First-Party PS3 Titles Announced 52
Gamasutra reports on a list of first-party titles that will see launch with the PlayStation 3. From the article: "The specifically listed games are Polyphony Digital's latest Gran Turismo iteration, Genji 2, presumably a sequel to Yoshiki Okamoto's samurai action title for the PlayStation 2, Everybody's Golf 5, the latest in Camelot's popular cartoon golf series, and titles named Monster Carnival, Angel Rings and The Eye Of Judgment. No other information is currently available on the games."
I wonder (Score:2, Interesting)
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Fortunately, Oblivion is slated for a March 20th release, so that should keep me occupied until whenever the system does come out.
PS3 won't be taken advantage of fully for a while (Score:2)
The Cell processor is highly centered around multithreading design and performance. To take full advantage of it will require extremely complicated programs that are multithreaded in such a way to take advantage of all 8 cores. No one in the industry has truely conquered this task yet. Even on t
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I'm tempted to skip a generation of Gran Turismo, as I fear an early PS3 launch might be the same sort of ealry title rush job that GT3 for PS2 was.
The Two Horse Race For Next Gen About To Start (Score:5, Interesting)
The 360 is effectively dead and no longer relevant. Microsoft funded projects will continue on in development of course, but we are going to see publishers quietly trimming back 360 ports. Mostly in Japan, but over the next few months in the US too. Microsoft would be in bad shape even if they didn't have the hardware and manufacturing defects that is holding up shipments of new consoles on store shelves. But it sounds like the hardware problems are going to persist well into the middle of 2006 which pretty much is the final nail in the 360's coffin.
The amount of support the Revolution is getting is amazing. Developers are going nuts over ideas for the new controller. Sony looks like they are going to be head to head with Nintendo in Japan. And if the Rev is cheap enough, will probably be the highest selling 'second console' ever for people in the US and Europe.
I wouldn't be surprised if Sony doesn't easily top the PS2 in worldwide installed base numbers with the PS3. The PS2 looks like it is on track to hit 120+ million as it winds down its life over the next couple of years. Sony is stronger than ever with even more developer support than with the PS2 and 140-150 million PS3s over the next five years sounds like a reasonable lifetime installed base for the console.
The early reports on the first PS3 games are glowing from people who have seen them firsthand. The PS3 event in a few weeks is going to something no gamer will want to miss.
And the porn industry is officially throwing their weight behind BluRay. RIP HD-DVD...
Re:The Two Horse Race For Next Gen About To Start (Score:1, Interesting)
The 360 is dead, eh? You'd better get word to the masses who still can't find one to buy at retail. I'm willing to ante up right now. I want one and I have cash in hand sufficient to pay the MSRP. What's that, you say? Sold out
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Rob
I find it amazing how... (Score:1)
Re:The Two Horse Race For Next Gen About To Start (Score:2)
Now now, this is Slashdot: if you're going to troll, you need to make allusions to NetCraft confirming that Nintendo is dying, preferably using words like "kiddie" and "Fisher-Price."
This forum is not called crackdot (Score:1)
Wow. That was possibly the biggest pile poo I've seen yet on slashdot.
PS3 is lucky if it's out before Christmas 2006. And, we'll see retreaded games like Tekken 69 and Twisted Metal : Masturbation.
Sony is stronger than ever with even more ...
Whaaaa? Sony is bleeding money like crazy. PlayStation and Columbia Pictures are the only commodities they own that are profitable. If the PS3 fails (which it's exuberant price tag could make happen), Sony is done for. Pick up a newspaper now and then.
I wouldn't count Microsoft out yet (Score:2)
The PS2 looks like it is on track to hit 120+ million as it winds down its life over the next couple of years.
120+ million?!
This list is an obvious fake.. (Score:4, Funny)
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Gran Turismo 4: Backseat Action, pick up chicks in a hot car.
or maybe Genji 2: Samurai Love, pick up chicks in medieval Japan.
Hey, howabout Monster Carnival. Pick up chicks at a D&D convention.
Ok, I'm just gonna stop there....
Re:This list is an obvious fake.. (Score:1)
Keep in mind (Score:3, Informative)
1. This is an initial list only, who knows what will come out during the launch period.
2. This is probably going to be for the Japan release only, and is most likely not indicative of the North American launch lineup
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Are you stupid? Maybe some kids who only play sports games will buy the 360. Because that's all that I see on the Wal-Mart shelves. More bull-crap 50 dollar games that only have a couple months before they end up in the $20 bin.
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Despite your constant Xbox love, both the 360 and PS3 are expensive toys. At least with the PS3 we can get HD versions of movies (Sony Pictures) to watch. As pointless are UMDs seemed to be, people seem to be buying them, so I expect more folks
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The Facts (Score:2)
I'm starting to notice a trend with the computer guy nex spewing misinformation [slashdot.org]. If we look at the actual facts [ign.com], and again [ign.com], we already see that Sony---despite veiled references to the "value" of the PS3---is actually planning on releasing at the same prices they always have. Notice the price actually going down over time.
Gran Turismo, at launch? (Score:1)
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Use semicolons, please (Score:2)
Rob
GT5, yeah, right (Score:1)
I wonder? (Score:1)
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Whoa, whoa... let me get this straight... (Score:1)
They're porting Mario Golf to PS3 ??????