| Zackman 2006-08-21, 2:33 am |
| PBDepot <chuckb@paintball-depot.com> spake thusly:
quote:
> The problem here is that the hype is real. PS3 games may not seem more
> impressive then 360 games right now, but the potential is there. With
> the cell processor, free online play, required hard drive for games,
> and a Blu-ray drive, there is more opportunity to create something
> original.
Please, explain to me how a hard drive and greater disc storage is the key
to a developer's imagination and creativity, and how this will lead to
something more original. A developer who is not using a ton of HD cutscenes
does not need more than 7 gigs of space. The required HDD was a greatly
hyped aspect of the Xbox that was never fully capitalized on, except as a
cache for faster load times (which it also does on the 360.) Xbox Live has a
massive penetration rate among 360 owners already, and that $50 a year is
hardly going to break the bank -- what will be more important is whether
Playstation Live brings anything new to the table. And the Cell? Two words:
Emotion Engine.
The hype is just that, hype.
quote:
> And just as with the PS2, there will be plenty of Japanese
> games that you can only find on PS3.
That's the one and possibly only true advantage to Sony's consoles, the
Japanese developer support. But there is a very real potential of the PS3
getting beat by the Wii in Japan this generation. If the PS3 does only OK in
Japan, that support won't be as great as it was in the past. (But it still
won't be there for the 360 at all.)
quote:
> As for the PS3, well most
> gamers aren't little kids anymore who need mommy to buy them
> everything. There are more then enough older gamers to keep Sony in
> business, gamers that can afford something like this.
You don't sell tens of millions of consoles by appealing to just one
demographic. Sony needs to hit everyone, and they're not gonna do it with a
$600 console. Starting at a higher price just means it will take longer for
the price to come down to the magic $199 number that basically makes the
console an impulse purchase and leads to the biggest spike in sales. When
will that happen for the PS3?
quote:
> Sony's yet to fail
> in this strategy, and I see no reason why a little pricer console
> will change anything.
Fact: No company has had the number one console three generations in a row.
Can Sony buck this trend? We'll have to wait and see.
-Z-
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