Sony told all game developers that “all” PS3 wil have a hard-drive so the “Cell” processor will have a “swap” file to write data to. With the 7 spu’s of the Cell, the game developers write the code where all game textures, static meshes, maps, sounds etc..could be decompressed and stored on the swap file. Once all this data is stored on the swap file, load times will not be an issues. A good example of this is the excellent code Bungie wrote for the Halo & Halo 2…load time are very tiny indeed. Unlike Oblivion for the Xbox360, they wrote the code assuming that the Xbox360 did not have the hard-drive. Thats why load times will be longer on the Xbox360 than the PS3. Only the initial data transfer and decompression will take a little bit of time, but since the Cell processor can do upto 7 tasks at once, no one real really noticed….if coded the right way.

You disagreeing on halo being shite I can believe, but if you think that way about the game because so many people (kids actually) play it every day then your vote doesn’t count. Then it’s just rolling with the masses imho. Just because so many people play it doesnt make it a good game. The 50cent game sold millions but it’s shite too. And millions of people listen to classical music, but it’s shite imho..

And about the japanees not liking the console? Because they like totally different things then the rest of the world.. Like a hopping game or a game where you can look up the skirts of little girls and stuff. They’re not into halo and call of duty games.

I thought you were abit more mature but since you are using vulgar language I now know that you are just a “dumb twit”

Now put your fucking handbag down.

Thanks.

As for Halo being shite, i will have to disagree will you on that. On a average night, over 100,000 players are playing Halo 2 online and over 250,000 on a busy night. That many people can’t be wrong, but then again I liked Killzone more than Halo 2.

Yes PS2 has a huge collections of “shitty” games and so does the “Gamecube” and yes Xbox does also. But for $129.00, and doing just alittle bit of research, you can pick up a huge collection of sony games for about $20.00 each. i.e. the Ratchet and Clank series, Jax & Daxter, GTA series etc, etc. So for a buget gamers, he should have no issues of picking up good quaility game even though they may be a bit dated.

In the end, the gamers will decide which console win. Since I am a huge gamer, I will have both, but can anyone tell me why the Xbox360 is doing so poorly in Japan????

I bought a games console and if I want to add wi-fi (which I don’t have any interest in) I can, if I want to add a drive to play HD DVD format I can, If I want my pad to “rumble” I get it for free (Ha ha sony) but the point is I am not paying through the nose for fuctionality I don’t want and will never use.

I think if the 360 had managed to sell as many consoles in the first year (not even that long yet) as the PS2 has done since it’s launch then Nintendo and Sony would have just given up already, it’s like comapring apples and mince pies.

I will say again, this will only get bought when there is a drop in price to give it a realistic tag for the features I will actually use.

Second, with PS3 you’ll HAVE to buy bluray wether or not it will be the next dvd. If hddvd wins, your PS3 isn’t that fat anymore. Microsoft gives you the choice to add the new dvd standard. I bought a gameconsole and not the new dvd media system.

Third, ofcourse PS2 sells better.. They’ve dropped the price. If you don’t have much money to spend then the cheap PS2 with millions of (shitty) games is a good alternative.. What’s your point? You cannot compare a good selling console which is on the market for years with a new competitor which isn’t even out for a year..

I have bought an Xbox360 and also plan to buy a Playstation 3 at launch. Everyone has to realize that if you want to bring the Xbox360 to the same features of the PS3 (premiums versions) you will pay about the same if not more. I bought my Xbox360 at lauch and here are my costs. I live in Canada so are my dollars are in Canadian Funds ($1.00 Canadian = 90 cents U.S.)

Xbox360 Premium $499.00
Plug N Charge Kit $ 39.00
USB WiFi adapter $129.00

Total Cost $667.00

The Playstaion 3 Canadian Price has been announced at $659.00 for launch. Here are the features that you get in the PS3 that you wont have in the Xbox360.

HD-DVD playback (blue-ray), the Xbox360 add-on is rumoured to be about $180.00. Free “xbox-live” type of service. I play about $180.00/year to have 3 accounts (one mine, 2 are my kids). Linux built-in. Thats a huge plus for a person like me since I have been using Linux now for 3 years (Debian if you want to know). More powerful systems (over 2 teraflops vs the Xbox360 1.2). There are alot more features that is built into the PS3 I think I made my point.

As for Sony “screwing” there fans, how do you think xbox fans feel since Bungie announced that Halo 3 will be Xbox360 title only? So if you have a xbox, you will have to buy an Xbox360 to “Finish the Fight”.

Now thats what I called getting screwed over. Will people pay at least $300.00 to finish the Halo triliogy???? Can some please answer that for me?

Yes these next consoles are expensive and will be for at least 2 years. A friend of mine is a Manager for Best Buy and he tell me that the best selling console is the PS2. It outsells all other consoles combined and that the Xbox360 sales have flattened and there is always stock of them.

We will have to wait at least another year till a 3 systems are launched to see who the real winner will be.

To expand on your point about Sony haveing all the best game developers: What like Rockstars exclusive PS3 GTA? Nope. Assasins Creed? Apparntly not anymore. Metal Gear Solid or FFXIII? Not until at least next year. Gears of War? no that would be a 360 exclusive.

Yes I concede that Sony has a lot of good developers working for them, problem isyou need to wade through the masses of shit that is also made for them to find the good ones, it’s about quality not quantity.

And for the record I ain’t a fanboy as I also own a PSP and a PS2 and will consider the PS3 when Sony consider a large price drop.

How many of those 100 million PS2s (that Sony brags about constantly) were bought when it dropped to $200 and under? 45%? 50%?

Just accept who won this round.

So the first PS was a SNES.. The PS2 was more like a PS one-and-a-half and now the product will be a expensive BluRay player which will inflict massive damage to giant enemy crabs..

I’ve seen a lot of blind sony fanboys, but you must be the worst of them all.. guess you’re 12?

Hold on a minute… Assassins Creed also for 360? That’s the best news I’ve heard in weeks!

message to Sony - you really dun fucked up this time…

360 fan revolt plan - buy a PS3 on launch day, return it un-opened the next day, take $600 in store credit and use it for Nintendo Wii, and 360 games/accessories. Hey Sony can you say boycott? I can, and without speeding $600 for a console, and another $100 per a game…..