So will you be buying a PS3 on launch day?

[Snakey]

Unlike you chappies who seem to be all technical. I am having to trawl my way thru alot of info, and have been impressed by what I have understood.

Then I'm afraid you've been lied to

[PinkFearie]

Unlike you chappies who seem to be all technical. I am having to trawl my way thru alot of info, and have been impressed by what I have understood.

Then I'm afraid you've been lied to
For I am also your mother!

*gasp... shock*
your not really male???

[gilesgoat]

Unlike you chappies who seem to be all technical. I am having to trawl my way thru alot of info, and have been impressed by what I have understood.

Then I'm afraid you've been lied to

You mean I can't cook using low fat with it ?

.. but .. but someone assured me .. they sold me one that has written
"George Foreman" on it and they told me it was an exclusive piece ...

[Yak]

given roughly equivalent hardware

Which means that the only real hardware differential will be the brand, at which 'Playstation' absolutely crushes 'Xbox'.

In case you hadn't noticed Sony are *not* doing spectacularly well at inspiring consumer confidence in their "brand" at the moment. In fact they are positively having to fight back against a huge amount of foot-in-mouth disease at this point just to remain *credible* .

[Snakey]

Which means that the only real hardware differential will be the brand, at which 'Playstation' absolutely crushes 'Xbox'.

It's not doing much crushing at the moment though, is it?

Nobody apart from a very tiny percentage of gamers gives a monkeys about on-line games.

Last generation - no. This generation might be different, Traditionally it's been a pain in the arse, but the 360 does such a good job of it, more and more people are getting into it every day.

Sony demonstrated quite clearly last generation that they have greater business acumen in the console games market than Microsoft

?

What did they actually DO? The PS2 sold purely on brand name and hype...

[Kronos]

Unlike you chappies who seem to be all technical. I am having to trawl my way thru alot of info, and have been impressed by what I have understood.

Then I'm afraid you've been lied to

You mean I can't cook using low fat with it ?

.. but .. but someone assured me .. they sold me one that has written
"George Foreman" on it and they told me it was an exclusive piece ...

George Foreman is fatter than me and we just had a beeee-oooo-tiful fry up!!

Feel that cholesterol hardening those arteries, Man that's priceless!


Anyway shame on all trolls ganging up on sweet lil Amy She likes her Ps1/Ps2/PSP. And is spending far too much time on Ps3 sites which is healthy.

[gilesgoat]

Unlike you chappies who seem to be all technical. I am having to trawl my way thru alot of info, and have been impressed by what I have understood.

Then I'm afraid you've been lied to

You mean I can't cook using low fat with it ?

.. but .. but someone assured me .. they sold me one that has written
"George Foreman" on it and they told me it was an exclusive piece ...

George Foreman is fatter than me and we just had a beeee-oooo-tiful fry up!!

Feel that cholesterol hardening those arteries, Man that's priceless!


Anyway shame on all trolls ganging up on sweet lil Amy She likes her Ps1/Ps2/PSP. And is spending far too much time on Ps3 sites which is healthy.

Besides, are we sure that teflon is not getting into the food ?

[Kronos]

given roughly equivalent hardware

Which means that the only real hardware differential will be the brand, at which 'Playstation' absolutely crushes 'Xbox'.

In case you hadn't noticed Sony are *not* doing spectacularly well at inspiring consumer confidence in their "brand" at the moment. In fact they are positively having to fight back against a huge amount of foot-in-mouth disease at this point just to remain *credible* .

Wrong again Problem is the price that's it. If 360 sold on it's crap lineup at launch a £280 PS3 would have done so aswell. Better higher quality made Blu-Ray equipped machines can't go as low as a 360 prem pack that's all. You're just biased coz of Neon

[teamonkey]

In case you hadn't noticed Sony are *not* doing spectacularly well at inspiring consumer confidence in their "brand" at the moment. In fact they are positively having to fight back against a huge amount of foot-in-mouth disease at this point just to remain *credible* .

...Amongst a very tiny proportion of the user base. 90% of the people who will end up buying a PS3 neither know nor care about Sony's activities. And you'll notice that they're not really fighting back for their image in any real way (though they do continue to compound it), since the image is still intact to the majority of users. No damage done.

[gilesgoat]

given roughly equivalent hardware

Which means that the only real hardware differential will be the brand, at which 'Playstation' absolutely crushes 'Xbox'.

In case you hadn't noticed Sony are *not* doing spectacularly well at inspiring consumer confidence in their "brand" at the moment. In fact they are positively having to fight back against a huge amount of foot-in-mouth disease at this point just to remain *credible* .

Wrong again Problem is the price that's it. If 360 sold on it's crap lineup at launch a £280 PS3 would have done so aswell. Better higher quality made Blu-Ray equipped machines can't go as low as a 360 prem pack that's all. You're just biased coz of Neon

Listen man .. all I see is a console costing quite a figure, promising to be
"what no one else ever be/been" and that so far has nothing really worth
all that much money to buy it and play with.

Even if it would cost like the 360 there's still too few good stuff around.

Blue Ray can suck my arse and can well fuck off, I am not going to buy
anything of that until there won't be one single standard in the world and
the commitee already decided it had to be HD-DVD but Sony continues to
insist with their own format.

I will *NEVER* forgive them nor The Edge for writing that infamous thing on the PS3, that for sure.

"Show me something that is really worth and then we'll talk again", but so
far I am not seeing it, I see only pumped words from Sony AND Sony fanboys.

Give me facts and I'll believe you, if it's really worth we'll see.

Yet, it's still quite a price, you don't throw that money out of the pocket so easely.

NEXT PLEASE

[gilesgoat]

In case you hadn't noticed Sony are *not* doing spectacularly well at inspiring consumer confidence in their "brand" at the moment. In fact they are positively having to fight back against a huge amount of foot-in-mouth disease at this point just to remain *credible* .

...Amongst a very tiny proportion of the user base. 90% of the people who will end up buying a PS3 neither know nor care about Sony's activities. And you'll notice that they're not really fighting back for their image in any real way (though they do continue to compound it), since the image is still intact to the majority of users. No damage done.

I would not be that sure about what you say.

[Yak]

Anyway PS3 has no Space Giraffe. Unless they kiss my arse really nicely, with tongues.

[PinkFearie]

I like it, ok it looks like a shiny Breadbin. But its like owning a shar-pei dog, its kinda cute in a ugly kind of way. Same reason I like the NES.

[Duck Turkin]

Unlike you chappies who seem to be all technical. I am having to trawl my way thru alot of info, and have been impressed by what I have understood. And honestly do think it's worth saving up. So am definetly buying one asap when they are released.

edit oops double postage

As you've no doubt noticed there is WAY too much hyperbole being flung at the PS3. You'd think that it was because of something really important!

I'll agree that Sony haven't acted in the best way, maybe worse than Nintendo and Microsoft, although in the long run there isn't much of a difference, mostly just selective memory or bandwaggon jumping on the part of the numerous fanboys here. The only other thing which I'd admit is bad is the price point, it is just too high for something most people will use only as a games console.

All those talking about the lack of games DO have a point, but frankly the Xbox360 hasn't exactly sparkled in variety, and the Wii releases are drying up faster than the Sahara after a rainstorm. Still, as I've always said, the internet doesn't represent the 'real world' so you can safely get whatever you like.

[Gorecki]

In case you hadn't noticed Sony are *not* doing spectacularly well at inspiring consumer confidence in their "brand" at the moment. In fact they are positively having to fight back against a huge amount of foot-in-mouth disease at this point just to remain *credible* .

But only amongst a vocal but tiny clique of internet geeks. As far as the mass market is concerned the negative publicity has hardly been noticed at all. The big problem for Sony is that the high price point is pushing it away from the mass market.

This generation might be different,

Yes, it might be. The thing is about on-line gaming is that most people don't want to be shot by american teenagers whilst constantly being called a faggot. The big draw, as I think WoW shows, is in the on-line social aspect. As soon as a game can crack that and hit a critical mass of users then I think that console on-line gaming will explode, taking the sales of that console with it. But it's more dependant on the game than the hardware.

What did they actually DO? The PS2 sold purely on brand name and hype...

Well, for a start they created a fantastic brand name and created an enormous amount of hype But beyond that, Sony seem to have an excellent nous for working with various developers to produce a varied and broad ranging set of games that have wide ranging appeal. Far more so than either Microsoft or Nintendo managed to do with the Xbox & GC.

Plus, they didn't dump the PS1 on it's arse when the PS2 came out, instead they followed an excellent strategy of releasing cheap and cheerful games that extended the consoles life greatly, something that they are obviously continuing to do with the PS2. Whilst it seems ridiculous to use the previous generations longevity to explain the success of the new one, this longevity does engender confidence in consumers. Anybody buying a PS3 can do so knowing that Sony are going to be supporting it for a very long time.