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V-r0cK on 15 May 2009
account2099 said:

N64 was more powerful then PS1. PS1 won.

Xbox was more powerful then PS2. PS2 won.

History has shown that the most powerful tech doesnt win because it usually leads to a higher price point. Sony was smart to make decent but not the best tech so it was mass market friendly and not as costly as optimizing for the more powerful consoles.

Now Sony seemingly spits in histories face with PS3. They make the most powerful tech and therefore have the highest asking price. To make it worse they came out a year after 360. I dont understand why Sony didnt stick to their winning formula.

My guess they thought the Bluray war was more important then video game market share, I dont know......

 

Actually Sony did with PS3 what history told them to do that they've been doing all along......bringing in the newest media format into their systems. And they brought in the newest format along with being the more expensive console.

N64 ($199) used cartridges and PS1 ($299) used CD. PS1 won.

Dreamcast ($199) used CD and PS2 ($299) used DVD. PS2 won.

Xbox360 ($299-$399) used DVD and PS3 ($499-$599) used Blu-ray.....well the war isnt over yet.

Not to say your theory is innaccurate, its just as accurate as anybody elses.

 



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Dgc1808 on 15 May 2009

If we go by History, they were screwed no matter what...

You win twice then you're done... the next gen...

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haxxiy on 15 May 2009
account2099 said:
dolemit3 said:
I didn't know that N64 was more powerful than PS1, how so?

 

 a 64 bit console vs a 32 bit console? cmon man...............

 

GC, Xbox and Wii are 32-bit consoles 



 

 

 

 

 

KBG29 on 15 May 2009

This, Sony messed up with the PS3 stuff is getting old. Sony did not mess up. They did not care more about Blu-ray than video games. They simlpy made the best console possible at the time, charged an extreamly fair price, and the consumers failed from there. Now I will not completly lay the blame on the public, because I know Sony messed up in one area. The marketing of the PS3 has been down right pathetic. Sony, nor Microsoft for that matter, have done anything to show that these are no longer GAMES machines. PS3, and 360, are Home Entertainment Computers. They reach way beyoind what a simple games machine has ever done, and to think you should be able to pick one up at games machine prices is absurd.

Now I know I am going to get the morons out there that say, "well I just want a games machine". WTF is the matter with you. Why do you want to allow these corperations to continue to rape you when they are giving you optioppns that are extremly fair? I can not begin to discrbe how stupid people look when they have, a Blu-ray Player, a Wii, a 360, and a cable box all hooked up to there TV, when you can get the fuctionality of all of them in one box for much less. Or the people I seee that have a Cell phone, an MP3 player, a DS, and a GPS system, when there is a device on the market that does all of those thing, and for the most part it does them better.



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Stefan.De.Machtige on 15 May 2009
KBG29 said:
This, Sony messed up with the PS3 stuff is getting old. Sony did not mess up. They did not care more about Blu-ray than video games. They simlpy made the best console possible at the time, charged an extreamly fair price, and the consumers failed from there. Now I will not completly lay the blame on the public, because I know Sony messed up in one area. The marketing of the PS3 has been down right pathetic. Sony, nor Microsoft for that matter, have done anything to show that these are no longer GAMES machines. PS3, and 360, are Home Entertainment Computers. They reach way beyoind what a simple games machine has ever done, and to think you should be able to pick one up at games machine prices is absurd.

Now I know I am going to get the morons out there that say, "well I just want a games machine". WTF is the matter with you. Why do you want to allow these corperations to continue to rape you when they are giving you optioppns that are extremly fair? I can not begin to discrbe how stupid people look when they have, a Blu-ray Player, a Wii, a 360, and a cable box all hooked up to there TV, when you can get the fuctionality of all of them in one box for much less. Or the people I seee that have a Cell phone, an MP3 player, a DS, and a GPS system, when there is a device on the market that does all of those thing, and for the most part it does them better.

Euhmm...Mister Stringer is that you? Does the big bad consumer refuse to buy your console....toy? Oooh, poor baby.

 



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Goddbless on 15 May 2009
SmokedHostage said:
The N64 and Saturn were more powerful than the PS1.. BUT!

The N64's catridge format was limiting, also the N64's cache was its Achille's heel.

Also the Saturn was too difficult to program on and few developers used all it's processing power.

 

The Gamecube and the Xbox were more powerful than the PS2..

The PS3 and the Xbox 360 were more powerful than the Wii..

There's a pattern there I think.



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wierdassmart on 15 May 2009

Hell yeah it is ;p



Lord Flashheart on 15 May 2009

Dreamcast used GD, a 1GB proprietary format.
Why do people think it used CD.



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morpheusx on 15 May 2009
dolemit3 said:
I didn't know that N64 was more powerful than PS1, how so?

Not only was the N64 "graphically" more powerful then the PS1, but the Sega Saturn was as well.

Sony locked up the right exclusives (the ones that mattered) that generation (tomb raider, Crash Bandicoot, MGS, as well as introduced some great franchises like Gran Turismo)

The only way the PS1 beats the N64 was in the storage department as a CDROM holds alot more data as the largest cartridge.



morpheusx on 15 May 2009
Lord Flashheart said:
Dreamcast used GD, a 1GB proprietary format.
Why do people think it used CD.

 

 it was based off of CDROM and the discs were completely readable in your PC.  the Dreamcast quickly became the pirate console of choice in a matter of weeks just as CD writers started becoming mainstream.  Which is a major reason why the 3rd party developers quickly abandoned support and moved most everything to PS2.