Price has very little to do with the lack of PS3 sales
It's just the games are so bland.
I love the Blu-ray drive, and the recent firmware update finally gives it hd-upconverting capabilities (not much use to me as my TV already does that - but it was glaringly missing from the PS3 feature list).
I have the cheaper version, and swapped out the HD with a 60gbyte drive I was using for media storage.
But I haven't played more than an hour on each of the three games I've bought for it, and I won't be buying any more until something worthwhile is released.
Every single title for the PS3 is just a superficially enhanced copy of games available on any console from the last 10 years. In fact most are worse, despite the pretty gfx, and not a single one of the shooter developers had the common sense to include keyboard/mouse usability with their boring games.
At least the 360 has a couple of innovative titles. But if I was buying now with the advantage of hindsight - I'd definitely be buying a Wii.
It may not have the processors or graphics capabilities - but at least it has some decent games that haven't been churned out of the mass production plants of EA and whoever else the other indistinguishable developers happen to be.
Shooters and car racing.. yawn. Platform games and retro titles? Sold my Amiga a decade ago.
Shit, if you're going to copy everything predictable out there, at least ask Blizzard to port WoW.
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Price has very little to do with the lack of PS3 sales
It's just the games are so bland.
I love the Blu-ray drive, and the recent firmware update finally gives it hd-upconverting capabilities (not much use to me as my TV already does that - but it was glaringly missing from the PS3 feature list).
I have the cheaper version, and swapped out the HD with a 60gbyte drive I was using for media storage.
But I haven't played more than an hour on each of the three games I've bought for it, and I won't be buying any more until something worthwhile is released.
Every single title for the PS3 is just a superficially enhanced copy of games available on any console from the last 10 years. In fact most are worse, despite the pretty gfx, and not a single one of the shooter developers had the common sense to include keyboard/mouse usability with their boring games.
At least the 360 has a couple of innovative titles. But if I was buying now with the advantage of hindsight - I'd definitely be buying a Wii.
It may not have the processors or graphics capabilities - but at least it has some decent games that haven't been churned out of the mass production plants of EA and whoever else the other indistinguishable developers happen to be.
Shooters and car racing.. yawn. Platform games and retro titles? Sold my Amiga a decade ago.
Shit, if you're going to copy everything predictable out there, at least ask Blizzard to port WoW.