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History To Repeat Itself With PS3?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the kutaragi-hopes-so dept.

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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  1. The Other side of the coin by rednip · · Score: 5, Informative
    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

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  2. Re:Wrong? by tempestdata · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think you're parsing that sentence wrong. Read it as :

    "PS3: Releasing one year after the lower priced Xbox 360, [with the Xbox360 being] lauded for its great games, ease of development, and superior online service."

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  3. That's not the real reason by mcvos · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The real reason why the PS2 was such a success, is that it was a very cheap DVD player, and DVDs had just become established technology.

    The PS3 is a cheap Blu-Ray player, but Blu-Ray is by no means established. Instead of using the DVD to launch the PS2, they're trying to do the reverse: using the PS3 to launch Blu-Ray. I don't think that will work nearly as well. In fact, I expect it to fail miserably.

  4. Simple Answers to Slashdot Questions by vought · · Score: 5, Funny

    History To Repeat Itself With PS3?

    No.

    This has been another episode of Simple Answers to Slashdot Questions.

  5. Playing DVDs on the PS2 is very nice! by MS-06FZ · · Score: 5, Funny

    I agree! It's very convenient to be able to use my PS2 to play my DVDs, I don't need to have another machine hooked up or worry about video swit-

    DISC READ ERROR

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