PS3 on the rise. Doomsayers eat crow.

[Fei-Hung]

no one is eating any crows yet bar the person who started this thread :p but truth be told:

1) Doomsayers more or less Doomed the PS3 for pretty much everything it is and was and i don't think they thought it would last as long as it has.

2) Blu Ray not being important mostly comes from people who don't own Blu Ray. Every individual I know prefers BR films to anything else. People buy legal purchased movies for quality of picture and sound and no one can do this better this gen then BR and the PS3 is the best BR player on the market with constant upgrades and extra features. Not many people in here have taken into consideration how many PS3's will be bought just for the BR side of things. As HD TV's get cheaper and BR drops in price (which is inevitable) PS3 sales are bound to rise.

3) BR is not needed for gaming... err last I checked, it's getting to that stage where it is. Developers prefer the freedom of space BR gives them and more games are being launched that require more space. Problem 360 owners will have are as follows :

a) they will get multiple discs with downgraded graphics due to compression or lack of space on the 3 discs and not wanting to spread the game over 4 discs.

b) for the fully downloadable games, they will have to hide their faces in shame for laughing at PS3 owners who have to do a part install since they will need to do a full install.

c) They will need to constantly buy over priced HHD from MS if this is the feature of 360 gaming.


4) It's the only console which is a combo of 360 and wii and when at the right price it will be the easier option for many. For a little extra money they will get BR, next gen graphic and motion controls, not to forget the new eyetoy games that will be going casual like the wii games.

Whether PS3 gets 2nd place this gen is only a question of time, however, like many have pointed out, getting 1st place this gen will require a hell of a lot more work. This xmas will be a good indication IMO to what the PS3 will have in stock for us next year. If PS3 does well in Xmas, 2009 will be a good year, but if xmas goes by not doing much- 2009 will be sluggish with spikes in sales when a new IP or highly anticipated title is released.

Let's see what the future holds; will sony eat crows or will it be the those who predicted the failure of the PS3.