And now? With the PS3? Sony has become the "evil overlords" they once toppled for us - $599 is a slap in the face to those of us who made Sony gaming what it was - Sony, in their arrogance, knowing the three generation curse, knowing that they had once taken the crown from a corporation that became greedy, make the same mistakes as Nintendo before them, and got greedy.
I wish this generations "Playstation" had been something else, but it seems that the Wii is becoming this generation what the Playstation was in 1994 - a dethrowning bullet. Microsoft and Sony are dividing and conquering Sony's empire, because Sony betrayed the philosophy that made them #1 in the first place.
So to answer your question - why do I have anger towards the PS3? There was, literally, no excuse for how badly they screwed up. It was the Playstation, there isn't a better brand in existance to be working with, all they had to do was make another $299 console that was in the same ballpark (graphically) as the Xbox 360, release it with a few months of the 360, nail the backwards compatibility, and wham - they were done.
Instead? They bet on Blu-Ray, "the cell", and other technologies - they built a high-priced media device for a market that wanted a gaming console. They blew it, badly. Instead of learning from the failure of media-functions in consoles that came before them, they gambled the brand name, and frankly a good chunk of the company, on something that anyone with half a brain could have told them was going to lose them a ton of money.
subrosian
What a whiny, fanboy, weak rant. Have we all not heard this before??? "$600 is way too much. Mommy doesn't love me. Bill Gates is my friend." Come on, dude.
We that have purchased the PS3 and those who come to light in the future know that the PS3 is a great machine. At worst, wecows have paid $400 for a game system and $200 for a blu0ray player. i know you've heard that before too. But how is it not true?
Oh, lemmings always say, "At least 360 has games." Excuse me? Besides Gears, what major title has 360 had, EXCLUSIVELY, that knocked PS3 to its butt? (**crickets chirp over the cold silence**)
I'm not going to go into the movie strength of blu-ray, we all know that. $200 is a great deal if you own a HDTV.
What about quality? So far, which console has done better? I think we all know the answer to that. And which one has a better "fit and finish"? Which one actually looks like its worth its money? Which one actually has all of its core components included in the system and not attached via power cord? I need not go on.
Yes, there have been massive delays on some os PS3's biggest features. But we all know they're coming. Even you Plug_One. We all saw Sony's Gamer's day. There's no way you can actually believe Ps3 is flopping as you say.
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