Playstation 3: flop or success so far?

***Zardon*** · Jul 12, 2008, 12:08 PM

Discuss.

Mousey · Jul 12, 2008, 12:19 PM

If you ask me the PS3 was a complete failure, the only thing it's being really used for atm is Blu-Ray (PS3 owners of DH will be crying foul play at this point, if so, sorry) and not for gaming like it was intended. If it was cheaper then it would probably be more worth it's while but for me a PS3 doesn't look like a smart choice.
Lack of games doesn't help, why did sony have to switch to this fancy new Cell processor anyway? I understand it would offer very good performance but why not just stick with dual/triple/quad core cpu's like the xbox?
and i'm ranting because i'm hungry as hell

**kris23** · Jul 12, 2008, 12:32 PM

could be better..... if more dough was focused on the GPU rather than Blu-Ray we'd have a 360 killer...... sadly it just aint

SFOSOK · Jul 12, 2008, 12:48 PM

disappointing. Not a failure only because of MGS

Lowfat · Jul 14, 2008, 09:46 PM

IMO too little, a little too late.

Mr cairo · Jul 15, 2008, 01:34 AM

i think the next year (from xmas on) will see it come into its own but so far the lack of great games (still no next gen tekken) is slowing it down

nohbody · Jul 15, 2008, 07:13 AM

Sony is finally starting to go in the right direction in the last couple firmware updates, but besides MGS, no outstanding exclusives. Hard to tell if Sony can turn it back around or not.

zaim · Jul 15, 2008, 07:20 AM

Good poll... I believe it could be heaps better =)

YAYitsAndrew · Jul 15, 2008, 07:21 AM

If the ps3 didn't have a blu ray player we wouldn't even be having this discussion; everyone would already be predicting sony's doom.

Sony is lucky that blu ray caught on, although I still don't know anyone who wants to watch blu ray movies except to justify their expensive ps3 purchase. They've done a wonderful job making the cheapest blu ray player on the market. All they had to do was sell every single one of them at a loss! I wonder why the competition didn't think of that?

genieguru · Jul 15, 2008, 08:23 AM

It depends on ur point of view

If the PS3 is viewed as a bluray player,its been a down right sucess
The cheapest and the best on the market

But if its as a video game console,it hasn't done anything special
it doesn't have the game's library of the 360(or the dev support) nor does it have the novelty/fun factor of the Wii
The only 2 games that i really found interesting so far for the PS3 was Motorstorm and Metal Gear Solid 4
For the 360,there are a lot of systems that will sell a system,and keep users happy
And i believe that cross-platform titles more often than not,look and play better on the 360

And Sony were really late in giving PSN anything worthwhile to compare to live
And i'd take XBOX live(yes at $40-50 a year depending on where one buys his subscription card) over PSN anyday
But thats just my opinion,others will have theirs

interspaced · Jul 16, 2008, 10:21 AM

They won the HD format war ensuring blu ray will be the offical HD disc format for years to come. They've also just annouced a movie download service at E3 in which you can either rent or buy movies in SD or HD. They have their bases covered if downloads do eventually take over, which i doubt will happen in Europe anytime soon until BT start upgrading the lines.

***Zardon*** · Jul 20, 2008, 03:25 PM

I think there are too ways to look at it. As a games console it is still behind the Xbox 360, however I think with a few amazing exclusives like Metal Gear Solid 4, Ferrari Challenge (one of the best racers in a few years) and the upcoming Resistance 2, SOCOM, God Of War 3, Little Big Planet (amongst the many), that this will change.

If however you look at the bigger picture and take into consideration the quality of the output as well as native support for bluray movies out of the box (with great quality) you can see the benefits if you are into your media.

Lets not forget you can easily change the hard drive to something larger up to 500gb (check out my sticky in the gaming forum) and you have support for xvid, divx, wmv (as well as a free tool to do a passover quick transcode of mkv). You can stream these, or copy to HD in single mode or in batches with the very impressive dash. Don't like the dash? then install linux as a dual boot!

Then with upcoming goodies like this PlayTV set for September 10th UK launch I would say it is right now an untouchable media center. The 360 is far too tied into WMV to be of any use whatsoever.

I use mine as a media center in the main room over my network to a 52 inch 1080p tv and you can even hook up a wireless keyboard like the logitech dinovo mini which has native PS3 support http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/ke.../3848&cl=gb,en - so you can use the normal sony remote or the funky logitech one for surfing and media work if you want !

Overall I think the PS3 is the best console out there, but if all you do is game on it, the Xbox 360 is still the strongest. The situation in 3 years time? I think thats the interesting thing to think about.

One thing I do find amusing is the fact that we see people who "hate" Microsoft for being who they are, or people who hate Sony for the same thing. I mean we have 360 lovers slagging off Sony for a lack of titles and Sony lovers slagging Microsoft off for huge failrates and other things (not here, just a general observation).

Hey its just hardware, im not really into the badge deal, just what it does for me at the end of the day.