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PS3 pulling a Saturn?
Anakin:
I love everything sony and the psone and pstwo have been some of my favorite consoles. That being said, I have little to no interest in paying 600 dollars for a ps3. I dont like the way the gaming industry, and in particular sony, is heading.
elvis:
--- Quote from: lloydcom on August 27, 2006, 05:33:11 pm ---I think you will find that the PS3 will be more than a console.
It has monster processor(s) and capabilities to extend it to the 'one box in the house' category.
That One box solution is coming and I have a feeling it will have a Sony stamp on it.
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I couldn't disagree more.
A "one box" solution needs to freely support all file types, formats and systems. Anything with a Sony stamp on it is going to restrict you to Sony-only technology. And I'm not talking games. For a start, the PS3 won't support HD-DVD. Nor will it play any Microsoft or Apple/Quicktime file formats. For the same money as a PS3 I can build myself a home theatre PC that will play anything and everything.
If someone truly wants to make a "one box" solution, it's going to have to support everything under the sun, and not just one company's technology. Sorry.
There's no doubt the PS3 will be a powerhouse. You have no argument from me on that. But Sony management are going to royally screw it up with stupid corporate-imposed limitations. That much is certain.
The 1980's was an era where people had big ideas, but where limited by hardware.
Now in the 2000's we have big hardware, and limiting ideas. Ironic how it's swapped like that.
ChadTower:
What, did you read that off some fanboy website or something? I bought my Saturn on launch day and it didn't go like that at all. Your timeline isn't even right. The Saturn launched at least a year before the N64. It also initially came with four games and then they mailed a fifth to people who had registered their console.
And what other console has launched several months before the widely announced retail date?
And the Saturn didn't have a "murdersome package selection". It didn't have any package selection.
And it wasn't ever $500. It was $399.99 on launch day. I still have my Babbage's receipt for it. $399 is high, yes, but with a packin game + 3 full games at the initial offer + the 5th that was mailed out, $399 wasn't any worse than any other console has been.
--- Quote from: Otraotaku on August 27, 2006, 03:28:53 pm ---is PS3 pulling a saturn? i recently read that its still at 500-600$ at this point and has a really murdersome package selection unlike the 360's where its really based on controllers and a hard drive...they literally rip you off big time with the PS3's listed packages stuff like less usb ports i heard? and no SDcard support? no wifi? slashed 20gig hard drive, and also no HDMI?
is this true? because i dont think many people 4-5years from now will have one of these babys collecting dust under their coffee table, i think it will be one of those oh yeah, i heard of it but never played it systems like the fabled saturn.
i mean even though CD and saturn were released so close, it was still like 200 dollars more than the N64 when they were going at it, and had some great games but no one really bought it. I personally loved playing 3D shooters like Virtua cop, but sadly nobody i know has really heard of it. but who knows with todays spoiled generation of young gamers who have to rip a hole in their parents pockets just to play GTA cause it has a M-sticker on it and a cool factor.
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Truecade:
The answer to the original poster, IMHO, is the PS3 is shaping up to be a disaster for Sony. All I've heard is bad press regarding:
High price, yield problems with the Cell chip, graphics chip downgrades, publishers dumping PS3 in favor of X360, the high price, the neutered 'entry' level PS3 at $500, half assed motion sensors in the controller, no rumble packs, extremenly limited supply for launch, crappy game demos at E3, heat problems, Sony's desire to continue upgrading the console (thus keeping the price high), the console size (it's huge!), $70 games, DRM-infected blu-ray drive, the high price.....
Oh, lets not forget about the giant crabs and MASSIVE DAMAGE. :laugh2:
elvis:
--- Quote from: Truecade on August 28, 2006, 02:27:56 pm ---$70 games
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That's nothing new for the rest of the world outside of the USA.
Although if you guys are going to pay that, it makes me scared of what out local game prices will hike to. I've already seen a few triple-digit pricetags on 360 games around here, and that's utter ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---.