Sony shows off new PlayStation 3

Post by **o'dium** » Tue May 17, 2005 1:18 pm

Thats the knife in the 360's back then... That really was the one thing that could of helped it alogn a lot. Bugger.

Post by **Grudge** » Tue May 17, 2005 1:24 pm

Bluetooth controllers? Those are gonna chew through a battery charge in fucking no time. Plus, they're fucking ugly - paint them yellow and you're holding a banana.

Post by **Transient** » Tue May 17, 2005 1:25 pm

o'dium wrote:Support for 7 pads...?

Thats a bit of an odd number, no?

My first guess was in a widescreen multiplayer game, 3 on top row and 3 on bottom, plus a 7th controller as a master controller of sorts.

Post by **o'dium** » Tue May 17, 2005 1:25 pm

Grudge wrote:Bluetooth controllers? Those are gonna chew through a battery charge in fucking no time. Plus, they're fucking ugly - paint them yellow and you're holding a banana.

Aye, tis true. My d500 lasts hardly any time when bluetooth is just ON, never mind when its actually sending data...

Post by **o'dium** » Tue May 17, 2005 1:27 pm

Transient wrote:
o'dium wrote:Support for 7 pads...?

Thats a bit of an odd number, no?
My first guess was in a widescreen multiplayer game, 3 on top row and 3 on bottom, plus a 7th controller as a master controller of sorts.

8 is usually where its at... I dunno about you but just 4 layers on a TV ith splitscreen is awful to look at. It would be for games like fifa, NBA etc, but 7 just seems odd.

Post by **MKJ** » Tue May 17, 2005 1:38 pm

SplishSplash wrote:MS just announced that 360 won't be backwards compatible to all XBox1 games. ("only for the best-sold games" - probably with patches)

link?

Post by **MKJ** » Tue May 17, 2005 1:39 pm

o'dium wrote:
Grudge wrote:Bluetooth controllers? Those are gonna chew through a battery charge in fucking no time. Plus, they're fucking ugly - paint them yellow and you're holding a banana.
Aye, tis true. My d500 lasts hardly any time when bluetooth is just ON, never mind when its actually sending data...

well the xbox360 wireless have a recharge-cable so you can connect it to yer xbox and itll recharge while yer playing

mebbe these things will have summat as well
or maybe it has a lithium battery like most sony products.

running out of battery while playing a game really sucks though. wireless is for homoos

Post by **MKJ** » Tue May 17, 2005 2:01 pm

SplishSplash wrote:MS just announced that 360 won't be backwards compatible to all XBox1 games. ("only for the best-sold games" - probably with patches)

just read the opposite btw. though only on a dutch site so far

Post by **Billy Bellend** » Tue May 17, 2005 2:05 pm

hey i'm going to wait and see.

that way im coming at it fresh.

*closes eyes and hopes for best hehe

Post by **Sevensins** » Tue May 17, 2005 2:07 pm

MKJ wrote:
o'dium wrote:Support for 7 pads...?

Thats a bit of an odd number, no?
indeed
why not make it 8

A Bluetooth device playing the role of "master" can communicate with up to 7 devices playing the role of "slave". At any given instant in time, data can be transferred between the master and one slave; but the master switches rapidly from slave to slave in a round-robin fashion. (Simultaneous transmission from the master to multiple slaves is possible, but not used much in practice). These groups of up to 8 devices (1 master and 7 slaves) are called piconets."

Post by **Sevensins** » Tue May 17, 2005 2:09 pm

MKJ wrote:
SplishSplash wrote:MS just announced that 360 won't be backwards compatible to all XBox1 games. ("only for the best-sold games" - probably with patches)
just read the opposite btw. though only on a dutch site so far

http://games.slashdot.org/games/05/05/1 ... 11&tid=209

Post by **MKJ** » Tue May 17, 2005 2:21 pm

Sevensins wrote:
MKJ wrote:
SplishSplash wrote:MS just announced that 360 won't be backwards compatible to all XBox1 games. ("only for the best-sold games" - probably with patches)
just read the opposite btw. though only on a dutch site so far
http://games.slashdot.org/games/05/05/1 ... 11&tid=209

:icon14: ta

Post by **SplishSplash** » Tue May 17, 2005 2:22 pm

Sevensins wrote: http://games.slashdot.org/games/05/05/1 ... 11&tid=209

backwards compatibility will be selective, with most but not all of the top selling games supported

Doesn't sound too good. Actually, it sounds more like 5 or 6 games to me.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue May 17, 2005 5:47 pm

o'dium wrote:
Grudge wrote:Bluetooth controllers? Those are gonna chew through a battery charge in fucking no time. Plus, they're fucking ugly - paint them yellow and you're holding a banana.
Aye, tis true. My d500 lasts hardly any time when bluetooth is just ON, never mind when its actually sending data...

i always have BT turned on on my Sony Ericsson and have no battery issues. i use it daily to sync and also use it as a remote for the pc.