Playstation 3 press conference today...

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Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: blurredvision

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: blurredvision
This is exciting stuff, waiting for some more info. This is how Microsoft should've done it.

Are you talking about the console or the presentation?

MS still has their E3 presentation coming up.

The presentation. The best way to keep the hype up is to withhold info for as long as possible. MS just kind of threw everything out there. While not necessarily a bad thing, with the XBOX 360, everyone kind of saw everything on the internet before the big MTV showing. It was anti-climatic. This, however, you don't know ANYTHING about the PS3, and you know the info is slowly trickling in.

Just two different forms of marketing trying to lead up to the same effect. I thought the Xbox360 marketing with ourcolony.net and the other leaks was effective as it had people constantly talking about it.

Yep. Plus, they appealed/presented it to a much wider audience to begin with. Not a bunch of horny internet geeks jacking off to ps3pwnzall.com blog updates.

The ourcolony.net wasn't as effective as it could've been, though. When they finally showed the first little snippet of the console, there were already a couple of different leaked pics of the console. So from there on out, the whole ARG was useless. Whether or not they showed to a wider audience to begin with, the PS3 is creating more buzz than Microsoft did last week, which I think is a good thing. Nonetheless, I was not disappointed with the XBOX 360, and am currently saying the same about the PS3 so far.

 

[jabamayne]

Hey, guys...its the REAL DEAL..I just got off the phone with my friend over at Sony down at the press conference... I SWARE they are legit!

 

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Originally posted by: jabamayne
Hey, guys...its the REAL DEAL..I just got off the phone with my friend over at Sony down at the press conference... I SWARE they are legit!

You sware, really?

 

[HN]

Originally posted by: jabamayne
Hey, guys...its the REAL DEAL..I just got off the phone with my friend over at Sony down at the press conference... I SWARE they are legit!

And what is it that you're swearing to about?

 

[Queasy]

Is it me or does the Xbox360 and the PS3 share the same case designers? Take away the 360's "inhale" and the "ring of light" and they look very similar.

 

[jabamayne]

The Pics....they are legit

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: jabamayne
The Pics....they are legit

Yes, but are they too legit to quit?

 

[dug777]

wow those links are ketting hammered (or the OP can't link )

 

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From Gamespot, and very interesting:

To show off the PlayStation 3's graphical brawn, Sony showed several game demos, including an Unreal 3 tech demo of what appeared to be Unreal Tournament 2007. In what must come as a relief to developers, Epic Games' Tim Sweeney was on hand to vouch for the PS3, saying it was "easy to program for" and that Epic had received its first PS3 hardware two months ago. He proved the tech demo was real time by showing it again and manipulating the camera and zooming in.

 

[jabamayne]

LMAO.... well... forget about the pics.. I know they are the real deal ( i have my sources), but Im just sitting back laughin my ass off at these servers being crushed by all this traffic...

 

[Shlong]

Dont know if it's real but more angles:

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http://www.cgno.com/news_live.php?name=sony

 

[cmp1223]

cseems real: http://www.cgno.com/news_live.php?name=sony

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
Interesting, but I don't know if ultimately this will be enough to topple the one year headstart MS will have on them.

For one thing, I don't understand the need for 128-bit color precision, current games only use 32-bits, what the hell could they possibly need 128-bits for apart from marketing. Secondly, for all the people raving that this is much better than MS' console, well this was pretty much expected given the time difference between the two consoles. I'm more curious as to how easy/difficult it will be to code for these next-gen consoles, I think that this will ultimately determine what the performance is like on them especially given how notoriously difficult it was to code for the PS2's Emotion Engine. I'm also wondering what the deal is with the 6 threads for MS and 7 SPEs for Sony, I think it will be a pain in the ass to keep these synchronised to fully utilize the power of either console.

Either way, we'll see how it unfolds but I don't see this as being so much better than MS' console that they can get away being a behind.

Yep. This generation is going to be all about the middle-ware. PS2 was a pain in the arse to develop for because Sony had poor middleware. MS is really pushing XNA for the Xbox360 so we'll see which comes out on top.

Yes but the developers worked it out in the end right? Some games look very impresive imo on the PS2. Sure they look better on the Xbox but it is newer technology. But at the end of the day if Sony does a 'Live' type of service that isn't complete BS it will do well.

Koing

 

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Originally posted by: Shlong
Dont know if it's real but more angles:

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http://www.cgno.com/news_live.php?name=sony

I'm glad I never see the back of the console, cause it's fugly. Guess there isn't much you can do with all those ports, though. Very clean looking front end, if not a little too clean.

EDIT: I like the fact that they've used the Spiderman movie font for the logo on the top/side of the machine.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Koing

Originally posted by: Queasy
Yep. This generation is going to be all about the middle-ware. PS2 was a pain in the arse to develop for because Sony had poor middleware. MS is really pushing XNA for the Xbox360 so we'll see which comes out on top.

Yes but the developers worked it out in the end right? Some games look very impresive imo on the PS2. Sure they look better on the Xbox but it is newer technology. But at the end of the day if Sony does a 'Live' type of service that isn't complete BS it will do well.

Koing

Yeah, but this next generation of games with multi-threading and everything else is supposed to be way more difficult to program for than the current generation because of multi-threading, etc. I hope all three do well since all the competition can mean nothing but good things for us consumers.

 

[Shlong]

Well those are just rendered concept shots, no photos of the actual machine like with xbox360.

 

[Skiguy411]

So all we are getting are renders?

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: blurredvision

Originally posted by: Shlong
Dont know if it's real but more angles:

pic1
pic2

http://www.cgno.com/news_live.php?name=sony

I'm glad I never see the back of the console, cause it's fugly. Guess there isn't much you can do with all those ports, though. Very clean looking front end, if not a little too clean.

EDIT: I like the fact that they've used the Spiderman movie font for the logo on the top/side of the machine.

Yeah, the back is a little too busy.

 

[HN]

http://media.ps3.ign.com/articles/614/614619/imgs_1.html?fromint=1

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Skiguy411
So all we are getting are renders?

Guess so. Makes sense since they are no where close to release.

 

[jabamayne]

They are LEGIT! I know this for a FACT! I have a friend from college who works at Sony who I just got off the phone with 10 minutes ago... trust me on this!...

 

[ChaoZ]

A new GTA confirmed for launched. I'm not a GTA fan but....Halo what?

 

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Originally posted by: jabamayne
They are LEGIT! I know this for a FACT! I have a friend from college who works at Sony who I just got off the phone with 10 minutes ago... trust me on this!...

Damn dog, we know. I think I'm the only one who questioned the pics, and that was only for a split second.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: blurredvision
EDIT: I like the fact that they've used the Spiderman movie font for the logo on the top/side of the machine.

I was just going to say that!

 

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Originally posted by: ChaoZ
A new GTA confirmed for launched. I'm not a GTA fan but....Halo what?

That's all well and good, but I want a release date. Also, link to this info?