Comments on: It’s Official: PS3 is a dud for Sony

By: ColonelBoston

ColonelBoston — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:29:19 +0000

I would like to add that I experienced a slightly different experience in my attempts at buying a PS3 during its launch. I live in Boca Raton, Florida (aka, the Beverly Hills of the east coast). I spent over a month looking for the PS3 in stores (EB games, Targets, Best Buys, Circuit Citys, etc) before I finally found one 2 days after Xmas. Stores were reporting to me, in my area, that they were being sold within minutes of their arrival–I seemed to always just miss them. This proved true when I finally found one…I was trading in all my PS2 stuff to buy a 360. In the middle of the cashier scanning my stuff, UPS delivered 2 PS3s. I bought the first one, the guy in line behind me, bought the second one. That was what it was like where I live, for the first 4 months of its launch. The Wii was also a hard find, however, according to Game Informer Magazine (June or July 07 edition), Nintendo has purposefully shipped less consoles than demand calls for to make it look as if the desire for the Wii is greater than it really is.

By: ColonelBoston

ColonelBoston — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:20:54 +0000

The first person asked a great question… “how about some references?” This article is absolute rubbish. I love how people are so quick to condemn the PS3 launch while completely ignoring the 360’s: remember it? Three seperate call-backs. Anyone know how many call-backs the PS3 has had in its first year? ZERO. Not to mention the 360 has a 29% console failure rate that has required them to change their warranty length from a year to 3 years. Red ring of death, anyone? Not to mention, the PS3 sold more units at their launch than the 360 did at theirs. The Wii? The Wii is a fad, it’s for kids, kids who grow up. Kids who will grow up and want a PS3…why? Because the PSOne and PS2 both enjoyed longevity. Do you really think the PS3 will be any different? Let’s not forget that not only does the PS3 enable us to view Bluray movies, the games are on them as well. That’s 25gb of memory on a disc as opposed to a 5gb dvd the 360 uses. People like to say developers wont or can’t use that much memory, but hey, Resistance uses 17gb and has a campaign roughly 3x longer than Halo 3 or Gears. So, a year later, do you still think the PS3 is a dud? Stupid bastard.

By: Iownzu

Iownzu — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:26:57 +0000

Yeah, I can’t wait ’til KH3 gets announced as a Wii exclusive

By: julio

julio — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:05:31 +0000

wow 99 cents for a PS3 on EBAY!!! Way below retail price!

By: Omnus

Omnus — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:19:41 +0000

Wow, considering a console with a five-to-(laughs)ten-year window a dud after just a few months is about as amazing as Bill Gates prediciting, back in the day, that only a few hundred computers would be in use in America in the future. Way to belly-up your credibility as any kind of authority on the subject with your short-sightedness! Now, you can consider the PS3 as a disappointment on its launch (even Sony admits it could have gone better, and that’s saying something). That is valid. But just wait for the sales to pick up when titles like Final Fantasy XIII come out. The cheaper Blu-Ray player and Resistance:FOM may not be enough to push those consoles, but when you get credible and significant exclusive titles for the PS3, the Sony fanbase will respond with their dollars again. After that, when the first price drop comes, the rest of us gamers who don’t go for the XBox 360 will come for the PS3 as well. So, to summarize: PS3 dud? Doubtful. Disappointment so far? Yes.

By: saioke

saioke — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:47:42 +0000

game crazy up where i live has like 5 ps3s that been sitting on the shelfs for a month.

By: Will

Will — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:31:35 +0000

Esteban made an astute and well thought out rebuttal, much more insightful than the article!!!

I am not a hardcore gamer, when I was younger I had a lot of video game counsels, but when I went to college I only had a game cube (for Mario Kart Double Dash). When the 360 came out I had absolutely no interest in it. When I read about the Wii I was excited and really wanted one. But when I had an opportunity to try the Wii I was shocked at how awful the graphics were. The graphics were not much better than my old game cube.

Sure the controller is fun but I couldn’t imagine how awful the Wii would look on my 42inch Plasma HDTV.

Then when I was in Wal-Mart after Christmas I saw they had one 60 gig PS3. After seeing how amazing it looked (better than any computer game I have played) I was sold. At $600 it is a deal, it is a next generation dvd player, a media center, and can run linux!

But Blu-ray DVD’s are expensive, the media center software is waiting for a crucial update, the linux os (yellow dog) can’t work with the blue tooth controller or wireless NIC, and the game library is weak! I don’t regret buying the PS3, I know all the problems will be fixed by the end of March (especially the game library, with some great games coming out).

I bought the PS3 because when I demoed it in the store playing MotorStorm I was amazed. When I played the 360 and the Wii, I was disappointed. Sony had a bad launch because they rushed the PS3 out before it was complete. Yet I believe the PS3 will out last the 360 and Wii because it was built with tomorrow in mind.

Also, how hard would it be to add a Wii type controller to the PS3 or 360, then where will the Wii be????

By: Jean Claude

Jean Claude — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:33:35 +0000

Ive played Wii, whats so hot about it? throwing around a remote like a fairy? playing games with crappy graphics? if anything the novelty
of the Wii will wear off & XBOX 360, or maybe even PS3 will win the console war,

As for me, a few years down the road, the Wii will fail as it will be just a fad

By: Jill licks

Jill licks — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:36:21 +0000

Well this is bad news for Sony and PS3. First Assassin’s Creed and Grand Theft Auto IV are going to Xbox 360. Here’s a link. And so is Virtua Fighter 5. And a rumor saying that kingdom hearts 3 will go to the Wii. Can you say ouch. Sony is with there Blu-Ray anyways. And there where a crop load of PS3’s at my local Walmart and none of them got sold don’t even clear the shelves. But today I saw the manager of that Walmart have all the PS3 off the shelves and so where all the X3 Blu-Ray disk. A do to this Walmart being small I asked the manager what was going on and she said that Sony wanted them all back and that’s all she knows. And that’s all I know. Sorry.

By: Addi Wei

Addi Wei — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:13:58 +0000

References not needed. Just walk into any gaming store and see for yourself. PS3s are gathering dust on the shelves. That is pretty much a fact for the most part. Long term success?…sure but Nintendo makes $ on every single console they sell. Nintendo is in a different class.