PS3 officially delayed

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:08 pm

http://spong.com/article/9713/Sony+conf ... =19&cb=496

no ps3 in august. nothing suprising though

Post by **Don Carlos** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:12 pm

ouch

i will be gettin a 360 then

Post by **DiscoDave** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:14 pm

Come on, you all saw this coming, right? I know i did

Post by **brisk** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:22 pm

March 2007? Fuck that!

Still not gonna buy a 360 though.

Post by **o'dium** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:35 pm

That is quite a way off... But remember, with a delay this long, the launch games will be much better, unlike the unfortunate rush tripe pick of games the 360 had. No matter how good the 360 was, nobody can say the launch games are amazing

March is gonna rawk for 360 owners.

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:54 pm

odium speaks the truth.
cant wait for oblivion dammit

if they delay it again i will fly a train into bethesda

Post by **Yeando** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:40 pm

o'dium wrote:March is gonna rawk for 360 owners.

Think these are good deals?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 23-4332718

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 23-4332718

March seems pretty good to me!

Post by **r3t** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:43 pm

I think the developers will need all the time they can get. The Cell appears to be a devil to code for... http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060225-6265.html

Post by **o'dium** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:43 pm

Forty squids is good comapred to the 50 in shops, but remember... Are you REALLY willing to pay 20 quid more for games that are just ports of other games with better graphics?

Fight Night is good and TBH you really should go with the next gen version, as it really does add to the gameplay.

FarCry is fantastic but the same fun could be had on the original xbox and thats waht, £15 if you look around?

So you have to be sure what your getting really IS worth it. A lot of the games are, unfortunatly, ports

Post by **Transient** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:52 pm

Not surprising in the least. I'm never buying a 360, but I'll get the PS3 when it comes out so long as the initial price isn't as ridiculous as the PS1 was.

Post by **Grudge** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:27 pm

Go Revolution.

Post by **Transient** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:29 pm

I'm probably going to pick one of those up, too. Well, my soon-to-be roommate most likely will, so maybe I'll just let him do the buying and, uh, mooch off of him.

Post by **Jackal** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:31 pm

Lets all fight about which console it the best.

Post by **Lotad** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:34 pm

Nintendo Revolution is best.

Post by **Jackal** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:42 pm

Clearly. It's games are just the bestest ever.

Post by **Eraser** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:49 pm

o'dium wrote:That is quite a way off... But remember, with a delay this long, the launch games will be much better, unlike the unfortunate rush tripe pick of games the 360 had. No matter how good the 360 was, nobody can say the launch games are amazing March is gonna rawk for 360 owners.

TBH that's kind of naive. I doubt a delay of the console will guarantee better release games. Most consoles launch with a pretty poor game lineup and most have been delayed as well.

Post by **Lotad** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:04 pm

Jackal wrote:Clearly. It's games are just the bestest ever.

Oh I'm sorry, was I mistaken? did you not just say CONSOLE. What a dumb mother fucker you are.

Post by **Transient** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:09 pm

Eraser wrote:TBH that's kind of naive. I doubt a delay of the console will guarantee better release games. Most consoles launch with a pretty poor game lineup and most have been delayed as well.

I wouldn't go as far as guaranteeing it, but it can't hurt. If developers are given more time to finish a game, they are more likely to get it done in time for launch, wouldn't you say?

Post by **o'dium** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:10 pm

Eraser wrote:
o'dium wrote:That is quite a way off... But remember, with a delay this long, the launch games will be much better, unlike the unfortunate rush tripe pick of games the 360 had. No matter how good the 360 was, nobody can say the launch games are amazing March is gonna rawk for 360 owners.
TBH that's kind of naive. I doubt a delay of the console will guarantee better release games. Most consoles launch with a pretty poor game lineup and most have been delayed as well.

Im sorry but i disagree.

If the 360 had launhced in March, the games would feel a lot more polished, a lot bettre, and there would be more of them.

what did we get?

CoD2? Wow, I play it on my pc anyways.
Quake 4? Wow, Activision wanted it out for launch so the frame rate is awful and the MP pointless.
King Kong? Ohhh, the xbox game with fancy paralax mapping running at 10FPS.
Need For Speed? Oh wowie, the most boring game ever, now more yellow.

The 360 had Condemned, Kameo and Project Gothem... That was pretty much it. But even those have flaws. Condemned has some bad frame rate drops, Kameo is the same and lacks online MP and PGR3 was quite a big buggy...

A delayed launch window would of been better for them, you cant disagree, its just obvious. The only thing that wouldn't be better is the timing, and a christmas rush is the best time. But they also never had the stock, and thats seriously hurt them, with it being a world wide release.

All the games people want for 360 are coming soon. Dead Rising, Gears Of War, Huxley, Oblivion etc etc. Gears Of War and Halo 3 will be the nearst "killer app" games the 360 has coming out. But those are a bit off yet.

so far, on the PS3 side of things, most of its just poor. MGS4, which is the same stuff again only now a little prettier (Sorry its not THAT amazing to look at). Unreal Tourny 2007 which hasn't even been confirmned as a release game by Epic, but Sony are saying it is so dunno about that one. killzone 2, which nobody has seen yet, because it was all faked video. The Getaway 2, which looks seriously under par, but its on a large scale so thats fine. Tekken Next which is gonna just be Tekken, but we haven't even seen how it looks. And MoH:AB which has had a lot of shots released, all of which are either "in tiny writing" concept shots, or ingame shots which the 360 can do easily.

So, a delayed release for the PS3 could give them the edge they need to get some GOOD and BETTER games out. Remember this IS sony. If you thought the 360 launch was bad you haven't seen anything yet. They NEED some better games, and a delay will do that.

Post by **Transient** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:11 pm

Just because a game has some bad framerate drops doesn't mean you should pidgeonhole it into the failure column.

Post by **o'dium** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:14 pm

Transient wrote:Just because a game has some bad framerate drops doesn't mean you should pidgeonhole it into the failure column.

TBH, it does. PGR 3 is my fave game for the 360 still, Kameo rocks and Condemned is my second best. I haven't said either were bad, i simply said they could of been better.

When your playing on a 300 quid powerhouse beast of a machine that can run Unreal Engine 3 game at a full 60FPS constant, you kinda start to think "ok, why is it struggling with the lithtech engine?"

Didn't change how much i enjoyed the game, but it would of been nice to play it smoother. And a few more months optimizing wouldn't hurt.

Post by **Transient** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:19 pm

Sorted, I misread some of what you said there. Don't mind me, just putting words into your mouth.

Post by **Jackal** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:21 pm

I think it's important to remember that odium is the king of assumptions.

Post by **Jackal** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:22 pm

Lotad wrote:
Jackal wrote:Clearly. It's games are just the bestest ever.
Oh I'm sorry, was I mistaken? did you not just say CONSOLE. What a dumb mother fucker you are.

No, you were moreso mistaken on the front of having an oppinion on a machine that doesn't even exist yet.

Post by **o'dium** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:27 pm

Jackal wrote:I think it's important to remember that odium is the king of assumptions.

I assume things, i have oppinions.

You can have an oppinion that says whether the PS3 come sout now, or in ten years time, wont make any difference to the games. Thats fine. Its your choice.

Im simply saying that a delay for the PS3 of a few months is good because they get to optimize and maybe even have more launch titles, and bad, because it means they miss certain time slots which would be great for them to release in.

See it how you will, but your just being a picky twat because you can at the end of the day.