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Official PAL PLAYSTATION®3 Launch Thread
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warthog said:
You made the right choice - audio>>>visuals
Playing games in HD is ace but it won't do much to improve your enjoyment (it just makes everything look clearer and a lot nicer). Going from TV speakers to surround sound will just completely transform the way you enjoy gaming. Nothing else will immerse you as much as proper surround sound
TerryLee81
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123rl said:You made the right choice - audio>>>visuals
Playing games in HD is ace but it won't do much to improve your enjoyment (it just makes everything look clearer and a lot nicer). Going from TV speakers to surround sound will just completely transform the way you enjoy gaming. Nothing else will immerse you as much as proper surround sound
I disagree, in this case visuals >>> audio.
The difference between HD gaming and SD gaming is HUGE. I wouldn't recommend buying a PS3/360 without a HDTV, it's just not the same experience.
Apart from one or two games on the 360, I could have enjoyed every one on a 28" widescreen CRT. I have a 32" LCD now and, even though it makes everything better, I wouldn't say it's essential. But there are so many games that are genuinely better with surround sound.
Condemned - you can hear voices and footsteps behind you.
PGR3/Burnout/Test Drive - you can hear cars driving behind you and judge how far away they are.
Call of Duty - you can pinpoint snipers anywhere around you by listening for ricochets and bullets
Things like that are just small examples but these things DO make games better. Being able to see text better or having much better colours (while still nice) don't do anything to improve gameplay
Condemned - you can hear voices and footsteps behind you.
PGR3/Burnout/Test Drive - you can hear cars driving behind you and judge how far away they are.
Call of Duty - you can pinpoint snipers anywhere around you by listening for ricochets and bullets
Things like that are just small examples but these things DO make games better. Being able to see text better or having much better colours (while still nice) don't do anything to improve gameplay
Seiken said:
I thought the plan to enable worldwide play has been announced/confirmed in various places for the May downloadable content release (not to be confused with the March 23 patch):
< IGN: There will be a major server change in May to go along with the map pack. It goes global. How will this change latency and match-making, and are you going to have regional leaderboards, competitions, etc?
Ellis: Since the beginning of development on Resistance: Fall of Man, we were constantly running international demos. In fact, during European and Japanese events last year, we were running 40 player games off of US servers with no lag. Because of that, we are confident that this game will play well for international games. > etc...
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/769/769623p2.html
[But perhaps more importantly, when is Hot Fuzz coming to Blu Ray?]
Spider_Jerusalem
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Guys, anyone heard rumors about PAL PS3s being unable to run NTSC games? I was told this from a shop clerk who says that they received the first consoles and tried running some import games on one of these, with no luck... I don't know the guy so he could have made it up entirely, I don't know.
Panajev2001a
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Midas said:
.Please, Sony do not do this to European players!
Darn, Japanese and American consoles can play other regions' games just fine... PLAYSTATION 3 game are supposed to be region free...
. Why do I have to worry about this few days before launch
?Spider_Jerusalem
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He said to have tried Resistance and Formula One NTSC.Lain said:
Edit - Pana: I really hope the guy was full of shit and was simply FUDing me. Tomorrow I'll try to call a friend of mine who owns a games shop to see if he already received the console and tried it.
people were saying the same thing about the european PSP, and it is also region free. Something tells me i shouldn't be so sure about it but... i really doubt it will be region locked. if not, i guess i'll have to sell my ntsc VF5
i do know pal games run on ntsc ps3s, not that it's gonna prove anything though (well, other than the fact that ntsc ps3s are indeed region free and that pal games are not region locked)
i do know pal games run on ntsc ps3s, not that it's gonna prove anything though (well, other than the fact that ntsc ps3s are indeed region free and that pal games are not region locked)
Spider_Jerusalem
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This would explain it. Maybe he didn't know that demo units are locked this way (I didn't know, too). I hope this is the case. However tomorrow I'll try to investigate further.Midas said:
Chittagong
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spwolf said:
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it might be the case if you have the console connected via composite or set it to 576i/PAL. In that case there are technical reasons making that possible.
So anyone trying this, make sure to double check with 60Hz enabled or better still, at least component cables and a PAL/NTSC neutral setting like 720p
I guess we'll know pretty soon either way
BTW, anywhere got games in yet? I wouldn't mind VF5 or Virtua Tennis 3 for my JPN PS3, but most places seem to say they don't have the games yet, or are waiting for Friday.
So anyone trying this, make sure to double check with 60Hz enabled or better still, at least component cables and a PAL/NTSC neutral setting like 720p
I guess we'll know pretty soon either way
BTW, anywhere got games in yet? I wouldn't mind VF5 or Virtua Tennis 3 for my JPN PS3, but most places seem to say they don't have the games yet, or are waiting for Friday.
CurlySaysX
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Could someone please answer me a question.
Logitech Premium 300 USB headset.
http://www.mrgadget.com.au/catalog/logitech-premium-stereo-usb-headset-300-p-288.html?osCsid=..
will the USB headset above work with the Sony Playstation 3?
I've seen several Blue tooth FAQs but none on USB, and i prefer USB.
Logitech Premium 300 USB headset.
http://www.mrgadget.com.au/catalog/logitech-premium-stereo-usb-headset-300-p-288.html?osCsid=..
will the USB headset above work with the Sony Playstation 3?
I've seen several Blue tooth FAQs but none on USB, and i prefer USB.
Spider_Jerusalem
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This is what that guy said too... they tried NTSC games because Sony sent them the consoles but not the games.mrklaw said:
nelsonroyale
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SpokkX said:
yeah of course! But it can, that has never been the issue...its the ps2 games. But thats no big deal since my ps2 can play all hehe
peace
reminder said:
My local Gamestop has dummies for the launch titles including Oblivion. It even has a price - SEVENTY FIVE EUROS! First party titles (Motorstorm, Resistance etc.) are 60.
75 is a rip off. Now it was also that price on the 360 when it first appeared, but the price is now down to 40 and on the PC it is even lower at 30.
Unless you have an overwhelming desire to play this only on the PS3, I'd advise you to buy the PC version. You could buy a second PS3 controller out the change.
travisbickle
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Danj said:
I assumed they were stopping imports of hardware saying it was due to quality control, but probably more likely because they'd be losing money. Imports of software have no relation to that, PSP is region free, PS3 will be too, we just need some more false negative press because the PS3 comes out in a weeks time!
SpokkX said:
Link for this?
I can possibly see this being true if you have an SD TV and expect your PAL PS3 to output NTSC on an import. The PAL PS3 specs make no mention of 480i or 480p at all. Instead it supports 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p. Maybe it really does support NTSC but it certainly doesn't say it.
Then again, if you have an HD set I see no reason why an import wouldn't work since the same resolutions are supported by every region. And every EU HD set would be via HDMI anyway.
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