Why all the Sony hate?

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Darc Requiem said:

MikeB said:
@ robjoh

I am upset over several thing sony has done with the PS3 launch in EU. The number one thing is that it almost cost 900 USD with tax in Sweden, as the number one brand a move like that could destroy the step gaiming have done during the PS2 era to become mainstream.

But is the price really a reason to be upset of Sony? You may not be able to afford a Mercedes, but there are other people who are. I really like the PS3 for shooting high with its specifications, it's quite a steal here in the Netherlands. All this technology for just 600 Euro.

I think there's no real reason to be truly upset with Sony regarding the PS3's price point. They still sell the PS2 for people who don't care about these extra's, but even the much cheaper PS2 is just a luxury device. Nobody demands you to buy them.

Why must people continue to use poor car references? The PS3 is not a Mercedes. The PS3 is twice the initial price of the PS2. That would be like Honda releasing the new Civic for $40,000 instead of $20,000. It doesn't matter what they would have added to the $40,000 Civic, its still a Civic. The PS3 is video game console. They can throw in all the extra's they like but the bottom line is that its a game console and $600 price tag made the ridiculous $400 price tag for the 360 seem reasonable in comparison. How can the most expensive game console be a steal when its game library is not only inferior to the 360 but its library continues to lose exclusives to the 360. The PS3 is the antithesis of the PS1. Thats why its faltering so badly. Sony like Nintendo before them is telling the gamer what they want instead of giving the gamer what they want.

I think almost every third party game will be mutiplatform, 360 exclusives will go to ps3, and ps3 exclusives will go to 360 all because of the price to make games and the profit they make from it. But as of games made by any sony company, they are staying exclusivs no matter what on the ps3. And I believe that most of the exclusives games coming out on the ps3 wont be lost to the 360 since almost all of them are made by sony.