FanatiK, sounds like your most common post in this thread is, "damn! i wish this [ps3 game] wasn't shit"

9/13/2007 5:06:43 PM

Hot damn, huge PSN update again today. 5 demos and 2 games.

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"Games: -FIFA 2008 demo -Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix demo -NHL 2008 demo -PixelJunk Racer demo -Tony Hawk's Proving Ground demo -High Stakes on the Vegas Strip - $9.99 -PixelJunk Racer - $6.99 Trailers: -Everyday Shooter -Feel the Noise -High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition -Juiced 2 -Lair Behind the Scenes -Soul Calibur IV -Warhawk Other: -High Stakes: Poker wallpaper -PixelJunk Racer wallpapers (2 of them) -Folklore wallpaper -Lair music (1 track)"

9/13/2007 5:36:16 PM

lol. It'll get there, but just right now i'm not so sure they have the holiday momentum they need (ps3). We'll see.

I will say the PSP is picking up more interest from me, i like the new designs and the good games are going to start really mounting this fall. Not like I need MORE games but just saying.

9/13/2007 8:41:40 PM

I tried the folklore demo today. It was actually pretty good..strange, but good.

The graphics are stunning...the color palate and art is eye popping. I have a big plasma so if it's one thing its strong at, and what I really like when games use - it just alot of vibrant color. Yeah the game uses alot of bloom like everything else nowadays. But still...very nice.

9/13/2007 11:30:24 PM

Solinari said:

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"FanatiK, sounds like your most common post in this thread is, "damn! i wish this [ps3 game] wasn't shit""

I'll bet you can't show me a single one

9/14/2007 8:44:27 AM

So I finally figured out why my PSN is always signing out and online games have been messing up. its the wireless. I did the whole thing with setting up militarized zones and it worked for a while but since the last few weeks it has all gone down hill, and Warhawk has messed up on me like crazy.

I decided to run a cat5 all the way to my living room and everything works perfect. Played Warhawk for a couple of hours, no problems. Its just weird because the wireless works fine for a while, like I played Warhawk for a good 20 minutes, and then it starts messing up like crazy.I guess they still haven't fixed the Linksys router issues with the PS3.

Do any of you guys use wireless on the PS3 and have been able to play Warhawk, etc. with no problems at all? What kind of router are you using, and did you have to set things up special at all? Lemme know.

9/14/2007 10:43:28 AM

I've used wireless almost exclusively on my PS3. Wowhawk plays just fine. I've been playing anywhere from 2-4 hours every night and have never had so much as a disconnect. I'm using a D-Link DGL-4300, with WPA2 and only allowing 802.11g connections. Open up the PS3 browser and go to http://www.speedtest.net/ . Run the test with wireless and without. Should let you know if that's where the problem lies.

9/14/2007 10:48:49 AM

i use wireless witha shitty belkin and haven't had any trouble with it

9/14/2007 11:30:28 AM

The wireless on the PS3 is slow as balls anyway. Wired is the way to go.

9/14/2007 11:40:47 AM

Well not everyone wants to run a CAT5 down to their fucking living room.

I for one am having problems with it, signing in and out, downloads taking a retarded amount of time, the works. In fact I'm pretty pissed at shitty PSN right now, they better start fixing this. I don't have a single problem with Wii or 360 wireless, so I know it's the PS3.This happens both when I had a Linksys WRT54G, and now I own a really damn awesome top of the line Buffallo router equipped with Tomato 1.07....so it's not my router. I just don't get it.

Also, why the hell does the PS3 sound like a turbo hairdryer when folding@home. I refuse to fold@home now because the system is like a loud space heater and less like a console.

I know this is alot of griping, sorry. And you fags that want to piggyback on this stuff to slam the ps3 need to stfu. But I am annoyed.

9/14/2007 11:49:21 AM

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"I don't have a single problem with Wii or 360 wireless, so I know it's the PS3."

no, its your wireless connection not the ps3

9/14/2007 12:09:56 PM

^^ I had the same problem with the Linksys that you are talking about, and apparently the issue is also with Buffalo routers from what I've heard. Everytime you quit a game, it boots you out and have to re sign in, slow as crap. Those are the problems I had too, so its definitely an issue with certain routers and the PS3, especially since the guys above say they have no issues with theirs.

Still, I would have thought you would be golden after putting Tomato on there. I wanted to do that but my router is too new and they haven't come out with Tomato that's compatible with it.

I'd try the speed test, but it really seems the issue is with the PSN. It can grab an IP and connect to the internet fine. It just fails when it tries to connect to PSN.

9/14/2007 12:38:12 PM

Well didn't they just release an update to fix these things?

9/14/2007 12:41:11 PM

1.93 is out. Sounds like some networking fixes.

9/15/2007 2:33:08 PM

Turn one of your routers into a wireless bridge/switch and then run a wire from it to your PS3.

If you're already dicking around with flashed router firmware, you shouldn't have any issue getting it set up.

9/15/2007 2:54:42 PM

Well, I didnt assume it would exactly speed stuff up. It isnt signal strength, its about me constantly finding myself logged out of PSN back and forth.

Although noticeably yesterday this didnt occur for a couple hours in a row. improvement.

9/16/2007 10:08:44 AM

So question, i mentioned before that my buddy is leaving his ps3 with me while hes in the marines which is kinda cool and i just played guitar hero for the first time last night...
i was reading online whether or not the ps2 versions of guitar hero 1 and 2 were compatible and it seems like all the info i could find was a bit dated...

does anyone know if it is possible to play the ps2 versions of guitar hero on a ps3?
(google kept giving me gay ass year old forum posts)

9/16/2007 11:13:00 AM

there are adapters you can buy (and most aren't perfect), but as far as just straight out playing it, no

anyway, I finally got my FragFX (a good 2 months of backorder later)...it completely changes the PS3 for me. Games like Resistance, the Stranglehold demo, etc are suddenly 1000x better. Best $60 I ever spent as it will open a whole new world of games for me

9/16/2007 12:03:31 PM

Well resistance sucks so it's kind of a wasted experience there.

Sounds cool though, i'd like to see it in action.

9/16/2007 3:16:23 PM

i know id be a hell of a lot better at resistance than i am now

9/16/2007 3:22:28 PM

By the way, if you go pre-order Ratchet and Clank Future : Tools of Destruction at Gamestop/EB Games/Babbages, they'll give you a free demo disc that has the entire first level of the game.

9/16/2007 4:30:09 PM

lol at every other racing game ever made.










http://www.gamekult.com/articles/A0000060510/

Now if only I liked racing games........

[Edited on September 17, 2007 at 9:54 AM. Reason : :]

9/17/2007 9:47:59 AM

I don't care how good it looks, if they don't fix the online implementation of games and friends lists, it'll be below Forza or PGR for me. Sorry. It does 'look' the part, but we will see. Sony needs to straighten up their act and if takes that title to do it....so be it, GET IT OUT ALREADY.

I'm certainly rooting for it because right now I ain't playing shit on the PS3. And no I'm not paying for a 'prologue'...that's a rip. I know you want to 'lol at every other racing game made' but let's not be ignorant here. There are alot of other killer racing franchises and GT is just one of em. It's a bold comment until it drops...we've heard that type of thing before for games and the ps3 has not dropped a blockbuster I'm afraid.

Although I do admit, I think this has the chance to accomplish that, more so than even MGS4.

[Edited on September 17, 2007 at 10:14 AM. Reason : shizovj]

9/17/2007 10:05:39 AM

im more amazed at the amount of detail they put into the ceiling than anything else

9/17/2007 10:34:51 AM

^ Why aren't you playing Warhawk? Holy shit since I have had my internet working on the PS3 flawlessly I have been on this game for hours a day. So much damn fun. I'm becoming a menace too. Us Wolf Webbers need to come up with a time to all play and get a server going and stomp some ass.

9/17/2007 10:37:50 AM

^^^You're kidding me right? The GT series were the best selling games on both the PS1 and PS2. It isn't "just one of" the racing franchises out there, it is far and away the most popular and best reviewed ever. Forza and PGR don't even come close to the mass appeal that the GT series has garnered. Try as you might, you can't downplay it without looking really fanboyish, and I don't even like racing games.

And about the PSN, the main problem with it is that there just isn't much to do on it yet. However, what's there works and works very well. Warhawk is an amazing accomplishment on a home console, with dedicated servers supporting 32 players. It's not perfect, as the ranking systems and server browser are bugged and laggy, but actually playing the game works fine. People have also been playing Resistance on 40 player dedicated servers since day one. And both Warhawk and Resistance use your PSN ID.

XBox Live is great and all, but at the end of the day, it's a closed system, that's mostly peer to peer and it has a lot of limitations. You're never gonna see dedicated servers with massive player counts on XBox Live, and you're probably never going to see a full game like Warhawk ever released through XBox Live. The PSN is definitely not as polished or well thought out as XBox Live, but it has tons of potential, and has all the underpinnings to eventually be as good or better than XBox Live. We're gonna start seeing some of that with Home (hopefully). Oh, and it's also free.

[Edited on September 17, 2007 at 11:03 AM. Reason : :]

9/17/2007 10:52:11 AM

Jesus shrike, well obviously I'm not trying to combat the objective, holistic sales figures or world reception of the fucking game. I said 'for me', that until certain things were met - it's not going to make me reach out and buy it (I'm like you, not a huge racing fan), and I meant it. I'm not trying to downplay GT, I'm downplaying Sony. Both Sony and Nintendo want to slag on their network system but they best be figuring it out soon. In the former's case, they went and contracted the outside consulting company behind Live to help with PSN (Limelight Networks), and I think that's the best move they could do. It was very recent.

I've got a PS3 and I'm frusrated becuase out of a decent gaming expereince with Warhawk, that's all that's out there that's worth a shit. I know PSN is free, but it needs major overhauling for unique friend's list, better game lobbies for game setup, INVITATIONS (for fuck's sake), all the things that make Live the shit and a half, and no one will disagree. I want to play my PS3 more but I hate the way they implement friends on there. Like, you're on my list for example, but there's little I can do from the shell, or if I'm in a game, I freaking have to quit it just to see what game you are playing.

Oh and needles, I've just been playing other stuff like Metroid Prime 3 and COD4 MP beta recently. If TWW gets a game going I'd love to do that. I don't even have you on my list but it's an idea. I'd frankly love to play a close game with teamwork and intelligent chatter on the BT headset.

9/17/2007 11:11:58 AM

In case some of you haven't heard, this weeks Tokyo Game Show is really supposed to bust some stuff open for Sony. 1UP actually had someone confirm that the new rumble controller will be announced. Apparently more proof to this is that the new development kits sent out have support for the new rumble controllers.

Also the new 2.0 firmware should be announced, which will allow XMB access while in game. I think this one is super important. I definitely want to be able to check messages and see who's online, etc. while I'm in a game.

9/17/2007 12:59:23 PM

I think it's been established that SDF is pure satire, but this right here is funny as hell.

http://www.sonydefenseforce.com/?p=221

9/17/2007 3:41:04 PM

http://us.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=25925592&sid=6178874&action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;0

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"Bogus or not bogus?: Not bogus that a rumble-enabled Dual Shock 3 is coming. GameSpot has learned from a source close to Sony that the company is definitely working on a force-feedback-equipped controller for release in the "coming months." However, as of press time, Sony higher-ups were still apparently debating whether or not to unveil the device at TGS--though a less appropriate venue doesn't spring to mind."

9/18/2007 8:42:26 AM

Don't worry, there's a solution available for all of you who are stuck with the current SIXAXIS

9/18/2007 8:53:13 AM

I just kinda shake my Sixaxis vigorously whenever a rumble-worthy moments comes up.


Immersion's TouchSense technology sounds interesting, and if it works as well as it sounds on paper it could be a revolution in rumble-tronics.

9/18/2007 2:28:24 PM

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/821/821010p1.html

Gonna be some big MGS4 announcements this week too. Expect a new trailer on the PSN this Thursday.

9/19/2007 10:31:27 AM

Rumble is confirmed, it will be announced tomorrow.

You know what Sony should do? Release a demo for Killzone 2 whenever Halo 3 drops.

9/19/2007 12:37:02 PM

As far as that SDF article up there, It was kinda lame and it has been pointed out before that the irony in comparing halo 3 grfx difference between E32005 video of killzone and what it looks like now is very stark.

I'll likely be buying both, but just saying. I hope SDF is a big joke.

Especially considering that now that the first and arguably harshest review is in from our Eastern cousins (Famitsu), and a more more difficult Japanese market for MS. They dialed it a near perfect 10/9/9/9. Maybe SDF can make fun of that too.

[Edited on September 19, 2007 at 1:03 PM. Reason : shasta]

9/19/2007 1:02:19 PM

Of course SDF is a joke, that's basically common knowledge these days. They are essentially to Sony what Stephen Colbert is to the republican party, and it's funny as hell. They make both sides of the console war look incredibly stupid, just look at some of the comments made by Halo fans about that video they made. The whole thing is hilarious.

Also, Famitsu gave Halo 2 the same exact score and it didn't help the original XBox gain any popularity in Japan. Look, Halo 3 is going to get reviewed well, there is no doubt. It's a game with a lot of polish and massive production values that keeps the same basic design as it's well reviewed predecessors. It's not going to make any new Halo fans though, and it certainly won't help the 360 in Japan.

9/19/2007 1:30:28 PM

I know that, but I guess I fail to see the whole 'console war is stupid' thing if they only fuel it with more 'sarcastic' one sided flame. It's tongue and cheek sure, but it certainly isnt making fun of 1/2 the agument which is Sony fanbois. I'm not a fan of the great console war, although I do think it's healthy for competition. It's two big ass companies with lots of money so why should I want one of them to 'succeed' and the other to 'fail'.

9/19/2007 1:37:12 PM

Alright everyone, drop your pants. You can start jacking off..........................now!

http://www.gamersyde.com/news_5093_en.html

New Uncharted footage too, and there is some new Little Big Planet stuff out there too. Our cup runneth over.

http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/812/812550/vids_1.html

[Edited on September 19, 2007 at 1:56 PM. Reason : :]

9/19/2007 1:40:19 PM

nice

9/19/2007 2:50:04 PM

errr, well not a whole lot there shrike. I mean the cup is just more MGS cutscenes. I'm not even a fan of MGS storyline, just want the gameplay. I wish Kojima would remind himself that he isnt a director and release more gameplay! I think it's playable though at TGS so I'm interested to hear how that goes.

Uncharted looks pretty good tho, I really like the animation of Mr. Dude protagonist. I hope it does well..

9/19/2007 3:04:25 PM

Your lack of faith is disturbing.

9/19/2007 3:11:05 PM

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2007/09/20/playstation-store-update-2/

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"Hi, everyone. Just wanted to give a quick update on what’s new in the PLAYSTATION Store this week. Let’s get straight to the good stuff with four new demos: • Skate • NBA 08 • Sega Rally Revo • Stuntman: Ignition We’ve also released a new downloadable game, LocoRoco Cocoreccho!, for $6.99. In addition to several new wallpapers, we’ve also posted up some great trailers and videos – everything from GT5 Prologue to Ratchet and Clank Future to Devil May Cry. Check ‘em out."

Man, if they keep up this pace with releasing demos, they are going run out games. There, I said it before one of the trolls could

9/20/2007 1:15:42 PM

I'm kinda dissapointed that the it's the 'same old' rumble. They really had an opportunity to release something different, but it seems they just slapped the old rumble back in...

And no announcements about the fabled firmware 2.0? wtf? I'm dissapointed.


SONY: NEXT-GEN MEANS NOT BEING FORCED TO LISTEN TO ANOTHER SHITTY EA SOUNDTRACK!!

[Edited on September 20, 2007 at 2:49 PM. Reason : d]

9/20/2007 2:48:31 PM

I hear ya, but at least they are putting it back in. It was really damn stupid it was left out, gamers like rumble - its not like you notice it toooo much, but when it's gone it's clear you're missing something. So I can appreciate the subtlety of it all.

I wish they'd release more info on 2.0 too but honestly buckle up, cause I think it'll be til spring of 08. They pushed Home back to then so I'd imagine they're quiet about 2.0 at TGS for a similar reason. They had to fess up to home delay, but they dont technically have to mention 2.0.

9/20/2007 4:57:25 PM

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" LocoRoco Cocoreccho!, for $6.99"

Step aside bungie!

9/20/2007 6:30:47 PM

Did Microsoft's manufactured hype really turn you into that much of a fanboy? FFS, you don't even play games.

9/20/2007 6:51:18 PM

Arn't you supposed to be playing locoroco?

9/20/2007 6:56:50 PM

^

9/20/2007 7:06:42 PM

hahaha, thats a pretty good jpg.

Hey on http://www.shacknews.com there is a new review of MGS4 gameplay. It sounded really encouraging, go check it out. I got more excited about the game after reading his impressions.

9/21/2007 12:24:53 AM

something tells me that's not a fucking jpg

9/21/2007 11:31:06 AM