Volitions Advocate on 20/8/2009 at 13:23
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
It didn't have direct access to the GPU (hardware acceleration), so 3D stuff and HD movies were slower than fuck. Having a homebrew media player (that could play the popular open source video/audio formats) or being able to crank some of the old Id Software shooters would've been cool, but it couldn't do any of that.
Yeah it lives in some sort of shielded environment, which makes sense and is stupid at the same time. The linux installer coudln't see the PS3 partition on the hard drive and I guess they didn't want some amateur wiping the Harddrive when they didn't know what they were doing. But only giving 2d capabilities on the Video card was pretty dumb and they didn't really need to do that. Maybe it was just their way of covering their butts for warranty purposes so they could let you tinker around without having to deal with complaints from people who OC their video card and fry it, then want a replacement.
I'll just be using it for your average netbook uses. So it suits me and gives me a safe place to play around and learn how to use linux.
Thirith on 20/8/2009 at 13:31
Something completely different: those people here who have a PS3, are you happy with it and the games available for it? From what I've been reading, it seems that during the first year most people (excepting rabid fanboys) were pretty disappointed in the PS3, unless they mainly got it for its Blu-ray capabilities. In the meantime, though, the disappointment doesn't seem to be as acute any more (although you still get the Xbox360 vs. PS3 fights breaking out whenever there is a comparison video). Or am I just ignoring the evidence because I'm planning to get a PS3?
Matthew on 20/8/2009 at 13:45
Quote Posted by Papy
I must admit I still have my doubt about buying the PS3 as a player mainly because I had a lot of problem with Sony's devices, particularly DVD players (they all have difficulties reading discs other players can read without any problems).
I haven't had any problems with my last two Sony DVD players and recorders in that regard, I must say (and being able to region unlock them with a simple keypad sequence is handy too :D ) - though I rarely use some o the more esoteric types of DVD save for recording purposes.
242 on 20/8/2009 at 14:17
Quote Posted by Thirith
Something completely different: those people here who have a PS3, are you happy with it and the games available for it? From what I've been reading, it seems that during the first year most people (excepting rabid fanboys) were pretty disappointed in the PS3
I don't have a PS3 and I'm still disappointed with it :)
Not. Enough. Worthy. Exclusives.
I still think PS2 is MUCH better than PS3 for games if a person already has up-to-date PC. Technical deficiency is easily compensated by unicity and general quality of many great exclusives. The only 2 released PS3 games I'm currently interested in are MGS4 and new Siren. But when God of War 3, the new game from Team Ico, and Heavy Rain will be released, I'll reconsider.
Malf on 20/8/2009 at 14:27
Thirith:
As I've said before, I'm very happy with my PS3 now, and definitely prefer it to the 360.
For one, the interface is nicer on the PS3 and quicker to navigate. It's all really intuitive, whereas similar functions on the 360 either take an age to find or simply don't exist (web browser, I'm looking at you).
Then there's the PS3 exclusives; I'm a sucker for a good exclusive, and PS3 simply seems to have more good ones, such as Ratchett & Clank, Uncharted, Heavenly Sword (Hey, I like it), Wipeout, InFamous, Little Big Planet, Resistance, etc.
360 on the other hand? The only exclusives I really care about are Dead Rising, Mass Effect and Fable 2. I played Kameo recently, and it was just another sub-standard Rare Zelda wannabe. And all the other stuff seems to come to the PS3 in the long term anyway.
And then you've got the online content. Okay, so the friends stuff seems to be better implemented on 360, and trophies are a little more kludgier than the 360's achievements system, but fuck, the PSN store and the content on it just wipes the floor with the 360 one.
For one: a real currency value on the PSN store compared to MS points on the 360 marketplace. MS uses the point system to ignore exchange rates, so something that costs 800 points costs you a different amount of actual money depending on where you are. Rip off.
Then there's navigation. The PSN is neatly divided into sensible categories, whereas in the 360 store I seem to be forever scrolling if I'm looking for something that hasn't just been released.
And then content; don't get me wrong, I love some of my 360 marketplace exclusives, like Space Giraffe, N+, Rez HD, E3 etc., but then I look at the quality of stuff on the PSN store and it's not really a fair fight.
Flower, Fat Princess, the aforementioned Wipeout HD, Burn Zombie Burn, Noby Noby Boy, Shatter, Super Stardust HD and the up and coming Dead Nation. All pretty spectacular. And not to forget a shitload of free stuff on the PSN store which is chargeable on the 360 marketplace.
There's also the fact that 90% of the time, if a PS3 game says on the box that it supports 1080P, it really does. Every 360 game claims to support 1080P, but in reality they simply use the scaler and actually render at a lower resolution.
However, it's not all in the PS3's favour:
While you have to pay for multiplayer services on the 360, they do seem to be more reliable. Comparing SFIV on both platforms, there are more laggy games on the PS3, and it can take longer to find a game. Let alone which, it loads faster off of the disk on the 360, whereas to get the same load speed on the PS3, you have to install to the HDD. Of course, this also means that when you're playing online, you are at the mercy of idiots who haven't installed to HDD.
I also suspect that PSN's multiplayer reliability may be a victim of the majority of users out there using the default wireless networking instead of an ethernet connection. I've found that wireless tends to drop offline quite frequently on the PS3, so I always connect via ethernet now.
The 360 seems to handle anti-aliasing much better than the PS3; chances are, if a cross-platform title doesn't have AA on the PS3, it will do on the 360. Again, SFIV falls into this category, as do Burnout Paradise and Mirror's Edge. The trade-off is that screen tearing seems to be more prevalent on the 360, and the PS3 is acknowledged as having slightly better lighting capabilities (Bionic Commando should really be played on the PS3 for example, even over the PC version).
SubJeff on 20/8/2009 at 14:33
The only things that would make the ps3 better for media would be region feedom and recording from a Freeview TV without playtv.
Do you even have playtv outside the uk?
Thirith on 20/8/2009 at 14:55
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
The only things that would make the ps3 better for media would be region feedom and recording from a Freeview TV without playtv.
The region-free thing (for Blu-ray, at least) is mainly what annoys me a bit, but that's not really the fault of the PS3. I was a relatively early adopter with DVDs and still got a machine that played R1 and R2. With BD, they're really cracking down on the multi-region thing, it seems.
gunsmoke on 21/8/2009 at 17:15
How does this gravatar thing work? Does it give a random image to each person, or do you have to upload one yourself? I just've never heard anything about it before. Thanks.
Sulphur on 21/8/2009 at 18:00
Great. Now everyone's gonna know that my gravatar looks like an inebriated cacodemon rescued from drowning in a vat of grape wine. Thanks a ton, Aja! :mad:
