joystiq ridicules PS3 press conference

Cygnus · 09-22-2006, 12:31 AM

Long read, but some funny stuff. Below are sections from the blog

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/22/tg...s-ps3-keynote/
Sony asks us to refrain from taking pictures of demo stuff. Fine, we'll oblige, but we won't like it. 'Cause you wouldn't want to show off the product you want everyone to buy in a couple months. Instead, we'll provide some additional color commentary, courtesy the press and attendees hanging out in the DS PictoChat chatroom.
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Virtua Fighter 5 video runs down through the character list, with slow mo demos of their moves, and a teensy bit of what appears to be actual gameplay. This is all formulaic fighting game stuff. It has that shiny next-gen look, more plastic than sweat. All smooth lines, like Dead or Alive 4's porcelain dolls (though the VF5 lacks DoA4's gratuitously large lady lumps).

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We switch to a bullet train screaming through a tube while a deadly female messes dudes up. Flipping, shooting, sword-slashing. She looks very much like Yuna from Final Fantasy X, so it's apparent this is Final Fantasy XIII. There is nothing that looks like gameplay footage, despite some trademark blue dialog boxes laid over the cinematics. We know Square can make incredible CGI, just look at Dirge of Cerberus! What about the gameplay?

godson · 09-22-2006, 02:04 AM

their hiding it.plain and simple. Its like as if being comparable,if its even that,to the 360 isnt enough,they think they gotta convince people this thing better,and for some reason fanboys EAT CGI UP,they love it.

ChaosMan1014 · 09-22-2006, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by godson

their hiding it.plain and simple. Its like as if being comparable,if its even that,to the 360 isnt enough,they think they gotta convince people this thing better,and for some reason fanboys EAT CGI UP,they love it.

It was reported that they did show actual gameplay clips from FFXIII and it was fairly close in image quality to the CGI. This was at one from a live update blog I posted in another thread. We'll see once TGS starts picking up and hopeuflly we'll get some hands on impressions.

Cygnus · 09-22-2006, 11:47 AM

One thing I don't understand is why did not sony definitively describe PS3 online plans? It should be pretty concrete since its less than 3 months from PS3 launch. If I overlooked that part of the press conference, can someone provide links to it. thx

godson · 09-22-2006, 01:40 PM

Yea but they "reportedly" showed game footage but wheres it at? I mean you would think they would wanna show as much as possible right?We are supposedly 3 months from launch...what are they waiting for. I see a million videos for PS3 games and every single time its cutscene CGI,thats what I dont understand.

09-22-2006, 12:31 AM	#1
Cygnus The Bringer of Balance Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,834	joystiq ridicules PS3 press conference Long read, but some funny stuff. Below are sections from the blog http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/22/tg...s-ps3-keynote/ Sony asks us to refrain from taking pictures of demo stuff. Fine, we'll oblige, but we won't like it. 'Cause you wouldn't want to show off the product you want everyone to buy in a couple months. Instead, we'll provide some additional color commentary, courtesy the press and attendees hanging out in the DS PictoChat chatroom. * Virtua Fighter 5 video runs down through the character list, with slow mo demos of their moves, and a teensy bit of what appears to be actual gameplay. This is all formulaic fighting game stuff. It has that shiny next-gen look, more plastic than sweat. All smooth lines, like Dead or Alive 4's porcelain dolls (though the VF5 lacks DoA4's gratuitously large lady lumps). * We switch to a bullet train screaming through a tube while a deadly female messes dudes up. Flipping, shooting, sword-slashing. She looks very much like Yuna from Final Fantasy X, so it's apparent this is Final Fantasy XIII. There is nothing that looks like gameplay footage, despite some trademark blue dialog boxes laid over the cinematics. We know Square can make incredible CGI, just look at Dirge of Cerberus! What about the gameplay? __________________ Toshiba 57H81 Kenwood VR-616 Comcast DCT6412 III XBox 360 GamerTag Sec0nd2N0n3

09-22-2006, 02:04 AM	#2
godson Mr. Bill Belecheeeeek. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: philadelphia Posts: 2,592	their hiding it.plain and simple. Its like as if being comparable,if its even that,to the 360 isnt enough,they think they gotta convince people this thing better,and for some reason fanboys EAT CGI UP,they love it. __________________ Breakfast, shmreakfast. Look at the score, for Christ's sake. It's only the second period and I'm up 12 to 2. Breakfasts come and go, Renee, but Hartford, "the Whale," they only beat Vancouver once, maybe twice in a lifetime.

09-22-2006, 11:47 AM	#4
Cygnus The Bringer of Balance Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,834	One thing I don't understand is why did not sony definitively describe PS3 online plans? It should be pretty concrete since its less than 3 months from PS3 launch. If I overlooked that part of the press conference, can someone provide links to it. thx __________________ Toshiba 57H81 Kenwood VR-616 Comcast DCT6412 III XBox 360 GamerTag Sec0nd2N0n3

09-22-2006, 01:40 PM	#5
godson Mr. Bill Belecheeeeek. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: philadelphia Posts: 2,592	Yea but they "reportedly" showed game footage but wheres it at? I mean you would think they would wanna show as much as possible right?We are supposedly 3 months from launch...what are they waiting for. I see a million videos for PS3 games and every single time its cutscene CGI,thats what I dont understand. __________________ Breakfast, shmreakfast. Look at the score, for Christ's sake. It's only the second period and I'm up 12 to 2. Breakfasts come and go, Renee, but Hartford, "the Whale," they only beat Vancouver once, maybe twice in a lifetime.