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Official PAL PLAYSTATION®3 Launch Thread

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Micromania, with 260 stores in France, sold 10,000 PS3 by 12:33 PM 23.03.2007 in France.


Man, launch in France sucked big time. 10,000 sold by one chain by noon on the launch day... that got to suck.

:lol :lol :lol :lol
 
spwolf said:
Micromania, with 260 stores in France, sold 10,000 PS3 by 12:33 PM 23.03.2007 in France.


Man, launch in France sucked big time. 10,000 sold by one chain by noon on the launch day... that got to suck.

:lol :lol :lol :lol

this small chain got 40% of the french contingent - you do the math...
 
Update!!

burnfout said:
So for Euro gaffers I got:

nofi
DrMiha
Rajala
CriticalHit
whr
quetzalcoatl1967
Kinan
iapetus
Tieno
Dock
Floris
fleko
mplayer
Stillmatic (nz/aussie)
RabidWolve
Goldrusher
SL_


Anymore?

I'll add you to my lists (for Resistance and Motorstorm I think?)
 
A look inside PS3: http://www.semiconductor.com/resources/press_releases/2006_11_15_1.asp

- - -

In other news...

My friend got the EU PlayStation 3 today and I have to say that MotorStorm was a very pleasant surprise. Judging by the pre-release gameplay videos I thought it's nothing new and it looked like FlatOut but with wider tracks. But, after playing it, I noticed that yes it's nothing new in the racing genre, BUT it's a racing game that has the good old fun factor included and that's all that matters really. MotorStorm also has good gameplay and the feel and the controls of the various vehicles is just great. Crash, impact, ragdoll etc. physics were entertaining too. We ended up playing the game for hours since it has that "one more time!" feeling to it.

The graphics were also good, even with the 576i mode (no HDMI cable... yet). The lighting especially, and also the overall good eye-pleasing design and balanced look of the visuals made an impression on me. Shadow resolution of the vehicles and characters was low and texture resolution was also low in some places though. Can't wait to play MotorStorm again in 720p.

EDIT: Oh man... what a difference between 576i and 720p, it's like night vs. day (well, duh!).
 
Got mine today, with RFoM, Motorstorm and an additionnal controller (no USB cable coming with additionnal controllers. WTF Sony)

Done a bit of folding too, i like the interface, pretty cool. Stats are amazing. The Cell completely OWNS current PC CPU's.
DL'd GTHD too (i'm around 500-700KB/s, that's pretty nice), but played just like 5 minutes. Looks very good. Even tho i only got an LCD EDTV (up to 576p), hooked up with an HDMI to DVI cable.
Spent 5 hours playing co-op in RFOM with my GF xD. Awesome game, great job from the Insomniac team (well, as always)

What else. It's freaking HEAVY. It's freaking QUIET. It's freaking NOT warming and it's freaking SHINY !


PSNID : Raistlinn
Time zone : GMT+1
Fell free to add me :)
See ya online guys
 
Raist said:
with RFoM,

Spent 5 hours playing co-op in RFOM

Awesome game, great job from the Insomniac team (well, as always)

:) Nice one!

Why not post in the Resistance thread for the GAF clan guys?
 
Heheh, I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but I just now checked the Friday Mainichi Issho episode. After Kuro tells Toro how much the PAL PS3 costs in yen, Toro's response is (paraphrased) "Eh?? Is it okay that it's so expensive??" :lol :lol :lol

Edit: Bwahaha, I guess this is Sony's justification on prices. First column is "Countries", second is "Price", third is "# of Big Macs" :)

ps3vsbigmac.jpg


(sorry for the crappy shot)
Countries:
Japan
France
Belgium
Ireland
Italy
America
 
Anyone know what the best software is to convert xvid files to watch on PS3?

I am more bothered about the one that converts the fastest rather than the best quality.
 
I'm finding it very hard to not buy the PS3 right now (I'm used to buying consoles on launch - did that with the 360 and Wii) but I just want to wait till the first price drop. But I might fall for it this summer. Argh!
 
Got mine with Resistance and Motorstorm, been playing em a lot. Awesome, awesome games! Also loving the XMB, very slick and easy to navigate, just like the PSP's, but better.

PSNID: Numemonja
Time zone: GMT+1
 
I'm hooked, totally love the PS3. Got it yesterday with both Motorstorm and Resistance. Haven't had the time to play Resistance yet though, Motorstorm is keeping me occupied.

PSN ID : warthog_be
 
friend of mine got his ps3 yesteray. another friend shared blast factor with him, he downloaded it, logged out of the share account, logged in with his account, played it, turned off the console, turned it on back again and when he wanted to play it again, it said: this account is not allowed to play blast factor.

so, the sharing only lasts as long as the ps3 isnt turned off?
 
I am not yet wowed by the games, though they are solid (Resistance > PD0 for a launch game) but I love the machine. Plugged in my wireless mouse/keyboard combo and am typing now on my PS3. Plugged in USB HDD and it just works. No stupid 20GB HDD you cant even replace with something bigger yet. Put all my media files on external HDD and use the internal for game stuff.

btw. are there more game demos planned like VF5 or VT3 or stuff? Do we PALies have the same stuff on PSN as the rest of the world?
 
spwolf said:
d00d, me too, me too!

Sorry what was your PSN name again?

Update 2
So for Euro gaffers I got:

nofi
DrMiha
Rajala
CriticalHit
whr
quetzalcoatl1967
Kinan
iapetus
Tieno
Dock
Floris
fleko
mplayer
Stillmatic (nz/aussie)
RabidWolve
Goldrusher
SL_
Raistlinn
Surfheart (aussie)
Ristlager
Numemonja
warthog_be
spwolf
wotter_be

So hoes does this Resistance clan thing work eh?
 
I'm falling in love with the Motorstorm demo, it's amazing! It's kind of like Burnout meets SSX in a rally environment. Which makes the game even more awesome. Gameplay and sensation of driving is fantastic. How does the demo compare to the full game?
In Motorstorm 2 they should add some snow environments.
 
Tieno said:
I'm falling in love with the Motorstorm demo, it's amazing! It's kind of like Burnout meets SSX in a rally environment. Which makes the game even more awesome. Gameplay and sensation of driving is fantastic. How does the demo compare to the full game?
In Motorstorm 2 they should add some snow environments.


You should buy EXCITE TRUCKS !!!!!!!!!!
 
Danj said:
* She's a woman, and "everybody knows" women don't play PS3?
* She has a New Zealand or Australian accent, and "everybody knows" the PS3 bombed over there?
* She's listed as representing a website?

Could be. Could be.
Or maybe it's the Wii Tennis in the background through the whole interview...
 
iapetus said:
Or maybe it's the Wii Tennis in the background through the whole interview...

Ack! I didn't spot that :( I fail as a detective.

*goes back to sucking at playing Phoenix Wright*
 
iapetus said:
Could be. Could be.
Or maybe it's the Wii Tennis in the background through the whole interview...

she's from gamecandy.com. They probably just got a soundbite from her at some industry thing or other.

Never heard of the site before, but its kind of an engadget but they review more vibrators
 
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