PS3 = Fail???

**quackadilly** · Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Posts: 1078 Location: Colorado

The PS3 is pretty much dead unless the price drops significantly. IMO, PS3 will fail. It has already fallen way to far behind the other 2 systems to even think about catching up.

And for all of you saying that the Wii has "crappy" graphics....did you notice that it comes with composite video cables that are not capable of the 480p resolution that the system can produce? You all have seen the difference in GH2 with the progressive scan enabled......

PS3 will most likely end up like the Saturn.....too far ahead of it's time, too expensive and too difficult to program.
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**Squirrel** · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:37 am Post subject:

Hey now, the saturn was much better in japan...

Anyways, they're not THAT far behind... they sold 450k consoles. Most of those got returned though to the stores when they didn't sell on ebay.

I agree though, its way too expensive and sony's too bullheaded to not drop the price.

There was talk from what I seen in an article (the link escapes me) that Sony might start making PS3's with a dvd drive, so they don't take the hit and they're able to drop the price.

Don't take my word on that, its probably a rumor mill type of deal.
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**Huwonk** · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 2432 Location: Marysville, Ohio

The sad thing is that so many people will probably just stick with a PS2, and we'll have to deal with that for another 2-3 years... *sigh* "PEE-ESS-TWO for Madden is all I need," said the casual gamers.

DevilMayAsian, you are comparing apples to oranges in terms of "launch" consoles. PS3's sales have already dwindled down (even with only 1 million units shipped not sold). Xbox 360 was in short supply for a very long time. It didn't have a weak launch due to poor turnout, but more due to poor supply. Even in June when I got my Xbox 360 they were hard to find. Right now if I wanted a 60GB PS3, I could easily go to my local Wal-Mart and pick one up. Plus a lot of the people on launch day sold their PS3s back on Ebay anyway and when they didn't sell they got returned (may have happened with the Xbox 360, but I don't recall). So you're still looking at a skewed number.
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**Kachie** · Joined: 02 Aug 2006 Posts: 561 Location: Long Island, NY

The Wii seems to being doing pretty well over here. . I know a bunch of people who already have it. . and have heard next to nothing about the ps3.

As for me, I was getting excited about the ps3, thinking about saving up (for a whillllllllllllllllle). . and then I played the surgeon game (don't remember what it's called) on the Wii. And oh man, was that fun. Between the jesus juice and the magic gel. . and oh yeah, about 10 people yelling "suction!! suction!!! no, that's the laser!!! SUCTION!!!" totally convinced me to start saving for the cheaper Wii instead.

Do I think the PS3 will fail? Not completely, but I don't think the outlook is good. I'm a pretty diehard FF fan. . .and I would love to have the new one when it comes out. . . but at the price it's at now, I can wait a while. . like after I put my kids through college.

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**BigE** · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 1233 Location: New Jersey

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**Huwonk** · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 2432 Location: Marysville, Ohio

The surgeon game on the Wii is Trauma Center. I played that at Wulfe's house on his 65" DLP tv and it was awesome.
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**MasterAce** · Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 3249 Location: Ohio

Right now I have no interest in PS3.

-Not enough good games (really, Resistance is it)
-No Guitar Hero or Guitar Hero 2...it's not even backwards compatible with it. >_<
-The online service isn't as good as Xbox Live (but then again, nothing is)

I'm buying an Xbox 360 soon. FTW.
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**DevilMayAsian** · Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 1380

When did I post anything about confusing 360 sales with 360 units shipped? I did no such thing. What I'm getting at is 360 sales, during the same launch window, sold less units in the US (and probably worldwide) than the other two. Wii's successful launch completely thrashed 360's one year total sales numbers by matching their sales numbers in only two months. My initial point never mention units shipped, nor did it consider it.
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