had to get there early and get in a line to get one. I got the next to last one that day.

[Trippy]

It did not see the drive. I read it needs to be a fat32 formatted drive to be seen (and of course, its not). SO, we tried a thumb drive, the machine recognized just fine, but said there were no videos present, i assume this is format or codex issue (something i guess the azures  was fixing?). Other than that, I'm not sure whats up/wrong.

Anyone have any experiences reading videos and movies in data form off external drives or thumbs? Tips, considerations, rules of note?

Make a directory called "VIDEO" at the root directory. Then put whatever videos in there. You can make subfolders in there if you like as well. There may be issues with the container format and codecs if you try and play them straight from the PS3 rather than streaming it through a media server. H.264/AAC in an MP4 container is the preferred combination but it does support a few other formats:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3_system_software

[Mrbloodworth]

Odd, it says AVI, we had AVI on the thumb, but not in the VIDEO folder. Persnickety thing.

[Trippy]

It supports AVI as a container but it only supports a small subset of the possible codecs that can be within it. Xvid/Divx + MP3 works fine, though.

[Yegolev]

WTF is Fat Princess?

Fat Princess is a download-only, top-down, capture-the-flag multiplayer game.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAhRZVT7P0w

Also, when you get your PS3 connected, go cruising through PSN for a little while.  The 3.00 firmware makes it kinda hard to avoid PSN now, but that's OK because it is very nice.

[Teleku]

So is there anything else I should be aware of other than Fat Princess that isn't on the PS3 recommendation list (why isn't it on btw, heard lots of great things about it)?  List looks pretty solid for all the top games worth playing.

Though I've just noticed that the Playstation section lacks Final Fantasy Tactics.  Where does one submit recommendations for the wiki so that I can fix this horribly horrible over site?

[Yegolev]

So is there anything else I should be aware of other than Fat Princess that isn't on the PS3 recommendation list (why isn't it on btw, heard lots of great things about it)?  List looks pretty solid for all the top games worth playing.

I think the recommendations are very disc-centric, which is why I suggested browsing PSN.

Though I've just noticed that the Playstation section lacks Final Fantasy Tactics.  Where does one submit recommendations for the wiki so that I can fix this horribly horrible over site?

Oversight.  Also, NiX is in charge of the wiki.

[Trippy]

So is there anything else I should be aware of other than Fat Princess that isn't on the PS3 recommendation list (why isn't it on btw, heard lots of great things about it)?  List looks pretty solid for all the top games worth playing.

I think the recommendations are very disc-centric, which is why I suggested browsing PSN.

There's a separate section for PSN recommendations. The recommendations haven't been updated in a while, however, which is why some games from 2009 aren't on it.

[Trippy]

The #10 Top Download on the PlayStation Store at the moment is "Bat Country"

(It's a Rockband song by Avenged Sevenfold)

[Velorath]

What's cool about Valkyria Chronicles is that you don't need a demo. 

Also, Walmart is selling it for $20 (sold out online though, and not sure if this is a permanent price).

[Hawkbit]

What's cool about Valkyria Chronicles is that you don't need a demo. 

Also, Walmart is selling it for $20 (sold out online though, and not sure if this is a permanent price).

Thanks for the tip on that.  It's one that was on my list but couldn't justify the $40 with at least two full price games next month.  Picked it up, but had to wade through gaggles of trailer trash to get there.  Likely would have been better to just pay the $40.  :)  That's only the second thing I've bought in my life at Walmart.

[Segoris]

Also, Walmart is selling it for $20 (sold out online though, and not sure if this is a permanent price).

Thanks for that heads up, there's a few people I wanted to send this to this holiday season so this will be great to order from.

Picked it up, but had to wade through gaggles of trailer trash to get there.  Likely would have been better to just pay the $40.  :)  That's only the second thing I've bought in my life at Walmart.

Walmart Bingo makes those trips much easier to deal with

[Azazel]

Ok then Mr Art snob types, then you find me some good art to use.

Put your mouse clicks where yer mouths are then.  I am open to suggestions.  Constructive ones.  I know, that's HARD and all, but why not try it on for size?  Its amazing what it can accomplish.

How'd you go with that, by the way? You got suggestions from both of us a week or more ago now.

[Teleku]

Dammit!  I was registering my name with PSN, was almost through, then it suddenly said connection to the host timed out.  Had to restart again, but now its saying I can't use my username.  Can't log in with it either, so apparently its now lost in limbo land.  Damn you again Sony!

[ffc]

Dammit!  I was registering my name with PSN, was almost through, then it suddenly said connection to the host timed out.  Had to restart again, but now its saying I can't use my username.  Can't log in with it either, so apparently its now lost in limbo land.  Damn you again Sony!

So you tried registering on your PS3?  I had to stop part way through my registration but I did it on my computer and picked up where I left off without a problem.  Try https://store.playstation.com/login.gvm

[schild]

What's this threads power level sir?

[schild]

[Lounge]

It did not see the drive. I read it needs to be a fat32 formatted drive to be seen (and of course, its not). SO, we tried a thumb drive, the machine recognized just fine, but said there were no videos present, i assume this is format or codex issue (something i guess the azures  was fixing?). Other than that, I'm not sure whats up/wrong.

Anyone have any experiences reading videos and movies in data form off external drives or thumbs? Tips, considerations, rules of note?

Make a directory called "VIDEO" at the root directory. Then put whatever videos in there. You can make subfolders in there if you like as well. There may be issues with the container format and codecs if you try and play them straight from the PS3 rather than streaming it through a media server. H.264/AAC in an MP4 container is the preferred combination but it does support a few other formats:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3_system_software

You can also hit the triangle button with the drive selected on the movies part of the XMB.  There's a show all or something similarly named that will show you everything on the drive and not just what is in the VIDEO folder.

[Azazel]

That makes sense.

[Teleku]

Dammit!  I was registering my name with PSN, was almost through, then it suddenly said connection to the host timed out.  Had to restart again, but now its saying I can't use my username.  Can't log in with it either, so apparently its now lost in limbo land.  Damn you again Sony!

So you tried registering on your PS3?  I had to stop part way through my registration but I did it on my computer and picked up where I left off without a problem.  Try https://store.playstation.com/login.gvm

Thank you, I'm retarded, and didn't even think about them letting you create an account on the internet.  It worked fine when I registered online.  Last time I owned a console, they didn't do all this fancy hooking up to the internet shit  .  Consoles and computers are in completely different worlds in my head still I don't make the connection, though I can see that's now obviously changed.

Really digging the PS3.  PSN is really nice, love the functionality of the system, the built in wireless for everything is great, and graphics look awesome on my HD monitor.  Odd considering how much I was bashing the PS3 when it came out, but now they've finally improved enough to draw me in.  Except, of course, this brand new most updated slim version I bought doesn't play fucking PS2 games, but it wouldn't be Sony if they didn't fuck me somehow.

[Yegolev]

Odd considering how much I was bashing the PS3 when it came out, but now they've finally improved enough to draw me in.

You mean it's cheaper, right?

Except, of course, this brand new most updated slim version I bought doesn't play fucking PS2 games, but it wouldn't be Sony if they didn't fuck me somehow.

/nelsonmuntz

[schild]

Yea, I'm not really sure what he means by changed, since none of that stuff he listed has had a substantial change that he would know about, if at all. Even the PSN changes have been incremental and frankly there wasn't a problem with it at launch.

So, yea, it's cheaper. That's all they changed.

[Yegolev]

They also striped out a lot of shit without adding anything... but I guess that's what he meant: cheaper.

[Cyrrex]

Here's a really stupid question for you guys.  Assuming that converting the power isn't a problem, what is preventing taking a North American PS3 and hooking it up to an HD television in Europe?  Same question for a 360, while we're at it.

I mean, logically I cannot see why resolution would be an issue, because it isn't like we're talking about PAL vs NTSC resolution differences (720p is 720p, no?).  And the region coding (which isn't a problem for the PS3 anyway) would be between the game and the machine, not the machine and the TV.  Or am I way off?

[Teleku]

Sorry, changed was to strong of a word.  I just meant to say that they finally got it at a decent price point (matched with the 120 gig HD), while finally building up a big enough library of games to get me to commit.  There was practically no reason to own one the first couple years with the library they had, especially at the price.  Also, the smaller size is quite nice (old PS3 was god damn huge).

[Quinton]

720p should be 720p the world over.  Not sure about bluray regions though (they're different than DVD regions but I forget how exactly).