Impressions - Sony E3 Press Conference
May 08, 2006

From everything that was shown (from the eye candy that was Final Fantasy XIII, Metal Gear Solid 4, Gran Turismo, and most everything else), I thought the most impressive event was the Playstation 3 controller. If not to balance the field with Nintendo's own controller, the six-degree-of-movement controller should be an intuitive user interface - though, besides controlling airplanes, I'm not sure how applicable this will be (outside the scope that the Revolution's - sorry, Wii's - controller has) but we will just have to see. I also hope that this feature is optional, at least in-game, because I surmise that it would be draining on the hands, wrist, and arms to have to continually swing the controller around. Last, the Playstation 3 will be arriving in full blast for a cost of $499 US (20 GB) or $599 US (60 GB) on November 17. Why do we have to wait so long? *Flings both arms into the sky*

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joseph_valencia joseph_valencia - May 08, 2006 (08:29 PM)
Sony deserves props for doing away with the Boomerang. $500-$600 is rather steep, though.
draqq_zyxx draqq_zyxx - May 08, 2006 (09:07 PM)
I suppose they might be factoring in more than two years worth of online service - to compensate for the $100 difference with Xbox and its Xbox Live functionality.

But anyway, I don't know how many of us will be actually purchasing the system at launch.
janus janus - May 09, 2006 (06:36 AM)
60GB sounds like a lot, but they haven't provided any online details yet. However, keeping the dual shock controller is a smart idea, even with this six degrees of movement nonsense. £599 is steep for a console, though, especially considering that they haven't announced any interesting games.

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