See, this is the kind of bullshit you get from a company that "piggybacks" their way to the top.
Q: Why was the ps1 so successful?
A: Because nintendo designed it and knows how to engineer a game system. The only reason why it did not come out with a nintendo name was because of contractual differences so nintendo went to sgi.
Q: Why is the sony ps2 such a pain in the ass to develope for?
A: Because sony had to do their homework for the first time and failed. The result is a poorly engineered ps2 that could have been really kick ass with more ram, The ram issue and other engineering short commings probably would have led for it to have its intended shelf life.
The bottom line is the ps3 is going to fail and if it has distributed computing. Their will be no standard for the platform and developers will be lost when trying to figure out what to do. also i am not saying that it wil fail b/c i am a hardcore nintendo fan or xbox fan, it will fail because sony is developing it. as far as fan of a particular console, i like anything with good games.
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See, this is the kind of bullshit you get from a company that "piggybacks" their way to the top. Q: Why was the ps1 so successful? A: Because nintendo designed it and knows how to engineer a game system. The only reason why it did not come out with a nintendo name was because of contractual differences so nintendo went to sgi. Q: Why is the sony ps2 such a pain in the ass to develope for? A: Because sony had to do their homework for the first time and failed. The result is a poorly engineered ps2 that could have been really kick ass with more ram, The ram issue and other engineering short commings probably would have led for it to have its intended shelf life. The bottom line is the ps3 is going to fail and if it has distributed computing. Their will be no standard for the platform and developers will be lost when trying to figure out what to do. also i am not saying that it wil fail b/c i am a hardcore nintendo fan or xbox fan, it will fail because sony is developing it. as far as fan of a particular console, i like anything with good games.