predictions for the ps3

I know you have probably seen this on other sites, but I thought it was a good idea still. I' ll go first of course.


1. the launch of the ps3 will bring to us world peace, every nerd and geek in the world will drop there weapons to be called into the house by their mommy to play on their new gaming console.

2. population of the world will go up by 10% in the next 3 years, as parents will buy a ps3 to babysit their kids 24/7, which will give them more time for u know what.

3. adam sessler is still going to be living at home with his mommy and 98 cats

4. dick chaney will shoot his way in line to get his hands on the first ps3 in the u.s

5. price for the ps3 will be 300 us and your first born child!!

6. the worst catastrophe in nerd history, as fellow nerds will rampage and tramble and stomp over one another to get their hands on the first ps3. their will be scratches bruises and possible the worst thing for a nerd next to be in dead zone area with no access to the web, CUTS AND SCRAPES. you will be able to hear the faint crying of thousands of nerds as they lay lifeless in line, tending to their scratched knees and cut up arms, for hundreds of miles. the wails and cries will only be overpowered by the champion of the nerds who made it to the front of the line for his/her new ps3 only to be given a sheet of paper stating " we apologize for the inconvenience but due to circumstances beyond our control sony is delaying the launch of the ps3 again and will not have any new news on a launch date for the next while.

7. the above prdiction will be followed by the formation of a new regulatory agency called CON(coallition of nerds). their only mandate, to make bloody sure that this kind of shit does not happen again and therefore save millions of nerds' lives around the world.

2. population of the world will go up by 10% in the next 3 years, as parents will buy a ps3 to babysit their kids 24/7, which will give them more time for u know what.

I don' t know how things work arround you, but in my world, videogames typically don' t lead to people getting it on. I think a more likely scenario for this would be that the worlds population drops 10% as all the geeks of the world (that' s all of us) forget about the opposite sex in favor of the new dance dance revolution game featuring charcters from the metal gear solid franchise.

that' s exactly what I thought heheheheh

PS3 ships - no population growth for next 5 years - everyone' s playing.

I' ve got a good scenario for you:

The day PS3 launches in the US , MS counters it with Halo 3 - people wait weeks before the launch in lines ...after 2 days they start to argue (Halo3 buyers Vs PS3 ones) ...The first to throw a punch is a 30 years old Sony fanatic with overweight problems.People start fighting.Week after launch people still fight and call for friends and families to help - noone realises that launch have already happened.
The outcome is : MS fans all dead , Sony' s Fanatics all dead but one ...who appears to have a very advanced stadium of brain cancer...he dies as well.
PS3 sells 0 copies , so does Halo 3 ...The earth is once again pure ...cleaned from scum ...the only gaming machine to exist ...Nintendo Revolution.

Now please call me a Nintendo Fanboy, please :)

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Chapter 1: The Japanese Launch

Sony delay the launch of PS3 in Japan until early-mid September and they have nearly 1 million units available. Microsoft counter with several big-ish Japanese games but do nothing in the west. Nintendo release Twilight Princess and special edition DS' s.

Chapter 2: The US Launch

PS3 is launched around November, just in time for the holidays but only has a small number of so-so launch titles and a bloated pricetag. Nintendo launch late November with a Mario flagship title, which is hailed as the greatest platformer since Super Mario 64, ...the console becomes christmas 2006' s must have present. Microsoft launch Halo 3 along side several other titles in the same week as PS3' s launch and take huge numbers of sales, hitting 9 million units sold before the end of the year.

Chapter 3: The EU Launch

PS3 is delayed in Europe until February so that Sony can satisfy demand in Japan and North America. When it launches it has several more titles than the US did but is still seen as being overpriced. Nintendo launch Revolution in March and quickly establishes a large userbase.

Too be continued....

I predict that this will be Sony' s finalised controller:

I predict that PS4 will be out before it.

I predict that this will be Sony' s finalised controller:

You gotta love that the controller looks tiny compared to an asian womens hand...¨
is that something that should make us happy or impress?
Nintendo is strange...

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

I predict the Earth shall tremble, and mighty cities will fall before the mighty Playstation 3. Its likes well never be seen on earth again. This wondrous device filled with unimaginable technology. This will be the one to unravel the mysteries of earth and cure cancer, and out of its tray Jesus will walk.



And it can make Toast

Vx Chemical , i thought you said it can' t!!

It can definately make toast.

It can definately make toast.

Why overhyping it?
Now you telling me its not only a console but a toaster...wtf
I highly doubt a console can make toast... it just doesnt make sense ffs...

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

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Perhaps you don' t get the joke. We' re making fun of it...

My sarcasm,is so good people cant even get it.
therefore im ownage?

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

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lol

The grilling, toast making, polulation lowering, PS3 will join forces With Godzilla and level tokyo and ultimately destroy the world

NiGHTS into Dreamcast

Hahahahahahaha....

Well PS3 will NOT be out in North America or Europe this year!!!!!

Sony have conceded to the recent rumours that the release would be pushed back in Japan and confirmed that because of problems with Blu-Ray the initial debut (read: Japanese release) has been pushed back until NOVEMBER!!!!!!

Since they aren' t doing a worldwide launch, it' s almost impossible for them to launch in the US this year. This means that the US and Europe releases will now have to be pushed into 2007, leaving Nintendo to launch before Christmas without much competition.

This has put me in a REALLY good mood!!!!!

The story is available here...

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3148763

How can you be happy that ps3 doesnt come this year?
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dont get that...

Anyway...

I said before,no way is ps3 gonna come 2007 to europe or usa,and majik said he thought so before...well he was right i was wrong,i admit that.
No way is it gonna come to europe in decemember,IT MIGHT come to late decemember in USA,but just " might" ....
Anyway,square-enix better dev multiplatt forms games now,or how are they gonna pay all its employers under 2006 without losing some money?

Anyway with this delay,people might reconsider getting a NR if its so cheap,and coming in 2006 as its promised,btw it was blu-ray that forced the delay,hmm even HD-DVD or normal dvd could have been enough...but nvm.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

(For anyone who doesn' t bother to read the previous page, PS3 has officially been put back to November in Japan, meaning the US and Europe will have to wait until 2007 to get their hand on it. The story is available here... http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3148763 )

I' m happy because it gives 360' s userbase more time to grow (hopefully 10 million by 2007) and it gives Nintendo the opportunity they REALLY need.

I honestly couldn' t care less about PS3 right now, and like i said previously, it' s not that i dislike their hardware, i just don' t like the company. They' re not trustworthy.

PS3 is gonna be huge, ...we all know that. I just think the competition deserves this chance they now have. Variety is good for gaming, ...i don' t want one company to dominate like PS3 did because it' ll choke the industry. I love games.

PS3 could have done just as well with DVD-9, but Sony NEED to have Blu-Ray in the machine for Blu-Ray to be a success. It' s kind of a Trojan Horse (literally), in that it will get Blu-Ray into people homes faster than Blu-Ray players would.

Anyway, the longer it' s delayed the better the launch games will be right?!

very disapointed, damn you sony, why wouldn' t you said that from the begining, just to admit that you won' t make it on spring !! why were you sooo hardheaded, now i' m fu****ng pissed off... geeez november in Japan??
you better make that ps3 worth it and not that expensive or i swear Microsofto will make u burn in hell.
damn it, the one thing i don' t want is for Microsoft to be N1, it is just too scary, i just feel so bad about it , and seriously i' m really worried about the futur of PS3...

yeah the launch games might be better but still, i want that Console War now right now, i want to see what PS3 is capable of , unfold the mistery, and see how it will compare to 360, and most importantly DROP in PRICES for 360 cus i want to get one.

I' ve never been much of a nintendo fan to be honest, though i' m interested in the rev.
The last thing I want is M$ to take the lead in the console wars... if they do well it' s ok but i certainly don' t want they to win... To see america butt it' s nose into a console scene which was completely japanese industry, to be taken over by america....
With my beloved Sega gone (and going downhill i might add), I put my hope into sony to keep japan at number 1.

I think there is a reasonable chance of a worldwide launch... or staggered but all out by x-mas... if it down to Blu-Ray then they can still manufacture the other components of ps3... meaning they could (in theory) have an almost huge supply of systems.

Could all just be positive thinking but whatever...

NiGHTS into Dreamcast

I think there is a reasonable chance of a worldwide launch... or staggered but all out by x-mas

Trust me when i say that' s impossible.

3 Million PS3' s ready to go before Christmas?! No way!

That would require 3 million Blu-Ray drives to be ready too. There' s no way US or Europe will get PS3 before 2007.

As for Japanese consoles...., it' s not the consoles that you should be looking at, but the games themselves. Sony' s consoles have never been great, but Japanese developers keep making amazing games for them. Sony would be nothing without 3rd party support. They would have gone the same way Sega did!

Japanese developers keep making amazing games for them

I wish they would have been doing that for 360 months ago, that way I would actually have games I want for the thing coming out this year.

Hopefully much more will be announced at E3.

SONY can' t screw up the japanese market...they rather give to many ps3 to japanese people then then risk a shortage at homebase,that is just the truth,,,

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

Absolutely, ...especially given Nintendo success with DS and the impending success of Revolution looming over them. Right now Nintendo are probably THE biggest player in Japan, taking over from Sony because of DS sales.

Sony know the Japanese public will be blown away by Revolution and will want to regain the top spot as quickly as possible.

Before anyone points out that console and handheld are completely different, ....i' m talking about sales and mindshare. Because of games like Nintendogs, Rub Rabbits and Brain Train, ...Nintendo not only are dominating the Japanese sales market, but also the minds of Japanese gamers/non-gamers. This will have a direct effect on Revolution, as will the Q4 release of Twilight Princess.

Nintendo could just steal it on their home turf (and i REALLY hope they do!), and Sony won' t find the European and US market as accepting as before as Microsoft' s fanbase continues to grow.

With my beloved Sega gone (and going downhill i might add), I put my hope into sony to keep japan at number 1.

Misplaced loyalty. It was Sony' s underhand tactics that killed off your beloved Sega.

How many days ' till the Game Developer' s Conference?

We all knew it wasn' t gonna happen, Microsoft had a hunch it wasn' t gonna happen, and so did Nintendo, but no, sony' s hardheadedness prevails again.

I mean, look at the lawsuit with Immersion for example. They knew they had taken that force-feedback technology, intentionally or not. I commend Microsoft for settling, but no. Sony just had to be right. There' d have to be some loophole for them to ride on until the truth came out. It' s the same thing with this.
" We' ll have a spring launch" Says Sony
" These rumours of delays are unconfirmed and should be taken with a grain of salt" Says Sony
" We' ll have a spring launch" Confirms Sony, again
" We are on schedule for our launch" Says Sony"
when all the facts are pointed one way, leave it to big buisness (not just restricted to games) to lie right to the consumers faces. Come on Sony, you used to be cool!

It makes goos business sense for Sony to give out the impression that the launch is just around the corner. The prospect of a new Sony console being out in a couple of months will stop a lot of their fans from potentially jumping ship onto the 360 bandwagon.

Misplaced loyalty. It was Sony' s underhand tactics that killed off your beloved Sega.

But it wasn' t Sony that made Sega hurt their own image with the 32x, Sega CD, and releasing the Saturn with a high price tag.

As much as I always hate saying it, Sony simply capitalized on the Mistakes of TWO established veterans --- Nintendo & Sega.

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

Yeah, true. Sega basically screwed up everthing between the Megadrive and the Dreamcast and their marketing efforts always seemed to miss the point.

Glad to see Nintendo are looking so strong these days ' cos at one stage they looked to be going the same way. Hopefully the Rev will be a big success for them.

Sega basically screwed up everthing between the Megadrive and the Dreamcast and their marketing efforts always seemed to miss the point

Only in terms of poor marketing and selling to the mainstream, which was the downfall for any third-party support. First-party games were outstanding and a few Japanese companies like Capcom provided some of the best titles ever to be released on any format.

Ultimately the ignorance of the masses were mostly to blame for the commercial failiure of the Saturn (except for the stupidly high launch price) and Dreamcast, it certainly wasn' t becasuse of a lack of quality games.

For Nintendo, Revolution is going to be a hard sell for the mass market in the UK, where the GameCube is often wrongly accused of being then weakest powered and worst console of the three. Hopefully with a stylish new marketing campaign like the Rev trailer at TGS, can pull them back in the next-gen console race.

Not misplaced loyalty really... And if i have to choose between M$ and $ony as king, then i want sony, but at least if they get knocked down a notch or two they may do better next time... no resting on their lorrels.

Sega had already doomed themselves, like nintendo too... resting on their lorrels thinking they were unbeatable...
Releasing a cd add of for mega drive, with few good games.
Then going ahead to the 32bit era (designed as a 2d machine as i understand it, with 3D capabilities added later due to the way things went, eg psx going 3d etc)
- however not only releasing a 32bit system, but a " 32 bit" add-on for the mega drive.

With 2 failed add-ons that people wasted money on people began to lose faith in sega, The Saturn (awesome machine that i love) Retailed very expensive, had some of the worst PAL conversions i' ve ever seen. (hell Daytona USA had boarders so thick that even with my 60hz switched PAL machine, i still couldn' t get rid of the boarders).
Sega had some amazing games on the system and Capcom really supported the system well with arcade perfect games. The lack of a sonic game hurt them though...

Dreamcast, launching early, competing against PS1 and PS2, had too many ports of PS1 games, and never managed support of some of the high selling japanese devs (square anyone?) I also believe they really peaked the hardware early with Shenmue, which i still believe to this day looks fantastic and no similar game lives up to it for immersion. (to be able to walk around but still look around at shops the sky etc... just like real life... amazing!!)

Sega screwed up too much early on to win back lost ground from the PS1.


I wonder how the Xbox360 will do over all? Another ill-fated dreamcast with some really good games. Or will it knock sony of it' s throne like sony did with nintendo and sega?

NiGHTS into Dreamcast

had some of the worst PAL conversions i' ve ever seen

It had much better PAL conversions than the PS1 did. VF2, Daytona CCE, Sega Rally Fighting Vipers, Fighters Megamix, Virtua Cop, The Panzer dragoon games etc. All were full screen 50hz conversions which were all sped up to match the speed of their US and Japanese counter parts. The original Daytona and MK Trilogy are pretty much the only extremely poor conversions.

Tekken, Ridge Racer, Final Fantasy, and practically every big release on PSone had standard black boarders, but also ran 17.5% slower than the NTSC versions. Most thrid-party Saturn games just featured standard black boarders not the huge ones which those two games mentioned had. Sega set the standard for decent PAL conversions, and took it a step further with a 60hz mode on in the Dreamcast.

The 60hz switch for Saturn was only really developed because anal hardcore 2D gamers like my self wanted the full screen, full speed experience on Capcom and SNK fighters. Something PSone PAL owners never got.

Tell me about it, couldn' t live with my saturn being switched... I wanted 2d games at full speed.
Pal optimised games were rare, i knew these games as i had to turn my switch off for them. Guardian Heroes (cool treasure game) was one of them ^_^

I loved my saturn, wouldn never have swapped it for anything... I think in all it was my favourite era of games (when i enjoy games most.)

NiGHTS into Dreamcast

Now the 360 needs rpg and then ps3 could be in trouble.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

If neither of those 360 RPGs are a true blue Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest then the PS3 won' t be in any kind of trouble in Japan :p

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

I think there is a reasonable chance of a worldwide launch... or staggered but all out by x-mas

Trust me when i say that' s impossible.

Well I guess i shouldn' t trust you then as Sony has confirmed Worldwide launch

IGN

It' s official. Details and more inside. Now updated with more info!
by Jeremy Dunham

March 14, 2006 - Ken Kutaragi, PlayStation Master and keeper of big news has announced at the PS meeting today that the PlayStation 3 will be launching in early November worldwide for the North American, Asian, and European territories.

NiGHTS into Dreamcast

If you believe that then you' re obviously dumber than i thought!

There' s no way on Earth Sony will have enough units ready to launch in all three territories before Christmas. That' s like Sony saying Spring was still a go, ...it' s bullshit!

Are you like 14 or something?!

Firstly, Kutaragi is talking about the fiscal year when he say they aim to produce1 million units a month. The fiscal year doesn' t end until April. He says...

" A completely simultaneous launch is physically impossible, but we believe we' ll be able ship to users throughout the world around this time."

See the words WE BELIEVE?! and/or AROUND THIS TIME?! Only a complete dumbass would A) take that to mean the US and Europe will have PS3 before 2007 and B) believe ANYTHING that man says. The guy is notorious for saying stupid things! Y' know, things like the PS3 concept is " 4D" ...???

Secondly, a HDD REQUIRED?! That is taking the piss! It not like it HAS to have it at all. It may need id because they fucked the momory allocation up, but even so, including a 60Gb HDD in every console ramps up the price of the SKU. Ha, does anyone even still thing PS3 will be affordable?!

Couple the already expensive components with forced Blu-Ray games and a forced HDD and the systems price could easily be what analysts predicted. Forcing developers to use Blu-Ray (and i said they would) is just pathetic. It will increase development costs and therefore game prices. Expect to pay £60 for PS3 games!



The Linux thing however is a blessing!

There' s no way on Earth Sony will have enough units ready to launch in all three territories before Christmas. That' s like Sony saying Spring was still a go, ...it' s bullshit!

Are you like 14 or something?!

I agree with majik...this worldwide anouncement is just another lie as " we will keep spring 2006 launch" said by Kutaragi so many times. They talk about worldwide launch so that American and European ps3 fans won´t get too mad but mainly they are worried about those people that aren´t fanboys , people who buy either system as long it´s available at the time they want to buy.

Anyway...they will still sell well but they will lose some gamers to 360 and mostly Rev in japan.

Be nice Majik :)

Im guessing its another Sony lie!

I am being nice Vx, i just don' t understand why people believe this kind of stuff.

Firstly, Kutaragi is talking about the fiscal year when he say they aim to produce 1 million units a month. The fiscal year doesn' t end until April. He says...

" A completely simultaneous launch is physically impossible, but we believe we' ll be able ship to users throughout the world around this time."

See the words WE BELIEVE?! and/or AROUND THIS TIME?! Only a complete dumbass would A) take that to mean the US and Europe will have PS3 before 2007 and B) believe ANYTHING that man says. The guy is notorious for saying stupid things! Y' know, things like the PS3 concept is " 4D" ...???

Secondly, a HDD REQUIRED?! That is taking the piss! It not like it HAS to have it at all. It may need id because they fucked the momory allocation up, but even so, including a 60Gb HDD in every console ramps up the price of the SKU. Ha, does anyone even still thing PS3 will be affordable?!

Couple the already expensive components with forced Blu-Ray games and a forced HDD and the systems price could easily be what analysts predicted. Forcing developers to use Blu-Ray (and i said they would) is just pathetic. It will increase development costs and therefore game prices. Expect to pay £60 for PS3 games!

The Linux thing however is a blessing!

At least some people here like Hidemoto have some common sense!