Paying for PS3 potential

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I’m not buying any of this marketing drivel from Sony for a single moment. The PS3 since it’s launch has been the most expensive console of the current generation. What Sony really means is that we’re going to charge a premium because we’re Sony and we can. They’re asking the public to pay for features that aren’t available yet. That’s just absurd. Sure they might be planning a digital tv tuner, oddly named PlayTV, but what they’ll do is charge a premium for the PS3 and then charge a premium for everything else they plan to release for the PS3. It’s what Sony does people and I don’t think they can command it anymore.

Yes, they are releasing regular updates for the PS3 firmware but none of that really matters. We (and by we I mean the public) have John Carmack on record stating that from a programming and development standpoint the XBOX 360 is a better and easier platform to work with.

Sony is trying to get you to believe that the PS3 is it and that there is nothing else out there. Hell the Wii has been outselling both the XBOX 360 and the PS3 is some markets (most notably the U.S) and I’m just not going to drink their kool-aid ; buying their spin.

There was only a single launch title for the PS3 and it was Resistance : Fall of Man. The PS3 has become known as a gaming platform that’s known as being hard to get the most out of. I wonder why is that. Sony has to send out their “PS3 best and brightest” to the game development companies just to get games out the door.

To top all this off, the original PS3 80GB had the Emotion Engine chip from the PS2 on board to allow for backwards compatibility and in later revisions they removed it. Want to know why? They did so to allow them to drop the price because it was getting stomped on by both the XBOX 360 and the Wii. In the end they lost one of the biggest selling points, backwards compatibility. They should’ve just cut the price but that would hurt Sony even more due to the fact that they’re losing hundreds of dollars on each one they sell. They won’t make it up selling games and peripherals when the XBOX 360 and the Wii are both outselling the PS3 anyways.

in closing, why should we be asked to pay for the potential of the PS3, when it’s publically known to be difficult to get the most out of it from a development standpoint. If the titles are lackluster, then who will be buying a PS3?

about:Chad Johnson a.k.a Ocho Cinco

On last night’s Sportscenter, Chad Johnson had spoken some seriously callous remarks against Micheal Phelps. He stated that some of the best athletes in the world never get the chance to get to that level and that as his swim home in his hometown there were a few swimmers that could beat Phelps swimming, including himself. He also stated that he didn’t want to be laughed at and to be taken seriously. Well if you had watched Sportscenter last night you would’ve heard both newscasters on the show laughing at him!

To call Micheal Phelps overrated is a right out lie. He’s worked hard to get where is at today, very hard, and not just hung around the ‘hood. Chad Johnson does nothing but hog t.v time and run his mouth off. He’s been holding out from the Cinncinati Bengals for so long I’ve already forgotten what started all of that in the first place.

Bottom line Chad is this, a lot of people are laughing at you, whether you like it or not. Stop being your own publicist and get back on the football field. At least that way I can slightly tolerate your words. You’re getting to the point that you’re making yourself obsolete, and looking at the way you talk about people you obviously dislike I think you’ve already made that realization yourself. This isn’t the way to fix it.