Ars
reviews the PlayStation 3 personal computer game console, and they say:
"The PS3 doesn't have any grand ideas; Sony wanted something high-tech, so they started from scratch with the processor and GPU, but what does it get them? Very little so far. The controller is a mash-up of ideas from their old systems, the 360's triggers, and the Wii's motion-sensing capabilities, but once it has that tech it doesn't really know what to do with it. The Blu-ray adds cost, but adds very little to the gaming experience for the user. It's great as a media player, but for those of us who love games first and foremost, we have to look at it skeptically. The PS3 is a system with no core message, and that is what keeps it from being elegant. Will it do great things in the future? I hope so, the possibility and potential are certainly there. For now, it's power looking for a mission statement."
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2006-02-12
ha ... man do you even know what you are talking about? The PS3 JUST came out and as such it is expected that games are still barely tapping the hardware. Remember the first XBOX360 games? It took developers about 6 months to release anything worth buying. So I'd say Sony is in a way better position. Oh and consider the fact that Xbox got discontinued about 3 years after it was released ( actually less than that ) while PS2 has been around for what seems like forever. I really fail to see how MS would manage to keep it's position now that they have real competition. Especially since MS does nothing in order to improve the quality of the games that get released.