Official US/JP PLAYSTATION 3 Launch Thread

mckmas8808 said:
So lond distance charges need not to apply. Ha I'm seeing people add me to their friends list. Cool!!!

Never seen Xbox Live before in real life so this is a new expirence. :lol
Click to expand...

You've never expierenced Xbox Live and now you've got your playstation nextwork. You're in for a treat as online gaming and friend lists is awesome!
 
I was down at the Metreon for Sony's "official" launch party to get a picture of the "first" guy to get his PlayStation 3, even though the system launched on the East Coast three hours earlier. After getting all my pictures and interviews inside the store I left, saying hi to Phil Harrison and Ted Price, and then I realized that there were only 699 people in line and they had 700 systems. So I got to the back of the line figuring I'd pick up a second system so I could link two of them together and play Ridge Racer 7 splitscreen. After like three hours I finally got up to the register and I bought the 20 GB PS3 and a copy of Gundam. But as I was leaving I heard this guy whisper "that guy over there," and I look over my shoulder and there's this dude in a hoodie/blazer with two of his friends. It was J Allard. I figured I was ok but as I walked to my car he and his buddies leapt on top of me and started punching me in the face and my mom got scared, she said you're moving in with your auntie and uncle in bel air. I whistled for a cab and when it came near the license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was rare but I thought nah forget it yo home to bel air. I pulled up to the house about seven or eight and I yelled to the cabbie yo home smell you later. I looked at my kingdom, I was finally there, to sit on the throne as the prince of bel air.
 
Captain N said:
You've never expierenced Xbox Live and now you've got your playstation nextwork. You're in for a treat as online gaming and friend lists is awesome!
Click to expand...


Yeah I see. Sony really needs to fix this non active downloading thing though. I'm bored. -_-
 
Kobun Heat said:
I was down at the Metreon for Sony's "official" launch party to get a picture of the "first" guy to get his PlayStation 3, even though the system launched on the East Coast three hours earlier. After getting all my pictures and interviews inside the store I left, saying hi to Phil Harrison and Ted Price, and then I realized that there were only 699 people in line and they had 700 systems. So I got to the back of the line figuring I'd pick up a second system so I could link two of them together and play Ridge Racer 7 splitscreen. After like three hours I finally got up to the register and I bought the 20 GB PS3 and a copy of Gundam. But as I was leaving I heard this guy whisper "that guy over there," and I look over my shoulder and there's this dude in a hoodie/blazer with two of his friends. It was J Allard. I figured I was ok but as I walked to my car he and his buddies leapt on top of me and started punching me in the face and my mom got scared, she said you're moving in with your auntie and uncle in bel air. I whistled for a cab and when it came near the license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was rare but I thought nah forget it yo home to bel air. I pulled up to the house about seven or eight and I yelled to the cabbie yo home smell you later. I looked at my kingdom, I was finally there, to sit on the throne as the prince of bel air.
Click to expand...
willshake.gif
 
Motorstorm demo is unbelievable. I have never played a racing game with my friend and laughed the whole way through.
 
Y2Kevbug11 said:
Motorstorm demo is unbelievable. I have never played a racing game with my friend and laughed the whole way through.
Click to expand...

Do you know if it's a different build than the one in store kiosks?
 
BuddyC said:
Though the PS3 doesn't read the iPod's content database like a 360, it's certainly more than able to play the scattered songs with the handy "Display All" option.
Click to expand...

Stupid question perhaps, but I'm guessing it doesn't playback itunes downloads, right?
 
Did the memory card adapters actually come out in the US? I checked a few stores and they had controllers, games, cables...but no adapter.
 
not feeling ridge racer 7. i knew it was basically rr6...but rr6's moody, acidic colors are much more attractive than rr7's cartoony ones, and the new engine sound effects are super annoying. iq sucks too -- definitely worse than rr6's in 720p, for whatever reason. not too impressed with either of the new tracks i've seen. bleh. maybe i'll warm up to it. should've played resistance first.

edit: no memory card adaptors at eb. don't tell me i have to import one...
 
Arggggg, I got a core ps3 because they ran out of premiums at EB I really wanted the premium for the wifi. I been staring at the both boxes and reading resistance's instruction booklet trying to decide weather to keep it or not. If I got the premium it would be a no brainer and I would be playing resistance right now, but not having wifi is a real killer for me, and getting a ps3 at a retail store in the immidate future will be next to impossible.

I thought about selling it on ebay, but the idea is repugnant to me, as some jerkwad scalper in front of me probably got a premium just to sell on ebay, and I dont want to be like him/her.

Decisions...
 
Lancelet Pink said:
Arggggg, I got a core ps3 because they ran out of premiums at EB I really wanted the premium for the wifi. I been staring at the both boxes and reading resistance's instruction booklet trying to decide weather to keep it or not. If I got the premium it would be a no brainer and I would be playing resistance right now, but not having wifi is a real killer for me, and getting a ps3 at a retail store in the immidate future will be next to impossible.

I thought about selling it on ebay, but the idea is repugnant to me, as some jerkwad scalper in front of me probably got a premium just to sell on ebay, and I dont want to be like him/her.

Decisions...
Click to expand...

You're not scum if you think the system isn't right for you and you want to let it go as a result. But is there no way to connect to the internet with wires? You could do that if possible and spend the change on a larger (much larger) hard drive on places like newegg.com. If it's truly impossible, that's another story, but if it is, you could use the money to get more games or find a HDD with a bigger cache too.
 
drohne said:
edit: no memory card adaptors at eb. don't tell me i have to import one...
Click to expand...

You can't even import them. No one has stocked them because they were so rare in Japan.


I think we're just going to have to wait a month or so until they can start producing them and then we'll see them in both countries. Although you'd think something as simple as a $15-20 USB adapter would be easy to produce in mass...
 
drohne said:
not feeling ridge racer 7. i knew it was basically rr6...but rr6's moody, acidic colors are much more attractive than rr7's cartoony ones, and the new engine sound effects are super annoying. iq sucks too -- definitely worse than rr6's in 720p, for whatever reason. not too impressed with either of the new tracks i've seen. bleh. maybe i'll warm up to it. should've played resistance first.

edit: no memory card adaptors at eb. don't tell me i have to import one...
Click to expand...

Heard that 1080p makes a huge difference in RR7's visuals.........I gotta upgrade soon :(
 
picked up my systme this morning. have been playing resistance since then.



my PSN Id is lunlunqq. plz add me to your friend list!!! thx!

btw, you probably won't see me online very often untill next Wednesday... i currently dont have internet connection at home... i ... "borrowed" my neighbor's wireless network to setup my PSN id...
 
Yay just got my 60GB..too bad i have to go to work. I was gunna drop it on ebay but I'm not sure. It looks so good in that giant box. I picked up FoM, Genji, RR7, Marvel and CoD3. And guess what? I didnt pay a dime for te system, games, 2 blu-ray movies or the warranty! Paid for with nothing but trade ins and i still have $52 CND leftover! I have to go before I'm late. Enjoy your systems!!
 
My EB only got the sixaxis controller, no other acessories including memory card adapter.

Lo-Volt said:
You're not scum if you think the system isn't right for you and you want to let it go as a result. But is there no way to connect to the internet with wires? You could do that if possible and spend the change on a larger (much larger) hard drive on places like newegg.com. If it's truly impossible, that's another story, but if it is, you could use the money to get more games or find a HDD with a bigger cache too.
Click to expand...

It's just the total package, I think the 20GB is too small and it will be a hassle to upgrade. I dont want a 50 ft ethernet cable dragging accross my living room; I like the idea of having a memory stick slot so I can upload photo's from my camera to the ps3, and it will also be cool to have it connect wirelessly to my psp streaming stuff on it.
 
KillJade said:
Yay just got my 60GB..too bad i have to go to work. I was gunna drop it on ebay but I'm not sure. It looks so good in that giant box. I picked up FoM, Genji, RR7, Marvel and CoD3. And guess what? I didnt pay a dime for te system, games, 2 blu-ray movies or the warranty! Paid for with nothing but trade ins and i still have $52 CND leftover! I have to go before I'm late. Enjoy your systems!!
Click to expand...

I feel your pain :(
 
antiloop said:
Is that true?

Maybe I should wait for 1080p displays to drop in price then before buying a new tv.
Click to expand...

I don't want to quote him wrong but i thought DCharlie said the defference was "massive"?
 
KillJade said:
Yay just got my 60GB..too bad i have to go to work. I was gunna drop it on ebay but I'm not sure. It looks so good in that giant box. I picked up FoM, Genji, RR7, Marvel and CoD3. And guess what? I didnt pay a dime for te system, games, 2 blu-ray movies or the warranty! Paid for with nothing but trade ins and i still have $52 CND leftover! I have to go before I'm late. Enjoy your systems!!
Click to expand...

Holy shit, I can't imagine how much money you screwed yourself out of by trading in that much $ worth of stuff.
 
I've been home for an hour and my PS3 is still sitting in its box - undisturbed. I'm so torn about keeping this thing. :lol

Haters hate away.

Code: 
J/K opening it now.
 
resistance = kind of meh. Will try some online latter.

Genji = :lol (it is pretty though)

motorstorm demo is the best thing so far. Riding the motorcycles and using boost feels like a next gen excite bike. Maybe a little floaty in the air. Tried to turn on the tilt control and found it to be completly retarded.

I am gonna try and go wired and see if that speeds up my DLs. My wireless router is really old and crappy.
 
Question: is it possible to use a Wi-Fi adapter with the 20GB PS3? Or do you have to go wired no matter what?

Just curious. I'll have a 20GB here tonight but I'm not really within range of an ethernet cable so I'd prefer to use a USB Wi-Fi adapter IF possible...
 
afaik usb wireless adaptors don't work, but you could use a wireless bridge, which would plug into your ps3's ethernet port.
 
Kobun Heat said:
I was down at the Metreon for Sony's "official" launch party to get a picture of the "first" guy to get his PlayStation 3, even though the system launched on the East Coast three hours earlier. After getting all my pictures and interviews inside the store I left, saying hi to Phil Harrison and Ted Price, and then I realized that there were only 699 people in line and they had 700 systems. So I got to the back of the line figuring I'd pick up a second system so I could link two of them together and play Ridge Racer 7 splitscreen. After like three hours I finally got up to the register and I bought the 20 GB PS3 and a copy of Gundam. But as I was leaving I heard this guy whisper "that guy over there," and I look over my shoulder and there's this dude in a hoodie/blazer with two of his friends. It was J Allard. I figured I was ok but as I walked to my car he and his buddies leapt on top of me and started punching me in the face and my mom got scared, she said you're moving in with your auntie and uncle in bel air. I whistled for a cab and when it came near the license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was rare but I thought nah forget it yo home to bel air. I pulled up to the house about seven or eight and I yelled to the cabbie yo home smell you later. I looked at my kingdom, I was finally there, to sit on the throne as the prince of bel air.
Click to expand...

You totally had up until the "she said you're moving in with your auntie and uncle in bel air" part
9.gif
 
john tv said:
Question: is it possible to use a Wi-Fi adapter with the 20GB PS3? Or do you have to go wired no matter what?

Just curious. I'll have a 20GB here tonight but I'm not really within range of an ethernet cable so I'd prefer to use a USB Wi-Fi adapter IF possible...
Click to expand...

Only an ethernet wifi bridge
 
SolidSnakex said:
Evo said they were reworking the crash cam so maybe they've decided to give the option. Part of their plan for Motorstorm is for it to be nonstop action which is why the race doesn't end when you crash as some wanted, but some of those crashes (especially if you fall off the edge of a cliff) takes awhile to respawn you.
Click to expand...

Heh, actually in the latest vids at gamespot you respawn a LOT quicker if you fall down a cliff than when you crash or explode. :P
 
jett said:
Heh, actually in the latest vids at gamespot you respawn a LOT quicker if you fall down a cliff than when you crash or explode. :P
Click to expand...

During the Gamespot live video they ran off a cliff and the character fell for a couple seconds. They just need to add a feature completely turn it off or allow you to press a button to just skip it.
 
neojubei said:
Wait dont tell me you think, boring launch = Sony failed? Don't go all k otaku on us.
Click to expand...

No, I'm very glad it was boring. If I wanted to be accosted by teeming crowds of random tapioca-brained yahoos, I would go to Baton Rouge for the Ole Miss-LSU game tomorrow.

Also, forgot to add I picked up Resistance and PS2 Madden which is $30 cheaper than the inferior next gen version. Thank you backwards compatibility.
 
Bad_Boy said:
works perfect in resistance. :)
Click to expand...


That's great news, it's just too bad that the PS3 will only allow one bluetooth headset at a time. Hopefully that'll change witha firmware upgrade. But still, it's nice to know I can buy any generic bluetooth headset.
 
Lancelet Pink said:
Arggggg, I got a core ps3 because they ran out of premiums at EB I really wanted the premium for the wifi. I been staring at the both boxes and reading resistance's instruction booklet trying to decide weather to keep it or not. If I got the premium it would be a no brainer and I would be playing resistance right now, but not having wifi is a real killer for me, and getting a ps3 at a retail store in the immidate future will be next to impossible.

I thought about selling it on ebay, but the idea is repugnant to me, as some jerkwad scalper in front of me probably got a premium just to sell on ebay, and I dont want to be like him/her.

Decisions...
Click to expand...

I would go ahead and give Resistance a try and the online stuff. If you aren't feeling it right now go ahead and sell it I doubt the price will really drop that much because it is used or sell it to me;)

And if you are liking it be happy that the 100 you saved you can buy a bigger HDD
 
Mifune said:
Do you know if it's a different build than the one in store kiosks?
Click to expand...

It must be :)
I'm in the UK so I haven't played at a kiosk (2007-This is Living for The EU:lol), but I've read about loads of framerate issues. However I got my machine today and downloaded the demo and it really is incredibly smooth and sticks to 30fps:)

One of the events in the demo is also called Massive Damage :D
 
Weren't we supposed to be able to change the PS3 background? I plugged in a USB flash drive with some wallpapers, and while I can see them just fine, it won't give me any options to use them as a background. (like the psp)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Sick Samurai - Official Demo Launch Trailer
14
283
Ironman_Bad replied
Elden Ring: Nightreign Official Launch Trailer
19
444
Schmendrick replied
Resident Evil 3 - Official iPhone, iPad, and Mac Launch Trailer
Trailer Platform 
13
990
RedC replied
Liminal City - Official Demo Gameplay Launch Trailer
Trailer Indie 
3
68
IbizaPocholo replied
  • Poll
30 years ago - PlayStation and Saturn western launch details announced at E3
2 3
109
1K
Togh replied
Top Bottom