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Posted by Doug Jacobs on 06/08/07 20:15
In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 asjbiotek@gmail.com wrote:
> Really? Must be news to all those PS3 owners who use it for just about
> everything - music, games. movies, and even contributing processing
> power for medical research (more than 250,000 PS3s provide free
> computing power to the medical grid)
The only reason to buy a PS3 is for the games, of which there are precious
few - not what I'd consider a good use of $600.
Movies - I have separate hardware for that.
Paralell computing project - it's pretty sad that this still gets touted
as one of the best features of a GAME CONSOLE.
Give me games - good, exclusive games - and maybe we'll talk about how
awesome the PS3 is. Right now, it's a $600 console that has maybe 2 decent
exclusives, and is undergoing an identity crisis with regards to its online
service.
> Oh, haven't dropped in awhile but some news:
> 1. Blu-ray continues to widen its sales lead over Hd-DVD
Which matters why, exactly? Even if blu-ray conquers the video market,
what exactly does that do for the PS3 as a gaming console? NOTHING. But,
oh, it'll be a $600 movie player in a market flooded by $300 players.
Yeah, that's a bright future.
And even though HD video sales slowly increase, they still only make up
what, 1%, compared to what DVD is still doing.
> 2. Matrix on Hd-dvd, which was hyped by toshiba/microsoft and was the
> biggest hd -dvd release this year was a complete disaster, selling
> only 13k units!
Did you ever stop to think that this could be because:
* 80% of the market doesn't even have a HDTV - so HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are
worthless to them.
* People already bought each movie separately, then bought the "ultimate
collection" - just how many times do you expect people to purchase the
same movies over and over again? (that goes for blu-ray titles too, you
know.)
* Most of that 20% who already own a HDTV aren't getting involved with the
format war.
So, enjoy your blu-ray movies on your under-featured, overpriced blu-ray
player that sometimes thinks it's a game console.
The rest of us are content to wait out the format war while playing
consoles that actually have decent libraries.
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It's not broken. It's...advanced.
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