The Concept of Value, or Why Price Cuts Can Fail

[Squilliam]

wfz said:

Squilliam said:

LG[Infinite] said:

 

The PS3 is undoubtedly an impressive piece of equipment. Not only does it offer superior graphics, it is also capable of playing Blu-ray disks. What does this tell us about how Sony perceives the market? The inclusion of superior graphics suggests that Sony believes that consumers value graphics. Similarly, the inclusion of Blu-ray playing capabilities, suggests that Sony believes that consumer also value the ability to play Blu-ray disks.

Its not got superior graphics, in fact Sony sacrificed the ability to put better graphics in the machine and billions of dollars to put Blu ray inside. Its an and or not a plus and a plus.

 

 

 .......Did you just say that PS3 graphics aren't superior to Wii's graphics, and that they sacraficed better graphics in order to include Blu-ray? I've never heard anyone argue about that second point, so I don't know whether it's true or not, but........

You said PS3's grahpics aren't superior to the Wii's? My whole grasp on reality is being distorted right now.

They aren't as good as they could have been*. Blu ray cost a lot, so they had to make sacrifices in other areas.

They could have had - 1gb of ram and a better GPU. Then we would have seen a decisive difference between the 360 and the PS3 and the developers could have made better use out of the performance of the Cell chip.

Blu ray is not money well spent if you're looking at making the best games machine, its money well spent if you want to foist your format onto the unsuspecting world.