[quote name='Apossum']I dunno guys, the PS3 raises more questions than excitement for me:
1. What do you fit in 50 gigs? 10000 hour rpgs? How much does a blank 50 gig disc cost? Is this overkill in an attempt to make a more powerful system?
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I'm going to agree with you on this one here, you bring up a very good point.
High Definition gaming isn't the same as a High Definition Movie, its doesn't require all that bandwidth or storage space. The only advantage BluRay will be in a PS3 is as a HD Blue Ray movie player, not as any kind of gaming benefit. Its bad enough we wait 4 years for a game you can complete in 6 hours, I doubt we'll see developers releasing FPS's with 100 unique levels anytime soon, just because there's space for it. I mean in our age of dual-layer DVD',s how many Sony PS2 games have ever had to come on 1 (meaning the info took up more than 4.3 gigs)
2. First gen peripherals for new formats are always extremely expensive...then to add a cracked out game console to it...it's seems impossible to release this system and it's software at a competitive price. Somethings gotta give and I imagine the system specs are being a bit overplayed right now.
Not if you consider that hardware manufacturers always lose money on the hardware, and make it up on the licensing fees and accessorys and components. $30 bucks for a spare joypad? $60+ games? Thats all licensing fees helping to offset the cost.
3. Does anyone besides .00001 % of audio/videophiles really care to switch to HD standard media? Even a vhs tape played on 480p would look crystal clear to the average human eye.
Ok here, you're clearly on the pipe my friend. VHS tape looks like crap even on analog TV's. VHS has like 240 lines of horizontal resolution, there is no progressive VHS signal.
I, personally, being somewhat into the home-theatre hobby, know that HD-DVD is going to go over like a lead balloon. Its going to be like Laserdisc. 80% of people wont bother with it, because even on a 40 or 50" Set (the biggest most people would even consider owning) you can only tell the difference between a good DVD and a true High Def source if you're accustomed to seeing it. If you show a DVD to the average person on a good TV, and then show them a HD signal, they wont necessarily be able to tell the difference. "That one is a bit sharper I think" is about as big as the "ooomph" factor usually is.
Where HD will really pay off is for people with 100" projectors...because at 100 inches diagonal or larger, even DVD starts to look a little soft. Like Cable or VHS does when you take it any larger than 27 inches.
4. Will non-exclusive 3rd party people give a crap about blu-ray? What would stop them from just ignoring it completely and putting a game on a DVD like they will for the other 2 systems. I'd hate to see the power of the system only shine in a few exclusives and 1st party games.
that's all.
I think you're right on this here too though.....why go through the hoops of putting out your game on a propritary media that wont ever use the features.