Post by vinitwins on Nov 21, 2006 9:37:51 GMT 6
www.nytimes.com/2006/11/20/arts/20game.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print
Some excerpts:
PlayStation 3 system is surprisingly clunky to use and simply does not provide many basic functions that users have come to expect, especially online
“What’s weird is that the PS3 was originally supposed to come out in the spring, and here it came out in the fall, and it still doesn’t feel finished,” Christopher Grant, managing editor of Joystiq, one of the world’s biggest video-game blogs
When I reviewed the 360 last year, I wrote: “Twelve minutes after opening the box, I had created my nickname, was in a game of Quake 4 and thought, ‘This can’t be this easy.’ ”
With the PS3, 12 minutes after opening the box I realized that Sony inexplicably does not include cables to connect the machine to a high-definition television.
Then, before you are even using the PS3, you have to connect the “wireless” controller to the base unit with a USB cable so they can recognize each other.
Sure, you can plug in your digital music player and the PS3 will play the tunes. But as soon as you go into a game, the music stops.
In the PS3’s online store (which feels like a slow Web page) you can access movie trailers and trial versions of new games, but when you actually download the 600-megabyte files, you’ll be stuck watching a progress bar crawl across the screen for 20 or 40 minutes. (AND HOURS FOR THOSE ON SLOWER CONNECTIONS)
On the PlayStation 3 most games have their own separate friends list and some have no friends function at all.
As a practical matter, given the limited quantities Sony has been able to manufacture, the PlayStation 3 will surely remain sold out throughout the holiday season. If you can’t find one, don’t fret. Sony still has a lot of work to do. As Mr. Grant of Joystiq put it: “Maybe in six months it’ll be finished.
V
Some excerpts:
PlayStation 3 system is surprisingly clunky to use and simply does not provide many basic functions that users have come to expect, especially online
“What’s weird is that the PS3 was originally supposed to come out in the spring, and here it came out in the fall, and it still doesn’t feel finished,” Christopher Grant, managing editor of Joystiq, one of the world’s biggest video-game blogs
When I reviewed the 360 last year, I wrote: “Twelve minutes after opening the box, I had created my nickname, was in a game of Quake 4 and thought, ‘This can’t be this easy.’ ”
With the PS3, 12 minutes after opening the box I realized that Sony inexplicably does not include cables to connect the machine to a high-definition television.
Then, before you are even using the PS3, you have to connect the “wireless” controller to the base unit with a USB cable so they can recognize each other.
Sure, you can plug in your digital music player and the PS3 will play the tunes. But as soon as you go into a game, the music stops.
In the PS3’s online store (which feels like a slow Web page) you can access movie trailers and trial versions of new games, but when you actually download the 600-megabyte files, you’ll be stuck watching a progress bar crawl across the screen for 20 or 40 minutes. (AND HOURS FOR THOSE ON SLOWER CONNECTIONS)
On the PlayStation 3 most games have their own separate friends list and some have no friends function at all.
As a practical matter, given the limited quantities Sony has been able to manufacture, the PlayStation 3 will surely remain sold out throughout the holiday season. If you can’t find one, don’t fret. Sony still has a lot of work to do. As Mr. Grant of Joystiq put it: “Maybe in six months it’ll be finished.
V