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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 2946696" data-attributes="member: 4779">Says people without HD setups.And don't discount the impact of HD TV sets getting seriously cheaper all the time.  Gone are the days of the $5000 40' flat screen.  Projectors & LCD screens are dropping in price all the time.  And people want them.  Sales have been on the rise for longer than most realize.  Check out any TV section of any electronics store like Best Buy or Circuit City.  Not having a widescreen HD capable TV will be the norm before we know it.  HD programming is on the rise (but not in the majority) as we type.Link me to the price of the PS3 launch title games.  If it's $70+ for every game, I'll freak  a bit (although I did pay at least that for Phantasy Star II back in the Genesis days when I was making less than that per week).  If not, no big.For now.  BR disc space & dev time can make a difference.  DVD games better last the 360 for at least 4 more years.  I will not be buying another MS console before 2010 (and I love new tech).  The PS3 won't have that problem.And don't discount that the PS2 was like a fine wine - it got better with age and when the good titles started they didn't stop (took about a year).  More devs were able to produce games that looked and played better and better as they went along.  The best example is God of War.  I never thought the PS2 was able to produce in-game graphics like that.Except Blu-Ray and back catalogue of titles from the last 10 years.You are calling a game coming out a year from now momentum?  It will take more than one to kill the Playstation.  The new Metal Gear & 2 Final Fantasy games trump Halo 3.  MS needs another killer game.Name a major franchise besides Rockstar that has jumped the Sony ship to cross-platform.  And it also matters that GTA is cross-platform, which hurts Sony a bit and helps MS a bit but it's not a win for MS, like FF was for Sony.  Console gamers will buy the version on the console they own or the one with the best graphics/controller/whatever if they own both.This matters.  But until we see the PS3 system in action we have no idea what it will be like.  We only have XBL for comparison.  I expect MS to be stronger in this area for the next couple years because of sucessful experience with XBL but Sony will catch up.  It's bound to happen.  Then again, online play doesn't apply to all genres and it doesn't make or break a console's success.  Not yet.</blockquote>

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