besides EB?

7/31/2006 1:37:06 PM

http://www.igot$texas.com

7/31/2006 1:48:49 PM

ahahahahahahahahahaha

7/31/2006 1:49:45 PM

I plan to buy a carolina panthers psl next year by purchasing a ps3 and selling it on ebay

7/31/2006 1:55:33 PM

too many people do this now for it to be worthwhile

7/31/2006 2:13:08 PM

So EB is taking pre-orders?

7/31/2006 2:14:26 PM

7/31/2006 2:53:22 PM

I thought they weren't doing pre-orders

7/31/2006 2:58:22 PM

you thought wrong

7/31/2006 3:02:15 PM

Have they even announced a release date yet?

7/31/2006 3:15:57 PM

5/9/9 - to coincide with the price.

November according to this: http://www.ps3land.com/faq.php


[Edited on July 31, 2006 at 3:21 PM. Reason : of course $599 in 5/9/9 money is probably $499 in today's money ]

[Edited on July 31, 2006 at 3:22 PM. Reason : I'll get it right soon]

7/31/2006 3:19:06 PM

EB/Gamestop are NOT taking pre-orders on PS3 as of right now

the manager's conference/vendor show out in Texas is in late September/Early October...once we come back from that, we will take orders on them

chances are most stores will only get like 5

fuck Sony

[Edited on July 31, 2006 at 7:22 PM. Reason : ]

7/31/2006 7:22:22 PM

^Do you know what EB will be taking pre-orders on the Wii?

7/31/2006 11:34:06 PM

WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8/1/2006 12:25:25 AM

when ARE the release dates for the Wii and PS3?

and are the launch titles nailed down? It would be nice for nintendo to atually launch with a mario game this time.

ok mario isnt available but zelda and metroid are both launch titles. They are predicting late sept to october for release

http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/05/commentary/column_gaming/index.htm

[Edited on August 1, 2006 at 9:14 AM. Reason : *]

8/1/2006 9:07:06 AM

From what they said at E3 the Twilight Princess will be released simultaneously for the Gamecube and the Wii. That game is coming out November 1st so I'm assuming the Wii will be out around that time.

8/1/2006 9:14:56 AM

I really hope MS cuts the price of the Xbox and dumps Halo3 on the market in a bundle.

Just because that would be hilarious.

8/1/2006 10:37:03 AM

^if they do that I might actually go buy one.

8/1/2006 11:47:37 AM

^ Same, but I'd REALLY buy that if it had an HD DVD drive in there and kept the pricing the same

8/1/2006 12:45:24 PM

Quote :

"I really hope MS cuts the price of the Xbox and dumps Halo3 on the market in a bundle. Just because that would be hilarious. "

FORMULA OF PWNT SONY:

$XBOX360 + $HD KIT + $WII @ <= $PS3

8/1/2006 12:49:31 PM

MORE LIKE

FORMULA OF PWNT OF SONY:

DIABLO III

EXCLUSIVE TO XBOX360.

8/1/2006 1:02:06 PM

$600 down the shitter

8/1/2006 1:07:34 PM

Quote :

"FORMULA OF PWNT SONY: $XBOX360 + $HD KIT + $Halo 3 + $GTA @ <= $PS3 "

for those not getting Wi

[Edited on August 1, 2006 at 1:38 PM. Reason : $]

8/1/2006 1:38:28 PM

i hope someone like j_hova posts in this thread...if anyone knows where/when there is a ps3 preorder list it would be him

8/1/2006 1:44:44 PM

^^ true dat


diablo III = the world ends in a fury of clickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclick

[Edited on August 1, 2006 at 1:44 PM. Reason : +^]

8/1/2006 1:44:50 PM

HOLD DOWN LEFT CLICK OK

8/1/2006 2:46:50 PM

I could never hold it down, it didnt feel right.

that or it was too auto-pilot even for my tastes.

8/1/2006 2:49:08 PM

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/nintendo/free-radical-wii-cant-handle-our-game-190723.php

in related news...

8/1/2006 3:14:32 PM

Don't buy the ps3 before it comes out, it will be 200% more than it will be about a month after the release date, even sony agreed the price of the ps3 was currently, too expensive.

8/1/2006 3:50:21 PM

The PS3 is launching November 17th, 2006 and they are only shipping 2 million WORLD WIDE. Considering they are a Japanese company, you would have to assume that Japan will get at least half of those (1 Million), which leaves the entire rest of the fucking world to split the other 1 Million. The US will get AT MOST 500,000 at launch and there are 4,000 Gamestop/EB stores nationwide, not to mention Best Buy, Target, Wal Mart, Sam's Club, Costco, Circuit City, etc. I am guessing stores like mine will get a MAXIMUM of 5-7 of them at launch. We will not take pre-orders until after the manager's conference ends in early October, after that point we will have some idea how many we will be getting and thus can tell people whether they will get one at launch or not.

As for the Wii, Nintendo is holding back a lot of information from the public at this point, so I don't really know that much about the launch date. You can already pre-order about 10 games for the system, none of which are Nintendo-published titles. Some of those are tentatively dated for October and some others for November. It will definitely be coming out in the 4th quarter of 2006 and they promised the price will not exceed $250. The Wii is launching with Zelda, Super Smash Bros, Project Hammer, Excitetruck, Call of Duty 3, Red Steel, and Metroid and Mario Galaxy are possibilities as well.
I cannot make an accurate prediction for when we might take pre-orders on the Wii until they announce the official release date. Once we know that, it wont be long after that.

PS3 launch titles are even less compelling than what launched with 360. The only exclusives that look cool to me (Heavenly Sword, Assassin's Creed, and Metal Gear Solid 4) are not going to be launch titles. It's the same crap that 360 offered basically. Fuck Sony.

[Edited on August 2, 2006 at 2:25 PM. Reason : ]

8/2/2006 2:18:31 PM

Quote :

"Don't buy the ps3 before it comes out, it will be 200% more than it will be about a month after the release date,"

Out of all the stupid things I've seen you say, if you're impling that the price of the PS3 will go down to $300 a month after it ships, that takes the cake.

8/2/2006 2:35:56 PM

No, he's implying that it will cost you 1200$ to try and get it at launch.

8/2/2006 2:37:41 PM

Quote :

"i hope someone like j_hova posts in this thread...if anyone knows where/when there is a ps3 preorder list it would be him"

lol

nrmiller has it on lock

gamestores round here gonna be lucky to get 5 at best

[Edited on August 2, 2006 at 3:17 PM. Reason : .]

8/2/2006 3:16:43 PM

Quote :

"No, he's implying that it will cost you 1200$ to try and get it at launch."

yea, that seems reasonable


oh, and that article about Haze not being developed on the Wii. WELL NO FUCKING SHIT, IT'S NOT A NEXT GENERATION SYSTEM.

8/2/2006 3:25:27 PM

its not?

8/2/2006 3:28:04 PM

NOPE

8/2/2006 3:35:14 PM

why not?

8/2/2006 3:37:09 PM

hmmmm i think i want to preorder a few.... and sell some...! to either freinds for at cost or randomn slobs for big markup

8/2/2006 3:48:06 PM

Well, yes, I do consider the price to drop in the months that follow, when released the supply for the product will be low, so the price will be considerably high. Afterwords, you'd have to be braindead not to understand that less people wanting the product would generate a drop in price.

8/2/2006 4:13:21 PM

well they always sell less as time continues. prices do not drop constantly. i doubt there'd be a major price drop before a q4 2k7 unless sales are REALLY terrible.

[Edited on August 2, 2006 at 4:16 PM. Reason : especially because they are only shipping so few to begin with. no need.]

[Edited on August 2, 2006 at 4:17 PM. Reason : theres a difference between marking up for hype and killing some buzz with a 600 pricetag]

8/2/2006 4:16:25 PM

you are stupid if you think you are going to get more than one, and you most likely are not even getting one at all

The Wii is next-gen, they just don't give a shit about HD because they are relating to EVERYONE, not just hardcore gamers who have some coin. Nintendo has been doing it right all along, and they are gonna win out in the end, in my opinion. Developers are fucking pumped for making games for the Wii, as they should be, and those same developers are bypassing the PS3 because blu-ray complicates shit.

The Wii will change the way shooters are played, not to mention sports games. Those are the two biggest selling genres of games today, and thus, they know what they are doing.

8/3/2006 3:37:57 AM

Quote :

"The Wii is next-gen, they just don't give a **** about HD because they are relating to EVERYONE, not just hardcore gamers who have some coin."

If they were trying to relate to EVERYONE then they would have some HD capabilities. EVERYONE includes hardcore gamers that have some coin Besides, it's not like you can't play a system that has HD support on a non-HD setup.

8/3/2006 8:00:53 AM

Quote :

"Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has distanced the Wii game console from the rest of the next gen pack by surprisingly stating that the Wii is not a next gen game console. In comments made to Japanese business news service Nikkei Business, Iwata said, "Nintendo is not working on a next-generation console. ‘Next-generation' implies that the console is an extension of previous installments. We believe that extending our current line will not lead to larger markets and could possibly even lead to smaller markets." While Nintendo’s Wii has been constantly referred to by the press and public as a next gen console, Iwata’s comments are sure to throw some game industry watchers off their stride. But Iwata’s point is valid, from his perspective. While game machines are getting more and more complex, his concern is that the non-gaming public is left behind. The Wii’s targeted audience is planned to be those who are not mainstream gamers. "

8/3/2006 9:00:47 AM

He can call it whatever he wants.

Its nintendo's next generation console.

hardware doesnt define generation.

8/3/2006 9:07:22 AM

connotation

8/3/2006 9:21:11 AM

seems to me the new control setup is an extension of previous ones. similar games and actions, just new ways to do it (and some new actions of course).

8/3/2006 9:24:32 AM

Quote :

"If they were trying to relate to EVERYONE then they would have some HD capabilities. EVERYONE includes hardcore gamers that have some coin Besides, it's not like you can't play a system that has HD support on a non-HD setup."

I know that, I am just turned off by the approach of the other system developers because they are basically leaving the average person behind. Gameplay > Graphics, always has been and always will be.

Plus I'll be able to download Bubble Bobble and Excitebike, among many many others.

8/3/2006 9:55:53 AM

^ Not to me man. Sure, excitebike was awesome but if I had an Xbox 360 and a Nintendo in my living room (sadly I have neither) I'd pick the 360 everytime. Of course that's just me, but a business has got to change w/ the times. HD is all the rage, and to outright not support sucks for folks like me w/ an HDTV. The Wii is likely the only new console I'll own simply because the wife will actually play it with me, but I do wish it had HD.

The saving grace: it's $250 or less. I can handle pretty non-HD graphics for $250.

8/3/2006 10:40:38 AM

^exactly, you have to mention the price point in all this

I have a 360 and I will have a Wii alongside of it, and I will play them both a lot. Both of them have TONS of compelling games coming out for them in the next year. Those two combined with the DS will ultimately make me a poor bastard come next spring, but it will all be worth it.

8/3/2006 10:51:48 AM