Thank you windbane and legend11 =)
I think the blu ray is not the real problem... the problem behind this is that a lot of people cant buy the PS3 and cant wait for a price drop ... They want everything now... And so they justify their choices for the lower specs systems....
All this is just a problem of price and patience... Because there's not a single doubt that a silent bd drive who support 50go in the PS3 is better than the simple DVD drive in the Wii/360 , 1 stage in Lair takes a couple of Go I've heard and with the size of the map and details, I believe it...( streamed textures and 3D )
The PS3 is the real HD next gen console in this generation, the only system that offers to everyone Online + Hard Drive + HDMI 1.3 + High Density drive... And all that without the cheap look of the 360... and yes it has a price.
I dont want a half generation change for the PS3 because people cant be patient for price drop or cant wait with the PS2 who has a great support... You dont buy a console for 2 or 3 years, it takes more than that to take the mass market... It's a complex generation because there's SD and HD-TV... and the best position for the long term was to look in the futur with a single offer ready to have a good price when HD really begin to be mainstream.
So for the futur, full experience of quality and HD content, the best way is Blu Ray and the cheap way in the short term is DVD-9... I prefer pay something strong at the begining and be happy with the technology with years, than pay less and be behind in some years and have to pay again and more in total...
Dont forget that in the 200$ more there's not just blu ray... with all the features it can represent 70$ of it... how long to wait to have a BD player with Wifi for BD Live features at 70$ ? Or do you want multiple ethernet cable behind your TV ? The fusion of a player and videogame machine is a great deal.
For the liksang story.. it's Nintendo who has take the more money from liksang... something like 3 times what they had to pay for Sony.... So it's their illegal business that killed them slowly... not Sony.
And for hackers... sony gives linux on the PS3 for homebrew and are very open with developement... That's more than Nintendo + Microsoft... how can you say when you see how much games are hacked on the PSP that they dont have the right to ask for something ? It's an utopist point of view to have everything for free... it's far from justice and fair relation.
It's scary how much people can be lost with blogs and story on the web and media... It's like there's conspiration everywhere, that your in danger.... There's the Evil Sony that hates you, dont respect you, and want to make your life worst...
They have an offer, you dont like it you dont buy it it's as simple as that, no need to be so full of hate about it... It's an entertainement business some people take's things to much personnal to be honnest... Consumer with only PS1/PS2 since 1996 were happy, these systems had great lifes with great games... I know like everyone that it was a greater deal than Sega, Nintendo and Microsoft consoles... so why hate the leader ? that makes you cool ? You prefer the big profit of games and hardware of Nintendo ? Or pricey addons, pay to play online,multiple sku, and red ring with the 360 ?
At the last GDC all I remember was that it was only Sony that were pushing the industry in great directions... They are not affraid to push game like Flow, Calling all Car, or Locorocoo, Eye Toy games,singstar, make games like Ico or Shadow of the colossus and at the same time make games like Killzone and God of War... They deserve their position.. they always takes risk with hardware and push doors with software...
I dont like the vision of simple is better, less powerfull is better....you can have creativity and technology at the same time... So the Nintendo way of gaming dont work for me... and if the Wii sells fine its also because it's a bundle of a 200$ console with a 50$ games... that mean nothing.. a PS3 at 250$ with a game will sell so much better than the Wii... Maybe outside japan but it's really cultural...
Nintendo makes a lot a profit in hardware and games... if it cost them 10$ they will sale you the thing for 30$... Is this more consumer friendly thant what's Sony is doing with the PS3 ? With multi millions budget games not far from Wii games Price ?
Well... I suppose I can do nothing.. but I hope in 2 years the systematic fear and negativity around Sony will disapear. It's important to look at the potential and project that are in work... more than just take the easy way of "now".
Again sorry for my english :s
