Sony E3 conference

[Tomasz Bania]

Their playing the song from the CDXII Video!

[Joe Matt]

lol, for anyone who wants the link.....

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/event_...?event=e3_2006

it's starting really late!

[Tomasz Bania]

Originally Posted by Joe Matt

lol, for anyone who wants the link.....

gamespot.com/pages/event_popup/index.php?event=e3_2006

it's starting really late!

Hour late to be exact.
Look at the thread to it. 35 posts from me in 10 minutes, a record.

Micro3000 is the sn on gamespot

[Tomasz Bania]

no reply's, don't care or are you guys watching it?

[Joe Matt]

Why is this in the general forum anyway?

[d.courtney]

Its great (and now we don't have the boomarang)

[Joe Matt]

Motion controller - Wii rip off
$500s is the CHEAPEST you can get one.
November release

[Tomasz Bania]

I'm fine with all of it, but I have to stop pulling off 1000 dollar cell phone bills for each of my cellphones.

[d.courtney]

did anyone see that eye-toy demo? ... wouldn't it be great if we had the power to recognize that well with our bots camera ... but that wont be for years

[Ryan Dognaux]

$500 USD for the basic version, $600 USD for the premium stuff. They really made it seem like the $100 more was just for 40GB of additional storage, but the $500 version will not include WiFi, a card reader, and HDMI output.

But Sony is innovative right? Sure, let's take a look at the new controllers:

Oh wait! Those are the same controllers, just wireless and with new sensing technology that they obviously came up with first, right? OH WAIT, Nintendo had already stated that their controllers would sense tilt and yaw.

All in all, a great job by Sony for ripping off other company's ideas and the customer's wallets.

I will not be purchasing this console. Infact, by the time this console is released, it's a great possibility that you'll be able to purchase both an Xbox360 and a Nintendo Wii with that amount of money.

[Tomasz Bania]

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

$500 USD for the basic version, $600 USD for the premium stuff. They really made it seem like the $100 more was just for 40GB of additional storage, but the $500 version will not include WiFi, a card reader, and HDMI output.

But Sony is innovative right? Sure, let's take a look at the new controllers:

Oh wait! Those are the same controllers, just wireless and with new sensing technology that they obviously came up with first, right? OH WAIT, Nintendo had already stated that their controllers would sense tilt and yaw.

All in all, a great job by Sony for ripping off other company's ideas and the customer's wallets.

I will not be purchasing this console.

I found this out after I left an ps3 party.

[Matt Royek]

The fact of the matter is, Sony has been ripping off other people's tech for a good long while now, and it probably wouldn't be this way had it not been for Nintendo stabbing them in the back.

Back in the Super Nintendo days, Nintendo was going to make a Compact Disc attachment to the SNES in order to give it some new functionality, etc. etc. So, they were torn between Sony and Phillips to make this new CD attachment. Sony was confident that Nintendo would pick them, and they even had an unofficial agreement. But, come CES time (E3 was a dream then), Nintendo announced that Phillips would be the one to manufacture it.

In the end, Phillips never came through, and the big N never got it's attachment. If you look at a SNES, on the bottom is the little port that would fit it.

Phillips and Sony went on to make their own forays into the gaming market. Phillips came out with the notorious CD-I system (famous for being a huge technological and marketing disappointment.)

What did Sony come out with? Badabingbadaboom, you have the Sony Playstation in 1995.

But let's look at it this way, the PS3. WOW! No actual game footage. Just CGI movies. WOW! A complete and utter ripoff of the Wii and X360 controllers! WOW! A complete and total ripoff of the Xbox Live architecture! Isn't that so innovative? Not.

That's about my two cents of it, take it or leave it.

[Morgan Gillespie]

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

GASP Sony using the controller design of a past console? Yet just modifying it slightly? No Sony would never ever do that.

For reference:
PS1 Controller

PS2 Controller

[Ryan Dognaux]

Originally Posted by Mercury Rising

GASP Sony using the controller design of a past console? Yet just modifying it slightly? No Sony would never ever do that.

For reference:
PS1 Controller

PS2 Controller

I was expecting something more when the original concept was released:

But no, Sony is sticking to what they know works. And I hope it bites them where it hurts - their sales.

[KTorak]

I probably wont get a PS3. I own a PS2...but never use it. The only console I'd but, and am considering buying in the future is an XBox360. It seems like a nice system, but i'm waiting for it to be a bit cheaper (prolly get slashed on the next new competitor release). I also have a few other things to pay for before then.

As for the Wii...ehhh. Revolution was a much better name imo. But i've never been a big Nintendo fan anyways.