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Preview of Sony vs. Microsoft at E3
kukyfrope writes "After Sony stole the show last year with their dazzling game trailers, will actual hands-on impressions of the PS3 stand up to all the hype, or will Microsoft's second wave of Xbox 360 games (HALO 3 anybody?) show Sony why 360 is not Xbox 1.5." From the article: "While the Xbox 360 is off to a great start, Sony is not stupid. The company knows that the PlayStation brand name is extremely powerful, and that a lot of hardcore and casual gamers are waiting on the PlayStation 3 before deciding on a next generation console. In addition, if you want a cheap Blu-Ray player, the PlayStation 3 will be the only way to go. Stand alone units are looking to run $1500 or more, but it's unlikely the PS3 will release at anything higher than $500."
I am interested in what Sony will release about the PS3. I think a lot of PS fans are in for a big surprise. Sony is known for talking big and not delievering, Emotion engine anyone?
While I don't see it happening, it would be funny if they release more than one version, just like the Xbox 360. Are we going to see a crippled PS3 unit in terms of blu-ray, one that can only play games but not movies. To play movies, that will add on extra money.
With Sony's hype train show at E3, just trailers of games that they were toting as what "in game will look like". Is that what this years E3 is going to be like with Sony, just more smoke being blown up our ass? Or is Sony actually going to have something to show for.
I think it is rather interesting with the role reversals this time around. Last gen, Xbox was the late comer, but because of that was more powerful. You had the fanboys talking about powerful it was and how much better the graphics were. Sony fanboys saying more powerful doesn't mean better. Now, the PS3 is the late comer, most likely being the more powerful system. I can just see it now, the Sony fanboys saying the PS3 is more powerful and better graphics, the very same thing they hypocritically defended last generation. Oh, the fun of watching the fanboys, it always gives me a chuckle.
"After Sony stole the show last year with their dazzling game trailers, will actual hands-on impressions of the PS3 stand up to all the hype"
That E3 show set Sony back. The trailors were nothing more than CGI movies of what Sony hoped their games would look like. The hardware no where near resembled what will really be in the PS3.
Also the PS3 will not launch any less than $500 without absolutely massive losses per unit. The 360 at this point will have markdowns to around $250.
The PS3 will win this generation only if they can convince the average family that the PS3 is worth 2x the price. The normal fanboys will buy it no matter what the price, but these sales will be limited.