History To Repeat Itself With PS3?

Dr. Eggman writes to mention a 1up article looking at the way things were when the PS2 launched vs. next week's PlayStation 3 launch. The question: can history repeat itself? From the article: "PS2: Released one year after the lower priced Dreamcast, lauded for its great games, ease of development, and superior online service. PS3: Releasing one year after the lower priced Xbox 360, lauded for its great games, ease of development, and superior online service. PS2: Competition from Nintendo: A smaller, cheaper 'family friendly' console with a 'focus on gameplay.' PS3: Competition from Nintendo: A smaller, cheaper 'family friendly' console with a 'focus on gameplay.'" The article also looks at how things have changed for Sony since the last time around.

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The Other side of the coin

[rednip]

It's a good article, in particular because the link at the end of the page gives a link to 10 reasons the PS2 won't be able to repeat the success of the PS2.

For me it's all about the price

Re:The Other side of the coin

[rednip]

That's the exact same article, and I think you mean the PS3 won't be able to repeat the success of the PS2.

well, it's the second page to the article (I did say that it is a good article), and yes, that is a typo, but it wasn't mine, I copied it directly from the page.

Repeating history? I hope not..

[Channard]

... otherwise we can look forward to the PS3's lens giving out shortly after the warranty period and refusing to read half of the discs. The PS2 lens problems made the 360's failure rate look like a drop in the ocean? Nope, this isn't intended as flamebait - it happened to me, and I was only able to get it working, sort of, by cracking the PS2 open and changing the lens angle. What Joe Public who's never even opened a PC was supposed to do, other than buy a new one, I don't know.

History's not repeating

[Volante3192]

PS2: Competition from Nintendo: A smaller, cheaper 'family friendly' console with a 'focus on gameplay.' released one year after the PS2

PS3: Competition from Nintendo: A smaller, cheaper 'family friendly' console with a 'focus on gameplay.' released concurrently with the PS3."

Fixed your article. Where's my co-author credit?

Re:summary:

[Anonymous Coward]

That sounds like the Pretendo Piss, just put the same shit into a new case and change the name. Call it an even more kiddie sounding name that sounds like what a child would say while going to the bathroom. Then the sheeple will pay once again for the same console the have already paid for.

$300 a "very cheap" DVD player in 2000?!

[PoderOmega]

You could get good DVD players (Panasonic brand) in $150 in late 2000. That's half the price of the PS2 when it came out. I didn't have a DVD player and I thought it was a good selling point when I got my PS2 in 2001, but I did not think it was a "very cheap" DVD player.

The DVD player contributed it, but it is by far the "real" reason it was so successful.

Re:Simple Answers to Slashdot Questions

[d34thm0nk3y]

History To Repeat Itself With PS3?
No.

I disagree.

Unfortunately for them, it is the history of Betamax.

Re:Females Overlooked?

[estarriol]

In my experience (for what it's worth), women love consoles of all forms (and do generally seem to get on better with non-violent games) but don't tend to actually buy consoles very often - they either tend to play with a male friend's console or have one bought for them. As for non-violent games, the PS2 was the best in the last generation at nontraditional games IMO. Most of the gamecube games are "kiddified", but violent nonetheless.