Console war - Fun debate or tiresome drivel (part 2)

Are you still interested in this anything goes console war between Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo? Or

  • It's always fun to debate about which console is best!

    Votes: 6 23.1%

  • It was fun, but it's getting tiresome...

    Votes: 7 26.9%

  • *YAWN* I'm sick of it

    Votes: 7 26.9%

  • Who cares?

    Votes: 6 23.1%
  • Total voters
    26
Homicidal Cherry53 said:
Take into account the fact that almost everyone in the freaking world has a PS2, and you're down to $423.
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Actually, one of my PS2's is upstairs and the other is at my cabin, so I'd have no PS2 for the TV that my PS3 will be hooked up to.

I wouldn't forget something like that.
 
Fr0dus Maximus said:
Yea, I guess bringin the PS2 down would be so hard.
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Yeah, having to move it down and back up every time would just be annoying. Plus, playing different games without switching systems is a lot easier.
 
Console wars have always been about the games to me. I don't really care about the consoles. If a console has at least three or four games I like then I'll get it at one point or another.
 
fhqwhgads said:
Actually, one of my PS2's is upstairs and the other is at my cabin, so I'd have no PS2 for the TV that my PS3 will be hooked up to.
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I guess you would rather pay an extra $100, so you don't have to walk up the stairs to play your PS2?
 
Homicidal Cherry53 said:
I guess you would rather pay an extra $100, so you don't have to walk up the stairs to play your PS2?
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No, I'd pay an extra $100 so I don't have to go upstairs to my parent's room, unplug the PS2, bring it downstairs, plug it in, play it, stop playing, unplug it, bring it back upstairs, and plug it in again.
 
I do not really like arguing, so I don't really like console war discussion thingies very much. So, i am tired of it.
 
fhqwhgads said:
No, I'd pay an extra $100 so I don't have to go upstairs to my parent's room, unplug the PS2, bring it downstairs, plug it in, play it, stop playing, unplug it, bring it back upstairs, and plug it in again.
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This just seems too obvious, but how about playing it up there, or plugging it in downstairs permanently?
 
Homicidal Cherry53 said:
This just seems too obvious, but how about playing it up there, or plugging it in downstairs permanently?
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The TV downstairs is bigger, one of my parents could already be using the TV, if I stay up late on weekends, I can't exactly play it in their room, and for plugging it in downstairs, it wouldn't work, because there's barely gonna be room for the 360 and PS3 as is. IN short, I'm paying the $100 so I don't have to be restricted on when to play.
 
Homicidal Cherry53 said:
Idk, put it in your room or something. It's not like I have a floor-plan of your house here. :lol
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I have a TV in my room, downstairs, and in my parent's room. There's also one in my sister's room, but that's not important here.
 
Okay, this argument isn't going much of anywhere. You seem to have small problems, with whatever solution I give, and you seem to be willing to pay $100 extra to prevent a couple minor inconveniences. That is you.

I can tell you right now, most people, who want a PS3 will not have the problems, as proven by the fact that the 40gig is selling so well. So, meaning no personal offense to you, your opinion, and problems are meaningless, to Sony, in the grand scheme of things, because a great majority of people are willing to buy a 40gig PS3, regardless of backwards compatibility issues.

Basically, they won't need another price drop to start having the PS3 sell well.
 
But people who actually pay attention to what they removed would probably opt for the better choice, just for ease of use. So, the 40GB will sell, yeah, but people who look past the 'omg lik cheepr ps3' will go for the $500.
 
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3165370

When Sony announced the 40GB PlayStation 3 would have no PS2 backwards compatibility whatsoever, the reaction was mixed from the community between those who were happy to see the system reach a competitive price point and those who would rather see the company stick to their history of providing functionality for the user.
The company stated emphatically that other PS3 SKUs exist for the consumer who wants to play the PlayStation 2 catalog, but there seemed to be a changing of the guard in Sony's attitude towards BC in several ways. Sony Computer Entertainment America President and CEO Jack Tretton commented the company is "choosing to focus on the PlayStation 2 consumer with the PlayStation 2...and focus on the PlayStation 3 consumer with the new 40-gigabyte model." Elsewhere, Sony UK managing director Ray McGuire said in an interview the 60GB SKU was ideal for those who want the BC -- without mentioning the 60GB was on its way out and would only be available until stock was depleted. Europe has been well on its way to a BC-less retail model, and now another of the three major regions can be added.

Reuters reports that in Japan, Sony is cutting the 20GB and 60GB production later this month, instead focusing on the 40GB model. The 80GB model familiar in America was never launched in Japan, so temporarily, the 40GB model will be the only one in production in Japan. Sony has promised that new models will respond to user preferences, but whether that means they plan on launching a new SKU with BC is unknown.

Putting 2 and 2 (and 2) together, it looks like Sony is headed in the direction of removing PS2 backwards compatibility in all regions, first with Europe and now in Japan. With the PlayStation 2 still a very viable platform and the company's best hope at combating the runaway casual success of the Wii, it makes sense from a corporate standpoint to separate the two products. As a consumer, though, that means that the 80GB console's days may be numbered, and backwards compatibility with it.
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I still have my PS2 (two, in fact, and both work) but I have to say I don't like the idea of the PS3 not having backwards compatibility at all.
 
Well, the PS2 wasn't brilliant at backwards compatibility either. Thus I still have two PS1s. I'm working on getting a second PS2. As for the PS3, it will have to come down in price before I'll buy it. Quite a bit in fact.
 
I love how at E3 (2005 I believe) all three companies boasted of full backwards compatibility, and they listed the numbers of games that existed on previous systems as "available to play" right out of the box. Now, a mere 3 years later, and each of the three companies have either cut back on the extent of their respective BC, or are doing away with it altogether. Xbox 360's BC was a joke, the PS3 is apparently phasing it out, and the VC (which probably kept it's promise the best) is a very long way from touting the combined gaming libraries from the the days of NES to the present.
 
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