Thread: Sony to launch cheaper PlayStation 3

They had to make the cut soon, just a matter of time.

Well since the only reason right now i'd buy a PS3 is for the blu-ray the stripped down version will suit me just fine.

Only games i play are on the pc and console ones don't really do it for me ATM.

By January i should have enough in Christmas bonuses and gift cards to almost pay the whole thing off anyway :P

Originally Posted by Unfiltered

As I stated previously, I watch a great deal of HD movies via Blu-ray titles through rental and purchasing. I also use it as my primary DVD player for standard def DVDS, DVD-As, and SACDs.

I'll sometimes pop my camera's memory card and view photos on the 52" Aquos instead of everyone having to crowd around a computer.

I also use it for video playback of HD footage I shot and cut on my Mac.

Also, the folding@home feature is kind of nice. Playstation Home is supposed to be introduced within the next few months to a year I believe. And like, I said, once the power of the chip is realized, there will be even more capabilities. Plus it upconverts standard def DVD's and you can use it to surf the web. Just connect a keyboard and mouse.

Oh yeah, and apparently in Europe, they're testing with DVR capabilities. You can't beat that.

Edit: Plus, firmware updates galore.

Originally Posted by Bubbadel2

what all do you do with your PS3? enlighten me if you please

Read my above post.

Originally Posted by NastiMarvasti

Also, the folding@home feature is kind of nice. Playstation Home is supposed to be introduced within the next few months to a year I believe. And like, I said, once the power of the chip is realized, there will be even more capabilities. Plus it upconverts standard def DVD's and you can use it to surf the web. Just connect a keyboard and mouse.

Oh yeah, and apparently in Europe, they're testing with DVR capabilities. You can't beat that.

Edit: Plus, firmware updates galore.

see those are a crap load of things i didnt know you could do with a PS3...thanks for the INfo

DVR capabilities? That makes me want to buy now. Hopefully they'll bring that feature to North America

yeah right

Originally Posted by dgrycan

You can get that with the 80GB version (or the 60GB if you can still find one out there.)

Sony is hoping the Playstation 3 has the same cycle as the Playstation 2. The perceived battle between the 360 and the PS3, while important, isn't the end-all-be-all to what's going on in the next-gen console wars. Sony is winning that way technically, because they are still selling more software through their consoles than both Microsoft and Nintendo, they're just doing in through two different platforms. Technically, they are battling themselves, and they see the need to kind of "push" their Playstation audiences into the PS3 format. The Cell processor and Blu-ray storage abilities could potentially give the PS3 active life for 5-7 more years - long after the X-Box 360 is abandoned by Microsoft for their next money-losing console.

Sony's mistake was to release the PS3 so early to try (and fail) to hang on to market share with a piece of hardware they couldn't manufacture cheap enough. The Blu-Ray HD DVD war played a part in that, and Sony has benefitted on that front, because the PS3 turned the tide in the war and it has yet to faulter since.

Unfiltered said it right, though. If you want the PS3, but it doesn't have any games, then why even consider it at this point?

Actually, most consoles are considered a loss for each unit moved. Even the PS3.

They look at software being the money maker.

Originally Posted by DotUKings

Actually, most consoles are considered a loss for each unit moved. Even the PS3.

They look at software being the money maker.

Except Nintendo, who profits from the Wii. Or Sony in regard to the Playstation 2 in the present time. Consoles can become profittable once costs come down.

The problem was that the PS3 was so expensive to manufacture that even at a loss, Sony priced themselves out of the "accepted" range for a video game system that the average person has adopted. Many are starting to see that wasn't necessarily the case considering what all the PS3 brings to their home entertainment center.

Originally Posted by OrangePuck

DVR capabilities? That makes me want to buy now. Hopefully they'll bring that feature to North America

yeah right

Here's an article. Very exciting if it comes here.

http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/08/...urope-add.html