This article just flashed Crazyman's argument into my mind again...From what I can tell it's the same thing....

No...

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BOOM SHAKKA LAKKA!!! 

I just compared the PS1 to A New Hope. Sony did a fantastic job in building the PS1 from scratch. I'm sorry you can't see that.

You need to go rent 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' and educate yourself. You could even get it for PSP, if you had a PSP.

I blow my nose at you, you empty-headed, animal food trough wiper. Your Mother was a hamster and your father smelt of Elderberries! (all must be said in a heavily fake French accent)

Now go away and watch the movie or I will taunt you a second time.

@ Carl: I need to quote you in my sig, for perfect use of a Pythonism.

PS3 is a "failure" because it is getting dominated by the Wii in sales and profit and isn't selling as well as the PS2.

The PS3 isn't a failure because it only has 33m units sold in 3 3/4 fiscal years, its because it isn't in 1st place.

Ps3 never been a complete failure not even when it launched for $600. The thing is that Sony really went overboard with PS3, they should just had made a console with similar specs to Xbox 360 and slapped on a Blu-ray drive on there and they would have won this generation hands down (over M$ anyway).

But noooo, they have to make a console with a retarded architecture, 10 year old controller without rumble, worse launch games than PS1, more expensive than the 3DO and the list goes on and on. If it where any other company than Sony PS3 would have been dead long ago.

wow that's surprising...i guess that can put things into perspective

however, the market is bigger now so I guess we'll have to wait and see how that factor will play into it

Although a lower specced PS3 would probably have been positive with regard to short term sales, I think it would have been bad regarding console sales in general. It would probably have eaten more into XBox 360 sales and to a lesser extend Wii sales and have resulted in a more juvenile userbase than is currently the case.

But I think from a grand perspective the current specs helps widen the console market as well as the console's long term potential (the 10+ year plan Sony talked about way before the PS3's release). Certainly also scientists and militaries are certainly more happy with the current specifications. From Sony's perspective not only short term sales are of importance, but also what the console provides to help advance the consumer electronics market.

well done CGI..i was about to deliver the same article..u did post it!! Cheers!!

Lower specs means a more juvenile userbase?

Than the ps1 and ps2 userbase were run by juveniles going by your theory.....