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DonWii on 26 June 2007

@Diomedes1976

LoL. High market with PS3/360, cheap and casual with PS2/Wii. I can see why you would want this peripheral to be succesful.



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ALKO on 26 June 2007

being serious(ahah what a joke..)

 

if they do so they admit their engeneers are not able to design a console...

 

at least their controller dev dep engeneers...

but this has a reason. 

as miyamoto explained at nintendo they design controller around games.

this is the reason because nintendo controllers are the best.

it's the second time that sony changes controller on the run.

this show again how bad designed ps3 is.

when they design a console they have not clear what games they plan for...

this could be an industrial strategy...

 but to gamer eyes indicates also that they cannot design a console on their own...

but they have always to look at others work...and then change on the fly...

 this is really a weak point to sony.



DonWii on 26 June 2007
MikeB said:

The PS2 was globally the best selling home console of 2006 and is still outperforming the XBox 360 and PS3 in global hardware sales.

I think the same arguments used to defend the Nintendo Wii can be used for the PS2, for simple fun games you don't need the best sound and graphics. And of course the PS2 has an impressive install base and a price advantage over the Wii.


 However, it all goes back to being a peripheral. Thus, I doubt it will get support from developers. 



MikeB on 26 June 2007

@ ALKO

this is the reason because nintendo controllers are the best


I really didn't like the gamepad for the original NES. I also think the PS1, PS2, PS3 controllers with dual analog sticks works really well. IMO of these controllers the Sixaxis version is the best, due to triggers, being wireless and yes for me even the lack of rumble distraction (I know many people seem to love this feature, however I don't).



Naughty Dog: "At Naughty Dog, we're pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2."

PS3 vs 360 sales

MikeB on 26 June 2007

@ DonWii

However, it all goes back to being a peripheral. Thus, I doubt it will get support from developers.


Why not? Developers are already porting PS2 games to the Wii, so why not the other way around or developing both versions simultaneously?



Naughty Dog: "At Naughty Dog, we're pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2."

PS3 vs 360 sales

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MikeB on 26 June 2007

@ Diomedes1976

If they put the controllers at affordable prices and start to bundle them with the PS2 this could work .Then we would have a high market with the PS3 and X360 and a cheap and casual market with the PS2 and the Wii with motion controls


If no PS3 version exists I would buy such PS2 games for my PS3 if the game is well done. It would be no different from me buying good Amiga 500 games like Ruff' n Tumble, Disposable Hero or Worms for my Amiga 1200 in the past.



Naughty Dog: "At Naughty Dog, we're pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2."

PS3 vs 360 sales

godf on 26 June 2007

I just don't see how they could be ready to launch this holiday season.

Unless they just set up a team of coders to rip off wii games. Surely third party support hasn't had time to start up.

I'd have thought this would really distract from the PS3, and be seen as a sign of panic too.

Would have been a great idea last christmas.

If this is true, I reckon nintendo and microsoft PR could both make it sound pretty bad.



WiiGirl76 on 26 June 2007

Ha ha ha what a joke! What those dumbasses better should do at Sony is making a PS2 console which brings every PS2 game without standard progressive scan option, automatically into progressive scan, instead of those f**ked up graphics on a LCD TV :(

@Mike, you don't buy a WII, but you justify the obvious stealing of Sony, concerning the controls?



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Shido on 26 June 2007

I am the only one who thinks this is a fake?, and if it will look like that is truly a fake.



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MikeB on 26 June 2007

@ WiiGirl76

Ha ha ha what a joke! What those dumbasses better should do at Sony is making a PS2 console which brings every PS2 game without standard progressive scan option, automatically into progressive scan, instead of those nasty graphics on a LCD TV :(


IMO PS2 games upscale well on the PS3 for HDTVs. Especially God of War 2 (PAL) actually looks pretty great. IMO the PS2 is more geared towards the lowend market, a good HDTV costs a lot more than a PS3 and IMO is really the best option for high end users.



Naughty Dog: "At Naughty Dog, we're pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2."

PS3 vs 360 sales