[quoteI suppose all this wait for the system is helping devs as they (possible) have more time to work on their games. So at least the games should be polished first gen games.

Good point,could SONY be delaying Ps3 with purpace,to let dev have more time so they can show something better at the launch date?!

It' s virtually impossible for Sony to reveal anything substantial before E3. This years E3 is going to be all about Nintendo, and Sony are faced with countering that, ...and it' s all the more important because their launch windows will coincide.

I just expect a couple of minor announcements and more information about Playstation HUB from GDC, ...maybe a PSP announcement too.

Luckily for Microsoft, by the time Rev and PS3 launch, 360 will have a large userbase (could be as many as 10 million by the end of the year) and BIG BIG games will be arriving or already out.

I should get Advanced Warfighter tomorrow and i can' t wait, ...then i have to wait for Oblivion, ...then for Prey, then for Double Agent...etc...

I' m not even concerning myself with thoughts about PS3 until, ...well, ....until E3 i guess...

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So far at gamerankings... for GRAW :P
ANyway,i called the store they said,you can only buy it on friday,or i will get in trobule :)
So i have it on friday morning.

I agree with majik, we all should wait til E3 because that is where sony will make, hopefully a big announcement. gangsta you are right as well, I remember with the ps2 launch the games were garbage and we waited a long time for devs to learn to make great games for ps2.

At E3 I believe sony will be making a bigger announcement than just talking about hub or something new for the psp, as majik said E3 is all about nintendo, and sony is going to have to give us something concrete, like a launch date.
I can dream can' t I????

With all the great games already out for 360 and others on there way, this puts Sony behind the 8 ball. I don' t think gamers will have the patience they had with the launch of ps2 (granted there was no xbox launch at the same time) only because 360 has been out for months now and launched with great games. Sony has to do make doubly sure that their launch titles are up to the standards brought forth by 360.

At E3 I believe sony will be making a bigger announcement than just talking about hub or something new for the psp

I said GDC not E3 GDC is this month and i don' t expect to hear much from Sony, just Playstation HUB stuff and some stuff on PSP...

At E3 Sony will certainly announce the release dates for all territories along with tons of game announcements, the final console design and controller and some funky EyeToy stuff. They' ll alos probably officially announce the $99 EyeToy PS2 that' s been rumoured, ...to combat Nintendo as best they can.

From Microsoft i expect loads of Xbox Live/Marketplace stuff to be announced, new peripherals and lots of exclusive game announcements.

But Nintendo will put on THE best show in years...

Sony has to do make doubly sure that their launch titles are up to the standards brought forth by 360

Well i expect PS3' s launch lineup will be far superior to 360' s launch titles but i think they' ll be overshadowed by the 360 games that are releasing at the same time, ...that and Revolutions lineup!

sorry about that majik, I looked back and saw that you indeed said gdc and not E3. You do bring up some good points as to what will be mentioned and shown off at E3. I hope that sony will have far superior lauch titles than 360 had for what it' s worth.
All I can say is can' t wait for E3 this year, going to be a good one me thinks.

Shame about the new rules regarding the booth babes though...

rules regarding booth babes? tell me they' re not like illegal or anything now?

so my theory on this whole E3 shindig is that if we can figure out what kind of things were done at the E3 when PS2 was announced, we can have a good idea of what sony is announcing for ps3. does anyone have a good link to something like that, that was before i was really into gaming news.

Well...all i can say is,MS really has made 2006-2007 to a great year for us xbox360 owners,no matter what ps3 get,we dont need to be envy,sony can only fail at this moment,while MS is doing better then expected.

The booth babes?!

There are to be no scantly clad women at E3 2006. It was announced in January that the new rules include an on the spot fine of $5000 for the booth owner if the women promoting the stand wern' t fully clothed!!!

Take a look...

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29238

In addition to that, now all we need is for the " booth babes" to be tested on their knowledge of the games they' re pimping out at their respective booths, and if they get more than half of the answers wrong, fine the booth owners an extra $1000

Hmmm...
Well in usa they use old cranky actresses that failed :P as booth babe,or young babes that doesnt have enough money as it is.
While in japan the girls love to dress up and act like booth babes,ofc there is some booth babe that is the same as the american,but majority of th girls in japan really love to dress up for big event and use that sexy cloth :P that a girl had in a game.
And they always have a smile on their face,and if someone take away that,we need to get them :P

Heh, I assumed it was just a ban on camel toes... I' m pretty sure overall babe usage will be just as tasteless as it usually is!

For the first time this week i heard " camel toe" thanks to " the weather man" staring nicolas cage, i know what it means now because there were some illustrations :)

and there you go choupolo , you said it again

why am i saying this?

I' ve been to Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and i' ll tell you, ...camels toes really ain' t all that!!!

Looks like sony is in even more hot water since their court battle has been thrown out. I' m just glad that microsoft decided to pay an out of court settlement and become one of their licensee' s.

I laughed my ass off when i heard about it. They paid their witness $150, 000 and claimed it was advanced royalties?! Immersion are gonna rake the money in. Sony are still appealing and so can continue to sell PS2' s (which they wouldn' t be able to do if they lose because they' re bundled with a dual shock 2) until they eventually lose, ...which they will.

The $90.7 Million payment to Immersion still stands and it would cost Sony about $30 million a year to licence the technology for future or continued use when they eventually lose the entire case.

Sony are pathetic!

That was so forseen though I don' t know what logic they were working by on paying $150,000 it' s so easily discredited as un-reliable. Now i' m even more interested in seeing what' s going to be the ps3' s fate.

Stupid sony.