MacWeirdo42 wrote:I really like that plan. Hell, you could even buy some backup controllers for when your buddies drunkenly fling the controllers across the room in a desperate attempt to hit the darn tennis ball or whatever it was they were doing at the time the controller went flying out of their hand.
(Oh the fun, this Wii will be the talk of the world for years to come..)
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3086&Itemid=2
A lot of people seem skeptical that the license thing is true. If it is, and Sony does intend to tie games to the system, well goodbye Sony. I'm sorry but that is the most moronic idea ever. You wouldn't even be able to rent games. Don't like a game? Too freaking bad. You now own a coaster.
So I'm *hoping* Sony is not that freaking stupid. Then again, you all read the thing I quoted at the top of this post :P
MacWeirdo42 wrote:I really like that plan. Hell, you could even buy some backup controllers for when your buddies drunkenly fling the controllers across the room in a desperate attempt to hit the darn tennis ball or whatever it was they were doing at the time the controller went flying out of their hand.Oh shit, you just made me realize a whole new market: video drinking games - games that use the motion sensor and are built on how hard it gets to coordinate your movements, and the screen commands player x to drink a shot!
EDIT: Drunken karaoke functionality would totally clinch it.
mikeron wrote:Oh shit, you just made me realize a whole new market: video drinking games - games that use the motion sensor and are built on how hard it gets to coordinate your movements, and the screen commands player x to drink a shot!Thats all we need is The Guy Game 2 on Wii.
About this PS3 used game stuff, isn't this old news? I seem to recall hearing this last year around this time.
The rumor last year was about tying it into the console. This is about owning a 'license' to the game, not the actual game, which is far worse.
Well supposively Sony executives have said recently that they are not trying to stop the sale of used games. I guess they realized that was too Hilter to do.
MacWeirdo42 wrote:I really like that plan. Hell, you could even buy some backup controllers for when your buddies drunkenly fling the controllers across the room in a desperate attempt to hit the darn tennis ball or whatever it was they were doing at the time the controller went flying out of their hand.
I was aware of that... On the other hand, I think the odds are fairly good that one of these hypothetical drunken buddies is going to forget to use the wrist strap at some point or another.
All i can say is that it worked for Nintendo DS. It had an abysmal launch title selection, the best game available being a remake of an N64 game. It was quite a few months afterwards that the DS actually started to get a good amount of games for it. Now, it's got an excellent selection of great titles, and i think that's where Nintendo and Sony are going to be split. I can't see the PS3 bringing the kind of diversity to a console marketed at high end gamers, when the only think it will attract for the most part are horrible ports of movies, sports games, and stupid gimmicks like Eye Toy (as i mention eye toy, how the fuck can Sony call the Wiimote a gimmick) just like the ps2
I don't know about SM64DS being the best game at launch or early on, but it was certainly the most well known. And it was a solid game. It had the quality and gem like status few games released on Sony's platforms get.
Everything I can think of to say has been said, but I'll weigh in briefly on the Japanese resale thing... just a quick note, at least. Japanese copyright and resale laws, etc. are not the same as American laws. The resale business in Japan is not nearly as good because every time the game is transferred, you're supposed to pay royalties to the company or something, so it quickly loses it's value to retailers. Whereas in the good old USA, once something is bought, it's bought. At least until Sony blows a hole in the side of their "unsinkable" Playstation divison. PS3 codename: Titanic.
I could see Sony's demise when their system is launched. Bah... I've got $15 for Sony failing big time. Anybody else up for betting?
Don't bet. Just watch. I certainly want to see what happens. If they crash and burn or limp out the starting gate, I wanna see it. In the news again is more news saying the RSX graphics chip isn't ready yet. Currently performing at like half what the Xbox 360's GPU can do. And more importantly the Cell processor chip still offer poor yeilds. I.E. they have no hope of mass production yet.
I'm just amazed how they push it as being so amazing yet it DOESN'T EXIST YET. All games either run on crippled dev kits or PCs. There are no retail models or anything close. Blu-ray is about the only thing we know they can do as it's already done.
But, there's still several months left. It'll be interesting to see.
I don't bet over the internet anymore. I made a bet here on AGN a few years ago, and I forget who it was, but they held me to it for weeks. Or, they tried, anyway. I don't need that again.
I don't think Sony will fail. In reality, I just don't think a complete console failure is possible, not even after all Sony has done to botch the PS3. But I do think that there's a very high possibility that it will end up as #3 in the running, unless they pull some crazy antics with marketing, pricing, hardware, and software. So, everything, really.
{DSG}DarkRaven wrote:I don't bet over the internet anymore. I made a bet here on AGN a few years ago, and I forget who it was, but they held me to it for weeks. Or, they tried, anyway. I don't need that again.
lol it was me
{DSG}DarkRaven wrote:I don't think Sony will fail. In reality, I just don't think a complete console failure is possible, not even after all Sony has done to botch the PS3. But I do think that there's a very high possibility that it will end up as #3 in the running, unless they pull some crazy antics with marketing, pricing, hardware, and software. So, everything, really.
Dreamcast. 😉
But really, you're right. I hope it would fail completely, but it probably wouldn't. It's Nintendo's time in the spotlight and Sony can't do anything to pull them out, even by slapping on that motion sensing thing last-minute. Basically, Nintendo is genuine, Sony pretty much isn't.
Pineconn wrote:Dreamcast. 😉But really, you're right. I hope it would fail completely, but it probably wouldn't. It's Nintendo's time in the spotlight and Sony can't do anything to pull them out, even by slapping on that motion sensing thing last-minute. Basically, Nintendo is genuine, Sony pretty much isn't.
Dreamcast wasn't exactly a failure, Sega was. They basically gambled everything on it being successful. It wasn't, and their company was screwed.
Wrong Warlock, Sega was screwwed before DreamCast. They got alot of bad PR from the Sega 32X and the Saturn didn't do so well. They also had alot of fighting between the USA and Japanese branches. That is a big reason why the 32X flopped as it was Sega of USA's idea. But Sega of Japan didn't support it properly.
Anyways, pretty much Sega had over extended itself sometime after Sega CD. They had so many things they were working on (spending money on) that never amounted to anything. They eventually cut all their projects to focus only on the Sega Saturn and MegaDrive/Genesis core unit. But it was far too late. When DreamCast started out it was doomed. All that could have saved it was a booming success. Anything short just wasn't enough. Then they got hit pretty bad from piracy because of a hole allowing CD-Rs to boot with no modchip what-so-ever.
Mottzilla wrote:Wrong Warlock, Sega was screwwed before DreamCast. They got alot of bad PR from the Sega 32X and the Saturn didn't do so well. They also had alot of fighting between the USA and Japanese branches. That is a big reason why the 32X flopped as it was Sega of USA's idea. But Sega of Japan didn't support it properly.Anyways, pretty much Sega had over extended itself sometime after Sega CD. They had so many things they were working on (spending money on) that never amounted to anything. They eventually cut all their projects to focus only on the Sega Saturn and MegaDrive/Genesis core unit. But it was far too late. When DreamCast started out it was doomed. All that could have saved it was a booming success. Anything short just wasn't enough. Then they got hit pretty bad from piracy because of a hole allowing CD-Rs to boot with no modchip what-so-ever.
I never said they weren't. The problem was, Dreamcast was their last hope to get out of the hole, and it didn't work out.
Put the same system and situation in someone like Nintendo or Sony's hands and they probably would have just shrugged it off, maybe even still made some decent cash off it.