Re-E3 /

[Elcoholic]

I don't watch G4 anymore because it's completly gone MTV and is flat out lame, nor do I skim IGN or gamespot anymore so I usually catch VG info from mags like gameinformer.

But the other day I decided to watch the E3 bits off G4 on-demand, and I just want to revive the E3 disscusion. I thought there would have been much more of it considering all the buzz that came off E3. Such as the new smash bros with solid snake and a nintendog puppy and pit. Or the halo 3 trailer, or stuff on the ps3 like the 500 dollar unit being useless just like the cheaper 360, or the ps3 controller not having rumble and only having six degree limited motion function(meaning its lame).

There's a ton more but I can't remeber it all. Come on doesn't anyone have anything to say?

I'll start off and maybe piss off some people, the ps3 will launch and fall flat, the units wont sell very well and there will be rampant bugs and the controller will experience intermitant signal loss, and the online compnent will lag and cut out. Some will consider buying the cheaper unit but when they find out that it has a lot less components and features they wont buy one at all and sony will lose a lot more than projected. Just a forecast, I like sony but this is how I see it.

I could afford it but I wont even buy one, I'll get the wii and 360 when they straighten it out but over 700 for one system and a game, come on, if the wii is 250 thats like 330 for the system and one game including tax thats still less than half.

Well, lets start with the halo3 trailer. Did that actually warm anyone up? Nothing happened and the fanboys are going on with 'look at his armor, its all real time' forgetting that you play this game in first person. So that trailer did nothing for me except say what everyone knew, that halo3 is in production.

Then my favorite subject, the ps3. Why is the $500 useless? It has bluray, it has a HD. It doesn't fall short with its gaming functions like the 360 core. Wifi will be an add-on.

I'm pissed at the lack of rumble but I must say the motion sensing looks cool with warhawk (cool video on google somewhere). I'm still hoping for them to put rumble in though. Thier excuse of not being able to make it work with the motion sensing is bull. You could easily make games that don't use one of the 2 options, like just having 1 of the 2 on. But they can surely make some cool games which make use of this. As long as they don't start making gimmicky games with just that functionality (like i fear will happen with wii). Only 6 degree's is more that 0. I don't get why people get pissed at extra functionality.

You are very negative about the ps3, about as negative as I've seen people. I'm guessing you don't have enough cash to get one :p . Why would you asume that the controller doesn't work well? Bluetooth is not that complicated and in my experience its very stable. So stable that MS is using it in their new wireless headset. Online, well have you ever played online with ps2? As far as stability its the same as live for most games. Live games don't run on servers like pc games, you still host your own game. Essentially the only difference between ps2 online and live (xbox1) is you pay $60 for a friends list and 1 login name. It works much better due to the HD and patches but the setup is the same and MS has made a bundle scamming people out of their money this way. Online should be free after paying $60 for a game.

You saying the ps3 launch will fall flat is insane. Don't you remember people paying $1700,- for a freaking 360? They'll pay $3000 for a ps3 I guarantee. The first batch of 2 million will be gone on day 1. If you think not then please explain why because you're pretty much alone in this. You're very, very ill informed. Tell me what functionalities the $500 ps3 doesn't have that won't let people play the games (like ff11 on 360). It doesn't have wifi (=add on), it doesn't have hdmi out (which sucks for me but most people won't have 1080p tv's anyway) and it doesn't have flash card support so you'll have to use your pc to transfer those kinds of files.

I got a better question. What does the premium 360 have that the 'core' ps3 doesn't have besides paid online? In the end ps3 is a much better price for value. If you're just looking for a game machine its too expensive but its much more than that and I have seen that.