{"id":3386,"date":"2011-01-27T07:15:02","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T12:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3386"},"modified":"2011-01-27T07:18:38","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T12:18:38","slug":"ps3-gets-inferior-angry-birds-minis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/01\/27\/ps3-gets-inferior-angry-birds-minis\/","title":{"rendered":"PS3 Gets Inferior Angry Birds Minis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am not sure why I care.  It\u2019s not as if I have posted anything in the last few days, or have purchased the Angry Birds Minis.  Sometimes something just catches my attention, amuses me, and for shits and giggles I have to post.<\/p>\n<p>Take this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2375627,00.asp\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2375627,00.asp', 'PC Magazine review');\" target=\"_blank\">PC Magazine review<\/a> of PlayStation Minis Angry Birds as an example.  It is an entertaining review (I have quoted the review summary) because it points out so many of the flaws with the current PlayStation Minis program.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Pros<br \/>\nFaithful port of the iPhone\/Android versions.<\/p>\n<p>Cons<br \/>\nJerky on the PSP. Blocky on the PS3. Analog stick\/disc control isn\u2019t as satisfying as touch screen. Not as many levels as smartphone versions.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom Line<br \/>\nThough it\u2019s still just pocket change to play, the PlayStation Mini version of Angry Birds is more expensive and less enjoyable than the iPhone\/Android versions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>PlayStation gamers are straddled^ with a port that is flawed on the PSP with graphics issues, slowdown, etc, and apparently the game looks like shit on the PS3.  I can only imagine how bad things must be on a good quality high-def TV.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you keeping score at home, the PlayStation Minis version cost more ($3.99) than versions for other portable devices; it only includes 63 levels (vs. the 180+ levels available on other portable devices), and the port is flawed.<\/p>\n<p>Good grief.  I hope Sony addresses these types of issues with their publishing partners in the future.  At a minimum, when the NGP is released, Sony has to address Minis pricing.<\/p>\n<p>**************<\/p>\n<p>^ = Edit. \u00a0Upon further review, in this context, this does not make sense, but I like the way it sounds\/flows. \u00a0Besides, it is my blog, so it stays.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am not sure why I care. It\u2019s not as if I have posted anything in the last few days, or have purchased the Angry Birds Minis. Sometimes something just catches my attention, amuses me, and for shits and giggles I have to post. Take this PC Magazine review of PlayStation Minis Angry Birds as &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/01\/27\/ps3-gets-inferior-angry-birds-minis\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PS3 Gets Inferior Angry Birds Minis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,26,51],"class_list":["post-3386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-ps3","tag-psn","tag-psp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3386"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3388,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386\/revisions\/3388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}