The PS3 Is Over-Specced For The Average User - Are Sony Missing The Point?
I read somewhere last week that Sony claimed that the main reason Microsoft made it to market with their next-gen console a year earlier than the PS3, is because Microsoft isn’t a technology company.
However, I really think Sony’s obsession with making the PS3 a technological marvel is going to be a big mistake. For most users the games and online experience are what they are looking for in a console. Sony’s decision to pack the PS3 with a custom powerhouse of a chip in the Cell, Blue-ray when the format wars are still raging and 1080p when most users don’t have a HD screen yet and even if they do it’s not a pricey 1080p screen, could end up pushing more customers Microsoft’s and Nintendo’s way. Yes, these are the latest technologies and will get reviewers excited when they reel off the spec sheets, but they have no value to Joe Blogs.
The latest ‘technological’ decision by Sony is to ditch the IR port in favour of bluetooth. This means that universal remotes will not work with the PS3. I really can’t believe Sony have done this. Many mobile phone companies made this mistake a few years ago, only to be forced to reinstate IR functionality.
I wonder how long it will take Sony to regret its drive to be at the cutting edge of technology.
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Comment by Martin on 11 October 2006:
Welcome back, it is good to see you started blogging again.
From all three next-gen systems I will only be buying a Wii. Why ? Xbox and PS3 have better graphics, that is for sure but they have the same boring games and gameplay that I played for over ten years now.
I’am tired and sick of those games like Tekken, Halo, EA Sports games and all the other crap that introduces better graphics and animations but leaves everything as it was ten years ago.
I do not want to play those games anymore. Wii offers a new experience and I hope it brings that back what I want when playing games: Fun.
Hope the PS3 flops miserably.. Hate Sony since they started the ****** campaign against the Dreamcast. Remember, better graphics, able to control rockets with it.. All PR bullshit and the PS3 introduces even more of that.
Nice Intros and everyone thinks that it is ingame graphics and when the first games come out they suck ass compared to the videos that were shown earlier.
Comment by unbiasedgamer on 14 October 2006:
I know your wrong, in fact i’ve played them and out of all of the next gen consoles Wii may have trouble, when it comes to it yeah innovative gameplay is good, however graphics is still important, and the Wii remote does get tiresome after awhile, let alone the devs stated that in many games they do have to do some work for you (simplifying).
I have so much to say, that I’m gonna explode, however I’ll just end with this, you’ll see what happens in a couple years people will be saying 360/PS3 are the best consoles out and the Wii will be just something one the side. (Of course I in my own opinion gather this from the information and interviews I’ve heard, saw and read on the internet and seen with my own hands in real life. You might wanna pick one up (360/PS3) too .
Comment by Martin on 15 October 2006:
Sorry, Xbox 360 and PS3 are all about hardware and the same games that look better than in the previous generation. No innovation at all.