PS3 preorders tomorrow

[occulum]

 

[darthviper107]

But it is true that there aren't very many people that have HD televisions so the HD thing isn't a big issue. Graphics quality is because that limits it, but however I bet it is much better than the Gamecube.

 

[Darth Loki]

The graphics in games on the Gamecube are amazing, even some of the older games like Metroid Prime. I could care less about how pretty my 360 can make a game look. Give me great game play! Wii will be the most played system I've ever owned because it will be fun to play. The ability to play all those Nintendo games from my youth is just another added bonus.

This and plenty of other reasons, Wii Sports, Red Steal, TWILIGHT PRINCESS, are just some of the reasons I'll be in line at 7 am to reserve one. Bring on the 19th.

 

[kain4521]

I will not be able to take the time off of work to pre order the Wii. Good Luck to everybody waiting in lines.

 

[Darth Loki]

Bye, I'm going to go get in line now. Why couldn't they have done this in the Summer, it's pretty damn cold this morning. Wish me luck.

 

[Darth Loki]

3 hours of waiting and I am 7th on the list. The first 4 went to employees but they said they will get at least 10 at launch so I should be gold. :chew :chew :chew

 

[kain4521]

Have fun playing with your Wii Loki I will have to get in line at Wal Mart on the 19th

 

[tomandshell]

3 hours of waiting and I am 7th on the list. The first 4 went to employees but they said they will get at least 10 at launch so I should be gold. :chew :chew :chew

Congrats--I'm glad that you had better luck than some of us did with the PS3 on Tuesday.

:chew

 

[Darth Loki]

Congrats--I'm glad that you had better luck than some of us did with the PS3 on Tuesday.

:chew

The manager said there were more people today than for the PS3. They only took 18 pre-orders at my location and I was #7 so I should be garaunteed one on launch day. I gotta go fill out my vacation form for that week.

 

[Mookeylama]

so does anyone know when the average person will be able to walk in a store and buy a PS3 w/o having to wait in line or pay $1500? like when they'll be readily available? i'm guessing Feb/March?

or is there going to be anymore preorders coming up anytime soon at other stores? like Walmart, Best Buy,ect?

 

[tomandshell]

so does anyone know when the average person will be able to walk in a store and buy a PS3 w/o having to wait in line or pay $1500? like when they'll be readily available? i'm guessing Feb/March?

or is there going to be anymore preorders coming up anytime soon at other stores? like Walmart, Best Buy,ect?

I don't expect to be able to walk in casually and see one on the shelf until April of next year, at the earliest.

 

[hairlesswookiee]

im sure you'll be able to preorder it in a couple weeks, but as already mentioned you wont see it until the first of the year.

 

[elwood49]

I could care less about how pretty my 360 can make a game look. Give me great game play!

Exactly. I'm much more excited about the Wii. I'll get a PS3 or 360 eventually (probably a PS3), as long as they get some good games for it. The PS2 game library was extremely lacking, IMO.

 

[DouglasMcc]

Well, I couldn't resist. I have to chime in on a few of the issues being discussed. First off, I could have easily pre-purchased a PS3 on ... well, I guess most of you will be calling it Screwed Day . One of my relatives is a manager of a local EB and all it would have took was a 100 dollar check that he could have rang in for the pre-purchase that morning. However, there is absolutely no reason to own a PS3 right now, at least in my opinion. I was not going to be one of those a##holes who bought it just to scalp. Sure, easy money, but I prefer to take the higher moral ground. And, as a game system, the PS3 doesn't offer enough over my X360 to warrant the cost. Now, don't start throwing that "but it comes with a Blue Ray player" jargon at me. I don't want a Blue Ray player... and if I did, I would buy a dedicated stand alone unit. I want a video game machine. Here is some of the soul searching that I did before I decided against a PS3 at launch.

1.) 90% of the games available at launch will be available/or are already available for the X360. That's 600 plus tax in money I can funnel towards X360 and other older system's games.
2.) That 10% of exclusive games really don't look all that interesting. The only exclusive game I saw for launch that even warranted an eye brow raise was Resistance - and I can wait to play another WWII FPS ... even one with aliens
3.) While the PS3 is technically more powerful than the X360, everyone agrees it will be at least a year, and probably 2 or 3, before we can actually see that difference on our screens. The PS3 is much harder to program for than the X360. Add that to the fact that all non-exclusive designers (which accounts for the majority of them) want games that can be released on all 3 systems. So, there is no reason for them to spend the time and money it will take to master PS3 game design, when they can easily turn out a X360 game, port it identically to the PS3, then slightly downgrade that to work on the Wii. PS3 is still in that magical land we like to call "hypothetical power". On paper, it doubles the potential of the X360. However, as to whether we ever see that on screen, that depends on the designers. The Sega Saturn and Dreamcast were much more powerful than their contemporary systems at launch. But they were also hard to program for, and they never reached the graphical brilliance they were capable of.
4.) Sony is rushing to put these out, just like MS did with the X360. Luckily, I have never had a problem with my X360. However, I have 3 friends who weren't as lucky. So, I figure, might as well wait for the 2nd revision ... or at least til they work out the early kinks.
5.) This last one is less tangible ... but ended up being the final nail in my launch PS3's coffin. I waited in line for 10 hours to buy my X360. And for about a month and a half, I was in gaming bliss. Then around mid-December, I ran out of good games to play on it. I went back to the PC, PS2, and Xbox. I did not really feel the need to break out my system, other than occasional rentals, til last summer when the deluge of good gaming hit. Lets be honest ... in terms of exclusive games on the PS3 ... this will be the same fate for the PS3. All next-gen systems struggle to put out quality content for those months after launch.

So, I put 250 bucks down on a WII, and prepurchased Zelda and Red Steel. Between that and the PS3 identical games I will be playing on my X360 ... I will be perfectly happy. Now, I know I will own a PS3 eventually. Probably next fall ... if MGS 4 ships on time. But why should I spend the money this X-mas with some much other amazing stuff to buy? There is just no reason. At least that's my humble opinion.

P.S. As to the Wii's power, it can output at 480P and do 16:9. It is estimated to be roughly 2x as powerful as an Xbox (about 60% the power of the Xbox 360). But I buy Nintendo systems, as someone else already said, for game play, not HDTV. Heck, I am re-playing through FFIX right now out of nostalgia. And it looks just fine on my 50 inch DLP. We, as game fanatics need to start looking at the over-all gaming experiences and telling the designers we want substance to our pretty pictures. Too many next gen games right now are all flash, no gameplay. Without the excess flash to fall back on, Wii designers have no choice but to focus on story, gameplay, and actual fun. I will take those any day over pretty pictures.

 

[hairlesswookiee]

good points douglas. i agree with you 100% i dont deny the PS3 is more powerful than the 360, but even experts say its not a wide margin as sony would like. i dont plan on buying a HD tv anytime soon so that factor doesnt apply to me. i think that most of the sony fans are finally excited to finally have a system that is more powerful than its competitors. however, it all comes down to the games and i think they will have a hard time since the term "excluvise game" really doesnt apply to that many games. i hate to say it, but the PS2's success was due to GTA and the xbox was from Halo. now that GTA is on other platforms sony is gonna have to find a new breadwinner. resistance seems to have filled the void right now,but we still need to see how it plays to find out.
my prediction:
Nintendo>360>PS3
i could be wrong, but either way nintendo has so many advantages over the others. 1. Price--who CANT afford a Wii?? 2.Exclusive games--Zelda,Metroid,Smash Brothers. 3. Online--i know they all will have online, but Nintendo has promised NES,SNES, TG16, and other retro games.
~~Microsoft will be number 2, but it will be a small lead over Sony. 1. Online--they have had LIVE established for a while now and have arcade to keep us happy. 2. HALO--this is probably why most people will buy a 360 3. Access-- it has already been noted by many publishers that the 360 is way easier than the PS3 to program for.
~~Sony has a monster of a system and you cant deny that the HD sounds promising. 1. Crazy horsepower under the hood. the PS3 is like the Ferrari of the nextgen war 2. Metal Gear Solid--this is also another system seller of a game...most people (including me) are buying a PS3 because they know metal gear will be a homerun 3. Popularity--sony has built a name out of playstation and it is easily known that it will be supported 100% by almost every game maker 4. Online--sony has finally embraced the online community. nothing has been seen yet, but sony promises to have its servers up and functioning for its kickoff.

~~im trying to be unbiased. i plan on getting all 3 systems, but right now my money is on nintendo kicking ass and taking names. while microsoft and sony are trying to impress everyone with their muscles... nintendo is returning to their roots and proving that gaming is about--gaming!!! nintendo recognizes that most gamers arent super rich so they have priced their new system in the zone that is the cheapest of any NEW system and easily making the Wii everyone's favorite.

 

[Darth Loki]

I'm dying to get my hands on my Wii

 

[hairlesswookiee]

ok i just got back from picking up spinter cell. i know its bad when the EB sony fanboy said he isnt getting a PS3. he went to a manager's conference and played Resistance and said it wasnt everything it hoped to be. he said sony still has the same problems that it had with the PS2 and that no rumble is crap.

 

[Vader AL]

how is splinter cell?

 

[hairlesswookiee]

so far its pretty hard. ive only played about 30 minutes of it so far. there are some glitches, which really disappoint me. and it seems like this game has the longest loading times ever since the PS1.

 

[elwood49]

I hate to break this to people that are going to buy a PS3 and then scalp it. It's not going to work. So for those of you who want to scalp the PS3, I probably wouldn't do it.

Still feel that way congerking?

https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=130038950401&rd=1&rd=1

Hate to say I told you so.