Is the PS3 going too be the betamax of gaming

will their technically superior format fade away due too lack of adopters just like their betamax format did all those years ago.

will their technically superior format fade away due too lack of adopters just like their betamax format did all those years ago.

doobie1975

Don't know and not really sure I care. JUST RELEASE SOME GOOD GAMES DAMN YOU!

For the last time Beta didn't lose, Sony made more money off Beta than VHS ever did. Beta is still being used today all over the world.

Damn kids

those are fighting words...:lol:

im not gonna say anything else ..this is suicide (fanb:evil:ys are coming)

For the last time Beta didn't lose, Sony made more money off Beta than VHS ever did. Beta is still being used today all over the world.

Damn kids

pimperjones

Betamax wasn't a flop :lol: it wasn't a total flop but it didn't win the war, still a flop.

self owned

The PS3 is going to be the next Richard Simmons

The PS3 is going to be the next Richard Simmons

No_Talent_Dev

Maybe, but PS3 can also cure cancer, 360 can't do dat.

To all you kids out there. The television and broadcasting industry spends millions upon millions of dollars on Beta SP, DigiBeta and other Beta related products every year. This is not just Japan or American, this is the whole world. The word Beta means SD broadcasting period, all SD broadcasting is recorded, archived and stored on BETA. Sony's immense wealth is partially attributed to the worlds adoption of their Beta technology.

Only ignorant kids use Beta losing as an analogy for Sony's PS3, because if PS3 is Beta then Sony hasn't lost they've secured the biggest market in history.

P.S Beta is still being used today all over the world, news flash distribution of recording medium goes far beyond the average WallMart and Blockbuster.

Again Kids (shakes head and goes back smoking cigar)

Betamax wasn't a flop :lol:

BION1CK

Betamax kind of was..(although likeI mentioned it had support for ages), Betacam on the otherhand is extremely successful to this day.

To all you kids out there. The television and broadcasting industry spends millions upon millions of dollars on Beta SP, DigiBeta and other Beta related products every year. This is not just Japan or American, this is the whole world. The word Beta means SD broadcasting period, all SD broadcasting is recorded, archived and stored on BETA. Sony's immense wealth is partially attributed to the worlds adoption of their Beta technology.

Only ignorant kids use Beta losing as an analogy for Sony's PS3, because if PS3 is Beta then Sony hasn't lost they've secured the biggest market in history.

P.S Beta is still being used today all over the world, news flash distribution of recording medium goes far beyond the average WallMart and Blockbuster.

Again Kids (shakes head and goes back smoking cigar)

pimperjones

Who's cigar are you smoking?

[QUOTE="BION1CK"]

Betamax wasn't a flop :lol:

Runningflame570

Betamax kind of was..(although likeI mentioned it had support for ages), Betacam on the otherhand is extremely successful to this day.

To all you kids out there. The television and broadcasting industry spends millions upon millions of dollars on Beta SP, DigiBeta and other Beta related products every year. This is not just Japan or American, this is the whole world. The word Beta means SD broadcasting period, all SD broadcasting is recorded, archived and stored on BETA. Sony's immense wealth is partially attributed to the worlds adoption of their Beta technology.

Only ignorant kids use Beta losing as an analogy for Sony's PS3, because if PS3 is Beta then Sony hasn't lost they've secured the biggest market in history.

P.S Beta is still being used today all over the world, news flash distribution of recording medium goes far beyond the average WallMart and Blockbuster.

Again Kids (shakes head and goes back smoking cigar)

pimperjones

But you see..they failed in making the average consumer buy it..that was their target audience...

[QUOTE="Runningflame570"][QUOTE="BION1CK"]

Betamax wasn't a flop :lol:

pimperjones

Betamax kind of was..(although likeI mentioned it had support for ages), Betacam on the otherhand is extremely successful to this day.

I just noticed PS3 is at 4.5(M) - lol:lol:

[QUOTE="pimperjones"]

To all you kids out there. The television and broadcasting industry spends millions upon millions of dollars on Beta SP, DigiBeta and other Beta related products every year. This is not just Japan or American, this is the whole world. The word Beta means SD broadcasting period, all SD broadcasting is recorded, archived and stored on BETA. Sony's immense wealth is partially attributed to the worlds adoption of their Beta technology.

Only ignorant kids use Beta losing as an analogy for Sony's PS3, because if PS3 is Beta then Sony hasn't lost they've secured the biggest market in history.

P.S Beta is still being used today all over the world, news flash distribution of recording medium goes far beyond the average WallMart and Blockbuster.

Again Kids (shakes head and goes back smoking cigar)

devious742

But you see..they failed in making the average consumer buy it..that was their target audience...

[QUOTE="No_Talent_Dev"]

The PS3 is going to be the next Richard Simmons

BION1CK

Maybe, but PS3 can also cure cancer, 360 can't do dat.

Cats are so cute when they are talking about cancer

you know..i dont even why am here ..this is pointless..."Im having a betamax flopped discussion"..I just wasted 5 minutes of my life...:|devious742

Count yourself lucky, some people have wasted years of their life hanging around system wars.

Yeah I went a little too far with it too. I just get so fed up of people always using Sony and Beta as symbols of failure when it's just so wrong. Much of Sony's wealth is attributed to Beta. pimperjones

Beta is flop, give up man....from wiki

• In a 1989 episode of the situation comedyMarried... with Children, the Bundys were described as "the last family on earth with Beta"; a character had to cross state lines to get a tape from "Bob's Betas and Bell-bottoms", and was only able to rent Oh Heavenly Dog.[4]
• In the 1990 novel Good Omens, a 17th-century book of prophecies includes the warning "Do Notte Buye Betamacks".[5]
• The format appeared in some episodes of The Simpsons
  • In a 1992 episode, Snake steals a VCR, but on inspecting it exclaims "Oh no, Beta!"[6]
  • In a 2003 episode, Homer is at the local garbage dump, and walks past a box of betamax tapes that had been left at the dump.[7]
  • The local video-rental store in Springfield has been known as 'VHS Village' with a subtext saying 'formerly Beta Barn'.
• In an episode of Futurama, Mom says that she won't be around forever and a talking Betamax player says, "Oh shush," in response.[8]
• In an episode of the television series Cowboy Bebop, two of the main characters, Spike and Jet, must go out in search of a Beta player in an ancient history museum in order to view a mysterious beta cassette tape they received in the mail. Upon returning with a player, they woefully discover that they had found a VHS player, not Betamax.

[QUOTE="pimperjones"]Yeah I went a little too far with it too. I just get so fed up of people always using Sony and Beta as symbols of failure when it's just so wrong. Much of Sony's wealth is attributed to Beta. mad_max1

Beta is flop, give up man

Betamax was hyped AAA? I must have missed that one.

[QUOTE="mad_max1"]

[QUOTE="pimperjones"]Yeah I went a little too far with it too. I just get so fed up of people always using Sony and Beta as symbols of failure when it's just so wrong. Much of Sony's wealth is attributed to Beta. ball_of_air

Beta is flop, give up man

Betamax was hyped AAA? I must have missed that one.

Sony fanboy alert .......runs:roll:

For the last time Beta didn't lose, Sony made more money off Beta than VHS ever did. Beta is still being used today all over the world.

Damn kids

pimperjones

Thank you. Beta has been used by people in the video business forever. It was always the superior tape for quality.

Besides, your topic should be "is blu-ray going to be like betamax" not the PS3.

[QUOTE="ball_of_air"][QUOTE="mad_max1"]

[QUOTE="pimperjones"]Yeah I went a little too far with it too. I just get so fed up of people always using Sony and Beta as symbols of failure when it's just so wrong. Much of Sony's wealth is attributed to Beta. mad_max1

Beta is flop, give up man

Betamax was hyped AAA? I must have missed that one.

Sony fanboy alert .......runs:roll:

8)

Yeah I went a little too far with it too. I just get so fed up of people always using Sony and Beta as symbols of failure when it's just so wrong. Much of Sony's wealth is attributed to Beta. pimperjones

You are right about beta and how its still making sony money but I think its time to just let this one go. You know what really happened and so do I, but they just aren't going to get it. If you guys wanted to make a point, minidisc or laser disc would have been far better examples as they just died horrible, horrible deaths.

[QUOTE="pimperjones"]

For the last time Beta didn't lose, Sony made more money off Beta than VHS ever did. Beta is still being used today all over the world.

Damn kids

The_Crucible

Thank you. Beta has been used by people in the video business forever. It was always the superior tape for quality.

Besides, your topic should be "is blu-ray going to be like betamax" not the PS3.

but that would hardly be a relevent topic for a forum on video games though would it

To all you kids out there. The television and broadcasting industry spends millions upon millions of dollars on Beta SP, DigiBeta and other Beta related products every year. This is not just Japan or American, this is the whole world. The word Beta means SD broadcasting period, all SD broadcasting is recorded, archived and stored on BETA. Sony's immense wealth is partially attributed to the worlds adoption of their Beta technology.

Only ignorant kids use Beta losing as an analogy for Sony's PS3, because if PS3 is Beta then Sony hasn't lost they've secured the biggest market in history.

P.S Beta is still being used today all over the world, news flash distribution of recording medium goes far beyond the average WallMart and Blockbuster.

Again Kids (shakes head and goes back smoking cigar)

pimperjones

[QUOTE="The_Crucible"][QUOTE="pimperjones"]

For the last time Beta didn't lose, Sony made more money off Beta than VHS ever did. Beta is still being used today all over the world.

Damn kids

doobie1975

Thank you. Beta has been used by people in the video business forever. It was always the superior tape for quality.

Besides, your topic should be "is blu-ray going to be like betamax" not the PS3.

but that would hardly be a relevent topic for a forum on video games though would it

will their technically superior format fade away due too lack of adopters just like their betamax format did all those years ago.

doobie1975

betamax didn't enjoy 2 previous generations of success and a 100+ million fanbase. Your thread fails. Thanks for playing.

For the last time Beta didn't lose, Sony made more money off Beta than VHS ever did. Beta is still being used today all over the world.

Damn kids

pimperjones

wow.....the things people will say to defend sony...LMAO!!!! some one should quote this.

and yeah the ps3 is a utter flop just like BETAMAX AND UMDS!!! *waiting for someone to defend the umd*

[QUOTE="doobie1975"][QUOTE="The_Crucible"][QUOTE="pimperjones"]

For the last time Beta didn't lose, Sony made more money off Beta than VHS ever did. Beta is still being used today all over the world.

Damn kids

pimperjones

Thank you. Beta has been used by people in the video business forever. It was always the superior tape for quality.

Besides, your topic should be "is blu-ray going to be like betamax" not the PS3.

but that would hardly be a relevent topic for a forum on video games though would it

do the numbers next too my name not suggest that im in my 30's and i too remember the likes of laser disk (i still have appocalipse now, but no player sadly). and i also remember the sony mini disk vs philips DCC (digital compact casset) war which sony actualy won. it was just bad timing for them that the whole mp3/ipod thing kicked off and burried both of them.

i will admit im wrong on the money betamax made over vhs if you can show me some figures too support that.

im just of too blockbuster now to rent some betamax movies....

[QUOTE="pimperjones"]

For the last time Beta didn't lose, Sony made more money off Beta than VHS ever did. Beta is still being used today all over the world.

Damn kids

Tom_Brady860

wow.....the things people will say to defend sony...LMAO!!!! some one should quote this.

and yeah the ps3 is a utter flop just like BETAMAX AND UMDS!!! *waiting for someone to defend the umd*

[QUOTE="pimperjones"]

For the last time Beta didn't lose, Sony made more money off Beta than VHS ever did. Beta is still being used today all over the world.

Damn kids

Tom_Brady860

wow.....the things people will say to defend sony...LMAO!!!! some one should quote this.

and yeah the ps3 is a utter flop just like BETAMAX AND UMDS!!! *waiting for someone to defend the umd*

Yeah, any console that has sold near 5 million units before it turns a year old HAS to be considered a flop :roll:

Do you people actually think before you post this tripe?

[QUOTE="pimperjones"][QUOTE="doobie1975"][QUOTE="The_Crucible"][QUOTE="pimperjones"]

For the last time Beta didn't lose, Sony made more money off Beta than VHS ever did. Beta is still being used today all over the world.

Damn kids

doobie1975

Thank you. Beta has been used by people in the video business forever. It was always the superior tape for quality.

Besides, your topic should be "is blu-ray going to be like betamax" not the PS3.

but that would hardly be a relevent topic for a forum on video games though would it

do the numbers next too my name not suggest that im in my 30's and i too remember the likes of laser disk (i still have appocalipse now, but no player sadly). and i also remember the sony mini disk vs philips DCC (digital compact casset) war which sony actualy won. i was just bad timing for them that the whole mp3/ipod thing kicked off and burried both of them.

i will admit im wrong on the money betamax made over vhs if you can show me some figures too support that.

im just of too blockbuster now to rent some betamax movies....