E3 Update 1- PS3 Revealed

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As to the 64 being good- I hate saying this, but every time I would go to buy games for it, most stores would only have six games in stock. That's what annoys me most about Nintendo consoles-- The lack of games. And about Sony 'stealing' ideas- maybe Nintendo did do some of them first, but the cold hard truth is Sony made them better. I don't think Nintendo's done anything right in the past few years. But then, I suppose there's no convincing a Nintendo fanboy. The 64, GC, DS, and Micro have all been trash in my opinion.

And to Fyta- Sony's using Bluray, big deal. It's just a disk with more storage. Yes, they are trying to promote it, but is that a problem? It's still a game machine. I remember people saying the same thing about the PS2's DVD player. Sony hasn't dissapointed me yet. Nintendo has. Microsoft never impressed me in the first place.

And I'll have to agree with Ricky on this one, I think Sony will once again come out with a far better system than the other two... Unless Nintendo really does the Wii well at least, but as I've already stated, I don't trust them at all anymore.

Actually, it's a very big deal what type of media they use and why they're using it.

Sony is using the BluRay player first and foremost to promote their future BluRay players. The PS3 has the capability of playing BluRay movies, which may soon be avaiLable, but the support won't be the same on both of the SKUs. Without the HDMI on the $500 model, the BluRay media becomes useless because of future BD releases. If BluRay does win the format wars, which I doubt since HD-DVD is already going mainstream, the low-end console won't support the future formats so you'll basically have an expensive game-playing HD player but the movies won't be in HD. Sony is famous for using all sorts of useless media- there's MDs and UMDs for example. Some retails are cutting off UMDs because of the low profit they bring in. The only reason DVD on the PS2 became a good thing was because it was around that time that PCs started being made to have built-in DVD players so naturally, consumers would know that the PS2 was a good deal. But since HD-DVD has already been released on the market, people will become aware that having an HD-DVD player attachement for the 360 for about $100 or less is clearly a better deal because they are already familiar with this format. Since BluRay has not been released yet, consumers aren't aware of what it is or what it can do, so it wont be convenient for them to buy something thats overpriced which they know nothing about.

As for the comments about the past Nintendo systems, yes, it's true, but not for long. Since Nintendo has already extablished new relationships with more developers, the same bare-bones scene won't be there with the Wii. Nintendo has already confirmed 27 titles for the Nitnendo Wii and 100 new games for the Nintendo DS. Basically, you're using Nintendo's past experiences and expecting them to be the same, but its kind of obvious that it won't be since Nintendo is now owned by someone whos actually played games- Saturo Iwata.

It's obviously true that Sony steals ideas, but not necessarily to make them any better. Take the 'new' feature on the controller- motion sensing. It's a gimmick. It was planned 2 weeks before E3 and tested a few days. Perhaps Sony was trying to steal Nintendo's spotlight (which clearly didn't happen), but theres no real use for that function. If there were, don't you think ALL the other games would have utilized that function and not just Warhawk- which the 'gamer' in the presentation could barely land, may I add. And no, there IS no convincing Nintendo fanatics, but that same integrity could be matched by Sony fanboys' blind optimism and wishful thinking.

If you could gather anything from this year's E3, it's that Nintendo has soul and they honestly seem interested in invigorating the state of video games and perpetuating it beyond the realm of the best graphics and fastest processors, something which competes directly with PC gaming...a fight you can't very well keep up when you have 4-7 years between generations of consoles. Try to appreciate Nintendo for not trying to be first, but trying to be the best for the other two groups of people who want to play games and not be over-wrought with tech specs and $600 systems.

That isn't the controller, I saw the revealing of it and it says that the controller is that boomerang thing, go to the E3 website and download E3 Tv and watch it, the games look awesome

Little late, are we?

The boomerang idea required the use of heptic technology, which SOny was sued over for using it without a license on the DualShock controller for the PS2. Ever since the lawsuit, Sony has been planning a 'new' controller and it was recently revealed at E3 2006. Not 2005.