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Slim PS3 ...good fake or...
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NRiQ said:I just really want to know why sony changed the font...they have been using 4 differents types of fonts in this cycle, what is wrong with their designers...
While I agree that so many different fonts are ugly and inconsistent, I think their reasoning behind it is that all the fonts really "represent" a different part of Playstation business for Sony so they almost "have" to be different. Each "PlayStation" entity has it's own corresponding font.
1) That [Only on]"PlayStation" font is now used for PS3, PS2 and PSP games, representing PlayStation as an entire brand, .
2) the font in "PLAYSTATION" here, represents their online network and you never see the font in #1 used when referencing the PSN. Everytime I see ANYTHING related to the PSN, when it's spelled all the way out, it's PLAYSTATION(R)Network with playstation in all caps.
3) This "PLAYSTATION 3" spiderman font has been used since launch to identify with anything PS3 related (and has recently been shortened to just "PS3" with the same font), but it can't be used to represent the PSN, PS2 or PSP. It would just look funny.
4) The official re-branding of the PS3. I hate it tbh, but with a redesign of a system I guess it's sort of appropriate.
Again, I'd rather them stick with one font because it looks confusing and inconsistent, but I guess they're in too deep now :lol
don't take this post too seriously, it's just an amateur attempt at analyzing something I know nothing about 
They're actually down to 3 fonts now :lol
They changed the PLAYSTATION Network to PlayStation Network for consistency a little while ago, and forthcoming boxarts use that instead. (Though it uses a different font here still).
I think they are trying to boil down to a more consistent approach
They changed the PLAYSTATION Network to PlayStation Network for consistency a little while ago, and forthcoming boxarts use that instead. (Though it uses a different font here still).
I think they are trying to boil down to a more consistent approach
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Don't Worry, my opinion is that i think they use all these different fonts because they don't find an identity to the product, and one of the causes may be that the person who created the brand is no longer in charged of it.
The perception of the makert (at least me ^_^) is that is a strange situation to see 3 of those 4 logos in a single game box art.
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I wonder if they'll keep the Spiderman font on the side of game covers now. I guess they'll keep that as the official "PLAYSTATION 3" typeface, but switch over to the new one for "PS3" only.
gofreak said:They're actually down to 3 fonts now :lol
They changed the PLAYSTATION Network to PlayStation Network for consistency a little while ago, and forthcoming boxarts use that instead. (Though it uses a different font here still).
I think they are trying to boil down to a more consistent approach
:lol Holy shit, I never noticed that.
Is Uncharted 2 the first boxart to feature that?
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No, I agree 100% that it looks very strange to have that many fonts competing to identify "playstation" on a single box. And now with this new font GoFreak posted, it just gets even funnier :lol
Of course, I was only referring to this generation of their consoles. They seem to stand by giving users options in terms of HDD size, which IMO is pretty useless since the user can quite easily swap them.. wonder of the slim will have an easier way of switching HDDs, if any way at all.Kagari said:
There was that shot with a seemingly large gap which a hard drive might be able to fit into, but having the harddrive directly below the Blu-Ray disc drive seems pretty stupid in terms of heat managment and whatnot.. unless they're using an SSD. :lol
No, it goes back since around Killzone 2 actually, not sure which was the first game to use it though____ said:
gofreak said:They're actually down to 3 fonts now :lol
They changed the PLAYSTATION Network to PlayStation Network for consistency a little while ago, and forthcoming boxarts use that instead. (Though it uses a different font here still).
I think they are trying to boil down to a more consistent approach
my word. fonts all over the place. they sould change PlayStation Network to the PlayStation font from the 'only on' bit.
i wonder what will happen to the spiderman font. they can't really change that to just 'PS3' in the slim font, but presumably in adverts they will start to use the slim style PS3. so they either have to keep spiderman font just for the box sides and writing out PlayStation 3, or have something else like the PS3 slim font or Only on PlayStation font for writing out PlayStation 3.
very complicated and very messy and stupid.
Elios83 said:Yes like I said in July my retail source confirmed the price it's 299 and it's officially coming on September 2 (although unofficially it could be available in stores a week earlier).
Old stock has already been mostly cleared at the old price as it would cost too much money to Sony to sell huge amounts of 80GBs at 299, so the strategy of keeping a different price for the two different models a few people were considering here has no sense at this point, there's simply not enough stock and too much money to lose to do it. Basically it's new model and price in a matter of weeks and that should be it
So does that mean that the US version will be $299?
I don't know how reliable this site is, but according to Google translation they've just mentioned a rumor about the slim to be available in 3 different colors: black, red and white.
http://www.game7.de/ps/1995-playstation-3/news/n0988k0555-playstation-slim-fuer-299-drei.php
http://www.game7.de/ps/1995-playstation-3/news/n0988k0555-playstation-slim-fuer-299-drei.php
Don't kill me, I'm only a messenger. Anyone who speaks German here may translate this properly.Google Translate said:
NRiQ said:I just really want to know why sony changed the font...they have been using 4 differents types of fonts in this cycle, what is wrong with their designers...
It's SCE's marketing department that's retarded, not the designers. And they've been so fucking retarded this generation.
agaru said:
On the one hand, offering multiple colors would probably fit in nicely with the revitalized ps3 image approach we're expecting to see with the slim. 'It's smaller, cheaper, and comes in pretty colors!'
on the other hand, with all the various leaks and rumors we've seen, it's hard to believe that two different colors stayed under wraps as long as they did, with everything else basically out in the open.
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gofreak said:They're actually down to 3 fonts now :lol
They changed the PLAYSTATION Network to PlayStation Network for consistency a little while ago, and forthcoming boxarts use that instead. (Though it uses a different font here still).
I think they are trying to boil down to a more consistent approach
SCE marketing just took another proverbial dump on everyone's chest :lol
The fuck? Red is so random, especially when they've been selling silver DS3s for quite a while... they're starting to sell red and blue ones, but a red/blue PS3? ew.agaru said:
Also, I don't get all the bitching about the fonts... the PSN "logo" text is simply a standard font, whereas the 'only on' PS font is a revised version of the old 'PlayStation'/'PlayStation' fonts. The "PLAYSTATION 3" spiderman font is the PS3s logo, nothing odd about that.. the 'PS3' font/logo is where it's odd since it obviously doesn't seem to co-exist well with the siperman style logo...
I could see it... especially because they're already branded onto the boxarts and whatnot... they'll have to do something about the "PS 3" logo on the binding of the cases, with the red background.
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Speaking of cases, why did Sony go for the clear binding instead of blue? Would have stood out more and make the blu ray connection more obvious.
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Even more confusing, why make Greatest Hits boxes red?! :lolH_Prestige said:
While I do like the overall appearance of a PS3 game box more than the 360 or Wii packaging, there's no doubt that it needs significant improvement. It's always bugged the hell out of me how "busy" the cases are getting, and I have NO idea why there is a complete disregard for symmetry in the upper left corner. The black lines should intersect Sony, jesus.
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ShinoguTakeruKoeru said:
Seriously Sony, you don't put the HD DVD color on a blu ray case.
Because the blue cases are for Blu-Ray movies, makes more sense especially considering the whole Blu-Ray battle was associated with film not gaming, blue cases for blu-ray..H_Prestige said:
Due to the fact that the 'greatest hits' banner on the boxarts have always been red, it makes sense to me.ShinoguTakeruKoeru said:
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KillJade said:
I like the little red PS3 spot on the binding of the case. I agree that the case needs to be less busy and then add that red logo thing on the front of the case. I think the 360 green is too garish, yet the PS3 case is too bland and black and white. That simple little red PS3 logo thing on the front will be a little eye catcher.
Yeah, that was only during the PlayStation 1 era of course, on PS2, PSP, & PS3 it's always been red and on the top. My point was just that the case itself being red instead of clear sort of makes logical sense due to it being the 'greatest hits' color for quite some time.ivedoneyourmom said:
the "greatest hits" text on the PS1 cases were red though
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Seeing PlayStation plastered all over the box made me realize how ridiculous the name "PlayStation" really is.gofreak said:
Don't say it out loud. Look at it.
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