Xbox 360 will be the death of Sony PS3: gamers not bothered with video playback

Why would people one more things in one, its just bound to brake!!I nver used my ps2 as a dvd player, to worried it would shorted the life of the console. If i shelled out all that money for a ps3, i wouldnt use it as a blu ray player either!! Wouldnt want my games console packing up on me!!
They should have put a dvd drive in it, made it cheaper, released it on time and make an Bluray attachment if they were that bothered. The sales would have be great!!

Jeezee! Why must your always HEADLINE your articals with something negative towards the PS3 and then wrap it up by writing something positive (if were lucky). Ye’ol…Bait and switch Uh!

AT: BOB
I know what you mean, back in the day when they had a radio receiver, equalizer, tape player and etc. all combined in one was always something I would avoid. But it seems although todays technology is all about integrating devices together (i.e. PSP to PS3 or the I-Phone)it’s the wave of the future (I like it)and in my opinion SONY is doing a great job at this. Example: accessing my PS3 files with my PSP from any wi-fi hot spot globally! I like the fact that my PS3 is MULTI-Functional and it works flawlessly!

That really isnt wat i was getting at.The PS3 is a computer of sorts, its menat to do the things you say, thats just basic pc stuff. But adding hardware together is bad idea. I personally own hifi seperates, had to many combined systems break. I also own seperate cinema to my dvd player, the quality is so much better. Anything bought in bulk will be cheap and not great quality. Buy seperate hardware its the way to electronic bliss

Uh…OK??? Although, I don’t see how you call accessing your media files, Audio files and Photos (and soon to be games)from a PSP hand held device…remotely…anywhere in the WORLD “basic pc stuff”, furthermore the PS3 is NOT CHEAP it is The ELITE console(when comparing to any other console) in the history of consoles.
Example:
Wii=250.00
Xbox360=299.00
PS3=599.00
In other words you pay for what you get!

Yes the console may not be cheap to buy but how can the blu ray player in the console be any good if a sperate player costs the same price as the console?? its a no brainer mate. The Ps2 dvd player was gash compared to the seperate ones you can purchase. Just becasue the console is expensive doesnt mean the parts are good.
Send data from one pc to another over the web is basic pc stuff. break it down mate, sounds flashy but it isnt!

If the parts were “Cheap” then you would be reading all about the PS3′S breaking down all over the internet(i.e. Xbox 360′S RED RING OF DEATH). Now with that said, any electrical device is subject to breakdowns. However I (personally)trust Sony’s quality in their products. This(for me) is confirmed by the many purchases I have made over the years (Handycam,playstations,Tube TV’s, Tape recorders, Projection TV and Etc). Which by the way the SONY Trinitron is the highest rated television when it comes to performance and reliablity.

I use my ps2 for a dvd player and evidentially I am not the only one. The PS2 has sold over 2.6 Million consoles in the US alone and still is selling strong around the world, outselling ALL consoles on the MARKET including NEXT-GEN consoles. If fact, that was one of the many reason why I purchased my PS2 years ago was because of the DVD built in (It’s like a bonus feature).

…And correct me if I’m wrong… but, I know of NO Another computer or HAND HELD PERSONAL GAME CONSOLE that can communicate (personal media sharing)with a Desktop computer or Console Like the PSP to PS3 does…

Let me clarify: I can put my PS3 on “Remote Play” at home in Indiana then take an airplane to California, go to the nearest “hot-spot” (coffee shop, library, resturant or mother in law house) turn on my PSP and show my Mother-in-law video’s of her Grand children. This is not computer to computer! This is not storing files on the internet to be access by other computers! This is personal media sharing that only I have control over.

Look – they are both great consoles. Unfortunateley for Microsoft, they did’nt build a mahine to last and that they have at least 1/3 of their consoles being sent back due to the infamous ring of death.

Sony have built a machine to last and MS will have to catch up and do something about it…the next gen war does’nt end here now that MS have got their foot in the door – it may go horribly wrong for them.

yeah

@Bob

Had sony only put a dvd drive in and had a blu ray player add on, the base console would have been a ps2. The games are on BD. Resistance, a launch title, was too large to fit on a dual layer dvd. Plus if you consider looks of the system, in my opinion, an add-on like the HD-DVD drive for the 360 doesn’t look good. But thats just my opinion.

i dont have a wifi set up at my house, nor do i want a ‘next-gen dvd player’ why should i pay NZ$500 more for stuff i dont want or cant use? games are just as good on 360 as they are on ps3 (read as: better) and i dont give a flying rats arse about the wifi or bluray.

Sony are looking to keep their foot in the door with this machine for the next ten years – by the halfway mark, this console will be significantly cheaper and probably alot more people will be watching high def film or tv. I think they are looking at the long term plan. Games wise – I don’t think we will see the potential of the PS3 until next year.

You know, it’s interesting to read these posts. Most people are not paying attention to what else is going on the the “Tech” world outside their “fanboyish” lust for a damn game console.

Bob’s point is that having all your damn eggs in one basket is risky. Point: Putting a Blu Ray (BD ROM) in the PS3 drove up the cost and at the end of the day Sony didn’t give a damn about it in terms of gaming, they thought “hey there are over 100 million PS2′s out there what if there was 100 million PS3′s with BD ROMS we’d rule the HD format market.” The additional disk space was a great way to sell the idea to people and like using the Jedi mind trick on the weak minded, people shelled out $600USD for the PS3. What’s funny about all of this is that one of Sony’s own exec’s, Phil Harrison, has been quoted as saying “the PS4 would likely not have a media drive,” and within the last month or so Sony has talked about delivering content digitally (downloads). Why the hell would you need the damn BD ROM if you could download HD content?

Microsoft isn’t without fault here either, $179USD for a 120GB hard drive? WTF! On the the other hand Microsoft left it upto the individual what they wanted, “Make the 360 yours (J. Allard).”

Nintendo made the Wii tough and very user friendly, giveing us new and very innovative ways to interact with the virtual world. Sadly once you get past Wii Sports things really are not that interesting in the Wii world.

At the end of the day it’s about business and having an effective business model. Nintendo is doing what they have always done best and being innovative, but price friendly. Microsoft and Sony want you living room and their consoles reflect that with their multimedia functions. Who has the edge between Xbox 360 and PS3? Depends on who you ask, but it depends even more on whos ideas of gaming and multimedia delivery you lean toward.

Last point and I’ll bounce. @Gamehero… That whole PS3 anywhere stuff sounds really cool. But I’m thinking it’s actually just a security hole just waiting to be explioted. SO do be shocked if you get home one day and you PS3 is locked up… Just a thought.

Interesting points there Dooms. The only things I object to in your statement are the jibes about “fanboys” and people being “weak minded”.

I personally wanted a PS3 because I know there is room for development in the future, it is (up until now!!) a very reliable and well packaged machine which does not break, and as well as playing games on it I can watch HD movies which exude supreme picture quality – all contained within one box!! You may spend $600 on a blu ray player alone so I don’t believe the deal is all that bad. Sony have already impressed me with the sequence of downloads which have been released to add to the already great functionality of the console, such SD DVD upscaling which really is great. Also I don’t think that consoles will be solely reliant on downloadable naterial yet until the next generation machines. But even then…what if people don’t want to go online??

I also bought an Xbox 360 because, like alot of people I was genuinly looking forward to “finding out what the next gen machines can do”. And, after careful consideration (oh, all of about a nano second), I bought one. My only jibe is that it is not as reliable a machine and is more fragile than Sony’s beast.

Overall I am very pleased with both apart from the fact that there are more games required for both…but this will come with time. As far as putting one’s eggs in one’s basket…as I own an HD DVD for the 360 and am able to therefore make a judgement between Blu Ray and HD DVD, I’m not sure that we will see a victor in the way we did with VHS over betamax. They both present a high standard of piture presentation coupled with extra features.

In closing, if you have the money and you want it…why not. Don’t criticise people for forking out – get a job at Mc’D's for a while and buy one yourself and then you can really form an opinion on the “Tech World” of late.

Regards,

MDK.

natal or kinnect is going to ruin sony ps3