AndrewTS

BTW, is portable gaming "out of the ghetto" yet? If so, why are there insulting racial stereotypes in animated squirrel form begging me to buy a PSP?

After the smoke and mirrors of PS2, people basically declared the DC dead preemptively, and so it did come to pass. They need to, because they're losing money in every single other division they have going. "Sony WAS good for gaming, they provided a solid alternative. They aren't anymore, they're too far up their own asses. Did you see Kutaragi's expression and posture when he unveiled that "incredibly innovative" controller? I was just praying some brave journalist (or Reggie) would leap onto the stage and tackle him." Ken has always been a smug bastard. It's not a gaming console! You will need an extra job to buy it! We're going to revolutionize home entertainment with it--movies, music, gaming, etc.! Anyway, it's not going to affect us until next year, so big whoop. No, November isn't the launch, because if Sony is lucky they'll have 2 million units available for the entire planet. So you're going to need to save up money, and work on your right hook to get a PS3 before 2007. Show us the games, Sony. Not pretty footage, either, something playable.

"People thought PS2 was going to be a disaster" -- who? Invictus: Okay, maybe I didn't read the chart right, but I'm a fast learner.

Are you sure? It was announced from like the very beginning that PS3 would use memory sticks, so that seems surprising. I checked the spec sheet, and it seems the only place they are making a distinction between the 20 GB and 60 GB models are the right side in white. There, they definitely mention the HDMI, but on the left side they just list "I/O" for that. I'm not sure you're reading the chart correctly, but I'll admit I find it a bit confusing myself. EDIT: Okay, I see the "-" next to 20 GB. Okay, I don't know how to read a spec chart, so sue me. So it appears that neither model supports PS1 memory cards or PS2 memory cards.

Newsflash: Sony lies. They lied about E3 not being when they'd announce the price, too.

PS3 uses memory sticks like PSP, not memory cards like PS1/PS2.

Wasn't Sony crowing about not having two different models to confuse consumers? $500 is the cheaper version? WTF?!

Have you played Tekken with it? Even so, like that's a big deal to you, Ms. Arcade Dweller.

There's not going to be just FFXIII, but it's going to be in 3 parts, with 3 different games. .FinalFantasy 13 : The Search For More Money

Ghey. The boomerang looked much more comfortable. I guess it's safe to say that Sony, as market leader for 2 console gens in a row, is ridiculously complacent.

Tilt sensor means nothing. It ain't the same. I'm sure Nintendo has patents out the whazzang on that thing. What did they change the PS3 controller to? The boomerang was fine.

How do you know Ken is lying? His lips are moving. I doubt it will be 500 bucks.

Those of us not watching don't get it. Flaccid Snake would work.

Sony thinks we're retarded.

Blame Nomura and Toriyama. That chick is, just like Ashe, basically Yuna with a headswap. Nomura is such a pathetic hack as a character designer.

So, that's what they're doing with PSP connectivity? Hell, Four Swords kills that. I expect PSP games are going to be playable on PS3, although before they can really get economies of scale working for them, announcing it now would kill the PSP dead.

http://www.amazonmandy.com/cosplay/jokerlaugh.jpg http://www.amazonmandy.com/cosplay/MaraJade4sm.jpg http://www.amazonmandy.com/cosplay/utenakneel1.jpg Kasumi (apparently its the above Felicia chick): http://mimi6cu.free.fr/cosplay/1c.jpg http://mimi6cu.free.fr/cosplay/3c.jpg Yuna http://mimi6cu.free.fr/cosplay/costumes-yunagunner-02.jpg Lei Fang http://mimi6cu.free.fr/cosplay/16%2520lei%2520fang.jpg I don't remember this costume in any of the comics... http://mimi6cu.free.fr/cosplay/5365.jpg Cammy...with glasses? http://mimi6cu.free.fr/cosplay/991601.jpg http://mimi6cu.free.fr/cosplay/KIF_0070.jpg Aya Brea: http://mimi6cu.free.fr/cosplay/aya12po.jpg Well, see the image title: http://mimi6cu.free.fr/cosplay/maimaimai.jpg And, a ridiculously good Mai: http://mimi6cu.free.fr/cosplay/may09xp.jpg http://mimi6cu.free.fr/cosplay/may25el.jpg http://mimi6cu.free.fr/cosplay/may8oy.jpg

Wouldn't "microshit" be a compliment, indicating there is very little shitty about them?

There's going to be a more heavy emphasis on stealth, actually. Notice he's packing daggers and knives, not swords. Obviously the time gimmick won't be in place. Also, the physics involved in maneuvering through crowds and navagating organic environments is supposed to be a heavy focus. Neo-PoP minus much of the oft-frustrating combat? Yes, please! However, when I first saw the game, I couldn't help but think of this picture: http://www.motoko.it/images/morpheus/princeofpersia2.jpg

It's everyone. It's supposedly been delayed.

Yukes has never, ever given a rat's damn about the clipping before, so that doesn't surprise me. I wouldn't flinch if the final game still had wrestlers' hair stabbing them through their necks, and so on.

Dragon Quest with new gameplay? That's friggin' earth shattering. I'm sure the dozen people who will be playing VF5 at home are ecstatic.

Same here but I'd add Assassin's Creed there, too.

EFA. =D

I don't exactly agree with that. Sure, the strat guides were very good, but the writing was terrible. It was geared towards a very young audience, while NP today needs to cater to older folks. I have some issues of Next Generation somewhere. Sadly, I was too young to really appreciate the magazine when it was out. It was *very* *very* wordy. It wasn't so much that I had a short attention span, but I was more interested in just straight-up getting info on the games than I was about what x game director thought, or an editorial on the way the industry was headed. I'm shocked it lasted as long as it did. It was way too smart for most gamers then. No, they (Gamefan) didn't. They hated FMV games, licensed crap, lousy sequels, lame ports, etc. Just about all the criticisms I heard are more accurate for their mid-90's incarnations, less so for their late-90's, where the staff was totally different, art was typically "offical" art or very good original art, it was more common to see ratings in the 50's for reviews. The mag, to its bitter end, seemed to go with the grade-school scale where 60 and below was an F, and nothing else below that was really needed to gauge quality. And during the mid-90s, there were not many mags that would flat out tell you "this game is shit." Game Players gave Shaq Fu a 79%, for crying out loud. Once in a while there would be a critical punching bag everybody would take a swing at, like Rise of the Robots, though. During the mid-90's, their competition included EGM, the always-crappy Gamepro, the Propagandtastic and Game Players, which really thought it was funny, and tried harder to be funny than do much else.