In Wake of Price Drops, Further PS3 Doubts

Sony fans undoubtedly cheered the news of a $100 drop in price for the 60GB PS3, but even with the price drop there are several issues surrounding the console. 1up reports that the 80GB PS3 is following the lead of the EU-released PS3s by removing the Emotion engine and relying on software emulation for backwards compatibility. In an effort to decrease costs Sony continues to reduce features and develop their product. Meanwhile, Konami executive Kazumi Kitaue doesn't see much impact from the cut ... and in fact told Reuters that they're seriously considering a multi-platform release for Metal Gear Solid 4. "Kitaue said Konami may need to expand the target hardware for its blockbuster fighting game Metal Gear Solid, which has so far been developed for Sony's PlayStation machines, to other consoles in the future to recoup development costs ... The release of the latest version of Metal Gear Solid series is expected to help lure hard-core gamers to the PS3 and alleviate concerns over scarcity of strong PS3 titles. Underscoring sluggish PS3 sales and robust demand for the Wii, Nintendo shot past Sony in market value last month and bumped the Tokyo-based electronics conglomerate off the list of Japan's 10 most valuable companies."

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Foot, meet Mr. Shotgun

[Detritus]

Sony certainly has developed a talent for screwing things up. At what point do they write off the PS3 and try again? I'll keep my PS2 until Sony offers a better console at a reasonable price with solid backwards compatibility.

Re:The models with the chip are using software emu

[ivan256]

Just because I pointed out the un-arguable truth -- software emulation is inferior to the original hardware for backward compatability -- doesn't make me a 360 fanboy. You're assuming such just shows how you think, fanboi.

I don't care to repeat myself, so here's a link: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=248053&cid=198 15989

Also, way to bring the (inaccurate) racial slur into the conversation. It's funny, you come in here cussing and being generally trollish, and it's the people who respond that get modded down...

Oh, and I never accused you of spreading FUD. By your logic, doesn't bringing that up make you a fanboy? Or would that be a fucking fanboy?

Sheesh. Your UID says you're almost 30, and your behavior suggests you're almost 12.

Re:The models with the chip are using software emu

[ivan256]

And then you try to play the racism card in a desperate attempt to grab the moral high ground. That's pathetic.

Hey, buddy, you're the one who used the term fanboi, and I brought it up because it disgusts me, and because it's only ever used by people who are swinging low.

I'm not going to continue a back-and-forth with you over who put what words in who's mouth, but as I check out from this thread I urge you to go back and find where I ever accused you of saying anything other than "fuck" and "fanboi". You are the one who decided I said something I had not.

Re:Lately?

[ASBands]

I'm pretty sure that it's their PR that is making gamers...er, everyone...hate them so much. Sure, their was a press release for the rootkit ordeal stating "If you don't know what it is, it can't hurt you." However, a better solution would have been to, say, not rootkit the music CDs in the first place and perhaps releasing a patch that actually fixed the problem. I hate Sony for the same reasons the majority of the people here hate Microsoft: their continued stupidity and deliberate handicapping of products and markets which they should not take part in. Is it bad PR? Yes - but shit in any other light would smell as foul.