PlayStation 3 play Xbox games?

[canadateck]

My wife was in future shop the other day and that's what one of the salesman told her. I'm not really into gaming, but was thinking about upgrading my PlayStation 2. From what I can find on the net I don't think it's true?

Thanks

[lumis]

complete and utter bullshit.

[canadateck]

That's what I thought thanks for clarifying.

[Supreme2k]

If lumis can hack my computer with his sig, then PS3 can obviously play XBox.

Also, I'll be glad when PS3 comes out. I'm tired of the confusion of:
"Do you have a ps/2 mouse?"
"No, I don't have a p(lay)s(tation) 2. I only gots a computer."

[Cobra]

It would be interesting if they did play XBox games. Like supermarkets accepting gift vouchers from competitors (as some of them do).

However, would Microsoft be very happy about that?

Also, what I'd be interested in is if the PS3 can play Blu-Ray video discs. If it can, surely that must mean that they've finalised the format and all the DRM associated with it. I wonder what it's going to be like?

[yoda313]

@ Cobra - yes apparently the P3 will be shipped with a bluray player.

As for the ps3 playing xbox games - YEAH RIGHT!

[RottenFoxBreath]

cant beleive that even entered your head.
as if that would happen,ever.pmsl.
one thing the ps3 has going for it is the inbuilt cost of new console +integrated bluray player.
thatll get into a lot of homes quick.

[ViRaL1]

Next thing you know we'll have MacOS running on Intel chips.

Seriously, it's not going to happen. Wouldn't M$ have to release the source code to Sony? It might play the old PS2 games, but not XBOX.

[tgpo]

Turns out the XBOX 360 can't even play XBOX 360 games without bursting into flames, so the PS3 is out of the question.

[VCDHunter]

Turns out the XBOX 360 can't even play XBOX 360 games without bursting into flames, so the PS3 is out of the question.

I like the guys at Ubisoft saying if you are getting the King Kong game get it for the PS2 as the XBOX360 version is too dark to play on a normal TV. Apparently they did all the testing on HD TVs and when played on a normal TV certain scenes are too dark to be playable.

[Craig Tucker]

complete and utter bullshit.

Come on lumis, dont sit on the fence

[yoda313]

Apparently they did all the testing on HD TVs and when played on a normal TV certain scenes are too dark to be playable.

Can't they output to standard def via the menu (for a standard port of the game)? Shouldn't that send a normal signal? I can't imagine they tweaked it that much for hdtv.

[iLuvLandingStrips]

Turns out the XBOX 360 can't even play XBOX 360 games without bursting into flames, so the PS3 is out of the question.

I like the guys at Ubisoft saying if you are getting the King Kong game get it for the PS2 as the XBOX360 version is too dark to play on a normal TV. Apparently they did all the testing on HD TVs and when played on a normal TV certain scenes are too dark to be playable.

Not sure where you got that from.
I have played King Kong in HD and standard, and there is no difference that I've seen.

Also I can't imagine a company like Ubisoft testing it only on an HD set. Total bull.

[VCDHunter]

Not sure where you got that from.
I have played King Kong in HD and standard, and there is no difference that I've seen.

Also I can't imagine a company like Ubisoft testing it only on an HD set. Total bull.

Fans wanting to get the best out of the King Kong video game should avoid the version for Microsoft's new Xbox 360, the game's maker Ubisoft has suggested.

Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot admitted that the 360 game is too dark on standard TVs, making it hard to play.

"I'm a bit disappointed that we didn't see it when we were developing the game," he told the BBC News website.

"We have a problem on the 360," said Mr Guillemot. "The screen is dark on some TVs and it totally changes the experience. When it's dark, you don't see where you have to go."

The Ubisoft boss said the team who made the game used certain settings on high-definition TV screens.

Maybe you should ask the boss of Ubisoft why he is spouting such "Total Bull", or maybe you should explain to him why he is wrong. Or maybe Ubisoft just didn't do as much testing as you

[iLuvLandingStrips]

Not sure where you got that from.
I have played King Kong in HD and standard, and there is no difference that I've seen.

Also I can't imagine a company like Ubisoft testing it only on an HD set. Total bull.

Fans wanting to get the best out of the King Kong video game should avoid the version for Microsoft's new Xbox 360, the game's maker Ubisoft has suggested.

Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot admitted that the 360 game is too dark on standard TVs, making it hard to play.

"I'm a bit disappointed that we didn't see it when we were developing the game," he told the BBC News website.

"We have a problem on the 360," said Mr Guillemot. "The screen is dark on some TVs and it totally changes the experience. When it's dark, you don't see where you have to go."

The Ubisoft boss said the team who made the game used certain settings on high-definition TV screens.

Maybe you should ask the boss of Ubisoft why he is spouting such "Total Bull", or maybe you should explain to him why he is wrong. Or maybe Ubisoft just didn't do as much testing as you

Apparently they did all the testing on HD TVs and when played on a normal TV certain scenes are too dark to be playable.

It doesn't say that in the article, at all.
"certain settings on high-definition TV screens." doesn't mean they solely tested on HD TV's

[Doramius]

That's from general factory settings. You can adjust your TV to get it brighter, but Usually you shouldn't have to.

[VCDHunter]

It doesn't say that in the article, at all.
"certain settings on high-definition TV screens." doesn't mean they solely tested on HD TV's

And that makes any difference to this how exactly ?

Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot admitted that the 360 game is too dark on standard TVs, making it hard to play.

It did not occur to them that there would be a problem with standard televisions

Do you know why it didn't occur to them ? Go on take a guess.

You say HD looks the same as standard TV, Yves Guillemot head of Ubisoft says -

When you play on an Xbox or a PlayStation 2, you start to see that it is beautiful

Call me old fasioned or a stick in the mud but I'm going to go with the guy who sounds like he knows what he's talking about.

[iLuvLandingStrips]

It doesn't say that in the article, at all.
"certain settings on high-definition TV screens." doesn't mean they solely tested on HD TV's

And that makes any difference to this how exactly ?

I dunno, you said "Apparently they did all the testing on HD TVs"

[canadateck]

So I guess an Xbox game on a PlayStation 3 would look pretty dark also.?

Back to the original question. The reason why I wasn't really sure, was because my wife asked the salesmen are you 100% sure and they said yes, so I said to my wife that can't be it wouldn't work. But it seems that the salesman was pretty confident. But then again a few years ago a future shop salesman told me that I couldn't capture a laser disc with a DVD recorder because it was digital. I knew otherwise he was just making small talk after the sale asking me what I was going to do with it and so on. I really never take anything they say as fact but it was just that my wife seem to think that the salesman was 100% sure.

[adam]

He probably read some kind of benchmarking comparison of the consoles and saw some quote about how the PS3 is "powerful enough" to run Xbox games or something like that, (AKA they are similarly matched) and assumed that it actually could. Or maybe he thinks backwards compatible (PS3 can play older gen playstation games) means sideways compatible ?

Even taking the ridiculous leap and assuming that it actually could play Xbox games, it wouldn't even be legal!

On a similar note, I was once told by a Best Buy salesman that Widescreen DVDs are only for widescreen tvs and that it wouldn't even play on a 4:3 set. At Radio Shack I was told that there was only one type of DVD media (when I pointed out that they only had DVD+r and I was looking for DVD-r) and that there was no such thing as DVD-r.

[Noahtuck]

@ canadateck
First rule of thumb, take what any saleman tell's you with a grain of salt,
Second rule of thumb, take what your wife/girlfriend tell's you a saleman told her with even less
You're going from one person (the saleman) who know's pretty much nothing, through a 2nd person who either don't know or really has no clue and does not really care, and one tecnical detail blurs with from 1 to 100 others and you are really getting misinformation

Even taking the ridiculous leap and assuming that it actually could play Xbox games, it wouldn't even be legal!

Well, it would not be illegal if sony paid M$ royalties or for a license to be able to play their games, but you know that will never happen, which leads us back to common sense as to whether a PS3 or any other game counsole would ever be able to or rather allowed to play another companys game format 8)

On a similar note, I was once told by a Best Buy salesman that Widescreen DVDs are only for widescreen tvs and that it wouldn't even play on a 4:3 set. At Radio Shack I was told that there was only one type of DVD media (when I pointed out that they only had DVD+r and I was looking for DVD-r) and that there was no such thing as DVD-r.

Yeah, what do you want from some lackey at BB or RS
My son could talk circles around anyone at BB when he was 14, I have yet to talk to anyone at BB or RS that has a clue what i am talking about, and that's when i'm talking what i consider "novice" knowledge about any number of things to do with video, formats, equipment, ect.
Anytime someone in one of those places ask's me if i need help i usually just chuckle out loud and say no, i'm just looking
And just continue on and get what i want or need.

Half the time they don't even know half of what is posted right on the little card's right under equipment

[icyhot]

What I wanna know is, will the PS3 play my 8 track tapes...

[canadateck]

What I wanna know is, will the PS3 play my 8 track tapes...

Yes it will...

[SquirrelDip]

What I wanna know is, will the PS3 play my 8 track tapes...

Yes it will...

But only 5 of the tracks...

[Doramius]

Heck, the PS3 can play VHS, Betamax, 8-Track, DAT, CD, DVD, Blu-Ray, HD DVD, LaserDisc, LP vinyl (both 33 1/3 & 45 RPM), CED (the old stylus pick-up video discs), audio cassette tapes, both 3 1/2" & 7" floppies (any density format), all forms of flash media including USB 2.0, letter & legal size copy paper, digital cartridges, and has EIDE UATA, mini-IDE, SCSI & SATA HDD hotswap capabilities.

However, it caught on fire when I put a game disc in it. Damn processors can't handle s**t.

[ps2daddy]

You wont ever be able to play xbox games on a ps3

However you can play playstation 1 games on an xbox if you modify it and get the right emulator and save the psone game image to the hard drive (but no ps2 games!)

[Doramius]

Save yourselves all the trouble and just get games on PC.

It's a hell of a lot cheaper to mod you PC with a better GFX card and larger HDD.

You get better play AND you can get things like map editor and for many games host your own internet multiplayer game.

What happens when a PS2 game that has online multiplayer gets it's online capability shut down? Remember, they aren't going to be making PS2s for much longer.

[ps2daddy]

Also here are some pros to having an xbox

Softmods for xboxs are free as long as you have an exploitable game and thumb drive with adaptor
All can be obtained for less than $50

Larger Harddrives are snap also you just use a pc harddrive and format it with special software

Also xboxes are a lot easier to carry around to lan parties

You can also run linux on your xbox if you want and just attach your keyboard and mouse if you like too

xboxes are $150 right now new and $99 used
You can use it as a media center also without paying $135 for the media edition of windows xp also

Never had to get a new $450-700 video card to play the latest games on it either (just a new $400 xbox 360)

But its all in what you like though

PC games are cool but I am a console man myself would rather have a console hooked up to my tv and stereo than my computer

[Guest]

The xbox will play songs off an ipod with means for aac conversion.

[Doramius]

I have 6 PC towers. 1 is installed with my entertainment center. I have a separate DVD player, but honeslty I have no need for it. I have a Bose Theater, but I only need the speakers because I could just connect them directly to the PC and get just as good sound quality through them. Maybe even better at times.

Don't get me wrong. I like consoles with their portability, but I preferred the cartridge style the best. I'm hoping they come back with the boost in flash technology. No Load time. I get load time with my PC and discs. Even HDDs at 10,000RPMs take longer than a good quality Flash Drive.

I still think the more ideal media would be flash-cartridge technology for any kind of storage, portability, playability, reusability, ETC. It's extremely versatile.