IllegalPaladin said:
Gballzack, I don't fully agree with some of your points. -Of course, but that's the developers job. However, I don't believe Nintendo when they say that with power, all your games will suck. Again, it's the developers job to harness that power. Think Valve's Source engine and Epic's Unreal engine, as time goes on, more additions and fixes improve on that powerful software. So in otherwords a console such as the Atari Jaguar didn't fail, it was the Developers who failed? It had nothing to do with the fact that the Jaguar was infamously difficult to develop for, it was the Developers who were to blame... Listen, the PS3 is a nightmare to develop for and has been compared to one of the levels of Hell by some developers. And while it is indeed the Developer's job to adapt to new fronteers, it doesn't help when Sony throws a couple hundred extra hurdles in their way in the form of exceedingly complicated new technologies. Even those who praise the PS3 admit its one too many generations ahead of its time for there to be anything in the way of an easy or approachable learning curve for developers. You can blame the developers all you want but its Sony whose geting shafted for their own ambition and lack of consideration for the progression of developers from one generation to the next (or in this case, the one after). - Okay, fault Sony for not 100% BC since they did use that as a pro of getting a PS3, but at least it's there and it's being updated. Unless I'm mistaken, the 360 requires updates for more titles to work as well. While I'm not going to fault that (unless there is a game that I loved that wont work), I can't understand how expanding that list is a bad thing. For the controllers, correct me if I'm wrong, but do the Xbox controllers and memory card units work on the 360 (cause I have no idea)? It's not as bad as you think for the PS3, I recently bought the memory card and Pelican PS2 adaptor and they work nicely (the PS2 adapter works on my PC too since it emulates the Sixaxis and I have the driver for the Sixaxis). Oh, and the PS2 adapter saves me $50 too (though no motion control) till a rumble controller comes out since Sony and Immursion have made up. Not only that, the memory card adaptor was finially worth getting after the 1.8 update because now I can save my data back onto the PS1/2 memory cards to take to friend's houses. Speaking of USB ports, there are 4 ports on the front, that's pretty convienent if you want to compare the console to a computer since I have to get behind my desk to get to my USB ports for anything bigger than a USB storage device or controller (long term usage that is). I'm not comparing it to the 360 though as if the 360 was the better of the two. I think the 360 is the most pathetic excuse of a console when it comes to reverse compatibility. The point still stands though that the Ps3 still isn't 100% reverse compatbile and the fact it needs upgrades to do what it should of done out of the box is just insult to injury. If the Wii could do it right, why couldn't they? The UK PS3 isn't even reverse compatible at all. USB ports are nice and convenient but it doesn't change the fact they failed to put ports for the PS1/PS2 peripherals on such a hulking beast when Nintendo was able to manage it with the tiny Wii. Are you seriously telling me the PS3 doesn't even have a rumble capable controller right now? -Well I recall Xbox 360 loyal starting to say that the PS3 can't rely on MGS4 and FFXIII alone when somebody would mention those two games. So why is that bad that people are looking foward to more than just those two games? Because those two games were once the two main driving points of the "Sony is worth getting" argument, and for them to be just dropped over night like they never existed as a selling point is just a tad suspicious the second somewhat tangible evidence arises that one of those two titles doesn't have a secure future as PS3 exclusive. We've only been listening to people brag about MGS4 and FFXIII for six months now, don't act like something better came along and no one cares about them anymore, Gran Turismo 5 wasn't exactly a secret this whole time. Don't try and play innocent here, you know as well as I do this is a case of the Sony fans losing the nerve to brag about any title that isn't a Sony 1st or 2nd party exclusive anymore. And while there is no solid proof either MGS4 or FFXIII won't stay PS3 exclusives, Sony fans have seen enough exclusives lost to know better. -But then that bodes the question, $500 for just a blu-ray player or $600 (hopefully soon to be less) for a blu-ray player and a media machine. The fact of the matter is, the PS3 is as it stands now the best deal it will ever be as a Blu-Ray player. Blu-Ray players will drop in price much faster than the PS3 can and even with a price cut the PS3 will only delay the end of its appeal as a cheap Blu-Ray player. | 
