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Sony Crows About Blu-ray, Upcoming PS3 DVR Functionality
Eurogamer/GamesIndustry.biz reports on Sony's pleased statements about the PlayStation 3. The company has made a point to note that Blu-ray was totally worth it after recent comments by some developers who had problems fitting their titles onto a DVD. The interview with the site promises 'big things' for the format in the future. The future of the PS3 itself seems to have changes coming too: a television tuner and DVR functionality looks to be in the offing for the console. Microsoft announced similar plans earlier this year, but there are no firm dates for either company's use of the console.
...I feel like all of these changes and additions to the console are just so Sony can justify not lowering the price. I'd rather see them work on the fabbing process for their current console and make it smaller and cheaper.
You really have to put yourself in Zonk's shoes.
# You just spent the last year or two trashing Sony and the PS3 every single day
# You just spent the last year or two coming up with a bitter spin at the end of every positive Sony news story
# You just spent the last year or two smugly smiling to yourself that you were really fucking Sony over
And now all that effort has been for nothing:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/videogames/
Spewing bitter vile seems to be a pretty expected reaction.
Perhaps. But I'd rather have my video game console actually play games, and so far, all I've heard from developers is that the PS3 is a pain in the ass to support. They've even lost Metal Gear Solid 4 as an exclusive, which some people cited as their reason for buying a PS3 in the first place. Sony seems to be pulling a Nintendo and losing out on their games library and third party support.
Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.