Seems there are more then a few folks who really enjoy hating on Sony and the PS3. I would like to pro-offer a few reasons.
1) Price. This is the main reason people are hateing the PS3 right now. The $499 and $599 price tag seems a little too steep for some folks and instead of saving their money for a purchase they are crying fowl (Some of these same folks say they will not buy one till the price comes down). They want the PS3 to fail (its current sales track has it ahead of the XBOX360 in same time frame from the 360's launch in 2006) simply because they cannot afford it. But apparently it keeps selling even with only 1 really good title out right now.
My response to this is get a life. You can not purchase a product that delievers on great build quality for peanuts. You also cannot deliever next gen products like BluRay for peanuts either. Maybe this is why the $299 & $399 XBOX360s had so many build problems. You could read several posts from 360 and M$ fanboys about how the PS3 was going to be riddled with problems. And then when none showed up after the launch that talk died down. Yet you still see new posts about someone's "XBOX360 Just Died" . I guess that extra $200 also went into build quality. I taught my daughters that if you buy cheap you get cheap. At least Sony delivered a solid product that just plain works.
2) BluRay. Oh Boy, this should light some fires. Most 360 and M$ fanboys were lamenting that Sony was shoving BD down the throats of PS3 buyers. That that alone was the reason for the high price. However, Sony's plan was to put BD on the map with the PS3. Sony had a plan and guess what -- it worked! BD is now outselling HD-DVD and has now passed HD-DVD in total discs sold and did this in just 3 months since the launch of the PS3. And for those folks that kept saying that the BD player was going to be awful, many home theater enthusiasts magazines starting with Sound and Vision in February state that the PS3 is one of the best HD players on the market and it is fully fuctioning. I for one have 25 BD movies and counting. And I am salivating on the future titles of Casino, Spiderman 1,2 & 3 and the Pirate movies that I am going to be able to buy in BD that will never show up on HD-DVD. OH, and it is wisper quiet. I am sure if you lock it up in a hermatically sealed box and let it run for hours it will eventually get hot and stop. But then you can let it cool off and reset and it will run.
3) Sony Lied. About what? They didn't deliver in March. They didn't deliver 4 million units at launch. All their games are not in 1080p. There was not two HDMI ports on the PS3. Gee, any other lies guys? They were going to blow away their competition with their graphics and game play. The PS3 was definately superior to the XBOX360 for gaming. Do any of you guys have a life outside of gaming? You really believe everything every manufacturer tells you? Are you the one that goes to buy a new car and believes the MPG on the sticker? Comeon-- Sony had their hitches during the launch. Question is, did they do anything that any other manufacturer does NOT DO to sell their product?
Lets look at what Sony did do. They actually delivered the PS3. Small numbers but now they are delievering to the retailers a consistant level of product. The PS3 actually worked. Did not start any fires, did not damage any discs, did not refuse to work. The PS3 actually played BD movies and did so excellently. The Cell and RSX chips actually worked -- boy I bet that put a damper on alot of you. Resistance:Fall of Man was an A launch title that delievered a 40-man online experiance without lag. And the graphics and game play was pretty good for a launch title. There was actually a 1080p lauch title. Their online service (which was free) worked and it did not fail when everyone started hooking up. The first killer title Motorstorm is coming out 4 months after launch (okay you don't like to race over the desert -- your loss) and now we hear that if you actually tweak a title specifically for the PS3 it will look better and run faster then on the XBOX360 (Oblivion anyone- yes I know, some of those graphics will download later to the 360 -- but not all and the 360 version will never be as fast as the PS3 version).
Yes I guess there is a reason for all the PS3 hateing. A product that actually works and delievers the HD experiance both in games and in movies must be an anomally to those folks who said the product would never work. And in a few months when there will be some killer titles out for the PS3 with graphics that are rich and detailed (Motorstorm, Heavenly Sword, Lair, the BD-Java movies Spiderman series, Pirates series) the PS3 is just going to keep going. The Playstation brand is strong and they only have to convert 20% of their customers to sell 20 million units! I just don't see that as a reason to hate -- but then again I don't. I have a PS3 and think it is a fine product - every bit as good build quality product as the Denon3910 DVD player I have setting under it. And when Mass Effect and Halo 3 come out - well I just might have to get me one of those new production 360s they will be selling then (HDMI, 120 GB drive and quite fan). Hey, I can't help it -- I like to game and I don't care who has the great game, I can always buy the platform and hook up. Gee, now if I can just find enough money for that new DuoCore PC!
1) Price. This is the main reason people are hateing the PS3 right now. The $499 and $599 price tag seems a little too steep for some folks and instead of saving their money for a purchase they are crying fowl (Some of these same folks say they will not buy one till the price comes down). They want the PS3 to fail (its current sales track has it ahead of the XBOX360 in same time frame from the 360's launch in 2006) simply because they cannot afford it. But apparently it keeps selling even with only 1 really good title out right now.
My response to this is get a life. You can not purchase a product that delievers on great build quality for peanuts. You also cannot deliever next gen products like BluRay for peanuts either. Maybe this is why the $299 & $399 XBOX360s had so many build problems. You could read several posts from 360 and M$ fanboys about how the PS3 was going to be riddled with problems. And then when none showed up after the launch that talk died down. Yet you still see new posts about someone's "XBOX360 Just Died" . I guess that extra $200 also went into build quality. I taught my daughters that if you buy cheap you get cheap. At least Sony delivered a solid product that just plain works.
2) BluRay. Oh Boy, this should light some fires. Most 360 and M$ fanboys were lamenting that Sony was shoving BD down the throats of PS3 buyers. That that alone was the reason for the high price. However, Sony's plan was to put BD on the map with the PS3. Sony had a plan and guess what -- it worked! BD is now outselling HD-DVD and has now passed HD-DVD in total discs sold and did this in just 3 months since the launch of the PS3. And for those folks that kept saying that the BD player was going to be awful, many home theater enthusiasts magazines starting with Sound and Vision in February state that the PS3 is one of the best HD players on the market and it is fully fuctioning. I for one have 25 BD movies and counting. And I am salivating on the future titles of Casino, Spiderman 1,2 & 3 and the Pirate movies that I am going to be able to buy in BD that will never show up on HD-DVD. OH, and it is wisper quiet. I am sure if you lock it up in a hermatically sealed box and let it run for hours it will eventually get hot and stop. But then you can let it cool off and reset and it will run.
3) Sony Lied. About what? They didn't deliver in March. They didn't deliver 4 million units at launch. All their games are not in 1080p. There was not two HDMI ports on the PS3. Gee, any other lies guys? They were going to blow away their competition with their graphics and game play. The PS3 was definately superior to the XBOX360 for gaming. Do any of you guys have a life outside of gaming? You really believe everything every manufacturer tells you? Are you the one that goes to buy a new car and believes the MPG on the sticker? Comeon-- Sony had their hitches during the launch. Question is, did they do anything that any other manufacturer does NOT DO to sell their product?
Lets look at what Sony did do. They actually delivered the PS3. Small numbers but now they are delievering to the retailers a consistant level of product. The PS3 actually worked. Did not start any fires, did not damage any discs, did not refuse to work. The PS3 actually played BD movies and did so excellently. The Cell and RSX chips actually worked -- boy I bet that put a damper on alot of you. Resistance:Fall of Man was an A launch title that delievered a 40-man online experiance without lag. And the graphics and game play was pretty good for a launch title. There was actually a 1080p lauch title. Their online service (which was free) worked and it did not fail when everyone started hooking up. The first killer title Motorstorm is coming out 4 months after launch (okay you don't like to race over the desert -- your loss) and now we hear that if you actually tweak a title specifically for the PS3 it will look better and run faster then on the XBOX360 (Oblivion anyone- yes I know, some of those graphics will download later to the 360 -- but not all and the 360 version will never be as fast as the PS3 version).
Yes I guess there is a reason for all the PS3 hateing. A product that actually works and delievers the HD experiance both in games and in movies must be an anomally to those folks who said the product would never work. And in a few months when there will be some killer titles out for the PS3 with graphics that are rich and detailed (Motorstorm, Heavenly Sword, Lair, the BD-Java movies Spiderman series, Pirates series) the PS3 is just going to keep going. The Playstation brand is strong and they only have to convert 20% of their customers to sell 20 million units! I just don't see that as a reason to hate -- but then again I don't. I have a PS3 and think it is a fine product - every bit as good build quality product as the Denon3910 DVD player I have setting under it. And when Mass Effect and Halo 3 come out - well I just might have to get me one of those new production 360s they will be selling then (HDMI, 120 GB drive and quite fan). Hey, I can't help it -- I like to game and I don't care who has the great game, I can always buy the platform and hook up. Gee, now if I can just find enough money for that new DuoCore PC!
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On a positive note, we'll all get to watch Corpse Bride.
