Playstation 3

[Carlos_E]

I'm really liking Uultimate Alliance. I've been playing all day and I've gotten pretty far.

[Fordfan01]

hey man how far u made it on UA?

[Carlos_E]

hey man how far u made it on UA?

I'm on the 2nd or 3rd level of Asard. Fighting the frost giant. I need some help. Do you know how to get pass that?

[Carlos_E]

I'm on the 2nd or 3rd level of Asard. Fighting the frost giant. I need some help. Do you know how to get pass that?

I got passed the frost giant. Now I just started the Shi'ar M'Kraan crystal level. Who wants to play?

[Carlos_E]

I have been playing games all day and I am now noticing the fan in this thing gets pretty loud after extended game play. Is that normal?

[Psychotron]

I have been playing games all day and I am now noticing the fan in this thing gets pretty loud after extended game play. Is that normal?

Ive had my ps3 on all day before, it stays quiet the entire time. There have been a lot of complaints of loud fans.

[Carlos_E]

Ive had my ps3 on all day before, it stays quiet the entire time. There have been a lot of complaints of loud fans.

Well, it is quiet sitting idle or playing blu-ray DVDs. But I played a game for the past 3 hours and then took a break and I can hear the fan all the way across the room.

[Carlos_E]

Well, it is quiet sitting idle or playing blu-ray DVDs. But I played a game for the past 3 hours and then took a break and I can hear the fan all the way across the room.

I just put my hand behind it. It's like having a mini space heater.

[Carlos_E]

Blu-ray Info.

Sony sees TV, Blu-ray prices drop

February 27, 2007 - 9:04AM


Sony Corp said US retail prices this year will fall 20 per cent for flat-screen televisions and 50 per cent for Blu-ray DVD players but that both product lines would remain profitable.
Those declining prices come as costs also slide and are likely to spur higher demand as consumers replace older cathode-ray tube TVs with high-resolution flat screens and use next-generation DVD players to watch shows.
"We are going to be profitable, (but) it's going to be very tight," Stan Glasgow, president and chief operating officer of Sony Electronics, said on Monday of the company's liquid crystal display (LCD) TV business.
Recent strength at Sony Electronics, Sony's $US11 billion ($A13.92 billion) electronics arm, has helped ease the pain of a rough 2006 for the Japanese company, which suffered through a late roll-out of the PlayStation 3 video game console and a major battery recall, among other things.
Sony, which vies with Samsung Electronics Co. and Sharp Corp. in the $US63 billion ($A79.74 billion) LCD TV market, said in January its Bravia flat-panel TVs enjoyed brisk demand in its fiscal third quarter.
Glasgow said on Monday that Sony led the US market in 2006 in total television revenue and unit sales and was the top revenue performer in LCD TVs. Sony TVs typically sell at a premium price to rival brands.
For 2007, Sony will launch a new marketing campaign aimed at expanding its Bravia brand, even though it acknowledges the existence and popularity of lower-priced flat TVs.
"It remains highly competitive. There are 70 to 80 players in the industry right now," Glasgow said at a media briefing in New York. "Consumers are willing to pay a reasonable premium for a high-performance stylish television."
Sony lagged behind Sharp in the global LCD TV market a little more than one year ago. But multimillion dollar marketing campaigns and joint panel production with Samsung have turned it into a top player in the fast-growing but fiercely competitive market.
Sony will soon introduce a cheaper player for its Blu-ray discs to compete with less expensive HD DVD players, Glasgow said. Its current model, the BDP-S1, sells for about $US999 ($A1,264) on its Sony Style website.
By the holiday season, prices of stand-alone Sony Blu-ray players could drop to "$US299 ($A378) to $US399 ($A505)... to drive real volumes on this," he added.
"If you look at the history of DVD, $US299 to $US399, that's when sales really took off."
Sony's Blu-ray technology competes with Toshiba Corp's HD DVD technology. Their failure to agree on a unified format has led to a costly battle reminiscent of the VHS-Betamax war, which caused widespread customer confusion.
Sony said US sales of both stand-alone Blu-ray and rival HD DVD players - those not built into a personal computer or a game console - were about 44,000 units in 2006. It expected sales to be 250,000 to 500,000 in 2007 as prices decline.
The company said Sony-branded stand-alone players had a 40 per cent market share in 2006 and that it expects about 35 per cent share in 2007, when there will be more Blu-ray players built by other companies.

[TheNatural3456]

i have it....i love it....

drop me a pm when u get resistance fall of man -- best game out for ps3...

its fawkin sweet to play online...

[Carlos_E]

i have it....i love it....

drop me a pm when u get resistance fall of man -- best game out for ps3...

its fawkin sweet to play online...

I have Resistance now. I picked up the game on Friday. Is it easy to play?

[TheNatural3456]

well once you get the hold of the controls its really good...like i said i love it...

and i play online...once u get a good grasp of the controls playin online is the best gaming experiece ive had online....

u can add me if u like playstation network name : neil3giles

[TheDfromGC]

id like to get one but i know ill spend hours playing it when i have important things to get done and they basically would not get done. gets too addicting, maybe in summer once i get some free time

[Carlos_E]

well once you get the hold of the controls its really good...like i said i love it...

and i play online...once u get a good grasp of the controls playin online is the best gaming experiece ive had online....

u can add me if u like playstation network name : neil3giles

I'm rcarlosnyc on PSN. I just sent you a message on there.

[TheNatural3456]

cool ill get on today after work at like 1...even tho i should be studying....

another really good game is fight night...graphics are sweet and its pretty fun to play...

[Carlos_E]

cool ill get on today after work at like 1...even tho i should be studying....

another really good game is fight night...graphics are sweet and its pretty fun to play...

Can you play fight night online?

I went to the PSN store this morning and donwnloaded the trailer for Lair. That looks like it will be a sick game. The graphics look awesome. Check out some of the screen shots.

http://www.ps3forums.com/showthread.php?t=28698

[TheNatural3456]

yea u can play fight night online....its awesome...

the only thing that sucks is if u play somone online who has a bad connections...the punches lag and its hard to play a good defense...

[TheNatural3456]

damn that game looks sick,....there are a ton of good releases coming out...


i downloaded the motostorm demo...its pretty fun

assasins creed looks really sweet too...

[Ejuicer]

I have Resistance now. I picked up the game on Friday. Is it easy to play?

It's really easy to play and very addictive. I almost nearing the end of it but I would have easily been done a month ago if it weren't for moving.

[TheNatural3456]

It's really easy to play and very addictive. I almost nearing the end of it but I would have easily been done a month ago if it weren't for moving.

the ending is pretty sick...alot of chaos....very fun tho but took me a couple trys

[Carlos_E]

I finished Marvel Alliance over the weekend. I started the game again set to hard.

[Ejuicer]

I picked up a 60 gig PS3 over the weekend and I am very happy with it. Graphics look great, and smooth game play. I am not a huge gamer but I'm enjoying my free time playing games. I bought 3 games and went to the Sony Playstation store and downloaded all of the free demos.

I bought:
Marvel Ultimate Alliance (fun to play online)
Virtua Fighter 5 (a lot of fun!)
Genji: Days of the Blade (sucks ass and I'm trying to figure away to return it. A waste of $60!)

Games I will buy:
Resistance: Fall of Man
MotoStorm
Ridge Racer 7
(Not sure what else is good)

One thing I noticed is the initial video setup is not very intuitive. If you set up the system using the auto default settings, the PS3 will output 480p (DVD quality) instead of HD. For someone who is not a home theater or HD buff I think the setup is confusing. There are lots of menus to navigate through to get it setup.

I signed up for Netflix and put about 20 blu-ray DVDs in my queue. Blu-ray movies look awesome. It looks a lot better than watching movies on Cablevision HD cable.

First 3 movies I got from Netflix:
X-Men 3, The Last Stand
Talladega Nights
Employee of the Month

I’m happy using the PS3 as a blu-ray DVD player. It loads the discs pretty fast and the video looks good so I don’t see a reason right now to buy a dedicated blu-ray player.

Any of you guys have a PS3? I'd like to hear your opinions.

I had to mess around with the set-up for a couple days until I finally figured out how to get 720p and 1080i on my plasma. The instructions aren't the most straight forward.
So far i've only purchased the Ice Age blu-ray for my girlfriend but I'm definitely impressed with the quality and clarity of it. It looks like it's worth the extra cost of blu-ray discs.

[TheNatural3456]

im gonna try to get in some resistiance before class....but its been giving me some resistince getting online...(some pun intended)

so ill see i guess

[Ejuicer]

I'm really liking Uultimate Alliance. I've been playing all day and I've gotten pretty far.

I'm suprised. I've only played it for maybe an hour and i've had it for 2 months. I found the graphics on it very unimpressive and the game play a little repetitive. Maybe I just have to give it another shot, but so far resistance and need for speed carbon are a lot more enjoyable.

[Ejuicer]

the ending is pretty sick...alot of chaos....very fun tho but took me a couple trys

Today and tomorrow are my days off so I'll probably be getting a chance to see it pretty soon.

[Carlos_E]

I had to mess around with the set-up for a couple days until I finally figured out how to get 720p and 1080i on my plasma. The instructions aren't the most straight forward.
So far i've only purchased the Ice Age blu-ray for my girlfriend but I'm definitely impressed with the quality and clarity of it. It looks like it's worth the extra cost of blu-ray discs.

Sign up for netflix. They have a lot of blu-ray films. You can browse the selection by blu-ray only. I'm not sure if you can browse Blockbuster online the same way.

[Carlos_E]

I'm suprised. I've only played it for maybe an hour and i've had it for 2 months. I found the graphics on it very unimpressive and the game play a little repetitive. Maybe I just have to give it another shot, but so far resistance and need for speed carbon are a lot more enjoyable.

I bought Virtua fighter 5 because of all of the hype. I've tried playing it maybe 2-3 times and then put it away. I don't get what all the hype is. Maybe because I don't know all of the special moves but I think the game is hard to play and boring because you cannot play online.

[Ejuicer]

I bought Virtua fighter 5 because of all of the hype. I've tried playing it maybe 2-3 times and then put it away. I don't get what all the hype is. Maybe because I don't know all of the special moves but I think the game is hard to play and boring because you cannot play online.

I've been waiting to pick that game up. I've played the virtua fighter series all along and it can get a little boring if you don't know the moves, but personally I like it.
The two games I can't wait for are the new resident evil and gta. Guaranteed those are going to be a couple games i'll be playing non-stop.

[TheNatural3456]

i have it...i love it...graphics are great....

its really more fun to play with someone because it gets more competitive that way...


btw carlos i got your message and added you...so when youre online gimme a holler

[Carlos_E]

i have it...i love it...graphics are great....

its really more fun to play with someone because it gets more competitive that way...


btw carlos i got your message and added you...so when youre online gimme a holler

Cool. I'm going to try out Resistance tonight. Do you have the bluetooth headset?

[TheNatural3456]

Cool. I'm going to try out Resistance tonight. Do you have the bluetooth headset?

nah i dont...i know i need to get one tho...


will be my next addition....

[Carlos_E]

nah i dont...i know i need to get one tho...


will be my next addition....

I keep buying accessories. In one week I bought the PS3, 4 games and the blu-ray remote control. Next on the list is the blutooth headset and 2nd wireless controller and a few more games.

[TheNatural3456]

lol i hear you..i got the second controller it def makes tekken better didnt get the remote cause i dont use it for movie too often

[Carlos_E]

lol i hear you..i got the second controller it def makes tekken better didnt get the remote cause i dont use it for movie too often

I'm doing the 3 a week netflix deal so I'm watching 3 blu-ray movies a week. I just checked netflix and I have The Ant Bully, Click and Crank on the way.

[Carlos_E]

Current PS3 Best Selling Games
Updated: Monday, 26 February 2007

1. Resistance: Fall of Man—SCEA
2. MotorStorm (pre-order)—SCE
3. Virtua Fighter 5—Sega
4. Major League Baseball 2K7—2K
5. F1 Championship Ed. (pre-order)—SCEA
6. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (pre-order)—2K
7. Need for Speed Carbon—EA
8. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07—EA
9. Blazing Angels—Ubisoft
10. Fight Night Round 3—EA

[Carlos_E]

Resistance: Fall of Man News
News in a recent Phil Harrison interview

"We're going to release additional content for Resistance. I don't think we've gone into detail on the schedule, but we have some really, really cool things that will be extending the story, extending the locations, some brand new content, starting in April. So if that works well and is well-received by the audience, then that will keep the engagement with game going between now and should there be a sequel at some point in the future."

http://ncroal.talk.newsweek.com/default.asp?item=506839

[TheNatural3456]

sounds good...

a friend of mine is getting baseball...he said u swing the controllers like a bat...

[Carlos_E]

sounds good...

a friend of mine is getting baseball...he said u swing the controllers like a bat...

Yeah that is Major League Baseball 2K7.

[Fordfan01]

hey carlos u playing tonight?

[Carlos_E]

hey carlos u playing tonight?

Yup I'm on now. Check your email on there and add me to your buddy list that way you can tell when I'm on and what I'm playing.