NCAA is always a faster game with a wider field. They appear very similar but they typically play very differently. I have a friend and you slays me in NCAA but I own him in Madden.

I'm with you, but I'm spoiled on Live. Afterall, when done properly, it is a powerful marketing tool for developers. Why should we pay for their marketing? Look at Capcom. I'm sure Dead Rising was such a hit because of the demo. Would it have been as big if it was $1? I know I probably wouldn't have d/l it or susequently bought it. On the other side of that coin you have the piss poor Full Auto demo that turned people away.

On the other hand I'm sure there is a large amount of people that subscribe to magazines like OXM just to get the demos. So you never know. I hope it fails miserably because if Sony makes it work you know MS will start charging as well.

I wouldn't mind paying a 1$ for a demo. At least you can have some fun with it. It's better than paying 2$ for a picture pack. I'm glad the 360 demos, trailers, etc, are free. I have yet to buy any of those picture packs or themes. Same goes for cell phones. They want to charge me $1.50 for a single wallpaper picture. F that.

I can just about guarantee i would not pay for a demo and i have bought 1-2$ picture packs before. The demos sometimes are a touch choppy, don't show enough of what i want to see or otherwise don't seem worth paying for. It's a bloody marketing campaign for them, why should i pay?

The Dead Rising demo was great and i played it a good deal and it absolutely stirred up my interest in the game. Renting it and the frequent crashes caused me to not buy it. Fusion Frenzy 2 on the other hand was a lame demo and somewhat turned me off the game. If i had paid even a buck for that demo i would have been irritated.

Demos shouldn't cost money, plain and simple. Maybe if the the retail disc would sense you've paid for the demo they'd credit you back the points then I'd be ok with it.

I think Sony is at about a 5 guns to 1 foot ratio at this point.

Paying for demos? I mean, that's just plain dumb. I guess $1 isn't THAT much to try a game compared to renting, etc.. but still, Xbox Live demos are free, DS demos are free (sans finding a DS station), PSP demos are free (well, there's only been one so far) and they've been free since the days of early PC gaming (or better than free in the case of shareware.. you got much more than a demo for free).

Wider field? The hash marks are located differently, but the fields are the same width.

joystiq - via IGN has a post about the pricing of PS3 games in Japan.

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/25/ja...o-9-800-85-usd

For comparison though... PGR3 is 6069 yen right now on Amazon.co.jp

I don't see what the big deal is, DQ8 and FFXII cost about that much when it came out in Japan.

but those were only a couple games. Just reporting the news...

$1 a demo is actually so low that it is insulting. It creates much more trouble than it's worth. Make it $5 and throw in more stuff, or make it free.

I told you a free live service would mean more charges down the line.

Paying for a demo is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The point of the demo is to entice you to buy the full game. You shouldn't have to pay for something like that.

It's like if you had to pay for commercials before you watch them. Most people would just not watch the commercials, so the product isn't seen, so the ad was wasted. Or charging people to watch a trailer for a movie.

Demos are basically long commercials/trailers for a game. There is no way Sony will EVER get a dime out of me for the privilege of trying out a few levels of their $60+ game.

The only way I could see paying for a demo is if it came with an exclusive bonus item you could use when you purchased the full game, like an exclusive character outfit or car or something.

OK, looks like pricing has been solidfied for NA. The current next gen price of 59.99 is what Sony went with.
http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTE...der_ps3_games#

This may have been answered, but are we going to be able to use a standard HDMI cable on the PS3, or is Sony going to rip us off by making a proprietary connection and cable?

Standard.

But you want the Sony brand HDMI cable....

Why? I can buy a cable of equal or better quality for $5. I'm already getting raped enough on the console as is.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...ormat=2&style=

I think he was just being facetious.

It was more in reference to all the people that bought the Microsoft Xbox Link Cable for $20+ when a generic $3 cross link cable did the same thing

Hah shows what you know--those cables came with a 3 micron gold plating!!

Okay, does anyone know this : Will I need the $600 model if I want to have wireless interconnectivity with my PSP? I'm still not sure what it will be, but if it's stuff like steaming video feeds, that might be worth the $100 more.

I can't say for sure but logically it is looking that way.