Yay, Sony

[SA]

I briefly considered trading in my ps3 for a Wii (Twilight Princess and two Mario Galaxies!), but I could probably just trade my little sister in for one of those anyway.

[Weave]

Uncharted is a great game, IMO. I also have a really soft spot for Folklore; kind've strange game, but I think it's worth the pickup if you ever get around to it. Sadly, I haven't played Ico, Dark Souls, or the Last Guardian... though I want to. Also, Little Big Planet is amazing.

Regarding the Wii, Twilight Princess is a pretty solid game (the Mario Galaxies are great), but I imagine jumping from a PS3 to a Wii would look like a HUGE downgrade, especially in the graphics department.

Sony's been having a rough year, though. The hackings and now this? :(

[SA]

Oh graphical downgrades are no issue. I still rock out with Ocarina of Time on the ol' 64 emulator. The virtue of the zeldas and marios is that hey are very replayable. For all that I love Dragon Age, MGS, et al, playing these next gen games always feels like some sort of commitment (and Demon's Souls just straight up spits acid in your eyes and stomps on your fingers).

[Elemental_Elf]

Wasn't there a rumor a few weeks back that Steam was going to be available on the PS3? If so, I could see Sony ditching the PSN all together, especially after this latest debacle.

[LoA]

I got so mad when they pushed the release date of the team ico bundle from spring to winter. I have however heard, that it was due to trying to improve the quality of the games. I haven't played ICO but i have played SOTC, and if they can improve on that alone than i could very will forgive this.

[SA]

Hell yes. I will enjoy SotC even when I am a crotchety grampa. If they release the remastered SotC when i am a crotchety grampa I will buy it then. But hopefullythey won't wait that long.

[Ninja D!]

I got so mad when they pushed the release date of the team ico bundle from spring to winter. I have however heard, that it was due to trying to improve the quality of the games.

Sorry but when a game company says this, they're lying. Look into other possible reasons to find the real answer.

[CoyoteCamouflage]

I got so mad when they pushed the release date of the team ico bundle from spring to winter. I have however heard, that it was due to trying to improve the quality of the games.

Sorry but when a game company says this, they're lying. Look into other possible reasons to find the real answer.

I think its more misdirection than outright lying.

I mean, making sure the game is finished and playable are definitely big steps on the way to making it high quality.

From my experience, at least as a play-tester, most delays with no specific answer are usually general purpose-- bug-testing, better voice/music work, cleaning up graphics, stabilizing frame-rates. More problematic ones can be major hardware incompatibility issues (such that many people experienced with Unreal Tournament 3. Not that the game was anything but terrible even without that problem). Essentially, a little bit of everything that's needed in any game worth money. In some cases, one of these areas is causing a major SNAFU, so it slows down everything else since most steps build upon the work before it; slow down the base work, and everything following it gets pushed back too.

However, in this case, I will admit that the problem seems weird. I have little idea about how ports work, exactly-- but seeing as how the PS3 is not backwards compatible, it makes me wonder if there is extra work in any coding, never mind if they have decided to redo the engine to support HD/3D technology. Those games may be pretty, but there is no way in hell that they would look nice just slapping them onto a big screen 3D TV without more work.

So, in short, my guess is they are doing an overhaul on the game engine-- and I hope to high heaven that they aren't also shoehorning Move compatibility into it.

[Weave]

So, in short, my guess is they are doing an overhaul on the game engine-- and I hope to high heaven that they aren't also shoehorning Move compatibility into it.

Ah, motion controls... how I despise thee. But that's a tale for another time.

[SDragon]

PSN will be back up by the end of the week, and at full capacity by the end of the month, so says Sony. As an apology, they're even giving a bunch of benefits. I forget the list, but most of them looked like they amounted to "tighter security", and one was something like a confirmation of Anon's involvement. The rest were pretty cool, though. Some free PSN Plus time, it looks like.

You heard it first here.

[Ninja D!]

I got so mad when they pushed the release date of the team ico bundle from spring to winter. I have however heard, that it was due to trying to improve the quality of the games.

Sorry but when a game company says this, they're lying. Look into other possible reasons to find the real answer.

I think its more misdirection than outright lying.

I mean, making sure the game is finished and playable are definitely big steps on the way to making it high quality.

Based on observation, I'd say it is also sometimes a lie to hold onto the game so it can be released at a more favorable time. I'd cite the fiasco with the recent American release of Two Worlds 2. I swear, they want that franchise to die here.