The overkill of an empire

[RicardoG]

In terms of next gen console if we want something new and something futuristic like the Blue Ray.
Buy the PS3, the others are only offering the same consoles with diferent designs.
Xbox - DVD player
Xbox360 - DVD player

Gamecube - Mini DVD? player (Nintendo Discs and none others)
Wii - DVD player (can you see movies? who knows?)

The size does matter...whould you like to play Final Fantasy XIII in 2 DVDs?
Imagine if you whould...when you would reach the second DVD you only whould be able to enter in some cities.
I hope Im making sense here...
Who played the Final Fantasy VIII and didn't got mad because on the disc 4 couldn't enter in any cities?
Think it was because of the storie?
No, it was the space avalable on the CD.
Think about...

[Doctor D]

The real qustion is, would we be any better off if MS dominated the market?

IMO, what we're seeing is simply the result of market forces. With the intro of the Xbox, MS has, from the start, clearly set their sights on total domination of the market. Even if it takes a decade, MS is willing to take massive loses from their gaming division, for as long as their shareholders will accept it. Sony has no such monoploy such as Windows to rely upon.

In a sense, this has painted Sony into a corner, either match MS with continual incremental upgrades, or concentrate all of their resources into one massive hardware upgrade, with the hope that it will pay off down the road, with the sale of games. That is a function of game developers.

With longer, more complex games, naturally the costs will be higher. And Sony has pledged to protect their interest, ie, stamp out piracy. We see this all across the entertainment industry, Apple, Intel ViiV, and the Motion Picture Association. Nintendo has always been proprietary, yet rarley do you hear it descibed as "evil". The larger the lead in a particular niche, the more a company stands to lose, followed by more draconian anti-piracy measures. I think the battle between hackers/corporations will never end, like a dog chasing its own tail.

Sadly, the PSP seems to have taken a back seat in the larger perspective of "the console wars". Its is also a line drawn in the sand between independant minded/fair use vs. the corporate interest camps. Full of potential, that it may never live up to, before the next "hot" item is produced.


My point is not to take a side, only to express my point of view. Ultimately, we make the choice as consumers. The best move seems to consider your choices carefully, and don't by into hype.

[PSPFR3AK]

The only problem that Sony haves is Ken Kutaragi, he is the arrogant one.
He was the first one to say that the PS3 was not a hardware for the average players (the ones with PS2), but for a higher crowd.
Sony doesn't like his atitude, but he was the one who came to produce the PS1 and the PS2 so they try to deposit some (little) faith on him.
I like Sony in terms of design.

without Ken Kutaragi there is no Playstation

[Musoka_Eimin]

As much as I love my sony products, consoles etc, they really have turned me off with forced updates EVEN ON MOVIES, for psp, and the PS3 looks like a nightmare, Sony needs a good slap to take their arrogance down a notch. I really REALLY want a PS3 but ya know waiting tables and not being overly wealthy, I am not sure I can afford it. I could care less if the stupid thing had blue ray or not. Does Sony not realize a large chunk of their consumer base is 20 something year olds with not a hell of a lot of extra cash to spend on things like expensive HDTVs and all this crap? I just want a good unit with the software titles and backing that I have come to expect from Sony over the last ten years.... Way to alienate your die hard fans guys. Still hoping they learn and change their business model even just a bit.... Thats my 2 bits.

[RicardoG]

Doctor D I really understand your point, I also think that MS is taking all the monopoly...can't they quench their thirst for money with the Windows?
Sony is a big company but they have a lot of oponents not like MS...we have the Windows, MAC and Linux...they only have 2 oponents and MS surpasses them all!