Play Station 3 pictures

[HaZe303]

I'd rather have a PS3 than a $600 graphic card. Come'on, one complete playable system vs one component!!!

That i can agree with. But i already have a xbox360. Why should i buy a ps3?? Most games come out to both systems anyway?? And the ones that are exclusive arent really that great for ps3, and many will come to the 360 aswell but little later. One example was Assassins Creed, was supposed to be ps3 exclusive, now its coming to x360 too, and the Dev´s say the 360 version will have much better/real NPC AI. So for me the 360 is the best of the two. Sure blueray is great (i think?), but i never use 360 for watching movies, even if it did have a more silent dvd player. Im gonna buy a real Bray or hd-dvd player to watch movies on. So the BlueRay isnt such a big selling point for me. For me its all about the games, and availability.

 

[devinXkillyou]

is it just me or does the PS3 font look strangely similar to the "Spiderman" font?

PS3

Spiderman 2

 

[Jimmy 2004]

The only good thing about a console is that you know for sure that the game you are purchasing will work on it 100% and to its full capability, unlike PC games. And you dont have to upgrade a console every couple of months (LOL) but admittedly you do have to buy a newer (next-gen) console every couple of years so you dont get laughed at

(PS this is coming from someone that owned a good gaming PC and misses it very much but the 360 will do for now )

The bad thing about console games is the bug aren't ever fixed! (or is this changing with new gen consoles).

What's wrong with your PC by the way?

 

[HookeyStreet]

is it just me or does the PS3 font look strangely similar to the "Spiderman" font?

PS3

Spiderman 2

I thought the same thing when I saw the 1st pics a few months ago LOL Great minds think alike they say

 

[HookeyStreet]

The bad thing about console games is the bug aren't ever fixed! (or is this changing with new gen consoles).

What's wrong with your PC by the way?

I sold my gaming rig coz I wasnt gettting time to play it (amongst other reasons out of my control) So Im stuck with this internet only piece of shite atm

And to answer your question I think with things like XBOX LIVE some creases can be ironed out in buggy games with a downloadable update (which is great if your on XBOX LIVE) But I dont think it wont be too long before you can just pop onto an official site and download an update, burn it to a CDR / DVDR and update via that

For example, you can download a disc from Micro$hafts official XBOX site that allows you to play more XBOX 1.0 games on your 360

 

[muon]

Arent PC games far cheaper?

Well thats what i find in the UK. For example, pro evo 6 costs £35 on the 360 while only £18 on the pc. SO thats like a £170 over 10 games.

If you take MSRP/RRP prices its £50 and £30. £200 over 10 games, or half the price of an 8800gtx.

Also, some people get their games for free for the PC.

 

[Dippyskoodlez]

I bet there's even a PSOne proc somewhere among all those chips as well, this way PSOne and PS2 emulation will be handled on hardware instead of the software emulation MS uses for the 360.

I highly doubt they would integrate a PS2 CPU into this system, essentially becoming a hybrid console. Not only would this add a boatload of extra cost to the already overwhelming BOM, but its completely unnecessary.

ePSXe has been able to almost perfectly emulate just about any PSX game on rather simple pc hardware....

I'd imagine this system has plenty of horse power to get a decently programmed emulator for any hardware capabilities its lacking from the PSone/2 ages...

 

[HookeyStreet]

Arent PC games far cheaper?

Well thats what i find in the UK. For example, pro evo 6 costs £35 on the 360 while only £18 on the pc. SO thats like a £170 over 10 games.

If you take MSRP/RRP prices its £50 and £30. £200 over 10 games, or half the price of an 8800gtx.

Also, some people get their games for free for the PC.

Some people get they games for free on the 360

 

[HookeyStreet]

I highly doubt they would integrate a PS2 CPU into this system, essentially becoming a hybrid console. Not only would this add a boatload of extra cost to the already overwhelming BOM, but its completely unnecessary.

ePSXe has been able to almost perfectly emulate just about any PSX game on rather simple pc hardware....

I'd imagine this system has plenty of horse power to get a decently programmed emulator for any hardware capabilities its lacking from the PSone/2 ages...

Theyve actually installed the 'emotion' engine in the PS3 to allow backwards compatibility with PS2 games.

 

[15th Warlock]

I highly doubt they would integrate a PS2 CPU into this system, essentially becoming a hybrid console. Not only would this add a boatload of extra cost to the already overwhelming BOM, but its completely unnecessary.

It has a PS2 EE+GS chip on board:

About the PSOne, the PS2 also has a PSOne processor on board, it uses it for hardware emulation of PSOne games and as a I/O proc for the PS2. By now, these procs must be very cheap to manufacture for Sony with their manufacturing process having matured for so many years and yields of both procs being very high.

Software emulation will never be the same as hardware emulation, ask 360 owners if you don't believe me, not all Xbox games can be played on a 360, as MS adds software emulation from time to time for previously released titles, not the complete Xbox library is available, only the most popular titles are emulated.

MS would have loved to have added hardware emulation of the Xbox to the 360 design, but they couldn't afford to keep paying royalties to both Intel and nVidia for the processors used on the original Xbox, that's why they hired IBM and Ati to design proprietary procs for the 360, designs MS own and can use as they please in future console generations.

Sony never had this problem as they own the designs of both the PSOne procs and the PS2 procs.

 

[hv43082]

That i can agree with. But i already have a xbox360. Why should i buy a ps3?? Most games come out to both systems anyway?? And the ones that are exclusive arent really that great for ps3, and many will come to the 360 aswell but little later. One example was Assassins Creed, was supposed to be ps3 exclusive, now its coming to x360 too, and the Dev´s say the 360 version will have much better/real NPC AI. So for me the 360 is the best of the two. Sure blueray is great (i think?), but i never use 360 for watching movies, even if it did have a more silent dvd player. Im gonna buy a real Bray or hd-dvd player to watch movies on. So the BlueRay isnt such a big selling point for me. For me its all about the games, and availability.

Oh yeah, I agree. All I am saying is that a $600 video card is a little wasteful if you already had a decent GPU. Now if whoever buy this card and do not even have at least a 24" LCD, you are definitely not getting the most out of your card.

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

Yeah, for some reason I still see kids running Dual X1950's or SLI 7900GTX's but their monitor is a 17" running 1280x1024...now THAT's a waste IMO.

 

[hv43082]

Yeah, for some reason I still see kids running Dual X1950's or SLI 7900GTX's but their monitor is a 17" running 1280x1024...now THAT's a waste IMO.

Exactly!!!

 

[HookeyStreet]

Yeah, for some reason I still see kids running Dual X1950's or SLI 7900GTX's but their monitor is a 17" running 1280x1024...now THAT's a waste IMO.

Yeah its pathetic m8! I cant believe how many people are selling their lovely new 7900/7950 cards just to get the 8800!

 

[Batou1986]

Yeah, for some reason I still see kids running Dual X1950's or SLI 7900GTX's but their monitor is a 17" running 1280x1024...now THAT's a waste IMO.

if you happen to find one of these ppl please pimp slap them and give me there cards cause 1 x850xt agp ain't cutin it for 1680x1050 in fear

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

I only play on a 17", so IMO my X800XL will do until the Mid-Range DX10 cards come out mid 2007, that's when I'll upgrade, and maybe go w/ an Opteron 165. But I think my system will do OK for now, being able to run most games at 1280x1024, no need for an 8800 at all.

But anyways, let's get back tp the PlayStation 3!

 

[Dippyskoodlez]

I only play on a 17", so IMO my X800XL will do until the Mid-Range DX10 cards come out mid 2007, that's when I'll upgrade, and maybe go w/ an Opteron 165. But I think my system will do OK for now, being able to run most games at 1280x1024, no need for an 8800 at all.

But anyways, let's get back tp the PlayStation 3!

My x850xt plays all my games at 1600x1200 man, an x800 series at 1280x1024 will last another 3 years!

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

Are you sure about that?

But upcoming things to get:
1) Wii for Christmas
2) Mid-Range DirectX 10
3) Maybe a Dual-Core for future?

 

[Jimmy 2004]

Are you sure about that?

But upcoming things to get:
1) Wii for Christmas
2) Mid-Range DirectX 10
3) Maybe a Dual-Core for future?

Wow... it's like you're reading my mind!

I'm definately thinking the same way as that and I'm sure most people agree with 2 and 3 at least.

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

Yeah, I don't have a Dual-Core, so that will be something to get next year, and I don't need a high-end DirectX10 card (since only 1280x1024) so Mid-Range DirectX10 next year...

You have a pretty similar setup as me, Athlon 64 Single-Core (So Dual for future) and X800 card w/ only 17" Monitor (so mid-range DX10 later), not sure about your choice on a console though.

 

[Dippyskoodlez]

Are you sure about that?

Well lets see..

Large LCD with 1600x1200 native... X850xt....

*looks at game settings*

Yep, all my games play at 1600x1200.

 

[Jimmy 2004]

Yeah, I don't have a Dual-Core, so that will be something to get next year, and I don't need a high-end DirectX10 card (since only 1280x1024) so Mid-Range DirectX10 next year...

You have a pretty similar setup as me, Athlon 64 Single-Core (So Dual for future) and X800 card w/ only 17" Monitor (so mid-range DX10 later), not sure about your choice on a console though.

I'm a Wii fan too.