Today's hottest game video: PS3 web browser in action
by Kevin Kelly 
{ Nov 4th 2006 at 12:21AM }
We're leapfrogging to spot number three tonight, because the top slots are currently being pwned by the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess trailer (117,537 views!) and the intro video that we've already hit. Coming up a distant third (a paltry 27,797 by comparison) is the PlayStation 3 web browser in hot, glorious video action.
Some of the cool features are that you can have six browser sessions active at any given time, you can punch in addresses and text using the controller, a usb keyboard or *snap* a bluetooth keyboard. Slickest of all is the ability to use the left analog stick as your mouse, FTW! It will be pretty sweet to surf the web between gaming sessions, but it would be even sweeter to be able to upload screenshots of yourself owning someone online to a website using the browser. Give us some kind of smacktalk feature, Sony. We're gonna need it.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
fr0z3nph03n1x @ Nov 4th 2006 12:44AM
Analog controller mice are cool, but point and click on the Wii will rock.
LK @ Nov 4th 2006 12:50AM
i dont think you can say "hottest game video" here if it has been beaten by two other hotter game videos.
Nicholas Sulikowski @ Nov 4th 2006 12:52AM
I agree, though I hope Nintendo thinks up something good for how to type in web addresses. I'd like to see a USB keyboard for the Wii, instead of an onscreen keyboard.
Your mom @ Nov 4th 2006 12:56AM
Fucking dumbass, conform to non-conformity Joystiq. You guys always purposely avoid anything that might put you in the same galaxy as anyone who might remotely be considered a fanboy, there-by completely missing the boat one of the most important topics of the day. What do we get instead? Fucking PS3 browser video!? FUCKING BULLSHIT, JOYSTIQ.
TWILIGHT PRINCESS IMPRESSIONS BY ALL THE MAJOR SITES.
Check IGN. Check Gamespot. Check Game Informer. Check any decent site, for crying out loud.
POST IT, BITCHES!!!
Kevin @ Nov 4th 2006 1:00AM
#4 - use your genius to either surf to the link in this story, or else check yesterday's hottest game trailer. We covered it.
Love,
Your Mom.
Your mom @ Nov 4th 2006 1:04AM
@ #4.
No you didn't, num-nuts.
48-hour gameplay impressions. Lots of journalists spent 2 whole days with the game at NOA this week, and their (lengthly and thorough) impressions are surfacing. Why isn't Joystiq covering that instead of lame-ass PS3 browser crap???
AndrewNeo @ Nov 4th 2006 1:12AM
#3: Last time I checked, Wii had USB ports. I don't think implementing USB keyboard spec is that hard.. let's hope Nintendo was nice.
Asz @ Nov 4th 2006 1:19AM
Analog mouse cursor? Welcome to 2000 with the Dreamcast browser. Only six windows too? Seems like a bizzare number and I don't doubt the PS3 has horsepower for much more than only 6.
lets just put the gun down and we go get me those fries @ Nov 4th 2006 1:27AM
FTW INDEED ON THE ANALOG MOUSE. FUCK NUMBER FOUR, HES JUST MAD WII IS STUCK IN 1987 WITH THE ZELDA REHASH TO GO ALONG WITH YOUR KILLER APP. COOKING MAMA: COOK OFF.
Probot @ Nov 4th 2006 1:31AM
Kevin,
It's best never to feed the trolls, even when you know they are wrong. Even this post is more than he deserves.
ZeroCorpse @ Nov 4th 2006 1:38AM
A web browser is going to look like ass on a television 26" or larger, and it will look like complete junk in 480i.
There's really no point to this. It sucked on the Dreamcast, it sucked on WebTV, it sucks on MSNTV, and it will suck on anything else that puts the internet on your television. The size is all wrong. You're either straining to read, or filling your screen with big, ugly fonts and images.
I loved the Dreamcast, but web browsing was absolutely fricking useless on a console, and remains so for most people.
lets just put the gun down and we go get me those fries @ Nov 4th 2006 1:54AM
its just a feature, its not something sony is banking on or some shit, if u want it, its there, take it or leave it.
Dave @ Nov 4th 2006 2:04AM
So how long until Microsoft releases IE for 360?
KawF @ Nov 4th 2006 2:17AM
It's funny to see a lot of xbots complaining about there being a web-browser on PS3 when it's bound to come in an update to the Xbox 360 in spring next year or earlier. Oddly enough, it'll be heralded then as the second coming of Christ and the proof that Microsoft innovates.
elmer92413 @ Nov 4th 2006 2:20AM
Is it possible to use the same bluetooth keyboard for the PS3 and a PC?
And if you can use a bluetooth keyboard what about a bluetooth mouse?
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BPM? @ Nov 4th 2006 2:59AM
ZeroCorpse (#11), I have to say that I disagree with you. I never had a problem with the Dreamcast browser (I was reliant on it when my computer was down!), and all I've ever had is a 20-something inch SDTV.
And I never had the Dreamcast mouse, either. I browsed fine using the analog stick.
Support for USB/Bluetooth mice would be nice for PS3's browser. Ya know, it's nice to have alternatives? Analog stick browsing is nice, but mouse browsing is better.
And only six tabs? Sheesh, PS3's more powerful than this computer I'm on (by leaps and bounds), and even I can do many more tabs in Firefox (not that I ever need to, though).
Seems like a weird number to be stuck to, but probably more than I'd ever use, anyways.
('course, I won't even be getting a PS3... not until the price drops severely, anyways...)
O_o @ Nov 4th 2006 3:20AM
Great idea.
"The playstation 3 is a computer."
Doctahh Dooom @ Nov 4th 2006 3:22AM
Stupid feature, stupid video, stupid people having a shit over other stupid people saying there stupid console is fuckn stupid.
CD @ Nov 11th 2006 2:53PM
Not to knock this in any way, it seems slick and functional to me. But I like the Wii browser better due to the simple interface (mainly just 5 buttons at the bottom of the screen) and the ability to zoom in anywhere on the page. I suspect Sony will be constantly updating this browser like they do with the PSP which is good since that most issues will eventually be remedied. I don't know if Nintendo/Opera will do that or not.
Inferno @ Nov 6th 2006 8:14PM
@KawF
As Sony fanboys say Sony innovates. Nintendo always focuses on innovating the controller, but the Wii has it's most innovative controller to date. MS innovated with HDD in Xbox1 and XBL, and drastically improved it on the 360. Plus customizable console, and multiple SKUs. These are things not previously seen in consoles. But I can't really think of anything Sony has innovated...
fawazr @ Nov 4th 2006 4:02AM
Does the PS3 come out this year? Does it play DVDs? I just got 2 Fast 2 Furious. It wold be rad to play that on a machine that also plays video games. Live in your world, but play in Sony's, dudes. Rock on!!
gamerx @ Nov 4th 2006 9:32AM
Sorry, but I'm not looking to buy a computer. Sony, you're repeating the same mistake you made with the PSP.
Me @ Nov 4th 2006 4:14AM
Looks awesome....everybody is just jealous and btw... wtf is up with "twilight princess" ?? sounds gay as hell....i have never played a zelda or link game ever in my whole life and never want to...all nintendo does is make the same games over and over again and they got you guys hooked....lmao fools
gamerx @ Nov 4th 2006 11:43AM
sorry but im not looking to buy a computer. Sony, you're repeating the same mistakes you made with the PSP.
Julien @ Nov 4th 2006 4:46AM
Youtube on TV great !?
Club @ Nov 4th 2006 7:18AM
I'll just use my Mac, thanks anyway :|
lowallyn @ Nov 4th 2006 2:29PM
never played zelda? your not a gamer then are you one of the most revoultionary series ever to come out. heh your missing out @20
as for this video lame waste of time. ps3 web bowser pfft
MikeG @ Nov 4th 2006 6:10AM
I'm wondering why Sony insists on using that crazy "text messaging" method of entering the URL. That's the way it is on the PSP as well. Why can't they just have an onscreen keyboard pop up? Does Sony think everybody in the world sits around text messaging all day so that we should be fluent in "8,44,4,7,0,4,7777,0,66,88,8,7777,1111"?
The madness. The madness!
jordicoma @ Nov 4th 2006 6:15AM
there is another ps3 web browser. You can run linux, and in it you can have mozilla, with no limit windows
Gianni Gotti @ Nov 4th 2006 8:49AM
The Xcast doesn't have a web browser so it can't be gud.
Stop it Sony, stop it.
I h8t them always stealing from Nintendo and Microsoft.
The Xcast is the leading console despite selling less than the PS2 consistently. We the games media will pwn reality forget shipment figures.
The PS3 wont sell cause of the price thats why it is already sold out and people are camping out already to buy it.
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But it is all bullshit, you peasants don't know jack.
Moogle @ Nov 4th 2006 7:19AM
I think the 6 window limit is in place so that the number of browsers you can open just sitting at a dash, and the number you can open while playing (pausing) a game are the same. They'd probably rather not swap out a large chunk of ram to the the drive every time you context switch to gamefaqs or youtube.
If you can't hit home button and get to the browser during a game, then why even bother? I keep my laptop on my desk just so I can look stuff up while playing, because so many pc games hate alt-tab. (Psychonauts was great, it pauses whenever it loses focus. Genius!)
What I'd like to see is a text entry piece that can be swapped out from several different choices that can be downloaded. Numpad, osk, gesture, dasher, with more in the future as clever people figure more out. I hate that stupid numpad metaphor, it's insane to emulate a hack necessary for phones on something with an analog stick. WTF are they thinking? I don't get this stupid obsession with cellphones.
WedgeTalon @ Nov 4th 2006 7:56AM
Augh! They gave BASIC info, but nothing GOOD! What browser engine is it based on?! If it's Sony's own (God help me if it is...), does it come anywhere CLOSE on the ACID test?
Dave @ Nov 4th 2006 8:08AM
Give it to me! I want one !!!
Spilt_Milk @ Nov 4th 2006 8:27AM
What about being able to use a mouse , as a mouse?!?!?
corn_fest @ Nov 4th 2006 8:42AM
fucking YUCK. Why the hell don't they use the motion-sensing bit to move the mouse, etc?
The1 @ Nov 4th 2006 8:53AM
I hate web browsing on ANY CONSOLE. I do not see a use for it.
todzillla @ Nov 4th 2006 8:56AM
#9 "HES JUST MAD WII IS STUCK IN 1987 WITH THE ZELDA REHASH TO GO ALONG WITH YOUR KILLER APP."
Just so your uneducated ass knows the first Metal Gear was also releases on the NES at around the same time. Geesh Sony stuck in 1987.
corn_fest @ Nov 4th 2006 8:56AM
@31
Xcast?
Mike @ Nov 4th 2006 9:41AM
So can the PS3 get spyware and viruses?
adeel @ Nov 4th 2006 9:47AM
did she say "TAXT" instead of text.. what an accent..teehee
Nin10dude @ Nov 4th 2006 9:46AM
Left analog stick to move a cursor?! I've never seen that before, amazing!! :OOOO
Tom @ Nov 4th 2006 9:54AM
"Does Sony think everybody in the world sits around text messaging all day so that we should be fluent in '8,44,4,7,0,4,7777,0,66,88,8,7777,1111'?
The madness. The madness!"~MikeG
That key combo spells the word "thgp0gs0nuts-" so what exactly are you getting at? Here, Decipher this: 6,444,55,33,4,444,7777,2,3,88,6,22,2,7777,7777
Cody S. @ Nov 4th 2006 10:27AM
Ever heard of T9Word guys?
ill trooper @ Nov 4th 2006 10:39AM
I tried this out at the Sony event here in NYC and it was OK, no big deal. They had a keyboard and mouse hooked up and the only thing that was weird was the lack of a visible URL input - you had to hit the 'start' button to call up a field where you could enter a URL. The window/visible resolution was very low - I loaded my own website (1100x700 sized-window) and it didn't initially fit, although the Sony person there pointed out you could increase the window size on the monitor (not on the fly with a pull tab) by hitting the option along the right margin called 'large window' or something.
I don't really get into web browsers on my consoles, but I'm not mad at the option - video on the internet is a much bigger deal now and waaay more feasible that it was when the Dreamcast had browsing, so dumbing out and watching YouTube, etc. on your TV is more possible now.
Elmer92413, you can pair any standardized bluetooth device with this box - keyboard, mouse, headset...
Optimus Prime @ Nov 4th 2006 10:55AM
A lot of angry xbots this morning; its just a browser morons!
Spilt_Milk @ Nov 4th 2006 11:10AM
Enjoy your bricked system after it's filled with spyware and trojans within a week!
Mike @ Nov 4th 2006 12:00PM
the only thing that would look cool on the PS3 internet is youtube, internet games, and porn for the lonley fanboys out there
LordMinogue @ Nov 4th 2006 12:05PM
Even if a browser came out for the Xbox 360, I doubt I would use it.
Its me @ Nov 4th 2006 2:20PM
Quick, before anybody else says it:
OMFG I CAN GET VIRII ON MY PS3. OMFG THAT SUCKS.
*In case you didn't notice, thats sarcasm.
Figboy @ Nov 4th 2006 5:10PM
only joystiq would point out that a video for a webbrowser only got roughly 25,000 views, where videos for an *ACTUAL GAME* get roughly 115,000 views each.
well, *DUHHH* joystiq!
gee, what do people on the internet find more interesting to view? uh, videos for upcoming video games? or videos for a web browser, neverminding that they are using a web browser to view this information?
the fact that that PS3 web browser got so many views is disturbing to me.
now, videos for Virtua Fighter, Resistance, MGS4, Gran Turismo, Lair, etc, i'm sure, would garner a lot more views. you know, *video games*. kind of like the Zelda videos. sheesh, joystiq.