Sony is blurring the line between videogames and reality. (Very good read)

Wow, the PLAYSTATION 3 is truly amazing indeed. From its awesome Blu-Ray disc drive to its exceptionally powerful Cell Broadband Engine and Reality Synthesizer GPU working in perfect harmony, it is evident that Sony intended for the PLAYSTATION 3 to go beyond all expectations.

I recently had a chance to sit down and watch a video of a new game developed exclusively for the PLAYSTATION 3 by an impressive developer, Naughty Dog, called Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. The video I'm referring to is the first 10 minutes of the game, including both cinematic scenes and some gameplay. After I watched the video, I was in complete disbelief and shock. The beginning cinematic was so immersive, I thought I was watching a movie. One of the head developers for Uncharted: Drake's Fortune mentioned that the game was only possible thanks in part to the expansive canvas Sony has provided through the Blu-Ray disc medium. I finally understood what he was saying. When the pirates began boarding the ship and the actual game kicked into gear, I thought I was dreaming.

Sony has taught me that our eyes can be very deceptive. I honestly thought I was watching a movie and wondered what Nathan would have to do to get out of the current situation he was in. The pirates were boarding the ship and all he had was a gun. I was more scared than he was, it was as if I was really on that boat. This is where I slowly began to realize that Sony truly has built a supercomputer and their expectations are VERY high, much higher than its current competition, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft.

The level of immersiveness I found while watching the first 10 minutes of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune were enough to convince me that Sony is blurring the line between videogaming and reality. Those wierd commercials Sony put out early on during the release of the PLAYSTATION 3 make sense, Sony is now taking you to a world where there are no boundaries, you can be an assassin, an adventurer looking for lost gold, a dragon, a football player, basketball player, soldier, a 17th century heroin, and everything in between. Sony really is providing a level of immersion border-lining virtual reality.

What's scary is that this is only the first year of Sony. Imagine the line between gaming and reality in a few years with the PLAYSTATION 3. I'm excited, are you?

once again, stoped reading after the first line

your cow-ish trolling is boring and your 'good read' is pathetic

sony is not bluring anything

the only system bluring the lines is the PC, namely Crysis

and yes, it is miles ahaid of any ps3 game and 360 game

Now I get it TC.

U were first a Cow then turned and became a somewhat more neutral and said good things about the 360 and bought and questioned the PS3 then out of nowhere in a snap ur back to doing ur old ways times 10.

Guys this isn't serious I know he says he is but read between the lines and look at these new posts really.... he's pushing so much and going over the top.

TC next time u wanna fake it and etc... dont be SO over the top with it, its too obvious now

Please just stop putting "good read" on your topic titles. It's very misleading.Platyphyllum

i agree. i am always disappointed

[QUOTE="Platyphyllum"]Please just stop putting "good read" on your topic titles. It's very misleading.Ninja_Dog

i agree. i am always disappointed

He advertises his thread just like Sony advertised the PS3: promised much, but totally under delivers

[QUOTE="Platyphyllum"]Please just stop putting "good read" on your topic titles. It's very misleading.Ninja_Dog

i agree. i am always disappointed

[QUOTE="Platyphyllum"]Please just stop putting "good read" on your topic titles. It's very misleading.Ninja_Dog

i agree. i am always disappointed

I concur, these posts that claim "Good Read", yet fail to prove anything valid or non-fanboyish.

To all the naysayers, why don't you go after the actual content, not the "good read" part? Honestly, I make a valid point, why not attack my argument? This is SW, let's discuss the topic at hand.SergeantSnitch

Would you really want to be 17th century heroin? Why not early 70's heroin?JiveT

[QUOTE="JiveT"]Would you really want to be 17th century heroin? Why not early 70's heroin?SergeantSnitch

But then I wouldn't get to make a lame joke.

I thought you had Uncharted already.

Please just stop putting "good read" on your topic titles. It's very misleading.Platyphyllum

Lol, i dunno, ill remember this post for awhile, very funny. Calling the ps3 a supercomputer? lol, and whats funny is he was serious. It amazing what Sony has accomplished, its almost like they have brainwashed playstation fans.

To all the naysayers, why don't you go after the actual content, not the "good read" part? Honestly, I make a valid point, why not attack my argument? This is SW, let's discuss the topic at hand.SergeantSnitch

Valid point? All you did was make a fool of yourself. I seriously hope you don't truly think that for your own good, it almost sounded like you were trying to sell the ps3, and what i mean by that is none of it was true.

What's scary is that this is only the first year of Sony. Imagine the line between gaming and reality in a few years with the PLAYSTATION 3. I'm excited, are you?

SergeantSnitch

Does he realise that you are not able to up-grade the ps3s hardware?? Why do people think there will be a huge leap in graphics on consoles? Developers are going to take advantage of the consoles but considering half the games already out have terrible framerates i cant see a huge improvement in years to come, games like uncharted and gears of war are nearing the peak when it comes to graphics.