That's all good for you and stuff, but nevertheless, to a growing number of people the PS3 is an exciting purchase. If the price point is all that matters to you, and you don't need HD capabilities, it might well not be the right choice for you.
But please don't make it sound as if your personal opinion / bias was something you consider universal. It is not.
By the way, you know you can buy (a growing number of) the games you used to love on the PS1 via the PSNetwork just as well, right? And as you're mentioning bowling: Sony (shame on them for plagiarizing the idea, but nice to have it anyway) has just published a motion sensing bowling game as an exclusive PSN download... Seems like a lot of your points are rather moot, if you ask me, but there you go.
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Just a few comments:
1. The Wii seems to be largely unavailable in the US, but elsewhere supply is just fine. They are in stock all over Europe, as far as I can tell. Demand is lower here, because, well, people actually KNOW what they're getting when they buy the Wii. Sorry, couldn't resist there...;)
2. Those Sony fanboys are still enjoying their PS2 consoles, as far as I can tell. Sony's strategy is a long term one; the PS3 will continue to be an exciting purchase when Nintendo releases a beefier Wii2 and Microsoft has finally pulled out of the console business that's been nothing but a continuing stream of major disasters to them. Well, whether you agree with that last short outburst of flamebait right now or not is entirely up to you, but: Can you still buy an original Xbox at retail? How about a Gamecube? Well then, what about a PS2? Then, go and have another close look at what current gen systems (including the Wii here, for peace of mind) the PS2 is still outselling to this very day, to finally reconsider: Who has been doing nearly as well as Sony?
Nice try, Mr. Troll. It's not exactly like your slashdot moniker would make a reasonable discussion with your very person seem like a worthwhile endeavor now, would it? No soup for you, come back - next year!
Sorry to go all anal here, but no, the very design of their console is flawed, which MS even admitted to explicitly, it is exactly NOT a manufacturing problem. The duct tape fix for the moment is putting in more metal and (supposedly) more fans (and noise?) to keep the motherboard from bending out of shape. Even the boxes currently being built suffer from the same fatal flaw, just with a somewhat reduced melt-down probability.
If that is enough for you, buy a 360. Those who already own one, keep praying it doesn't die on you the evening you invited your friends over for a gaming session.
Let me fix the subject for you to a completely serious: Yeah, keep trying, Microsoft. And by the way, Wiis are nowhere near sold out here in Europe, they are collecting dust on shelves (well, for a few days each, at least).
And if EA keeps releasing games like that P.O.S. NASCAR whatever (2007, methinks), next-gen consoles intriguingly start looking like last-gen consoles. I wonder, does an assessment by a game company that doesn't even _try_ to keep up with current tech (compare all the disasters EA released as half-assed PS3 ports of 360 games) have any value to anyone?
Pheww, for a moment I was thinking you were talking about football there, and no, it's against the rules to tackle someone to the ground in football, especially on purpose. You will see either a yellow or a red card if you do that. I was however quick enough to realize you were writing about that strange American variant of good ol' rugby instead that is kind enough to give its players a rest every 10 seconds of game play or so, because they are lugging around way too much body armor.
Oh, by the way, I do agree: boxing is violent, so are hockey, football, American football, Sumo, demolition derbies, fencing and pool billiard (those poor balls!), with the one exception of wrestling (again, the American version), which is a joke.
Yet another aspect left out in the article: Funny how, with this article being a rant against an anti console makers rant, Zonk somehow forgets to mention that Greenpeace applauded Sony for taking the top spot in their comparison for having the strictest and most explicit environmental policies. But that wouldn't fit into the article's argument about Greenpeace crusading against 'the gaming industry' now, would it?
A different one. They are not judging the hardware (which bewildered me a bit as well), but the companies' environmental policies instead.
Funny how, with this article being a rant against an anti console makers rant, Zonk somehow forgets to mention that Greenpeace applauded Sony for taking the top spot in their comparison for having the strictest and most explicit policies. But that wouldn't fit into the article's argument about Greenpeace crusading against 'the gaming industry' now, would it?
Right on spot there. No-one buys the Wii over here in Germany, the shelves are always full, whenever I take a look. Seems like Nintendo keeps miscalculating their shipments. Or maybe they know something we don't, then again, what do I know?
I fully agree, but there is one more thing that differentiates the Holocaust of WW2 from all other genocides so far: it was carried out industrially. There was a lot of logistics involved to organize the trains carrying 'human material' to the death factories, where people were divided, stripped naked, deprived of their body hair, gassed to death, burned to ashes and so on, all using assembly line principles (or those of a modern slaughterhouse) in order to murder human beings.
That is what sets the genocide of the Jews apart from every other mass murder in history so far.
The only thing that will keep me from replacing it with a PS3 is the number of games I already own for the 360. Otherwise I'd be moving on to other consoles.
Ok, this will be obvious, but that is the kind of situation eBay was invented for. There is a German saying that goes: "Besser ein Ende mit Schrecken, als ein Schrecken ohne Ende." (An ending with horrors is better than never ending horror.) What's the appropriate idiom in English, as I can't seem to find it?
Yes, I do realize that you might be talking about games that are exclusive to 360 as well, ones that you will be missing, but there might be more to gain in the long run. And thank you, I'm neither a shill nor paid to say this.
And so, what do you suppose we do when drinkypoo starts trolling against Sony again, like so many times before? Better yet, in an article based on a funny Microsoft rep. quote? I say, we let it slide just as well.
I might have been trolled here; have a nice day anyway.
I just love how your post gets modded 'interesting' instead of 'insightful'. Seems like you really told the moderators something they didn't know about before.
[...] it only took me about ten minutes of reloading.
I would mod your post funny, but considering that I already posted here, let me just say this: One man's Ten Minutes of Reloading (TM) is another man's slashdot effect.
Would a label really sue one of their own bands for copyright infringement... of the band's own music?
I wouldn't risk a bet, but I think they would. Really depends on the kind of contract they got, how much of the band's intellectual effort (a.k.a. copyright) the label was able to acquire.
That said, why don't we turn that newspeak against them by starting to call the labels the REAL pirates? And bands and filesharers unite as ninjas! Ninjas prevail!
Yeah right, who cares, and boy, you really showed us! It's just the same with all those stories about xbox clusters used for advanced number crunching, right?
Erh, no, I'm confusing stories here. I meant those stories about clusters of 360s being used as cheapo heater replacements at your local zoo.
And it's a real no-brainer to put any number but zero in there, because you know that it all goes directly to the artists.
I also got the album via a torrent first, because the day after the launch it was simply impossible to reach the Radiohead server, seeing that it had been slashdotted or something (can't be that much of a failure then, now can it?). Thanks for the follow-up story; I almost forgot that I wanted to return to radiohead.com in order to show my appreciation for this great step forward by paying the band. Those guys have been one of my favourite acts for something like ten years.
Short version: 'Piracy' sure is the wrong word here. That's like saying 'Oh no, the new Mandriva version is being shared on torrents more than it is being downloaded directly from mandriva.com. Damn those pirates!'. Get a life. By seeding, people donate their own bandwidth to prevent the band's server from melting down. Whether or not they come back later to pay for the music is a completely different story, but as for me, I just did.
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Just 360 for now. D'oh! Innovation of the year: the shift from blue (screen of death) to red (rings of death).
That's all good for you and stuff, but nevertheless, to a growing number of people the PS3 is an exciting purchase. If the price point is all that matters to you, and you don't need HD capabilities, it might well not be the right choice for you.
... Seems like a lot of your points are rather moot, if you ask me, but there you go.
But please don't make it sound as if your personal opinion / bias was something you consider universal. It is not.
By the way, you know you can buy (a growing number of) the games you used to love on the PS1 via the PSNetwork just as well, right? And as you're mentioning bowling: Sony (shame on them for plagiarizing the idea, but nice to have it anyway) has just published a motion sensing bowling game as an exclusive PSN download
Just a few comments:
... ;)
1. The Wii seems to be largely unavailable in the US, but elsewhere supply is just fine. They are in stock all over Europe, as far as I can tell. Demand is lower here, because, well, people actually KNOW what they're getting when they buy the Wii. Sorry, couldn't resist there
2. Those Sony fanboys are still enjoying their PS2 consoles, as far as I can tell. Sony's strategy is a long term one; the PS3 will continue to be an exciting purchase when Nintendo releases a beefier Wii2 and Microsoft has finally pulled out of the console business that's been nothing but a continuing stream of major disasters to them. Well, whether you agree with that last short outburst of flamebait right now or not is entirely up to you, but: Can you still buy an original Xbox at retail? How about a Gamecube? Well then, what about a PS2? Then, go and have another close look at what current gen systems (including the Wii here, for peace of mind) the PS2 is still outselling to this very day, to finally reconsider: Who has been doing nearly as well as Sony?
Nice try, Mr. Troll. It's not exactly like your slashdot moniker would make a reasonable discussion with your very person seem like a worthwhile endeavor now, would it? No soup for you, come back - next year!
Sorry to go all anal here, but no, the very design of their console is flawed, which MS even admitted to explicitly, it is exactly NOT a manufacturing problem. The duct tape fix for the moment is putting in more metal and (supposedly) more fans (and noise?) to keep the motherboard from bending out of shape. Even the boxes currently being built suffer from the same fatal flaw, just with a somewhat reduced melt-down probability.
If that is enough for you, buy a 360. Those who already own one, keep praying it doesn't die on you the evening you invited your friends over for a gaming session.
Let me fix the subject for you to a completely serious: Yeah, keep trying, Microsoft. And by the way, Wiis are nowhere near sold out here in Europe, they are collecting dust on shelves (well, for a few days each, at least).
And if EA keeps releasing games like that P.O.S. NASCAR whatever (2007, methinks), next-gen consoles intriguingly start looking like last-gen consoles. I wonder, does an assessment by a game company that doesn't even _try_ to keep up with current tech (compare all the disasters EA released as half-assed PS3 ports of 360 games) have any value to anyone?
Pheww, for a moment I was thinking you were talking about football there, and no, it's against the rules to tackle someone to the ground in football, especially on purpose. You will see either a yellow or a red card if you do that. I was however quick enough to realize you were writing about that strange American variant of good ol' rugby instead that is kind enough to give its players a rest every 10 seconds of game play or so, because they are lugging around way too much body armor.
Oh, by the way, I do agree: boxing is violent, so are hockey, football, American football, Sumo, demolition derbies, fencing and pool billiard (those poor balls!), with the one exception of wrestling (again, the American version), which is a joke.
Yet another aspect left out in the article: Funny how, with this article being a rant against an anti console makers rant, Zonk somehow forgets to mention that Greenpeace applauded Sony for taking the top spot in their comparison for having the strictest and most explicit environmental policies. But that wouldn't fit into the article's argument about Greenpeace crusading against 'the gaming industry' now, would it?
A different one. They are not judging the hardware (which bewildered me a bit as well), but the companies' environmental policies instead.
Funny how, with this article being a rant against an anti console makers rant, Zonk somehow forgets to mention that Greenpeace applauded Sony for taking the top spot in their comparison for having the strictest and most explicit policies. But that wouldn't fit into the article's argument about Greenpeace crusading against 'the gaming industry' now, would it?
Me neither. As long as it's not Peter File, that is.
By the way, any info on what kind of clusters did the rendering work for that obnoxious new movie?
Right on spot there. No-one buys the Wii over here in Germany, the shelves are always full, whenever I take a look. Seems like Nintendo keeps miscalculating their shipments. Or maybe they know something we don't, then again, what do I know?
Honestly? You wouldn't if it wasn't? You should watch your grammar more closely, it's playing tricks on you again. ;)
I fully agree, but there is one more thing that differentiates the Holocaust of WW2 from all other genocides so far: it was carried out industrially. There was a lot of logistics involved to organize the trains carrying 'human material' to the death factories, where people were divided, stripped naked, deprived of their body hair, gassed to death, burned to ashes and so on, all using assembly line principles (or those of a modern slaughterhouse) in order to murder human beings.
That is what sets the genocide of the Jews apart from every other mass murder in history so far.
Well, how often does your 360 suffer RROD? Does it do that on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis?
Yes, I do realize that you might be talking about games that are exclusive to 360 as well, ones that you will be missing, but there might be more to gain in the long run. And thank you, I'm neither a shill nor paid to say this.
And so, what do you suppose we do when drinkypoo starts trolling against Sony again, like so many times before? Better yet, in an article based on a funny Microsoft rep. quote? I say, we let it slide just as well.
I might have been trolled here; have a nice day anyway.
Come on, it's not a crime, it's a 21st century schizoid business scheme!
I just love how your post gets modded 'interesting' instead of 'insightful'. Seems like you really told the moderators something they didn't know about before.
I wouldn't risk a bet, but I think they would. Really depends on the kind of contract they got, how much of the band's intellectual effort (a.k.a. copyright) the label was able to acquire.
That said, why don't we turn that newspeak against them by starting to call the labels the REAL pirates? And bands and filesharers unite as ninjas! Ninjas prevail!
Now, come on! You're saying, no more inverting the sub-space power matrix of the deflector shields? WE'RE DOOMED!
Yeah right, who cares, and boy, you really showed us! It's just the same with all those stories about xbox clusters used for advanced number crunching, right?
Erh, no, I'm confusing stories here. I meant those stories about clusters of 360s being used as cheapo heater replacements at your local zoo.
And it's a real no-brainer to put any number but zero in there, because you know that it all goes directly to the artists.
I also got the album via a torrent first, because the day after the launch it was simply impossible to reach the Radiohead server, seeing that it had been slashdotted or something (can't be that much of a failure then, now can it?). Thanks for the follow-up story; I almost forgot that I wanted to return to radiohead.com in order to show my appreciation for this great step forward by paying the band. Those guys have been one of my favourite acts for something like ten years.
Short version: 'Piracy' sure is the wrong word here. That's like saying 'Oh no, the new Mandriva version is being shared on torrents more than it is being downloaded directly from mandriva.com. Damn those pirates!'. Get a life. By seeding, people donate their own bandwidth to prevent the band's server from melting down. Whether or not they come back later to pay for the music is a completely different story, but as for me, I just did.
Do it again, to get an even longer surprise. ;)