Sony sets 150 million sales target for PS3
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and ?, I'm talking about future game releases that I'm interested in, not old ones, anything PS3 positive these days just gets criticised, god knows why.
You talk as if the PS3 is dead already, seriously, it's only just begun, MGS4 proved that with last months NPD figures, not even GTAIV could shift any extra consoles, but look what happened the month MGS4 was released,
wow is all I can say,
"June NPD figures
PlayStation 3 405.5k
Xbox 360 219.8k"
Nearly double the sales, and that's right after Don Mattrick @ E3 said "Xbox 360 will sell more consoles worldwide this generation than PlayStation 3", I really wouldn't be so sure.
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i think this gen has already been summed up - the underdog nintendo slapped both xbox and playstation but i just feel sony have done too little and far too late
the reason why they are selling is due to their brand name and a few decent exclusives
but for him to say blu ray is their biggest selling point was the most laughable thing ever
the reason why they are selling is due to their brand name and a few decent exclusives
but for him to say blu ray is their biggest selling point was the most laughable thing ever
Off topic now, why is the PS3 being compared with the dreamcast? Surely the 360 is the dreamcast? The dreamcast came out about a year before the competition much like the 360 did? Cant be based on sales as the PS3 has sold faster than the DC and the 360, pretty much at the same pace as the PS2 in its first 20 months. The only difference this time is that the 360 has kept selling well unlike the DC and the Wii is now the family console of choice, at the moment.
As for aiming at a different market its partially true, but only in the way the market has changed, the DVD playing capabilities of the PS2 was championed by Sony as the PS3 BD player is now. Also when the PS2 was released FPS and TPS games on consoles were few and far between and it wasn't rarely till Halo came out on the Xbox that the FPS genre took off. FPs and TPS games are now the top genre in console gaming, so Sony have had to shift focus to them from say the platform games/ beat em ups of the PS2 gen.
As for aiming at a different market its partially true, but only in the way the market has changed, the DVD playing capabilities of the PS2 was championed by Sony as the PS3 BD player is now. Also when the PS2 was released FPS and TPS games on consoles were few and far between and it wasn't rarely till Halo came out on the Xbox that the FPS genre took off. FPs and TPS games are now the top genre in console gaming, so Sony have had to shift focus to them from say the platform games/ beat em ups of the PS2 gen.
How is it aimed at a more maturer market exactly, the PS2 was £400 when released and also was one of the first DVD players (albeit not that great). I can't see a difference tbh just technology advancement.
10 times, so your suggesting everyone who had a PS2 would all have gone out and brought a PS3, don't think so. Maybe 3 times but what would prefer 30million now or the potential to put a Blu ray player into 50%(?) of homes around the world in 10years + time?
Sega's own stupidity killed the DC, it arrived late like the PS3, but unlike the PS3 it was built on old tech and in the end lacked 3rd party support.
retarded? your post is completely missing the point, as I've stated we are talking about 10years here, do you really think BR films are going to be £20 in 10 years? As for the next Xbox I believe that MS will concentrate on what they do best Gaming so my view is that they will continue down that avenue. This will not in turn stop consumers buying a PS3 when their first priority will be a BR player, and gaming machine 2nd...
Eh, what are you talking about, never implied your a fanboy at all just pulled your post apart as it came across unconstructive and totally unfound, especially the Dreamcast comment. And good for you owning all 3 consoles.
When I think of general public I immediately think of people like my dad who grew up watching B&W tv & just about knows how to use a computer. I'm sure he'll be pleased to know that the 360 online service is great and that he can download all his films off the internet to play on his 15" monitor, thanks
And I thought we were talking about the general consumer, not you?
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Thanks for double spacing that list. That was really, really useful, and not at all annoying to anyone who doesn't particularly care about your personal preference in games (here's a hint: that's all of us).
It's still more of a vram thing isn't it? And I thought AA was pretty much the last thing in the graphics pipeline, so by that point it's just "write AA changes to buffer, display buffer". My graphics knowledge is shocking though, so I'll take someone more knowledgeable's word on it.
The Dreamcast was never "late"
If anything, it was "too little, too soon", as it launched before the PS2, but couldn't convince enough people with what it had at the time, so most waited for Sony's console.Were talking about over 10 years, what do you think now an improvement of a previous format (DVD) is available were just going to ignore it? OK then as your so sure tell me what will happen, are we just going to stick with DVD for the next 10 years? Digital downloads? HDDVD re-released?
Everything evolves, especially entertainment equipment, I see no reason that DVD should be any different.
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Double spacing, wow, someone call the police, if it annoys you that much then I wonder how you deal with real problems in life
, learn to be more tolerant, and good luck in that quest.
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Has uncharted 2 been announced?
Oh, and shock this thread turns into another which console is better debate.
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oh noes, you've qouted my double spacing 
I don't think it's been officially announced yet but we know 'Naughty Dog' are working on it mate.
I don't think it's been officially announced yet but we know 'Naughty Dog' are working on it mate.
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How the hell did you manage that typo?
Edit: I'm faster than your ninja edit
dam you was fast to catch that, if you could actually see how some of my posts read before I hit submit sometimes you wouldn't believe it, usually every 3rd/4th word is miss spelt, I hate labelling myself this but people tell me that I'm severely dyslexic, border-lining on asperger's syndrome, but I normally take my time to spell check everything but sometimes I get carried away and chance it and hit submit and then I read it back to myself and go into a panic and franticly try to correct it before anyone notices
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dam you was fast to catch that, if you could actually see how some of my posts read before I hit submit sometimes you wouldn't believe it, usually every 3rd/4th word is miss spelt, I hate labelling myself this but people tell me that I'm severely dyslexic, border-lining on asperger's syndrome, but I normally take my time to spell check everything but sometimes I get carried away and chance it and hit submit and then I read it back to myself and go into a panic and franticly try to correct it before anyone notices
I appreciate the effort, normally your posts are very well constructed.
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It's okay to say the PS3 has lost the battle to become a good console early in its life, but it's not okay to list games available in the future for the console.
That seems a very unfair debate, infact I'd say that looks like a debate constructed towards trying to make the PS3 look bad.
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I can't see the PS3 selling more than 100m units without a redesign (slimline) and large price cut, and there's a lot of technical wizardry to cram into a box the size of say, a PSone etc.
I can see the blueray selling point being similar to the PS2 and DVD as was previously mentioned. On a side note I really wouldn't want to see MS launch a new console for another few years, especially with all the new SKUs and updates coming out.
I can see the blueray selling point being similar to the PS2 and DVD as was previously mentioned. On a side note I really wouldn't want to see MS launch a new console for another few years, especially with all the new SKUs and updates coming out.
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was dvd playback really such a big thing for the ps2? i mean, everybody knew they were crap. that was the difference with the ps3 - its up there with the best dvd and bluray players.
It was to the people who just wanted a DVD player and didn't want to pay £150+ for one.
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The amount of times it skipped and stuttered for me was quite bad lol, I remember going out and buying a cheap DVD player because of how bad it was.
indeed. WHen i bought the PS3 DVD was nowhere near main stream like ti is now. I think i chose Toy Story as a DVD for example - which had just come out...
Its not like it was a BAD DVD player, just there are better ones around now for less money- i used it as one for years without worry.