PS3 hardware discussion thread

[Marvin Wong]

Originally Posted by TEKNIC

It's still not as good as a PC.

You are right. Gaming consoles can't be better than PC.

[TEKNIC]

Originally Posted by .adrenaLine

How could you say it is biased and fanboy propaganda.

Because it implies something that isn't true or is yet to be determined. Maybe your definition of certain words is different from everybody else's. The article was in no way a news story. It's opinion. And misguided opinion at that. The author compared apples to oranges so that people like you who don't understand the numbers that the author spews and how they relate will think that the 360 is the be-all/end-all of consoles. Welcome to reality.

[Mr~Pan]

What happened to the new generation controlers? The ones that looked really weird. All the ones I have seen for sale have the same style as the PS2. I actually like that myself. The new ones they had in development looked weird.

[Teqila]

You've never heard of the SIXAXIS?

[Dboyz-x.etown]

The "new generation controllers" (Dualshock 3) were scrapped due to a lot of bad press. They were replaced by the Sixaxis.

Teknic, thanks for clearing that up.

For me, I had the Ps3 in my room for half an hour in the horizontal position. It over heated 3 times, even with a fan. But once i popped a DVD in it, didn't do it again (Cell shuts down all but one SPE during DVD playback). Moved it into family room (we got a new bravia TV.... yeah frigging expensive Xmas for my house), stood it upright, ran for 12 hours pretty much straight and never overheated once. This is original release.

Just a heads up. Also, if it overheats it will make a beeping sound and shut itself down. The power light will flash red over and over.

[malevolence111]

i dk, i think the system is just too expensive for what it has to offer as far as games go at the moment. the nintendo Wii is proving to be a great system though.

[Sparkplug1990]

Like I said in another thread earlier today, you cannot base weather your getting a system on the games that it is offering upon release. The 360 took a few months to have game creators take full advantage of what the system has to offer. It will be the same for the PS3.

[madgza420]

Originally Posted by Dboyz-x.etown

The "new generation controllers" (Dualshock 3) were scrapped due to a lot of bad press. They were replaced by the Sixaxis.

That is not true, the dual shock is gone due to a patent dispute that sony refuses to settle. See EGM Nov-Dec.

[RickTheRipper]

And now that they've recently settled (a few weeks before GDC), we should be seeing rumble in a year or so (hopefully sooner).

[Teqila]

Should we make a software and firmware thread? It would contain all the discussions about updates and such.