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Well, I haven’t yet seen the videos of the presentations yesterday at E3, but here are some linky links:
XBox 360 Launch: Judgement: Lots of great games. Lots of online. Lots of wireless. BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY! (for “most” games)
PS3 Launch: Lots of great games. Not much mention of online (could online be the deciding factor this generation?). No mention of wireless. Backwards compatibility (but then you already knew that, right)
Here are some PS3 pics. Anyone else think the XBox 360 is 100 times more gorgeous than the PS3? I’m singularly unimpressed. The controller for the PS3 is even worse.
But, the games look to rock hard, which is awesome. The PS3 launch had way more in-game coverage than the 360, which is too bad. Expect both consoles to effectively look like last-gen’s cutscenes. All the time.
Oh, and, here’s the Nintendo Revolution logos. Not bad. Better than the PS3 or 360 logos, that’s for sure. The “R” is a bit weird though.
Anyways, unless I find the videos, that’s probably all the coverage of E3 for today. I’ll probably post a wrap up when it’s all done, as it’s entirely likely some of the 360 games, as well as cool games like the new Tony Hawk America’s Wasteland, will be on display.
Update: Okay, here’s the XBox launch video. Watching now. Also, apparently the DoA footage here is IN GAME. Crazy. Oh, and FFX1 is coming to 360!
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about 6 years ago
According to Sony’s spec sheet for the PS3, you can do wireless play. You can also use a bluetooth controller or use a PSP as a controller.
I think both systems look pretty nice (though the PS3′s controller looks kind of ugly; I’m sure they’ll make an alternate version like Microsoft did with the XBox). Only the games are going to determine which one gets into my living room :)
about 6 years ago
Thanks Vin! Also, I forgot to note that the PS3 is supposed to have more than double the processing power of the 360, which is very impressive.
I’m sure I’ll be buying a 360. I might be a PS3 as well, but I’ll likely wait until 6 months in (ie: next Christmas) before I do.
about 6 years ago
“I’m sure I’ll be buying a 360. I might be a PS3 as well, but I’ll likely wait until 6 months in (ie: next Christmas) before I do.”
I would buy both systems, but I’m expecting them to cost a good chunk of change (aren’t they in the US$300-400 range?). I don’t play enough video games to justify spending $800 on hardware I guess.
about 6 years ago
Mmm, good point. Well, I’m definitely getting a 360. The launch lineup’s much stronger at this point, and overall I’m very impressed with Microsoft’s package. If I end up prefering the PS3, I’m sure I can sell my console and games for enough to nab a PS3 without games. It’ll be a loss, but if the PS3 is that much better I’m fine with that.
about 6 years ago
Tekken 6 Drool… I am a huge tekken nerd. 7 wireless controllers for the PS3 sounds awsome. PS wins my heart again.
about 6 years ago
7 wireless controllers? Wicked… I was wondering if there was a reason controllers had to be limited to 4 per console with wireless. I figured it was purely screen real estate…
about 6 years ago
The real winner in all this is IBM and ATI :p
about 6 years ago
“7 wireless controllers? Wicked… I was wondering if there was a reason controllers had to be limited to 4 per console with wireless. I figured it was purely screen real estate…”
Possibly, but since the PS3 has room for 2 high-definition outputs it’s less of an issue. I have to wonder why they went with 7 though; seems like lots of games (i.e. 3-on-3 basketball games) will have an “odd man out” all the time.
about 6 years ago
Yes, and compare the Xbox statement on backwards compatibility (“Gosh, backwards compatibility is HARD. I don’t know if anyone could really do it. But we’ve managed to get a few games working on our new system”) with the Sony statements (“Hi, here’s a revolutionary new chip design and all of your old games will work on it. Noooooo problem”). Microsoft looks pretty pathetic.
I could see myself replacing my Xbox with a PS3. I’ve been thinking about getting a PS2 once the price drops even more just to play some of the old PS2 games. (Like Final Fantasy X1 ;) ) Heck with the PS3 I get to go back and play all the old PSOne games I never played. That’s a HUGE library for a new Playstation buyer to have at launch. Even Nintendo has announced that the Revolution will have Gamecube compatibility; they have NEVER had backwards compatibility. Once again, it seems like Microsoft is the only one that doesn’t “get it”.
I can run Windows 2000 on my Mac, but I might not be able to run Fable or Halo2 on a more powerful Xbox?
about 6 years ago
Scott: Agreed. That said, I really don’t see myself playing my XBox 1 games for all that long into the 360 cycle. Maybe 6 months. It makes the transition easier, but since most of my games are “top selling hits”, I won’t be missing much.
Agreed, though, Sony’s naild the backwards compatibility thing.
about 6 years ago
I’ve done a bit more reading, and it’s because Bluetooth networks can only have 8 nodes. Hence, console + 7 controllers.
I’ve had a look at the PS3 game lineup, and it’s not incredibly inspiring so far. Really only 1-2 games to excite me.
I hope Sony releases more details before the 360 release, so we can make an informed decision.
about 6 years ago
“Scott: Agreed. That said, I really don’t see myself playing my XBox 1 games for all that long into the 360 cycle. Maybe 6 months. It makes the transition easier, but since most of my games are “top selling hits”, I won’t be missing much.
Agreed, though, Sony’s naild the backwards compatibility thing. ”
Sony did some very clever things to get that backward compatibility. The PS2 had a PS1 processor on its motherboard. When a PS1 game goes in, that processor gets used (and only that processor). When a PS2 game goes in, the PS2 processor does most of the work and offloads other tasks to the PS1. Microsoft can’t really do such a thing with the XBox360/XBox. Putting a Pentium 3 next to a G5 doesn’t really work well ;)
about 6 years ago
To add to my last comment: software emulation would probably be too slow for these games. VPC runs like crap on Macs, and demanding XBox games probably wouldn’t make for great performance.
about 6 years ago
Agreed Vinnie, It’d be a pain to do. Microsoft really painted themselves into a corner going with the PowerPC chips.
Tha being said. VIA has some really, tiny embedded CPU motherboards that are running faster than 700 MhZ.