John Crichton said:
Perhaps it is your stance? Your posts are essentially Sony hate and the title "Sony is on crack" doesn't exactly say that you are an objective party. Yes, you hate the price point, we get it. Posting about how hard it is to develop for, linking to rag gaming magazine articles that are the equivelent of The National Inquierer and assuming that the prices of the games will be up to $20 more than what is out there now without any solid evidence is like screaming the sky is falling.
All the articles I've quoted came from Gamespot more or less, which I find to be a fairly neutral source. They're pro-gaming, but not specifically pro-PS or pro-MS or pro-Nintendo.
And besides a rather provocative title, I don't think I have been that extreme in my opinions. I'm reporting what I'm reading. Everything I read says that Blue Ray is more expensive than HD-DVD, whether it's for movies or games. HD-DVD can use existing DVD manufacturing, but Blue Ray cannot. So it's my understanding that this alone will make them more expensive, and I still think that's the case.
I will be HAPPY to be proven wrong.
See this is what you continue to miss about me. Because of the thread title maybe, or maybe just defensiveness cause I disagree with you, you have decided that I "hate Sony".
So you ask "what is with the Sony hate".
I bought a Playstation and a PS2 AT LAUNCH.
How the hell is that hate?
I *want* this to be a successful console because the more successful consoles there are out there, the more games there will be. But I also will not sit by and say nothing when I see Sony making mistakes.
And I think charging 100 dollars more for what is essentially the same product, IS a mistake.
You think I like Microsoft? Not particularly. But if the console is less expensive for a comparable product, I'll buy it. I never considered buying an X-box. Customers like me, who have been pushed to consider the competition by Sony's current strategy, are a loss to the company.
And I'll say this again and for the last time: you are not the target audience for the PS3 launch. You don't care about HD. It's cool. They'll try and get you on board later with price drops and big selection of games.
Good for them. That big price drop had better bring it in line with X-box or I will be buying an X-box.
See how that works? I'm going to SHOP AROUND, LOOK AT COMPETING PRODUCTS and then DECIDE.
I'm not sure how using my head as a consumer means that I "hate Sony" as you allege.
BR is the media (which you hate on principle unseen), not the games themselves. It'll work out better anyway because the PS3 launch lineup doesn't look all that hot.
So you finally admit that their launch lineup doesn't look that good. Why do you "hate Sony" so much John?
And think about WHY their launch lineup might not be as good this time around. Could it be that they have made a mistake or two by overpricing the console?
And yeah I hate Blue Ray "sight unseen" because it is just another copy protection scheme and another grab to get everyone to upgrade to the new thing and ditch their DVDs. I know a company flexing its muscle when I see it. Again, I shop, I read, call me funny that way.
I'm a geek. It's pretty easy to talk me out of my money with the new shiny. I'm currently counting the days till Marvel Ultimate Alliance and FF XII come out.
It's well known that companies like Sony have huge failures and especially a company as visible as they are. The 3 companies are all out for your dollar and nothing else: one company is videogame royalty, the other has unlimited resources and the other is the current leader with the most overall support from the people who make games. The only thing that matters is what their respective output is in actual entertainment. A $600 next-gen HD console doesn't mean the sky is falling. It just means that you won't be in line on launch day. I can respect that.
And I'm fairly certain I have never claimed the sky *IS* falling.
I have much bigger problems with MS business practices than Sony and was a launch customer for the PS2 and the PS. The fact that I am so annoyed with what's going on right now should be a concern to them, but maybe I'm in the minority and maybe people WILL pay 100 dollars more for what is essentially the same console on the strength of the PS brand.
Chuck