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Akvod on 07 December 2013
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Too_Talls said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Too_Talls said:
Mr Puggsly said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:


Blu Ray wasn't forced on anyone. Kinect was because its not essential to the system.

Bluray wasn't essential though.


This seems to be getting ignored. ps3 was virtually the same system as the 360 and the 360and a dvd drive. so I really don't see how a blue ray drive was essential. 


If it makes the game play its essential. You just dont value Blu Ray. Theres nothing concrete about subjectivity. DVD is just as essential as Blu Ray. Blu Ray is the essential format today. People need to deal with it.


It needed a disk drive yes. but it didn't need the most expensive disc drive on the market to achieve what it has. just like there are more powerfull options that could have been opted into the current gen builds. It was not worth the cost of the edition. 

You can say that retropsectively.

But again, trying to base their discussion on the "actual" utility of BluRay and Kinect to "gamers" is pointless since the "actual" utility is subjective.

 

I keep saying this over and over. The difference between BluRay and Kinect were how gamers PERCEIVED AND RECEIVED them, which is also influenced by how the companies MARKETED them.

 

Sony marketed BluRay with the Cell Processor as something that would enhance the power of the PS3, and if I had to take a wild guess I think the number and proportion of people who thought that were greater than the number and proportion of people who thought that Kinect was something that would enhance their gaming experience.

And a lot of this has to do with Microsoft's marketing. Instead of showing Skype being used to video chat with other gamers during online gameplay, they showed it being used to watch football with other people.