Pre E3 wrapup: Monday May 8

by FakeTrout, filed in Games on May.08, 2006

Lets get the biggest news out of the way: PlayStation 3 launches Nov 17th in the US for $499 with a 20 GB hard drive and for $599 with a 60 GB hard drive. They’ve also ditched the boomerang controller for… a controller identical to the PS2. But wait! Its got motion sensors too! Its an obvious last minute addition, as they’ve got no games to support the feature.
Wow. Just wow. Kotaku and Jostiq have excellent minute by minute coverage of the Sony Event.

Glossed over by Sony is what else will be missing from the $499 PS3 bundle: Wireless, HDMI, and Memory stick support.

The show doesn’t even start until Wednesday officially and theres already so much to talk about!

Other big news announced today: From the brain trust at SquareEnix, we got word that Final Fantasy 13 is coming in not 1, not 2, but 3 parts! The first coming to PS3 is your regular FF role playing game. The 2nd also coming to PS3 is a multiplayer online action game set in the FF13 world. The last is a mobile phone game.

Sonic the Hedgehog is to be joined by Shadow and a new white hedgehog in the new 360/PS3 title, view the trailer. Departing is Sonic creator Yuji Naka, who’s leaving Sega to form his own studio. No, he’s not making a new NiGHTS game.

Metal Gear Solid 4 has a new tailer.

4CR has logged a heap of new Nintendo News on their e3 page. Mario and Smash Brothers will be ready for Wii launch, Wario Ware and Tony Hawk also on the way. $250 is the popular theory for the Wii price tag, but it won’t be official until tomorrow. Oh yeah, 2 new Final Fantasy Chrystal Chronicles games are coming as well, for the DS and Wii. the DS version will support Nintendo Wifi.

Virtua Fighter 5 will also hit the PS3, no online announced or implied.

Microsoft stayed almost completely quiet today. That won’t last long.

Tags: E3, Gadgets, Mario, Nintendo, Sega, Sony

C16

I hope they give you a free bottle of lube for that rape of a pricetag. Holy Shit!
C16

I hope they give you a free bottle of lube for that rape of a pricetag. Holy Shit!
http://adamrulz.com/ aDam

So they’re going to X-Box route of offering a completely useless “core” system and then the real system for an expensive price. Lame ass lame.

That’s just an insane amount of money. I’m looking forward to the Wii.
http://adamrulz.com/ aDam

So they’re going to X-Box route of offering a completely useless “core” system and then the real system for an expensive price. Lame ass lame.

That’s just an insane amount of money. I’m looking forward to the Wii.
http://powet.tv/ Zac Shipley

the PS3 “core” is still a hundred bucks more than the 360 “premium”

Sony has been a market leader for too long. they’re getting cocky, and they’ll price themselves right the hell out of the market.
http://powet.tv Zac Shipley

the PS3 “core” is still a hundred bucks more than the 360 “premium”

Sony has been a market leader for too long. they’re getting cocky, and they’ll price themselves right the hell out of the market.
http://adamrulz.com/ aDam

Ah. The US prices confuse me. So I guess that’s like… 600$ and 700$ Canadian. Which is absolutely insane. Looking for confirmation on the whole blu-ray thing…
http://adamrulz.com/ aDam

Ah. The US prices confuse me. So I guess that’s like… 600$ and 700$ Canadian. Which is absolutely insane. Looking for confirmation on the whole blu-ray thing…
http://adamrulz.com/ aDam

Ah. The blu-ray thing is on there. -_-
http://adamrulz.com/ aDam

Ah. The blu-ray thing is on there. -_-
http://forums.shwiggie.com/ Shwiggie

That’s, like, 3DO-level bullshit pricing. C’mon.
http://forums.shwiggie.com Shwiggie

That’s, like, 3DO-level bullshit pricing. C’mon.
http://www.geocities.com/jacknifedakilla screwfacecapone

A year after all the sony fanboys were screaming about the 400 xbox 360, thier new system will be 100 dollars more than the Xbox 360 Premium.
http://www.geocities.com/jacknifedakilla screwfacecapone

A year after all the sony fanboys were screaming about the 400 xbox 360, thier new system will be 100 dollars more than the Xbox 360 Premium.
http://www.fightingreality.com/blog Crazy

The Wii seems a bit more than I was hoping it would cost.
http://www.fightingreality.com/blog Crazy

The Wii seems a bit more than I was hoping it would cost.
http://www.thatsorange.com/ TheOrange

Wow. Wowie wow. And here I always thought Nintendo was paranoid about people stealing their stuff.

I’d kind of like to know what games are announced, and what exactly the Blu-Ray is going to buy them in terms of anything game-related, or if it’s just for the DVD video market (which I’m not sure about as an investment anyway). I suppose it would be a bigger deal, and potentially even worth the additional cost (though I find that unlikely) if there was anything already out there that took advantage of it.

Right now, since I own a 360 and plan on picking up Wii on launch day, I don’t see a reason to get the PS3.

Maybe I’ll change my mind when I buy that $3000 HDTV and spend thousands more replacing my DVDs with hi-def versions.

(yeah right!)

~Sean
http://www.thatsorange.com TheOrange

Wow. Wowie wow. And here I always thought Nintendo was paranoid about people stealing their stuff.

I’d kind of like to know what games are announced, and what exactly the Blu-Ray is going to buy them in terms of anything game-related, or if it’s just for the DVD video market (which I’m not sure about as an investment anyway). I suppose it would be a bigger deal, and potentially even worth the additional cost (though I find that unlikely) if there was anything already out there that took advantage of it.

Right now, since I own a 360 and plan on picking up Wii on launch day, I don’t see a reason to get the PS3.

Maybe I’ll change my mind when I buy that $3000 HDTV and spend thousands more replacing my DVDs with hi-def versions.

(yeah right!)

~Sean

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