Now I Want a PS3

by FakeTrout, filed in Games on Mar.18, 2007

It would be fair to say I’ve been mean to Sony in the past year. It would be more fair to say I’ve been mean to them for the 5 years before that. Ever since the PS2 killed my beloved Dreamcast, Sony has been on my bad side. But something changed.

Theres always been a slew of games I’ve wanted to play on Sony systems. Though I picked up a GameCube and an Xbox, it was pretty clear I was missing a LOT by not grabbing the other console. With the PS3 losing exclusives and the Xbox 360 so far ahead this time, I thought maybe I’d made a solid choice and wouldn’t be missing much. Now it looks like I’ll be missing a lot.

Watch the trailer for Ratchet & Clank. Even if graphical advances are all Insomniac has to offer in their newest game, the advances are significant. And it just looks fun.

Now how about LittleBigPlanet? The concept is to release the game as a download this year, let users go nuts building levels with the tools provided and then the best will get packaged in with the full retail version next year. As great as level editors have been in shooters in the past, this is kind of unprecedented to let the players control what enters the final product. This excites me far more than the “Playstation Home” environment because it involves the community of gamers in an actual functional game.

I can’t say that the PS3 will be the next system I buy, or that I’d even be willing to pay 600 for one. But I will say that I want one. And I’ll get one and I’ll enjoy the hell out of Sony actually delivering something new and original in tandem with old favorites.

Tags: PS3, Sony

Anon

Sony/PS2 did not kill the Dreamcast — Sega killed the Dreamcast. Sega had a long track record of screwing up, even more so than Nintendo. The fact that they’d just randomly stop supporting a console and come out with another one is one of the many reasons, and especially why they couldn’t get any damned developers to work with them. Claiming Sony/PS2 killed the Dreamcast just because it succeeded makes you look ignorant and uninformed. Get a clue and stop being an obnoxious fanboy.
Anon

Sony/PS2 did not kill the Dreamcast — Sega killed the Dreamcast. Sega had a long track record of screwing up, even more so than Nintendo. The fact that they’d just randomly stop supporting a console and come out with another one is one of the many reasons, and especially why they couldn’t get any damned developers to work with them. Claiming Sony/PS2 killed the Dreamcast just because it succeeded makes you look ignorant and uninformed. Get a clue and stop being an obnoxious fanboy.
http://powet.tv/ Zac Shipley

I hardly think I’m being an obnoxious fanboy when I worked in video stores that during launch month of the Dreamcast stated they we’re going to wait a year to support the PS2. For the next 2 years all I saw, in Blockbuster and in TRU, and in other smaller outlets employees, managers, and others killing the Dreamcast. EA didn’t support the DC, but virtually every other publisher did. The PS2 launched with 29 shitty games but by then so many had bought into the idea that PS2 was the future, Sega had no chance.

Yes, Sega squandered several leads in the 90s and made some bad moves… but the Dreamcast made ALL THE RIGHT MOVES. Instead of rewarding the console with the best software at and following launch, people bought PS2s and suffered through Fantavision. They got Tekken Tag, even though the superior Soul Calibur was on DC.

For the record… nothing is more obnoxious than posting flame bait and not signing your name, “Anon”
http://powet.tv Zac Shipley

I hardly think I’m being an obnoxious fanboy when I worked in video stores that during launch month of the Dreamcast stated they we’re going to wait a year to support the PS2. For the next 2 years all I saw, in Blockbuster and in TRU, and in other smaller outlets employees, managers, and others killing the Dreamcast. EA didn’t support the DC, but virtually every other publisher did. The PS2 launched with 29 shitty games but by then so many had bought into the idea that PS2 was the future, Sega had no chance.

Yes, Sega squandered several leads in the 90s and made some bad moves… but the Dreamcast made ALL THE RIGHT MOVES. Instead of rewarding the console with the best software at and following launch, people bought PS2s and suffered through Fantavision. They got Tekken Tag, even though the superior Soul Calibur was on DC.

For the record… nothing is more obnoxious than posting flame bait and not signing your name, “Anon”
http://www.powet.tv/ Dru

I absolutely love Ratchet and Clank. Not enough to drop $600 on a PS3, mind you, but enough to finally consider it.

But that LittleBigPlanet trailer was really amazing. The cooperative nature could make that game fantastic experience with friends. I really didn’t understand it all in the beginning, but the more they messed around, the better (and more fun) it looked.

That said, I still plan on getting a Wii well before a PS3 or Xbox 360.
http://www.powet.tv/ Dru

I absolutely love Ratchet and Clank. Not enough to drop $600 on a PS3, mind you, but enough to finally consider it.

But that LittleBigPlanet trailer was really amazing. The cooperative nature could make that game fantastic experience with friends. I really didn’t understand it all in the beginning, but the more they messed around, the better (and more fun) it looked.

That said, I still plan on getting a Wii well before a PS3 or Xbox 360.
http://adamrulz.com/ aDam

The Dreamcast runs on Windows. Meh.
http://adamrulz.com/ aDam

The Dreamcast runs on Windows. Meh.
fawazr

Sony actively funded the undermining of Sega’s Dreamcast. Retailers were chomping at the bit for the margins that Sony was promising and they even went so far as to dissuade customers from purchasing a Dreamcast in favor of waiting for the PS2’s lauded release. That isn’t fanboyism, just corporatism. Sega is similarly guilty of the same manipulations throughout its existence.

As for Ratchet and Clank, I personally hate furries and just about any attempt at anthropomorphizing animals. I hate Mickey, Yoshi, Tony the Tiger, and the Carebears. But to each his own and I’m confident that the video game industry will thrive as long as there are consumers who are willing to pay a premium price for aesthetic updates to worn formulas. In fact, I’d bet that Ratchet and Clank sales will occur at David Hannum’s predicted rate of one per minute.
fawazr

Sony actively funded the undermining of Sega’s Dreamcast. Retailers were chomping at the bit for the margins that Sony was promising and they even went so far as to dissuade customers from purchasing a Dreamcast in favor of waiting for the PS2’s lauded release. That isn’t fanboyism, just corporatism. Sega is similarly guilty of the same manipulations throughout its existence.

As for Ratchet and Clank, I personally hate furries and just about any attempt at anthropomorphizing animals. I hate Mickey, Yoshi, Tony the Tiger, and the Carebears. But to each his own and I’m confident that the video game industry will thrive as long as there are consumers who are willing to pay a premium price for aesthetic updates to worn formulas. In fact, I’d bet that Ratchet and Clank sales will occur at David Hannum’s predicted rate of one per minute.

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