Sony held a pre-E3 press briefing on Monday, with some major news on PlayStation3. The console will launch in North America on November 17. It will come in two formats: a 20GB and a 60GB hard drive. The 20GB will sell for $499, and the 60 GB will sell for $599.
Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.
The PS3 will have an online marketplace that will, at the very least, allow you to download songs for your SingStar game. It will also work with the PSP in interesting ways, such as using the PSP as a "wing-mirror" for Formula-One racing. In this mode, the PSP shows you the rear view while your 60" Plasma shows you the front view.
They also revealed a big surprise: the new PlayStation 3 Controller. It looks and feels very much like a PlayStation 2 Dual Shock controller, but it has a secret inside: tilt and motion sensitivity with six degrees of freedom.
Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.
There's a Nintendo store a block away from my office. They must have something new coming out because there were about 25-30 guys lined up outside the store this morning when I was walking here from Penn Station. Every one of them, and I mean EVERY ONE, was playing some kind of hand held game. My only thought was these guys are never getting laid.
LIPH wrote:There's a Nintendo store a block away from my office. They must have something new coming out because there were about 25-30 guys lined up outside the store this morning when I was walking here from Penn Station. Every one of them, and I mean EVERY ONE, was playing some kind of hand held game. My only thought was these guys are never getting laid.
Tooooo right, Larry. Those are NOT the buttons they need to be pressin'!!!!
Cate
"When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky." ~ Buddha
LIPH wrote:There's a Nintendo store a block away from my office. They must have something new coming out because there were about 25-30 guys lined up outside the store this morning when I was walking here from Penn Station. Every one of them, and I mean EVERY ONE, was playing some kind of hand held game. My only thought was these guys are never getting laid.
They have the Wii (terrible name, IMO) coming out soon, which is their next-gen console... but they may have been playing the DS Lite, which is supposed to be launched in the US sometime soon...
LIPH wrote:There's a Nintendo store a block away from my office. They must have something new coming out because there were about 25-30 guys lined up outside the store this morning when I was walking here from Penn Station. Every one of them, and I mean EVERY ONE, was playing some kind of hand held game. My only thought was these guys are never getting laid.
They have the Wii (terrible name, IMO) coming out soon, which is their next-gen console... but they may have been playing the DS Lite, which is supposed to be launched in the US sometime soon...
Edit: yes, I'm a geek.
The DS Lite is not supposed to launch until June 11th. the New Super Mario Bros. game Launched yesterday on the DS. Maybe it was that.
Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.
Sony held a pre-E3 press briefing on Monday, with some major news on PlayStation3. The console will launch in North America on November 17. It will come in two formats: a 20GB and a 60GB hard drive. The 20GB will sell for $499, and the 60 GB will sell for $599.
Glad to see Sony will only be losing $200-300 on every unit sold. I'm sure they can make it up in volume.
They also revealed a big surprise: the new PlayStation 3 Controller. It looks and feels very much like a PlayStation 2 Dual Shock controller, but it has a secret inside: tilt and motion sensitivity with six degrees of freedom.
I'll never be able to play as much as I move the controller around.
tikitatas wrote:Do gamers ever put down the controllers down long enough to think about sex?
Oh yes. Having been to many a gaming convention over the years (and going to them again this year), there's never an end to those lovely selections from society who follow the good looking women around like trolls.
Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all..
LIPH wrote:My only thought was these guys are never getting laid.
I'm sure they can find some girl with a "nice personality" that works in a comic book store.
I could imagine their idea of a romantic date:
Nerdy Guy: I think we need to take the next step in our relationship and merge our action figure collections
Nerdy Girl: Over my dead body!
Nerdy Guy: But we could have the entire cast of Star Wars all in one battle scene against the cast of Star Trek
Nerdy Girl:... I'm just not ready to take that next step
Nerdy Guy: Can we at least keep our retainers in the same medicine cabinet?
Nerdy Girl: Well, I guess, but our parents can't find out
Nerdy Guy: Great... now let's go upstairs and break out the SuperNintendo and play Mario!
Over my dead body!
