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PS3 Questions for the Forums
So with the constant string of bad news coming from Sony about their "wonderful" new game system, I have some questions for everyone here one the Forums:
1) Are you planning on buying one at launch (if you can get it)?
2) If you are deciding to wait, at what price would the PS3 (fully loaded) be attractive?
3) Anyone give a shit about Blue Ray?
4) PS3 or Wii?
5) In your opinion, why can't Sony seem to get their act together?
1) Are you planning on buying one at launch (if you can get it)?
2) If you are deciding to wait, at what price would the PS3 (fully loaded) be attractive?
3) Anyone give a shit about Blue Ray?
4) PS3 or Wii?
5) In your opinion, why can't Sony seem to get their act together?
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2) $350 if fully loaded.
3) Smells like Betamax to me. I have no desire to get involved in the Hi-def war until the winner is determined. Therefore, the fact that it has Blue Ray is of no consequence to me.
4) If I can sample the controller before buying, the Wii.
5) Because they are used to being the 800 lb. gorilla. "Build it and they will come." Other companies have been forced to be innovative because they were not the #1 seller. This is why other companies are coming out with some great products. Also, Microsoft is benefiting by being the first to the starting gate for next-gen consoles. That is a big advantage. Most people aren't willing to wait a year for slightly better performance.
2)Well I'm saving up for a new computer and a trip overseas so it would have to be very cheap, but I've got an original Xbox so if I was going to get a next gen console it would be stupid of me to change brands. Everything gaming related is more expensive here (a 360 is $600 or so and games are $90) so the price I would be willing to pay is living in a happy fantasy land with my unicorn called Rainbow.
3)Nope, I don't care about either, one technology will win and one will lose. When the battle is concluded I will purchase the winner.
4)Wii! The time I will buy it is the moment a game where I can use the conrtroller as a lightsaber.
5)Who knows, maybe the people running the company don't talk to actual people.
2: Less than $300 for sure. I don't even have a PS2 yet so I'll probably take the opportunity of the PS3 comming out to pick that up.
3: It had potential and 6 months ago I would have thought it would win for sure but Sony has screwed it so badly that it doesn't stand a chance against HDDVD anymore.
4: Wii the day it comes out. OMG.
5: Market leader complacency was a factor to be sure but their role as content creator has forced their hardware manufacturing side to make horrible concessions in the name of protecting their properties. They believe they're able to do no wrong, and this delusion has paved the way for some of the worst blunders in hardware proeduction in recent years.
Ha! Hahaha!
2) If you are deciding to wait, at what price would the PS3 (fully loaded) be attractive?
It would have to cost less than the Wii for me to even consider it.
3) Anyone give a shit about Blue Ray?
Blu-Ray has all the trappings of a technological abortion.
4) PS3 or Wii?
Even if the PS3 were free, I'd probably still plunk down for the Wii.
5) In your opinion, why can't Sony seem to get their act together?
Sony needs to drop its intellectual property arm. They do nothing but sabotage Sony's technology business by forcing terrible DRM and bad policy down their throats. Imagine what kinds of hardware Sony could make if there were no internal competing interests.
No, it's way too expensive.
2) If you are deciding to wait, at what price would the PS3 (fully loaded) be attractive?
Somewhere between $350 and $400
3) Anyone give a shit about Blue Ray?
I don't even know what it is
4) PS3 or Wii?
Wii, it's less expensive and looks like it will be more fun anyway.
5) In your opinion, why can't Sony seem to get their act together?
I think it's just overconfidence. Sony thinks that they rule the world since they did so well with the Playstation and PS2 that no matter what they do, people will buy their product. Though with the Wii being so reasonably priced, and some good titles available for launch, they'll have a good chance this time around.
1) Are you planning on buying one at launch (if you can get it)?
Fuck no. I'm sorry but that amount of money is a little less than a months rent for me. God Damn.
2) If you are deciding to wait, at what price would the PS3 (fully loaded) be attractive?
$350 or less. I got lucky and was able to get my 360 for $200 even (thank you trade-ins). A PS3 for $350 is even high for all the DRM we will have to deal with.
3) Anyone give a shit about Blue Ray?
I really couldn't care less. DVD will be replaced with something. Then I am going to have to purchase Eva AGAIN (but at least it will only be maybe three discs). Seriously though, HD-DVD and BR are so horribly DRM'd that neither of them will be around for long. People must smarter than myself will crack it, and create something awesome.
4) PS3 or Wii?
Wii Wii Wii all the way home bitches. I can't wait to get a hold of Nintendo's Wii. Both my fiance and I will be able to play with that little Wii long into the night. Much fun will be had with the Wii. Let us hope that the third party developers get interested in it and create something of much awesome.
5) In your opinion, why can't Sony seem to get their act together?
A) They are arrogant
C) They aren't listening to what people really want
D) All of the above.
It is really sad. They really are the Jack Thompson of Video Game companies.
I heard it's selling for about 19,000 yen in Japan which works out to about $170...
so, will the Wii be
a) $199
b) $169
c) $149
Oh hells no.
2) If you are deciding to wait, at what price would the PS3 (fully loaded) be attractive?
Same price as the 360.
3) Anyone give a shit about Blue Ray?
Not a bit. I refuse to believe that the difference between DVD and HDDVD/Blue-ray will be noticeable (like the gulf between VHS and DVD), and the prospects of being able to buy movies I already have, well, suck. The only thing that makes Blue-ray attractive in the slightest is the potential for 25GB backup disks. It would be really nice to be able to make copies of my whole music collection without using 12 DVDs... That said, hearing rumors that Blue-ray discs burned on a PC won't work in a Blue-ray TV player makes that whole thing ring sour too.
4) PS3 or Wii?
Xbox 360 + Wii is the combination for me. The only thing that the PS3 can offer that the Xbox 360 can't is games from Japanese developers, and despite what Microsoft will say, there will be plenty of those. The Icos, Shadows of the Colossi, Katamaris, Metal Gear Solids, Final Fantasies and the like simply won't show up on the 360. Sony has a very impressive set of first- and second-party developers, but I see no reason not to wait a couple/few years for those titles to materialize before picking up the console. My prediction is that the PS3 will be great system to pick up late in its lifecycle, just like the PS2 is a wonderful purchase this Christmas once you'll be able to get a slim system for a hundred bucks. The reason I'm going to go with the 360 for my "next-gen" (ie. completely traditional) console experience is that Microsoft has been actively testing their system (ie. Xbox Live, XBLA, XBLM, etc.) for a long time now. Sony will be trying to do all the same things, all for free and all at once. It's going to be a cockup of epic proportions.
5) In your opinion, why can't Sony seem to get their act together?
Everyone's pretty much nailed it. Sony (or at least divisions of Sony) is convinced that they know what their customers want better than their customers do and that shit ain't gonna fly no more, so to speak. If they can suck it up and give in to market forces that are pushing for more open devices that let people play around and do things their way, Sony could bounce back in a big way. Things like not sabotaging computers with heinous rootkits, or giving PSP users the ability to run their own code without having to find security holes in Grand Theft Auto would be great starts. All it would really take is the acceptance that piracy happens, you can't stop it, so buck up and start offering things that are good enough to make people WANT to pay for it.
I bet a ton of people who have already purchased an Xbox can justify a new Wii, but can't justify a new PS3. What's bodes well for the Wii is that it is not at all redundant to either the Xbox or PS3.
Boardgames on the XBox
2) I'm not really waiting on price, I'm waiting for MGS4
3) Not really.
4) Wii~!!...... I like chocolate milk!
5) Too ambitious.
Please excuse my grammar I shut my finger in the car door today, it might be broken and I am in a fair amount of pain.
That being said, I'm certainly not foaming at the mouth for this thing to come out, and I agree that Sony needs to drop its IP arm. Mini-disc players would be awesome if not for the DRM, Blue-ray as a storage medium is awesome, but I will probably never buy a movie on one because of...DRM. Perhaps their IP arm is a balancing factor; the universe could not handle the awesome that would come from a smart version of Sony.
1) Are you planning on buying one at launch (if you can get it)?
2) If you are deciding to wait, at what price would the PS3 (fully loaded) be attractive?
3) Anyone give a shit about Blue Ray?
4) PS3 or Wii?
5) In your opinion, why can't Sony seem to get their act together?</blockquote>
1) God no. Never ever. No.
2) If I was ever to shell out cash for that piece of crap, it'd have to be under $250. Not some basic/full system bullshit like Xbox pulled either. A full system for less than a Wii and the games would also have to come down.
3)
4) Wii, oui?
5) Arrogance, DRM, and the want to screw the consumer for every last penny. It's what most companies do nowadays. Screw long and hard and hope no one notices.
2. Yeah, I'd buy a PS3 when it hits below $200. I'd like to play MGS4 at some point.
3. No
4. Wii
5. I think that Sony's betting too much that Blu Ray will carry the system instead of games. Sony's also crazy as hell.
Keep or Sell?
Me? I would Ebay that bastich.
In other Let's-Bash-Sony news, anyone see this? Apple's recalling a bunch of (surprise!) Sony-made batteries after the whole Dell fiasco.
What if Mitsubishi made a console?
It wouldn't surprise me if they come out with a console just to jump on that business Microsoft style.