Profcrab on 04 August 2008
| Leetgeek said: *sigh* This is whats happening: Sometimes a technology can be superior but will still "Die" because it's sales do not pick up and/or the public in general will chose another format. This is what happened to Betamax. So a lot of people thought that PS3 was a lock to sell billions of consoles the day it was released. But it didn't. The system was too expensive ($600). Also it had some HARSH competition in the Wii which was not only an innovative and great idea on Nintendo's part but also three hundred AND FIFTY dollers less then PS3. Not to mention that PS3 was ALSO competing against the seemingly less expensive X-Box 360 which was already releasing it's second generation games including Gears of War. Think about it it was basically LAIR Vs. Gears of Wars and Twilight Princess. So in truth PS3 should have been dead in the watter but what happened? It did not die. It survived long enough to help Bluray crush HD-DVD, it survived long enough to bring the MGS4 bundle pack and it has survived long enough to outsell it's closest competitor the X-Box 360 for almost all of 2008 even with a higher price tag. The very things that made the PS3 too expensive in the beginning are now PS3's biggest advantages because as time goes on game producers will get more results out of bluray and the cell as the production costs of such technology plummets. This may be news for some of you but guess what: This is not 2006 anymore. |
Surviving and dominating are 2 different things. What hurts the PS3 in the long run is that it is not dominant enough to ensure a repeat of the PS2 longevity. Developers will only go out of their way to support a console long after the newer version comes out if the old console is still selling well. Being the "10 year" console that the PS2 is requires that domination.
So, you are right, it isn't 2006 and the PS3 domination still hasn't happened but Sony still likes to spout some of the same PR.
I give that post a 9.3.
Thank god for the disable signatures option.
