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"Krusty" <krusty@sc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> "Boody Bandit" <boodybandit@hotmail.com> wrote
>> The PS3 isn't coming out until Fall 2006.
>
> Actually, Sony said spring 2006 at E3 this week (May?), not Fall. It'll be
> out about 6 months after Xbox 360 and will cost about $465 (50,000 yen)
>
> fyi...
>

If it will come out at 50k yen then that will run about $500+ if it comes
out here in the U.S. I have a friend who lives in Japan and he got his PSP
for $193. They cost $249 in the U.S. It's gonna be interesting on how low
they can sell the ps3 for...
 
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"Krusty" <krusty@sc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> "Boody Bandit" <boodybandit@hotmail.com> wrote
> > The PS3 isn't coming out until Fall 2006.
>
> Actually, Sony said spring 2006 at E3 this week (May?), not Fall. It'll be
> out about 6 months after Xbox 360 and will cost about $465 (50,000 yen)
>
> fyi...

In Japan.
Sony "always" launches in Japan during the spring/start of their fiscal
year.
 
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"Strychnine" <BeERm3@b33R.IcYEKoLD.N3t> wrote in message
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> "Krusty" <krusty@sc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:ix9ke.36737$tf1.4392597@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> > "Boody Bandit" <boodybandit@hotmail.com> wrote
> >> The PS3 isn't coming out until Fall 2006.
> >
> > Actually, Sony said spring 2006 at E3 this week (May?), not Fall. It'll
be
> > out about 6 months after Xbox 360 and will cost about $465 (50,000 yen)
> >
> > fyi...
> >
>
> If it will come out at 50k yen then that will run about $500+ if it comes
> out here in the U.S. I have a friend who lives in Japan and he got his
PSP
> for $193. They cost $249 in the U.S. It's gonna be interesting on how low
> they can sell the ps3 for...

I think it depends more on how much MS will ask for their 360.
If they were to launch at a $299 price point Sony would be foolish to launch
at $499.
Not to mention, MS will probably drop their unit price down $50 or more
dollars before the PS3 launches.
 
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"Boody Bandit" <boodybandit@hotmail.com> wrote
> In Japan.
> Sony "always" launches in Japan during the spring/start of their fiscal
> year.

Actually, on Thursday's show they said that was a US launch. I don't believe
it for a second because I don't think there will be that many Blu Ray drives
available for even a Japanese launch, but we'll see.
 
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"Krusty" <krusty@sc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> "Boody Bandit" <boodybandit@hotmail.com> wrote
> > In Japan.
> > Sony "always" launches in Japan during the spring/start of their fiscal
> > year.
>
> Actually, on Thursday's show they said that was a US launch. I don't
believe
> it for a second because I don't think there will be that many Blu Ray
drives
> available for even a Japanese launch, but we'll see.

OMG are you serious?
I did not know that.
Now which company is starting to look like Sega?
I just checked ebgames website and they have estimate launch titles for May
1st.
You're right, there is no way in hell they will be ready for launch in both
countries, like you said, I too doubt they will even be ready for Japan. Oh
well, I am going to make sure I have money in reserve just incase they prove
us wrong. 🙂
 
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"Boody Bandit" <boodybandit@hotmail.com> wrote
> OMG are you serious?
> I did not know that.
> Now which company is starting to look like Sega?
> I just checked ebgames website and they have estimate launch titles for
> May
> 1st.

I know, that was the thing that got me too, that there are US May 1st launch
titles.

> You're right, there is no way in hell they will be ready for launch in
> both
> countries, like you said, I too doubt they will even be ready for Japan.
> Oh
> well, I am going to make sure I have money in reserve just incase they
> prove
> us wrong. 🙂

I don't think they'll have the drives ready, personally.
 
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Krusty wrote:
> "Boody Bandit" <boodybandit@hotmail.com> wrote
>
>>OMG are you serious?
>>I did not know that.
>>Now which company is starting to look like Sega?
>>I just checked ebgames website and they have estimate launch titles for
>>May
>>1st.
>
>
> I know, that was the thing that got me too, that there are US May 1st launch
> titles.

Yeah, and? They've got release dates for Quake 4 and Starcraft: Ghost
as well, id software and Blizzard are two companies that never give
release dates until the last minute.

EBGames release dates are imaginary at best.

--
Rockboy
Everybody's all right
Everything is automatic
 
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"Rockboy" <rockboy@rockboy.net> wrote
> Yeah, and? They've got release dates for Quake 4 and Starcraft: Ghost as
> well, id software and Blizzard are two companies that never give release
> dates until the last minute.
>
> EBGames release dates are imaginary at best.

Yeah, but their release dates signify a joint US/Japanese "fantasy" launch
date of Spring '06, which goes along with what the Sony suits were saying at
E3.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think they stand a chance of getting them out
then either, but I'm just saying, they're not *saying* "Fall 06".
 
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"Boody Bandit" <boodybandit@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Strychnine" <BeERm3@b33R.IcYEKoLD.N3t> wrote in message
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>> "Krusty" <krusty@sc.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:ix9ke.36737$tf1.4392597@twister.southeast.rr.com...
>> > "Boody Bandit" <boodybandit@hotmail.com> wrote
>> >> The PS3 isn't coming out until Fall 2006.
>> >
>> > Actually, Sony said spring 2006 at E3 this week (May?), not Fall. It'll
> be
>> > out about 6 months after Xbox 360 and will cost about $465 (50,000 yen)
>> >
>> > fyi...
>> >
>>
>> If it will come out at 50k yen then that will run about $500+ if it comes
>> out here in the U.S. I have a friend who lives in Japan and he got his
> PSP
>> for $193. They cost $249 in the U.S. It's gonna be interesting on how
>> low
>> they can sell the ps3 for...
>
> I think it depends more on how much MS will ask for their 360.
> If they were to launch at a $299 price point Sony would be foolish to
> launch
> at $499.
> Not to mention, MS will probably drop their unit price down $50 or more
> dollars before the PS3 launches.
>

Then it's win-win for us gamers! Woohoo! Gotta love competition!
 
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"Freedom Fries" <RedumblicansShouldBe@gaschambers.com> wrote in message
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> Assuming you're not going to buy both which one are you going to buy?
Early
> returns look good for the playstation3. Looks like it may actually be the
> better system for once. Looks like Sony's dominance for once will be
> warranted.
>
> PLAYSTATION 3
> --------------------------
>
[snip hype]
>
> removable 2.5-in hard drive capability
>
[snip more hype]

Am I the only laughing right now? Notice the key word ""capability?" Has
Sony learned nothing from the PS2 HDD fiasco? Yet they still expect Gamers
to pay ~$465 for a HDD-less system.

What a frickin' rip-off.

-Sammy
 
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"Sammy "The Bull" Gravano" <Sammy@witnessprotection.gov> wrote
> Am I the only laughing right now?

Yes.

Wait....unless you count me laughing at your stupid ass. Then I guess that
makes two of us.
 
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"Krusty" <krusty@sc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> "Sammy "The Bull" Gravano" <Sammy@witnessprotection.gov> wrote
> > Am I the only laughing right now?
>
> Yes.
>
> Wait....unless you count me laughing at your stupid ass. Then I guess that
> makes two of us.
>
>

Funny how I raise a fact, and your response is that. Your are a Sony
Worshiper I presume??

-Sammy
 
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Whichever one gets the Scarface game first...

RIP GTA...



-
RSPW 4 LIFE!!!
 
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Krusty wrote:
> "Danger3210" <mrhazard21@aol.com> wrote...
> > Whichever one gets the The Godfather game first...
> >
> > RIP GTA...
>
> Fixed.

No sir...

(I might agree with you if you could control Michael Corleone or Sonny,
but last time I checked you couldn't...)



-
RSPW 4 LIFE!!!
 
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"Sammy "The Bull" Gravano" <Sammy@witnessprotection.gov> wrote in message
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> "Krusty" <krusty@sc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> > "Sammy "The Bull" Gravano" <Sammy@witnessprotection.gov> wrote
> > > Am I the only laughing right now?
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > Wait....unless you count me laughing at your stupid ass. Then I guess
that
> > makes two of us.
> >
> >
>
> Funny how I raise a fact, and your response is that. Your are a Sony
> Worshiper I presume??

No, but you are a troll of Sony.
No presumming about it, simply a fact.
 
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Krusty wrote:
> "Danger3210" <mrhazard21@aol.com> wrote...
> > Krusty wrote:
> >> "Danger3210" <mrhazard21@aol.com> wrote...
> >> > Whichever one gets the The Godfather game first...
> >> >
> >> > RIP GTA...
> >>
> >> Fixed.
> >
> > No sir...
> >
> > (I might agree with you if you could control Michael Corleone or
Sonny,
> > but last time I checked you couldn't...)
>
> Meh, I like the idea of interacting with them at various points in
the game
> more than actually *being* them. Seems more "immersive" if you can
create
> your own life while surrounded by the "movie". I'm not sure I'd wanna

> control Michael or Sonny because ultimately, you're only left with
two
> unsatisfying options. You either follow Sonny's path in the movie,
which
> would be shitty predictable, or you divert away from the movie, which
would
> just be shitty.
>

Maybe, and that would make the game too linear I suppose...

> Although the scarface game does look fun, in terms of playability and

> immersive-ness, I'd think the Godfather would be the heir apparent to
the
> GTA franchise.

The Scarface game just sounds more fun (I pray to God that the gameplay
is good)... You can pretty much do EVERYTHING he does in the movie (I
know you can "hustle" but not sure if you "get high on your own
supply"... If you can do it in "Narc", why not... You can money
launder, buy cars, buy mansions, hopefully you can buy tigers too...)
There's an FU button... The "blind fury" attribute where Tony loses it
and goes crazy... Location-based damage on the cockroaches you shoot
and kill... I mean, what's NOT to like here???

Admittedly I havent even read that much about the GF game but I'm
anticipating the SF game a lot more...



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"Danger3210" <mrhazard21@aol.com> wrote...
> Whichever one gets the The Godfather game first...
>
> RIP GTA...

Fixed.
 
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"Danger3210" <mrhazard21@aol.com> wrote...
> Krusty wrote:
>> "Danger3210" <mrhazard21@aol.com> wrote...
>> > Whichever one gets the The Godfather game first...
>> >
>> > RIP GTA...
>>
>> Fixed.
>
> No sir...
>
> (I might agree with you if you could control Michael Corleone or Sonny,
> but last time I checked you couldn't...)

Meh, I like the idea of interacting with them at various points in the game
more than actually *being* them. Seems more "immersive" if you can create
your own life while surrounded by the "movie". I'm not sure I'd wanna
control Michael or Sonny because ultimately, you're only left with two
unsatisfying options. You either follow Sonny's path in the movie, which
would be shitty predictable, or you divert away from the movie, which would
just be shitty.

Although the scarface game does look fun, in terms of playability and
immersive-ness, I'd think the Godfather would be the heir apparent to the
GTA franchise.
 
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"Danger3210" <mrhazard21@aol.com> wrote
> There's an FU button...

Dude, I mark like hell just for that...

Krusty,
wants his own "FU button".
 
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"Sammy "The Bull" Gravano" <Sammy@witnessprotection.gov> wrote
> Funny how I raise a fact, and your response is that. Your are a Sony
> Worshiper I presume??

Actually no. I'm buying all three. I'm just laughing at how simultaneously
wrong, and stupid you are.
 
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"Krusty" <krusty@sc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> "Sammy "The Bull" Gravano" <Sammy@witnessprotection.gov> wrote
> > Funny how I raise a fact, and your response is that. Your are a Sony
> > Worshiper I presume??
>
> Actually no. I'm buying all three. I'm just laughing at how simultaneously
> wrong, and stupid you are.
>
>

Good for you. Rember to put away some dough for when Sony releases the HDD
add-on.

-Sammy
 
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In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 Krusty <rspwkrusty@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I don't want to sit in front of a computer monitor to play them, I want to
> play them on my nice, big, widescreen TV, which sits in the main room of my
> house. I don't want to string cables to my TV from my laptop to have to do
> it either. Keep your ROMS and your downloads and your PC. I'd like to be
> able to play them using a Nintendo Controller, with my wife and kids all
> sitting on the sofa. Not crammed around a computer monitor.

Are you sure you really want to play old 8-bit NES games on a big screen
HDTV? Unless the Revolution is going to do some sort of upscanning (which
would be cool! but unlikely) the graphics are going to appear so blocky
you'll have to stand in the next room to be able to see that that 1 foot
tall blob of red and white blocks is supposed to be Mario 😉
 
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In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 Rob Browning <pluvius3@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Then get an XBox 360. Pretty sure that Microsoft plans on making that
> system even more open and PC-like than the last one. You probably
> won't even have to hack into it to put every ROM for a Nintendo
> console ever made on there with their respective emulators (which is
> certainly more than Nintendo is offering). The only problem is that
> you'll have to wait for emulators to be made for it, which shouldn't
> take too long.

Huh? Microsoft is none too pleased with people hacking Xbox. And 360 is
going to be more like a Mac, not a PC...

Not that this is going to stop the hackers or the modders...
 
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"Sammy "The Bull" Gravano" <Sammy@witnessprotection.gov> wrote...
> "Krusty" <krusty@sc.rr.com> wrote...
>> "Sammy "The Bull" Gravano" <Sammy@witnessprotection.gov> wrote
>> > Funny how I raise a fact, and your response is that. Your are a Sony
>> > Worshiper I presume??
>>
>> Actually no. I'm buying all three. I'm just laughing at how
>> simultaneously
>> wrong, and stupid you are.
>
>
> Good for you. Rember to put away some dough for when Sony releases the
> HDD
> add-on.

No problem. I have one of those...what are they called? Oh yeah...jobs.
 
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"Krusty" <krusty@sc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> "Sammy "The Bull" Gravano" <Sammy@witnessprotection.gov> wrote...
> > "Krusty" <krusty@sc.rr.com> wrote...
> >> "Sammy "The Bull" Gravano" <Sammy@witnessprotection.gov> wrote
> >> > Funny how I raise a fact, and your response is that. Your are a Sony
> >> > Worshiper I presume??
> >>
> >> Actually no. I'm buying all three. I'm just laughing at how
> >> simultaneously
> >> wrong, and stupid you are.
> >
> >
> > Good for you. Rember to put away some dough for when Sony releases the
> > HDD
> > add-on.
>
> No problem. I have one of those...what are they called? Oh yeah...jobs.
>
>

You acknowledge there is no HDD, yet you are content with spending extra for
the add-on. Sony did a number on you with the PS2 HDD add-on, huh. Got you
brainwashed into thinking HDDs should be add-ons. Thank God MS does not
think that way with the xbox360.

-Sammy
 
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