[QUOTE="walton13"]I've seen many people complaining about the lack of games on the PS3 and are going to wait for some bigger titles to come out. I'm going to try and make this short. If you have the money, just go buy a PS3. It will probably be the same price in a few months when you go to pick it up.
The main reason I am stating this is because of some developers excuses. They are waiting for more people to purchase the PS3 before they will release their games. Now if there are people waiting for these games before getting a PS3, and the developers are waiting for people to buy ps3's before releasing the games, that means we're going NOWHERE fast.
And besides, you can play the "mediocre games" on your shiny new PS3, as well as almost every other PlayStation or PlayStation 2 game that you own.
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While i agree with this, to an extent, i'd also point out that you're using theoretical market concepts as your basis of argument... theoretical because its not really this simple in the real world. its not like every "n" number of people buying PS3's will result in a developer deciding to publish a game on the PS3. there are more factors to consider.
regardless, i would agree that its not the best idea to wait to buy a PS3, if you're definitely going to buy one, for two reasons:
1) the price of PS3 will not drop significantly probably for at least 2 years. Sony can only afford to lose so much money on each console, and if blu-ray becomes the dominant HD movie format, all the more reason for Sony to sell a PS3 at that price.
2) if you wait too long in North America, (and Japan too, i suppose), then soon you'll be getting the European model PS3 - you know, the one without the PS2 Emotion Engine chip. i'm not sure how disadvantaged the europeans are when it comes to backwards compatibility, but i cant see any reason why their model would be superior to the American launch model, and you can bet Sony will only produce this new model in the future, because its cheaper to produce.
but its not like the price tag will be cheaper.
so basically, unless you're willing to wait 2-3 years, or longer for a significant price drop, as opposed to months, it might be smarter to pick one up sooner than later, for my reasons, and in the grand scheme of things, for walton13's reasons as well. At least someone read my post. Basically what I was tryinf to say if if you have 600 dollars burning a hole in your pocket you might as well pick one up and enjoy it now. It's not going to be any different now than it will be in 6 months. (Other than the E.E. part stated above) And Theres got to be some games you like. Â
Also, you don't need to be rich to get all the systems, or even any of them. I'm 16, and I bought myself a car, 46"hdtv for my room, a 5.1 surround soud system, PS3, laptop, Hi-Fi stereo, cellphone and monthly bills for it, and in a few weeks i'll be picking up an xbox elite. That is ALL on top of my College savings.Â
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