E3 2006 - News, Updates, pics, videos official thread.

[PapaStu]

The controller is interesting and took one step above Nintendo's, there is no need for a relay switch on top of your TV, which is nice considering the TV's they are aimed at are so thin that there's really no place for one as it is. .

I was thinking that too, but then I realized something: Sony is missing the other 354 degrees Nintendo has. It will be nice though for the reason the demo shown illustrated, as long as it isn't as exagerated as it seemed from the descritiptions. If you really have to move it a large degree to do anything then it'll be worthless. You've got no range of motion when you're forced to have your hands clasped together.

Now if all it offers is tiling and no movement aspects, I think it'll be great. But the way IGN made it sound seems like it'll be pretty worthless.

I watched the guy play WarHawk (or whatver) with it. It was full ship movement with its tilting, including barrel rolls and stuff like that where he was actually turning the controller a full 360. It didn't look aquard other than I think it was a REALLY new functionality tossed into the game, so like all new controllers, we're all gonna look like asses for a little bit until we get the hang of it.

[Slate]

OK, so the PS3 is going to be $500 minimum. Where is microsoft's confirmation on the 360's price drop?

[RegSNES]

Just read about the news of the PS3's launch date and price a few hours ago at GameSpot. Good freaking grief. I knew the PS3 was gonna be exspensive but $600 for the 60GB hard drive version. Even $500 for the 20GB version doesn't seem cheap to me. Feels like Sony just kicked me in the balls. I loved the PSX and I love my PS2 but Sony can just go screw themselves now. Call me poor, I don't care but $500 is way too much for a freaking game machine.

[hezeuschrist]

I was thinking that too, but then I realized something: Sony is missing the other 354 degrees Nintendo has ... Now if all it offers is tiling and no movement aspects, I think it'll be great. But the way IGN made it sound seems like it'll be pretty worthless.

I think your analysis of the "six degrees of freedom" is pretty off-base.

Yeah, I know it doesn't actually work like that, but I suppose I need to see a video of that Warhawk demo.

But the fact still remains that it being a two handed controller without accelerometers gives it far more restricted applications than the Wiimote. It may require a sensor atop your TV, but it'll have infinitely more uses than the PS3 controller. Although I'm pretty sure if the thought of a Wii Pilotwings can give me a boner, the video of Warhawk could give me half a pack of rolaids in my diaper as well.

[RegSNES]

If history is any indication, I think Sony still might come out on top b/c of the name and the supposed "best of both worlds", even if it is more likely a mediocre combining of both worlds.

*sigh*

Sadly, you're right. Because consumers are sheep. They blindly follow the leader without regard to the grass on the outer sides of the pasture.

Hopefully the sheep will stop and think "Wait a minute, this system is going to cost me an arm and a leg. And a kidney. And maybe a testicle... and a lot of blood. Wasn't there another console that costed $600-$700? It was the 3DO or something. But it didn't have the Sony name. Still, Sony name or not, the PS3 is not cheap.

[Richter]

what's the Dual Shock 3 look like? did they scrap the boomerang?

[hezeuschrist]

what's the Dual Shock 3 look like? did they scrap the boomerang?

Kotaku's main page has a picture of them.

Yes, it's the same Dual Shock we've had for the past 12 years. Except it's Silver. Wow. Amazing.

[RegSNES]

what's the Dual Shock 3 look like? did they scrap the boomerang?

EDIT: My bad, I'm way off.

[hezeuschrist]

It doesn't look anything like the Wii controller in any respect, it's the DualShock.

[RegSNES]

It doesn't look anything like the Wii controller in any respect, it's the DualShock.

Yeah, I just found out. Someone at Gamespot post a mock pic, which I thought was the PS3 controller and I thought that was it. My bad.

And are seriously calling this controller revolutionary?

[Jasoco]

what's the Dual Shock 3 look like? did they scrap the boomerang?

Kotaku's main page has a picture of them.

Yes, it's the same Dual Shock we've had for the past 12 years. Except it's Silver. Wow. Amazing.

Silver? All the photos I've seen are black. Same as the PS2. Same as the PS3 is going to be now.

[hezeuschrist]

Yep, it'll be launched in two colors, Silver and "Clear Black"?

Check www.kotaku.com, they've got the scoop of images on the main page.

[DonMarco]

Has Sony cleaned up that Immersion lawsuit thing yet? Especially since the controller is supposed to be "lighter than a PS2 Dual Shock" and all...

If they have, please link me, because I missed it.

what's the Dual Shock 3 look like? did they scrap the boomerang?

Yes.

Edit: But not in spirit!!

[zerohero]

$600 ...........

[suckerpunch5]

Has Sony cleaned up that Immersion lawsuit thing yet? Especially since the controller is supposed to be "lighter than a PS2 Dual Shock" and all...

If they have, please link me, because I missed it.

Well, they cleared it up by losing. This is a big deal to me, because I think the rumble feature adds A LOT to games. Imagine Fatal Frame with no rumble. This is one of the things that really puts you in the game, and the Sony Pii no longer has it.

I'm starting to think the Pii is going to big a big pile of crap.

[RegSNES]

$600 ...........

I can already see eBayers planing to make that thing their cash cow.

As for the controller, I admit that it does feel comfortable, but man, come up with something new.

[Darren870]

Lets not forget the game and extra controller and warrenty that you are going to need to get day 1.

Already looking at $700 + and thats with one game.

[Jibbajaba]

I can totally see a 360 price drop when the PS3 hits just to enhance the distance between the price points of the two systems. It would be MS' smartest move ever.

I've been thinking that for awhile now, and now with the price of the PS3 being what it is, it makes it an even smarter move on MS's part. Go $249 and $349 for the core and premium, and the price is then nearly half of Sony's offering. This would also place the core system in a competitive position against the Wii, which I think is going to be the break-out star of the next generation. It's the cheapest and it's the only one that seems to offer something new.

Chris

[XYXZYZ]

I can totally see a 360 price drop when the PS3 hits just to enhance the distance between the price points of the two systems. It would be MS' smartest move ever.

And they'll probably be losing $200.00 per unit. No problem, they'll recover that when in-game advertising gets bigger.

You know what, forget them. I'm not gonna pay $599 for a freaking PS3! Now I really am looking foward to the Wiivolution. They can sit on their rip-off piece of trash. It looked just like the 360, only with some cooler games. Screw that.

You know what, I'm with Suckerpunch on this one. To hell with Sony, and to hell with Microsoft for that matter. I don't care anymore. I think all this bullshit about stealing controllers and making people try and guess what the price is going to be in 2009... I mean, everything they announce, or "leak" is done by some guys who sit back and say "If we announce that we also have a Wobbly controller, even a cheap one, it'll make our stock value go *this* way, and maybe Nintendo shares will go *that* way, then my Nintendo investor buddy will sell everything before that, and then after he gives me my kickback at the Country Club we'll hire a hacker to hack the EA page and announce some EA merger that will make their stock go under, so we can buy them... then we'll play two rounds of golf, do our cocaine and go home."

The PoS2 and the Xbox combined didn't give me a fraction of the fun my NES gave me, nor is it giving me half the fun my Japanese Saturn or PC Engine DUO is giving me now. I'm just going to stay in my little cave here and play Legend of Zelda for the rest of my life. :/

[zerohero]

Lets not forget the game and extra controller and warrenty that you are going to need to get day 1.

Already looking at $700 + and thats with one game.

I mean, unless I'm selling this on ebay, I'd have to be out right crazy to buy it. If I was wealthy, I'd get it, but I'm not close to wealthy.

I seriously thought Sony was going to be smart, but I guess they are too cought up into themselves in having dominated last gen. What they fail to realise is that if Gamecube would have came out around the same time, gamecube and sony would have had closer competition.