HappySqurriel said:
I agree with a lot of what you're saying in principle, but in reality I don't think it has much of an impact The HD movies and card readers are great for the few people who care at the moment, but are pretty meaningless to everyone else For a lot of people who care about the online capabilities (online gamers) would choose to have a wired connection anyways due to latency Backwards compatibility is a great feature on paper (and can motivate people) but most people don't play many previous generation games on their system The online services really don't compare all that well to eachother, the PS3 is free but not fantastic while the XBox 360's online service costs money but is pretty remarkable. The PSP compatibility is only going to matter to a small segment of the gaming population who has (or will soon buy) a PSP.
What I am saying is the PS3 offers a lot of value over the XBox 360 Elite for you, but a large portion of the population will probably not see it the same way. |
Because you know I haven't heard a lot of 360 owners I personally know bitch about having to have a wired connection. I know a lot of "hard-core" gamers who do all their gaming on wireless connections simply because it is more convenient.
You act like the Blu-Ray market will not continue to grow larger either. It is something that and increasingly large number of people will use over time. CD's weren't a smash when they came out. DVD's weren't a smash when they came out. But ultimately, they became the standard storage format for several years.
Why does everyone complain about the PS3's online as well. Besides in-game messaging (which future updates that let you access the XMB in game will fix), I can count on one hand the differences I have really noticed between the two. I agree XBox Live is better, but $60 a year better? That is a lot harder to answer.
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