The one thing the PS3 and the Dreamcast have in common!

[MikeB]

selnor said:

MikeB said:

PDF said:
I only see that Sony mangaed to pull out of the same track the DC was in and is now doing better

And there are more than enough anticipated PS3 games lined-up for Japan. MGS4 will help considerably in the short term. Once Final Fantasy and a slimline PS3 launches I predict Japan will go PS3 crazy.

The PS3 is a 10 year product strategy, for Japan it was a 1st round knockout against the 360, first punch knock out actually.

10 year product that is obselete in 2009. AMD and Intel release amzingly fast CPU and GPU combined processors which more than double dot productions in gaming. PS3 or 360 will not last till 2017. Both are equal in graphical capabilities. And niether will be able to run the new UE4 which is being developed for the new PC processors. Question is where does this leave ATI and NVIDIA?

 

The PS3 already has some of the technically most impressive games such as Uncharted and Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction, yet such games only scratch the surface of what can be achieved through PS3 specific game engine enhancements.

Consoles are easier to use, no fuss strainght forward and more seamless in usage for many things. It's not only about raw power, but Windows by itself drains a lot potential PC perfomance and games are never optimised to the extend console games are being optimised for the remaining power. Consoles are also about value for money, currently there is even no expensive x86 Windows PC available which provides the equivalent performance potential that the PS3 Cell processor can provide nor do PCs offer a Blu-Ray drive by default at console price points.

The PS3 will get cheaper and slimmer in course of time, the games library will rapidly expand and improve in quality, the Blu-Ray movie library will expand, new services like Home and PlayTV will be launched, this all considerably enhancing the value for money ratio for the PS3. If you understand this then you can understand why the PS2 is still selling pretty well, but the PS3 is now much better specced than the PS2 was for the time the PS2 console launched, much better!