PS3: What Sony Should Have Done

[TrailerCues]

"waits for Zenien & Topdawgs response"

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

WHAT YOU POSTED WAS SELF-CONTRADICTORY, AND MADE LITTLE....IF ANY....SENSE. OF COURSE, YOUR ATROCIOUS GRAMMAR DIDN'T HELP MATTERS.

how was it self contradictory? you said that the reason sony made it big was'nt because of thier games but because of the ps2s dvd feature, i merely dissagreed with you, saying it was both due to the games and the dvd feature. what sony did was just a marketing strategy to bring a multimedia console to the gaming industry and bring in a new format for the mass non/casual gamers. when i said the ps2 did'nt launch the dvd boom, i meant not by itself. if your a non gamer, you probbaly would'nt even know that the ps2 had a dvd feature, so sony decided to launch the format to two different audiences; gaming industry and tv/movie industry.

wheres the self contradictory? can you not read? probably explains why you type in caps.

 

[Avalanche]

I'd agree that Blu-Ray is without a shadow of doubt, the main reason the PS3 has faced so much trouble. It's at the root of the heightened price, and it's at the root of the many delays.

I'm not sure about Sony releasing a Blu-Ray version of the PS3 a few years after the original non-Blu-Ray PS3 however. That would just serve to wind a lot of fans up who'd bought a PS3 in the first couple of years, particularly if developers began to do things that could only be done on Blu-ray. Plus, you potentially end up with two version of every game. The Blu-Ray version, and the non-Blu-Ray version.

I agree with what you're saying on the whole, but I think Sony either have to commit to Blu-Ray at the start, or not bundle it with PS3 at all and wait for the next generation when it would actually be ready. Obviously given the stakes, Sony were always going to go with the former.

 

[THWIP*]

how was it self contradictory? you said that the reason sony made it big was'nt because of thier games but because of the ps2s dvd feature, i merely dissagreed with you, saying it was both due to the games and the dvd feature. what sony did was just a marketing strategy to bring a multimedia console to the gaming industry and bring in a new format for the mass non/casual gamers. when i said the ps2 did'nt launch the dvd boom, i meant not by itself. if your a non gamer, you probbaly would'nt even know that the ps2 had a dvd feature, so sony decided to launch the format in two different ways; gaming industry and tv/movie industry.

wheres the self contradictory? can you not read? probably explains why you type in caps.

THAT'S A MUCH BETTER.......IF NOT STILL FLAWED.......EXPLANATION OF WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY. YOUR ORIGINAL POST JUST DIDN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE.

STILL, YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT WITHOUT DVD BEING ESTABLISHED, AND A HOT ITEM AT THE TIME, THE WEAK LINEUP OF PS2 GAMES (PS1 HAND-ME-DOWNS NOT INCLUDED) SIMPLY DIDN'T JUSTIFY A PURCHASE. THE DVD FUNCTIONALITY WAS THE #1 REASON ALOT OF PEOPLE BOUGHT A PS2, EARLY ON........THAT, AND FALLING FOR THE PACK OF LIES 'SONY' TOLD (GUILTY ).

 

[THWIP*]

I'd agree that Blu-Ray is without a shadow of doubt, the main reason the PS3 has faced so much trouble. It's at the root of the heightened price, and it's at the root of the many delays.

I'm not sure about Sony releasing a Blu-Ray version of the PS3 a few years after the original non-Blu-Ray PS3 however. That would just serve to wind a lot of fans up who'd bought a PS3 in the first couple of years, particularly if developers began to do things that could only be done on Blu-ray. Plus, you potentially end up with two version of every game. The Blu-Ray version, and the non-Blu-Ray version.

I agree with what you're saying on the whole, but I think Sony either have to commit to Blu-Ray at the start, or not bundle it with PS3 at all and wait for the next generation when it would actually be ready. Obviously given the stakes, Sony were always going to go with the former.

WELL, MY PRIMARY POINT WAS THAT THEY SHOULD'VE WAITED ON BLU-RAY. WHETHER OR NOT THEY WENT THE ROUTE OF THE '360', AND HAD AN ADD-ON, OR EVEN A NEWER BLU-RAY VERSION PS3 LATER, WOULD CERTAINLY BE A BIG DECISION. BUT, IF YOU CONSIDER THAT THE MAIN REASON 'SONY' WENT WITH BLU-RAY HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH GAMING, THAT REALLY SHOULDN'T BE A FACTOR ANYWAY. 'MS' HAS THE BEST PLAN, IMO. IF HD-DVD HAPPENS TO WIN OUT IN THE FORMAT WAR (IF EITHER EVEN "WINS" AT ALL, AND THEY DON'T BOTH FAIL), THEN NOBODY WILL BE SURPRISED/UPSET IF THEY RELEASE A NEWER HD-DVD VERSION OF THE '360' IN 3-4 YEARS.......OR WITH THEIR NEXT CONSOLE. 'SONY', ON THE OTHERHAND, IS MARRIED TO BLU-RAY, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.

 

[Zenien]

I agree, all of their problems this next gen can be pinned down to one thing: The point where they decided they absolutely had to go with BR. Where it not for that they would have been walking into this generation laughing.

 

[THWIP*]

I agree, all of their problems this next gen can be pinned down to one thing: The point where they decided they absolutely had to go with BR. Where it not for that they would have been walking into this generation laughing.

*FAINTS*

 

[Zenien]

Maybe if you didn't spend so much time attacking Sony with the needless things, and generally being obnoxious, you'd find that I'm not a zealot like you prefer to think I am.

 

[THWIP*]

Maybe if you didn't spend so much time attacking Sony with needless things, and saying stupid things, you'd find that UI'm not a zealot like you prefer to think I am.

NO, IT'S JUST BECAUSE YOU SPEND SO MUCH EFFORT POSTING POINTLESS THINGS (SALES FIGURES AND TECH NEWS NOT RELATED TO GAMING), AND DEFENDING EVERY BIT OF NEGATIVE NEWS ABOUT 'SONY', REGARDLESS OF HOW JUSTIFIED IT MAY BE.

YOU SHOULD BRING BACK 'ARAN'......SHE WAS MORE NEUTRAL.

 

[Zenien]

Aran was me having the luxury of not being attacked or mentioned out of turn every 2 threads.

Sales Figures have a ton to do with the industry, just because you don't care about how well titles or consoles are performing doesn't mean they aren't important.

 

[Axid]

Hahahahahahahahagarrysmod

 

[TrailerCues]

Aran was me having the luxury of not being attacked or mentioned out of turn every 2 threads.

Actually people stopped mentioning you every chance they get (because you were not here). Do you really think no one here would eventually realize that you were Aran eventually ? As I said people stopped mentioning you for the most part because you were not here

 

[THWIP*]

Aran was me having the luxury of not being attacked or mentioned out of turn every 2 threads.

Sales Figures have a ton to do with the industry, just because you don't care about how well titles or consoles are performing doesn't mean they aren't important.

BUT EVERYONE KNEW IT WAS YOU.


SALES DON'T DIRECTLY IMPACT ANY OF US, UNLESS WE HAVE STOCK IN A DEVELOPMENT/PUBLISHING COMPANY. IF A GAME DOESN'T SELL WELL (ENOUGH), IT (LIKELY) WON'T HAVE A SEQUEL.......WHICH MAY/MAY NOT BE A BAD THING. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE EXTENT TO WHICH SALES IMPACT GAMERS.

 

[Zenien]

I wasn't trying to hid it (I half assed it by refering to myself in third person) but up until the point I started argueing with Youbannedthat over pricing between the two consoles, I think I was relatively under the radar. Only Nintendo fans would pick up on the fact that Aran is the last name of Samus, who just so happens to be one of my fav video game characters. (Samus Aran is the character you play as in Metroid).

 

[THWIP*]

I wasn't trying to hid it (I half assed it by refering to myself in third person) but up until the point I started argueing with Youbannedthat over pricing between the two consoles, I think I was relatively under the radar. Only Nintendo fans would pick up on the fact that Aran is the last name of Samus, who just so happens to be one of my fav video game characters. (Samus Aran is the character you play as in Metroid).

I'M CERTAINLY NOT A NINTENDO FAN, HAVE NEVER PLAYED A 'METROID' GAME.......AND I KNEW EXACTLY WHO/WHAT "ARAN" WAS A REFERENCE TO, AND WHO YOU WERE. YOU, LIKE 'DRT', HAVE A DISTINCTIVE WAY OF POSTING (BAD GRAMMAR ASIDE ). IF I DIDN'T TYPE IN ALL CAPS (LIKE I'VE DONE WITH MY 'SPIDEYNUT' ACCOUNT), YOU'D STILL KNOW IT WAS ME, NO DOUBT.

 

[블라스]

I'M CERTAINLY NOT A NINTENDO FAN, HAVE NEVER PLAYED A 'METROID' GAME.......AND I KNEW EXACTLY WHO/WHAT "ARAN" WAS A REFERENCE TO, AND WHO YOU WERE. YOU, LIKE 'DRT', HAVE A DISTINCTIVE WAY OF POSTING (BAD GRAMMAR ASIDE ). IF I DIDN'T TYPE IN ALL CAPS (LIKE I'VE DONE WITH MY 'SPIDEYNUT' ACCOUNT), YOU'D STILL KNOW IT WAS ME, NO DOUBT.

You don't know what you're missing

 

[THWIP*]

You don't know what you're missing

I'M PRETTY SURE I DO........I'VE SEEN PICS, REVIEWS, AND GAMEPLAY VIDS BEFORE.


THE NEWER 'GC' TITLES SEEM TO BE MUCH MORE LIKE SOMETHING I'D PLAY.....YOU KNOW I'M NOT INTO OLD 2-D SIDESCROLLERS. WHEN YOU BUY ME MY 'WII', I'LL PICK THEM UP.

 

[LongDong]

NO, IT'S JUST BECAUSE YOU SPEND SO MUCH EFFORT POSTING POINTLESS THINGS (SALES FIGURES AND TECH NEWS NOT RELATED TO GAMING), AND DEFENDING EVERY BIT OF NEGATIVE NEWS ABOUT 'SONY', REGARDLESS OF HOW JUSTIFIED IT MAY BE.

YOU SHOULD BRING BACK 'ARAN'......SHE WAS MORE NEUTRAL.

I think those are done to pimp slap the people who say "sony sucks nobody likes sony and xbox is more popular and sells more"

Otherwise, we should all just get along and swap wives.

 

[블라스]

I'M PRETTY SURE I DO........I'VE SEEN PICS, REVIEWS, AND GAMEPLAY VIDS BEFORE.


THE NEWER 'GC' TITLES SEEM TO BE MUCH MORE LIKE SOMETHING I'D PLAY.....YOU KNOW I'M NOT INTO OLD 2-D SIDESCROLLERS. WHEN YOU BUY ME MY 'WII', I'LL PICK THEM UP.

I was talking about the Metroid Prime games, fool-o-matic

I know you'd HATE the 2d. Metroid games

 

[Axid]

Metroid Prime is really awsome... 2nd one pissed me off incrediblydue to just one little thing but it has gay elements that Thwip will probably like

 

[THWIP*]

I was talking about the Metroid Prime games, fool-o-matic

I know you'd HATE the 2d. Metroid games

WELL, AS LONG AS I GET MY "FRII WII", I WON'T MIND PICKING THEM UP.

 

[블라스]

 

[Axid]

This game is better than Resistance will ever hope to be

http://metroid.jp/metroid_version1/prime/movie/metroid_prime_cm30_2.mpg

 

[THWIP*]

DON'T FROWN AT ME...........YOU SAID YOU'D BUY ME ONE, WITHOUT ME EVEN ASKING. DON'T BE A RE-GIFTER.

 

[Zenien]

This game is better than Resistance will ever hope to be

http://metroid.jp/metroid_version1/prime/movie/metroid_prime_cm30_2.mpg

They're way too different to compare imo.

What little thing pissed you off? The protals (didn't bother me at all) or the keys (I used a Faq: stupidest design desision ever)