I was at E3 last year and was able to play both Top Spin 2 and Call of Duty 2.

MS did have playable dev kits at E3, modified Apple G5 systems, but they didn't have any final hardware units.

I think the most likely scenario is that Sony doesn't want to show off games yet because they are still fairly early in development. They don't want people to see early versions of games and think that the 360 has better graphics.

Launch games will make amazing progress in the 5 months to TGS and Sony is well aware of it.

Ridge Racer 7 announced (with screenshots). What a surprise! An RR game as a launch title. Looks the same as EVERY other RR game.

http://the-magicbox.com/0604/game060419a.shtml

ps. What the hell is "real unreality"????

http://the-magicbox.com/0604/r74.jpg

It's that immediate rush feeling you get when you first enter 4D.

Not a huge surprise about a new Ridge Racer. While they are simplistic racing games, they do offer a moderate amount of fun. Ridge Racers (PSP) was a great looking launch title that offered some fun on the platform. Compared to PSP game now, it can't compete, but as a launch title it worked well.

Ridge Racer 7? Do they make one every year?

Check out this animation demo from the next indiana jones game for next gen. Looks freakin amazing. Can't believe it's not mo-capped.

http://media.ps3.ign.com/articles/70...23/vids_1.html

PS3 is seriously going to change the way we think games are supposed to look. I have 0 doubts that since all games have to be done from the ground up vs strait ports via simple PC software is needed, that a whole new level of realism and graphics are going to be achieved. And this is all launch games which are usually crappy looking. Imagine what happens once devs get comfy with the Physix engine and multi-core setup. Exciting times ahead? DAMN STRAIT THEY ARE!! E3 cant get here fast enough.

p.s. - that rant was due to watching the indiana jones video posted above, you gotta see it.

Don't get too excited yet. That video is showing off animation/physics software and the video is around a year old.

Really? That's the first time I've seen it.

Like this spoof E3 poster someone made regarding Sony and Nintendo's booths being right next to each other:

http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/04...i-Face-Off.jpg

I never saw that poster either.

Here's the site for the animation software with several other videos. http://www.naturalmotion.com/

Also, they are the same vids posted in the Ign Xbox360 section...

Sounds like typical hyperbole and hype, especially considering we've see nothing except for tech demos and cg. The only actual gameplay we've seen is Untold Legends, and I don't even need to begin to remind people how embarrasing that looked.

The same exact thing can be said of any console, including the 360.

PS3 games will look great. So will 360 games. I doubt differences will be significant. In fact, according to past developer statements we should expect minimal differences.

That's simply a new animation engine that will first be used for Indiana Jones. However, it's not exclusive to PS3. It's also on 360.

By the way, it's pretty interesting that the 360 thread has less than half the replies of the PS3 thread, even though the 360 has been out for months and the PS3 won't be out for months. Microsoft would probably be better served by getting out of the videogame business after the 360 has it's run. Gamers are conditioned to gravitate towards the PS3. Microsoft won't be able to change that or have any impact on this industry other than being a secondary player.

Stick with what you do best Microsoft, which is software OS and browsers. Don't let your videogame business run my Microsoft stock down. :p

We've had a couple of those already, it's on version 2.1.

That's the third Xbox thread - two have been closed due to length. Saying that based on one forums thread count on a particular system that gamers are predisposed to a specific system seems a little nearsighted.

IMO - MSFT is doing a hell of a job in the gaming world. I initally swore off the first Xbox, but bought one and loved it. Having three consoles only helps development of new and more exciting games and systems. Without the stiff competition I'd be willing to be that something like the Revolution probably wouldn't have happened, for the online gaming movement in consoles and handhelds (Live/Sony's Hub/DS's Wi-Fi).

rotfl

I'm no fan of Windows(I'm a mac guy) but I love my 360. Like the others mentioned it's the third "compendium" thread, then you add in a "looking for a 360" thread, a few misc. threads and a dozen and a half threads for every game and there is way more interest on this forum for the 360 than PS3. That is of course using your way of estimating interest... i.e. forum posts.

The buzz for the 360 has died down, you can find them on shelves so now it is all about the games(and random problems). Revolution and PS3 have a lot of hype behind them because there has been next to nothing revealed about either. MS has shown their hand so the excitement is in the other two's court.

There is plenty of interest and room for all three. E3 can't get here soon enough. :)

Actually, after owning a PS1 and PS2, I am conditioned to gravitate away from Sony products. They're always the worst technologically and they are happy to offer the fewest bells and whistles. They are currently leaning on their marketshare pretty heavily. They might not have that advantage this go-round.

BTW, I will still probably get one, just for the f'ing exclusive F1 game.

Huh?

Well, that was true about the PS2 because it came out before either the Xbox or Gamecube. But considering the PS3 is coming out after the 360 by a year, and has the beefiest specs of all the next gen systems, I don't know how you can say that about the PS3.

And at least the PS2 didn't require you to buy a $30 remote control before you could play DVDs on it.

But you did have to spend $30 to play online :)

But at $0/month it was a bargin! ;)

If the PS3 is miles ahead of the 360 for being a year late, I don't think it will be a big deal, just like it didn't carry the Xbox over the PS2. It will still be about games. I think the PS2 had several years of life left in it based on graphics, but I think the 360 made them hurry more than they wanted.

Yes.

I wasn't claiming the PS3 would look two generations ahead of the 360. I was just debating the point that Sony always uses the worst technology in a gen.