Ok, i do feel dirty for posting in this thread, but, I heard one thing that perked my ears. few people were wondering why all forums get saturated with wii wiis' and m$ people, or are just wondering why they cant find any good news on the ps3.
Well i think their is a answer. I think that this does show that alot of people have their doubts about sony. At first it may have seemed like a sure fire thing, and sony was absolute. But now many people are being turned away from the ps3 and this is why good sony forums are hard to find. Its because people who are going to buy the ps3 is in the minority at the moment. I don’t think sony will do well this time around. I will tell you why.
ground zero- I wont lie, I will be getting a wii and only a wii, but i dont hate sony , (but they are very hard not too). And i wont lie that i do hate m$, and i will explain that too. I wanted a ps3, but i was hopeing for something without blue ray, or a hard drive, or any of that other junk. What i wanted was a ps2 that could play ps3 games. thats not going to happen. I wanted a good system for a good price, thus I went with wii, and why i think that judging from the buzz, it will eventualy have the best 3rd party games.
1 Sony is loosing money on every ps3 someone buys. The price to make it is greater then the price too buy it. This means they have to make ALL their money on the games, and controllers ect. The games are vital to thier strategy. Nintendo btw will be making money every console sold. so while if they do not get the most games, they will still have made a profit on the system itself, and thus is less of a risk.
2 sony, becuse of the price and lack of units made, will have a hard time convincing 3rd party game makers, the very ones who make devil my cry, mgs, and others, that they should stick around. right now sony will live or die by 3rd party games that are on its system, but if they cant sell enough units, 3rd party game makers who will be making exclusive games will loose confidence that the ps3 market will sell enuff games to make a profit and move over to the 360 or the wii for something fresh.
3 what really hurts is that a poll was taken about Japanese game developers, and it turns out, about 70% of them are exited to make games for the wii, while not so much on the ps3, and really not so much on the 360. This is also a blow to the ps3, as it rests on awsome 3rd party games. I beleave that better games are made when the creators are interested in making that game. if game makers are going to have fun makeing games for the wii... that means it will have a strong 3rd games to support it and breath life into it.
ok.... cool i spoke my peace... now to bash the xbox... ahhhahaha
red ring of death. need i say more? if i go on the internet right now, i can find many threads about the red ring of death. Many people on their 4th xbox. NO new versions of the xbox have been made. As i know of it, the overheating problem has been fixed, but the rrod is still prevalent. How can i be confadent to get a 360, when in the back of my mind i am fearfull it will die. This happened on the xbox too. How does Microsoft except educated buyers to get a 360 if they dont have confadicne in the hardware. Its really something i wouldn’t risk.
now for something completely different.
I remember the snes well. I thought it was unstoppable but things change, and because of their deal with Sony for the snes cd upgrade that Nintendo backed out of, sony made the ps. Basically the play station we love, was created indirectly because of mistakes Nintendo made. Now the ps2 dominates and rules supreme. But i don’t think the ps3 has what it takes. I am a purist gamer. I spend my gaming money on a game system. In my view a the ps3 is a computer, not a console. Same goes for xbox. I think they have forgotten what games are. I am also not going to buy a 600 system when i can get something was built from the ground up to be fun with that philosophy embedded into its core. It’s also half the price.
Im not saying that sonys ps3 will suck as a system. I would be stupid to say that. I think the graphics will be awesome, I think it will have some unbeatable games, they may even get that six axis thing under control.. hahah, and blue ray may beat out hd. But even if it does beat out hd, if the price doesn’t drop, they wont win the war. The ps2 won because it was a cheap dvd player. The idea that the ps3 will win because its a cheap blue ray wont work toward their advantage until after the format is well established and that may even be until the ps4. the sp2 one the game market as well because it was the most prevalent system. I am betting that more people will own a wii because of its price and they will win the 3rd party game battle.
If sony cant clearly sell more units then a wii, They might loose their selling titles, making it even harder to out sell the wii.
ah xbox, i rest my cold eyes on you. It seems alot of us hope this or that about the xbox, and while it does well in the us. It doesn’t do well in Japan and if it can cross this hurdle, i don’t think it will last. What once were failing pc game studios, are now thriving xbox game studios. This is how i think the xbox has thrived in the us. They picked up many developers, but Japan still isent biting. Sony holds alot of that market, but if they cant sell the system, they cant sell the games.
I think Nintendo may come ahead for once. I think that they have positioned themselves in a very nice place. They pick up the cheap ass gamers with the price, add completely different way to play games, and you have a position were they will sell more units and get the 3rd party games in tern and also pull in still more 3rd party game developers who miry want to try out making a completely different game.... …
I would jus like to end, saying that i am not a Nintendo fan boy, yes i am a zelda fanboy, but i never got a cube. I loved the ps2, and really wanted a ps3, but it was too much junk and i want a game system, not a universal entertainment system. I think i would have gone with a ps3 though if it was 350 or such. I feel that xbox has sucky games and they know nothing but graphics, and i think that if the ps3 is anything like the psp, that they wont support it because its too much work. By that i mean, making sure thier are plenty of blue ray movies while at the same time plenty of games. Something is got to give, and i dont want to end up with a blue ray player.
Who knows though, sony may pull it off, but they are going to have a rocky road until they can lower that price. Right now, everything is against them, but if they pull through it would be amazing. I have been known to be wrong though. I thought the xbox would fail flat out, I didn’t expect it to be a medium for pc developers to jump into the console market, and I didn’t think so many people liked sports games....
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ing spank you in GoW anyday.
