Ben-DutkaOkay. No comment on what's going on – personally – right now. Just gaming. 🙂
You know…I don't really care what Kojima's new game is
No, I don't. I don't care. I don't give a flying fig what the game is, or what it'll be called. Know why? Because Hideo Kojima made it, so it's gonna be awesome; no ifs, ands or buts about it. I found it interesting that his project might actually be Tornado Outbreak , but I only thought about it for a fleeting moment. I sat there and went, "hmm…wonder how that might work…" for about ten seconds and then my very reasonable brain just said, "dude, this is Kojima. It's going to rule, no matter what." Now, I will freely admit that whatever he makes may not fall into my wheelhouse; i.e., if he creates a flight sim or RTS, I probably won't play it. But despite my own personal preferences, I can pretty much guarantee it'll be a quality production and one that likely takes another step up the video game innovation ladder. There's no denying this guy's drive and talent, and to waste time debating over his new project is almost an insult… Perfectionists don't screw things up. They may create something you're not interested in, but they won't screw it up. That much, I promise.
A Slim PS3, eh? Hmm…
When I first heard about the "redesigned" PS3 Sony would supposedly unveil at E3, I didn't pay much attention. Such rumors are always evident every year, and "redesigned" is incredibly vague; it could mean just about anything. Then we got those leaked photos of what appears to be the new PS3 Slim and I said to myself, "well…that should definitely work." I never really had a problem with the PS3's size, but I can see how it might be a detriment: it's super crazy heavy and yes, a bit cumbersome. Besides, after all the technological advancements they've made in the past few years, it's clear Sony doesn't need all that space inside any longer. Now, the only question is: if they do reveal this slimmer, thinner, lighter PS3, does that mean they announce a price cut at the same time? A cosmetic change is always nice but in the end, that's all it is…cosmetic. It really doesn't change the impact it has on our wallets and these days, that's what consumers care about most. I say it would make for an awesome setup. Just say, "here comes the new PS3 Slim and oh, by the way, it'll be cheaper, too!" 🙂
Personal gaming update
I'm wandering around Dollet in FFVIII, Drawing all the first-level magic out of the enemies so I can Mid-Mag RF my 100 Fires into 20 Firas and so on. And because I have a disease , I absolutely won't stop until I have 100 of each of those second-level spells, which means it takes a little while. If any of you are lost, it means you haven't played FFVIII and if that's the case…well then, shame on you. 😉 I go back to LBP every now and then but at this point, I feel like I'm just waiting on inFamous , which I'm fairly convinced I want to play now. Either that, or Red Faction: Guerilla …but I'm trying to save a little money, just because I had to drop an unexpected grand on my root canal this past week, and there are other extenuating circumstances.
Circumstances I will not get into at this juncture. Night all. 🙂
I totally agree, 399$ for the ps3 is a great price
you can get a 500gb for $100
I upgraded to a 500 gig for less about $100 and never looked back. Don't let non-Sony hard drives turn you off. Just make sure it's a SATA, 2.5, 5400 RPM. The install itself won't take you more than 5 minutes.
Yeah mine is 250gb right now, but I'm getting a 500 soon. You definitely don't want to get close to filling one up, because of frag issues.
I am curious but won't a 500gb hdd make the PS3 run much slower?
nope, no matter what the size, a 5400rpm will still run at the same speed
@ JD Hexen The hdd is mainly for storage capacity. Runs at 5400 rpm 2.5 sata. Sony uses seagate, but I bought western digital. No difference in speed, that's pretty much built into the chipset not the hdd.
One note about 500 Gb HDDs:
The one I got OCCASIONALLY causes the PS3 to fail to detect it upon power-up; I then have to do a forced shut-down and reboot, after which it has always worked (touch wood). The 500 Gb HDD on my father's PS3 works perfectly.
Sorry, I don't have the specs in front of me, but it is a known problem, so you should be able to find info on the web.
In my opinion for the PS3, the biggest thing to look at in a new hard drive is the size of the buffer. I have a 500GB drive, and is is amazing to watch how fast things install compared to the original. I installed a 1 gig file onto my system on both drives, and there was a 15 second difference…
I paid $87 for a 500 from Newegg.
Fane, that sounds like it may be a problem with the drive itself. Glad to hear that it's still working well enough to use though.
Kojima's announcement is the top thing I'm anticipating at E3. There's no way the game is Tornado Outbreak though. "The next Metal Gear is…" Raiden in Japanese means storm.
By the way, cool avatar. I had this demo on my ps3 for a while and it wasn't until I read ya'lls posts about how good it is that I actually played it. I bought it the next day and all the dlc. Credit yourselves for helping push this title, it is awesome.
I have to admit, I picked it up late also, but I'm very glad that I did. I'm working on chapter 17 now. Damn you Jaeger!
Yeah, I also was late picking up Valkyria Chronicles. I hope a sequel is in the works. I'm on my second playthrough and am going to eventually buy the DLC. I think gamestop.com has it for $30 still. My copy was used and I paid 50 from a local GameStop where the manager was trying to hold that copy for himself. Awesome game!
What is tornado outbreak?!?!?! loool…..i want a new metal gear..BUT mayb a new lead role..someone totaly new?…and have snake like in tha background if you get me..like people talking about him and he rep and stuff…as for tha whole Raiden thing…im half n half on that situation…i think Raiden could be sick but i cant see what story they would do for him. And i want trophys form MGS4!!
yeah i know what you mean dg08 but i would like to see metal gear set in the future and have a whole new batch of characters and everyone would know about the legend of solid snake
(on a side note, does anyone know how much money it cost for sony to make a ps3)
Kratos, that's a really good idea. You need to submit that. Seriously. Google your question man. I'm sure it's went down alot in the past 3 years though. I almost wanna say it was near a grand during launch.
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DG, I think they could do the back story of how Raiden became the cyber ninja. I'm thinking it could be like MGS meets Ninja Gaiden.
Kratos, there was a recent report (May 15) on Joystick that Sony looses about $40 per console. That's down from the $100 at launch. I think there just estimates through. No one really knows for sure.
fatelementality i ust looked up the production cost of a ps3 and like what barnabee jones said sony loses about $40 but at launch it took over 800 dollars to put together a ps3 so we can all guess that sony was giving the ps3 all or nothing
and thank god it worked out
After your post the other week I got an itch to play FF8 again… so I'm doing it for the eight time, I think…. Yeah It's awesome… I'm currently carding t-rexaurs in the training center to get a shumi card, so I can keep playing and then modding the cards for the magic, I guess I'm sick too, but play the game differently…
I've heard of doing that, but never really tried it. Remember, this is only my second play-through. Eight…?! Wow. 🙂
Thats excaly what i was think kratos17 like in tha future but every now n then you hear people talking about a "legendry solider" n its snake n you hear storys of his "work" (could be old games there tlkin about)..we could be on to something here lol
Ben you just have what I call RPG OCD, nothin to be ashamed of homeslice!
Thank you. 🙂
The time when Kojima devs a game for the 360 is the day when the video game industry dies due to Micro$ofts anti-competive tactics
seriously why the hell is microsoft always throwing there money around
are they really that lazy as to not make there own games but just count on buying up exclusives just to stay in the game
i have nothing against there selfish ways
but its not fair how sony works so hard to bring quality exclusives to us
while those bastards sit back and watch everybody else do all the work
also i cant believe microsoft paid square enix to release final fantasy 13 as a simultaneous release for both systems its fucked up and square enix said they will finish the ps3 version before the 360 version and just hold the ps3 version until the 360 version is finished
are they really that afraid of a little competition
what a bunch of sore losers
It's about the money…don't take it personally.
LOl Kratos you think from the guys responsible of windows vista they can do a decent game?
Xbox 360 hardware is a total failure , they only have the fortune of be the lead platform in almost all multiplat games only good exclusives dead rising 1 and fable 2.
also games that before rocked on sony system now suck..just see at Resident Evil ,Silent Hill and GTA its like the xbox ruins the games .
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I hate to add anymore fuel to the fire here but Star Ocean 4 also took a nasty nosedive in quality. Star Ocean 3 was rated much higher than SO4, and the battle system seems to lack feeling and polish. As for RE5, I loved the co-op, and the game is fine, but it wasn't better than RE4 in most of our eyes. I just hope when SO4 hits PS3 (yes I say when), we get extras, and foremost I want the battle system to be polished. As for MGS4, I don't know why 360 fanboys would want it when the lot of them are saying it's a movie and not a game. Plus, you have to play MGS1 2 & 3 to fully grasp what is going on in most of MGS4's story. I wouldn't go so far as to conclude MS being the cause of game quality lacking. Resident Evil had a lot to live up to, and Silent Hill I believe was handled by a different team. Still, I'm a firm believer in exclusive titles turning out better than multiplats.
I am not overly interested in the PS3 Slim. I think if my PS3 Fat went belly up, I would scour the internet for new old stock of the original model, 60GB. They are still around on eBay.
I am sure whatever game IP Kojima creates, it will be something special; saying this, I haven't finished playing MGS4 yet… I have been concentrating on Killzone 2… I know, someone will scold me for it… but hey; I am enjoying KZ2 immensely at the moment…
Q!
"i am home"
dont worry about not finishing mgs4
because i have yet to finish gta4
too busy playing the new wolverine game
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I didn't finish GTA4 or Fallout…I don't know if I will either, they are not really my style of game. But I got Fallout for 30$, maybe someone I know will want to play through it. I prefer a tighter 10-15 hour game than a game where I am just wandering around most of the time.
Hey…..check Kojima's page again. Lighting in the sky along with a huge 5 and a countdown to probably another tease. I hate this man but love him at the same time. If this ends up being tornado outbreak, I'm gonna be pissed. I know he has the Midas touch, but it's gonna break alot of hearts if it's something else. The only thing that doesn't fit is the farm fence. Looks like a farm fence.
A 5 you say? Maybe MGS 5 after all? I'm gonna check it out now. lol "the Midas touch". Yeah, I trust him too, but I can tell you right now, I'd be last to buy "Tornado Outbreak".
Well it sure isn't going to be Tornado Outbreak 5 now is it?
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