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Gilgamesh on 08 April 2009
rohail88 said:

The Playstation 3 console.Sony has made plenty of mistakes with the Playstation 3 when the system launched in 2006. Throughout the years, however, they were able to fix some of the more prevalent problems. Still, the Playstation 3 has a long way to go in order live up to its original promises. Here are the top five current mistakes Sony is making with the Playstation 3.

 5. Weak Third-Party Support While the situation isn’t as dire as it was in the past, many third-party companies still prefer working with the Xbox 360 than the Playstation 3. As a result, most third party games look better while others were timed exclusive titles on the Xbox 360. Sony needs to be more aggressive working with third-party publishers and developers so that the playing ground will be even with the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 in terms of multiplatform releases.

 4. Slow Firmware Update Features Sony has been updating the Playstation 3 firmware frequently. While new features are constantly added, they are usually irrelevant to the gaming experience of the Playstation 3. Before Sony updates the multimedia features of the Playstation 3, they should focus all their attention to the gaming side of the equation. The closer the Playstation Network gets to Xbox Live on the Xbox 360, the more attractive the Playstation 3 will be to prospective buyers.

 3. Lack of PSOne Classics The original Playstation was Sony’s first video game system and the platform for some of the greatest video games of all time. Unfortunately, Sony (especially in America) is rarely releasing any new PSOne Classic on the Playstation Store of the Playstation 3. They are therefore missing out on some easy money and the opportunity to introduce the new gaming generation to titles from the past.

 2. Removing Playstation 2 Backwards Compatibility Sony removed Playstation 2 backwards compatibility in order to save costs. This move has caused nothing but problems for the Playstation 3 since prospective buyers are either angered and/or confused about the removal. The value of the Playstation 3 is therefore degraded. Sony can remedy this by implementing a software-based solution. However, doing so will be expensive and time-consuming.

 1. No Price Drop The biggest mistake Sony has made for the Playstation 3 is still hurting them years after the fact. The Playstation 3 launched at an unprecedented price tag of $599.99. Even though the price has come down to $399.99, the Playstation 3 is still the most expensive video game system on the market by a wide margin. To make matters worse, Sony isn’t financially sound enough right now to be dropping the Playstation 3 price. Unless they can sort this situation out, the Playstation 3 will continue to struggle against the competition.

http://www.examiner.com/x-6894-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m4d7-Top-five-mistakes-Sony-is-making-with-the-Playstation-3

5. No maybe in 2007, times are changing developers are starting to lead with the PS3 because that's obviously the best way to go, most exclusive X360 games are coming to the PS3 as well.

4. Not sure about that, the last firmware took a long time, but the other's before it was maybe a month apart and added a lot of very important features.

3. No! well at least for Japan, the last time I checked there was close to 300 PS1 games in the Japan Network, I think there's close to 60 in America, so that's not to bad.

2. Don't worry it'll be back, what's the big deal anyway, the PS2 is under $100, it's almost the same price as a acutal HD game! If anyones want's to play PS2 games that bad they can easily just buy a PS2.

1. (How'd I geuss this was going to be number one) Seriously Sony's working on it, if they wanted to be idiots and lose an ass load of money they would of cut the price a long time ago,  but there smart and there trying to run a company. There trying to be as profitable as possible. As soon as the PS3 get's a price cut, everything will be all good with Sony again.



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MikeB on 08 April 2009
radha said:
MikeB said:

@ TacoBoy49

I think LittleBigPlanet was targeted at the whole family, however the PS3 itself is currently targeted at adult males. I think lots of children are actually playing LittleBigPlanet on their parents' PS3.

IMO for the PS3 to become more of a kid's bedroom type of console, IMO it needs to become a cheaper and slimmer console, which IMO will certainly be the case for the long run. How many preteens currently have a HDTV and an internet connection in their bedrooms? As HDTVs are becoming the only option in developed countries and more people will opt for wireless internet, IMO this will however increase in due time.

IMO the Wii and PS2 at this point are the best kid console options (IMO the Wii has the best games suited for this audience, the PS2 has the most and cheapest games suited for this audience). If I had kids I would buy them one of those instead at this point. The PS3 being too expensive/big and the 360 also being too big, noisy, as well as being too failure prone.

LBP is too hard for kids below 7 years old. and the lvl creation tool is too complex

 

I agree, downloadable PSN games like Magic Ball, Crash Bandicoot, Noby Noby Boy, Snakeball, Ratchet, Toy Home, etc are likely more suitable. But IMO even the Wii controller isn't really suitable for kids that young, I would probably opt for a second hand GameCube Snes instead, if I would buy such a young kid his or her's own gaming console at all... (probably not!)



Naughty Dog: "At Naughty Dog, we're pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2."

PS3 vs 360 sales

radha on 08 April 2009
MikeB said:
radha said:
MikeB said:

@ TacoBoy49

I think LittleBigPlanet was targeted at the whole family, however the PS3 itself is currently targeted at adult males. I think lots of children are actually playing LittleBigPlanet on their parents' PS3.

IMO for the PS3 to become more of a kid's bedroom type of console, IMO it needs to become a cheaper and slimmer console, which IMO will certainly be the case for the long run. How many preteens currently have a HDTV and an internet connection in their bedrooms? As HDTVs are becoming the only option in developed countries and more people will opt for wireless internet, IMO this will however increase in due time.

IMO the Wii and PS2 at this point are the best kid console options (IMO the Wii has the best games suited for this audience, the PS2 has the most and cheapest games suited for this audience). If I had kids I would buy them one of those instead at this point. The PS3 being too expensive/big and the 360 also being too big, noisy, as well as being too failure prone.

LBP is too hard for kids below 7 years old. and the lvl creation tool is too complex

 

I agree, downloadable PSN games like Magic Ball, Crash Bandicoot, Noby Noby Boy, Snakeball, Ratchet, Toy Home, etc are likely more suitable. But IMO even the Wii controller isn't really suitable for kids that young, I would probably opt for a second hand GameCube Snes instead, if I would buy such a young kid his or her's own gaming console at all... (probably not!)

 

 

Well most people only need wii sports and that game can be played by very young kids, i think that 4 +, oh and just recently found out about how old people are cought up on it, my freinds dad( who hated video games by the way and is 55 Years old) played wii while he was on vacation at his daughter's house and he is wii crazy now, he spend the entire day playing wii sport, but if you put MGS 4 or Gears on he will ask to take those off the screen. By the way They only have wii sports on the wii and dont care about any other game, i think they dont even know other games exist for the wii.



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jonnhytesta on 08 April 2009

5. YES
4. YES.
3. NO (nobody cares obout ps1 games)
2. NO (one of their best decisions this gen)
1. YES (they cant afford a price drop maybe next year)



MikeB on 08 April 2009
radha said:
MikeB said:
radha said:
MikeB said:

@ TacoBoy49

I think LittleBigPlanet was targeted at the whole family, however the PS3 itself is currently targeted at adult males. I think lots of children are actually playing LittleBigPlanet on their parents' PS3.

IMO for the PS3 to become more of a kid's bedroom type of console, IMO it needs to become a cheaper and slimmer console, which IMO will certainly be the case for the long run. How many preteens currently have a HDTV and an internet connection in their bedrooms? As HDTVs are becoming the only option in developed countries and more people will opt for wireless internet, IMO this will however increase in due time.

IMO the Wii and PS2 at this point are the best kid console options (IMO the Wii has the best games suited for this audience, the PS2 has the most and cheapest games suited for this audience). If I had kids I would buy them one of those instead at this point. The PS3 being too expensive/big and the 360 also being too big, noisy, as well as being too failure prone.

LBP is too hard for kids below 7 years old. and the lvl creation tool is too complex

 

I agree, downloadable PSN games like Magic Ball, Crash Bandicoot, Noby Noby Boy, Snakeball, Ratchet, Toy Home, etc are likely more suitable. But IMO even the Wii controller isn't really suitable for kids that young, I would probably opt for a second hand GameCube Snes instead, if I would buy such a young kid his or her's own gaming console at all... (probably not!)

 

 

Well most people only need wii sports and that game can be played by very young kids, i think that 4 +, oh and just recently found out about how old people are cought up on it, my freinds dad( who hated video games by the way and is 55 Years old) played wii while he was on vacation at his daughter's house and he is wii crazy now, he spend the entire day playing wii sport, but if you put MGS 4 or Gears on he will ask to take those off the screen. By the way They only have wii sports on the wii and dont care about any other game, i think they dont even know other games exist for the wii.

From Dutch news coverage:

Klachten

In de Groningse praktijk voor fysiotherapie is in korte tijd een tiental klachten binnengekomen van mensen die last kregen van hun arm. Volgens de fysiotherapeut komt dat omdat de Wii-spelers geen begeleiding krijgen van een coach.

Daardoor denken mensen er niet aan om eerst een warming-up te doen. Wagenmakers wil de spelcomputer niet ontraden.

Het spel is zeker ook voor oudere mensen die bijvoorbeeld in een verpleeghuis wonen een hele goed manier om aan beweging te doen. Maar alles met mate, en dat geldt ook voor de Wii.

 

Artsen

In december waarschuwden Britse artsen al voor de gevaren van het te intensief spelen van de Wii. Zij voorspelden een toename van het aantal klachten.

In Nederland pleitte in december het Landelijk Platform Recreatiegezondheid in een rapport ook al voor een landelijke voorlichtingscampagne over de gevaren van de Nintendo Wii, naar aanleiding van een toename van Wii-blessures.

It says even in the small city of Groningen within just one praxis there have been dozens of people who got arm problems from playing the Wii, some reports suggest especially young kids are prone to experiencing problems. Personally as a physical therapist I would advise against this for very young children (not only due for the dangers).



Naughty Dog: "At Naughty Dog, we're pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2."

PS3 vs 360 sales

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Feylic on 08 April 2009

Top 5 Mistakes I made today
1. Reading this thread

That is all, I lied about the 5



Relias on 08 April 2009

I agree with this list... The Psone and PS2 are considered by most the No. 1 and 2 libraries in video games so backwards capability was a very big thing.

But I think what hurts Sony the most is their attitude that they can do whatever they want and still be No. 1. That's what it was at the launch of both PSP and PS3 and this has led into mistakes being made with both systems.

Sony forgot at some point in time that what gamers want and the most important thing for a gaming machine is the games not the features... The PS0ne won it's generation off of the games it was able to play not because it had a lot of features, PS2 was the weakest in graphics and won it's generation because it was cheaper and had the best games not because it could go on the net/or features... as a matter of fact the net thing actually caused Sony more problems at first

The Wii is winning this generation because it is easy to pick up and the games are fun to a lot of people not because it sports the best graphics or has the greatest features

The bottom line here is if Sony wants to continue in the VG industry they need to remember the lessons of the past and ironically the Present.... once they except this they'll have a better future.



Boycotting the following:

1. Yoshi: He ate my car and spit out a toaster.

2. Igglybuff: Totally false advertisement. You can have as many as you like they don't buff nothing.

3. the Terms Hardcore/Softcore... We're talking Video Games. Not Porn.

4. The term Casual as relates to Gamers: We make them sound like outsider's that happen to play games.  If that were the case they'd own a PS3.

5. Donuts.... Beacause I drink Beer...... and the biggest fan of Donuts hates Beer.

6. Boycotts: Their so lame.

 

 

Words Of Wisdom on 08 April 2009
rohail88 said:

The Playstation 3 console.Sony has made plenty of mistakes with the Playstation 3 when the system launched in 2006. Throughout the years, however, they were able to fix some of the more prevalent problems. Still, the Playstation 3 has a long way to go in order live up to its original promises. Here are the top five current mistakes Sony is making with the Playstation 3.

 5. Weak Third-Party Support While the situation isn’t as dire as it was in the past, many third-party companies still prefer working with the Xbox 360 than the Playstation 3. As a result, most third party games look better while others were timed exclusive titles on the Xbox 360. Sony needs to be more aggressive working with third-party publishers and developers so that the playing ground will be even with the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 in terms of multiplatform releases.

 4. Slow Firmware Update Features Sony has been updating the Playstation 3 firmware frequently. While new features are constantly added, they are usually irrelevant to the gaming experience of the Playstation 3. Before Sony updates the multimedia features of the Playstation 3, they should focus all their attention to the gaming side of the equation. The closer the Playstation Network gets to Xbox Live on the Xbox 360, the more attractive the Playstation 3 will be to prospective buyers.

 3. Lack of PSOne Classics The original Playstation was Sony’s first video game system and the platform for some of the greatest video games of all time. Unfortunately, Sony (especially in America) is rarely releasing any new PSOne Classic on the Playstation Store of the Playstation 3. They are therefore missing out on some easy money and the opportunity to introduce the new gaming generation to titles from the past.

 2. Removing Playstation 2 Backwards Compatibility Sony removed Playstation 2 backwards compatibility in order to save costs. This move has caused nothing but problems for the Playstation 3 since prospective buyers are either angered and/or confused about the removal. The value of the Playstation 3 is therefore degraded. Sony can remedy this by implementing a software-based solution. However, doing so will be expensive and time-consuming.

 1. No Price Drop The biggest mistake Sony has made for the Playstation 3 is still hurting them years after the fact. The Playstation 3 launched at an unprecedented price tag of $599.99. Even though the price has come down to $399.99, the Playstation 3 is still the most expensive video game system on the market by a wide margin. To make matters worse, Sony isn’t financially sound enough right now to be dropping the Playstation 3 price. Unless they can sort this situation out, the Playstation 3 will continue to struggle against the competition.

http://www.examiner.com/x-6894-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m4d7-Top-five-mistakes-Sony-is-making-with-the-Playstation-3

1)  Not viable cost-wise.
2)  Not viable cost-wise.
3)  Target audience mis-match.
4)  More is always better.
5)  Not under Sony's control.



BHR-3 on 08 April 2009

#1 and 2 and 5 are probably the biggest problems but they do got strong 1st party games



                                                             

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maira on 12 April 2009

i still hope a price drop is coming!!!



Consoles owned=PS,PS2 n PSP...Hope to buy DSi