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CheffoJeffo:
Yep ... and, as I understand it, the early PS3's didn't have the option to play multichannel SACD over HDMI.

david656 just didn't do his homework ... again ...

DaveMMR:
I think some of the answers on this thread sum up my disappointment with Sony.   I loved the PS1 and PS2 but the shift in focus with the PSP and PS3 ("IT PLAYS MOVIES") seemed to work against them, in my opinion.

I'm sure PS3 is a fine Blu-Ray player and lots of you love burning your DVDs to Memory Sticks but it seems Sony can't walk and chew bubblegum at the same time.   The better their video playback capabilities became, the less appealing their exclusive line-up looked.  I'm in it for the games.   And despite metacritic's assertions, I see very little on the shelf that looks like it'll hold my attention (non-exclusives notwithstanding).  Even the PSP, which has been out for a few years, has next-to-nothing I would spend more than $15 on.

Again though, I have shifted focus in my gaming habits.  I'm the odd-man who thinks the Wii got it right, despite the lack of hardware-OOMPH under the hood.  It's the first console in a long time where I'm actually pursuing a wish-list of titles instead of forcing myself to pick up something on the hopes I have a shred of enjoyment.  But that's just me and I'm digressing...

The Seventh Taylor:

--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on May 28, 2008, 06:44:35 pm ---
--- Quote from: CCM on May 28, 2008, 05:35:19 pm ---The main reason you bought a PS3 was to play SACD's???   :dizzy:

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Yeah, somebody should have read up on PS3s and SACD before they made their purchase ...

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Right, the PS3 SACD FAQ, for instance.

Dartful Dodger:

--- Quote from: The Seventh Taylor on May 29, 2008, 10:56:22 pm ---
Right, the PS3 SACD FAQ, for instance.


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This is an odd first post.

patrickl:

--- Quote from: DaveMMR on May 29, 2008, 09:34:19 pm ---I think some of the answers on this thread sum up my disappointment with Sony.   I loved the PS1 and PS2 but the shift in focus with the PSP and PS3 ("IT PLAYS MOVIES") seemed to work against them, in my opinion.

I'm sure PS3 is a fine Blu-Ray player and lots of you love burning your DVDs to Memory Sticks but it seems Sony can't walk and chew bubblegum at the same time.   ...
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Nonsense. The Blu-Ray player doesn't diminish gaming capabilities. It simply makes sense to use the tech, that enables gaming, also for viewing movies. The Xbox does exactly the same, but it lacks a Blu-ray player (and doesn't even have the HD DVD player as standard) so it's stuck on DVD.


--- Quote ---Again though, I have shifted focus in my gaming habits.  I'm the odd-man who thinks the Wii got it right, despite the lack of hardware-OOMPH under the hood.  It's the first console in a long time where I'm actually pursuing a wish-list of titles instead of forcing myself to pick up something on the hopes I have a shred of enjoyment.  But that's just me and I'm digressing...

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Indeed if you think Wii games are great then you are probably not in the PS3 / Xbox 360 target audience. My point is more that, if the Wii had more power it could have done both. It could have ran the games for the casual gamer (ie the Nintendo games and party stuff) while also allow games like GTA IV or Race Driver GRID

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