On the web I can only read bad critics about PlayStation 3. Everyone seems to hate it. Hate the price, hate the fact that it doesn’t come out with many games. Everyone loves the Wii though.
Clearly preconceptions are just that. Wii is not out and very few people will have a PS3 for a while, so it’s not possible to have an objective opinion. Is this Wii really that much fun ?

As I mentioned before. As a programmer that likes 3D graphics, I hate the fact that Wii’s hardware is so underpowered. But this affects me also as someone that has passion for great visuals in games. I like realism, I like special effects. People love great graphics, otherwise they wouldn’t go watch so many CG movies or so many movies with special effects in them.

To me the price is not an issue, but perhaps I’m privileged. I suspect that most people that criticize the PS3 are just going with the flow. Echoing strong wise opinions about value of the money and playability over graphics. So much wisdom, but how many of those that hate this whole PS3 deal aren’t really secretly hoping to get one ?

I think that Americans basically culturally love Nintendo, dislike Sony as a corporate and are pretty happy with the XBox 360.

Personally I don’t have that much time to play. I also don’t like to stand in line just to get a toy.
If I get a Wii, it will be to used for social events.. for casual gaming when there are women around.
The PS3 would be for serious gaming. That is if I will be able to buy one easily and if there is a game for it that I must buy (most people actually decide based on the game).

The killer application for me is probably Armored Core 4 . Provided that the controls are improved since the last version I bought for PS2. Also, I’ll have to see how it compares graphically between the XBox 360 and the PS3. I’m definitely not buying two versions of the same game !

I guess I pretty much don’t give a shit about cute games. I like my giant robot and racing games. Variety is good, but giant robots are better 8)

Posted by Davide Pasca as Society, Diary, USA, Videogames at 5:10 AM EST

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This is so dumb…
The majority of USA citizens managed to approve a war that was obviously filled with lies from the start.
Most opposition approved it as well just because they feared that they would sound too clueless if by any chance Bush was right about WMD, and generally wanted to share the merit of a possible splendid outcome.
The people were with their Master in Chief.

Democrats then, slowly started opposing war as things obviously weren’t going as planned and WMD were nowhere to be found.
This wasn’t enough because Americans, once again, managed to vote for Bush !!!

Now Americans don’t like the war in Iraq ! They say they don’t like their mostly brainwashed either gun-loving or “too poor to get an education” youngsters to die …albeit at a much slower rate than Iraqi..
They voted Democrat because they wanted to punish Bush. But who is going to punish their dumbness ? They voted Bush once (give or take some stolen vote) and then once again well into the Iraq mess.

I understand that people are easily manipulated by the media, and various advertisements.. but ignorance generally isn’t a good excuse.

I vote against the clueless voters of the US of A.

Posted by Davide Pasca as Society, USA, Politics at 9:25 AM EST

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