The "computer" aspects of PS3 will be just as useless as the PS2 Linux kit. Don't be suckered into thinking that Linux on PS3 is going to be any use. It only has 256MB of system RAM. What the hell are you going to do with 256MB on a "computer"??
This is no surprise, the PS2 architecture is wild enough on its own, but then compared to PS3 the architectures are worlds apart. It's going to be a tricky task to emulate PS2 in software mode. M$ is having a similar problem with Xbox being so different from X360, and PS2 -> PS3 is much more complicated.
They will probably need to keep PS2 hardware in there forever. Then it makes me wonder, if PS4 has a radically different architecture from PS3, will they need to keep PS3 hardware inside, and how will that affect costs? PS3 is already expensive, how much will PS4 cost, $1200?
It looks like Wii has the best solution, with it being a scaled up GameCube architecture.
Sony expects PS3 to last 10 years, but you know M$ and Nintendo will want to push their next consoles out around 2010. I expect this generation will last 4 years, not 5 like the previous generations. Technology is advancing faster than ever before, and market diversification leads to quicker updates.
This is not a good business plan. Sony's whole strategy is hinging on people that are already planning to spend major cash upgrading their home theaters in the next 5 years, and just hoping that they can convince them to spend some more on a PS3.
There's a big problem. The number of home theater enthusiasts and tech geeks is much smaller than the number of mainstream gamers who just want an affordable game machine.
With that kind of strategy, Sony is looking at N64 sales numbers and game selection, and even that is a generous estimate.
Miscrosoft and Nintendo have just come on too strong. Their aggression along with Sony's incompetence has created the perfect storm to majorly shake up the entire industry. Sony's time in the spotlight is over.
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Another thing this article left out - the ballooning price of PS3 is also the result of ballooned R&D costs due to design incompetence and failure.
The original PS3 design called for 3 Cell processors and no GPU. Each Cell CPU was to have 1 logic unit and 8 SPE's, and graphics would be done in software mode. Sony ended up with egg on their face and had to run to nVidia to bail them out.
Originally nVidia was called in for "consultation" purposes, and both parties denied a GPU was in the works. But inevitably, Sony's lakluster design forced them to purchase nVidia's PC GPU to overcome the Cells graphical inability. Turning to nVidia costed Sony much more than they planned to spend, and buying the PC GPU's costed them even more.
To add insult to injury, low yields forced Sony to cut the SPE's down to 7 operational SPE's per Cell, and costs forced them to cut 2 Cell processors away completely. Now we have an over-engineered, overpriced, and underwheliming architecture. Don't let Soy's infalted numbers fool you, the X360 was brilliantly designed, PS3 was botched, so for all the hype and price, you pay 2x the money for the same quality system, and Sony loses assloads of money. It's a lose-lose situation for everyone (except nVidia, who will walk away from this with a really fat bank account.)
"The Revolution has 512 MB of flash memory, allowing for some initial storage space. The system also has a slot for SD memory cards, which are widely used in digital cameras and can hold a greater amount of data. Most importantly, Iwata mentioned, were the USB ports that are built into the Revolution "so practically any storage method can be used"."
Actually, Sony Pictures is losing money due to several consecutive flops, and Sony music is being heavily boycotted due to the ROOTKIT fiasco. The electronics division is being hammered by Samsung and other competitors.
There may be some slim, erratic profits in those divisions, but it is not reliable or consistent. Don't be fooled by large "revenue" numbers being touted by Sony and their fanboy apologists. I'm talking about operating profits.
There is also some profits for Sony in the financial services division, but it's not enough to offeset the potential flop of the PS3. Sony is literally banking their entire future on PS3.
All the fanboys who think BluRay is good for games because it allows for so much more content - I hope you enjoy paying $70+ for the games.
PS3 is already so late to market and so difficult to develop for, it is going to end up with a much smaller game library than the Wii or X360. PS3 will not enjoy the position of being the "target system" like PS2 did. Now X360 is the target system and PS3 will get the watered down ports. That's the advantage of being the first console to hit critical mass.
Wii of course has the advantage of low cost development, and true next-generation gameplay due to innovative interface. EA and other developers have already made special Wii teams (something not done for GameCube), and are more willing to take risks on innovative ideas since the costs are dramatically lower.
In the end, whatever exclusive support remains on PS3 will end up raising costs to $70+ to cover their extreme costs and low distribution.
Unlike M$ and nintendo, Sony does not have any other significantly profitable ventures to sustain them. And assholes like me will be ther every step of the way to remind people of the ROOTKIT, the stolen Walkman, crappy manufacturing defects, and ridiculous prices.
Damn it feels good to see Sony choke on their own shit.
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With something like Blu-Ray, a public perception of failure can become a self-fulfilling prophesy.
That's kinda the point. BluRay deserves to fail, and Sony overall deserves to fail.
Their most famous product, the Walkman, was stolen. They don't deserve the success they had with it. Sony lies, cheats, steals, and their legions of media whores hype them to no end. Sony overcharges for crappy non-durable products. Sony puts ROOTKITS on people's computers. Sony creates useless media such as UMD and suckers people into buying them.
Normally I would say that people stupid enough to buy Sony are getting the trash that they deserve, but with such media influence, some people really can't help but to trust them.
Yes, the media is "mad" at Sony for making asses of them over the PSP. But the sad reality is that Sony has been making asses of the general public for decades. The media was happy to play along until they got burned.
BluRay sucks. Stick with DVD, or get HD-DVD if you insist on wasting money on evolutionary optical formats. Don't ever buy anything made from Sony, ever. Vote with your wallet.
I agree completely. The seller agreed to the price, automated or not.
Also, it's not this guy's fault that their auction system is so buggy. And it is a game after all, right? It's not so much of a stretch to think that this supposed "hacking" is just really a clever game strategy or "easter egg" designed to help and reward the players clever enough to figure it out.
Intentional or unintentional is beside the point. It was a "feature" of the game and he took advantage of it. Since he paid money to play the game, he is entitled and obliged to maximize his gaming experience by using the tools provided to him by the developer. He did not use a "3rd party hack", he just used existing conditions to his favor.
At the very least, he found a very important bug in the game. He deserves to be paid as a bug tester at the very least. Deleting his account and jacking his stuff is uncalled for. I would rule in favor of this guy.
People forget that with the bump in optical technology here we're also getting a substantial bump in data transfers.
In the case of PS3, this is false. The BluRay drive in PS3 has a slower transfer rate than the DVD drive in X360. Most likely it will be slower than Wii as well, since Nintendo's president spent a few minutes talking about slow load times during the E3 conference.
There is only one real gamble Sony is taking here, and it is this: The $600 price tag is obviously driving people away. The problem is whether, and how many, of those people will come back. Sony's survival at this point revolves entirely around consumers' ability, sometime in the future, to go "Oh, so that video game system that used to be $600 is now $399? Well, maybe I'll give it another look".
M$ and nintendo will always have Sony at massive disadvantages. Do you think they will sit by idly while Sony drops their prices? By the time PS3 hits $299, the Wii will be $150 or $100, and X360 will be $250 or $200. And here's the kicker - PS3 won't have better games. It's going to be hard to convince joe gamer to drop the extra cash on PS3 if he can always get more bang for the buck elsewhere.
You are silly to believe Sony's performance numbers. They also quoted insane numbers for PS2 but reality showed it was no big deal at all. Sony's numbers are in specific ideal scenarios, for general real-world use their systems are no better than anything from Intel and AMD.
Sony had to run to nVidia for help with their GPU, for fks sake. They don't know nearly as much about computer engineering as their PR is letting on.
"You're kind of missing the point. If you have a PS3, and therefore a Blu-Ray player... will the next movie you buy be a DVD or a Blu-Ray? If they cost about the same, why not get the HD movie?"
Big problem - the movies do not cost the same. MSRP for BluRay movies is $25-$30 standard, while DVD's go on sale for $15.
And I'll go ahead and pre-emptively shoot down any fantasies people may be having about single-disc collections. They won't happen, and even if they do, they will be just as expensive as buying multiple discs. Sorry, but you won't be getting a single-disc LOTR or SW trilogy for the price of a single disc. They will still cost $70+ for the collections.
"Everyone planning on getting one before the announcement will continue to do so".
Apparently you missed the thundering herd of people abandoning their PS3 plans in favor of Wii and Xbox 360.
Who is wearing the horse blinders again? Also I find it rather amusing that you write SONY with all caps.
I smell a plant.
"MILLIONS of blu-ray readers will already be in the clutches of PS3 owners. They'll get a next generation HD format with the bonus of a next-generation game machine."
Again, this is assuming that those MILLIONS actually want BluRay and PS3 at all, when they are tempted by competing products with much better prices.
Both HD-DVD and BluRay are a waste of time, but nonetheless, HD-DVD is already off to a big head start. The prices will drop faster than BluRay, and let's not forget that M$ has an add-on device for X360 which will still keep the price lower than PS3. Atleast with the X360 route you have a CHOICE whether to be flogged or not.
Let's also not forget that NEC backs HD-DVD while Sony backs BluRay. NEC is a true technology leader and pioneer, they will outweigh the cash-strapped Sony in this fight.
"They have a cool UI, online distribution, etc. But so will SONY."
Don't put the cart in front of the horse just yet. Sony has only announce plans, they don't have anything to show for it yet. If precedent is any indication, they will come up short against Xbox Live.
I would challenge that PS3 owners will own more games per console.
That's quite an assumption. For $600 people could get a Wii and 8 games, or an X360 with 6 games.
"The difference is that people with gaming PC's won't see much original (or better looking) content on a 360. They'll get unique titles on a PS3."
OK, by now it's obvious that you are a lunatic fanboy, or an astroturfer.
The unique games will be on Wii, not PS3. The best looking games will be on X360, as we learned from this E3. For all of Sony's hype, they won't be able to surpass X360, because X360 developers are a generation ahead and most Japanese devs haven't figured out how to use a pixel shader yet.
In 1 year, in 2 years, in 3 -- the initial price of the PS3 will not be a big deal anymore.
It will always be a big deal, because the competing consoles will always be significantly cheaper, and with much larger game libraries and user bases.
It's not like M$ and Nintendo are going to sit on their asses while Sony suddenly starts doing everything right. They smell blood and they will go in for the kill.
Sony's time at the top is over. The chickens have come home to roost. Sony's corruption and incompetence have reached critical mass.
Huh? Methinks you ought to familiarize yourself with The Facts.
Sony is absolutely bleeding money. The game division was just about their only profitable division, and it is tanking bigtime at the moment. Another year or two of this and Sony really will be bankrupt or sold off.
This is why Sony is so adamant about getting BluRay into PS3 - the rest of the company needs the game division to carry them on their backs.
M$ smells blood, and they will be going in for the kill. As they said in Star Wars, "The emperor has made a critical error and the time for action is now."
Let's not forget that the Walkman, the very product that "put Sony on the map", was in fact stolen. It took over 20 years to settle the case. meanwhile Sony profited enormously.
Sony has always been crooked. THey also stole the rumble feature for their game controllers and got slapped to the tune of $90M.
The rootkit is just another symptom of the widespread sickness at Sony Corp.
"What's so wonderful about a new-generation console with previous-generation performance? Why buy a new console that doesn't offer any new performance boost?"
Except that Wii does offer a performance boost. The older consoles weren't designed to process Wiimote type of input. Not that the input itself is processor intensive, but that it necessarily brings more logic and physics into the game world along with it. The amount of processing per-pixel hasn't changed, but the amount of pixels has (Wii runs in 480p widescreen), as well as game complexity and interaction.
Sony has a rich history of lying and stealing. People should have steal Sony's lunch money.known better than to trust anything they say.
If anybody is "disappointed" by the Sony show, then you must have been living in fanboy fantasy land. The writing has been on the wall for quite some time. Nintendo and M$ are going to eat Sony's lunch.
You fucking moron - those figures show M$ haemoraging cash while Sony is profitable most quarters. M$ has lost more money over the last three quarters and has never turned a profit ever bar one quarter back in 2004.
Who cares about M$? I was responding to Sony propoganda about UMD sales and Sony profitablity.
Yea, M$ loses money on Xbox, so what? They can afford to bleed cash, Sony cannot. SCE is the only (sometimes) profitable division of Sony while the other divisions are tanking. If SCE fails, Sony goes bye-bye. If M$ Home Entertainment Division fails, M$ moves on like nothing ever happened.
But since you are a shortsighted fool, I will put it to you simply - M$ is prepared to outspend Sony into the grave. The ridiculous over-engineering and the resulting price of PS3 is a result of this. And if M$ wants to, they can lop off another $100 from X360's price tag and it wouldn't even phase them.
Get it through your head - Sony is banking their entire future on PS3. And M$ smells blood. Wait until the second-gen X360 games are shown tomorrow, and the world will see that PS3 is dead on arrival.
Can you say "FUCKING MORON FANBOY"???
Well, I'm not the one flying off the handle and cursing at people simply for delivering factual information.
Second, I don't give a rats ass about M$. I prefer the Wii, as it is the only console that supports next-generation gameplay. Fuck Xbox and fuck PS3.
But I'm not such a dumbass fanboy that I can't see the forest for the trees. M$ is aggressive, mean, and nasty, and they will bury Sony no matter what it costs them. Sony's time at the top is over. Deal with it.
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This is nothing more than FRAUD in order to dodge taxes. Sony tried this same crap with PS2.
The "computer" aspects of PS3 will be just as useless as the PS2 Linux kit. Don't be suckered into thinking that Linux on PS3 is going to be any use. It only has 256MB of system RAM. What the hell are you going to do with 256MB on a "computer"??
This is no surprise, the PS2 architecture is wild enough on its own, but then compared to PS3 the architectures are worlds apart. It's going to be a tricky task to emulate PS2 in software mode. M$ is having a similar problem with Xbox being so different from X360, and PS2 -> PS3 is much more complicated.
They will probably need to keep PS2 hardware in there forever. Then it makes me wonder, if PS4 has a radically different architecture from PS3, will they need to keep PS3 hardware inside, and how will that affect costs? PS3 is already expensive, how much will PS4 cost, $1200?
It looks like Wii has the best solution, with it being a scaled up GameCube architecture.
Sony expects PS3 to last 10 years, but you know M$ and Nintendo will want to push their next consoles out around 2010. I expect this generation will last 4 years, not 5 like the previous generations. Technology is advancing faster than ever before, and market diversification leads to quicker updates.
This is not a good business plan. Sony's whole strategy is hinging on people that are already planning to spend major cash upgrading their home theaters in the next 5 years, and just hoping that they can convince them to spend some more on a PS3.
There's a big problem. The number of home theater enthusiasts and tech geeks is much smaller than the number of mainstream gamers who just want an affordable game machine.
With that kind of strategy, Sony is looking at N64 sales numbers and game selection, and even that is a generous estimate.
Miscrosoft and Nintendo have just come on too strong. Their aggression along with Sony's incompetence has created the perfect storm to majorly shake up the entire industry. Sony's time in the spotlight is over.
Another thing this article left out - the ballooning price of PS3 is also the result of ballooned R&D costs due to design incompetence and failure.
The original PS3 design called for 3 Cell processors and no GPU. Each Cell CPU was to have 1 logic unit and 8 SPE's, and graphics would be done in software mode. Sony ended up with egg on their face and had to run to nVidia to bail them out.
Originally nVidia was called in for "consultation" purposes, and both parties denied a GPU was in the works. But inevitably, Sony's lakluster design forced them to purchase nVidia's PC GPU to overcome the Cells graphical inability. Turning to nVidia costed Sony much more than they planned to spend, and buying the PC GPU's costed them even more.
To add insult to injury, low yields forced Sony to cut the SPE's down to 7 operational SPE's per Cell, and costs forced them to cut 2 Cell processors away completely. Now we have an over-engineered, overpriced, and underwheliming architecture. Don't let Soy's infalted numbers fool you, the X360 was brilliantly designed, PS3 was botched, so for all the hype and price, you pay 2x the money for the same quality system, and Sony loses assloads of money. It's a lose-lose situation for everyone (except nVidia, who will walk away from this with a really fat bank account.)
You can get plenty of info here:
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"I am curious where the Wii is supposed to store all those downloadable old games."
If the built-in flash memory becomes full, Wii also supports external USB storage devices. Nintendo's president has stated this before:
From CNN:
"The Revolution has 512 MB of flash memory, allowing for some initial storage space. The system also has a slot for SD memory cards, which are widely used in digital cameras and can hold a greater amount of data. Most importantly, Iwata mentioned, were the USB ports that are built into the Revolution "so practically any storage method can be used"."
Actually, Sony Pictures is losing money due to several consecutive flops, and Sony music is being heavily boycotted due to the ROOTKIT fiasco. The electronics division is being hammered by Samsung and other competitors.
There may be some slim, erratic profits in those divisions, but it is not reliable or consistent. Don't be fooled by large "revenue" numbers being touted by Sony and their fanboy apologists. I'm talking about operating profits.
There is also some profits for Sony in the financial services division, but it's not enough to offeset the potential flop of the PS3. Sony is literally banking their entire future on PS3.
Atleast he has some class, and brains, unlike dumbass Mark Rein.
I'll wait to use it before passing judgement - gasp! What a concept!
All the fanboys who think BluRay is good for games because it allows for so much more content - I hope you enjoy paying $70+ for the games.
PS3 is already so late to market and so difficult to develop for, it is going to end up with a much smaller game library than the Wii or X360. PS3 will not enjoy the position of being the "target system" like PS2 did. Now X360 is the target system and PS3 will get the watered down ports. That's the advantage of being the first console to hit critical mass.
Wii of course has the advantage of low cost development, and true next-generation gameplay due to innovative interface. EA and other developers have already made special Wii teams (something not done for GameCube), and are more willing to take risks on innovative ideas since the costs are dramatically lower.
In the end, whatever exclusive support remains on PS3 will end up raising costs to $70+ to cover their extreme costs and low distribution.
Unlike M$ and nintendo, Sony does not have any other significantly profitable ventures to sustain them. And assholes like me will be ther every step of the way to remind people of the ROOTKIT, the stolen Walkman, crappy manufacturing defects, and ridiculous prices.
Damn it feels good to see Sony choke on their own shit.
With something like Blu-Ray, a public perception of failure can become a self-fulfilling prophesy.
That's kinda the point. BluRay deserves to fail, and Sony overall deserves to fail.
Their most famous product, the Walkman, was stolen. They don't deserve the success they had with it. Sony lies, cheats, steals, and their legions of media whores hype them to no end. Sony overcharges for crappy non-durable products. Sony puts ROOTKITS on people's computers. Sony creates useless media such as UMD and suckers people into buying them.
Normally I would say that people stupid enough to buy Sony are getting the trash that they deserve, but with such media influence, some people really can't help but to trust them.
Yes, the media is "mad" at Sony for making asses of them over the PSP. But the sad reality is that Sony has been making asses of the general public for decades. The media was happy to play along until they got burned. BluRay sucks. Stick with DVD, or get HD-DVD if you insist on wasting money on evolutionary optical formats. Don't ever buy anything made from Sony, ever. Vote with your wallet.
Actually, I wasn't dissing id at all. THey are my favorite PC developer still.
I was just pointing out that that it is stupid to single out Nintendo for making sequels, when (mostly) everybody does it.
"Like Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Smash Bros, Pokemon...No Nintendo definitely doesn't expect its customers to pay for the same thing again and again."
Yeah, and Halo 3, Doom 3, Quake 4, Grand Theft Auto 4, Final Fantasy 13, Metal Gear Solid 4... those are all original content.
Stupid Nintendo! Make something original!
I agree completely. The seller agreed to the price, automated or not.
Also, it's not this guy's fault that their auction system is so buggy. And it is a game after all, right? It's not so much of a stretch to think that this supposed "hacking" is just really a clever game strategy or "easter egg" designed to help and reward the players clever enough to figure it out.
Intentional or unintentional is beside the point. It was a "feature" of the game and he took advantage of it. Since he paid money to play the game, he is entitled and obliged to maximize his gaming experience by using the tools provided to him by the developer. He did not use a "3rd party hack", he just used existing conditions to his favor.
At the very least, he found a very important bug in the game. He deserves to be paid as a bug tester at the very least. Deleting his account and jacking his stuff is uncalled for. I would rule in favor of this guy.
People forget that with the bump in optical technology here we're also getting a substantial bump in data transfers.
In the case of PS3, this is false. The BluRay drive in PS3 has a slower transfer rate than the DVD drive in X360. Most likely it will be slower than Wii as well, since Nintendo's president spent a few minutes talking about slow load times during the E3 conference.
There is only one real gamble Sony is taking here, and it is this: The $600 price tag is obviously driving people away. The problem is whether, and how many, of those people will come back. Sony's survival at this point revolves entirely around consumers' ability, sometime in the future, to go "Oh, so that video game system that used to be $600 is now $399? Well, maybe I'll give it another look".
M$ and nintendo will always have Sony at massive disadvantages. Do you think they will sit by idly while Sony drops their prices? By the time PS3 hits $299, the Wii will be $150 or $100, and X360 will be $250 or $200. And here's the kicker - PS3 won't have better games. It's going to be hard to convince joe gamer to drop the extra cash on PS3 if he can always get more bang for the buck elsewhere.
You are silly to believe Sony's performance numbers. They also quoted insane numbers for PS2 but reality showed it was no big deal at all. Sony's numbers are in specific ideal scenarios, for general real-world use their systems are no better than anything from Intel and AMD.
Sony had to run to nVidia for help with their GPU, for fks sake. They don't know nearly as much about computer engineering as their PR is letting on.
"You're kind of missing the point. If you have a PS3, and therefore a Blu-Ray player... will the next movie you buy be a DVD or a Blu-Ray? If they cost about the same, why not get the HD movie?"
Big problem - the movies do not cost the same. MSRP for BluRay movies is $25-$30 standard, while DVD's go on sale for $15.
And I'll go ahead and pre-emptively shoot down any fantasies people may be having about single-disc collections. They won't happen, and even if they do, they will be just as expensive as buying multiple discs. Sorry, but you won't be getting a single-disc LOTR or SW trilogy for the price of a single disc. They will still cost $70+ for the collections.
"Everyone planning on getting one before the announcement will continue to do so".
Apparently you missed the thundering herd of people abandoning their PS3 plans in favor of Wii and Xbox 360.
Who is wearing the horse blinders again? Also I find it rather amusing that you write SONY with all caps.
I smell a plant.
"MILLIONS of blu-ray readers will already be in the clutches of PS3 owners. They'll get a next generation HD format with the bonus of a next-generation game machine."
Again, this is assuming that those MILLIONS actually want BluRay and PS3 at all, when they are tempted by competing products with much better prices.
Both HD-DVD and BluRay are a waste of time, but nonetheless, HD-DVD is already off to a big head start. The prices will drop faster than BluRay, and let's not forget that M$ has an add-on device for X360 which will still keep the price lower than PS3. Atleast with the X360 route you have a CHOICE whether to be flogged or not.
Let's also not forget that NEC backs HD-DVD while Sony backs BluRay. NEC is a true technology leader and pioneer, they will outweigh the cash-strapped Sony in this fight.
"They have a cool UI, online distribution, etc. But so will SONY."
Don't put the cart in front of the horse just yet. Sony has only announce plans, they don't have anything to show for it yet. If precedent is any indication, they will come up short against Xbox Live.
I would challenge that PS3 owners will own more games per console.
That's quite an assumption. For $600 people could get a Wii and 8 games, or an X360 with 6 games.
"The difference is that people with gaming PC's won't see much original (or better looking) content on a 360. They'll get unique titles on a PS3."
OK, by now it's obvious that you are a lunatic fanboy, or an astroturfer.
The unique games will be on Wii, not PS3. The best looking games will be on X360, as we learned from this E3. For all of Sony's hype, they won't be able to surpass X360, because X360 developers are a generation ahead and most Japanese devs haven't figured out how to use a pixel shader yet.
In 1 year, in 2 years, in 3 -- the initial price of the PS3 will not be a big deal anymore.
It will always be a big deal, because the competing consoles will always be significantly cheaper, and with much larger game libraries and user bases.
It's not like M$ and Nintendo are going to sit on their asses while Sony suddenly starts doing everything right. They smell blood and they will go in for the kill.
Sony's time at the top is over. The chickens have come home to roost. Sony's corruption and incompetence have reached critical mass.
'They're not losing money at present"
Huh? Methinks you ought to familiarize yourself with The Facts.
Sony is absolutely bleeding money. The game division was just about their only profitable division, and it is tanking bigtime at the moment. Another year or two of this and Sony really will be bankrupt or sold off.
This is why Sony is so adamant about getting BluRay into PS3 - the rest of the company needs the game division to carry them on their backs.
M$ smells blood, and they will be going in for the kill. As they said in Star Wars, "The emperor has made a critical error and the time for action is now."
Let's not forget that the Walkman, the very product that "put Sony on the map", was in fact stolen. It took over 20 years to settle the case. meanwhile Sony profited enormously.
Sony has always been crooked. THey also stole the rumble feature for their game controllers and got slapped to the tune of $90M.
The rootkit is just another symptom of the widespread sickness at Sony Corp.
"What's so wonderful about a new-generation console with previous-generation performance? Why buy a new console that doesn't offer any new performance boost?"
Except that Wii does offer a performance boost. The older consoles weren't designed to process Wiimote type of input. Not that the input itself is processor intensive, but that it necessarily brings more logic and physics into the game world along with it. The amount of processing per-pixel hasn't changed, but the amount of pixels has (Wii runs in 480p widescreen), as well as game complexity and interaction.
Props to Nintendo for showing REAL GAMES.
The controller is functional and responsive - true next-generation gameplay.
Sony and M$ = owned.
Sony has a rich history of lying and stealing. People should have steal Sony's lunch money.known better than to trust anything they say.
If anybody is "disappointed" by the Sony show, then you must have been living in fanboy fantasy land. The writing has been on the wall for quite some time. Nintendo and M$ are going to eat Sony's lunch.
You fucking moron - those figures show M$ haemoraging cash while Sony is profitable most quarters. M$ has lost more money over the last three quarters and has never turned a profit ever bar one quarter back in 2004.
Who cares about M$? I was responding to Sony propoganda about UMD sales and Sony profitablity.
Yea, M$ loses money on Xbox, so what? They can afford to bleed cash, Sony cannot. SCE is the only (sometimes) profitable division of Sony while the other divisions are tanking. If SCE fails, Sony goes bye-bye. If M$ Home Entertainment Division fails, M$ moves on like nothing ever happened.
But since you are a shortsighted fool, I will put it to you simply - M$ is prepared to outspend Sony into the grave. The ridiculous over-engineering and the resulting price of PS3 is a result of this. And if M$ wants to, they can lop off another $100 from X360's price tag and it wouldn't even phase them.
Get it through your head - Sony is banking their entire future on PS3. And M$ smells blood. Wait until the second-gen X360 games are shown tomorrow, and the world will see that PS3 is dead on arrival.
Can you say "FUCKING MORON FANBOY"???
Well, I'm not the one flying off the handle and cursing at people simply for delivering factual information.
Second, I don't give a rats ass about M$. I prefer the Wii, as it is the only console that supports next-generation gameplay. Fuck Xbox and fuck PS3.
But I'm not such a dumbass fanboy that I can't see the forest for the trees. M$ is aggressive, mean, and nasty, and they will bury Sony no matter what it costs them. Sony's time at the top is over. Deal with it.