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FrostmanBlues
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And I find this thread about the PS3's timeline:
Sony's PS3 Dissappointment Timeline.
Now, I agree that Sony did poorly selling them PS3s and whatnot, and some complain that having a blu-ray disc is not necesarily "revolutionary" enough to buy that system, plus the fact that many have returned their PS3s and went on hunting for the Wii console instead.*
I also hear that Sony is taking notes from Nintendo to create an interactive controller, but I am nto sure if that will be enough to keep the PS3 alive.
So, what's in store for the PS3? Do you agree with the link to the post above?
*- At least that is what it is to believe when I keep seeing Wii consoles dissapearing on the fly and the PS3 keeps being ignored at my local gamestop store.
Sony's PS3 Dissappointment Timeline.
Now, I agree that Sony did poorly selling them PS3s and whatnot, and some complain that having a blu-ray disc is not necesarily "revolutionary" enough to buy that system, plus the fact that many have returned their PS3s and went on hunting for the Wii console instead.*
I also hear that Sony is taking notes from Nintendo to create an interactive controller, but I am nto sure if that will be enough to keep the PS3 alive.
So, what's in store for the PS3? Do you agree with the link to the post above?
*- At least that is what it is to believe when I keep seeing Wii consoles dissapearing on the fly and the PS3 keeps being ignored at my local gamestop store.
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Aside from that, I'm wondering if they'll push the PS3 europe launch forward. It's not like they'll be having console shortages for much longer and they could really do with an extra million sales at least.
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Believe me, they aren't being ignored. People are passing by, seeing them, and going, "Wow, they have PS3s in stock." And then they're shrugging and buying DS games.
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I've done it more times than I wish to admit.
At once it is both hilarious, saddening, and more than a little foolish. Just goes to show what the price of hubris is, I suppose. If I could just get my Sony fanboi brothers to see this, maybe they'll come to their senses and quit being so blindly devoted.
Also, I have to admit that the bit about viruses on their music CDs kind of freaked me out. That's rather... messed up.
Either way, if Sony don't pick up the slack, it's going to do some serious damage to their reputation. Despite all the great games their systems get, as a company, I'm not entirely sure I'd miss their attitude.
Even Sony themselves have done some great games, but that's no help if the company in charge have to be jerks about everything.
How did I miss this the first time?
Oh, Sony...
The 360 Core has no BC, true.
The Wii only has BC with one console out of 3 (NES, SNES, GC).
Could this be what they mean?
Or am I wasting time trying to understand this?
I took a picture of a 60GB PS3 sitting on a local walmart shelf with my camera phone and sent it to all my friends with the following message:
"lol sony lol"
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My reply makes about as much sense as this quote
It makes about as sense as the "it plays games in 4D!" comment.
i.e., not at all.
That's a big pile of bummer, with most of it damn accurate (there's a few analyst predictions in there that could be iffy, but that's it). Really, Sony needs a stroke of major luck/grooviness in the next six months, or the negative feelings will crystalize and be nigh impossible to reverse.
If you can understand this, you can make sense of what that guy said
:winky:
It's an interesting post, but let me get this straight: you read Gamespot's System Wars forums?
Good ole Fox News.
Back on topic: any guesses as to what Sony could do to get people excited about the PS3 again? Taking out Blu-ray isn't an option since all the games use it, and dropping the price can't happen since the cost, high as it is, loses $250-$300 per console sold already.
360 Premium has backward compat, but only with a fraction of their games (exec rounds to "a third").
Wii has plenty of backward compat, be it 100% GameCube or downloadable old-school. I think the exec just didn't know it was.
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Since there have been 4 Nintendo consoles...
My advice is yes, stop trying to understand this.
I harbor resentment towards sony, but I'd still really like to see them stay in the game.
There isn't much they can do at this point. The games aren't there right now so it's not like they can do much to promote that aspect unless they continue showing more footage of games that aren't coming out any time soon like that one commercial that shows Lair and Heavenly Sword.
They could try to focus on how much of a bargain people are getting out of the PS3 with it being like a $600 high end computer if set up just right.
First things first, they need to fire their legally retarded advertising and PR departments
I bet the costs saved from firing their ad/pr departments could offset the loss of each PS3 sold.
Interesting fact, their main public relations person, there for nearly a decade, quit last summer and her position stayed open for months.
That may have absolutely nothing to do with the blunders done by the company as a whole, but there ya go.
Yeah, some ads that would do a better job of explaining WHY the extra $200 is worth it instead of wasting our time with creepy possessed plastic babies would be a good start.
Agreed to a point. In a perfect world I would like this to happen but in order to do so I think Sony has to learn from thier mistakes in order to make a better system.
Arguing that more media features is worth more money is a route they went with the PSP and it really didn't go well.
They need the games to sell the system. They need the games to look $200 better than the 360. And here's the kicker, they need them to look that way in STANDARD DEF because that's how most people will be seeing the advertisements!
Sorry if it's a bit angry - but I loved my PS1 and PS2 but Sony actually went out of their way to lose me as a customer, and that took alot.
No, the PS3 has to go the same way as the N64. Only then they will learn to understand.
It's more likely going to end up like the Jaguar at this point.
I never asked for this!
Was not impressed. At all.
On the other hand, at least Sony has playable kiosks in the big-box stores. Nintendo just has those dumb video kiosks that tell you how much fun you'll have with a Wii if you can find one. And the ones in the game stores aren't much better; you need to hand over your ID to get a controller.
Well, it's too hard to tie down the Wiimote and nunchuck. They really should have thought hard to find a way to do it, but they didn't. Whatever.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Yeah, there are even a couple of unused holes to lock stuff into. I don't know why they didn't do that.
Anyway. I've heard the controllers at E3 were tethered without any real issues.
That is a long, long catalogue of failures.
The 94% profits down is easily explained by PS3 production costs, but when you compare them with Nintendo... (whose profits tripled despite manufacturing the Wii)
About halfway down the list your mind just sort of starts warping into SonyLand, where you inhale electronic entertainment that they push on streetcorners, money is thrown at them just for being sony, and nobody ever has to go to logic school. Once you realise thats how their company metaculture thinks, it all starts to make sense. SonyLand. It's like disney only instead of a giant mickey who hands you balloons it has a giant kratos who tears you in half unless you give him money.