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| JBDreamerie |
been trying to look for information on it, and wanted to open the discussion to see what you other gamers thought about it.
couple things i heard, but have no proof of right or wrong:
will have dvd burner
will have tivo capability
will be around 500 bucks
will be able to play PS2 games
will be available some time in spring
i think the second to last one is one of the biggest things that i'm looking for. and even if it could play PS1 games, i think it'd be pretty tight. i spent a lot of money on games for the PS2, which are great, and i'd love to play them again, but i don't want to keep a PS2 just to do that, know what i mean?
assuming there will be a load of games the way there were for PS1 and PS2, i think it's going to be a great buy, especially with those first two points.
looking at the 360 graphics makes me just think, ok, well done, but i know PS3 is going to have equally if not better graphics (looking at some of teh previews for MGS)
thoughts? |
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| Fundamental |
| quote: | Originally posted by JBDreamerie
couple things i heard, but have no proof of right or wrong:
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Ok, here's the answers to your questions to the best of my current knowledge (so please don't take this as gospel)...
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will have dvd burner
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No. The Blu-Ray drive will be read-only.
| quote: | Originally posted by JBDreamerie
will have tivo capability
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No.
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will be around 500 bucks
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Yeah, and it may well be more than that. There's a lot of expensive new technologies in this console, so it just depends how much of a loss on each console Sony are willing to take.
| quote: | Originally posted by JBDreamerie
will be able to play PS2 games
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Yes! Sony's back catalogue of games is massive now, so they would be foolish to ignore this. I still play my PS1 games on my PS2, and I'll probably be giving them a try on my PS3 one day. :D
| quote: | Originally posted by JBDreamerie
will be available some time in spring
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Maybe Spring 2007! There hasn't even been a playable version of the console shown yet, and so many aspects of the machine still remain unconfirmed. I'd expect Sony to squeeze the release in just before Christmas this year.
| quote: | Originally posted by JBDreamerie
assuming there will be a load of games the way there were for PS1 and PS2, i think it's going to be a great buy, especially with those first two points.
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Apparently Sony have more third-party support from publishers this time around, which can only lead to even more games. PS2 was notoriously taxing to develop for and many developers struggled at first, but after seeing early PS3 tech demos I think it's safe to say developers should have that much of a problem this time.
| quote: | Originally posted by JBDreamerie
looking at the 360 graphics makes me just think, ok, well done, but i know PS3 is going to have equally if not better graphics (looking at some of teh previews for MGS)
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I think it's a foregone conclusion that PS3 will outperform the 360 graphically. The bottom line is that PS3's innards are more powerful. This doesn't mean the end of the console war though. If we look back at the release of the 6th-gen consoles, Sony had the advantage of the headstart (which Microsoft have now), while the X-Box was technically superior (which the PS3 will be).
The PS2 holds the record for the fasting selling video games console ever, and I'd would expect many PS2 users to eventually make the jump to PS3.
I hope this is of some help. :) |
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| JBDreamerie |
actually, that helps a lot; i won't take it as gospel, because seriously, how badass would it be to have a dvd burner and tivo capability on the PS3?!!? wishful thinking i guess...
anyways, yea, the spring release date does seem very iffy, and sony continues to say that they guarantee they'll have it out, but it just doesn't seem that way.
i agree with what you said, it'll probably be released like the xbox was this year |
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| TeKnoHe@d2025 |
| I want to know if the DVD player will be able to upconvert DVDs to 1080p. I haven't read or heard much about the DVD player yet. |
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| SuspicionVandit |
| i don't really understand the i and p in 1080, but sony developers have said that Xbox360 can only utilize the worser of the two. PS3 will use the better of the two |
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| Magnus |
| quote: | Originally posted by SuspicionVandit
i don't really understand the i and p in 1080, but sony developers have said that Xbox360 can only utilize the worser of the two. PS3 will use the better of the two |
I = Interlaced, the worse of the two. This means every other line is drawn on the screen.
P = Progressive, the best of the two. This means every line is drawn on the screen so you are seeing twice the lines as interlaced. |
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| Candeeman |
| quote: | Originally posted by SuspicionVandit
i don't really understand the i and p in 1080, but sony developers have said that Xbox360 can only utilize the worser of the two. PS3 will use the better of the two |
yep |
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