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PS3 Performance Downgraded Again

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can-we-go-back-to-sony-saying-crazy-things-that-was-fun dept.

Heartless Gamer writes "The PS3's performance has been downgraded again, according to the Inquirer." From the article: "We can't tell you why the GPU lost nearly 10% of it's clock, it could be an NVidia screwup, or it could be Sony/Cell. Either way, it just became much less of an overwhelming value, but you get a DRM infected drive for 'free' either way." Interesting, but keep in mind this is The Inquirer. 9 out of 10 doctors recommend salt with their articles. Relatedly, the choice comments from Penny Arcade this past weekend about Sony's console are wandering around the internets today. From that article: "We've already talked about it, there's no chance we're buying a PS3 at launch."

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  1. price by mjjw · · Score: 4, Funny

    maybe this downgrade will affect the PS3 price to make it more competetive compared to Wii and 360?

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  2. It just.. never ends. by eddy · · Score: 4, Funny

    The P3 might become a flop of E.T proportions.

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  3. FTFA by neonprimetime · · Score: 5, Funny

    directly from the article...
    You teh sux0r 2 sae teh PS3 is not going to teh r0x0r! Yew lie, yew 360 luvr. U teh sux! U maek thing up, go die!!!1111one!1!!!1 heheheheh

  4. Part of a secret plan. by normal_guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is part of a larger Sony initiative. Lower expectations across the board, with all demographics. Once expectations have hit rock bottom, it's easy to exceed them! Imagine if Sony were to drop the price by $50 or increase clock speed by 5%.

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  5. Rootkit to blame? by Suzumushi · · Score: 5, Funny

    We can't tell you why the GPU lost nearly 10% of it's clock, it could be an NVidia screwup, or it could be Sony/Cell. Have they checked for a rootkit?

    1. Re:Rootkit to blame? by Loadmaster · · Score: 5, Funny

      That was the first thing they checked. It's working fine. I think they resereved a whole SPE for it.

      Swi

  6. Re:Hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Given the crap that Sony Officials have already talked about PS3, I'd take your comment here with a pinch of salt roughly the size of Uranus.

  7. Battery sales by LoverOfJoy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Exactly, even if PS3 does poorly, they have huge laptop battery sales to Apple and Dell to make up for it.

  8. Oblig by Alzheimers · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lets see what's In the box...

    Nothing!

    Stu-paaaaaaaad! You're so Stu-paaaaaaaaaad!

  9. Re:Hmm... by GweeDo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would have used Pluto, but that poor guy just doesn't carry the clout he used to :(

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