If your gonna give opinions on the value or "worth it" features of a 4month new game system. I thought any site with any traces of journalistic integrity would give the fors, as well as the againsts. It seemed that GS's latest, bad timed, load of bill gay-tes blowing writing was 99% against Sony's new console. So I have gone the other way.
I see many lemmings post about 1080p & how PS3 has no games to support it & they ask PS3 owners to name some games. Unfortuntely none of these PS3 owners own 1080p sets yet. As an importer (from Australia) of a *** PS3, with a Sony 60" 1080p capable rear pro tv....Heres the games so far, NBA, Full Auto 2, Blast Factor, GTHD, RR7, Tekken & Virtual Tennis...so far.
Also buying the machine now means you have new technology NOW, it is something to be excited about & allows you (as a true gamer) to experience the whole journey with said company, also early buyers of the system ensures the userbase is out there to attract some great 3rd party ecxclusives. Does any moron think epic would have released Gears on 360, if it didn't have a pretty good early adoption rate.4. The core PS3 pack is actually only $100 more than the equivelant (in features) 360 premium pack. In other words, the PS3 core has a 20gig HDD & all the other features of the PREMIUM 360 machine for only $100 more, & you get the added benefit of blu ray. As much as it pains lemmings & how much they bemoan it & say it's shoved down consumers throats, for $100 more, it's a small price to pay for a feature that may really benefit games & definately benefits movies if you have the equipment...And we all know most types of gamers are also movie buffs. Also add another measley $100 for the Premium PS3 that comes with 40extra gig hdd space & built in wi fi, as well as ports out the gazoo. Both PS3's also have HDMI cables, as a standard.
5. 3rd party games are a comin to the PS3. And I can promise you, that with every 360 exclusive 3rd party title, there will be just as many announced for the PS3. If not more. And a lot of these will be already tried & true series returns that have been proven to be best sellers time & time again. MGS, DMC, FF & many more. Also developers like criterion are already saying the PS3 versions will shine of games like Burnout.
8. The marketing muscle that sony knows best how to use needs to be factored in. Early adopters that already know this stuff above, have already bought, knowing what they are getting now & in the future. They also know that Sony knows how to suck in the more reluctant, casual crowds, with ads & such, then eventually they get the cheapskate gamers (5-6yrs from now) with lowered hardware reatail costs, as well as budget price games & heaps of them spread accross every genre.
9. As shown at GDC, they are garnering hype in the right way, at the appropriate events with great outcomes. Why show off latest games at a develepers conference? To rub it in to your would be allies, that this is what we can do, & you can't, because we're not gonna supply you with the neccessary development tools needed to harness the best performance from OUR machine. Developers & press loved Sony's strategy at GDC (except GS). It showed they wanted to help developers get the best from the system the easiets way possible so far, to get quality games to the consumers faster.
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pimplykid
Nice spelling.. 
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