PS3 Strategy is Starting to Pay Off

[johnsobas]

Xoj said:

ironman said:

austin2359 said:

blu-ray also is one aspect that gives ps3 a tech edge over the 360 not just for movies, but for the actual games.

I couldn't agree with you more. Sony won the format war, partly because of the PS3, but it's also part of the reason why the PS3 was so high priced, and didn't sell as well as it's predicesors. For all intents and purposes, Bluray actually hurt the PS3.

PS3 was expensive because it quality and packs everything in. PS2 also have DVD it have more expensive due that than the GC games were bigger and so games like god of war were created.

the ps3 as a whole everything was expensive, from the XDR rambus ram the cpu custom design (at first), all ps3 have a HDD, it packed bluetooth and wifi, both things 360 LACKS.

blu ray was just logical it was a technology they had since 2003 in japan, it allow bigger games and remove the need for extras disc and give ability to the ps3 to play HD movies.

sony did everything they had to stay afloat like microsoft failed quality control and 1 billion+ rrod control, or draining 6 billion on the original xbox.

I don't think you're looking at his from the right perspective at all.  The goal is to make money and gain market share.  The goal is not to make the most powerful system.  PS1 was not as powerful as n64 or other consoles except saturn in some ways, the ps2 was the weakest and these 2 systems made Sony a fortune.  The xbox had a bunch of exclusives that looked way better than ps2 games, but it didn't mean anything.  All Sony had to do was release a system for $300 or $400 and they would have crushed MS and at least been competitive with Nintendo, but they didn't.