Motorstorm Apocalypse Is The Reason PS3 Will Own The Competition

3D Is coming and Sony isn’t messing around. Motorstorm Apocalypse will change everyone’s mindset on how powerful 3D is and how much it makes the overall performance of a game better even when your not in 3D mode.

Once Sony release this 3D update and gamers get involved, 3D Blu-Ray and 3D Games will easily be in the forefront making Playstation 3 virtually unstoppable.

The 3D experience that was once thought of as only a luxury will soon become a need amongst the hardcore gaming crowd so stay tuned.

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  1. Simply Realistic says:

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    it seem that HHG is a little schizophrenic or Bi-Polar or something

    1 day it’s “here why xbox will do this” ..etc and the next “here why the PS3 will do this”..etc

    there nothing wrong with this title im going to say that, well, it’s not as bad as it’s been but whatever

    anyway, i dont care i wont be getting a 3d tv in like another 5 years or so when it’s tested for it’s long term effects

  2. Man_Of_The_Year says:

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    “OFFICIAL: 3D Is Not A Gimmick, Motorstorm Is The Reason PS3 Will Own The Competition”

    - Pro Sony Article by HipHopGamer

    “PS3 outsold 360 by 4 million in past 12 months”

    - Pro Sony Article by playstationuniversity.com

    “Kinect No Good for Air Combat Games – Ubisoft”

    - Negative MS Article by computerandvideogames.com

    “Sony: Killzone 3 Welcomes The Challenge Of Gears 3, “We Love Epic Games” Very Deep Interview Must See”

    - Pro Sony Article by HipHopGamer.

    All on the FIRST page of the HipHopGamerShow website.

    “Sony to Post Profit — Nikkei”

    - Pro Sony Article by andriasang.com

    “Kratos Is Back God Of War 3 Isn’t Finished Yet More To Come Soon HHGS 7/25/10″

    - Pro Sony Article by HipHopGamer

    “Microsoft To Release Halo Reach Xbox 360 Bundle For $399″

    - Pro MS article about MS by VG247

    All found on the 2nd page of the HipHopGamerShow website

    “EA: PlayStation Move Can Save Tiger Woods”
    Quote in article “That’s right, PlayStation Move will save the day.”

    - Pro Sony article by spong.com

    “Sony Release’s Comic-Con Preview Of inFAMOUS 2″

    - Pro Sony article DIRECTLY from Sony

    “Netflix’s To Go Disc less For PS3 This Fall”
    Quote in article “So PS3 is catching up with Xbox 360 in all sorts of ways now, with console sales and making the system accessible to everyone with MOVE.”

    - Pro Sony article by …. unknown

    “Microsoft store confirms 6ft of space needed to play Kinect”

    - Negative MS article by videogamereign.com

    “Sony Reveals The Truth About Letting Microsoft Have Kinect”

    - Positive Sony Article by HipHopGamer

    All articles found on the 3rd page of the HipHopGamerShow

    “Kinect tech ‘improving every day’ – Mizuguchi”

    - Negative MS article by computerandvideogames.com

    “Sony Releases Term Of Services And User Agreement After Going Into Effect”

    - Negative Sony article by unknown

    “Microsoft Reveal Kinect Price And Announce New SKU”

    - Article only announces the price of the new 360 S

    All articles found on the 4th page of the HipHopGamerShow

    “SCEA and Codename Join Forces on PlayStation Home”

    - Pro Sony article by thegameraccess.com

    “Molyneux: 360?s Best is yet to come”

    - Positive MS article by computerandvideogames.com

    “$199 PS3 This Year? Sony Puts The Pressure On Kinect And 360 HHGS 7/18/10″

    - Pro Sony article by TheHipHopGamerShow

    All articles found on the 5th page of the HipHopGamerShow
    ______________________________________________________________________

    So lets do a recap of the articles found on the “Gaming Site” TheHipHopGamerShow shall we…

    5/5 articles/vidicles created by HHG within the 1st 5 pages of his site are Pro Sony/ Anti MS And we as gamers should take him seriously? I don’t think it’s smart to follow the myopic views of a fanboy as they always have a tenancy to be bias.

    Ok I know what you are thinking, you are thinking “well that is just his work, I am sure there is plenty of other articles that give the site balance so that it can look like a neutral site run by a guy who we as gamers can get out gaming information from that isn’t bias”.

    Ok lets take a look at the balance of the site which is a DIRECT REPRESENTATION of the person who runs it….

    11/18 articles are Pro Sony = 61%

    Ok so now you are thinking, thats not bad, that just means that the other 39% is Pro MS then….well lets take a look shall we….

    2/18 articles are Pro MS = 11%

    Ok, so now you are questioning my Math. Now you are thinking “MOTY obviously you don’t know what you are talking about, your percentages don’t even come close to 100% when you add them together, you are still missing 28%”. Well there is a reason for that. And here it is….

    3/18 articles are negative MS = 16%

    while

    1/18 articles are negative PS3 = 6%

    and

    1/18 articles is a neutral MS = 6%

    I did this because I see ONCE AGAIN another Pro Sony Title that Torrence had to change in order for it to be posted on TheBitBag.

    How ANYONE can take HHG serious boggles my mind. His site is a Pro Sony site with nothing more than his constant brigade of Positive Sony ball rubbing and Negative MS dirt kicking propaganda.

    Torrence Keep up the good work with changing the titles. I just wish you would live up to your comments about “Righteous Zealots” or “RIGZ” like you say and stop posting the clear views of such a outspoken Fanboy who uses his vidicles as a means to promote his devotion to Sony.

    Sorry for the long post, but this is starting to become very annoying when like clockwork, Torrence is once again changing the titles of HHG’s articles, and then all the PS3/HHG ball rubbers jump all over Torrence because of his actions.

    End rant.

    • SixAmpFuze says:

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      Do u think he and all Sony die hards got drippy penis when he proof read his “ps3 is only 3.8 behind the xbox”.?

    • Simply Realistic says:

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      You know whats so funny about all this, the people who likes him the least are PS3 fanboys, and he posting pro sony news, that when you know he’s just an annoying little guy who just exaggerate things

      And what is even worst about everything, he had the nerve to call IGN biased for them giving GOW:3 a bad presentation score, while he(a ps3 fanboy) gave the game like a 15/10

      Look i know IGN is biased, but it’s just ironic when HHG calls someone else bias, that’s like Pinocchio calling someone else a liar

      He bitched on Warzone a while back about how sony shouldn’t give site like IGN early access because they always give it a bad score, the whole point of that it, if you can at least get site like IGN and Gamespot(site known for giving lower ps3 scores) give you a good score, then they know they have a hit game,

      he’s jst a hypocryte because he wants more free games and would give them all good score to do so

    • UsCoMmAnDeR says:

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      Wasnt MOTY banned? Why does what HHG get u so butthurt?

      • Man_Of_The_Year says:

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        Well coming from a self proclaimed Sony Fanboy, I can understand why you choose to have someone continually waiving the SONY IS #1 banner. But I just gave you examples of how biased he is. He doesn’t have a gaming site. He has a site full of propaganda. He sensationalizes anything that is Pro Sony.

        I find it funny how you don’t like the things I say, and call me an Xbot yet when I point out HHG’s CLEAR bias towards SONY using FACTS straight from his own site….you don’t have a problem with it.

        Like I said, how can you trust an opinion from a fanboy? UsCoMmAnDeR do you trust my opinion? But yet you stick up for HHG’s opinion. And what’s worse is that on a continuous basis, HHG has been proven time and time again that he hasn’t researched his info. He uses words like “fact” and “proof” and “official” when he has NOTHING to back up those claims. You, just like the rest of the blind following myopic SONY followers give HHG a free pass with his piss poor opinions based off of NOTHING but his own personal Pro Sony agenda yet you are all so eager to call out anyone as an XBOT if they simply prove that HHG is incorrect.

        So long as HHG continues with his Pro Sony brigade, I will always call him out on it. So instead of being upset with me because I point out his inconsistencies, why don’t you help and try and get HHG to learn something about proper Journalism ethics.

      • palaeomerus says:

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        I think it was Otherzinc who was banned. I think OOG said it was for two weeks.

  3. Daxter241 says:

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    whats the point of highlighting and hyping up 3d technology when no one has it yet and it being too expensive for the everyday/ “hardcore” gamer to afford?

    also, people aren’t going to be buying motorstorm 3d because its in 3d, they’ll buy it because its motorstorm

    just saying….

  4. Iceberg32 says:

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    Same people crying about the same shit !! Anyways back to the topic of the vidicle. I didn’t really care for the other Motorstorm games but with all the chaos going on in this one, it looks pretty sick! Hopefuly we get a demo cause I want to try this one out.

  5. SixAmpFuze says:

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    I love motorstorm but the 3d doesn’t do shot for
    Me. 3d in my eyes isn’t proven yet for gaming. I’m sure in some cases it can work well but from what I’ve heard on my sites the 3d in motorstorm works only when standing still because when shut is falling u don’t really notice it because u r moving so fast.

    Update
    Just noticed my iPhone changed shit to shot again :( . Why does it hate me?

  6. selfsurf says:

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    it’s official is it now?

    Get
    The
    Fuck
    Out

    • palaeomerus says:

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      No no no! The important central question we must all ask about Motorstorm Apocalypse* and 3D is:

      is it uh…..Oh My GOD, off the $#@$ing hook?

      Or is it merely fire? Son?

      * (If it had a bunch of extra-wooly lamas in it would be called Motorstorm: Alpacalypse?)

  7. Daytripper says:

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    Enjoyed the video but I think HHG is going on about the wrong game in terms of the quality it will bring, I gave him a tip two months ago on here to research whats going on at Sony Studio Liverpool UK and yesterday:

    http://www.vg247.com/2010/07/29/studio-liverpool-hiring-for-new-project-mentions-3rd1st-person-action/

    they are making two games, a “uncharted” futuristic setting style game codenamed “The Protector” and a new Wipeout, which from what I’ve been told is fucking top dollar. Sadly he didnt bother to even check this out, nevermind.

    As for all the Pro-Sony stuff, I can understand where people are coming from with this in a way, it excites me in that I play PS3 aswell as DS and 360 so I look forward to whats coming but another feeling in me is that it reeks of over the top promotion for one machine over the others and looks a bit silly especially when he calls himself “Gamer”. Annoying to me is that he denies it when someone says hes a ps3 lover or whatever, I’d have more respect for him if he came out and was honest about it all because its obvious from what I have read and I think part of it is propoganda.

    Sorry about “the novel” type post.

  8. SixAmpFuze says:

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    I loved the first ms on Ps3 but I think the promotion of 3d is getting a little much. I don’t see people rushing out to buy a new $1400+ tv for 3d. I know for a fact I wouldnt

  9. leejohnson222 says:

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    No disrespect at all, but i think you have named the wrong game here,
    if any game will push the console and sony sales its GT5, we have sony down at our store tomorrow as our store has been open 10 years and they are bringing gt5 and move to let customers play and giving out games as part of a fastest lap competition. we have had more pre orders and more interest in this game, than halo reach, kinect, move and call of duty black ops and black ops will wipe the floor (sales wise) with all games this year aside from gt5 globally overall. as for being a good game i dont think COD will be a good game, its strange how an 18 rated game is played mainly by children under 15 years old, halo is also tired for me.
    motorstorm 3 looks very good, kind of a blend of split second and burnout really, but GT5 is the truth

  10. Man_Of_The_Year says:

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    @leejohnson222

    I agree with you that GT5 is the game to be looking out for and not Motorstorm.

    But I don’t agree that GT5 “globally” will outsell Halo Reach Globally.

    But only time will tell. Looking forward to how each game is received and purchased. I for one am getting GT5 and Halo Reach…LOL the advantages of owning both systems, I get to play the best of BOTH worlds.

    Edit – Not sure why it posted under you as a new comment, I clicked on the reply button. Good ol’ Bitbag.

    • UsCoMmAnDeR says:

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      Every GT game besides Prologue has outsold Halo 3. So your argument hold no weight.

      • Man_Of_The_Year says:

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        Are you serious? I mean really are you serious? My argument holds no weight?

        Ok UsCoMmAnDeR it’s time for school. Sit down and learn something since it’s clear this is your first gen of gaming.

        The GT series since day 1 has had ZERO, ZILCH, NADA competition on any console. GT was the ONLY game closest to a SIM racing game on the market. This continued up until Forza 1 was released on the Xbox. If you wanted a driving game, you bought GT.

        PS1 release date 1994 (100 million units sold)
        GT1 release date 1997 – 10.85 Million (2 years on the market until GT 2 came out)
        GT2 release date 1999 – 9.37 million

        Playstation 2 release date 2000(140 million units sold)
        GT3 A-Spec release date 2000 – 14.89 million
        GT4 release date 2005 – 10.55 million

        Playstation 3 release date 2006 (38.1 million units sold)
        GT5: Prologue release date 2008 (3.81 million units sold)

        Xbox 360 release date 2005 (41.5 million units sold)
        Halo 3 release date 2007 – 11.08 million

        So I hope I haven’t lost you yet. The ONLY GT game to beat Halo 3 in sales was GT3 A-Spec at 14.89 million units. And again there was NO COMPETITION on the market at the time AND there were over 100 MILLION PS2 consoles on the market. Halo 3 has sold 11.08 million with ONLY 41.5 million consoles on the market. That is less than HALF the amount of PS2′s that were on the market during the release of GT 3 AND the difference in sales was only 3.81 million units. And lets not forget that Halo 3 is in the hottest genre right now while GT 5 is in an over saturated genre now where it wasn’t before until Forza came out.

        Bottom line, GT will do well but the PS3 only has 38.1 million consoles on the market and will probably hit 43 million by end of year. As of right now REACH is destroying GT5 in pre orders. All the data is right there on the internet if you choose to do some research. GT5 will do around 9 – 10 million lifetime and that is assuming (and a rather large assumption) that the PS3 will sell at least 100 million units this gen. That means Halo 3 would have beat GT5 in sales and with the current pre order predictions right now, it’s more than a safe bet to assume Reach will beat GT 5 in total overall lifetime global sales.

        There’s your weight right there bro. Lets hear your counter argument. What are your predictions and show me the research you did to come up with it.

        • UsCoMmAnDeR says:

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          My counter argument is that is a bitch and I would love to Jay and Silent Bob your ass. I dont care if I get banned for saying this but Fuck You. You think by typing long ass posts on THE FUCKIN INTERNET YOU ARE SOME GOD.

          Reality check buddy. Your a middleaged loser who has nothing better to do than bitch and whine.

          HHG may push pro Sony but whats the difference. Your always pushin MS so it should cancel out.

          Your an asshole.

          • Man_Of_The_Year says:

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            ” I dont care if I get banned for saying this but Fuck You.”

            - I guess you’re upset that you don’t like FACTS that counter your “OPINION”.

            “You think by typing long ass posts on THE FUCKIN INTERNET YOU ARE SOME GOD.”

            - You said “Every GT game besides Prologue has outsold Halo 3. So your argument hold no weight.” but didn’t have the time to ACTUALLY RESEARCH that claim before you made it. Didn’t it at least click in your head that MAYBE you were not sure about that opinion before you posted it? I mean the information was 1 click away. You are a perfect example of a loyal fanboy. YOU don’t want to research the truth, you just want to listen to the other fanboys and what ever they say is truth so then you go around saying the same mis-informed BS. AND THIS IS WHY I ALWAYS CALL OUT HHG’s BS because people like you will take what he says as truth when in many cases it’s just an opinion that hasn’t even been researched presented as FACT.

            “Reality check buddy. Your a middleaged loser who has nothing better to do than bitch and whine.”

            - I’m a loser because I research my shit and don’t spread mis-information to mindless fanboys who can’t research the information themselves? LOL you need to serious reconsider what a loser is.

            “HHG may push pro Sony but whats the difference. Your always pushin MS so it should cancel out.”

            - Really? So using FACTS to educate those who make outlandish claims like “Every GT game besides Prologue has outsold Halo 3. So your argument hold no weight.” is now being a fanboy? You were willing to believe that comment without even researching the truth. It’s YOU that is the fanboy. Just because someone doesn’t agree with your Sony ignorance doesn’t make them a MS fanboy. You’re the last person to be pointing fingers calling someone a fanboy, and at least I own both consoles.

            “Your an asshole.”

            - The last desperate grasp from someone who has realized he was wrong but doesn’t want to admit it. And it’s “you’re” not “your”.

            Look on the brightside UsCoMmAnDeR, at least now you learned something and are not going to go around spreading your ignorance to others who are just as blind and incapable of researching the answers themselves.

            I don’t think you should be banned because of your comment….I think you being humbled in front of everyone on these threads and shown just how much you really are a blind follower is more than enough punishment. :)

          • palaeomerus says:

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            Looks like UsCoMmAnDeR must have shit his pants somewhere on the way to making his point. LOL.

        • Simply Realistic says:

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          That’s not even a real comparison, because GT: prologue wasn’t even suppose to be released, but the game was taking so long, and the fans were asking for it so much, PD decided to make a game that would give them an appetite

          GT: prologue didn’t have to sell 10 million, neither did PD expect it to, the best thing that came out of them releasing it, is they had more money to add to GT:5′s budget

          I know many people(including myself) who didn’t buy GT:P just for the fact that it wasn’t a full fledge GT game

          UsCoMmAnDeR could’ve said this, but he was to busy being a fanboy

          don’t compare GT:P to Halo 3 okay, it’s not an equal comparison

          • palaeomerus says:

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            Compare GT:Prologue to Halo3:ODST then.

          • Man_Of_The_Year says:

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            GT5: P – cost $40, units sold – 3.81 million – Release date April 2008

            ODST – cost $60, units sold – 5.46 million – Release date Sept 09

            So ODST was released 18 months AFTER Prologue was released AND was $20 MORE at launch and so far has sold 1.65 million MORE units than GT5: Prologue.

            And people still think that GT5 is going to sell more units than HALO 3 let alone Halo Reach….

            Numbers are fun. Nothing like a good ol’ fashion game of Market Forecasting with a little factual data at your fingertips.

            LOL sorry, couldn’t resist.

          • Simply Realistic says:

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            Once again Halo:ODST was a full scale game,

            and do you know why Halo:DST sold so much, That’s because Bungie Promise the Halo:Reach Beta if you get it,

            So Man Of The Year really, your comparisons are nonsense

            Halo:ODST wasn’t even that great, most of the peopl on my friend list who had it, I asked them is it good, you know what they said “It’s Alright, But i get to be in the REACH BETA”

            Bungie didn’t even want to do ODST, and they could’ve release it last summer instead of the fall, you know why they didn’t, because Microsoft wanted something for the holidays,

            So stop with the bullshit, the only reason it sold because they promised the REACH BETA , ODST didnt even get Halo:3 type reviews

          • Man_Of_The_Year says:

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            @ Simply Realistic

            What a SAD and PATHETIC attempt at countering my argument.

            “Once again Halo:ODST was a full scale game,”
            - So a FULL PRICED GAME sold better than a cheaper priced demo of arguable the most anticipated game for the PS3….

            “Halo:ODST wasn’t even that great, most of the peopl on my friend list who had it, I asked them is it good, you know what they said “It’s Alright, But i get to be in the REACH BETA””
            - so a game that wan’t even that great sold 1.65 million more units than a cheap demo of arguable the most anticipated game for the PS3…
            - 2 million online unique players played in the Halo: Reach Beta…so what about the other 3.46 million people that bought ODST and DIDN’T play in the BETA?

            “Bungie didn’t even want to do ODST, and they could’ve release it last summer instead of the fall, you know why they didn’t, because Microsoft wanted something for the holidays,”
            - And this comment means what? What does this have ANYTHING to do with the differences in units sold between ODST and GT5: P? Your comment is a pathetic comment. You don’t think Sony wanted PD to release GT5:P to the public so that there was something out?

            “So stop with the bullshit, the only reason it sold because they promised the REACH BETA , ODST didnt even get Halo:3 type reviews”

            ODST WAS’T a typical Halo game. It was a side story and lacked the online multiplayer that Halo had. ODST was NOT a full game. Like I stated above, over 5 million copies sold, and only 2 million played the BETA, so what’s with the other 3 million. Maybe they bought it because they wanted it and didn’t care if they were in the BETA.

            My comments are FACTUAL and not full of shit fanboyism like your pathetic rebuttal. I use actual facts. You have make no argument and the only sources you used was “you talking to your friends”. LOL GTFO.

  11. Iceberg32 says:

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    3D gaming doesn’t mean much to me right now because I won’t be purchasing a 3D t.v. for another 2 years or so. I don’t get why people are bitchin and complaining about it like you have to play in 3D. You have the option to play in 3D if you want to. It’s like people are complaining because they want to try 3D gaming but they know they don’t have the money to purchase a 3D t.v. (I don’t myself at this time) so they bitch about because at this time it’s not in alot of peoples buget to purchase what’s needed for 3D viewing. All major t.v. manufacturers are making 3D t.v.’s because it’s an option they are giving their consumers. I went to Best Buy and got a demo of a 3D t.v. and the shit was tight ! It was way better then what you get in the theater and one of the fist things I thought about was I wounder how games would look. If they look anything like what I saw then in my opinion 3D gaming will be SICK !!

    • palaeomerus says:

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      I want to know if 3D games will cost more and making everything 3D isn’t a stealthy way to increase game prices (probably by $10), just like making a normal movie a 3D movie at the last raises ticket prices (like Clash of the Titans).

      • Iceberg32 says:

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        I hope they don’t raise the price of games for an option that you might not use. It would be stupid of them to raise the price of the games since games are already exspensive as it is. Movie tickets for 3D movies cost more because you have to pay to rent the glasses, your not paying more for the movie it’s self.

  12. SixAmpFuze says:

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    @palaeromerus

    Good point!! Will 3d games cost more just lime 3d movies do?
    I never thought about that

    • Daytripper says:

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      Only way I see that happening is if they do a bundle with a pair of themed glasses, like Wipeout with glasses done with pretty drawings of the vehicles and tracks on it, that sort of thing.

      • Man_Of_The_Year says:

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        EA is already looking into charging for the 3D feature. I posted the link just above. Sucks to be us having to pay extra for a feature in a game that the majority of the gaming community won’t be able to utilize unless you spend the money for a new 3DTV.

        ALL PRAISE SONY FOR THEIR INNOVATIVE NEW GAMING FEATURE….3D GAMING.

        • UsCoMmAnDeR says:

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          EA is always looking for cheap dirty tricks to earn more money. Look in the psn store alone. They have dlc out for games that arent even out yet. I mean they are even charging people to buy items that can be unlocked by playing the game.

          Charging a premium for 3d will likely fail and force publisher to not charge extra.

          • Man_Of_The_Year says:

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            I disagree. Developers will see that if people have the money to buy 3DTV’s, then they must have the money to pay for the feature in the games. What’s an extra $10 in each 3D game compared to the couple thousand you spend on your brand new 3DTV?

            I think developers will follow suit and all PS3 3D games will cost more.

  13. CHOZINWON says:

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    I remember when everyone said “Blu-Ray will fail”, “Blu-Ray is too expensive” and “nobody will buy a $2,000 HDTV to enjoy Blu-Ray”.

    Just saying.

    • SixAmpFuze says:

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      This is true to a point. Bluray maybe the hd media but it’s still not talking off like DVDs did. Also the quality difference between bluray and DVD isn’t like
      It was when we went from
      VHS to DVD .

      As for people buying herbs well going from a crt/ tube tv to a HDTV has many advantages besides hd. I have a 36″ jvc tv that weighs 190lbs and takes of 3 feet in width and almost 30″ in depth. My HDTV in my other room is a 40″ weighing 40lbs and is on the wall. I also doubt most people want to keep upgrading tbs every 2 years because someone developed new tech.years ago I went to pc Richards and they had a $30,000 40″ plasma now they are $1000 and working the past 6 yrs we’ve had plasma, LCD 60 lcd120 lcd240 led now 3d tech is
      Moving too fast for our economy. I want to get a new 40″ to replace my 36 jvc tube but I’m hesitant because new tech keeps getting developed I don’t want to missout. I’m sure most people who are now videophiles feel the same way

      • OOG says:

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        agreed @ u Sixamp….

        You cant compare blu ray and 3d…

        Eventually when the tech gets better and tv prices continue to drop… more and more 3d tvs will be bought and the households with it will increase… thats just the natural flow of things because eventually most tvs will be 3d capable not because people want 3d.

        Its just like 60hz vs 120 etc… 60 is just getting phased out more and more because the tech for 120 and up is cheaper and those tvs usually carry better stats and tech such as more hdmi slots or higher contrast and quicker response times etc.

        • CHOZINWON says:

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          I beg to differ. They can be compared. This is the same exact situation.

          • Man_Of_The_Year says:

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            I agree this is the same situation.

            But OOG is right. Except for saying that this can’t be compared.

            3DTV’s is new, expensive tech. Like you said CHOZINWON, “This is the same exact situation.” HDTV’s have now just been hitting the mainstream due to it’s lower cost. And how long has HDTV’s been on the market? The first Plasma TV came out around 1997. In about 13 years, the average consumer is just now upgrading due to the low cost of an HDTV. So, like you said, “this is the same exact situation” 3DTV’s will not hit the mainstream until the prices for 3DTV’s come down, and like you said “this is the same exact situation” it will take about 10 – 15 years till 3DTV become the next TV the average consumer will upgrade their HDTV’s to.

  14. leejohnson222 says:

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    just had sony in our store to demo gran turismo and move on a debug unit, wow let me tell you move is crazy acurrate the table tennis and fighting game are sick,im not keen on motion but they are certainly taking up a step from the wii that is clear from getting hands on with move.
    and gran turismo is easily gonna be the biggest selling game this year, (globally). just think about japan they love the game and they are not big on shooters or xboxs in general.
    of course the kiddie COD will sell like its going out of fashion.
    but quantity doesnt mean quality, not that the game wont be good, but its the same re-harshed game each year.

  15. Jon Sitzman says:

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    Wow, HHG hate. :p

    Leaving all that aside: hopefully being totally independent of any fanboy console partisanship, I am EXTREMELY resentful of the growing 3D wave. I bought my first HDTV less than 5 years ago, my second one LESS THAN ONE YEAR ago, and already the entertainment industry is telling me these units are outdated? I’d like to add that the work I do for this website is only “paid” in that the review software is given to us, there is NO monetary compensation. I work 40-60 hours every week to contribute to my family’s budget, and each of the two HDTVs I mentioned was a significant investment that took time to work into the budget. Now the leading electronics brands want me to repurchase? Yes, I’m aware I don’t HAVE to spend my money on anything new; the point I’m making is that technology’s lifecycle seems so much shorter.

    This is basically an old person’s rant. I hope it makes some sense!

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