Why are PS3 owners really bothered about the PS3 being in 3rd , seriously ?

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CMoney said:

Are PS3 lovers the biggest suckers in the world?

The PS3 launches at $500/$600 dollars on promises of being a superior gaming console than the competition. Why? Blu-ray and the Cell. Sony says to fans "Sorry but if you want a PS3 you MUST pay extra money for a media format because we will profit from it in the the future." Sony fans not only buy the console anyway but actually support this horrible decision, even though it was a slap in the face to them and the people who were only interested in playing games on their gaming console. I don't know about you guys but when someone flips me the bird, I flip it back.

On principle I think it would have been a much better strategy to come out with a slightly less powerful system, with less features (drop full BC altogether and do selective software BC via download), to get a price point of $400/$500 to start with.  There is a premium to be payed to get the most powerful system this gen.  Despite what you obviously believe, it is still the best console, but it is too expensive.  I would still flip them off though because they were quite arrogant in their interviews.

- Sony decides to include the Cell processor in the PS3, giving the middle finger to all the devs who wanted an easy platform to develop games on. Not only is it a pain in the butt to develop for but it takes twice as long. What this means is, the fans (you) have to wait longer for your games and most develpoers have decided to go multiplatform because the Cell takes too much time and money too actually develop for. Not only that but the format requires MANDATORY installs for its games and the Cell has yet to prove its superiority over the Xbox's CPU. Sony fans still support this horrible decision.

Obviously they should have built a much better dev kit and software development suite.  The problem is not really the CPU but that MS has been building development software for longer than SONY has been in the gaming business.

- Sony decides to make PSN a free service. While this may seem great on the surface, there are repercussions for these actions. Sony forces the developers to run their own servers. Again making the developers lives even more troublesome then they already are after the horrble developing times. When the devs arent happy, you arent happy. Devs have to decided to switch consoles, more games go multiplat, less reasons to buy a PS3. Home gets announced and pushed back for 2 years only for it to not live up to expectations, while all this time and money could have been spent on the functionality of PSN. 2 years later, cross game invites, trophies, and custom soundtracks are still not mandatory. Again Sony fans not only support this decision but defend it 'til their dying breath. 

Your not gonna get everyone to agree, certainly not me.  SONY has a philosophy of being more open than MS, giving developers more leeway to do what they want.  You could ask studios if they like being able to run their own servers and some of them are going to say yes.  Trophies shouldn't be mandatory.  They are a gimmick, just like the much vaunted achievement system.  Not every gamer needs to strut there epeen gamer status. But again on principle I agree that they need to make PSN better, and needed to do it years ago.

What it comes down to is: You were forced to pay extra money for features that are useless to gaming. You are getting less games than the competition because the PS3 is hard to develop for. Features that have been mandatory in the competitions console have still not been implemented on the PS3. The promises made to you about the PS3 being superior than the competition in every way have been broken, most multiplat games are equal if not better on the competitors console. PSN is nothing compared to Live even if it is free. This generation is almost over (new Xbox in 2010) and Sony fans are still waiting for a miraculous comeback. Yet after all these decisions Sony fans still support the company and refuse to except these simple facts that Sony F'ed up.

My question to you guys is: How many times does a company have to push you around before you start to push back? How long can you defend these (obviously) horrible decisions? Do you not realize this gen is almost over? Arent you sick of sticking up for a company that decided its own agenda (blu-ray) were more important then your entertainment? How can you support a company that has obviously turned it's back on you?

 

In reality SONY has only messed up once, and we are already pushing back, so get off our backs.  If they pull this same thing with the PS4 am most likely going to shove them into 3rd slot for purchase next gen (right now its 1.SONY 2.Nintendo 3.MS).  This gen is MAYBE half over, but its no way almost over, your smoking too much pot.  As for the rest, this is your opinion, and a myth.  Sony chose blu-ray because of its potential space on disc for games and it was their flagship format.  Maybe SONY should have waited like MS did and put it in the PS4, but they didn't do it to shaft us, they did it because they thought it would make the PS3 the best value for the buck.  I don't think they turned their back on us, I think they made bad decisions and messed up.  Huge difference.