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Gotta give it to the wii though. Their new nunchuck type controller seems to be more focused on the fun factor rather than the awe factor.
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^^ That's what I'm talking about. It breaks the mold of old traditional games.
So the PS3 has better graphics and Blu Ray, but its the same old people who're going to buy it. At $600 its a really hefty upgrade. I wonder how many "new" users will get it!
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Although Wii is new idea and sounds exciting, but I'm sure it'll give a lot of people soar arms and muscles. I'd rather stick to the traditional joysticks than go for Wii's controller.
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Wii Injuries-Very Funny!!!
Here!!!
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Somehow I thought it was a serious article discussing how people have really hurt themselves.
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How's the Wii availability? I was thinking of getting one today. It should go well with the turkey.
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It's sold out at my local Futureshop and Bestbuy.
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Same here. I would prefer to play with a controller, though the special features of th wii controller might fun to try out once in a while. I haven't tried it yet, so my opinion on this might change once I do. Nintendo tried something similar with the DS, and that's been pretty successful.
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here is how this guy got his ps3. darn funny if you ask me.
i went out wednesday afternoon to the local walmart to start camping out. when i got there, there were already 12 people ther so i got in line being number 13. i talked around and found out the first 6 people there had been there since monday, total hardcore nerds all planning to keep them. bragging about how only they should get the system since theyve been there the longest. how they are so dedicated and how if you dont want to do the time, you shouldnt get a system. generally being complete assholes. good for them. we had a hours to pass so we became friends and played some cards and whatnot. the 6 guys in front kept to themselves and didnt associate with the rest of us. we were cool with each other leaving the line to get food, bathroom, smoke, etc since we all knew each other and as long as they were back in 30 minutes. i was about to leave to go buy some KFC for a good number of us and when i stepped out of line, one of the nerds shouted that if i left, i would lose my spot. the other guys told him that they were vouching for me and that i was just getting food but those 6 assholes didnt care. they said i leave, i lose my spot and that was the rules and they would call the manager (they had his number) to come out and enforce it. i said whatever and stayed in line.
a few hours later, the manager came out and told everyone that there were only going to be SEVEN available. they have them in their store and theyre not getting anymore. he told the people after # 7 they should leave if they wanted to not waste their time. me being number 13 should have left but i didnt, i wanted to stick around for a little bit more. everyone else left except me and the 7 other people that were getting it for sure. so the day goes on and i try to make friends with the nerds. i play mario kart on the ds with them and talk to them about the games they were getting. about an hour or 2 later, i tell im gonnna head home since im 8 in line and theres only 7 ps3s. one of them made some stupid joke about if i leave the line then i aint getting back in!! har har. so as im about to leave, i tell them im going to the vons next door and if any of them wanted any food or coffee and id bring it back to them. one of them said yea and all the rest like sheep followed and said yes too. they were gonna give me money but i told them it was on me since theyve been out here since monday. the 7th guy in line wanted some food and coffee and i told him id buy some for him also.
so i go to vons and buy 8 coffees, some food, and some x-lax laxatives. i bring it to my car and put some laxatives in 6 of the coffees and seperate them from mine and #7s. i pull back to walmart and bring all the drinks and food upfront. i give #7 his stuff and then the coffees with laxatives to the 6 nerds annd wish them good luck and go back to my car. i park it around the corner so i can still see them.
about 30 minutes later, #2 and 3 in line get up and it seemed like they were yelling to the other nerds. they both ran into walmart. seconds later (i guess all nerds have the same biology) #5 gets up and runs across the parking lot and into the trees and bushes somewhere. #1 is scrounging for this portapotty type thing he’d brought with him but he is squirting everywhere and all over his pants and their sleeping bags. he runs into walmart. at this time, i start my car and drive back to the walmart to claim my spot in line. when i get there #4 and 6 are gone but i dont know where. #7 is laughing his ass off so hard and i just smile at him. i call up 5 of the other people that i had made friends with that were in line with me ( i had their phone numbers cause i was gonne buy to food for everyone) and told them to get back to the walmart ASAP and get in line. Meanwhile, me and #7 threw all their **** into the parking lot and i claimed my spot as #1, him as #2. 4 and the people i had called arrived and got in line just as 1 of the nerds came running back and got #7. he started yelling saying they need their spots back. we all told them to **** off, out of spot, out of line. it was all of us against him so he didnt say ****. the nerds came back and tried to start some **** but we just laughed, we told them it was their rule and to go **** themselves and clean the **** off their pants. the called security and security came. security man was like WTF is that ****in smell and looked at the nerds with **** all of them and kicked them off the grounds screaming LMAO. so that is how i got my ps3.
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LOL ^ yeah i read that: http://www.trix5.com/2006/11/23/ps3-waiting-in-line/
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i think u have not seen the computer news for last couple of years… intel has released quad core processors and with in 15 months they are going for 8 core processor… if Sony managed to release a 7 core processor right now than at this point i will really appreciate their far sightedness. Definitely the programmers at this time are not good enough to develop multi threaded apps.. but with the passage of time and multithreaded libraries will become available and will help to unleash the true potential .
as i said earlier the compilers are the more important block in developing multithreaded applications.. and definitely MS is a lot ahead in this field than Sony… but i believe within 2 years the game will be available which will be using the full potential of the underlying hardware… do remember that during the entire life of a console which is around 10 years there is no hardware improvement available.. so you have to develop a thing which can live that long. so some time you have to compromise for the initial one two years game to get a lead in the remaining years.
GPU wise they are identical.. XBOX 360 gpu is developed by ATI and PS3 GPU is developed by Nvidia.. i think both are in computer world are also more or less equal.. there r some operations in which nVidia is better in other operations ATI is better but honestly speaking you can;t pick a winner here.
have you seen Niagra developed by Sun… do read it you will get the idea by Cell processor
remember that 256 GB/s bandwidth is only for 10 MB of memory… they have only 10 MB EDRAM rest is normal DDR RAM which is much slower… around 6.4 GB… so they have used a cache sort of RAM… whereas Sony has used the technique of having uniform faster RAM of 22.4 GB/s. i think MS will have a little lead in this design by not more than 5%.. because 22.4 GB/s is still quite good.
i think for large Buffers with lots of objects Sony will give better performance because the overall RAM is faster… but when the seen is small, by this i mean low resolution with fewer objects XBOX will gain the lead.. you take your pick which is better.. i think both are good enough.
no comments on this.. Sony has delivered a lot on console bzness and i think they have a very dedicated team for their console bzness.. i do believe that if Sony has moved on with a version of blu-ray less PS3 they would have got it a lot better in shipments and productions. and would have managed to release on a very very competitive price point…
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I thought I’d share:
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Those guys smash all kinds of stuff. They did the same thing to a Wii and the XBox 360. What a waste of money.
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they're just a bunch of rich white trash...they have microwaved an ipod before...
I heard that all the stuff they break comes from donations...if I were them I would keep the stuff
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They hammer every new highly anticipated gadget... they have hammered XBOX360 and IPOD and also i think Wii.. and yes they have site where they first run the compaign for couple of months to get the donations... and then they upload the movie.
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Gamespot just did a comparison of how multiplatform games look on both systems (PS3 & XBox 360).
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too bad gamespot is blocked my freaking school...
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Well, to sum it up, they compared the following games on both consoles:
NFS Carbon
Madden 07
Tiger Woods
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Fight Night
Call of Duty 3
Tony Hawk
(not in this order though)
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Ya...uhmm gamevideo.com apparently works :D
and they had a bunch of videos comparing games...most of them from above...the thing i've noticed is that the ps3 video lags and is all choppy...360 on the other hand is smooth and uses textures alot better