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10/20/09
*shudders
No, just because i own a PS3 does not mean i'm apart of a Playstation "family". It really irritates me that he uses that phrase, sounds like you're apart of some weird cult.
Please Tretton - no more cringy idioms. #npd
10/20/09
People people people, calm down, Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo dont give a shit about your rants. your not doing them proud or anything like that.
Here's an idea, If you know that an article on Sony will get you mad and you'll absolutely have to fanboy out, dont click the link. #npd
10/20/09
It’s inherently valueless dick-waving, and doesn’t deserve to be legitimized. So don’t. Just consider what’s motivating it and ignore it. You’ll save yourself a headache.
That said, not every post you disagree with was written by a fan-boy. The trick is to look for the tell-tale signs. Did the author fail to elaborate on his opinions? Did he appear to parrot other people’s sentiments instead of adding anything substantial to the discussion? Did he resort to using hyperbole to make his point? If the answer to any of those questions is yes, then you’re probably dealing with a fan-boy. If not, then chances are good that you’re dealing with someone who has a genuine grievance. It happens. #npd
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White Knights and Promises,
A Slim for luck and Square's on it's way,
And yes, we've just beguuuu-huh-unnnnn..
Sharing the cross-chat that is new to us,
Watching that "Signs" on the Blu-Ray,
Talking together on a Bluetooth --- us.. (shut up)
Working to harvest Souls todayyyyy...
Together... #npd
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So I'm clear, I have a PC, 360, and DS.
360 and PC get most of my gaming time, which has become little as of late.
I hope to purchase a PS3 in the future.
All this console war stuff between fanboys are idiotic.
When Wii does well, it means PS3 and 360 must do better. When 360 does well, it means PS3 and Wii need to do better. When PS3 does better, it means 360 and Wii need to do better.
This is healthy and fantastic for gamers, because then we come out on top with FUN games like Uncharted, Little Big Planet, Metal Gear Solid, Left 4 Dead, Mass Effect, Fable, Grand Theft Auto, and on and on and on.
I hope the PS3 continues its success, because then the other consoles have to think fast and do something better.
That's just me. Be safe all! #npd
10/19/09
I wish the cross-platform titles had better ports on the PS3, but with the former PS3 user base they didn't have to care as much.
The rise in sales means a potential rise in quality of ports, and I applaud that. #npd
10/19/09
"Sir,... The NPD numbers."
"Ah, ahead as usual I suppose? Another round of glorious triumph over our rival, eh?"
"Uh... Not quite sir."
*Reads NPD results*
"... You shall be flogged."
"But, sir!"
"THE XBOX SHALT NEVER BE OUTSOLD BY THE PS3 THIS YEAR, NOR THIS GENERATION!"
[kotaku.com] #npd
10/19/09
And wtf is he on about best time for Playstation? It might be the best time for PS3, but far from the best time for Playstation. That said Uncharted 2 is the best game of this year and definitely one of the best this generation. #npd
10/19/09
Until the Japanese buy 360's in a consistent basis and outsell PS3. It will not happen. That market will hold down their total worldwide numbers. #npd
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Oh I am too, trust me! Can't friggin' wait! Looks awesome.
It's a marriage of LBP and Mario Kart! #npd
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But want some sackboy integration, that'd be awesome. #npd
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On even numbered consoles the games they make become more divisive and better/worse as the numbers of sequels increase. Ex. Jak and Daxter series.
If I am correct, Uncharted 3 will arrive upon a golden chariot ushered in by Heaven's Choir supported by a Funkalicious Jazz Ensemble of the greatest musicians in history while women boogie down in the streets and PlayStation 3s achieve enlightenment all at once defeating the evil lord Drazdak of Cyprus 10-119 Stariduso freeing the Quelpers from their thousand year old enslavement. #npd
10/19/09
this is why borderlands is my most anticipated of the year, and fallout 3 was last year's, and mass effect 2 next year - games where YOU build up the character you see fit and progress based on what you've done. these are highly complex games with lots of thought and choice trees integrated.
cinematic games are what i consider the ones for the casual crowd, the ones who want games to be movies, to slowly go toward non-interactive entertainment with you as the puppeteer following a set of instructions, as opposed to people like me who've always played games to be as far away from movies as possible - nerdy as possible.
i'm not saying uncharted 2 is a bad game, just one i found boring and predictable with that cynical feeling i get when i'm about to go out with friends to see a movie. i'm getting mightily jonesy for next week's release of borderlands. #npd
10/19/09
Sure, U2 is super linear, and frankly not the most immersive game ever, but as an entertainment a game that you play, and people next to you watch, it just doesn't get any better than this. #npd
10/20/09
Personally, I'd like it if Drake responded a little less. I'm a bit tired of all of his grunts and groans and one-liners. They've even got him saying "Bring it!" like Marcus in Gears of War. I cringed the first time I heard that. #npd
10/19/09
By so far removing features constantly from the original 60gig model that launched.
At least the 360 added an HDMI port, PS3 has taken away feature after feature with each version to come out.
(and the HDMI port thing is in jest) #npd
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It may piss you off, but it was a smart business move. #npd
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I can use an Xbox 360 controller (or any other controller that they make adapters for) on the PS3. I can plug any keyboard or mouse into the PS3. WiFi is right there in the box. Anything that plugs in through USB or Bluetooth will work. I can use any laptop hard-drive to expand my memory instead of only buying overpriced Sony-branded hard-drives.
I mean, c'mon. For $300, you are getting a huge f'en deal.
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You know Sony made an error in the get go for having those features. Which explained some of the higher cost. Now that the thing is affordable, you are complaining about the lost features. PS3 is rising out of the sales hole is a miracle which shows the strength of the PlayStation brand. Any less company than Sony would have folded like 3DO. #npd
10/19/09
I didnt comment on the price, or what you still get with the PS3. I own an 80gig with semi-BC and I love it.
Im complaining on how sony has constantly taken away features, features that maybe not to everyone but to some people.
My PS2 is packed away because I use the PS3 for BC. Alot of these features that sony skimmed off the console to save some money are useful to people.
Im not comparing it to X360 and what strenghts each has, or we could be here all day. My comment is that apart from getting slimmer, the PS3 has been losing features left and right, all so sony dosn't hemmorage more money on the system. #npd
10/19/09
So yeah, Sony has been consistently taking features away, but you have to think about how many they started with. When they offered a fully featured system people bitched about the price and not needing all the features included. So what were they supposed to do? Sure, BC probably wasn't the best feature to cut, but Sony had to do something to make the system sell-able to people who were ignorant of the features or those who didn't want the features.
But even after all the cuts the PS3 arguably has more features than their competition (depending on what you classify as a feature of each system). If anything, the PS3 was overstuffed from the start. #npd
10/19/09
Indeed, being crammed full of features was what made it take so long for me to buy a PS3. If I had bought one earlier I would have paid a lot more for features that I either didn't want, didn't need or would never use.
I'm a man of simple pleasures, if I can buy a console that plays games, that'll be enough for me. The other features are really just bonuses and most I don't consider paying extra for because I will never use.
They stripped out features, reduced the price and all of a sudden they had the machine I was looking for.
For reference, I own a PS3 slim and a launch 360 pro. #npd
10/19/09
...they did a hardware-revision, so maintaining the interfaces for a linux-port would've taken time and cost money. Reducing the amount of components in the ps3 the first time no doubt made it less complex/cheaper to build also. #npd
10/20/09
i dont think anybody is crying about it because all the linux geeks already have a ps3 that supports it and its easy to pick one up now.
i wonder if sony will support ppl in the future for putting OS's onto it though, as we know there are some people/uni's that have PS3 clusters for doing numbercrunching, i wonder if this means they cant do that anymore or if sony will work with them to help them achieve it with slim #npd
10/20/09
*shrug* the fat versions still are useful, and the "blades" can still be used. And usually the real application for it is simply to test your code in real scenarios very cheaply and on your own - but there's nothing stopping you from running a virtualised environment on a PC or something like that. Which is more or less what you need to see how the code behaves, and learn how to best exploit that type of parallelism, and understand the abstraction you need at the different stages, and so on.
And I doubt that IBM really would want to start sharing their bus-tech with the public :) #npd
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With GT5, GoW3, and all their other stuff due out, next year is gonna be fine. Especially as more JRPG developers begin to fall in line behind the system after FFXIII lights up the charts in Japan.
10/19/09
@Archaotic: Just be aware, some people find these fashionable. #npd
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If they decide to go for the high-end pricing model again next gen, they deserve to go broke and die out.
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The big three have been trying for years to get your console to be the center of your home entertainment experience. With widespread broadband penetration and the consumer money that's been pouring into Live, PSN, and the Virtual Console this generation of consoles has finally brought that vision to bear.
If you start to think of your console as less of a gaming machine and more of a distribution platform and you'll be onto what Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo have been scheming to do for some time.
10/19/09
Do I really have to pull list wars here? I mean, seriously. 2009 has probably been the PS3's best year, period, when it comes to exclusive releases. Not to mention multiplatform stuff like Batman. #npd
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The next gen of systems will be the truly interesting one though. I'm sure all 3 will continue on the path of motion controls (much to my chagrin), but Nintendo seems like they'll need the freshest plan as motion controls have been their thing for pretty much this whole generation. If Microsoft and Sony really push Natal and the wands, Nintendo may lose a lot of their potential userbase for the next gen of systems. #npd
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..any "serious" gaming news outlet?
Seriously, though - at least there's no doubt about where this stuff is coming from, or who is saying it, or in relation to what.
Going by the usual standards, this is... oh.. high quality journalism. #npd
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10/20/09
And relaying information from official spokespeople are by definition unbiased news?
Bah. The way you do this is explaining context. Carefully, truthfully, factually - and then let that contrast with the statement. (By holy Ford). #npd
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They are making more. There is an ATLUS article about it on Kotaku. #npd
10/19/09
I hope so.
Their current line up for PS3 is looking very positive, with me looking forward to God of War 3, Gran Turismo 5, Final Fantasy 13, MAG (eh), Ratchet and Clank (YAY), and Uncharted 2 already sweeping sales.
Not to mention the multiplats Assassin's Creed, MW2, and some others.
10/19/09
10/19/09
Sweeet.
I swear if ModNation Racers gets a PSP port ima have to go buy another one to replace my broke one (unless someone knows someone who could repair a broken backlight fuse?) I got soo many to catch up on, all the way back to GoW: CoO. #npd