Originally posted by: austin316
At first yes, but not after playing it. However, the difference to me seems to be the touch screen adds to the game, whereas for the Wii, it is the game. I mean, the controller looks unusable otherwise. Only has a couple of buttons. Further, the games, swinging a tennis racket? or conducting an orchestra?
mmmhmmm...Originally posted by: austin316
At first yes, but not after playing it.
Who would've thought a surgery game would be fun? A lawyer game? A brain teaser game? Blowing up balloons by blowing on your game console?However, the difference to me seems to be the touch screen adds to the game, whereas for the Wii, it is the game. I mean, the controller looks unusable otherwise. Only has a couple of buttons. Further, the games, swinging a tennis racket? or conducting an orchestra?
Originally posted by: loup garou
mmmhmmm...Originally posted by: austin316
At first yes, but not after playing it.
Who would've thought a surgery game would be fun? A lawyer game? A brain teaser game? Blowing up balloons by blowing on your game console?However, the difference to me seems to be the touch screen adds to the game, whereas for the Wii, it is the game. I mean, the controller looks unusable otherwise. Only has a couple of buttons. Further, the games, swinging a tennis racket? or conducting an orchestra?
Originally posted by: loup garou
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
200 bucks nice.
now if the 360 drops to 300 for premium ed, thats just a sweet combo buy
:thumbsup:
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) sided with rival Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS) on Wednesday in the fight to unseat video game leader Sony Corp.(6758.T), saying many consumers will choose to buy both of their machines for the price of one PlayStation 3.
The bad blood between Sony and Microsoft in the fight for dominance in the nearly $30 billion video game industry has escalated over the last few days, with both sides trading barbs at the E3 Expo, the video game industry's annual trade show.
Microsoft entered the next-generation game console market first with its Xbox 360 last November.
Sony aims to extend its market leadership with its upcoming PS3, while Nintendo plans to offer a new game machine called Wii in the fourth quarter.
"Tell me why you would buy a $600 PS3?" Peter Moore, a Microsoft vice president, said in an interview. "People are going to buy two (machines.) They're going to buy an Xbox and they're going to buy a Wii ... for the price of one PS3."
Microsoft predicted on Tuesday it will have 10 million Xbox 360 consoles in the market before Sony launches the PS3. The high-end Xbox 360 sells for $399, but it does not include a built-in high-definition DVD video player that comes with Sony's PS3.
Sony plans to sell a premium PS3 model for $599 when it debuts in North America on November 17, and Nintendo has not yet disclosed pricing for Wii.
Wii comes equipped with motion sensitive controllers to allow users to mimic the motion of wielding a sword or swinging a tennis racket.
Moore then turned pitchman for Nintendo's Wii, the latest offering from the Japanese company that once dominated the video game industry.
"People will always gravitate toward a competitively priced product -- like what I believe Wii will be -- with innovative new designs and great intellectual property like Mario, Zelda and Metroid," Moore told Reuters.
Sony currently dominates the worldwide video game market with a 66 percent share, while Microsoft and Nintendo each hold 17 percent, according to Strategy Analytics.
"We have 100 percent market share of the next-generation, and their job is to take that from us," said Moore.
"When I think on everything that we've got going right now that is real versus what Sony promises to do six, seven months from now, obviously we feel very good about where we stand."
LOST IN TRANSLATION
Despite Microsoft's head start with the Xbox 360, the software giant still faces an uphill climb in Sony and Nintendo's home turf.
Microsoft received a tepid response to its Xbox 360 debut in Japan and demand fell short of expectations during last year's holiday season when it sold about 100,000 machines.
The company introduced a competitively priced console in Japan, but some of its game titles did not appeal to Japanese gamers. Moore expects upcoming role-playing games like "Lost Odyssey" and "Blue Dragon" from the creator of the popular "Final Fantasy" series to do well in Japan.
"Quite frankly," said Moore, "if we're sitting here a year from now and things continue to fall flat, then we might say 'we don't know what to do anymore."'
Originally posted by: Baked
Stupid ass no booth babe rule. You know 99% of the people are just there for the women.
Originally posted by: jlmadyson
On that note Moore says 2 for 1;
Microsoft sides with Nintendo in fight vs Sony
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) sided with rival Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS) on Wednesday in the fight to unseat video game leader Sony Corp.(6758.T), saying many consumers will choose to buy both of their machines for the price of one PlayStation 3.
The bad blood between Sony and Microsoft in the fight for dominance in the nearly $30 billion video game industry has escalated over the last few days, with both sides trading barbs at the E3 Expo, the video game industry's annual trade show.
Microsoft entered the next-generation game console market first with its Xbox 360 last November.
Sony aims to extend its market leadership with its upcoming PS3, while Nintendo plans to offer a new game machine called Wii in the fourth quarter.
"Tell me why you would buy a $600 PS3?" Peter Moore, a Microsoft vice president, said in an interview. "People are going to buy two (machines.) They're going to buy an Xbox and they're going to buy a Wii ... for the price of one PS3."
Microsoft predicted on Tuesday it will have 10 million Xbox 360 consoles in the market before Sony launches the PS3. The high-end Xbox 360 sells for $399, but it does not include a built-in high-definition DVD video player that comes with Sony's PS3.
Sony plans to sell a premium PS3 model for $599 when it debuts in North America on November 17, and Nintendo has not yet disclosed pricing for Wii.
Wii comes equipped with motion sensitive controllers to allow users to mimic the motion of wielding a sword or swinging a tennis racket.
Moore then turned pitchman for Nintendo's Wii, the latest offering from the Japanese company that once dominated the video game industry.
"People will always gravitate toward a competitively priced product -- like what I believe Wii will be -- with innovative new designs and great intellectual property like Mario, Zelda and Metroid," Moore told Reuters.
Sony currently dominates the worldwide video game market with a 66 percent share, while Microsoft and Nintendo each hold 17 percent, according to Strategy Analytics.
"We have 100 percent market share of the next-generation, and their job is to take that from us," said Moore.
"When I think on everything that we've got going right now that is real versus what Sony promises to do six, seven months from now, obviously we feel very good about where we stand."
LOST IN TRANSLATION
Despite Microsoft's head start with the Xbox 360, the software giant still faces an uphill climb in Sony and Nintendo's home turf.
Microsoft received a tepid response to its Xbox 360 debut in Japan and demand fell short of expectations during last year's holiday season when it sold about 100,000 machines.
The company introduced a competitively priced console in Japan, but some of its game titles did not appeal to Japanese gamers. Moore expects upcoming role-playing games like "Lost Odyssey" and "Blue Dragon" from the creator of the popular "Final Fantasy" series to do well in Japan.
"Quite frankly," said Moore, "if we're sitting here a year from now and things continue to fall flat, then we might say 'we don't know what to do anymore."'
That's your opinion. However, after seeing Nintendo own this E3 and the amount of die-hard Nintendo haters on this forum and elsewhere change their tunes, the estimated pricing, and the overwhelming level of popular press for the Wii...I find it hard to hold that position.Originally posted by: austin316
Originally posted by: loup garou
mmmhmmm...Originally posted by: austin316
At first yes, but not after playing it.
Who would've thought a surgery game would be fun? A lawyer game? A brain teaser game? Blowing up balloons by blowing on your game console?However, the difference to me seems to be the touch screen adds to the game, whereas for the Wii, it is the game. I mean, the controller looks unusable otherwise. Only has a couple of buttons. Further, the games, swinging a tennis racket? or conducting an orchestra?
its just my opinion that it won't do well. that is all.
Originally posted by: mugs
Everyone is excited about the PS3 because it'll have a Blu-Ray drive. How many $30-50 movies are you going to buy to watch on it? I'm not an early adopter, most of us are not. There aren't a whole lot of movies that I'd be willing to pay that much more to get in HD.
Originally posted by: Queasy
Ha! http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/e306/super-smash-bros-brawl-e306-trailer-173080.php video.
Phil Harrison has spoken to the BBC news site, defending the company's decision to release two versions of PS3 and countering claims that the cheaper model will not be High Definition. As mentioned on Technology Blog yesterday, specs sheets released to journalists at the pre-E3 Sony conference revealed that the cheapie PS3 lacks Wi-Fi, memory card slot and, crucially, an HDMI port. However, Harrison claims:
"What we should be clear about is that the functionality is identical in both machines... It's just that the technical method of extracting audio and video from the devices is slightly different"
Harrison doesn't talk about the amends made to the top-end package, though. One HDMI slot, not two. Four USB ports, not six. One ethernet port, not three. Of course, it is often the case that final console hardware fails to match the exact specifications of the prototype, but Sony has been bullish about the wider entertainment abilities of the machine. PS3 is, after all, the company's Trojan Horse for Blu-ray technology. Yet with its home entertainment options reduced, it may be less desirable to those crucial early adopters who pore over specs with religious intensity.
Are you serious?Originally posted by: austin316
Originally posted by: Queasy
Ha! http://Brawl</"> video.
what system is that for?
Originally posted by: Queasy
Oh wow...that post got fubar'd. I can't even edit it. Let's try that again.
Super Smash Bros Brawl Video
Originally posted by: Queasy
Sony Defends Two Console SKUs but looks silly in doing so.
Phil Harrison has spoken to the BBC news site, defending the company's decision to release two versions of PS3 and countering claims that the cheaper model will not be High Definition. As mentioned on Technology Blog yesterday, specs sheets released to journalists at the pre-E3 Sony conference revealed that the cheapie PS3 lacks Wi-Fi, memory card slot and, crucially, an HDMI port. However, Harrison claims:
"What we should be clear about is that the functionality is identical in both machines... It's just that the technical method of extracting audio and video from the devices is slightly different"
Harrison doesn't talk about the amends made to the top-end package, though. One HDMI slot, not two. Four USB ports, not six. One ethernet port, not three. Of course, it is often the case that final console hardware fails to match the exact specifications of the prototype, but Sony has been bullish about the wider entertainment abilities of the machine. PS3 is, after all, the company's Trojan Horse for Blu-ray technology. Yet with its home entertainment options reduced, it may be less desirable to those crucial early adopters who pore over specs with religious intensity.
Gah Sony can be so full of it sometimes.
Originally posted by: austin316
Originally posted by: loup garou
You and cvsin really crack me up. :laugh:Originally posted by: austin316
the Wii, I just can't see it doing well. To me, its a gimmick. It is super fun to play and try out, but seriously, the fun will run out extremely quickly. Right now its fun because you have to wait 2-hours to play and then don't get much time. If you have that sitting in your house, trust me, you will get bored of it extremely fast. Can you imagine inviting a friend over to play Madden and having to the move the controller all over the dam room?
thanks! I'll be here all week. But honestly, I liken it to other gimmicky games, such as those you find, or used to find, in an arcade. Once you can play them all the time, they just aren't as fun.
Also, Wii will sell for $200. just announced on Forbes.com