I wouldn't call it a slam - I am reporting what the CEO of Sony North America himself had to say about his product.
Take yourself back to fall 2005 (just prior to xbox360 release). You knew Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo had a new console out.
If I told you Nintendo's would outsell Sony by Christmas 2007 - you would have laughed at me and said no way. In fact I wouldn't have made such a bold claim because I would never have believed it myself.
But it is what has come to pass my friends. One year and the console hierarchy is upside down.
I call that a failure on Sony's part - so far. But what Jack says is that he's in it for the long haul seeing PS3 as a 10 year console. High price tag and weak early sales are the price you pay. When you're a tank you move slowly but nobody can stop you when you get rolling.
I don't mean to slam PS3, give it time to build momentum. I think we haven't seen what it's capable of yet. Clearly with hits like CoD4 and Halo3 Xbox 360 is peaking today.
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A failure is the 360. It just fails. It doesn't function.
You can't fault a CONSOLE for failing, simply because it doesn't have enough titles. It seems the 360s problems go unnoticed, and unmentioned. It's a huge pile of crap.
I've played both the Wii and 360. I enjoyed both, but I can't KEEP enjoying the 360. Every pro Xbox fanboy just links the usually stupid youtube video or talks about how it's a great Blu-ray player. Yeah, it is. It's also something the 360 can't do without a 200 dollar add on.
I wouldn't call it a slam - I am reporting what the CEO of Sony North America himself had to say about his product.
Take yourself back to fall 2005 (just prior to xbox360 release). You knew Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo had a new console out.
If I told you Nintendo's would outsell Sony by Christmas 2007 - you would have laughed at me and said no way. In fact I wouldn't have made such a bold claim because I would never have believed it myself.
But it is what has come to pass my friends. One year and the console hierarchy is upside down.
I call that a failure on Sony's part - so far. But what Jack says is that he's in it for the long haul seeing PS3 as a 10 year console. High price tag and weak early sales are the price you pay. When you're a tank you move slowly but nobody can stop you when you get rolling.
I don't mean to slam PS3, give it time to build momentum. I think we haven't seen what it's capable of yet. Clearly with hits like CoD4 and Halo3 Xbox 360 is peaking today.
Actually Nintendo has outsold everyone, not just Sony. Installed base for Wii is now even greater than 360 as well. And anyway 360 is just hugely popular in US, rest of the world not so much. 360 is at where its at right now because of its 1 year lead and no one can argue otherwise. Personally I think MS will end up doing a Sega and release a console every 3-4 years and that will be the end of them.
As for Nintendo, well.... It's Nintendo, it will never die!!!!! They are still one of the best development houses in the world along with Square, Capcom, Konami. And yes Bungie IMO is not at that level, no matter what everyone think of Halo.
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Other than the Wii, most consoles get off to a slow start. Couple that with longer development cycles for PS3 games due to a LOT more capability and the high price tag (which I'd say is justified for what you get), and you get an even slower start. The 360 didn't get off to a great start either... Yes, the PS3 costs a lot, but it DOES a lot too; What people see though is that price tag and that is problem #1, Sony knows that already.
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Other than the Wii, most consoles get off to a slow start. Couple that with longer development cycles for PS3 games due to a LOT more capability and the high price tag (which I'd say is justified for what you get), and you get an even slower start. The 360 didn't get off to a great start either... Yes, the PS3 costs a lot, but it DOES a lot too; What people see though is that price tag and that is problem #1, Sony knows that already.
Exactly, the 40GB PS3 at $399 is a damn good deal IMO for what you get. The 360 is about the same and has half the features. Plus it is a lot more reliable and better build quality.
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Exactly, the 40GB PS3 at $399 is a damn good deal IMO for what you get. The 360 is about the same and has half the features. Plus it is a lot more reliable and better build quality.
After my 360 broke Ccity sent me a $420 gift card for it. I bought a PS3, not another 360. So far even with only 1 game, 1 movie, and a few demos I am far more happy than I ever was with the 360 that I had for at least 2 years.
The Wii is still the best. I only had Wii sports and beer for nearly 1 year and enjoyed every minute of it. I've had kids that couldn't read yet, to over the hill peeps playing and enjoying it. Not to mention, nintendo is the man for under cutting everyone on price and rereleasing the game cube in a new box with a fancy remote. (pure profit anyone???)
The Wii is still the best. I only had Wii sports and beer for nearly 1 year and enjoyed every minute of it. I've had kids that couldn't read yet, to over the hill peeps playing and enjoying it. Not to mention, nintendo is the man for under cutting everyone on price and rereleasing the game cube in a new box with a fancy remote. (pure profit anyone???)
In addition, from what I understand Nintendo will make most of its old library available on the Wii- this would be one of their smartest moves since many of us who grew up with the various systems (NES, SNES) would love the opportunity to play these games again. I would personally pay to download every old Zelda and Mario game and be content playing them for months on end!
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