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

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Words Of Wisdom said:

MikeB said:

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 Opinion, yet such games only scratch the surface of what can be achieved through PS3 specific game engine enhancements. Opinion

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

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

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Also - $130 BluRay PC drive

Note A:  (this also draws on the later exchange between MikeB and yourself) 
How exactly is optimizing different from utilizing the hardware at closer to its limit?  Isn't the entire purpose of optimization gettig the most use out of the hardware?  Isn't that exactly what you said you were talking about instead of optimization?  Tell me the difference.  "Never", in this case, is also a generalization.  Though there may be exceptions, the nature of console vs. PC hardware guarantees that it is true so much that "always" is a very small exaggeration indeed AFAIK.  A steel rod being driven entirely through the skull and brain doesn't ALWAYS kill the victim (ask Phineas Gage), but close enough. 

Note B:  You incorrectly separated "PC with Blu-ray" from "at console prices".  You can get a decent PC for console prices but a Blu-ray drive (even your $130 one) drives the price beyond that range. 

Note C:  This is correct only if you are saying that the "quality-to-crap" ratio will not improve.  The NUMBER of quality games will most definitely improve, making his assertion a "Fact" for the discerning customer.