| Kyuu said: If you bought your PS3 at launch. You get a FULL console, you don't have to pay once in a while for a different add on. That never was Microsoft's way, they stealth-milk their customers (at least I felt so as an X360 owner) and I found it hard to appreicate. Do you honestly believe that MS weren't aware of the hardware issues like RROD? Do you think they didn't know that at one point in time, HDMI, wifi, and Hardrive will be needed? I personally see Microsoft are more obsessed with money, they don't even allow custom HDDs to work on their console so you can buy their own accessories (the wireless network adapter cost 200 dollars in Australia back in 2008) And they charge you for online gaming. The Xbox 360 was released incomplete, deal with it. You're kidding yourself if you think removing 2 USB ports is equivalent to Microsoft's changes. Sony did make huge mistakes by pricing the console too high and giving it too many features including PS2 compatibility. They were over confident. But they tried everything they can to keep their customers satisfied, even through serious financial crisis. I don't believe that was the case with Microsoft as they knew very well what they were doing from the beginning. And they got the money yet their greed is unmatched.
I'm not stopping you from believing whatever you wish so why are you upset? I'm anything you want me to be, good sir. |
You're annoyed Microsoft had a responsible and sound pricing and marketing policy while Sony pissed money down the drain all this generation? More people have still bought more 360's than PS3's so it's not like your opinion is the vast majority. I bought a PS3 that allowed me to use Linux, but that got taken off me. Microsoft have at least never removed a feature from the console that I paid for. I think you may want to take off your rose tinted spectacles and understand this is a business and both companies are more than happy to do whatever it takes to take your money off you and both companies have done some pretty crappy things to their customers. Sony have certainly NOT "tried everything to keep their customers satisfied".
You seem to forget that the 360 was released a full year before the PS3 and as such don't realize that HDMI wasn't the prevalent technology it is now and it wasn't needed for HD. The PS3 had to have HDMI so it could use HDCP for Bluray movies. Component was fine for full 1080p high definition in games and nearly all televisions supported component inputs. The move to HD sources using HDCP and hence needed HDMI meant the component input was an ideal candidate to be removed from TV's to save costs. As such Microsoft reacted by starting to produce the HDMI model. This wasn't done by Microsoft to garner more sales, they just genuinely didn't understand the direction of television techonology like Sony which is understandable given Sony were one of the founding members of the HDMI standards.
