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[quote name='imascrub']what is it that people who dislike the ps3 despise about it?
Is it just futile protestation towards Sony the company itself?
Or do people actually think that the machine itself won't be able to handle the double teaming from the 360 and the Wii?
[/quote]
I think if Sony were not trying to get a leg up in the "next generation of television fidelity" war (calling it High Definition infringes on Toshiba trademark, I guess) by shoving a proprietary format down your throat which is both more expensive and less popular than HD DVD (at least up until PS3's release, if you feel you must argue with popularity of HD DVD vs. Blu-Ray, you can have it your way, yet the more expensive argument still holds) gets in the way of creating a game system that is just that: a
ing game system.
Wii & 360 don't really matter: if Sony were flying solo with the PS3, I still would think that it's not a good idea to hope sell more TVs by selling PlayStations. I also think that buying movies in Sony's proprietary PSP format is a waste as well, so you can definitely be clever and point out my bias. On an internet forum! (Unspeakable).
[quote name='imascrub'] The 360 itself is based of current technological architecture, the PS3 frickin created a new cpu that may change computer processing in the future, and the Wii has a very creative and innovative look at how to play games. [/quote]
Short answer: no. It's safe to say that PS3 chip is exceptionally powerful, of course. However, the design is bad for a number of reasons. Note that it will definitely get the job done for most of the things you would want to do with it, yet you should keep in mind that because of the way you have to split processing between certain things. I beg you not to buy into marketing ploys of any company, because they address what the processor is to YOU - not the developers.
Wii's little nunchuck idea is responsible for one thing: gettingers to talk about it all over the place. It probably sold a lot of units, but I do not believe the Wii to be a one-trick pony, which is what everyone seems to assume. My faith in the Wii lies in playing a rather thourough roster of games that I will enjoy. I've been sick of shooting things ever since those games started outselling LucasArts adventures and getting Sierra shut the hell down.
[quote name='imascrub']
Regardless of whether or not people are griping about the system or the company itself or price or whatnot, look at the Playstation 2. It isn't the highest selling and most popular game console for its generation for no reason. People will want it.[/quote]
PlayStation 2 is a very good console, indeed. Although I agree that to most it generally means that PS3 is cool by association, at present, I see it offering nothing apart from pretty pictures. Some art galleries have better pretty pictures than everything on a PS3 at the moment. I hope they'll make an actual game for the system soon, so this way I could be less pompous when talking about it.
Is it just futile protestation towards Sony the company itself?
Or do people actually think that the machine itself won't be able to handle the double teaming from the 360 and the Wii?
[/quote]
I think if Sony were not trying to get a leg up in the "next generation of television fidelity" war (calling it High Definition infringes on Toshiba trademark, I guess) by shoving a proprietary format down your throat which is both more expensive and less popular than HD DVD (at least up until PS3's release, if you feel you must argue with popularity of HD DVD vs. Blu-Ray, you can have it your way, yet the more expensive argument still holds) gets in the way of creating a game system that is just that: a
ing game system.Wii & 360 don't really matter: if Sony were flying solo with the PS3, I still would think that it's not a good idea to hope sell more TVs by selling PlayStations. I also think that buying movies in Sony's proprietary PSP format is a waste as well, so you can definitely be clever and point out my bias. On an internet forum! (Unspeakable).
[quote name='imascrub'] The 360 itself is based of current technological architecture, the PS3 frickin created a new cpu that may change computer processing in the future, and the Wii has a very creative and innovative look at how to play games. [/quote]
Short answer: no. It's safe to say that PS3 chip is exceptionally powerful, of course. However, the design is bad for a number of reasons. Note that it will definitely get the job done for most of the things you would want to do with it, yet you should keep in mind that because of the way you have to split processing between certain things. I beg you not to buy into marketing ploys of any company, because they address what the processor is to YOU - not the developers.
Wii's little nunchuck idea is responsible for one thing: getting
ers to talk about it all over the place. It probably sold a lot of units, but I do not believe the Wii to be a one-trick pony, which is what everyone seems to assume. My faith in the Wii lies in playing a rather thourough roster of games that I will enjoy. I've been sick of shooting things ever since those games started outselling LucasArts adventures and getting Sierra shut the hell down.[quote name='imascrub']
Regardless of whether or not people are griping about the system or the company itself or price or whatnot, look at the Playstation 2. It isn't the highest selling and most popular game console for its generation for no reason. People will want it.[/quote]
PlayStation 2 is a very good console, indeed. Although I agree that to most it generally means that PS3 is cool by association, at present, I see it offering nothing apart from pretty pictures. Some art galleries have better pretty pictures than everything on a PS3 at the moment. I hope they'll make an actual game for the system soon, so this way I could be less pompous when talking about it.
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