Playstation 3

[Tbone]

dropped $100.. and you can get a referbished or used one for even cheaper

Five hundred dollars for a PS3 is still two hundred more dollars than a basic 360 system.

 

You also get a Blu-Ray player, wireless internet, and a much better system.

 

If you bought the HD-DVD player and wireless adapter for 360 it would be $200. And the HD-DVD player cant even play games. Also Blu-Ray has a better quality over HD-DVDs

 

[Geou]

One problem: most people buying a GAME console just want the GAMES.

[Harlequin]

True, but something that plays Blu-Ray as well would be very useful. Say you want to play games, right? Well, what if you don't want to have to mess around with wires to watch a DVD?

 

That's what the PS3 is useful for.

 

Although, it really is a horribly over-priced system. Wait until Christmas, and it'll probably drop even more.

[Kyougi]

True, but something that plays Blu-Ray as well would be very useful. Say you want to play games, right? Well, what if you don't want to have to mess around with wires to watch a DVD?

 

That's what the PS3 is useful for.

 

Although, it really is a horribly over-priced system. Wait until Christmas, and it'll probably drop even more.

I have multiple inputs for my TV. No messing with wires.

 

So, there's really no use.

 

It won't drop, it hasn't even technically dropped. The 100 dollar drop is a limited deal. The 60GB model has been discontinued. If you get it too late, you'll once again be stuck with the 600 dollar PS3.

 

@Tbone, I don't care about a Blu-ray player, I have a PC media center with HDMI outputs. If I wanted a Blu-ray or HD-DVD drive, I'll get one for a few hundred bucks or so.

[Tbone]

There should be another price drop before christmas.. The 80Gb version is suppost to drop to $499 like the 60GB did.

[Geou]

Kinda unrelated, but it's funny how the system with the worst graphics wins each gen.

[Kyougi]

Kinda unrelated, but it's funny how the system with the worst graphics wins each gen.

The SNES won back in it's day, it had the best.

[Geou]

Maybe I should change that to weakest processor (at least I think Genesis had a stronger one...). It just kinda shows that for all the bells and whistles, a console can't succeed if it's not accessible and has great games.

[Tbone]

PS2 won last gen? and its still selling now.. i think its selling better actually..

[Geou]

I think it is selling better than the PS3... Sony really needs to make a blu-ray-less version of the PS3, but they can't because some games use it...

[Tbone]

Well if they made a Blu-Ray less version then games couldnt play on it, because all the games are put onto a blu-ray disk..

 

And yeah. Its selling better then the PS3. well it was.. Im not sure now though. Sales have increased over 135% since the price drop

[Kyougi]

If the PS3 never had Blu-ray in the first place, it would be fine. Pre-rendered cinematics are obsolete anyways and that's the only reason to have such a large disc capacity.

Maybe I should change that to weakest processor (at least I think Genesis had a stronger one...). It just kinda shows that for all the bells and whistles, a console can't succeed if it's not accessible and has great games.

The processor isn't as important as a GPU. Only exception would be the PS3's, as the SPU cores were originally designed to replace a GPU and can do things just as well.

[Tbone]

Blu-Ray is the future.. and Sony is planning on having PS3 last 9-10 years..

 

and with higher disk capacity you can have longer, more in-depth games. Blu-Ray is also outselling HD-DVDs. Not sure of the ratios, ill look it up later.

[Kyougi]

and with higher disk capacity you can have longer, more in-depth games. Blu-Ray is also outselling HD-DVDs. Not sure of the ratios, ill look it up later.

Sure, let's make a 100 hour game. That way, we can fill the entire disc.

 

Of course Blu-Ray is outselling HD-DVD. They count PS3s in the count.

[Van]

Blu-Ray is the future.. and Sony is planning on having PS3 last 9-10 years..

 

and with higher disk capacity you can have longer, more in-depth games. Blu-Ray is also outselling HD-DVDs. Not sure of the ratios, ill look it up later.

I went ahead and Googled the ratio, and at PC World

it states that Blu-Ray is outselling HD-DVD 70% to 30%!

 

Also, it says that "Blu-ray movie sales increased more than sevenfold after the PS3's launch."

 

So,

 

"Sony might have had the right idea when it came to hitching the Blu-ray format to its PlayStation 3."

 

You can read the entire article here:

 

Blu-Ray Outselling HD-DVD 70% to 30%

 

- Van