Which sucks, I guess i’ll clear a space next to VF4:Evo on the shelf of games that would be worth playing if they were online.
Any fighter online will lose its charm when timing goes awry. If anything, I’d like to see an E3 annoucement from some internet nerds who’ll say “We’ve eliminated lag!”
Well, that’s 2 reasons to buy a PS3. Still, the price is gonna be the biggest factor.
I can’t find it, but There was an interview with a developer from the VF series on 1up not too long ago who stated that “Virtua Fighter 5 will not be online, ever” or something to that effect. apparently they did not want lag to be a factor at all, and they want it to play as well as possible. I don’t see them being able to promote it as effectively as an xbox 360 game in that light.
VF with lag? No thank you.
Haha truth.
great the ps3 price tag has been Announced doing some conversion the ps3 60gig will cost 400 pounds (thats alot!), their is the cheaper 20gig one, but whos going to buy that, also tekken 6 was shown and vf5.
price details.
http://uk.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.html?sid=6149470
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“PS3 hits US November 17, $499 for 20GB version, $599 for 60GB”
i’d imagine you’d have to connect through the usb port with an adaptor since it’s a wireless system
Same could be said of many games. I wouldn’t play quake/unreal online because of lag issues, it’s way to much for those games which are hair trigger… BUT since they have online the community grows even though the issues are so massive it baffles the mind.
At a certain point it’s about dropping your ego and realizing what helps your community. Sure winning in an FPS/fighter online means shit since you can translate those skills to zero ping envrionments, but it does generate a player base.
FYI the best FPS/RTS gamers don’t consider online worth anything, they hate it more then anything.
I’m sorry but that’s just wrong. Having once been part of the Quake3 tourney community, I know that online was a great place to not only come across the best, but learn a thing or two as well. Sure lag set you back, but you learned to compensate for that half second and I came across guys on 56k modems who were incredible with the rail gun. And don’t you doubt that they got no respect just becase they were winning on an internet server. Skill shows, no matter the shortcomings outside someone’s control. Most people who bitched about lag were legitimately worse players, and players who did actually get killed because of a lag spike were respected by the other guy killing himself with a console command, assuming he was a respectable player.
As for VF5 on ps3… it’s sad that Sony is gobbling up the fighters. That means at least $500 to play one of my favorite genres. I’m not willing to pay that much for a console, so I lose out.
less than three
So…how much is the blood bank giving for blood?
Hahaha, if you think the price in the UK is simply going to be the US price converted into pounds, you’re being incredibly naive. When has that ever been the case for games here? Our prices are always jacked up somewhat, and then there’s VAT on top of that.
actually I converted the euro’s price, but yea it might be more, im still guessing around that 400 mark though, what people have to understand is that this is not just a console but all round entertainment media centre, hence the price.
lamo do you work for sony? BTW it’s already been accounced, 500 euros for 20gig gimped version, 600 euros for 60gig non-gimped.
Why couldn’t VF5 been exclusive to Wii? I could by a Wii, VF5, and a new Wii stick for less than a PS3. Hell buying a Lindbergh + VF5 a year from now seems like a more attractive option.
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Damn, there goes my chance at owning it, unless they punk out and port it.
I am with Cygnus and Callmeanewb, until that price goes down, I might as well just buy the arcade.
but what happens when they bring out vf5 evo lol, sega know how to bring fans back to the arcade so yea you might as well go that way.
I’ll just wait for VF5:EVO.
Get a job.
And if you have one, save like 20 dollars a week.
Ronin just posted this in the E3 thread and it’s the truest shit. Alot of it’s been said but still he summed it up nicely.
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Man, 600 bucks for the console alone? 40 for a controller, 2 games… I’m not paying 700-800+ for a game system. It’s not happening. That’s more than my fucking rent. Sony is out of their fucking minds. All you guys can go “Oh well, just save up.” fuck all that. Anybody can save up the 800 needed for the system but I could be fixing stuff on my car, fuck, I could put that money into GAS for my car since it’s over 3 fucking dollars anyway. There are a many many things this money could go towards and this really isn’t something I even want to invest in. And that’s what this is. An investment. I could take the 800 bucks and trick the FUCK outta my comp and get more functionality out of it than I would a blue ray DVD player that happens to be a playstation.
Fact is, this blu-ray shit is bullshit anyway. Sony made the choice to put blu-ray into the PS3 because they own the format. If they PS3 is incredibly successful, then studios and companies will flock to the format cause they’ll already have an installed base of people who’ll buy the discs. Thing is, Sony has ALWAYS done this, and their formats always fail. Mindisc. Betamax. UMD.
Come on. This shit is ridiculous. Everybody out there going “Oh, you get this, this and this”. Thing is, I got half that shit on the machine that’s letting me browse SRK. I got a PC. I don’t need my PC and then a wannabe PC with a fancy DVD player. If the DVD player from the PS2 is any indication of the quality of the PS3’s, then it’s not even a very good Blu-ray DVD player.
Sony has always been successful because they had something for everybody. I don’t know many people that are going to swallow an 800 dollar console (with games and controllers). This seems like a HORRIBLE price point for somebody who’s led the industry by always breaking critical mass with their installed base. It’s like they’re shooting themselves in the foot and Ken Kuturagi is like “BUT IT’S A MASTERPIECE”. Sorry, Ken, I’m not helping you buy another lexus.
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ALOT of people feel this exact same way myself included. Fuck all that “Geta job” bullshit.