Sony's secret weapon?? -- No Sony-haters, please.

[Ecto Jedi]

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/11241/PlayStation-3-Secret-Weapon-Revealed/

'Not sure if I'd call it Sony's secret weapon just yet, but I must admit the technical and gameplay possibilities are intriguing. I've never played around with the Eye-Toy and always thought it was a bit too gimmicky, but this looks different. Just imagine: if it lives up to its potential, it could very well change the way we look at gaming. (But let's not jump the gun, here.) :)

Now here's a little experiment; let's see if we can create a meaningful, well-mannered conversation, one that respects the opinions of others and encourages participation, without having to endure hateful and offensive insults against Sony, its products, and its fans. If you like that sort of stuff, then point 'yer clicker to nearly every other thread on the board. :roll:

Oh, and here's another interesting article I found...
http://games.techwhack.com/476/howard-stringer-believes-sony-would-have-success-with-playstation-3/

There. Enjoy. :D

[Spitfire]

Virtual Reality games never intrested me so even if this is their secert weapon I don't care. And there's no hate in that comment.

[Ecto Jedi]

Virtual Reality games never intrested me so even if this is their secert weapon I don't care. And there's no hate in that comment.

Pretty soon we'll all be living in a Tron-world, thanks to Sony. :)

[Deathknight]

That's really weird. I'd admit that would be impressive but I still don't think it will do anything for PS3. I'd rather that my console not know what's going on around me thank you very much.

[Kid Icarus]

This will only be useful if Sony delivers easy to use developer tools to third parties.

Juding from the difficulty of PS3 development, that isn't going to happen.

It also won't change anything unless it's a standard control input.

[Peanut]

Gimmick. Nothing more.

[愛]

While I'd love to see decent virtual reality come into the consumer home, I'm still not paying $599.99 for the PS3, and whatever this new device's price is. No thanks. It's a gimmick, like Peanut said.

[GK Punk]

They made the same promise for the PS 2 though... I'll have to wait and see.I'm all for innovation though.

[Dr. Doom]

You guys, nobody's allowed in this thread. -=points at no Sony-Haters=-

[ThirdMarioBro]

They made the same promise for the PS 2 though... I'll have to wait and see.I'm all for innovation though.

Meh, the best they had to show for it was a collectable card game. Going with GK here. Its a gimmick and won't likely be used to its full potential.

You guys, nobody's allowed in this thread. -=points at no Sony-Haters=-

We're growing in thousands by the day! Mua-hahahaha!!!!

[GK Punk]

Yeah, it's kind of sad 'cause I've never considered myself a Sony hater. I still don't. I love my PS1 and PS2. My PS2 is the only non Sega system I have hooked up right now even. But they've totally lost me on the PS3. I may get one in a long ways down the road, if the price drops ALOT and there are enough games I want for it, but right now I can honestly say I'm not wanting one.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Yeah, I look at the PS2, and I see a lot of stuff I missed (namely FFX/X-2, Gradius V, and a zillion others). PS2 was truthfully a great console. I need a PS2 to play all that stuff, but the difference between it and the PS3 is drastic.

To be fair though, that Eye Toy could provide some fun game ideas, but it'll never get utilized, and its not going to do half of what it promises.

[JameO]

Grand Theft Auto: Virtual Reality, coming to a store near you! Jack Thompson would have a field day with that title!

[Kid Icarus]

Jack Thompson could have a field day with Nintendogs.

"This game teaches kids that even if you don't feed, water, and groom your pets tha they won't die!"

[Dr. Doom]

I have a love/hate relationship with Sony, I'll say.

[Krang]

Yeah, it's kind of sad 'cause I've never considered myself a Sony hater. I still don't. I love my PS1 and PS2. My PS2 is the only non Sega system I have hooked up right now even. But they've totally lost me on the PS3. I may get one in a long ways down the road, if the price drops ALOT and there are enough games I want for it, but right now I can honestly say I'm not wanting one.
Same here. I enjoy the PS1 and PS2 and still buy games for them, but I lost some respect for Sony with the PSP and even more so with the PS3. I can't think of a single game that interests me on the PS3, so it doesn't sound like it will be worth the huge amount of money for me.

As for this new Eye Toy, I agree with those who said that it's just a gimmick. Sony would need to package it with the console and provide alot of support for it in order for it to be anything more than that.

[Jo Dawn]

I completely agree with both Kittie and Krang. I adore the PS1 and 2. They seemed to just... fall apart or something. No wonder thheir PR person quit.

Anyhow, I always wanted an eye-toy; except the one time they were on sale, hehe. Go figure. ;) :P

[Peanut]

I think it's definately cool the way the use the eye toy in some ways. Like that card battle game demo at E3, but this stuff just isn't going to stand up to repeat play. Once the novelty wears off, it's going to die out.

I was super hyped for the PS3 going into E3. A couple months before, I had started really digging into the PS2 library for stuff I had missed. And while I still find 90% of the games on the console to be worthless crap, there are some really really awesome games. I was hoping that would show up at E3, but no. The only thing anyone seems to care about on the PS3 is MGS, a franchise I completely loathe. Time will tell, of course.

I said it to Ai earlier this week. If the PS3 were $150-$200 cheaper, had at least one decent launch title, (which could have been Heavenly Sword, but that isn't even going to be at launch) and some announcements for stuff like Kingdom Hearts, God of War, something from the Ico/SotC team, some confirmation that Assassin's Creed is going to be exclusive, and maybe even something new, I might have gotten it at launch. I'd also love it if they stopped showing god damn trailers and pre-rendered movies instead of actual gameplay footage. No such luck. The only live demos we saw were completely un-impressive. I'll own one eventually, it's just a question of when.