Interesting Rumors

[Cplhicks]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

Capcom debunks Resident Evil 5 timed exclusivity rumor

Man, I never even heard of this rumor until today. Glad it's not true. Though if it had been, I think PS3 owners would boycott Capcom forever. They've certainly shown way too much 360 favoritism in the past.

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

Capcom debunks Resident Evil 5 timed exclusivity rumor

thats good. It seems that Capcom isn't the bimbo I thought it was. good job. SO whats their big announcement? Online?

[Shin-Ra]

Grannies with hedge trimmers

[Terjyn]

Unfortunately, just because they debunked a rumor doesn't really mean it's false, as we all learned during the Blu-Ray/HD war.

What's most interesting to me about rumors like these, is companies are shooting themselves in the foot if they take these offers.

In spite of everything that Microsoft has attempted, the PS3 train is starting to take off. So all these companies that are accepting money for timed exclusives are slowing down the rate at which they can make money, because they are slowing down the PS3 train.

Honestly if all these developers hadn't jumped ship to the 360, the PS3 would probably be ahead in worldwide sales right now, and as a result they would have made far more money off of it.

Very similar to what Paramount did by accepting the HD DVD bribe...they slowed down the entire adoption curve.

I would feel differently if the 360 was accelerating in sales, but 360 sales continue to stagnate.

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

Unfortunately, just because they debunked a rumor doesn't really mean it's false, as we all learned during the Blu-Ray/HD war.

What's most interesting to me about rumors like these, is companies are shooting themselves in the foot if they take these offers.

In spite of everything that Microsoft has attempted, the PS3 train is starting to take off. So all these companies that are accepting money for timed exclusives are slowing down the rate at which they can make money, because they are slowing down the PS3 train.

Honestly if all these developers hadn't jumped ship to the 360, the PS3 would probably be ahead in worldwide sales right now, and as a result they would have made far more money off of it.

Very similar to what Paramount did by accepting the HD DVD bribe...they slowed down the entire adoption curve.

+1

Exactly it.

Developers are shooting themselves in the foot by doing anything for Microsoft. They should have all stuck behind the dominate console maker as it's very obvious that they would continue to dominate simply due to 'buy ups' from owners of their previous consoles.

To this day I can not understand how developers came to be in the position they are right now. It's such poor business that I'm even more shocked that so many of them fell into the Microsoft trap on this one. The Xbox failing miserably (first one) and Microsoft's inability to make any money whatsoever off of consoles should have been a big flashing red light saying, 'Stop! Stop! Stop! Stick with what you know will dominate and succeed!'

It's ludicrous.

Again, I point to this charming assessment by top consultants:

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...uggle-for-xbox

I fear developers were simply woo'd by the Microsoft hype engine and didn't actually stop and think things through. I'm hoping they see the light soon.

[Damiesmallz]

Possible trophy screen.

The image was sent to PS3fanboy by "The Patriots".

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/06/23/...trophy-screen/

[Damiesmallz]

Aquanauts remake coming to PS3...

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/06/23/...coming-to-ps3/

sounds like it could be ok, with some updated graphics.

[blu-rayfan101]

Developers better see the PS3 light!

[Steelmaker]

"In-Game XMB not so complete?

Posted by Talk Playstationon Jun.24, 2008 at 12:49 pmIt seems that the long awaited in-game cross media bar isn’t as complete as users hoped. According to a member on the Gamefaqs forums who claims to work for Sony said that it won’t be complete XMB access. He did however say that you can play music (which confirms custom sound tracks for your games) and send messages to friends.

The only other option that this GameFAQS user could do is add a bluetooth device. Everything else he tried asked him to quit the game first before accessing restricted menu’s.

“It won’t be complete XMB access. You can for the most part play music and send messages, the only other option I’ve actually found that worked with the current build that was out was that you could add a bluetooth device. Every other option asked you to quit the game before being able to do anything else.”

Likewise, this can lifted in future firmware updates, allowing more access as time goes by."

Sigh, somehow I knew this was going to be the case. I had a sneaking suspicion that once people actually starting using it, they would immediately start discovering limitations to the in game XMB access.

[supersickie]

I know that there's not much more that I would want. It would be nice to voice-chat, but I don't use that feature much anyway. In-game music was a must so I'm glad they worked that in there.

[stockstar1138]

i don't care about much more than that.

its not like im going to be playing a game and then say, let me go view some photos.

Good job Sony.

[mjbethancourt]

Sony shouldn't feel any pressure from anybody to try to be more like xbox. Why, when PS3 is already so much better?

[jkwest]

Shin....people are stupid..it's a sad fact.

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by mjbethancourt

Sony shouldn't feel any pressure from anybody to try to be more like xbox. Why, when PS3 is already so much better?

while the ps3 is better overall, they should feel pressure, when their console doesn't support basic features that their competitor's "not as good" console has supported since day 1.

[D_LO]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

i don't care about much more than that.

its not like im going to be playing a game and then say, let me go view some photos.

Good job Sony.

Exactly.

[Shin-Ra]

I probably should have worded that better. Playing videos, viewing photos (it could be any size) etc is an unreasonable expectation. You get the idea. Managing bluetooth devices isn't, it affects gameplay if you can't switch to your USB or alternative bluetooth headset when the first runs out of power.

[AranhaHunter]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

"In-Game XMB not so complete?

Posted by Talk Playstationon Jun.24, 2008 at 12:49 pmIt seems that the long awaited in-game cross media bar isn’t as complete as users hoped. According to a member on the Gamefaqs forums who claims to work for Sony said that it won’t be complete XMB access. He did however say that you can play music (which confirms custom sound tracks for your games) and send messages to friends.

The only other option that this GameFAQS user could do is add a bluetooth device. Everything else he tried asked him to quit the game first before accessing restricted menu’s.

“It won’t be complete XMB access. You can for the most part play music and send messages, the only other option I’ve actually found that worked with the current build that was out was that you could add a bluetooth device. Every other option asked you to quit the game before being able to do anything else.”

Likewise, this can lifted in future firmware updates, allowing more access as time goes by."

Sigh, somehow I knew this was going to be the case. I had a sneaking suspicion that once people actually starting using it, they would immediately start discovering limitations to the in game XMB access.

I think this, along with the ability to view trophies would be more than enough for me.

[SS316SRV]

Originally Posted by mjbethancourt

Sony shouldn't feel any pressure from anybody to try to be more like xbox. Why, when PS3 is already so much better?

Because Xbox makes money. PS3 is better though, don't get me wrong. However Xbox just seems to be a little more financially successful.

[jkwest]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

I probably should have worded that better. Playing videos, viewing photos (it could be any size) etc is an unreasonable expectation. You get the idea. Managing bluetooth devices isn't, it affects gameplay if you can't switch to your USB or alternative bluetooth headset when the first runs out of power.

good thing I didn't quote you, huh?

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

I probably should have worded that better. Playing videos, viewing photos (it could be any size) etc is an unreasonable expectation. You get the idea. Managing bluetooth devices isn't, it affects gameplay if you can't switch to your USB or alternative bluetooth headset when the first runs out of power.

Yeah I should've been more clear myself. I wasn't complaining because these were the only features that could be done through in-game XMB. I was complaining because the person who wrote the article immediately started nit picking what the in-game xmb feature COULDN'T do instead of focusing what it does do.

Personally, these features really are about the only ones I care about. I was worried that automatic custom music would not be included and that the only thing in-game xmb would do is in game messaging. Now that we know that in game custom soundtracks, in game messaging, trohphies, and blue tooth are there, honestly who cares about the rest?