[ManuVlad3.0]

Patience 360: Ten Reasons to Wait for PS3

Wow! Looks like the press is the sony answer for the x360's release.

[london-boy]

I was reading that today and i was just surprised IGN would publish such a childishly written article. But i guess that's their demographics.

[Phil]

I thought it was quite amusing actually... and I think it was ment to be read in a funny kind of way. Still a funny read though.

[<nu>faust]

i like it how some of their "reasons" are not really reasons but they are there cos' they needed 10 of them. The HD IP Camera,Hefty Expandability / Connectivity Options,Dual Screen support,You can still pre-order You can pre-order??!!!! Since when being able to pre-order is a reason to wait another year for a console, seriously the writer must be an intern or some thing

[valioso]

it reads like it was written by a 6 yr old..

[Synergy34]

Originally Posted by london-boy

I was reading that today and i was just surprised IGN would publish such a childishly written article. But i guess that's their demographics.

Did you also catch the line about Sony Reps saying some game will run at 120FPS.

[drpepper]

Originally Posted by Synergy34

Did you also catch the line about Sony Reps saying some game will run at 120FPS.

Yes, that misconception is still being spread around. I hate it. Now we'll have people 1 year down the line claiming that the PS3 is overhyped cause it can't do 120 fps. It's another Toy Story all over again...

That list was funny, I could have come up with a better list... But not right now...

[Shifty Geezer]

Wow! The opening paragraphs set it up as a sales pitch. Seeing as it's posted in the PS3 section and targetted at Sony fans, I think it's just ******fodder to keep interested readers (at a time there's no PS3 news) reading stuff that makes them feel all fuzzy inside ('see, IGN says I'm smart to wait, and PS3 will be a better system.')

[OICAspork]

Originally Posted by <nu>faust

i like it how some of their "reasons" are not really reasons but they are there cos' they needed 10 of them. The HD IP Camera,Hefty Expandability / Connectivity Options,Dual Screen support,You can still pre-order You can pre-order??!!!! Since when being able to pre-order is a reason to wait another year for a console, seriously the writer must be an intern or some thing

Psh... I rolled my eyes as soon as I saw the dual screen support. The only reason it has dual screen support is because Sony decided to modify an existing computer graphics design to use in the PS3. If you are expecting non-cloned HD output on two screens... =D Well you can get it in Super Monkey Ball 3! Anything else, yeah right.

[dukmahsik]

the only reason to wait is because of the games. it's always about the games!

[jb]

There are some vaild points and some ones that are just way wrong.

[ManuVlad3.0]

Top 10 Reasons to Buy an Xbox 360

LOL

[Synergy34]

Originally Posted by ManuVlad3.0

Top 10 Reasons to Buy an Xbox 360

LOL

Wow, just as bad as the PS3 article, GAMER CARDS as the number 2 reason to buy the 360! LOL

Wireless controllers is a bigger draw than that by far.

[london-boy]

Originally Posted by IGN

For more reasons to buy an Xbox 360, see the 22 reasons to buy an Xbox 360 in our related links

Am i the only one to have laughed at that at the end of the "article"!?

[speng]

That was a weak article. There are only 2 valid reasons I can see.

#1 Blu-Ray
#2 Full backward compatibility
#31080p, but that's stretching it and only a few people will have such a display.

Speng.

[Shifty Geezer]

IGN hasn't got a Revolution site to post '10 reasons to Wait for Revolution'.

[Shifty Geezer]

Originally Posted by speng

That was a weak article. There are only 2 valid reasons I can see.

#1 Blu-Ray
#2 Full backward compatibility
#31080p, but that's stretching it and only a few people will have such a display.

[Eleazar]

Does anyone else think the reasons IGN stated are pretty lame.

No killer app:
Don't worry their soon will be in 2-3 months. Also, maybe they want you to wait for the PS3 launch because that is when Halo 3 comes out. So maybe there is good reason to wait

Dual Screen and 1080p support:
If I remember correclty not every game will even support this. In fact won't most be 720p anyways. Also, who the heck owns these. This could possibly be less than 2-3% of the market (speculative statistics, not real or based on fact)

Hefty expandability/ Connectivity options:
So how exactly is this going to improve my gaming experience. Will most users even use such features since a computer is much better suited for this job? In fact if you have a media center PC you can already do a lot of these things with an xbox360.

You can still preorder:
Now I think they are just making up reasons. This should be #10 or not even on the list. By the time the PS3 comes out, there will be plenty of 360s out. So their point is moot.

Seven Player wireless support:
Who in their right mind would play on a tv with 7 split screens? Any takers, didn't think so. This would require Dualscreens, which I doubt all games will even support, and doubt most consumers even have.

HD IP Camera:
sounds pretty darn useless to me, I already have a nice camera, and I am a rather ugly repulsive person that doesn't want their picture on the internet.(not really, I am quite handsome but you get the point)

Full backward compatibility:
This isn't really a big issue. Any xbox game you ever want to play on the x360 will soon be possible, if it isn't already. 212 games is alot, and this will continue to increase. Full backwards compatibility isn't really needed. I doubt people will even notice that their x360 can't play all of their xbox games.

Stronger Japanese Developer Support:
If your Japanese this is great. However for those of us in the rest of the world this isn't even something we see has required or even needed. In fact, I play a lot more games from European and American developers than I ever played of Japanese. Also if I remember correctly X360 actually has very nice Japanese Developer Support. When they say stronger do they mean 2-3 strong. In which cas, are these developers that only release games in Japan?

MGS4:
Was never a big fan of this game. I think splinter cell is far superior. After MGS3 lets hope we don't see a repeat of that. So far all we have of this game is a prerendered video and comments from the devs saying this is what we want the game to look and be like. Too bad you used a server farm of like 40-50 computers just to render the image. I don't see that happening anytime soon.

Blu-ray:
Well it is a little to early to say Blu-ray will be all that it is cracked up to be. Right now it is just a huge hype machine because so far they don't have everything working. In fact they still have to get this stuff from working in the lab to ability to mass produce, otherwise you will be seeing a whole lot of nothing. Also hopefully businesses will be willing to spend the 2 million it will take to buy the machines needed to manufcatur blu-ray disks. As opposed to the 200,000 - 300,000 it takes to retool machines for HD-DVD. Which can be used for both DVD9 and HD-DVD. Lets hope there is support for this standard and it is actually needed for the next gen. Otherwise it will be like using a sledgehammer where a hammer would have worked just fine.

[digitalwanderer]

#1 reason they should have put would have been supply, it would have played well today.

[MrWibble]

Disclaimer: It's been recently pointed out that I don't always get sarcasm in posts... if the post I am replying to was intended to be sarcastic it went right over my head, please ignore my reply

Originally Posted by Eleazar

In fact won't most be 720p anyways.

Got a source for that claim?

Also, who the heck owns these. This could possibly be less than 2-3% of the market (speculative statistics, not real or based on fact)

Both of my televisions support HD, so that's 100% within my house (equally useless statistic).

So far all we have of this game is a prerendered video and comments from the devs saying this is what we want the game to look and be like. Too bad you used a server farm of like 40-50 computers just to render the image. I don't see that happening anytime soon.

Got a source for that claim either? Last I heard it was played back in realtime on the hardware, streaming the geometry, and Kojima was able to spin the camera around a static scene. How does that equate to a 50 machine render farm?

[london-boy]

MGS4 was, is and always will be in real time. Whether people believe it or not it's not the issue. Some people will believe what they want to believe even after seeing it.

[darkblu]

Originally Posted by Eleazar

Does anyone else think the reasons IGN stated are pretty lame.

some are quite valid. namely:

No killer app:
Don't worry their soon will be in 2-3 months. Also, maybe they want you to wait for the PS3 launch because that is when Halo 3 comes out. So maybe there is good reason to wait

it's a fact - no killer app at the moment. there may be some very good or even killer titles later on. but not now. just face it - all those early adopters right now are impulse buyers. which is nothing wrong, as long as people admit it.

Seven Player wireless support:
Who in their right mind would play on a tv with 7 split screens? Any takers, didn't think so. This would require Dualscreens, which I doubt all games will even support, and doubt most consumers even have.

ever heard of lan parties? you don't believe people there play on a single monitor, do you?

Blu-ray:
Well it is a little to early to say Blu-ray will be all that it is cracked up to be. Right now it is just a huge hype machine because so far they don't have everything working. In fact they still have to get this stuff from working in the lab to ability to mass produce, otherwise you will be seeing a whole lot of nothing. Also hopefully businesses will be willing to spend the 2 million it will take to buy the machines needed to manufcatur blu-ray disks. As opposed to the 200,000 - 300,000 it takes to retool machines for HD-DVD. Which can be used for both DVD9 and HD-DVD. Lets hope there is support for this standard and it is actually needed for the next gen. Otherwise it will be like using a sledgehammer where a hammer would have worked just fine.

well, the above rationale of yours is outright funny. who in their right mind would spend 2 million in investments when there are likely billions in return, right?.

[dubyateeeff]

Originally Posted by MrWibble

Disclaimer: It's been recently pointed out that I don't always get sarcasm in posts... if the post I am replying to was intended to be sarcastic it went right over my head, please ignore my reply

*snip*

Got a source for that claim either? Last I heard it was played back in realtime on the hardware, streaming the geometry, and Kojima was able to spin the camera around a static scene. How does that equate to a 50 machine render farm?

BREAKING NEWS: PS3 as fast as a render farm of 50 machines.

[dubyateeeff]

1. Cool CPU
2. Blu-ray (for games and movies)
3. ICO/SotC developers
4. Squenix
5. X2 and PS3 will have a lot of titles developed for both systems (unlike the Rev which is the odd man out)
6. Not confirmed but: ability to use CF as game save storage
7. Ability to age movies... okey... (asuming good) online support
8. Best 3rd party support
9. Follow up to PS2 - will likely get some exclusives because of that and PS2 game sequels
10. PSP-game connectivity

[<nu>faust]

for me sony has
1- Fumito Ueda Games (i must say these guy's games changed my whole opinion on sony )
2- BluRay (if sony can give me an hd-dvd player with my next gen console without making me go over $400 , i'm intersted)
3- Square-Enix Connecction (i don't think se's next gen plans are finalized yet but so far it looks like they are still gonna to keep main ff&dq on ps, online stuff on 360 and kiddy stuff on rev)
over ms