09-28-2008, 04:18 PM
http://www.doodader.com/2008/07/playstation-3.html
Now, the PS3 is obviously a very respectable piece of hardware. I mean sure, it's got the Blu-Ray, the Cell Processor .. but how much of that is necessary? It's been said before, and will be said until the PS3 actually ends up having the fate of the Atari or Dreamcast, Sony is toying with it's own success as if they aren't taking it seriously at all. As said on the Economist, Sony is riding on the PS3's ultimate fate of win or lose. Right now, in the so called "Console wars" the PS3 is losing, and badly at that. Nintendo's softcore Wii is taking the cake from everyone by using cheap parts and gimmicky controls and by doing that brainwashing everyone into thinking, "Man! that Wii is so fun! Lets go to the store every day until they finally have the nerve to release a few, then snatch them all up! Sell them on eBay! And further screw with the videogame economy!" So here's what we have. A very successful Wii after a very unsucessful Gamecube, an even worse successful PS3 than the gamecube, and that's it.
Wait. That's not it, the 360! Oh yeah, duh, how could I forget. Call me a fanboy if you must, but it'd be stupid in the fact that I actually currently own all three of these consoles, but I could ho hardedly say the 360 is the best in terms of fun, and in terms of money. Consider this, the 360 has sold about just as many as the Wii, given it's one year head start, that's not too good. BUT, you have to remember, that the 360 first of all costs at least $100 more than the Wii the entire year it was having it's head start, and LIVE costs consumers anywhere from $55 - $180 a year. And lets see, how many people are being charged like this? 12,000,000 people. So lets do some simple math here. Lets say each of these people are paying an average of $110 a year for XBL, which is actually more on the low side. I won't spoil it, but I will spill that it's more than $1,000,000,000 a year. Compared to Nintendo's and Sony's online services, that's a lot. (Considering since they don't charge, they don't actually make any money from subscriptions. Not rocket science, here.)
Maybe it's just that I'm grumpy with the PS3's fanbase, but I strongly believe they're going under in the way I mentioned before, Dreamcast style. Which was also very sad because the Dreamcast had a lot going for it, terribly expensive, crappy online gaming, those crazy weird DVDs it used that never became popular, an impossible to develop for archetecture ... wait ... are we talking about the PS3 here? I rest my case.
Now, the PS3 is obviously a very respectable piece of hardware. I mean sure, it's got the Blu-Ray, the Cell Processor .. but how much of that is necessary? It's been said before, and will be said until the PS3 actually ends up having the fate of the Atari or Dreamcast, Sony is toying with it's own success as if they aren't taking it seriously at all. As said on the Economist, Sony is riding on the PS3's ultimate fate of win or lose. Right now, in the so called "Console wars" the PS3 is losing, and badly at that. Nintendo's softcore Wii is taking the cake from everyone by using cheap parts and gimmicky controls and by doing that brainwashing everyone into thinking, "Man! that Wii is so fun! Lets go to the store every day until they finally have the nerve to release a few, then snatch them all up! Sell them on eBay! And further screw with the videogame economy!" So here's what we have. A very successful Wii after a very unsucessful Gamecube, an even worse successful PS3 than the gamecube, and that's it.
Wait. That's not it, the 360! Oh yeah, duh, how could I forget. Call me a fanboy if you must, but it'd be stupid in the fact that I actually currently own all three of these consoles, but I could ho hardedly say the 360 is the best in terms of fun, and in terms of money. Consider this, the 360 has sold about just as many as the Wii, given it's one year head start, that's not too good. BUT, you have to remember, that the 360 first of all costs at least $100 more than the Wii the entire year it was having it's head start, and LIVE costs consumers anywhere from $55 - $180 a year. And lets see, how many people are being charged like this? 12,000,000 people. So lets do some simple math here. Lets say each of these people are paying an average of $110 a year for XBL, which is actually more on the low side. I won't spoil it, but I will spill that it's more than $1,000,000,000 a year. Compared to Nintendo's and Sony's online services, that's a lot. (Considering since they don't charge, they don't actually make any money from subscriptions. Not rocket science, here.)
Maybe it's just that I'm grumpy with the PS3's fanbase, but I strongly believe they're going under in the way I mentioned before, Dreamcast style. Which was also very sad because the Dreamcast had a lot going for it, terribly expensive, crappy online gaming, those crazy weird DVDs it used that never became popular, an impossible to develop for archetecture ... wait ... are we talking about the PS3 here? I rest my case.
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