The PS3 is underrated.

[Stefan.De.Machtige]

ZenfoldorVGI said:

Stefan.De.Machtige said:

ymeaga1n said:
underrated or overpriced?

In a financial context, they are the same. The PS3 offers a very good deal for its price. I think most VGchartz users agree on that. The public doesn't agree at all. To them it is too expensive. The message of a good electronics deal falls on their deaf ears. Since they are the consumer, it is both underrated and overpriced in their eyes. And Sony can't convince them of the opposite.

 

It plays games. It costs 399 dollars. Its competition costs 199, plus a 20 dollar/free shipping hard-drive off ebay. It plays pretty much the same games, and the graphical difference is only noticable in a few exclusives, like Killzone 2. The best 360 exclusives also have fantastic graphics, like Gears 2. According to reviewers, the 360 still has a much "better" library. However, that is all opinion, just as art style, and the "value" of the PS3 are opinion.

What the PS3 gives you, for 200 dollars, is a blu-ray player, lifetime membership to PSN, and wireless internet. None of these things are necessary for gaming, but you are required to purchase them, because Sony chose for you to purchase them.

Thus, despite having "value" for people who care about wireless internet, online gaming subscriptions, and blu-ray movies, people who only care about gaming, and would rather not buy all of Sony's "value" have no choice. Thus, it is overpriced, because to buy a PS3, you have to buy a lot of stuff you may or may not need, instead of having the option to not buy said stuff.

If Sony was Microsoft, the PS3 would be like a version of windows Vista that costs 400 dollars, but came with Microsoft Office, as a free "value."

It's not free. You pay for it. The PS3's "value" doesn't exist, considering it is double the price of another gaming console that does the exact same thing, as far as gaming, yet allows you to pick and choose your "value" adding items, instead of requiring you to buy them.

Anything else is pure spin. Even if you believe it to be true with all your heart, it's spin. You just bought and adopted the spin as a personal belief. Doesn't change it.

The PS3 needs a price drop. It is not a "bargin." Would you really pay MORE for one? MORE than 400 dollars plus tax?

I was talking about the pure value of its electronical parts, not really about it functionality or its true usefullness to the consumer. Sony clearly had different idea's about that then the majority of the gaming crowd, including me.

And i'm not under anyone's spin. I share your point about seemingly unneeded things added to the ps3.  Sony should allow a similar choosing of components, like Microsoft. That's far more buyerfriendly and cheaper. As noted in other threads, Sony used Blu-Ray (in the PS3) to win the format war and as a consequence lost the console war. Sony will be forced to a pricecut sooner or later, no matter the loss. Or they would let the PS3 die.