As soon as my local game store gets PS3s in, I'm using my friend's employee discount to snag me a PS3 and MotorStorm. I'll only be paying like $400 suckers! Muahahahahahahahahaha!

Uh oh you've done it now.. here comes the hate!
I tried the version they had at E3, and it seemed pretty cool. I'm not sure how much has been updated and improved since then, but even then I liked the detailed mud effects on the tires and such.
You're right about the whole hype thing from the early concept videos, that may have ruined it for a lot of people.

I tried Motorstorm on a PS3 demo kiosk at Target, and I have to say, I could hardly play the game because I was so utterly stupefied at how good it looked. That game may be the sole reason thus far to own a PS3....

Yea this is a no. 1 title, to be honest I usually play the demo on my ps3 more than I play the actual games I bought from the store for the ps3, the ai is great too, this game gives that road rash / jetmoto type feel.

Umm, ExciteTruck is a load of fun! And is it really fair to compare ARCADEY racing with REALISTIC racing?

Thats weird. I played this game at Futureshop before Christmas for about 10 minutes. I wasn't impressed. Seemed just like an xbox360 or pc game to me. (Note: I don't own any current gen systems yet - still waiting too see which one is best)

Defiantly not worth spending the $600 on for the system and the $70 for the game.

"And is it really fair to compare ARCADEY racing with REALISTIC racing?"

Yeah, compare how fun one is to how not so fun the other is.

Toneman have you played both more? And more than just a demo of ExciteTruck? It is really fun. Motorstorm was alright from the demo I played in-store but I would take ExciteTruck over it any day. It is just fun.

And is it really fair to compare ARCADEY racing with REALISTIC racing?

Neither one is particularly realistic.

I like Excite Truck, but MotorStorm blows it away on an HDTV.

I have Excite Truck at my house and it's the most popular game. Everyone likes picking up the remote for a round of racing... if you don't think it's fun that's just your opinion, you really can't call it a bad game.

Get the Japanese version from Play Asia. All of the menus are in English except for the warning in the beginning about the auto-save feature to the hard drive.

Why! Why, Regula did you have to compare it to Road Rash, my favorite racing game of all time!

Ah, jeez... now I have a reason to own a PS3... dang it!

I don't understand the people who aren't impress by this game. There is a lot more than the graphics to be impressed by! The game is just plain frikkin fun to play.

I'm not saying the graphics are perfect either, probably largely just because I'm playing a demo, the crashes are getting a bit old. I've noticed that when you completely total a car the base frame takes damage a certain way, and after a while it loses it awe-factor.

Dunno if that's fixed in the final version...

I considered importing this, but when I heard the English version had online play and Japanese version didn't, I decided to hold out.

The best part of the game is when the motorcycle rider gets knocked off his bike. It never gets old.

@ Toneman

I'm interested in knowing more about this discount your friend is privey to. From my experience working in retail and from other friends there is either little or no discount on a system. Please explain.

When did PS3 games start costing $70?

This is on the top of my "Most Wanted" list for the near future. Thanks for the update!!

The guy who said the game cost $70 is from Canada, which is why he said he played it in a Future Shop

I have to comment on ExciteTruck. It's crazy fun, like a cross between Burnout and Excitebike on crack. It's one of the Wii games I play most to this day. Speed, Killer jumps, killer wipeouts and that feeling of almost losing control only to continue barrelling through the course. Total "on the edge" experience.

Motorstorm..I'll be honest. I saw it but didn't bother to play it. I felt no need what-so-ever. I will say this though. If anyone wants an example as to the potential of the PS3 and how it will outperform the 360...look at the graphic quality of Motorstorm.
One thing that constantly pissses me off with 360 games is the lack of a smooth framerate. When 360 can give me a game that looks as good as motorstorm without framerate issues, talk to me.

I keep playing the demo I've downloaded on my PS3 in a desperate attempt to figure out what the hell I'm missing with this game.

First off it's slow slow slow. The whole thing may run in 60fps but it feels like I'm driving 20 miles per hour.

And it's just not fun, the cars fly around and crash like they're made out of glass.

Pass on this one, ESPECIALLY for 70 bucks. F That

Wait, is motorstorm the game that's playing in every PS3 kiosk at Best Buy, or is that a different game?

Still not forming an opinion on this until the US version comes out. Lots of complaints about the fact that the Japanese version seemed like a tech demo rather than a full game.

same one at the kiosk

Great update! I'm really looking forward to this game more than any other game this Spring and I don't even like racing games.

Also Brian, is there a button to flip off other drivers or does it do it automatically?

"You're right about the whole hype thing from the early concept videos, that may have ruined it for a lot of people." That's what did it for me. I just got tired of CG videos of something it would never/still never going to be. It is what it is, a nice looking offroad racer its not 1/5th of what they promised graphically. Consumers appricate you being straight up with them, feeding us CG crap and telling us its not gets old, this game and Killzone really did it for me. I appricate Sony's hard work at spoon feeding me/us lies but I think I'm done now. I don't feel like seconds ever again.

@ theexcitingone

Well he works at Fred Meyer, which is like a Wal-Mart and gorcery store combined, so technically I shouldn't have said game store, but anyways he gets like 10% off everything. And then on the last friday of the month or something, he gets like 35% off. It's insane.

Loved Road Rash, I still play JetMoto, and when I played the demo it brought back the feeling of the old days. Love this game, too bad I don't have a PS3. Also mix in some Destruction Derby to those two other games.

When it comes to arcadey racing games I found the Motorstorm demo more enjoyable than Excite Truck.

I bought the Japanese version when it came out on the 14th and I love the game. The fact that there's only one game mode is a little disappointing, but the racing is so much fun--and so incredibly beautiful--that it doesn't really dampen my fervor.

@yurlittlepony

It's the same game, but a much earlier build. It lacks most of the speed and a hell of a lot of the particle effects. I play the demo downloaded from the ps3 store (which is way better than the kiosk demo) more than I do the actual disc based games I bought. It's the first title I'm DYING to get my hands on. The more I play, the more I HEAR about it, the more I want this beast.

"I just got my preview copy of the game for the Playstation 3 debug and it kicks major ass."

Wait, didn't you boys over at Kotaku get your PS3 over a month and a half ago (Even before it launched in the US)? And this game has been out just as long.
Am I missing something?

I'm really enjoying Excite Truck and I don't understand how you can bag on it in comparison to another game. Not that Motorstorm can't be awesome, it looks good (visually, each time I've seen it sitting there frozen at various retailers), but seriously, Excite Truck is bad ass.

I was the only person I knew addicted to Road Rash 64. The bland graphics were shadowed by my lust of finagling cops into oncoming traffic. In fact, where the hell is a new Road Rash? Anywho, this game looks pretty good. Excite truck doesn't look that exciting besides the controller use. I haven't played either though so maybe I should just shut my fat mouth. Also, I know this is kind of unrelated too, but where is a new WaveRacer at?

@barbara

When riding the dirtbikes, hit triangle while you're near a dune buggy to make threatening gestures, or flip them off (it varies). If you're not near anyone, it's the button for the horn. Get close to another bike, however, and hittinh triangle makes you take a swing at them. Nothing more satisfying than gaining on an opponent and sending him tumbling into a barren gulch.

I'm in love, too..... :)

I don't like how it's 2d polygons though..... or sprites w/e people wanna say... I think they shoulda just made a crap load of bushes everywhere, that can get muddy as well, and smooshed INTO the mud... XD

I fucking looovvvvveeeeee MotorStorm

If only Excite Truck had online play...and had better graphics...

"And this game has been out just as long.
Am I missing something?"

The game in store kiosk is less detailed and polished then the demo you can download on PS3 store. The game has since been polished a lot more then the demos.

So you can't judge the game on how it looks at target or even the demo you download on PS3s. Kinda sad that a lot of people look at the kiosks and write the game off though.

No mention on how the motion control works... is it simply a gimmick, or can the game be played with it?

I don't understand how they could have released Excite Truck without online. Even if the network isn't up yet, code it in for retail!

motion control is great. excite trucka nd the wii for that matter can suck my balls. nintendo might as well have just released the wiimote for the gamecube, started adding support for all the games and called it a day.

I played the game at an EB kiosk last week. It was my first PS3 experience. The game is beautiful. There were some serious chop-chop-stutter while the camera was panning around at the start of the race. That made me sad.

The gameplay was okay. I fell through a ramp and drove around under it for a little while.

The thing that struck me most about my PS3 experience was the noise. There was this hardcore fan noise coming from the kiosk area. Is that how the PS3 sounds? It sounded like my old PC when I was compiling something in Visual Studio and all the fans had to kick in. Is this a feature of the kiosk? The PS3? An odd, CPU-fan-utilizing exhaust system in use by EB and placed unfortunately behind the PS3 kiosk?

$600 worth of fun?

Methinks you Kotaku-ites are simply trying hard to find a positive with the PS3. A single good game is not enthralling.

@watermedia

or maybe you're trying too hard to find a negative in a postive story.

I have the Japanese version. I'm interested to see what the western version has, other than online which I know you said wasn't in your test copy.

Does it have a replay option? Or anything else which is missing from the Japanese release.

Thanks Ninja, believe it or not I'm happy to hear one! This and Tekken 5 are good signs...

But the point here is that we've had 5 posts in a month about this game. I get it, Kotaku is excited. Your excitement does not make news though when it is trying to prove value in their hype.

There are very cool games for ALL systems that go unnoticed.

I played the kiosk Motorstorm and was far from impressed. Burnout is a lot more fun.

Graphically, the mud around the tires is cool, but aside from that it's pretty standard fare.

@ WaterMedia

I expect the same comments from you when there is 5 posts about Gears and 5 posts about Zelda. Because there was! /wink

@watermedia

Point taken: Hype overkill sucks. And part of why I'm excited is that this is the FIRST game for the PS3 that I'm looking forward to. Considering I dropped a lot of bucks on this system, its good to play a game that gets the juices going like they should. Even Resistance didn't get me all that fired up.

Thanks for responding.

I think Motorstorm is a really cool concept, but after I tried the demo at Walmart I was extremely underwhelmed. It was slow, and the framerate didn't help (should be 60fps). But from what I've heard that is an older build and the newer one rocks.

As has been stated, the Kiosk demo is NOT even as far along as the PSNetwork demo which is missing a lot from the final release. The final version of the game has no speed issues, and the PSNetwork demo has no frame-rate problems that I can see.

Funny how kiosk demos are being rated on here like final builds.

Are you guys seriously gamers? Be serious now, we all know as gamers not to take way early builds of games as final. This has been known for eons.

/shrug

To be clear, this is not the copy of demo from the Playstation store, this is the, I'm guessing here, pre-gold beta disc Sony sent me yesterday.

They said the online is still being tweaked so it was not playable, but my impression is that the rest of the game is finished or close to it.

Yea, retailers don't get discounts on system last I heard either. They make no profit on systems, but on the games they sell for the systems. At least that's from my experience working for one for a little over a year. That is why there isn't much if any price competition on systems. For someone like Microcenter to be currently offering a $100 off means they are losing $100 per system in hopes that they'll get you to buy the games they have. By the way, I enjoyed their game section when I was in there to get my 360. It's very organized and the demo systems are all on the endcaps keeping everything very steamlined.

Why is it that many trollish-type people always rally around the '... but is it worth $600' battle cry? For the record, the MSRP is ~$499 for a fully functional PS3. That is still expensive, but when held next to a comparable 360 SKU the difference is a lot less the $600 I always hear quoted.

It is obvious by the tone of certain people's comments that it is NOT worth the money to them. However, it is childish to try to influence others' opinions by quoting inaccurate purchase figures.

Danzuk

I don't know what you are talking about the 360 can do these graphics without breaking a sweat. I take it you haven't played Gears of War yet. The graphics and the frame rate is polished to perfection. Also let me add that the 360 will have an off road game this year, so we can compare the framerates and graphics.

For what it's worth, I love the PSS demo. Hell, I've played it more than my real games. Can't wait for online play.

Yeah I guess when you only have Resistance and bad ports to play, any decent game looks really awesome.

I just don't understand why they don't update the kiosks. People are raving about this game, but the general public only gets a shaky game with minimal effects.

If the kiosk is someone's first impression of the PS3, I could see them being underwhelmed to the point that the cost of the PS3 is prohibitive.

They're not going to go online and read how the kiosk build was an old build, blah, blah, blah.

Does it look better than the kiosk Demo? That thing looked like hairy smelly ass face.

Char

Played the demo... yeah yeah it looks nice, in my opinion. But I refuse to buy into Sony hype since they said it would look like 20x's better than it does now. Otherwise its just a pretty arcade racer... Just because its good doesn't give it a free pass from Sony's lies...

Gamedaily and cheapyd both used the word "borring" to describe gameplay. Nice graphics though.

I played the demo at a kiosk in target, and the game sucked so bad it looked like a ps2 game, there was also no sense of speed while playing the game, I felt the truck was goin 10 MPH the whole time even with the turbo boosts. IMO there is no reason to own the PS3 rite now, not even fo the BLU-RAY drive cuz if you get an internal one for your computer, you can burn BLU-RAY movies. And no I'm not a PS3 hater this is actually my unbiased opinion of the system and its games, I actually like what sony has put out in the past as far as systems and games.

@Toneman
I think your friend doesn't know all the details. Every store I know of doesn't give discounts on consoles because there's practically no profit being made for the store off them.

I miss my MotorStorm torch. :(

I finally got a PS3 before Xmas. I played the Motorstorm demo downloaded from PS3 store and it's a whole lot of fun to play!!

BTW, the demo you see on kiosk is a lot different (and less polished) than the downloaded demo from PS3. The difference is night and day.

I've played it on demo kiosks at EB and Future Shop and I hated it. The textures were ugly, even at high speeds, and the gameplay was mind-numbingly boring. Motion sensing on the controller made it a bit more fun than it might have been otherwise, but I still vastly prefer Excite Truck.

Admittedly, it was just the kiosk version that I played, but it was bad enough that I don't have high hopes for the final release.

"The good news is that over time that muddied up road because harder to navigate and actually effects play."

"The races earn you points which will open some new courses and vehicles, others are opening by doing specific things like getting first place in every race on a particular course."

You write for newspaper, yes? We are correcting spelling and grammar, yes? It is...difficult.

You thought gundam on the ps3 was a b+ game. Enough said.

I understand that good graphics doesn't equal good game, but I think some people have started taking it to the point of "good graphics equals bad game", which is freaking nonsense.

This game is shitloads of fun. Bring an extra pair of pants and a wet-vac. I haven't played Excite Truck, but from what people tell me, it's a great deal of fun too. I look forward to trying it out. However, if you want to talk graphics, anyone who claims that Excite Truck looks as good as MotorStorm (purely from a graphics perspective)is fooling themselves.

Having lived through the shitstorm that is Sony-hate (much of it deserved, much of it the trendy thing to do) I'm excited for this game, because not only does it look like the most polished game I've seen in play to date, but it's insanely fun to play. Seeing as this game emerged within six months of the console's launch, you can bet that many more games of this standard of quality are going to emerge for the ps3 in the years to come.

Can we now abandon the idea that a fun game can't look great as well? It's like suggesting that a meal that tastes great automatically has no nutritional value.

Crecente, does it have a split screen multiplayer feature yet? The Japanese version didn't have any multiplayer at all.

Is there a video of the almost final form of the game yet? My only experience with Motorstorm has been through the store demos or what I've seen from E3.

Of all the titles for the PS3, this was one that I thought looked the best, but I was underwelhmed by the demo. The graphics on the demo seemed just okay, and the crashes were annoyingly drawn out. Would love to see if any of that has improved...

"Yeah I guess when you only have Resistance and bad ports to play, any decent game looks really awesome."

Lets not forget one of the biggest game libraries of older titles. I just finished God of War, and I'll be getting GOW2 when it's released.

I hear some games look like crud, but most don't. The PS3 still has a lot of value if you haven't purchased a PS2 or have an Xbox 360 lying around.

Funny Toneman, I **** at said establihment, and ** cannot get a discount on the systems, only the games. If he does give you a discount, I am sure it will get back to HQ via the infamous REDBOOK and will lose his job. Congrats on the downfall on another one of *** mindless employees.

wait wait wait, been playing jap version for couple weeks now and the whole "it doesn't do things like show detailed mud splashing across the hood of your car in the middle of a race, or detailed, tread-specific ruts forming in the road."

is so false, could be you have a early build ofUS version still but the JAP definately has both these items. First either First person watching teh hood or third person any vehicle, driving through dirt or mud in addition to vehicle damage, the dirt or mud will cover your vehicle, and you can definately tell teh difference between mud and dirt, mud on the hood will even dry lighter as time goes by (as launch as you dont crash or blow up, doing so you get new clean perfect vehicle). secondly, drive a lap once, see how that much is nice adn smooth, drive teh second lap see how there are ruts all in it and now other parts of track are a mess, may not be exact detail per rut but hell it sure does well enough as if its saving previous drive throughs..

All I can say is your early build is inferior to the JAP version, and you have much more goodness to come when US retails..... ya i can't wait for the online.

The Japaneese version just came out and it got slaughtered in the reviews. How is the one you guys are now getting so much better? I guess its to each his own but I dont get it. The only game im looking forward to is Vir Fighter in a month and 1/2.

The prices I quoted weren't exactly accurate, but they were close enough for Canadians.

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&lan...;
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/subclass.asp?logon=&langi...;

All the games are $69
20GB system $549
60GB system $659

Futureshop 20GB + 1 game: $618CAD + Tax = $704.52CAD
Futureshop 60GB + 1 game: $829CAD
Futureshop 20GB + 1 game in USD: $606.65US
Target: $499US + $59.99US = $558.99US

Hrm, I'm not sure if I was bad with the math, but it looks like with the exchange rate (and without tax) Canadians are getting a better deal. (The current rate is 1CAD = 0.86USD)

Yes, right now the markets are slightly in favor of Canadians. While the exchange rate seems to favor the American dollar, the prices in Canada are not always ajusted to reflect the exchange rate to the American dollar, making differences in actual value you can buy with that money.

Cool tech demo... Like I said it should have been A mad max game...LOL Beating people up will your car is crashing now thats entertainment. It's good to see games getting there. Besides the slo0o0o0o0o0o M0oo0o0o0o0o0o crashes is it even fun? I mean funner than RiiIIiiiIIIIIIiiiIIDDDDDDDDDDGGGgggGGGgGGGGGGGEEEEEEE Racer? or how about mario kart on the ds? hmmmmm what about top gear on the snes?

Come on don't even say graphics and excite truck in the same paragraph...LOL Excite truck is cool and pretty exciting really. The graphics on motorstorm are great though. It has a bit of moive quality about it yet ends up feeling like a bad CG movie with good effects. With so much power why of why do we always have to get realism? It's boring man!

On that note happy racing.

Maybe I'm spoiled by excite truck but all the time I've spent with motorstorm has been underwhelming.

My initial reaction was one of awe as I watched my friend play it. Then I had a chance to get behind the controls and it seemed really slow, like I needed to push the gas down harder because the acceleration was so anemic. The trucks felt all floaty and and no rumble really took the wind out of my sails every time I made contact with another vehicle only to feel nothing. My thoughts are that big off road vehicles should feel cumbersome and lumbering but these vehicles felt soft and airy in how they would slowly come down after a ramp, not realistic at all. The realism of the visuals compared to the unrealistic sensation of control was very jarring for me.

The first time I saw a crash I was pretty impressed, then after about the 10th time my truck exploded into a million pieces it just seemed overdone. I get it, the graphics are great, but does the truck really have to explode into a million pieces?

Also, it seems like the doors kept breaking, they would be swinging around every which way after even a few small collisions. Don't offroad racers weld the doors for this very reason? It just seemed more over the top and hurt the immersion level.

So, yeah, the graphics were top notch but the controls seemed so vague and the drive speed so slow that I couldn't get into it. I admit, I'm a big burnout fan and the intense speed of that game, and games like excite truck really do it for me. This game just seemed really slow in comparison.

I was REALLY excited about this game initially, now I'm just hoping they salvage it in the final version. To have a game look so good and play so bad is a travesty.

Tried it at a kisok. Not impressed. The graphics look awesome until you begin to see the rough edges. Like how nothing moves. Or how your car has a magic bubble around it (drive into a cloud of something, you'll see what I mean). motorstorm is a game that LOOKS great at first galnce, but becomes more and more boring the longer you spend with it. The horrid motion controls don't help either.

All in all it is a below average racer, with an interesting premise and some neat effects, but nothing more.

subnet6,

Which version were you playing? A lot of things you mention I didn't encounter in the demo from the PSS.

There is a sensation of great speed if you can hit a straight away and use some boost power to get up to high speed (130 MPH +). Many times I felt like I was going too fast and would lose control of the vehicle.

As for the vehicles always exploding; I never had that issue. It took a good hit for my car to explode. Just ramming some slow moving vehicle while going 50 MPH doesn't seem to do much besides maybe unhinge the doors.

Rumble never bothered me, but that's just personal preference.

I do get what you mean by the vehicles feeling "light and airy". That was one of the reasons I felt like I would lose control if the vehicle was at high speeds. Overall, I like the game and hope the polish fixes the few small complaints I have against the game (the AI is ridiculously difficult). I'll most likely pick it up when it hits the stores in March.

"I'll only be paying like $400 suckers!" - Toneman

Um, how? NO WAY the unit price is $260 lower than the MSRP. I'm betting you'll be paying something like $630 + tax for the 60 GB PS3 and a game.

I also have the Japanese version which I bought on release. While the graphics are good, I stop noticing after playing for a race or two (being that it's a racing game, I'm more concerned with keeping my car on the tracks than the beauty of the cars themselves or anything). The lack of variety in tracks is a bit disappointing too, as is being forced to drive those huge big trucks for some missions. Overall it's fun for a short blast. I don't have the downloadable demo but I wonder if you'd be missing much if you had that but didn't buy the full game, even a more feature complete Western version.

Also, the Japanese version does seem to have the effects the article mentioned were missing, for instance tracks being deformed by your treads and mud splashing onto your car and screen if it's being kicked up by something in front (although that effect is not quite as cool).

I dislike "next generation" games that pixilate out to the resolution of an Atari 2600 when you get to close to a bush or a rock face. I've played this at the Sony display at the motorcycle show and was slightly impressed until someone crashed.

@TryingNot2H8you

I agree people should not even be mentioning the prices of the consoles involved, but you have fallen into the same trap!

while it is true $499 will get you a fully functional PS3, $299 will get you a fully functional 360... one that will play every game offered.

I am looking forward to it. Resistance was ok, but not something I want to pick up and play again over and over.

I guess everybody just has to sit tight and wait a few months because when more games start rolling out the PS3 could start to sell.

"$299 will get you a fully functional 360... one that will play every game offered."

Not on Live it wont.

I can't wait. I have a few games on my list that are hitting early next year. This is one of them.

Do people not read what has come before they submit their comment? How many times does it have to be mentioned that the kiosk version was an outdated one that ran slower?

...and now for a slight case of Sony-bashing, why would they allow such a crappy version of the demo to appear as a first-impression presentation such as a kiosk? The whole point of it is supposed to be to show off said product's potential, not its' short-comings. I wonder how many people turned around and bought a Wii instead, simply because of the crappy presentation?

EnigmaNemesis:

"$299 will get you a fully functional 360... one that will play every game offered."

Not on Live it wont.

-> Why not? All you are missing out on is the headset, which is like what $20? You can still play online. Or was that just an off the cuff comment not meant to read in to?

Anyways, the thing that impressed me with the demo was that other people were impressed. The first time I saw the Motorstorm kiosk, it was drawing big crowds at Best Buy. It looked alright to me, but from the multi age, multi-ethnic crowd's reaction its like they've never seen a video game before.

I don't know if this was a combination of hype, the high saturation Samsung screen or what... but I just kept thinking that the 360 would have no problem pushing out those graphics. Where was the PGR 3 or Burnout playable demos when the Xbox was coming out ? Unbelievable.

From the videos that I saw at gametrailers, it looked really boring and slow, I hope they really improved the game like Crecente is saying.

"$299 will get you a fully functional 360... one that will play every game offered."

Except for a game like oblivion which requires the hard drive, try again.

@Toneman:

I'd be very surprised if you would get a discount (that large) on the ps3. I have friends that work @ BB, GS, and CC and all 3 (I'm sure the other retail outlets) make almost no mark-up on console hardware (and software). If you do though gratz!

"$299 will get you a fully functional 360... one that will play every game offered."

Actually, my 360 Premium was only $199. You can still get it for that price at Micro Center. Just a few more days left in the sale. :-D $100 rebate and 13000 World Points ($100 back) for signing up for the Micro Center credit card.

"Except for a game like oblivion which requires the hard drive, try again."

You don't need the hard drive to play Oblivion. Where did you get that idea?

The cheaper PS3 is more similar to the expensive X360 SKU. With the cheaper X360 SKU you are unable to d/l XBLA games and also unable to play original Xbox games.

I suppose I did do the very thing I was speaking against. However, in the case of the cheaper X360 SKU, you lose important functions, which isn't the case with the cheaper PS3 (I believe the only key functionality you lose is PSP support, due to no built-in Wi-Fi).

Why do you all feel the need to destroy the article and turn this into a 360 vs PS3 shit storm....

Haven't played this game yet, good reviews..looks nice. Not a big fan of the genre but still looks like a good title. : )

(Not that hard....)

"Toneman have you played both more? And more than just a demo of ExciteTruck? It is really fun. Motorstorm was alright from the demo I played in-store but I would take ExciteTruck over it any day. It is just fun."

So, you are telling him to not use the Demo for Excite Truck, but you only use the Demo for Motorstorm to claim Excite Truck is better. Man, just goes to show how much Nintendo fanboys suck.

Ya and CheapyD also loved Genji one of the worst reviewed games on the PS3. I'm sure half of the posts here have never even played or seen Motorstorm. From the comments like the "graphics suck" or frame Rate issue posts.. you guys must be real prima-donna's because the frame rate is silky smooth and graphics are the best I have ever seen in an off road racing game. As far as game-play I have been playing the Demo off PSN since I purchased my PS3.

Its really insulting when a GOW fan comes on puts down an excellent game just to say my graphics are better than yours. MotorStorm is a Racer and open "sandbox" racer. GOW is a Stop and pop shooter with limited draw distances. Each Game uses the model perfectly. GOW does a great job at what it does and so does MotorStorm.

Personally I have a 360 and a PS3. I want both to have great games. I want both to succeed. I want the PS3 to have unique games like MotorStorm... there is nothing else like it for the 360.

The last thing I would like to say is do you honestly think that Sony is NOT going to provide and ONLINE update VIA the Playstation network when the online code is finished? They totally will that is why we have hard drives and a network that can download updates and FREE arcade racers like Grand Turismo HD.

Wii owners I'm sure your happy with your purchase.. you don't have to keep defending it here...I'm sure Excite Truck is an awesome game.

Why not? All you are missing out on is the headset, which is like what $20? You can still play online. Or was that just an off the cuff comment not meant to read in to?

Because a lot of the games right now, that are worth playing require a patch to play on Live.

No Hard Drive, No Patch, No Play (on Live)!

Stop it with the Excite Truck garbage... the game has got to be the worst racing game I have played with floaty graphics & gameplay... Its game play is totally different more like Burnout than MotorStorm. So don't compare this game to MS.

You can't download patches to memory cards? They aren't terribly big.

"sidescroller says,
Ah, jeez... now I have a reason to own a PS3... dang it!"

Yeah same here. =P