Come on. Stop looking for ways to bash Sony. EB knows people will jump at the offer if they have already decided to get a PS3. They stand to make around 150$ if they resale all those PS2 products. With the PS2 going as strong as it is, it's just an easy way to make more money.
Nope. Try again: http://www.ebgames.com/search.asp?N=139+83+80 But I will remove my commentary as it does come across as trolling. I do think it's an exciting offer as this is how I got my PS2 for $99 from EB in 2002. But that was $99, and it's not for launch batch.
Read your original post numb nutz. The deal requires you to give up an additional controller on top of the one that comes with the PS2 as well as an 8 MB memory card.
Some small updates on some games... Not 100% confirmed, but it seems like Saints Row is headed to the PS3 (in May?): http://www.gamespot.com/news/6164166.html?tag=latestnews;title;2 Some more PSN goodness: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/754/754555p1.html More info at the link, including game-specific info. More info on Ninja Gaiden Sigma (plus new pics): http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3156377
I would think people who wanted to play these classic games would already have an emulator on their pc with an illegal copy...
Still not worth $150. Look at their inventory again. Depending on their profit margin on the PS3, this promotion at best nets EB an additional $10 or $20 for the extra hassle. And why the name calling? Do you work for Sony?
All the PS3 bashing is laughable. I dont understand why everyone is so passionate about their consoles. I bought the ps3 because it was cool. Anyone that has a PS3 cannot deny how cool it is. I just dont get the fanboy sensation.
Console bashing is as old as time. I think PS3 gets more bashing than usual because of its high price. People want it to fail so they dont have to shell out the $600. Anyways... I was in Houston during the break (away from college) and my parents dont have a HDTV. So I didnt even bother with the Gran Turismo demo. I finally downloaded it tonight since I am back at school and its pretty sweet. The graphics are stunning and the gameplay has the same great GT feel!
In this case, those games offer online play, leaderboards, and stuff like that. You can't play MKII against your friends online with a emulator AFAIK, nor could you check out the leaderboards. Of course, while that stuff is nice, the games still need to be priced correctly because of the reason you stated. Anything more than $5 would probably not be a good idea (especially since everything else on the PSN is priced reasonably). They probably don't make much, if anything, on PS3 sales. I don't recall seeing any numbers for the PS3, but when the 360 launched, the wholesale price was just a few dollars under the retail price IIRC.
I think you'd get a lot of non-fanboys who might disagree with that. I enjoyed the hell out of my PS2, but since the PSP I haven't agreed with a lot of the decisions Sony has been making. Primarily I have no desire to help a company think it can succeed by making us pay for 300 handhelds and 600 video game consoles. Sure you've got your blind fanboys; but there are most definitely some real criticisms of the PS3. (Just like all the new consoles) Now, the slim PS2...that's one cool looking machine.
wait... what are its drawbacks again? If you think its too expensive, dont buy it. If you dont think it has enough games out, dont buy it. Nobody is putting a gun to your head to buy a PS3. Why bash something when you can just not buy it and go on your merry way? I literally can't think of anything more pathetic right now than the people that love to bash the ps3 in threads on this bbs. l0l u are a soldier in teh console warz!!!111!
um... ok. This is a forum and I believe the point of this thread is to DISCUSS the PS3 and to share our opinions. It so happens that a majority of people are upset with Sony for a number of reasons and so they voice their objections. Just to reiterate, this is a forum with a thread on the ps3. We can b**** and moan all we want. If you feel so strongly about it, defend the PS3.
I love my ps3 and wii. Just waiting on these games; 1 MotorStorm 2 Heavenly Sword 3 Lair 4 Gran Turismo 5 5 Assassin’s Creed 6 Virtua Tennis 3 7 Killzone PS3 8 Soul Calibur 4 9 MGS4: Guns of the Patriots 10 Grand Theft Auto IV 11 Devil May Cry 4 12 Sega Rally Revo 13 PES 7 14 Obsidian Rpg (Sega) 15 SingStar 16 FFXIII Versus 17 Resident Evil 5 18 Ninja Gaiden Sigma 19 Final Fantasy XIII 20 Naughty Dogs untitled game 21 White Knight Story 22 FFXIII Versus I'll be happy if a fourth of these games are out in 07.
Well I think in most BBS when things get discussed that's generally what happens; positives and negatives. Like the Apple thread, anything Nintendo or MS or movies, etc. Just the way it goes. But yeah, you will have general bashing that doesn't have any point: 'lol sony sucks', 'nintendo is kiddie!', 'lol M$!' and so on. You're right; fanboyism like that sucks. Since this, like most stuff, is a hobby for some people, you're still going to get regular discussion whenever it is brought up, though.
Defending the ps3 is not on my list of things I want to do on this forum. I'm just calling people out for being fanboy idiots. Take it because its true. I'm not attacking people for "The PS3 is overpriced" statements. Those are legitimate. I'm attacking people who say "Game. Set. Match. Sony sucks" in the "Porno industry choosing HD-DVD" thread. Idiotic fanboy trash is not constructive, it just makes the people posting look like fools.
A fourth of those games might be out by the end of this quarter, barring some delays (which could happen still). A lot of the big ones will probably be 2008 though (both FF games, GT5, RE5, WKS, etc.). I think Killzone was recently confirmed to be late 2007, but with Sony PR guys saying MotorStorm supports 1080p/60fps, I don't know if I should believe that. BTW, seems like Hideo Kojima wants to use a DL Blu-ray disc for MGS4 (meaning up to 50GB of capacity): http://www.sagn.co.za/news.php?extend.366 Apparently there are a lot of things they can do with sound that would end up requiring a lot of space. Not sure how this affects the MGS4 360 rumors...it could probably still happen (either 4+ discs, a lot of compressed audio/data, or both). And that's assuming this is true.
Someone got MythTV to work on the PS3, making it basically a PVR: http://ps3mods.blogspot.com/2007/01/mythtv-for-ps3-turn-your-ps3-into.html That didn't take as long as I expected. I love PS3 Linux.
Is there any new news on Gran Turismo HD? I keep hearing its cancelled and then people saying its not?
