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theprof00 on 12 May 2009

I tried for several minutes to find a gif
of someone sarcastically typing on an
invisible keyboard.
I could not. Instead, I will tell you that
if it's ever happened to you, you would
know that the edit button is not visible.

On top of that, I closed the original window
so I can't simple hit back.



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coolestguyever on 12 May 2009

I bet Nintendo could make a profit if the Wii was $99 like the PS2. I don't know what it costs to create motion controls but the internal parts can't be much more impressive than the PS2's.



ymeaga1n on 12 May 2009

Come on, i know you come here
often enough that you'd know
how to do it without
the edit button visible.

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/edit.php?post=2147375




theprof00 on 12 May 2009

Hmmm.... I'm going to guess and say that it is done from the profile page?



outlawauron on 12 May 2009
max power said:
outlawauron said:
max power said:
A supercomputer with Blu-Ray and a massive hard drive, for $400?

First of all, hard drives are about $80-90 for a terabyte these days. I'm not sure I'd call 40GB "massive."
Second, blu-ray, yeah that's about $80 for a drive.

And supercomputer? Is that a joke? Maybe it would have been a supercomputer a few decades ago (I'm pretty sure many modern cell phones would be too), but it's pretty weak compared to the standard fare you can buy at Dell.com, and I don't think they sell supercomputers.

Stop being arrogant. PS3s are used by many universities in the US for servers, supercomputers, etc.

And there is no 40GB PS3.

The key to your post is the 's' after PS3.  Yes, you could make a supercomputer out of multiple PS3's, but you could probably do that with enough NES's if you were so inclined. And for every ONE place that does it with PS3's, there are dozens or hundreds more that do it with Intel or AMD hardware that you could run in your desktop or laptop.

 

Fact of the matter is, calling an 80GB or 160GB (SORRY) hard drive "massive," and a $400 piece of consumer electronics a "supercomputer," is absurd.  Do you seriously disagree?

Of course, there is dedicated hardware. But I got my PC from Dell.com and spent a lot of money for it to run games. It's still can do the processing power of my PS3.



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Loud_Hot_White_Box on 12 May 2009
S.T.A.G.E. said:

Sony asked for it. The only way to save Blu Ray was to put it in the PS3 and watch it sell. [clip]

Remember this, and take heed. Sony wasn't giving anything, they were trying to save a failing product that the market rejected.

 

Jesus Christ, it wasn't failing, it wasn't even out yet, and neither was HD-DVD.

This time unlike with BetaMax the better media format won, though their plan to put it in PS3 upped the price of PS3.

I think you were right, however, to say that Sony was willing to take slower PS3 sales to win with Blu-Ray.



max power on 13 May 2009
outlawauron said:

Of course, there is dedicated hardware. But I got my PC from Dell.com and spent a lot of money for it to run games. It's still can do the processing power of my PS3.

It still CAN do the processing power of your PS3?

Did you mean to say can't?

If so... you're pretty much 100% wrong.  A modern CPU will run circles around the PS3.  If you're using a lackluster graphics card, then the PS3 might make better graphics... but it's using 3-4 year old graphics hardware.  A modern day graphics card, even a cheapo one for $100, would mop the floor with the PS3's GPU.

 

If you meant to say CAN, then I'm sorry :D

 

Oh, and BTW, here's a thread about someone who took up a challenge to build a $350 PC that would best the PS360 at Fallout 3. (including Windows license and everything)
http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=65891