MottZilla wrote:PS3 does have some advantages over the 360, but nothing that important really. We are already hearing rumors about the360 having a new black color edition console this holiday season.I'm hearing rumors that making decisions about expensive electronic devices based on the color of the unit makes one a colossal faggot, I'm expecting confirmation of this rumor any time.
Honestly you buy the electronics THEN decorate the room, not the other way around.
I dunno, I don't think Sony is in as bad of a place as you all think. What should they do? Admit that stocks are low and they've made some mistakes? They're in so far that they can't go back, but apparently trying to save themselves somewhat by talking themselves up and painting a brighter picture makes them retards? I don't see it. It's not something that other companies haven't done totally. They would be stupider to go around admitting the mistakes they made.
Plus, I think 3-4 years from now, the PS3 will be sitting pretty as the tech comes down in price, more games are released, and more people have HD TV's and interest in Blu-Ray. It'll be rough for the first year or two, of that I have no doubt. But I don't think this will be the downfall of the PS3. I'll gladly shove my foot in my mouth if I'm wrong.
Oh, and I don't think SE developing for the PS3 is something that they are stuck doing. They have said on multiple occasions that they want to develop their main FF games for the PS3 because they like what it's capable of, and SE like's pretty games.
Orion wrote:I dunno, I don't think Sony is in as bad of a place as you all think. What should they do? Admit that stocks are low and they've made some mistakes? They're in so far that they can't go back, but apparently trying to save themselves somewhat by talking themselves up and painting a brighter picture makes them retards?
Yes to all of the above. Yes they should admit that some of their choices in the past have been mistakes, because that shows people that they recognize it and are ready to correct it. As of now, Sony is sitting and smiling as the numbers continuously show problems.
And claiming that the PSP is outselling the DS is, in fact, retarded. Anyone with half a brain could look up the numbers for themselves and see that the exact opposite is true.
[QUOTE="Orion"]I'll gladly shove my foot in my mouth if I'm wrong.[/QUOTE]
When you do that, show us the Pics please!
Orion wrote:I dunno, I don't think Sony is in as bad of a place as you all think. What should they do? Admit that stocks are low and they've made some mistakes? They're in so far that they can't go back, but apparently trying to save themselves somewhat by talking themselves up and painting a brighter picture makes them retards? I don't see it. It's not something that other companies haven't done totally. They would be stupider to go around admitting the mistakes they made.Plus, I think 3-4 years from now, the PS3 will be sitting pretty as the tech comes down in price, more games are released, and more people have HD TV's and interest in Blu-Ray. It'll be rough for the first year or two, of that I have no doubt. But I don't think this will be the downfall of the PS3. I'll gladly shove my foot in my mouth if I'm wrong.
Oh, and I don't think SE developing for the PS3 is something that they are stuck doing. They have said on multiple occasions that they want to develop their main FF games for the PS3 because they like what it's capable of, and SE like's pretty games.
Here's what they should do:
1.) Don't outright *lie* and say your product is beating another product when it's not even close.
2.) Don't insult the people who might want to buy your product (i.e. "They'll buy a PS3 even if it has no games" or "We think people can just work harder to make the money to afford our product" type of comments)
3.) Stop trying to use your video game hardware to push new "Sony owned" formats on people just so you can get rich. (or insert any instance of Sony forcing *their* stuff on you when there should be alternatives - another example is UMDs when PSP could have easily had a DVD drive)
4.) Stop taking retard pills :P
But honestly you defend Sony in every topic so I don't expect to change your mind on anything.
Hours before the launch of the space shuttle Challenger, a teleconference was held between NASA representatives and the Morton Thiokol engineering staff. The subject of discussion was concern over the observed trend of the erosion of o-ring seals on the solid rocket boosters. The engineers had observed the trend that erosion increased as the temperature at launch decreased, and were concerned about the launch since it would be the coldest launch ever.
Corporate politics clashed with ethical obligations, and NASA and the corporate heads of Thiokol determined that while the statistics did seem to indicate a startling trend, there absence of data for the particular expected temperatures at launch (the engineers were excluded from this decision and are still quite pissed off). They then decided that since nothing bad had happened before, it would be impossible for this trend to continue towards disaster.
Now Sony is looking at sales numbers and a market that indicates diminished sales and they are calling victory? Sony's never failed before, how could anything go wrong?
Atma, the Black Xbox 360 is merely a nice thing. No one really believes that the color makes all the difference.
Warlock, actually the PSP could not have had a DVD drive. The PSP is not large enough to contain even a mini-dvd. The disc is actually smaller than that. Plus they had to be contained in some sort of caddy because some kind of tray type design probably wasn't fesible. The UMD also has a lower density than the DVD (though it's dual layered) possibly for better reading liability for a portable device. The problem with UMD was them trying to push it as a new music and video medium. For games it wasn't bad.
MottZilla wrote:Atma, the Black Xbox 360 is merely a nice thing. No one really believes that the color makes all the difference.Warlock, actually the PSP could not have had a DVD drive. The PSP is not large enough to contain even a mini-dvd. The disc is actually smaller than that. Plus they had to be contained in some sort of caddy because some kind of tray type design probably wasn't fesible. The UMD also has a lower density than the DVD (though it's dual layered) possibly for better reading liability for a portable device. The problem with UMD was them trying to push it as a new music and video medium. For games it wasn't bad.
For games it's fine, I don't care about that. For movies it was rediculous. How hard is it for them to slap a DVD holder onto the back of that? DVDs are not *that* big. They could even leave it as an add-on if you don't want that thing on there while you are playing games or something.
Edit: I looked it up: PSP is 74mm tall. DVDs are 117mm in diameter. That's maybe 25mm extra top and bottom.
I don't think you quite understand what you're suggesting. A handheld as tall as a fucking CD? That 120mm. Plus you have to have MORE than just 120mm because the drive/tray goes around that. If anything would work at all, it would be a attachment to attach a seperate CD-ROM/DVD-ROM that plugs in the USB port, and lets you watch DVD movies and listen to audio CDs, maybe even MP3s on CD.
Anyways, other than an attachment via USB, yes it would be impossible for them to get away with using a full size disc. Seriously, pickup your DS and a CD in it's CD case and place that over/under it in the center. See how unappealing that is? Not to mention it would make the PSP no longer 16:9 aspect, it would no longer fit in a pocket very easily.
for me, the PS3 is way too expensive for my current earnings, I've got better things to worry about then the PS3 right now, but if I could, I'd get it if there were a good selection of games (mostly RPGs and whatever)
mrz84 wrote:for me, the PS3 is way too expensive for my current earnings, I've got better things to worry about then the PS3 right now, but if I could, I'd get it if there were a good selection of games (mostly RPGs and whatever)
That's what I think, anyway. Anyone who disagrees is clearly wrong and must be shot.
Ya I have to agree with your Darth, and make the same threat.
Price really does matter. A cheaper PS3 + 1 Game = Wii + 8 Games. I think many people would rather be able to buy 8 new games than 1. Or a 360 with somewhere between 3 and 5 games opposed to a PS3+1 game.
Just because I can, I thought I'd mention Nintendo sold just shy of 1.6 million copies of their new Pokemon game for DS in a mere four days in japan.