Playstation 3 on the path of The Sega Dreamcast?

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BMaker11 said:

ZenfoldorVGI said:

It certainly deserves to go the way of the Dreamcast, the way Sony has ran it into the ground, but no. It has survived up to this point on brand name and RRoD fear alone, and it's at an unbelievably high price point.

Now that the console is on the verge of a major price cut, and it's finally starting to get some respectable exclusives, I don't think it has anywhere to go but up.

Again, though, it certainly deserves to ruin the company, for what they have done to the playstation brand.

That brand is the only think that kept the console afloat. Most of you here bought the PS3 because of the brand, and not the games. That brand saved the console. To be more precise, consumer ignorance and PS2 marketing from 5 years ago saved the console.

You believed the games would come because of the brand, and because you believed, the games did come. It was just a close call back there in 2007, but you made it though guys, by sipping the cool-aid....or maybe, just maybe, hope is a better way to put it.

Is that an incorrect assessment?

And RRoD fear? You act as if it's not real. Not even exxagerating, EVERYONE, and I mean EVERYONE that I know has got the RRoD except myself (I bought a 2nd gen Pro model) and one other friend of mine....and he's lucky he hasnt got it yet because he bought a refurb PREMIUM 360. It's probably bound to die on him eventually. If you saw 360s break down left and right, and then when discussing games, you always hear "the 360 and the PS3 basically have the same library, but the 360 is cheaper"....would YOU still get a 360 knowing it was prone to breaking? If it were me, I would have just manned up, coughed up the extra $100, and not have to worry about any hardware issues....ever

 

That's very odd as i'm the opposite!, I don't know ANYONE of my friends that has had RROD problems, And also, I have 91 friends on my 360 friends list, only three of those have had RROD problems and they were launch consoles, but on the other hand, I know 7 people who have PS3's, two of these have failed (including mine)

Works both ways you see, just because you have had a lot of problems doesn't mean everyone else does, and also, the late falcon units and new jasper units have cut the RROD problem down to less than 3% failure rate on new consoles,

 

If my 360 ever went wrong I wouldn't care at all as it will be fixed totally free of charge thanks to the superb MS 3 year warranty (sony tried charging me postage to send my PS3 for repair before xmas), they even give you a free game or a months live as a good will gesture, stop yapping on like the RROD is still a huge major problem (it's not), its free to get fixed, look how many peoples launch systems went wrong yet they still stuck with the 360, why? because it is a fantastic gaming console and walks all over the competition (current sales figures and the 360's 8 million lead reflects this), my PS3 collects dust, my 360 gets played!,

Rant over.....