andydumi said:mdyoung said:simmias said:mdyoung said:Being new to game playing, can you see the difference between a PS2 game and PS3 game when played on the PS3?
Of course. A PS3 game will look better. But ever since firmware 1.80, the PS3 has been able to upscale not just DVDs, but PS1 and PS2 games as well. My PS2 games look better played through my PS3 than they do played through my PS2.

What I meant is the same game played side by side on a PS3 (PS2 version and PS3 version), can you tell which one is the PS3 version? I understand that you are saying a PS2 game looks better when played on a PS3, but is it as good or close as a PS3 game?

Games designed for PS3 look better than games designed for PS2. In general. There are some ugly PS3 games, and some very pretty PS2 games. But the vast majority of time, PS3 will look infinitely better. Its like watching HD vs SD on a TV.
And PS2 games do look better when played on the PS3, just not as good as PS3 games.

Is that so?

dhho1: a new issue of the 80gb is scheduled to be released on the 12th.

on a side note, has anyone heard about whether the BB pricematch on the regular 40gb bundle will work on the 80gb bundle? seems like it should apply. i have some graduation gift cards to use.

according to this thread:

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/832624

in-store promotion, at checkout use offer/coupon code 6867688. a manager will be called over, and most of them are already aware of the internal offer by now.

Well I just got a WalMart sales booklet in the mail today. It says on the front cover "Father's Day is June 15". At the bottom of the front cover it says "Event dates: Sunday, June 8-Sunday, June 15, 2008."

Inside on page 4 it shows the 40GB PS3 for $399 with the $100 Wal-Mart gift card bonus.

THERE IS NO MENTION OF THE 80GB PS3 ANYWHERE IN THE SALES FLYER.

So, according to this ad either the 80GB PS3 will not be available during those sale dates (see my previous note about WalMart never having anything on release date) OR the 80GB PS3 is not eligible for the gift card.

Why is there always so much misinformation in PS3 threads? It's simply unbelievable how half of the posts will always be about things other than the actual deal posted.

That said, I'm hoping for the Amazon pre-order today because I hate Wal-Mart. After taxes the $100 gift card really only nets me enough for one game or so, and I'd really rather not deal with that place just for that.

Amazon.com is OOS now

it was OOS when I tried for 4th at 1.03. It was available from 1.01 to 1.03
thanksgiving60 said:wow
the pre-order for the 80GB Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 Bundle started at 10 AM pacific time at Amazon today.
and it was gone in less than 5 minutes...

who tried to get one and didnt?

thanksgiving60 said:Amazon's servers are getting hammered

i get this message:
Http/1.1 Service Unavailable

I got that message as well. I got to the homepage without a problem, but when I tried to get to a ps3 page I kept getting the same message.

I'm very curious to know if anyone has ever pm'ed with a GC offer before. I'm almost definitely going to get my PS3 bundle at midnight at BB (I have almost a grand in gift cards!) but wouldn't mind the extra $100 back. I just find it very unlikely. I'm not doubting/questioning the quick summary info on using coupon code 6867688, just curious as to how this is confirmed?

Thanks murkin, I asked BB about price matching and they said they would only price match the standalone console but NOT THE MGS4 BUNDLE. I'm assuming this is because the bundle hasn't been advertised by WalMart...

In other words, the good news: BB is price matching the WalMart GC offer. The not so good news (potentially good): they will not pm until WalMart advertises the MGS4 bundle as a qualifying bd player eligible for $100 gc.

If anyone sees this, please post it, thanks!

I haven't found any info on the bundle being available during the midnight launch of mgs4, but a search online (exact search was: bestbuy ad scan june 8) brought me to the sd website. image 18 on the flickr post shows the bundle at bb as available on thursday the 12th (subject to vendor delays). BB SKU# for the PS3 MGS4 bundle will be 8844389. still no actual advertisement for WalMart though.

side note, how is it that Amazon is still down?!

Anyone have a full scan of the mailer btw?