Why do people think the PS3 sucks

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Rath said:
It doesn't suck but its hardly problem free, to be honest a large amount of the problem actually came from Sonys bumbling PR. Telling consumers they will buy the console even if it doesn't have games, telling them rumble is 'last gen' then adding it and saying that BC is an important part of their strategy then dropping it like a rock are just some of the major screw ups their PR team has made in the last year or so.

However if you want me to list some problems with the console;
Unnecessary use of HD media adding to the launch price
Said launch price being far too high
Actual physical size being extremely large
Apparently extremely hard to develop for leading to huge dev budgets
Far too many changes causing large amounts of confusion (20GB, 40GB, 60GB, 80GB)
None of them make the console suck by any means though.

 QFT, you hit it right on the money, a big factor is PS3 doesn't have the image it did last gen, it doesn't suck hardware wise, however developing for it has been sucky, a lot more money has to be poured into making a game which is harder for smaller developers, and is even making larger comapanies take much longer to make multiplatform games, many sources have said the PS3 caused the delay for GTA4, and when you look at al the 2007 titles that got pushed back to 2008 the reports might have been right.  Plus there really hasn't been any game that has been a system seller for PS3, something so good you had to buy the system, MGS4 probably already sold a decent percent systems cause many people bought it around launch just for MGS, but that means that many less systems will be sold after the game is out, Killzone 1 wasn't that good so Killzone 2 only got PS3 owners excited, and Little Big Planet as good as it may be might not appeal to people enough to buy the PS3 for it.  Right now PS3 is going to need a few more great games before it's looked upon in a positive light.

Microsoft has also done a lot of good things this gen, with image, launching early, price, etc.  So people make up their minds, and stick to one side a lot of the time, so yeah there's going to be a lot of Sony hate, live with it Nintendo fans did last gen, and now many people are jumping to 360 and Wii and doing the same thing PS2 and Xbox fans did to GC fans.