Oooh... that just released a buried memory. About 15 years ago, The Wiz (remember that store?) used to have a gaming console that was the first ever console to use a DVD player. They had a golf game that looked AWESOME (for the time.) It was essentially real footage taken from a golf course, mixed in with footage of an actual player. For the time, it was amazingly realistic. I remember that they used to advertise the thing on infomercials. It was marketed to adults as a somewhat more sophisticated gaming console. I wanted one SOOOO bad - just for the golf game.
Does anyone remember what the name of this console was? My brain will thank you. I think it was made by a well known company.
UPDATE: I did some searching, and I think this might have been it: Philips CD-i
As for the console, I have no idea what you're talking about. Are you sure it was a console? IIRC the Wiz went out of business before DVDs came out and the PS2 was the first DVD-able console. I tried to Google and wikipedia, got nothing.
Phillips CD-I. It had nothing to do with nobody beats the Wiz and it didn't have DVDs. See, we know our shit. We just can't help you until you provide some true information.
Phillips CD-I was the console that had the HORRIBLE Zelda games. Infact, the video from the games was a thing of the day a little while back. No it did NOT have DVD, hell cd's just came out then.
3) I was excited at first (being a bit of a Sony fanboy), but now my enthusiasm has been squashed like cockroach that didn't make it under the fridge...
4) I have to admit that my urge to buy a Wii has been steadily increasing, as my urge to buy a PS3 decreased. The main things holding me back are how much it's gonna cost in the UK, what games (and their prices) will be released on the Wii and whether I'll actually be comfortable using the Wii-mote.
5) I think Rym said everything that needs to be said:
"Sony needs to drop its intellectual property arm. They do nothing but sabotage Sony's technology business by forcing terrible DRM and bad policy down their throats. Imagine what kinds of hardware Sony could make if there were no internal competing interests."
And if I got a PS3 for free? I'd probably keep it. I like to horde technology, whether it be good or shite, as long as it still works and its free. I still have my trust ol' SNES, which still works perfectly ^_^
I'd probably sell it, I already have an xbox, and a ds and a computer. I'd have to but games for, new release video games are about $80-90 here, evenb ds games can be $60. Like I said before I'm trying to save money, although I may have to give it to my mother to stop me opening the box and having a go.
My finger isn't broken, Yay! Just fucking painful, not so yay.
Yah it is expensive, which doesn't make much sense to me, these things are usually made in China. Last time I looked China was closer to Australia that te US so wouldn't it be cheaper to get them here?
Yah it is expensive, which doesn't make much sense to me, these things are usually made in China. Last time I looked China was closer to Australia that te US so wouldn't it be cheaper to get them here?
It has to do with the shipping tariffs and import/export costs. Shipping to Australia is extremely expensive for large shipments. Also you have to pay an extra tax on all electronic equipment shipped there. At my work we have had to send things there any we got boned on the shipping charges and taxes.
So with the constant string of bad news coming from Sony about their "wonderful" new game system, I have some questions for everyone here one the Forums:
1) Are you planning on buying one at launch (if you can get it)? 2) If you are deciding to wait, at what price would the PS3 (fully loaded) be attractive? 3) Anyone give a shit about Blue Ray? 4) PS3 or Wii? 5) In your opinion, why can't Sony seem to get their act together?
1) No. I've never purchased a Sony product at launch because the first batches of assembled Sony consoles alway seem to have manufacturing problems. For example, the first PS-X consoles sold in 1995-96 had overheating issues so glaring that accessories such as Game-ice (correct me on the spelling) which were HUGE fans that PS-X owners attached to the right side of their consoles sold ridiculously. The PS2 had not only European consoles that just plain didn't work at launch causing near riots, but Sony's third batch of PS2s with model SCPH-30001 suffered disk-read errors which cost some owners up to $150.00 to fix.
2) Given Sony's track record on the shoddy workmanship of their hardware and the understandable-yet-still-ridiculous price, I'll wait until the console drops below $300.00, the STANDARD Playstation price model.
3). I just bought season one of Miami Vice and Mad TV at $42.99 and $19.99 respectively. We can now buy DVD players for $19.99, and DVD recorders for $99.99. Blu-ray formatted movies just can't beat the convenience of DVD. I can see why developers can't wait to utilize this format in thier games (meaning less compression from an artistic and development standpoint) but paying as much as $80.00 for a single game will scare away the casual market. Blu-ray = meh for games, stupid for movies (for now).
4). Scott remarked on the E3 show (part one, May 9th) that when the Wii comes out, he's not going to work. I say that when the Wii comes out, I'm taking off for a full week. The PS3 will be the last thing on my mind and will reamain so until about 2008.
5. For over eleven years Sony has been the clear winner in the console wars, but they survived only by thier third-party support in letting them feed us pretty but shallow games. There were quite a number of gems in the PS-X era but they were nearly buried by over 800 coasters in pretty cases. The PS2 confirmed this finding in that the games were even prettier but it was the same shallow content; the only exception was Grand Theft Auto's 3D worlds because the technology wasn't perfected in the previous generation. With the PS3 it's become more so, but Sony doesn't want to rectify any of this (yet) because gamers have proven that the Palystation brand is hip enough and hardcore enough to sell no matter how shallow the content or how expensive the hardware. We'll see whether or not Sony fanboys actually wake up and realize that eye-candy is not the most important aspect of gaming, but the gameplay. It took me eighteen months with the PSP to finally snap out of "cow mode" and realize that under the black layering, Sony consoles suck.
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Does anyone remember what the name of this console was? My brain will thank you. I think it was made by a well known company.
UPDATE: I did some searching, and I think this might have been it: Philips CD-i
As for the console, I have no idea what you're talking about. Are you sure it was a console? IIRC the Wiz went out of business before DVDs came out and the PS2 was the first DVD-able console. I tried to Google and wikipedia, got nothing.
And you geeks should know that this was one of the few non-Nintendo platforms to have Zelda games.
It was acutally a pretty sweet machine for its time. Sorry to meta-crap on the thread, but I just had to answer that or I wouldn't have slept tonight.
CD-I: Release 1991
DVD: First spec was in 1995
CD-I
DVD
2) $350 (fully loaded)
3) I was excited at first (being a bit of a Sony fanboy), but now my enthusiasm has been squashed like cockroach that didn't make it under the fridge...
4) I have to admit that my urge to buy a Wii has been steadily increasing, as my urge to buy a PS3 decreased. The main things holding me back are how much it's gonna cost in the UK, what games (and their prices) will be released on the Wii and whether I'll actually be comfortable using the Wii-mote.
5) I think Rym said everything that needs to be said:
"Sony needs to drop its intellectual property arm. They do nothing but sabotage Sony's technology business by forcing terrible DRM and bad policy down their throats. Imagine what kinds of hardware Sony could make if there were no internal competing interests."
And if I got a PS3 for free? I'd probably keep it. I like to horde technology, whether it be good or shite, as long as it still works and its free. I still have my trust ol' SNES, which still works perfectly ^_^
My finger isn't broken, Yay! Just fucking painful, not so yay.
2) Given Sony's track record on the shoddy workmanship of their hardware and the understandable-yet-still-ridiculous price, I'll wait until the console drops below $300.00, the STANDARD Playstation price model.
3). I just bought season one of Miami Vice and Mad TV at $42.99 and $19.99 respectively. We can now buy DVD players for $19.99, and DVD recorders for $99.99. Blu-ray formatted movies just can't beat the convenience of DVD. I can see why developers can't wait to utilize this format in thier games (meaning less compression from an artistic and development standpoint) but paying as much as $80.00 for a single game will scare away the casual market.
Blu-ray = meh for games, stupid for movies (for now).
4). Scott remarked on the E3 show (part one, May 9th) that when the Wii comes out, he's not going to work. I say that when the Wii comes out, I'm taking off for a full week. The PS3 will be the last thing on my mind and will reamain so until about 2008.
5. For over eleven years Sony has been the clear winner in the console wars, but they survived only by thier third-party support in letting them feed us pretty but shallow games. There were quite a number of gems in the PS-X era but they were nearly buried by over 800 coasters in pretty cases. The PS2 confirmed this finding in that the games were even prettier but it was the same shallow content; the only exception was Grand Theft Auto's 3D worlds because the technology wasn't perfected in the previous generation. With the PS3 it's become more so, but Sony doesn't want to rectify any of this (yet) because gamers have proven that the Palystation brand is hip enough and hardcore enough to sell no matter how shallow the content or how expensive the hardware. We'll see whether or not Sony fanboys actually wake up and realize that eye-candy is not the most important aspect of gaming, but the gameplay. It took me eighteen months with the PSP to finally snap out of "cow mode" and realize that under the black layering, Sony consoles suck.