Didn't work with the 20 gib ps3 so unlikely to try again with a slim. I figure the most expensive parts are the xdr ram, bluray player and the Cell.
So the price cut will come with reduction in production/part costs - or subsidized from psp/ps2/games sales.
But Slim Ps3 could still boost sales even at the Ps3's current price. Just need to give it all the features and looks that buyers just salivate for.
Sheez, I'm confident many current and new buyers...
The Ps4 just needs multiple Cell CPUs, better GPU and beef up the Ram. I could imagine a Ps4 three years from now selling for what the Ps3 does now - but be a helluva lot powerful.
Learn from the Wii to simply produce a cheap EVOLUTIONARY console not an expensive REVOLUTIONARY one.
Sony doesn't need to put more cores in the cell but just need to work on reducing its cost, size and heat footpath. Then just add two or more cells in the Ps4 and voila - power personif...
Price and gameplay(the wii-mote-centric games) are the two main reasons for the wii's success.
But what clearly is the main reason for the success is the fun games(many cooperative) that use alot of the features of the motion controls.
The wii is slightly more powerful than the Ps2 but the Ps2 has a huge library of games and is a whole lot cheaper so price is not the main reason for the wii's success.
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as for the Playmote(Wand is a stupi...
Oh yeah, you obviously knew I was taking about shooter gameplay.
oh yea, suppose you didn't.
If bots had truly Elite AI to allow ranked games...
.... plus human players could easily take the Bots place in a game(likewise the bot takes the humans place if he quits a game)....
....then there'll always be full games...
...and you'll be able to jump into them at will....
...with your friends.
Think about this GG....and the makers of Warhawk 2/Starhawk?
I'd love for ND to make KZ2 instead of GG.
GG has gotten better and did a good job with KZ2 but also made obvious blunders.
Had ND or Santa Monica Studios made KZ1 & KZ2 - knowing their experience and great games - the Playstation would likely now be the home for the best shooter on a console.
Give us a new IP GG and give the game to ND or Santa Monica Studios. Frack, imagine what Epic would do with KZ3 with all their experteze with shooters.
The PC is getting this awesome controller in December but the next gen consoles could get it by next year if Sony/Microsoft just took their heads out of their own a55es.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1...
The halflife2 mod shows how this is the future(with two controllers) and kb & M are so old school.
http://sixense.com/
Natal has potential but in all reality is not a controller replacement but an accessory to the 360. It also doesn't address the issue of how well it will work for shooters - a core genre for the 360's base.
Sony's chosen to take the normal hand controller route but with true full motion - improving on the wii-mote. It is going to be more practical and something of physical substance that will continue to give feedback in a game with rumble.
BTW: Sony has already do...
Now I'm a ps3 fan that owns a 360 but it's obvious the 360 hasn't been maxed out.
It's just up to developers how much they are willing to invest to get the most out of the system.
You have only to look at what Santa Monica Studios did with ancient hardware that only has 32M Ram and 300 Mhz CPU. You know it as the Ps2 and the games, GoW 1 & 2.
GoW was released 5 years into the life of the Ps2 and done by a first party who obviously knew the hardware ...
Was this done by IGN OZ or IGN USA?
Because if you look at reviews from IGN OZ of ps3 games and compare them to IGN USA reviews there seems to be a distinct pattern.
with these map only DLC
^^^
@cloudkev
No way are these two maps better than the first two. I've just checked them out. Beachhead is a tiny map but Southern Hills seems pretty good but nothing exceptional.
But these maps plus titanium and Steel should have been bundled in the first map pack. Not worth a separate purchase.
These maps won't sell well. Hopefully this will finally get GG to see that mere map packs aren't going to work a...
Now we know where the Wand name came from.
But this forces you to have to have a eyetoy and be in visual line of sight.
Check this article about another developers magnetic based motion controller:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1...
Note: in possible negotiation with major console makers for possible release in 2010.
Sony should take up this licence inst...
GT5, GoW3, R3, TLG, multiple sports franchises....need we say more.
The controller is suppose to come out next year so these game developers will already have the basic controller specs to integrate the CONTROLLER to their games.
In short, even with the new controller we'll still get shooters, actioners, rpgs, racing games, sports games etc because.....surprise, surprise....it's still just a CONTROLLER.
Epic, R*, DICE, etc aren't going to all of a sudde...
Can't wait for this and Arma2. Just want all the vehicles and more realistic combat
Yup. Maxed out x/y sensitivity as well. It's improved things but still frustrating looking on to a target quickly.
But Killzone 2 is still an awesome game. I just hate the controls and spawn flares.
BTW: full supporter of rockets and not a noob - the most powerful class I believe is a tactician with repair abiliies.
Yes, but only slightly. I don't care for the killzone feel for controls. I just want the fast, accurate responsiveness expected of shooters.
the slowness & lag for shotgun and rpg aiming totally fracks me off. There should not be a need for a learning curve. Accessibility is the key here.
I've been playing straight this last week and the huge majority of games don't have the DLC. Annoying and doesn't suggest many have picked up the maps.
GG needs to realize new maps are not going to do it anymore.
However, if they combine a map with new weapons(flame thrower, lightning gun, mini-gun, knife even) and/or vehicles - just like the Warhawk DLC - then maybe, just maybe, most owners will start buying.
Prediction: steel,titanium, flash & thu...
MAG = Massive Action Game = ".....large scale warfare...."
what a loser.
... if developers actually look at what the competition has done or previous games.
Planetside should have been a guide for Zipper as well as PC Battlefield2.
Frack, Warhawk2 with 256 players, squad & class system, sprint & roll function would completely rule all MMOs on a console and seriously challenge PC MMOs.
Perfect for the role. Knows how to be funny plus how to play action(Blade 3).
Just take a look at his pictures
http://www.imdb.com/media/r...
Need we say more.