1up rips on Sony

Everyone knew that Sony would come out swinging eventually. Every Sony press conference is the same. Kaz, in all his wooden head glory hops on stage and goes through the motions like a depressed, used cars salesman. A few Powerpoint slides here, some graphics showing just how much more awesome their plastic box is to the other guys plastic box and then, just when you think it\'s all said and done, they drop their bombs.

And as expected, they dropped some bombs. Only this time, instead of going into the following day to see how the survivors are dealing with the wreckage, we\'re staring straight back at Sony and the damage they did to themselves. The bombs, for once, backfired. Damage was dealt, but for the most part, there was a severe, premature detonation.

The conference, for all intents and purposes, was a disaster. From an atrocious looking demo of Gran Turismo 4 running in high definition (Why did we need to watch this for 10 minutes?) to an almost pitiful Kaz Hirai almost begging for applause when showing off the original Ridge Racer running on a PSP ("It\'s Ridge Racer. . . RIDGE RACER!").

With the exception of the absolutely stunning Metal Gear Solid 4 trailer -- a title that I, even as a Metal Gear fan really wasn\'t interested in until that moment, everything was a dud. And yet, they managed to top themselves.

It would should have been the single moment in time where we could pinpoint exactly where Sony would continue their reign upon the console throne, we were thrown for a loop. We were punked.

Somewhere in Los Angeles, a smile crept slowly across the face of Microsoft\'s Peter Moore. No longer would the term "Tard Pack" be synonymous with Microsoft and his XBOX 360.

For now, Sony has managed to one up them. Presenting, The Playstation 3 Tard Pack. Yes, for only $499 dollars, you too can own a crippled Blu-Ray player, complete with a lack of much touted WiFi connectivity (Peace out wireless PSP interaction) and memory stick slots that would not only make way for a sort of open source "memory card" solution, but also the "Ultimate media center" angle goes out the window too.

As for the tilt-and-tumble addition to the Dual Shock -- Oh. While I\'m thinking about information that Sony forgot to mention during their conference (Yet, did manage to slip into their official press release), the Dual Shock now lacks that which the name was coined after, being vibration. Regardless, I already had my word on that.

I will hand it Sony. They most certainly made sure that today, being Tuesday, will be very, very interesting. I\'m a bit frightened that Reggie might burst onto stage tomorrow morning and drink the blood of slaughtered barn yard creatures, but regardless, Nintendo has to respond to this revelation. And as for Microsoft, well, they\'ve quite frankly never looked better at this point

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OMG, it\'s all too much.

and in other news, some web site critiqued a company

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The $500 \'core\' version of PS3 is a pitiful joke.  I can\'t believe they followed Microsoft\'s horrible example.  I can live without \'rumbling\' in my controller.  I did so with the PS2.  My controller never vibrated and I never cared.  The xbox360 core version can be called a \'tard pack\' as well.  

But the hater who wrote this article needs to realize 2 things,

-the PS3 games look STUNNING
-PS3 still has the best 3rd party support and exclusive titles

Microsoft looking good at this point?  Who cares,  the days are counting down toward the PS3 overtopping their XBOX 360

it\'s not just 1up, and there are a fair amount of fans a little taken back by the price and the cut features.

The xbox360 core version can be called a \'tard pack\' as well.

No, PS3 has officially outdone the 360 in that regard.  

But the hater who wrote this article needs to realize 2 things,

-the PS3 games look STUNNING
-PS3 still has the best 3rd party support and exclusive titles

Sure they look great, but no better than 360 games.

That depends who you asks.  At this point in time, there are more 360 games available and more in development.  This could change, of course, but not over night.

Microsoft looking good at this point?  Who cares,  the days are counting down toward the PS3 overtopping their XBOX 360

That\'s not at all guaranteed.  Now more than ever.

it\'s the highly probable result.

PS3 will be a monster, regardless of price/features.
despite all the snickering of the forum scamps across the intarweb

Sure they look great, but no better than 360 games.

Good point on everything except for this

From what I\'ve seen PS3 games look overall better than anything on the 360.  This could be because of the develeopers making them,  though.

The writer of the article sounds like a whiner,  though some of his points are valid.

But who cares,  I and millions of others will be plenty happy November

it\'s the highly probable result.

PS3 will be a monster, regardless of price/features.
despite all the snickering of the forum scamps across the intarweb

you\'ve been wrong on every prediction I\'ve ever read from you.  

Should I go around telling everyone that Microsoft wins this generation now or just let everyone see on their own?

Good point on everything except for this

From what I\'ve seen PS3 games look overall better than anything on the 360.  This could be because of the develeopers making them,  though.

The writer of the article sounds like a whiner,  though some of his points are valid.

But who cares,  I;ll be plenty happy November 17

Gears of War looks as good as anything I\'ve seen on PS3.

Ahm....Why didnt they mention FF13? Or Heavenly Sword? And RR was the PSP version that they showed?

What about the other games like Naughty Dog\'s?

They sound more like those kids infesting videgame forums.

Gears of War looks as good as anything I\'ve seen on PS3.

So it may indeed be the developers.  It\'s just that the FFXIII pics look like FFVII Advent Children...I cant get over it!

Good point Unicorn

I dare this hater to say Microsoft or Nintendo won the show because of the PS3 price etc and controller

no, riku
i predicted sales for GC, PS2, and xbox before they were launched.
i was accurate.

PS3 will be 1st in sales with a mild profit aided by blu-ray royalties and total dominance in 3rd party support.
xbox 360 will be in 2nd place in total worldwide sales (and debt) again this generation.  HD-DVD will flop.
wii will be last in sales, but nintendo will rake in the profits.

thru the first half of 2007, the PS2 will be the strongest selling console. then the PS3 will take over after a price drop.

feel free to bet on this, and quote me years down the road.
personally, i\'m not buying any of the 3 at retail.  if i can get them cheap used, i will, as i\'ve become a collector over the decades.
PC > all

it\'s not just 1up, and there are a fair amount of fans a little taken back by the price and the cut features.

Yeah but still they had good impressions of the games and controller. Unlike 1UP that were dissapointed about everything.


Gears of War is the only game I ve seen so far that impresses me as much as the PS3 games I ve seen. And its still PS3\'s first gen games. And yet I mostly see still pictures of GOW than videos.

I dont know if 360 can do anything the PS3 has shown (and I am not refering to static detail), but even if they are technically both as powerful I d still go for the PS3. They were more interesting atleast for me.

MS conference will be the final judgement if MS will steal my attention.

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When MS cuts features out of the 360 before launch, everyone jumped all over them... Sony cuts features and it\'s just dandy ... Gotta love that about this place.

Dandy? Almost everyone mentioned their disliking