Hirai: I Think About PS3 Pricing Everyday

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Darc Requiem said:

ssj12 said:

Darc Requiem said:
Ken Kutaragi's poor leadership and even poorer design choices have left Kaz Hirai holding the bag. It will be extremely difficult for the PS3 to fulfill all the grandeous proclamations that were made prior to launch. The systems overall design is what makes dropping the price so difficult. As I've said many times before, pricing will haunt the PS3 for the entire generation and will be one of the principal reasons that Sony finishes last this time around.

I cant believe I missed this..

YOU ARE A DUMB ASS. Ken is the greatest engineer currently in our generation. His design isnt poor, its just advanced. Its to advanced for this generation. If Ken would have designed a Emotion Engine 2 for this generation the CELL is better fitting for the PS4. The PS3 isnt poorly designed at all. Price is fitting for a product that is beyond this generation. The fake that they already cut costs is amazing. After 2009 in America, digital signals will become the only signal legal which will make it so millions of American will purchase an HDTV. That will free up more reasons to purchase a PS3. The price of the PS3 by 2009 will also be atleast $350 for the 80GB if its not discontinued.

Normally, I try to keep it civil but I think I will refrain in this instance. You are an idiot. A great hardware design is not just about power, its also about cost and ease of development. The PS3 is Kuturagi's worse design yet. He has gotten progressively worse since the PS1. A truly great engineer takes his "customers" into account. Those customers would be game developers and consumers in this case. His design was the reason Sony was eating $200 plus on the PS3 at launch despite it being twice the price of the PS2 at a launch. Anyone with half a brain would realize that. The fact that you are unable to comprehend this speaks volumes. Ken's design is so exceptional that Nintendo and Microsoft have been able to make money off of each unit they sell at a signficantly lower price point than the PS3. This resulting pricing conundrum is costing Sony marketshare and exclusive content.

The fact that you said the PS3 is beyond this generation  proves your lack of intelligence. Maybe if you possessed enough cognitive reasoning to see through Sony's marketing speak you could realize that. You would also then realize that a Digital TV signal isn't necessarily HD. It would also then dawn on you that even if the PS3 managed reach a $350 price point by 2009 it would still be $50 higher than the PS2's launch price point. 

It's late, I'm tired. So I won't lay into you like I should. I may address your nonsensical post tomorrow when I am more coherent. Hopefully you will develop the most basic elements of common sense by then SSJ12, but I doubt it. BTW SlorgNet unless the majority of Americans have increased their salaries by 33% since the PS2 launch. $399 is not equivalent to $299 dollars.

Whoa, simmer down guys. You are both above senseless name calling.

I agree that the price of the PS3 is a bitter pill to swallow. It's a machine that could have gone a long way if only the technology wasn't a few years too ahead of it's time. Blue-ray and Cell seemed like a great idea on paper, but I do really believe that the Playstation brand has really strayed away from it's roots.